avenue and Twenty-third street. The lessors, as I am informed by the Comptroller, is the DeMilt Dispensary, and the lease expires on May 1, 1901.

Respectfully yours,

DANIEL F. MARTIN, Justice.

In connection therewith the Deputy Comptroller offered the following resolution :

Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute a renewal of the lease to the City, from the DeMilt Dispensary, of the second story of the building on the northwest corner of Second avenue and Twenty-third street, except room and passage. way at the south end thereof, for the use of the Muuicipal Court of The City of New York, Sixth District, for a term of one year from May 1, 1901, at an annual rental of seventeen hundred dollars ($1,700), payable quarterly, otherwise upon the same terms and conditions as contained in the existing lease-the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deeming the said rent fair and reasonable and that it would be for the interests of the City that such lease be made.

Which was unanimously adopted.

The following communication was received from the Board of Public Improvements relative to a renewal of the lease of premises No. 85 Borden avenue, Long Island City : NEW YORK, April 29, 1901.

Honorable the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund:

SIRS-At the meeting of this Board held on the 24th instant the following resolution was adopted:

"Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund be requested to renew the lease for one year (with the privilege of a renewal) from May 1, 1901, at the monthly rental of thirty dollars per month, of the third floor of extension to office building known as No. 85 Borden avenue, Long Island City, Borough of Queens, the same being necessary for the use of the Topographical Bureau in that borough."

Will your Honorable Body kindly give this matter early attention, and oblige,

Yours respectfully,

JOHN H. MOONEY, Secretary.

In connection therewith the Deputy Comptroller offered the following resolution : Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute a renewal of the lease to the City, from the New York Land and Warehouse Company, for the use of the Board of Public Improvements, of the third floor of extension to office building known as No. 85 Borden avenue, Long Island City, Borough of Queens, for a term of one year from May 1, 1901, at a rental of thirty dollars ($30) per month, otherwise upon the same terms and conditions as contained in the existing lease-the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deeming the said rent fair and reasonable and that it would be for the interests of the City that such lease be made.

Which was unanimously adopted.

The following communication was received from the Department of Public Charities relative to the surrender of the lease of premises occupied by the Twenty-sixth Ward Homeopathic Dispensary, Borough of Brooklyn :

Borough of BROOKLYN-NEW YORK CITY,
March 11, 1901.

To the Sinking Fund Commissioners of The City of New York:

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GENTLEMEN-By direction of the Commissioner of Public Charities for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, I transmit herewith surrender of lease for premises occupied by the Twenty-sixth Ward Homeopathic Dispensary.

Respectfully,

BERNARD LAMB, Chief Clerk.

The Twenty-sixth Ward Homeopathic Dispensary, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar ($1), the receipt of which is acknowledged, and of a release from any and all obligation to pay rent for the premises hereinafter described from the date hereof, doth hereby surrender to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the City of New York the possession and all right to a lease of certain premises belonging to The City of New York, situate on the easterly side of Bradford street, commencing one hundred and eighty-five (185) feet north of Atlantic avenue, in the Borough of Brooklyn, in The City of New York, including the two-story brick building on lot 70 by 100 feet, the said premises having been struck off to the said Twenty-sixth Ward Homeopathic Dispensary for a lease of ten years from the first day of February, 1899, at a rental of two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars per year, pursuant to resolutions of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of The City of New York adopted the 21st day of December, 1898, and the 20th day of January, 1899, authorizing the Comptroller of The City of New York to sell a lease of said premises, which lease has never been executed or delivered to the Twenty-sixth Ward Homeopathic Dispensary.

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In witness whereof, the said Twenty-sixth Ward Homeopathic Dispensary hath he eunto caused its seal to be affixed and these presents to be subscribed by its VicePresident, the 8th day of March, 1901.

State of New York, County of Kings, ss.:

EDWARD E. STEWART, Vice-Presid ent.

On the eighth day of March, in the year one thousand nine hundred and one, before me personally came Edward E. Stewart, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resided in the Borough of Brooklyn of The City of New York; that he is the Vice-President of the Twenth-sixth Homeopathic Dispensary, the corporation described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knew the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument was such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like order.

EDW. N. VOLLMER, Commissioner of Deeds for The City of New York.

In connection therewith the Deputy Comptroller offered the following resclution : Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund hereby consent to and approve of the cancellation of the lease from the City to the Twenty-sixth Ward Homeopathic Dispensary of premises belonging to The City of New York, situated on the easterly side of Bradford street, in the Borough of Brooklyn, made pursuant to resolutions adopted December 21, 1898, and January 20, 1899.

Which was unanimously adopted.

Adjourned.

EDGAR J. LEVEY, Secretary.

Proceedings of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund at a Meeting held at the Mayor's Office at 11.30 o'clock A. M. on Friday, May 17, 1901.

Present - Robert A. Van Wyck, Mayor; Bird S. Coler, Comptroller; John H. Campbell, Deputy Chamberlain, and Robert Muh, Chairman, Finance Committee, Board of Aldermen.

The minutes of the meeting held May 2, 1901, were approved as printed.

The following communication was received from the Board of Armory Commissioners relative to a renewal of the lease of Room No. 161 in the Stewart Building, occupied by the MajorGeneral commanding the National Guard, New York:

NEW YORK, May 8, 1901.

To the Honorable the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund:
GENTLEMEN-At a meeting of the Armory Board, held May 8, 1901, the following was

adopted:

“Resolved, That the Comptroller be authorized to execute the renewal of the lease, for the "term of one year, from May 1, 1901, for the room known as No. 161, on the fourth floor of "the Stewart Building, for the use and occupancy of the Major-General commanding the National "Guard, N.Y., as headquarters, at an annual rental of sixteen hundred dollars ($1,600), in accord"ance with the terms and conditions now existing in the present lease, and that the Commissioners " of the Sinking Fund be respectfully requested to concur in the same."

Yours truly,

THOS. L. FEITNER, Secretary.

In connection therewith the Comptroller offered the following resolution :

Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute a renewal of the lease to the City of room No. 161 in the Stewart Building, No. 280 Broadway, for the use and occupation of the Major General commanding the National Guard, New York, as headquarters, for a term of one year from May 1, 1901, at an annual rental of sixteen hundred dollars

($1,600), payable quarterly, otherwise upon the same terms and conditions as contained in the existing lease-the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deeming the said rent fair and reasonable and that it would be for the interests of the City that such lease be made.

Which was unanimously adopted.

The following communication was received from the Board of Armory Commissioners relative to a renewal of the lease of premises Nos. 334 to 340 West Forty-fourth street, Borough of Man hattan, occupied by the First Battery, N. G., N. Y. :

NEW YORK, May 8, 1901.

To the Honorable the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund : DEAR SIRS-At a meeting of the Armory Board, held May 8, 1901, the following was adopted:

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Resolved, That, with the concurrence of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, the Comptroller be requested to renew, for one year from May 1, 1901, the lease of the premises now occupied by the First Battery, N. G., N. Y., located at Nos. 334 to 340 West Forty-fourth 'street, and owned by Katherine Schmuck, at an annual rental of three thousand dollars ($3,000), with the other terms and conditions now existing in the lease unchanged."

Yours truly,

THOS. L. FEITNER, Secretary.

In connection therewith the Comptroller offered the following resolution :

Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute a renewal of the lease to the City, from Katharina Schmuck, of premises located at Nos. 334 to 340 West Forty fourth street, Borough of Manhattan, occupied by the First Battery, N. G., N. Y., for a term of one year from May 1, 1901, at an annual rental of three thousand dollars ($3,000), payable quarterly, otherwise upon the same terms and conditions as contained in the existing lease-the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deeming the said rent fair and reasonable and that it would be for the interests of the City that such lease be made.

Which was unanimously adopted.

The Comptroller presented the following report and offered the following resolution relative to a lease of premises in Durland's Academy, Nos. 5 to 17 West Sixty-sixth street, Borough of Manhattan, for the use of the First Brigade, as headquarters:

Hon. BIRD S. COLER, Comptroller :

had:

MAY 11, 1901.

SIR-At a meeting of the Armory Board held March 8, 1901, the following proceedings were

'Resolved, That the Comptroller be authorized to execute a lease for the term of one year, "from May 1, 1901, for the room to be known as 'A,' in the new Durland Academy, at "Nos. 5 to 17, inclusive, West Sixty-sixth street, for the use and occupancy as First Brigade "Headquarters, at an annual rental of six hundred dollars ($600), the lessee to furnish the light"ing, special telephone and elevator services, and that the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund "be respectfully requested to concur in the same."