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THE CITY RECORD. Carl Deutschmann John J. Lenihan Charles W. Posthauer Peter Donovan Patrick J. McCann Joseph Reich Saul Fassler John J. McCusker Stephen A. Rudd OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Howard Fenn Thomas J. McDonald Thomas G. Ryan Published Under Authority of Section 1526, Greater New York Charter, by the Paul P. Gallagher Francis D. McGarey Victor P. Sahner Moritz Graubard BOARD OF CITY RECORD. Charles J. McGillick Bernhard Schwab Max Gross Peter J. McGuinness Joseph R. Smith JAMES J. WALKER, MAYOR, Drumm Walter F. Hagan David A. Mahoney William Solomon ARTHUR J. W. HILLY, CORPORATION COUNSEL. CHARLES W. BERRY, Co'unto.= John J. Hanley Frank A. Manzella Murray W. Stand Walter R. Hart James J. Molen Edward J. Sullivan STEPHEN G. KELLEY, Sursavisoe. Gustave Hartung Fred R. Moore William P. Sullivan Manhattan. WORTH 3490. 2214 Municipal Building, John C. Hawkins James J. Morris Richard J. Tonry John B. Henrich Morton Moses William L. 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Introduced by the Vice-Chairinan- Municipal Civil Service Commission— Ahlermen, Board of— A LOCAL LAW to amend section seven hundred and ninety of the Greater New York Minutes of Stated Meeting Held General Instructions Regarding Ex- October 21, 1930 8118 aminations 8138 Charter providing for retirement of officers and members of the uniformed force of Public Hearing by Committee on Notices of Examinations 8138 the fire department of the city of New York. General Welfare 8117 Notices to Appear for Examinations 8138 Proposed Amendment to Classification 8138 Be it enacted by the Municipal Assembly of The City of New Assessors, Board of— York, as follows: Completion of Assessments and Awards 8137 Notice to Bidders at Sales of Old Build- Section 1. Section seven hundred and ings, Etc. 8152 ninety of the Greater New York Charter as Notice to Present Claims for Damages 8136 re-enacted by chapter four hundred and Official Directory 8134 sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and Bard Meetings 8135 one, is Plant and Structures, Department of— hereby amended and superseded to read as follows: Retiring members of the Bronx, Borough of The— fire department; pensions, etc. Proposals 8136 Proposals 8135 §790. The fire commissioner shall have power to retire from all service in the City Record, Board of— Police Department— Owners Wanted for Unclaimed Prop- Proposals 8135 said tire department, or to relieve from service at fires, any off.cer or member of the erty 8135 uniformed torce Docks, Department of— Proposals 8135 of said department who may, upon an examination by the medical 8152 officers, ordered by the said lire commissioner, be found to be disqualified, physically or Proposals Purchase, Department of — Education, Department of— Proposals 8139 mentally, for the performance of his duties; and the fire commissioner shall retire Proposals 8138 Queens, Borough of— from all service, in the said fire department, any officer or 'member of, the uniformed Estimate and Apportionment, Board of— Proposals 8140 force, of said department v! er than an honorably discharged soldier or sailor of the Notices of Public Hearings—Franchise Supreme Court, First Department— Mexican or Civil wars who shall have reached the age of sixty-five (65) years; Matters 8144 Application to Court to Condemn Prop- and Notices of Public Hearings—Public erty 8146 the sa.d officer or member so retired from service shall receive from said relief fund Improvement Matters 8142 Filing Tentative Decree—Notice to an annual allowance as pension in case of total disqualification for service, or as com- Public Hearings for Taxpayers on File Objections 8145 Budget for 1931 8117 pensation for 1.mited service in case of partial disability; in every case the said fire Notices to File Clims 8146 commissioner is to Finance, Department of— Supreme Court, Second Department— determine the circumstances thereof, and said pension or allowance Confirmation of Assessments—Notices Application to Amend Proceedings .. 8146 so allowed is to be in lieu of any salary received by such officer or member at the to Property Owners 8145 Application to Court to Condemn date of his being so relieved or retired from fire duty in said department, and the said Corporation Sale of Buildings and Ap- Property 8147 purtenances Thereto on City Real Filing Bills of Costs 8152 department shall not be heir: liable for the payment of any maim or demand for services Estate by Sealed Bids 8145 Filing Tentative Decree—Notice to thereafter rendered, and the amount of such pension or allowance shall be determined Interest on City Bonds and Stock . .. 8141 bile Objections 8146 upon the following condition,: and in case of an officer or 8151 member of the uniformed Vouchers Received October 22, 1930.. 8132 Notices to File Claims force being retired from al Warrants Made Ready for Payment Taxes and Assessments, Department of - service by the fire commissioner because he snail have October 22, 1930 8130 Assessed Valuation of Real and Per- reached the age of sixty-fizc (65) years, the amount of the annual compensation to be Fire Department— sonal Estate for the Year 1931— allowed duriag his life tint,' shall be not less than one-half of the full salary or full Books Open for Inspection 8145 Proposals 8138 compensation of such 'member so retired. In case of total permanent disability, at any Hospitals, Department of— Transportation, Board of— Proposals Invitaf on to Contractors 8141 time, caused in or induced by the actual performance of the duties of h.s position, or instructions to Bidders on Work to Be Water Supply, Board of— which may occur after ten cars' active and continuous service in the said fire depart- Done and Supplies to Be Furnished.. 8152 Proposals 8152 ment, the amount of annual pension to Municipal Assembly—Aldermanic Branch— Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, De be allowed shall be one-half of the annual Minutes of Meeting Held October 21, partment of- compensation allowed such Officer or member as salary at the date of his retirement 1930 8117 Proposals 8138 from the service, or such less sum in proportion to the number of officers and members so retired as the condition of the fund will warrant. But should permanent disability BOARD OF ALDERMEN. caused by injuries received in the active discharge of his duties disqualify him only from performing active duty in the uniformed force, he shall be employed at the salary Public Hearing by the Committee on General Welfare. received when such disability occurred, in some position in the department not requiring active service as a fireman. In case of total permanent disability not caused in or induced by the actual performance of the duties of his position, or which shall have PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE COMMITTEE ON occurred before the expiration of ten years' active and continuous service in the said GENERAL WELFARE will hold a public hearing in the ALDERMANIC fire department, the amount of annual pension to be allowed shall be one-third of the CHAMBER, CITY HALL, Borough of Manhattan, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, annual compensation allowed such officer or member as salary at the date of his retire- 1930, at 2.30 O'CLOCK P. M., on the following matters: ment from the service, or in proportion to the number of officers and members so No. 197, Ord. No. 13—An ordinance to amend section 215 of article 16 of retired, as the condition of the fund will warrant. the Code of Ordinances, relating to illuminated signs. In case of partial permanent disability, caused in or induced by the actual per- No. 386, Ord. No. 34—An ordinance to amend section 43 of article 3 of formance of the duties of his position, or which may occur after ten years active and chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances, relating to fees for permits for storage of continuous service in the said nre department, the officer or member so disabled shall fuel oils. be relieved from active service at fires, but shall remain a member of the uniformed These ordinances may be found in the minutes of the Board of Aldermen printed service, subject to the rules g, ;verning said force, and to the performance of such light in the CITY RECORD of February 20 and May 1, 1930, respectively. duties as the medical officer of the said fire department may certify him to be qualified All persons interested are invited to be present. to perform; and the annual allowance to be paid such member or officer shall be MICHAEL J. CRUISE, City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of Aldermen. one-half of the annual compensation allowed as salary at the date of his being so o22,24 relieved, or such less sum, in proportion to the number of officers and members so retired, as the condition of the fund will warrant. In case of partial disability, not caused or induced by the actual performance of the duties of his position, or which BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT. may occur before ten years active and continuous service in the said fire department, the officer or member so disall.d shall be relieved from active service at fires, but shall PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR TAXPAYERS. remain a member of the unif , rifled force, subject to the rules governing said force, and to the performance of such light duties as the medical officer of said department Budget for 1931. may certify him to be qualified to perform, and the annual allowance to be paid to such officer or member shall not exceed one-third of the annual compensation allowed as salary at the date of his being so relieved, or such less sum as the fire commissioner PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT', PURSUANT TO A RESOLU- may, in his discretion, determine, or as the condition of the fund will warrant. Any tion adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on September 26, 1930 officer or member of the uniformed force of the said fire department of the city of (Cal. No. 1063), PUBLIC HEARINGS will be held on New York, who has or shall ha e performed duty therein for a period of twenty years WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22,.1930, at 12 o'clock noon, and or upwards, shall upon his (,,,% n application, in writing, or upon a certificate of the THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1930, at 2.30 o'clock P. M., board of medical officers showlig that such member is permanently disabled, physically in Room 16, City Hall, Borough of Manhattan, in regard to the BUDGET FOR or mentally, so as to be fiat for duty, be retired and dismissed from said force and 1931, AS PROPOSED FOR ADOPTION, and the TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY service, and placed on the roll of the relief or pension fund, and awarded and granted, are invited to appear and be heard on those days relative to appropriations to be made to be paid from the said relief ,)r pension fund, an annual pension during his life time and included in said BUDGET. of a sum not less than one-half the full salary or compensation of such member so Dated, New York, October 17, 1930. retired. The pensions granted under this section shall be for the natural life of the PETER I. McGOW A N, Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Munici- pensioner, and shall not be revoked, repealed or diminished; proyided, however, that pal Building, Manhattan, Telephone, 4560 Worth. 017.23 no member of ether of the unit , ,rmed fire departments by this act consolidated, having a right to retire on pension at the time this act tal-es effect, shall be deprived of such right by reason of his remaining a member of said fire department or of anything in THE MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY this act contained. OF NEW YORK. Section 2. This local law shall take effect pursuant to the provisions of section sixteen of the City Home Rule Law. ALDERMANIC BRANCH. Note—New matter in ito!i, Referred to Committee ii I. ical Laws.
Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Tuesday, October 21, 1930, at 2 o'Clock P. M. No. 49. B. of A. 48. The Board met in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall. Introduced by Mr. O'Connell Present: A LOCAL LAW authorizin g police commissioner of the city of New York to Joseph V. McKee, Chairman. restore Harry E. lsherw, formerly a patrolman, to the police department. Aldermen Bc it enacted by the .11!:ni:-: Assembly of The City of New York as follows: Dennis J. Mahon John J. Barrett, Jr. Dennis V. Corcoran Section 1. The police c, :oiler of the city of New York, w;th the consent of Vice-Chairman Harry R. Bell Frank A. Cunningham the mayor, is hereby authorized restore Harry E. Isherwood, a fo-mer member of James B. Allen James F. Carroll Edward W. Curley the police department, who resi.:nr (I on the nineteenth day of June, nineteen hundred Joseph C. Baldwin John Cashmore Joseph S, Dermody and twenty-eight, to the rank grade of patrolman in the said police department, 8118 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1930. t provided that the said Harry E. Isherwood shall waive, in writing, all claim for back per cent. against the local area benefited. These thoroughfares are main arteries of pay against the city of New York. traffic and are used by the t 9% generally. Section 2. 1 his local law shall take effect immediately. Your Committee deems 11( readjustment equitable and recommends the adoption Referred to Committee on Local Laws. of the proposed local law. ESSAGES FROM THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT, A LOCAL LAW to provide for the reassessment of the cost and expense for grading, AS A SEPARATE BRANCH OF THE MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY. curbing, flagging and paving (1) Beach Channel drive from Beach 116th street to Hammels boulevard; (2) Beach 92d street from United States bulkhead line to the E. & A. No. 17. Rec. No. 14. Long Island Railroad; (3) Beach 95th street from Beach Channel drive to Far City of New York, Municipal Assembly, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, Rockaway boulevard; (4) 1 iammels boulevard from Beach Channel drive to Amstel Branch, Office of the Clerk, October 14, 1930. boulevard; (5) Amstel bottle\ ard from Hammels boulevard to Far Rockaway boule- To the Board of Aldermen as a Branch of the Municipal Assembly: vard, which is part of Assessment No. 1936, which was entered on October 15, 1927. Gentlemen—I transmit herewith the following bill, with certificate appended, show- Be it enacted by the Municipal Assembly of The City of New York as follows: ing the date of its passage by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as a branch Section 1. The expense ti grading, curbing, flagging and paving of (1) Beach of the Municipal Assembly, and the vote by which it was passed. Channel drive from Beach 116th street to Hammels boulevard; (2) Beach 92d street A local law to amend section thirteen hundred and twenty-seven of the Greater from United States bulkhead line to the Long Island Railroad: (3) Beach 95th street New York Charter, providing for a new deputy commissioner in the Tenement House from Beach Channel drive to bar Rockaway boulevard; (4) Hammels boulevard from Department. Very truly yours, PETER J. McGOWAN, Clerk, Beach Channel drive to Amstel boulevard; (5) Amstel boulevard from Hammels boule- A LOCAL LAIN' to amend section thirteen hundred and twenty-seven of the Greater vard to Far Rockaway boulevard. and which proceedings were authorized by resolu- New York Charter, providing fur a new deputy commissioner in the Tenement House tions of the board of estimate and apportionment on the 19th day of September, mne- Department. teen hundred and twenty-four. and on other dates prior and subsequent thereto, and board of assessors on the 25th day Be it enacted by the Municipal Assembly of The City of New York as follows: which assessments were thereafter confirmed by the of August, nineteen hundreu and twenty-seven, and became a lien on the 15th day of Section 1. Section thirteen hundred and twenty-seven of the Greater New York October, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and which is part of Assessment No. (. barter as re-enacted by chapter four hundred and sixty-six of the laws of nineteen 1936, are hereby declared to be a charge upon, distributed and assessed as follows: hundred and one, and as amended by local law number three of nineteen hundred and 1. Sixty (60) per cent. of the cost and expense of the aforesaid improvements twenty-six and local law number three Of nineteen hundred and thirty, is hereby against the City of New York. ;,mended and superseded to read as follows: 2. Twenty-five (25) per cent. of the cost and expense of the aforesaid improvements Deputy Commissioners. against the Borough of Queens. §132/. The commissioner shall have power to appoint and in his discretion to 3. Fifteen (15) per cent. ,, f the cost and expense of the aforesaid improvements remove not more than [four] five deputies, to be known as first deputy, second deputy, against the local area benefited: notwithstanding any and all proceedings heretofore third deputy, [and] fourth deputy[,] and fifth deputy, and shall define their duties. had or acts done under any provision of the greater New York charter or otherwise; The first deputy shall during the absence or disability of the commissioner possess all and the board of estimate and apportionment having determined in and by its resolutions the powers and perform all the duties of the commissioner, except the power of making authorizing the aforesaid proceedings for the said improvements, that the entire cost and appointments. In the absence or disability of both the commissioner and the lirst deputy, expense of said proceedings shall be placed upon the property benefited and such place- the second deputy shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties of the com- ment of the cost and expense having been made by the board of assessors and confirmed missioner, except the power of making appointments. In the absence ur disability of by the board of review October 15, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, sixty (60) per the commissioner, the first deputy and the second deputy, the third deputy shall possess cent. of the cost and expense td said proceedings shall, in pursuance of the foregoing all the powers and perform all the duties of the commissioner, except the power of provisions hereof, be levied and collected with the taxes, upon the city of New York, in making appointments. In the absence or disability of the commissioner, the first deputy, two equal annual instalments, the first instalment to become due and payable in the the second deputy, and the third deputy, the fourth deputy shall possess all the powers year nineteen hundred and thirty-one; and twenty-five (25) per cent. of the cost and and perform all the duties of the commissioner, except the power of making appoint- expense of said proceedings shall, in pursuance of the foregoing provisions hereof, be In the absence or disability of the commissioner, the first, second, third and ments. levied and collected with the taxes, upon the borough of Queens, in two equal annual fourth deputies, the fifth deputy shall possess all the powers and perform a!l the dirties instalments, the first instalment to become due and payable in the year nineteen hundred of the commissioner, except the power of making appointments. The salary of the first and thirty-one. deputy shall he [ live] six thousand five hundred dollars a year ; [and] the second, third Section 2. The city collector in whose office was entered for collection on the and fourth deputies shall each receive the sum of [five] six thousand dollars a year[.] 15th day of October, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, the assessments for the benefit cad the fifth deputy shall receive the sum of five thousand dollars a year. assessed by the board of assessors of Section 2. This local law shall take effect immediately. the city of New York in and by said order of the board of assessors against the several Note—New matter in italics; old matter, in brackets [ ], to be omitted. lots and parcels of real property included in the area of assessment for benefits fixed and determined by the board of estimate and 1 hereby certify that this bill was passed by the Board of Estimate and Apportion- apportionment in and by its a foresaid resolution authorizing the aforesaid improve- ment as a branch of the Municipal Assembly, on October 10, 1930, receiving thirteen ments, is hereby, nevertheless, authorized and directed and it shall be his duty to cancel, affirmative votes. discharge and vacate eighty-five (85) per cent. of the assessment for benefit assessed PETER J. McGOWAN, Clerk, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as a Branch for said improvement on each of the respective lots or parcels of real property within 4 the Municipal Assembly. said area of assessment and included in the "Abstract of Assessment" (?) for benefit Referred to Committee on Local Laws. contained in such final order of the board of assessors, and entered for collection as Rec. No. 15. E. & A. No. 18. aforesaid. Section 3. All persons who have City of New York. Municipal Assembly, Board of Estimate and Apportionment paid or caused to be paid in whole or in part to the city of New York, the assessment Branch, Office of the Clerk, October 14, 1930. or sum assessed for benefit on any lot or parcel of land for said improvement, shall be entitled to receive from the city of New To the Board of Aldermen, as a Branch of the Municipal Assembly: York, eighty-five (85) per cent. of any such sum so paid, and the comptroller of the Gentlemen—I transmit herewith the following bill, with certificate appended, showing city of New York is hereby authorized and directed to refund and pay to such person the date of its passage by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as a branch of or persons, a sum equal to eighty-five (85) per cent, of the amount of such payment. the Municipal Assembly, and the vote by which it was passed: Section 4. The said comptroller is authorized to borrow on the credit of the city A local law to supplement and amend the Greater New York Charter by trans- of New York, in anticipation of the collection of the cost and expense for the above ferring to and vesting in the Sanitation Department all the functions, powers and duties described improvements, such sum or sums as may be necessary to meet the expen- formerly exercised by the Street Cleaning Department. ditures caused by such improvements, and issue for the money so borrowed, certificates Very truly yours, PETER J. McGOWAN, Clerk, of indebtedness or other evidence of indebtedness to be redeemed in the same manner as A LOCAL LAW to supplement and amend the Greater New York Charter by trans- similar obligations of the city. ferring to and vesting in the Sanitation Deepartment all the functions, powers and Section 5. This local law shall take' effect immediately. duties formerly exercised by the Street Cleaning Department. MORITZ GRAUBARD. F. A. CUNNINGHAM, EDWARD W. CURLEY, Be it enacted by the Municipal Assembly of The City of New York as follows: JOSEPH CLARK BALDWIN III, FRANCIS D. McGAREY, JOHN J. LENI- Section 1. Section 605-v of the Greater New York Charter as added by local law HAN, JAMES J. MOLEN, WILLIAM P. SULLIVAN, Committee on Local Laws. number thirteen of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby amended and supple- Report accepted; local law passed by vote indicated under. mented to read as follows: Affirmative—Aldermen Allen, Baldwin, Barrett, Bell, Carroll, Cashmore, Cunning- 605-v. Transfer of officers and employees. OfFcers and employees of a depart- ham, Curley, Dermody, Deutschmann, Donovan, Fassler, Fenn, Gallagher, Graubard, ment or office, the functions, powers and duties of which are assigned and transferred Hagan, Hanley, Hartung, Hawkins, Henrich, Hilkemeier, Kaltenmeier, Kiernan, to the sanitary commission by this chapter, shall be transferred without examination, Lenihan, McCann, McCusker, McDonald, McGarey, McGillick, McGuinness, Manzella, subject to the power of such commission, or of its executive officer, to abolish unneces- Moore, Morris, Moses, O'Connell. Ott, Posthauer, Reich, Rudd, Ryan, Sahner, Smith, sary offices or positions or to transfer officers and employees from one position to Solomon, Stand, Sullivan (E J.), Sullivan (W. P.), T'onry, Weber; the Vice- another or to change the title or designation of the office or employment. If the present Chairman-49. duties of such an officer or employee pertain to functions, a part only of which are A MOTION. transferred to the sanitary commission, the sanitary commission and the head of the The Vice-Chairman moved that department or office in which such officer or employee is employed shall determine Mr. Smith be appointed to fill the vacancy on the Committee on Local Laws caused whether such transfer shall be made. The commissioner of street cleaning now in office by the death of Mr. Tanahey. shall be deemed an officer within the meaning of this section, and transferred accordingly. Whereupon adjournment wa, taken to Tuesday, October 28, 1930, at 2 o'clock p. m. The department of street cleaning is hereby abashed and all the functions, Powers MICHAEL J. CRUISE, Clerk. and duties formerly vested in the said department of street cleaning are hereby trans- ferred to the sanitary commission and shall be exercised and performed in the department of sanitation by or through the appropriate officer, division or bureau thereof. THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF Section 2. This local law shall take effect immediately. Note—New matter in italics. NEW YORK.
I hereby certify that this bill was passed by the Board of Estimate and Appor- :'DATED MEETING. tionment, as a branch of the Municipal Assembly, on October 10, 1930, receiving thirteen affrmative votes. PETER J. McGOWAN, Clerk, Board of Estimate and Apportionment Branch of Tuesday, October 21, 1930, 2.15 o'clock m. the Municipal Assembly. The Board met in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall. Referred to Committee on Local Laws. Present: REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Joseph V. McKee, President of the Bpard of Aldermen. Aldermen Nos. 24-46. B. of A. 24. Dennis J. Mahon John J. Hanley Morton Moses Report of the Committee on Local Laws in Favor of Adopting a Local Law Vice-Chairman Walter R. Hart John T. O'Connell to Provide for the Reassessment of the Cost and Expense for Grading and James B. Allen (illtave Hartung Paving Beach Channel Drive, Amstel Boulevard, Etc. William O'Reilly Joseph C. Baldwin John C. Hawkins George H. Ott The Committee on Local Laws, to which was referred on April 22 and July 8, John J. Barrett, Jr. 1ohn B. Henrich Charles W. Posthauer 1930 (Minutes, pages 706 and 707), the annexed local law to provide for the reassess- Harry R. Bell George Hilkemeier Joseph Reich ment of the cost and expense for (1) grading Beach Channel drive from Beach 98th James F. Carroll Reinhard E. Kaltenmeier Stephen A. Rudd street to Beach 108th street; (2) regulating, regrading and paving Beach Channel drive John Cashmore lames F. Kiernan Thomas G. Ryan from Beach 116th street to Beach 92d street: (3) regulating and grading Beach Channel Dennis V. Corcoran John J. Lenihan Victor P. Sahner drive from Beach 116th street to Beach 95th street; (4) regulating and grading Beach Frank A. Cunningham Patrick J. McCann Bernhard Schwab Channel drive at Beach 92d street; (5) regulating and grading Beach Channel drive Edward W. Curley John J. McCusker Joseph R. Smith irons Beach 95th street to Hammels boulevard; (6) grading and paving Beach Channel Joseph S. Dermody Thomas J. McDonald William Solomon drive from Beach 92d street to Hammels boulevard; (7) grading Hammels boulevard Carl Deutschmann Francis D. McGarey Murray W. Stand from Beach Channel drive to Amstel boulevard; (8) grading Amstel boulevard from Peter Donovan Charles J. McGillick Edward J. Sullivan Hammels boulevard to Far Rockaway boulevard; (9) regulating, grading and paving Saul Fassler Peter J. McGuinness William P. Sullivan Beach 92d street from bulkhead line to 30 feet north of the right-of-way of the Long Howard Fenn David A. Mahoney Richard J. Tonry Island Railroad; (10) grading Beach Channel drive inshore and outshore, etc., Paul P. Gallagher Frank A. Manzella William L. Weber respectfully Moritz Graubard James J. Molen Alford J. Williams REPORTS: Max Gross Fred R. Moore Louis J. Wronker Walter F. Hagan James J. Morris That the purpose of this bill is the reassessment of the cost and expense for the grading and paving of these streets, drives and boulevards as follows : 60 per cent. Julius Miller, President, Borough of Manhattan, by Marshall Ingram, Assistant against The City of New York; 25 per cent. against the Borough of Queens and 15 Commissioner of Public Works. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1930. THE CITY RECORD. 8119
Henry Hesterberg, President, Borough of Brooklyn, by William J. Heffernan, State Education Law, a special estimate in the sum of $250 for the settlement of said Assistant Commissioner of Public Works. judgment. George U. Harvey, President, Borough of Queens, by Raymond G. Pollard, In a communication to Hon, George J. Ryan, President of the Board of Education, Assistant Commissioner of Public Works. dated May 28, 1930, the Acting Corporation Counsel wrote as follows: On motion of the Vice-Chairman, reading of the minutes of the stated meeting of On February 23, 1920, Anna Gotthelf sustained personal injuries through a October 7, 1930, was dispensed with the same were approved as printed. fall caused by snow and ice in the yard of Publci School 159, Gates avenue, Brook- The session was opened with an invocationnvocation by the Rev. Joseph H. Svie, Chaplain lyn, New York. She brought an action against the Board of Education in the of the New York Fire Department. Supreme Court, Kings County, to recover $10,000 damages for such injuries and The President announced that Aldermen Campbell, Cassidy, Dalton, Dowd, Linsley, upon a trial before a jury obtained a judgment in the amount of $651.55. From Mahoney (J) and Sullivan (T. J.), were excused from attendance. that judgment, entered on February 19, 1930, this department has not taken an appeal, as no error of law occurred at the trial and as the facts are sufficient to COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY, COUNTY AND BOROUGH OFFICERS. sustain the verdict. No. 650. "Abraham Gotthelf brought an action against the Board of Education in the Supreme Court, Kings Comity, to recover $5,000 damages for the expenses and County Clerk, Richmond County-Request for Special Revenue Bonds, $30,533, loss of services of his wife, Anna Gotthelf, because of the aforementioned accident; for the Purpose of Copying and Printing Filed Maps, with Further Request but because of the failure ei his attorney to pay the calendar fees, his action was That the Work Be Authorized Done Without Public Letting. not tried with that of his wife, Anna Gotthelf. County Clerk's Office, Richmond County, New York, Staten Island, N. Y., October "The legal right of Abraham Gotthelf to recover whatever expense he has 11, 1930. been subjected to in caring for his wife's injuries and in employing help to perform Hon, JosEptt McKEE, President, Board of Aldermen, City Hall, N. Y.: the work that had been customarily done by her and also for the loss oF her Dear Sir-In pursuance to the provisions of section 188, subdivision 8 of the services was, in effect, judicially determined upon the trial of his wife's action. Greater New York Charter, I respectfully request that authority be given for the Since this department has fund no error in such determination and has decided not issuance ;f special revenue bonds in the amount of $30,533, for the purpose of copying to appeal therefrom, the best interest of the Board of Education would, in my and printing on white cloth with black lines 2,200 maps filed in this office from the opinion, be served by accepting the offer of Abraham Gotthelf to settle his action year 1829 to 1911. These maps are in a very poor condition (badly torn and parts against the Board for the sum of $200. missing), most of them are paper Hue prints. All of these maps have been filed rolled, "Will you be good enough, by a proper resolution of your Board, to authorize which causes maximum wear on any map. The above amount would also provide for this Department to make an offer to allow judgment to be taken in favor of the replacing of approximately 40 missing maps, and also for the necessary filing cabinets in plaintiff in the sum of $200, which sum shall include all interest and costs." which the new maps will be filed. As no funds were available for the settlement of the judgment, the Board of Educa- On Jannary 15, 1930, a similar request W2S made to your honorable Board and on tion, on Tune 12, 1930, adopted a resolution submitting to your Board as a special May 1, 1930, the Hon. Charles L. Kohler, Director of the Budget, advised me of the estimate, request for an appropriation in the sum of $200, to include all interest and denial of same, without prejudice to a renewal in the 1931 Budget. I wish to state that costs, in settlement of the action brought by Abraham Gotthelf against the Board of this request was made in the 1930 and 1931 Budget and was denied on both occasions. Education, above referred to. I would respectfully refer you to section 334, chapter 143 of the Laws of 1916, For the purpose of providing means therefor, in accordance with the resolution which requires all maps filed with the County Clerk to be printed or drawn upon tracing of the Board of Education adopted June 12, 1930, the adoption of the accompanying cloth, linen or canvas bucked paper. I would also refer you to section 1196, chapter 424 resolution is recommended. of the Laws of 1913, which relates to the safeguarding of public records, and also to Respectfully, on inanF.Fee, PRIAL, Deputy and Acting Comptroller. section 1198 of the same chapter, which inflicts a penalty upon any public officer who Referred to Committee refuses or neglects to comply with this chapter. No. 653. I would also request that you give me the ;- triliority to contract in the open market Board of Estimate and Apportionment-Resolution Recommending Request for without public letting for tliq copying and printing of these maps and purchasing the Special Revenue Bonds, $4,375, to Meet Payment of the Salary of Com- necessary equipment for same. missioner of City Planning for the Remaining Three Months of the Year The Bar Association of this County, also the various title companies. banks, building 1930. loan and saving associations, and lawyers have complained to me of the deplorable condition of these maps, and I trust that you will give this request your approval. City of New York, Board r, Estimate and Apportionment, Office of the Secretary, Yours respectfully. JAMES L. VAIL, County Clerk. Municipal Building, October 16, 1930. Referred to Committee on Finance and Public Letting. To the Honorable the Board of ,Ildermen: Gentlemen-I transmit herewith certified copy of resolution adopted by this Board No. 651. on October 10, 1930, recommending that the Board of Aldermen request this Board, Board of Estimate and Apportionment-Resolution Appropriating $50,000 for pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 8 of section 188 of the Greater New York Emergency Repairs in the Board of Education for the Remainder of the Chatter, to issue special revenue bonds in the sum of $4,375 to be used for the purpose Year 1930. of providing for payment of the salary of the Commissioner of City Planning, at the City of New York, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, Office of the Secretary, rate of $17,500 a year, effective October 1, 1930. Municipal Building, October 16, 1930. Very truly yours, JOSEPH F. HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. To the Honorable the Board of Aldermen: Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby recommends to Gentlemen-I transmit herewith certified copies of resolutions adopted by this the Board of Aldermen that said Board request the Board of Estimate and Appor- Board on October 10, 1930, appropriating the following sums, pursuant to the pro- tionment, pursuant to provisions of subdivision 8 of section 188 of the Greater New visions of subdivision 8 of section 877 of the State Education Law: York Charter, to issue special revenue bonds in the sum of four thousand three (Cal. No. 15.) hundred seventy-five dollars ($4,375), the proceeds whereof to be used for the purpose $50,000 to provide funds to defray the cost of emergency repairs for the balance of providing for payment of the salary of the Commissioner of City Planning, at the of the year 1930. rate of $17,500 a year, effective October 1, 1930. (Cal. No. 60.) A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment $200 to provide funds for the settlement of an action brought by Abraham Gotthelf October 10, 1930. JOSEPH F. HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. against the Board of Education arising out of injuries alleged to have been sustained Referred to Committee on I finance. by his wife, Anna Gotthelf, on February 23, 1926, on the premises of Public School 159, No. 654. in the Borough of Brooklyn. Board of Estimate and Apportionment-Resolution Establishing Various Grades The above action was taken subject to the concurrence therein of your Board. of Positions in the Court of Special Sessions. A copy of the report of the Comptroller, relative to Cal. No. 60, is also enclosed. City of New York, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, Office of the Secretary, Yours very truly, JOSEPH F. HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. Municipal Building, October 16, Fe)o. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- To the Honorable the Board of .i'dermen: visions of subdivision 8 of section 877 of the State Education Law, as amended, and Gentlemen-I transmit ,herewith certified copies of resolutions adopted by this Board in accordance with a special estimate approved and adopted by the Board of Education on October 10, 1930. recommending the establishment of grades of positions in various on July 9, 1930, in the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), based departments, at the rates, for the number of incumbents and to be effective on the dates upon the emergency that exists to provide funds to defray the cost of emergency set forth therein. repairs for the balance of the year 1930, hereby appropriates, subject to the approval Copies of reports of the Director of the Budget relative to Cal. Nos. 59 and 146, of the Board of Aldermen, on account. the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and a cops, of a communication from the Chief City Magistrate relative to Cal. No. 215, to be credited to the 1930 Budget "Code 910, General Repairs, Replacements, Alterations are also enclosed herewith. and Betterments (Unforeseen)," and when the approval of the Board of Aldermen Yours very truly, JOSEPH F, HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. shall have been obtained therefor the Comptroller be and he is hereby authorized to Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the provisions issue special revenue bonds in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), of section 104 of article VII of the Inferior Criminal Courts Act, hereby recommends said special revenue bonds to be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 187 to the Board of Aldermen the establishment in the Court of Special Sessions of the of the Greater New York Charter, and said sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), grades of positions, in addition to those heretofore established, effective November or so much thereof as shall be required to provide for the purpose aforesaid, thus 1, 1930, as follows: authorized, shall be included as a separate item in the annual estimate of the Department Rate Number of of Education for the year 1931 in accordance with the requirements of section 877, subdivision 1, of the State Education Law,. as amended. Title of Position. Per Annum. Incumbents. A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment Probation Officer $1,800 00 2 October 10, 1930. JOSEPH F. HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. Court Attendant 2,000 00 2 Referred to Committee on Finance. Clerk 1,500 00 2 No. 652. Interpreter 1,800 00 1 Board of Estimate and Apportionment-Resolution Appropriating $200 to Pro- Court Stenographer 2,760 06 1 vide Funds for the Settlement of An Action Brought by Abraham Gotthelf Against the Board of Education. A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment October 10, 1930. JOSEPH F. HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- visions of subdivision 8, of section 877, of the State Education Law, as amended, and October 10, 1930. in accordance with a special estimate approved and adopted by the Board of Education To the Commitee of the Whole: on June 12, 1930, based on the emergency that exists to provide funds for the settle- Gentlemen- ment of an action brought by Abraham Gotthelf against the Board of Education, Salaries and Grades-Cal, No. 70, September 26, 1930. arising out of injuries alleged to have been sustained by his wife, Anna Gotthelf, on Communication, dated July 19, 1930, from the Chief Justice, Court of February 23, 1926, on the premises of Public School 159, in the Borough of Brooklyn, Special Sessions, requesting the establishment of positions and funds neces- hereby appropriates, subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen, the sum of sary to pay the salaries for the remainder of 1930. two hundred dollars ($200), to include all interest and costs, and when the approval of In view of the facts set forth in the attached report, it is recommended that the the Board of Aldermen shall have been obtained therefor, the Comptroller be and is Comptroller be requested to issue special revenue bonds in the sum of $2,528.66, under hereby authorized to issue special revenue bonds in an amount not exceeding two the provisions of section 114 of CIL. Inferior Criminal Courts Act, to be used for the hundred dollars ($200), said special revenue bonds to be issued in accordance with employment of the following force from November 1, to December 31, 1930: the provisions of section 187 of the Greater New York Charter, and said sum of two Probation Officer, 2 at $1.‘910: Court Attendant, 2 at $2,000; Clerk, 2 at $1,500; hundred dollars ($200) or so much thereof as may be required to provide for the above Interpreter, at $1,800; Court :.teliographer, at $2,760. purpose, thus authorized, shall be included as a separate item in the annual estimate of the Department of Fducaticti for the year 1931, in accordance with the requirements -and that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment recommend to the Board of Aldermen the establishment of the of section 877, subdivision 1, of the State Education Law, as amended. sitions, pursuant to the provisions of section 104 of article VII of the Inferior Criminal Courts Act, effective November 1. 1930. A true cony of resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment Respectfully, CII 1RLES L. KOHLER, Director of the Budget. October 10, 1930. JOSEPH F. HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. October 6, 1930. September 30, 1930. Mr, CHARLES L. KOHLER, DireCiOr the Budget: To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, The City of New York: Sir- Gentlemen-In a communication to your Board dated June 18, 1930, the Secretary Salaries and Grad':,--Cal. No. 700, September 26, 1930. of the Board of Education transmitted a certified copy of a resolution adopted by that Communication, dated July 19, 1930, from the Chief Justice, Court of Special Sessions, requesting Board on June 12, 1930. submitting an offer to allow judgment to be taken against said the establishment of positions and funds necessary to pay the salaries for the remainder of 1930. board for the sum of $200 in settlement of an action brought by Abraham Gotthelf for expenses incurred as the result of an accident to his wife, Anna Gotthelf, at Public The communication requested the establishment of the following positions: School No. 159, Brooklyn, in accordance with advice received from Acting Corporation Clerk, 3 at $1,800 $5,400 00 Counsel Charles Horowitz, and submitting, pursuant to section 877, subdivision 8, of the Court Stenographer 2,760 00 8120 THE CITY RECORD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1930.
Interpreter, 2 at $1,800 3,600 00 In connection with the foregoing the Vice-Chairman offered the following reso- Court Attendant, 4 at $2,000 8,&00 00 lution, which was made a tv iieral Order for the day: 6,000 00 Probation Officer, 3 at $2',000 Resolution Establishing Grade of Position of Confidential Stenographer to the Chief City Magistrate. $25,760 00 Whereas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment adopted the following reso- The Chief Justice states that the positions are necessary due to the appointment of lution at a meeting held October 10, 1930: three additional Justices and the opening of new parts of the court. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- In order to take care of the additional work of these courts the following positions visions of section 104 of the Inferior Criminal Courts Act, as amended, hereby recom- are provided in the Tentative Budget for 1931: mends to the Board of Aldermen the establishment in the City Magistrates' Courts of Probation Officer, 2' at $1,800 $3,630 00 the grade of position, in addition to those heretofore established, effective October Court Attendant, 2 at $2,00 -1,000 00 16, 1930, as follows: Clerk, 2 at $1,540 3,000 00 Rate Number of Interpreter 1,803 00 Title of Position. Per Annum. Incumbents. Court Stenographer 2,760 00 Confidential Stenographer to the Chief City Magistrate $3,600 00 1 $15,160 00 Resolved, That the Board of Aldermen hereby approves of and concurs in the above The amount necessary for the employment of this force from November 1 to resolution and fixes the salary of said position as set forth therein. December 31, 1930, would be $2,526.66. The President put the question whether the Board would agree w:th said resolution. Funds can be provided by an issue of special revenue bonds under the provisions of Which was unanimous1y decided in the affirmative by the following vote: section 114 of the Inferior Criminal Courts Act, which reads as follows: Affirmative-Aldermen Allen, Baldwin, Barrett, Bell, Carroll, Cashmore, Corcoran, "The comptroller of the city of New York, with the action and concurrence of Cunningham, Curley, Dertnody, Deutschmann, Donovan, Fassler, Fenn, Gallagher, the board of estimate and apportionment of the city, shall make provision by the Graubard, Gross, Hagan, Hanky, Hartung, Hawkins, Henrich, Hilkemeier, Kaltenmeier, issue and sale of certificates of indebtedness, until due and adequate provision shall Kiernan, Len.han, McCann, McCusker, McDonald, McGarey, McGillick, McGuinness, hereafter be made therefor in the annual budget of such city, to provide the means Manzella, Molen, Moore, Morris, Moses, O'Connell, O'Reilly, Ott, Posthauer, Reich, to make payment for any additional expenses made necessary by any provision of Rudd, Ryan, Sahner, Schwab, Smith, Solomon, Stand, Sullivan (E. J.), Sullivan this act." (W. P.), Tonry, Weber, Williams; President Miller, by Marshall Ingram, Assistant Commissioner of Public Work, : President Hesterberg, by William J. Heffernan, Assist- The positions must be established under the provisions of article VII, section 104 ant Commissioner of Public Works; President Harvey, by Raymond G. Pollard, of the Inferior Criminal Courts Act. Assistant Commissioner of Pul)lic Works; the Vice-Chairman-58. Respectfully, JOSEPH F. NEIL, Examiner. Referred to Committee on Salaries and Officers. No. 658. Board of Estimate and Apportionment-Resolution Authorizing the Issue of No. 655. Corporate Stock in the Sum of $1,800, to Be Used by the Department of Board of Estimate and Apportionment-Resolution Establishing Grades of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, for the Payment of Taxed Costs in Con- Positions of Auditor and Nurse in the Department of Sanitation. nection with the Purchase of Lands Necessary for the Protection of the Water Supply. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- The City of New York, B, lard of Estimate and Apportionment, Office of the Secre- visions of section 56 of the Greater New York Charter, hereby recommends to the Board tary, Municipal Building, October 17, 1930. of Aldermen establishment of grades of positions in the Department of Sanitation, in addition to those heretofore established, effective October 1, 1930, as follows: To the Honorable the Board of Aldermen: Gentlemen-I transmit her, with certified copies of resolutions adopted by this Board Rate Number of on October 17, 1930, authorizilip. the issue of corporate stock, subject to the concurrence Title of Position. Per Annum. Incumbents. therein of your Board, as follows: (Cal. No. 88) Auditor $4,500 00 1 $1,800, to be used by the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, for the Nurse 1,740 00 payment of taxed costs in connection with the purchase of lands around Lake Mohansic and Little Mohansic, Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, necessary for the protec- A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment tion of the water supply. October 10, 1930. JOSEPH F. HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. (Cal. No. 89) October 6, 1930. $922.50, to be used by the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, for the To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: payment of taxed costs in connection with the purchase of lands around Lake Mohansic and Little Mohansic, Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, necessary for the protec- Gentlemen-Under date of September 22, 1930, the Chairman, Sanitary Commission, tion of the water supply. requested modification of the personal service schedule No. 3075-1, Executive, for his (Cal. No. 90) department to provide for 24 additional positions mainly due to the increase in work $85,000, to be used by the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, for the caused by the consolidation of street cleaning forces. The necessary funds for these payment of awards and interest for property acquired on the easterly side of Park positions are to be obtained from funds available at present within the department's avenue near 168th street, Bcri,ugh of The Bronx, as a site for new headquarters and appropriations. for counsel fees, experts' fee.,, disbursements and costs in connection therewith. This office is prepared to approve of the modification, to the extent of increasing (Cal. No. 91) the force by twenty-one additional positions, under authority granted in resolution First $3,780, to be used by the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, for the of the terms and conditions of the Budget for 1930, but before doing so, the establish- payment of fees of Commission, :s of Appraisal in the matter of acquiring title to sites ment of two grades of positions is required, pursuant to the provisions of section 56 of for two (2) new headquarters buildings, Borough of The Bronx, the Greater New York Charter, in order to permit of the passage of payrolls by the Reports of the Secretary of this office, relative thereto, are also enclosed. Department of Finance. These grades are as follows: Yours very truly, JOSEPH F. HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. Auditor $4,500 CO 1 incumbent Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, that subject to the concur- Nurse 1,740 00 1 incumbent rence herein of the Board of Aldermen, and pursuant to the provisions of section 178 The additional positions which this office is prepared to include within the 1930 of the Greater New York Charcr, the Comptroller be and hereby is authorized to issue, appropriations have been recommended for inclusion in the Tentative Budget for 1931. in the manner provided by section 169 of the Charter, corporate stock of The C'tv of In view of the foregoing, the adoption of the attached resolution, recommending New York in an amount not exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) at to the Board of Aldermen, the establishment of the above mentioned grades of posi- such rate of interest as the C, immissioners of the Sinking Fund shall prescribe. the tions, pursuant to section 56 of the Greater New York Charter, is hereby recommended. principal thereof to mature within a period not exceeding fifty (50) years, the proceeds to the amount of the par value thereof to be credited to Code CDW-87, in addition to Respectfully, CHARLES L. KOHLER, Director of the Budget. funds already made available, to be used by the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Referred to Committee on Salaries and Offices. Electricity, for the payment of taxed costs in connection with the purchase of lands No. 656. around Lake Mohansic and Little. Mohansic, Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, necessary for the protection o: the water supply, which improvement the Board of Board of Estimate and Apportionment-Resolution Establishing Grade of Posi- Estimate and Apportionment hereby determines to have substantial present or pros- tion of Commissioner of City Planning. pective earning power. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, visions of section 56 of the Greater New York Charter, hereby recommends to the October 17, 1930. JOSEPH F. HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. Board of Aldermen, the establishment in the Department of City Planning, of the grade August 26, 1930. of position, effective October 1, 1930, as follows: To the Committee of the Wilk Gentlemen- Rate Number of Title of Position. Per Annum. Incumbents. Cal. No. , Septcm! ,e). 26, 1926; Secretary's Record No. 9113. Communication, dated August 8, 1930, from the Commissioner of Commissioner of City Planning $17,500 00 1 Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, requesting an issue of corporate stock in the amount of $1,8t ll representing a claim presented through the Cor- A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment poration Counsel for set-, ices and disbursements in connection with con- October 10, 1930. JOSEPH F. HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. demnation proceedings iHr the acquirement of certain land on Mohanhic Referred to Committee on Salaries and Offices. Lake. No. 657. On September 29, 1927 (C..,! No. 24), and September 27, 1928 (Cal. No. 41), the Board of Estimate and Apportionment-Resolution Establishing Grade of Posi- Board of Estimate and Apporti nment approved and adopted map showing property tion of Confidential Stenographer to the Chief City Magistrate. (in 18 parcels) at Mohansic Lilac, Town of Yorktown, Westchester County, to be acquired for the sanitary protectiur of the water supply of the City of New York. Con- Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- demnation proceedings were auth, ,rized November 22, 1928 (Cal. No. 258). visions Of section 104 of the Inferior Criminal Courts Act, as amended; hereby recom- On December 22, 1927 ((al. No. 34), the Board of Estimate and Apportionment mends to the Board of Aldermen the establishment in the City Magistrates' Courts of authorized an issue of corporate stock in the amount of $60,000 for the purchase of the P. rale of Position, in addition to those heretofore established, effective October lands around Lake Mohansie and Little Mohansic, and on April 11, 1930 (Cal. 16, 1930, as follows: No. 261), authorized an addition;,i $5,000 for the payment of awards and interest and miscellaneous items, including exiTrt and stenographic services, etc. Rate Number of $(4 Title of Position. Of this $65,000, a total of 717 37 has been expended for the payment of two (2) Per Annum. Incumbents awards and incidental expenses taxed by the court leaving an unexpended balance of Confidential Stenographer to the Chief City Magistrate.... $3,600 00 1 $282.63. The Corporation Counsel 11,H advised that the following bill of costs has been A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment properly taxed and should be paid. October 10, 1930. JOSEPH F. HIGGINS, Assistant Secretary. Miscellaneous E.rpccs, Fees of Commissioners of Appraisal. City of New York, City Magistrates' Courts, 300 Mulberry Street, October William H. Gregory, services as I ommissioner $1,800 00 8, 1930. There will be presented fror- time to time requests for additional authorizations Board of Estimate and Apportionment, Municipal Building, New York, N. Y.: for the payment of the awards aid costs of acquiring the remaining 16 parcels. The total amount required caan)t now be estimated at this time. Sirs-Request is respectfully made for the transfer of $833.33 from Code 3050-1930, It is therefore recommende, l that, subject to the concurrence of the Board of City Fund for Salary and Wage Accruals, or such other funds that may be available, to Aldermen, an appropriation of ear corporate stock (water supply) revenue pro- Code 2931-1930, Salaries, Regular, Employees, City Magistrates' Courts. ducing in the amount of $1,800 h authorized for the above purpose, the proceeds to be This request is made for the purpose of paying the salary of one Confidential set up in the existing fund, "Cm(!, DW-87. Purchase of Lands Around 1 ake Mohansic Stenographer to the Chief City Magistrate for the period of two and one-half months and Little Mohansic, Yorktown '!' Hits, Westchester County, Necessary for the Sani- from October 16, 1930, to December 31, 1930, inclusive, at the rate of $4,000 per annum. tary Protection of the Water Request is further respectfully made for the establishment, under section 56 of the Respectfully, ALBERT C. McCARTHY, Examiner. Greater New York Charter, of the position mentioned above. Permission is also Concurred in : W. D. Airl2f " .\ ,sistant Engineer. requested to fill the said position at line rate. Approved : TAMFq P. D' ' 1 'P, Director. Respectfully submitted, J. E. CORRIGAN, Chief City Magistrate. Referred to Committee on Finance.