October 1764 Amounting in the whole to two hundred and Ninety Seven days, which he Endorsed Gratis and Declared the Same to be Null and Void, and all Certificates and Demands of the Like Service

ORDER'D that the mayor Issue his Warrant to the TreasNo 1733 urer of this City to pay to Mr John Holt or order the sum of nine Pounds, in full of his Account for Printing and Advertizeing three Several Laws of this Corporation for Assizeing Provisions &c as pr his said acc! audited by this Board and allowed of.

No 1734

ORDER'D the Mayor Issue his warrant to the Treasurer urer of this City to pay to Johannis Myer Messenger and door keeper to this Board or order the sum of three pounds fifteen Shillings in full for a Quarters Sallary due unto him and Ending the first day of December Last Past.

ORDER'D the Like to William Mitchel or order the sum No 1735 of five Pounds in full for a Quarters Sallary due unto him as Publick Whipper of this City and Ending the 5th Instant

ORDER'D the Like to Teunis Jacobs or order the sum of No 1736 Three pounds for making a Gallos by order of the high

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ORDERD the Like To Thodorus Van Wyck Esq or order the sum of £47: 155 in full of an account Exhibited to this board for Sundry Sums by him advanced & paid for Repairing one of the Great Docks belonging to this Corporation, as p' his said Account Audited by this board and allowed of

ORDER'D the Mayor Issue his warrant to the Treasurer No 1738 of this City to pay to John Bingham or order the sum of Forty Eight Pounds Six Shillings in full for the Like sum By him advanced and Paid for Carrying Ninety Two Scow Loads of mud out of the fly Market Slip and for Scow Hire as pr his said acct audited by this Board and allowed of.

ORDER'D the Like to Isaac Stoutenburgh, or order the No 1739 sum of Four Hundred and Sixty three Pounds Eighteen Shillings and three Pence (out of the monies Paid into his hands By the Church wardens of this City and Raised and Colletted by Virtue of an Act of the Lieut. Governour ye Council and General Assembly of this Province Lately made and Published) in full of his Account for monies Paid to the Watchmen for one Quarters Watching from the fifteenth of September Last to the fifteenth of December following [255] And for divers Quantities of Oyle furnished for the Citys Lamps &c. as pr his said Account Audited by this Board and allowed of.

ORDER'D that the Assize of Bread be till further order flower at Sixteen Shillings and Nine pence per Cent

A White Loaf of the finest flower to Weigh.... 1lb 130z: for 4 Coppers. Do...... of Do.............to weigh..... 14 for 2 Do

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AND FURTHER ORDERD that no other Bread be made for sale within this City then According to the Above Assize (hard Biscuits only Excepted) and that all Bakers within the same take Notice thereof and make their Bread Accordingly.

ORDER'D that the Clerk of this Board Prepare a Bond from this Corporation to Mr John Van der Spiegle of this City Merchant in the penalty of Three Hundred and Forty Pounds Conditioned for the Payment of one Hundred & Seventy Pounds on or Before the 4th of January next with Interest at Six pr C from the 14th of November Last and Annex the seal of this Corporation thereto to be Signed by the mayor and Counter Signed by the Clerk of this Board.

ORDER'D the Like to William Smith Jun' Esq' in the Penalty of Six

Hundred and Sixty Pounds Conditioned for The Payment of Three Hundred and Thirty Pounds on or Before the fourth day of January next with Interest at Six Per Cent. from the Twelfth day of November Last and Annex the Seal of this Corporation thereto to be Signed By the mayor & Countersigned By the Clerk of this Board.

ORDER'D By this Board that Nicholas Dereimer be appointed a fireman for the East ward in the Room of David Hansen deceased; and Nathan Fish in the Room of David Scott who is Lately Removed from said ward to Albany

ORDER D By this Board that Mr Garrit Rapalie Do Purchase for the use of this Corporation thirty Lamps and Lamp Posts and Cause the same to be Erected in Some of the most Publick Streets in this City where its Conceived they will be most Beneficiall and Place the Expence thereof to this Board

ORDER'D that Alderman Bogart Cause a New Election of a Constable for Montgomerie ward In the Room and Stead of James Palding deceased the Late Constable of said ward and that the Election be on Wednesday next at Ten oClock in the morning.

[256] IT BEING REPRESENTED to this Board that the Monies Raised the Last Year for the Minister and Poor have been Long Since Expended or so much thereof as Came to the hands of the Church Wardens of this City; and the distresses of the Poor being at Present so Extremely Great that unless some Expedient Can Be fallen on for their Relief many of which must unavoidably perish; THIS BOARD therefore Conceive the only method they Can take at present to Supply the Necessitys of such who stand in need thereof; to Borrow from the Chamberlain of this Corporation the Sum of £200 out of the monies Raised in Vertue of an act Entituled an act to Empower and enable the Mayor Recorder and Aldermen of the City of New York to order the Raising a Sum not Exceeding fourteen hundred pounds for the purposes therein mentioned made and passed the 13th of December 1763 or out of Such other monies as are in the hands of the said Chamberlain belonging to this Corporation; The Same to be again replaced out of the monies which Shall be Raised and Collected for the minister and poor this present year: IT IS THEREFORE HEREBY ORDER'D, that the Mayor Issue his warrant to the Treasurer of this City to Pay to Mess Abraham Duryee and Andrew Myer Church Wardens of the said City or their order the said Sum of Two Hundred Pounds out of

the Monies Paid into his hands by Vertue of the Aforesaid Act or if said monies should be Expended then of such other monies as shall be in the Treasury in order that the Good Ends and purposes abovementioned Sho'd be Effected

THE ACT Entituled an Act for the better Regulating the publick Roads in the City and County of New York and to Levy money to defray the Expence thereof, passed ye 20th of October Last was Read wherein and whereby the Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York and their Successors for ever are Appointed Commissioners to Regulate and keep in Repair the Present High ways and to Lay out Regulate and keep in Repair such other Publick Roads or High ways in the said City and County as shall thereafter be laid out by Act or Acts to be Passed for that Purpose, who are thereby fully Authorized and Impowered to put in Execution the Several Services intend[ed] by said act and to Levy such Sum and Sums of money as may be Neccessary for the defraying the Expence thereof; THIS BOARD therefore taking the same into Consideration, Resolved and ORDERD that the sum of three hundred pounds be Raised for the Expence of this Present Year and that the same be Levied Collected and Applied in such manner and form and to and for such uses intents and purposes as in and by the said act is Directed and Required

[257] City of Iss. New York

AT a Common Councill held at the City Hall of the said City on ffriday the 25th day of Jan'ỵ Anno Dom 1765

Present John Cruger Esq Mayor &c:

THE REPORT of the Major part of the Committee Appointed upon the Petition Preferred to this Board By Cornelius P: Low praying a Grant of the soil under the water Two hundred feet into the East River Fronting his Ground in the east ward of this City Together with the Peer and the proffitts Arising there from was produced and Read and is in the words following (Viz!) THE REPORT of us the Subscribers the Comittee Appointed upon the petition preferred By Mr Cornelius P Low praying the Grant of the soil under the water Fronting his Ground in the East ward of this City, and Extending Two hundred feet into the East River Together with a peer and the proffitts Arising from the said peer to the mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York.

Wee the said Subscribers of the Aforesaid Committee having Taken the matters of the said petition under our Consideration do Report it as our opinion thereon that we Conceive that the Building out a peer from the Ground of the said Cornelius P Low. at the East River Will Be Greatly Advantageous to the Trading part of this City By Furnishing a Safe harbour for shipping and Therefore Advise a Grant to him of the said Ground Fronting his said Lott on the East River upon the yearly Quit Rent of Two Shillings Per Annum Per foot to Commence at the [258] Building of a Peer or a Street hereafter mentioned or at the Expiration of Five years from the date hereof which shall first happen.

That he should also have the Privilidge of making a peer on the Southwesterly side of the Abovementioned Lot of Twenty five wide and Two hundred foot in Length into the River to be Built within five years from the date hereof But as the Building of the said Peer if Built Close to the dock might Be a means of filling up the Docks on each side to avoid which we Advise that the said Cornelius P Low shall Leave a Vacancey. of Forty Foot Between the present Dock and the said Peer so to be Built for the Tides way which vacancy to be Covered with a Strong Bridge for Carriages &c: and that the said Cornelius P Low Leave Forty foot at the end of the said Peer and Lott Above mentioned for a Street which street on his Lott to be Built and Opened when thereunto Required By the Corporation That as the said Cornelius P Low will Be at a Considerable Expence in making the said peer. that Besides his having the Intire Advantage of the dockage on the easterly side of the said peer we Conceive he ought to Reap the Benefit of the dockage Arising from the westerly side of the said Peer, for Thirty Years and at the Expiration thereof the Dockage on the south westerly side to Belong to the Corporation