PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD OF ASSISTANTS,

FROM THE ORGANIZATION UNDER THE AMENDED CHARTER OF 1830.

..1862

1863

.1864

.1865

.1866

Edwin D. Morgan (from May 8, 1849, to January 7, 1850).

..1850

Edwin J. Brown, President of Board of Councilmen..

1854

Charles H. Haswell, President of Board of Councilmen..

.1858

Population, Dwellings, and Families of the city, as shown by United States Census of 1860, together with the Population taken from the State Census of 1865.

The following table shows the comparative increase in population since the commencement of the present century in the United States and Great Britain:

BOUNDARIES OF WARDS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

1865.

First Ward-Bounded south by Battery; east by East river; north by Maiden lane and Liberty street; west by West street.

Second Ward-Bounded south by Maiden lane and Liberty street; west by Broadway; northwest by Park row; northeast by Spruce and Ferry streets, and Peck slip; east by East river.

Third Ward-Bounded south by Liberty street; west by West street; north by Reade street; east by Broadway.

Fourth Ward--Bounded southwesterly by Spruce street, Ferry street, and Peck slip; east by South street; northeasterly by Catharine street.

Fifth Ward-Bounded south by Reade street; west by West street; northeasterly by Canal street; east by Broadway.

Sixth Ward-Bounded south by Park row and Chatham street; east by Bowery; north by Walker and Canal streets; west by Broadway. Seventh Ward-Bounded southwesterly by Catharine street; northwesterly by Division and Grand streets; east by East river; southwesterly by South street.

Eighth Ward-Bounded south by Canal street; west by West street; north by Hamersley and Houston streets; east by Broadway. Ninth Ward-Bounded south by Hamersley street; east by Hancock and Bleecker streets and Sixth avenue; north by Fourteenth street. Tenth Ward-Bounded west by Bowery; north by Rivington street; east by Norfolk street; southeasterly by Division street. Eleventh Ward--Bounded west by avenue B and Clinton street; south by Rivington street; east by East river; north by Fourteenth street. Twelfth Ward-Bounded south by Eighty-sixth street; west by North river; east by East river (including Ward's and Randall's Islands); north by Harlem river and Spuyten Duyvel creek.

Thirteenth Ward--Bounded south by Division and Grand streets; west by Norfolk street; north by Rivington street; east by East river. Fourteenth Ward-Bounded south by Walker and Canal streets; west by Broadway; north by Houston street; east by Bowery.

Fifteenth Ward-Bounded south by Houston street; west by Hancock and Bleecker streets and Sixth avenue; north by Fourteenth street. Sixteenth Ward-Bounded south by Fourteenth street; west by North river; north by Twenty-sixth street; east by Sixth avenue. Seventeenth Ward-Bounded south by Rivington street; east by Clinton street and avenue B; north by Fourteenth street; west by Bowery and Fourth avenue.

Eighteenth Ward--Bounded south by Fourteenth street; east by the East river; north by Twenty-sixth street; west by Sixth avenue.

Nineteenth Ward-Bounded north by Eighty-sixth street; east by East river; south by Fortieth street; west by Sixth avenue.

Twentieth Ward-Bounded north by Fortieth street; east by Sixth avenue; south by Twenty-sixth street; west by Hudson river. Twenty-first Ward-Bounded north by Fortieth street; east by East river; south by Twenty-sixth street; west by Sixth avenue. Twenty-second Ward-Bounded north by Eighty-sixth street; east by Sixth avenue; south by Fortieth street; west by Hudson river.

FORMATION OF WARDS.

In 1683 the city of New York was divided into six wards, under the designation of "South," "Dock," "East," "North," "West," and "Out" Wards. For map showing the boundaries of these wards see page 212 of Manual of Common Council for 1848.

The Montgomerie Charter, dated January 15, 1730, designates, in addition to the above, the boundaries of the " Montgomerie "' Ward.

By an act of the colonial government, passed February 28, 1791, the wards are designated numerically from 1 to 7, and the bounds of each described.

By an act of the Legislature, passed March 8, 1803, the wards are increased to nine, numerically designated, and boundaries described. The Tenth Ward was erected from the Seventh by act of March 18, 1808.

The Eleventh and Twelfth Wards were formed, and the boundaries of all described, by an act passed April 25, 1825. (Chap. 195, Laws of 1825.)

13th Ward was erected from the 10th Ward, Act April 6, 1827.

* The Sixth Ward formerly included that portion of the Fourteenth Ward which lies south of Grand street; the remainder of the Fourteenth Ward was taken from the Eighth.