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The City Record. Official Journal THE CITY RECORD. OFFICIAL JOURNAL. NUMBER 446. VOL. II. NEW YORK. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1874. Resolved, That a Joint Special Committee to be appointed to attend to the obsequies of the It was his proud distinction to have been elected consist of five members from each branch of the Honorable William F. Havemeyer, late Mayor by his fellow-citizens for three different terms to Common Council, be appointed to make the of the City of New York, deceased. the chair of Chief Magistrate of this city. necessary arrangements for the funeral obsequies Assistant Alderman Clancy moved that the No citizen ever filled that chair with a more sin- of the deceased. resolution be adopted. cere desire to advance the public welfare. He The President pro tem.put the question whether The President put the question whether the had no thought nor desire but to carry into effect lhe Board would agree with said resolution. Board would agree with said motion. what appeared to him to promote the best interests Which was decided in the affirmative. Which was decided in the affirmative. of this community. And the same was directed to be sent to the And the same was directed to be sent to the His last administration of the government was Board of Assistant Aldermen for concurrence. Board of Aldermen for concurrence immediately. during a transition period, turbulent and embarrass- And the President pro tem. subsequently ap- By Assistant Alderman Healy— ing. His services during this period will long be pointed as such committee on the part of this Resolved (the Board of Aldermen concurring), remembered with gratitude. Board— That a Joint Session of the Board of Aldermen and A native of this city, his long life has been Aldermen Van Schaick, the Board of Assistant Aldermen be held on identified with its material prosperity. Monheimer, Tuesday, December ist, 1874, at 1 o'clock, P. M., in the chamber of this Board, to take such action Reilly, To you I recommend such action as will mark as may be necessary, in relation to the obsequies the public appreciation of our departed chief. OBITUARY. Morris, and of the late Mayor, William F. Havemeyer. Billings. Respectfully, Assistant Alderman Healy moved that the reso- By Alderman McCafferty— SAMUEL B. H. VANCE, Mr. WILLIAM F. HAVEMEYER, Mayor lution be adopted. Resolved, That both branches of the Common Mayor. of the City, died of heart disease, at the Council will meet in Joint Session in the Cham- The President put the question whether the Which was ordered on file. Board would agree with said motion. Mayor's Office, City Hall, on Monday, ber of the Board of Aldermen, on Tuesday, the Alderman Van Schaick presented the following ist proximo, at I o'clock P. M., for the purpose Which was decided in the affirmative. preamble and resolutions, prefacing their intro- November 30, 1874, at 12:10 P.M., aged of taking such action as may be deemed best And the same was directed to be sent to the duction by a feeling allusion to the unexpected calculated to manifest sorrow for the death and Board of Aldermen for concurrence immediately. 70 years, 9 months, and 18 days. respect for the memory of the Hon. William F. death of the Hon. Wm. F. Havemeyer, late He was three times elected to the Havemeyer, late Mayor of this City. SPECIAL COMMITTEE. Mayor of this city : The President pro tem. put the question whether The President here announced the Special Almighty God, Ruler of all things, has in His office of Mayor of the City, and served the Board would agree with said resolution. Committee, consisting of wise providence taken from us our Chief Magis- trate, William F. Havemeyer, Mayor of this city. as such in the years 1845, 1848, 1873, Which was decided in the affirmative. Assistant Aldermen Clancy, And the same was directed to be sent to the It, therefore, becomes the mournful duty of this and to the time of his death in the year Healy, Common Council, in joint meeting assembled, to Board of Assistant Aldermen for concurrence. Bracks, give expression to their sense of the great loss 1874. PAPERS FROM THE BOARD OK ASSISTANT AL- Codington, and which the city, as well as the family of the DERMEN. Wade. deceased, has sustained by this unexpected The following resolution : bereavement. MOTIONS RESUMED. PROCEEDIN GS Resolved (the Board of Aldermen concurring), Born in the City of New York, A. D., 1804, That a special committee of five from each Board Assistant Alderman Clancy moved that this when its population numbered scarcely 67,000, be appointed to attend to the obsequies of the Hon. Board do now adjourn. Mr. Havemeyer was elected Mayor in 1845, and William F. Havemeyer, late Mayor of the City of The President put the question whether the again elected in 1848, when the population was BOARDS OF less than 500,000. New York, deceased. Board would agree with said motion. The President pro tem. put the question whether In 1872, when the City had a population ot ALIEN AND ASSISTANT ALDERMEN Which was decided in the affirmative. nearly a million, he was for the third time elected the Board would agree to concur with the Board And the President announced that the Board to the Mayoralty, and at the time of his death he AND THE of Assistant Aldermen in adopting said resolution. stood adjourned until Tuesday, December ist, was at his post in the active discharge of the duties VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS Which was decided in the affirmative. 1874, at I o'clock P. M. of his high office. Also the following: During the long per iod of his active life Mr. WILLIAM H. MOLONEY, Havemeyer engaged no small amount of public Resolved (the Board of Aldermen concurring). Clerk. attention. His advice was repeatedly sought for CITY GOVERNMENT, That a Joint Session of the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Assistant Aldermen be held on in moments of public peril, and he was thrice RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF Tuesday, December 1874, at o'clock elevated by the preference of his fellow-towns- I, 1 p. M., men to the highest office in their gift. WILLIAM F. HAVEMEYER, in the chamber of this Board, to take such action JOINT SPECIAL MEETING as may be necessary in relation to the obsequies of He has filled other and numerous positions of MAYOR OK THE CITY OF NEW YORK. the late Mayor, William F. Havemeyer. OP THE public and private trust, each of which he has dis- charged faithfully and well. The President pro tem. put the question whether BOARDS OF ALDERMEN AND He grew with the growth of his native city, and the Board would agree to concur with the Board strengthened with its strength, and he has died LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. of Assistant Aldermen in adopting said resolution. ASSISTANT ALDERMEN. full of years and of honors. Which was decided in the affirmative. Resolved, As a token of respect for the memory of Mayor Wm. F. Havemeyer, deceased, this MOTIONS RESUMED. SPECIAL SESSION. TUESDAY, December 1, 1874, Common Council will attend his funeral in a body, Alderman Morris moved that the Board do now I o'clock P. M. and will wear a badge of mourning for the period adjourn. of thirty days; that the Mayor's office, the BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The President pro tem. put the question whether The Boards met, pursuant to adjournment. chambers of the Common Council, and the various public offices be appropriately draped in the Board would agree with said motion. PRESENT : mourning ; that the flags on the City Hall and MONDAY, November 30, 1874, Which was decided in the affirmative. other public buildings be displayed at half-staff, ALDERMEN ASSISTANT AI-DERMEN 2 o'clock P. M. And the President pro tem. announced that the from sunrise till sunset, from this time until after ( Oliver P. C. Billings, Thomas Foley, The Board met in their chamber, No 15 City Board stood adjourned until Tuesday next, the ist his funeral. , Stephen V. R. Cooper, Charles M. Clancy, Hall, pursuant to the following call: proximo, at 1 o'clock p. M. Resolved, That the Joint Committee of five John Falconer, John C. Keating, from each branch of the Common Council already NEW YORK, November 30, 1874. JOSEPH C. PINCKNEY, Richard Flanagan, Michael Healy, appointed, be and they are hereby instructed to Hon. Jos. C. PINCKNEY, Clerk. Edward Gilon, Thomas L. Thornell, make such other arrangements for the obsequies, Clerk of the Board of Aldermen : Peter Kehr, George F. Codington, as in their judgment will best express the sorrow of all classes of citizens by reason of the sad SIR—You are hereby directed to notify the mem- George Koch, Joseph P. Strack, STATED SESSION. bereavement. bers of the Board of Aldermen to meet in Special Robert McCafferty, William S. Kreps, Resolved, That as an additional mark of re- Session in the Chamber of the Board, in the City Joseph A. Monheimer, Patrick Keenan, spect for the memory of the honored deceased, a Hall, on Monday, the 30th day of November, BOARD OF Oswald Ottendorfer, William Wade, copy of the foregoing, properly engrossed, be 1874, at 2 p. M., to take action with reference to John Reilly, John J. Kehoe, transmitted to his family. the death of his Honor the Mayor, W. F. Have- ASSISTANT ALDERMEN Jenkins Van Schaick. Edward Bracks, Alderman McCafterty, in seconding the adoption meyer. George Kelly, of the resolutions, alluded in the most feeling J. VAN SCHAICK. MONDAY, November 30, 1874, | Isaac Sommers, manner to the public loss occasioned by the death JOS.
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