ACTS 
OF THE 
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE, 
ANH 
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 
OF THE 
COMMON COUNCIL 
OF 
THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, 
IN RELATION TO THE 
SUBJECT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF WATER 
• INTO THE 
CITY OF NEW YORK, 
FROM 1833 TO JUNE, 1842 
C. DINGLEY, PRINTER, 111 FULTON STREET. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. 
AN ACT 
For the appointment of Commissioners in relation to supplying the 
City of New York with pure and wholesome Water. 
(Passed Feb. 26, 1833.) 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 
§ 1. The Governor shall nominate, and with the consent 
of the Senate, shall appoint five persons, to be known as 
the Water Commissioners for the city of New York, who 
shall be citizens and inhabitants of the said city. 
Five Com- 
missioners. 
§ 2. It shall be the duty of the said Commissioners to 
examine and consider all matters relative to supplying the 
city of New York with a sufficient quantity of pure and 
wholesome water for the use of its inhabitants, and the 
amount of money necessary to effect that object. 
Their duty. 
§ 3. The said Commissioners shall have power to em- 
ploy engineers, surveyors, and such other persons as in 
their opinion may be necessary to enable them to fulfil 
their duties under this act. 
May employ 
engineers. 
§ 4. The said Commissioners shall make a report of 
their proceedings under this act, which shall contain their 
To report 4 
opinion as to the best plan of furnishing the city of New 
York with a sufficient supply of pure and wholesome 
water, and an estimate of the expense of carrying such 
plan into effect; also, the reasons and calculations upon 
which such opinion and estimate may be founded ; and, 
generally, all such information connected with the object 
of their appointment, as they may deem important. 
to the Com- 
mon Council 
§ 5. The said Commissioners shall present a copy of the 
said Report to the Common Council of the city of New 
York, on or before the first day of November, of the year 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three; and their 
said Report shall be made and presented by them to the 
Legislature on or before the second Monday of January, 
of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. 
and to the Le- 
gislature. 
Duration of act 
§ 6. This Act shall continue in force one year from the 
passage thereof. 
Vacancies to 
be supplied. 
§ 7. In case of the death or resignation of any of the 
said Commissioners, the vacancy shall be supplied by the 
person administering the government of this State ; and a 
majority of the said five Commissioners shall constitute a 
board or quorum for the transaction of business. 
§ 8. All reasonable expenses to be incurred under this 
Act, shall be paid by the Mayor, Aidermen and Common- 
alty of the city of New York. 
Expenses. 5 
AN ACT 
To provide for supplying the City of New York with pure and 
wholesome Water, 
(Passed May 2, 1834.) 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 
§ 1. The Governor shall nominate, and with the con- 
sent of the Senate, shall appoint five persons to be known 
as the Water Commissioners for the city of New York, 
who shall be citizens and inhabitants of the said city. 
Commission- 
ers 
§ 2. It shall be the duty of the said Commissioners to 
examine and consider all matters relative to supplying the 
city of New York with a sufficient quantity of pure and 
wholesome water, for the use of its inhabitants. 
to examine. 
§ 3. The said Commissioners shall have power to em- 
ploy engineers, surveyors, and such other persons as, in 
their opinion, may be necessary to enable them to perform 
their duties under this act. 
To employ 
engineers. 
§ 4. The said Commissioners shall adopt such plan as 
in their opinion may be most advantageous for procuring 
such supply of water; and shall ascertain, as nearly as 
may be, what amount of money may be necessary to carry 
the same into effect: and for such purpose, they shall 
have power to make conditional contracts, subject to the 
ratification of the Common Council of the city of New 
York, with the owner or owners of all lands, tenements, 
hereditaments, rights or privileges whatsoever, which may 
be required according to such plan, for the purchase there- 
of, at stated prices; which contracts shall be so drawn as 
To adopt plan, 6 
to be binding upon the said owners, respectively, in case 
the same shall be ratified by the said Common Council 
within two years from the passage of this act. 
To report 
§ 5. The said Commissioners shall make a report of 
their proceedings, under the foregoing sections of this act, 
containing a full statement and description of the plan 
adopted by them; an estimate of the expense thereof, 
together with an estimate of the probable amount of reve- 
nue to accrue to the city, upon the completion of the work; 
with the reasons and calculations upon which their 
opinions and the said estimates may be founded: and all 
such other information, connected with the object of their 
appointment, as they may deem important. 
to Common 
Council 
§ 6. Such report shall be made and presented to the 
Common Council, by the Commissioners, together with all 
such conditional contracts as may have been made by 
them by virtue of this act, on or before the first day of 
January, which will be in the year one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-six. 
Plan, if appro- 
ved, to be sub- 
mitted to elec- 
tors. 
§ 7. In case the plan so adopted by the Commissioners, 
shall be approved of by the Common Council, they shall 
appoint a poll to be open on the days upon which the next 
annual election for charter officers is by law appointed to 
be held; and the inspectors of said election shall provide 
a ballot box, with suitable lock and key, and the electors 
shall express their assent or refusal to allow the Common 
Council to proceed in raising the money necessary to con- 
struct the works as aforesaid, by depositing their ballots 
in the box provided for that purpose in their respective 
wards. And those electors who are in favor of granting 
the necessary power to the Common Council, shall each 
deposit a ballot containing the word "yes," written or 
printed thereon ; and those who are opposed, shall each 7 
deposit a ballot containing the word " no," written or 
printed thereon. And a canvass and return of the votes 
shall be made by the inspectors of the election, in the 
same manner as is now prescribed by law, in regard to 
the canvass and return of votes for charter officers. 
§ 8. If a majority of the said electors are found to be in 
favor of the measure, it shall then be lawful for the Com- 
mon Council to instruct the Commissioners to proceed in 
the work : and it shall also be lawful for the Common 
Council to raise by loan, from time to time, and in such 
amounts as they may think fit, a sum not exceeding two 
million five hundred thousand dollars, by the creation of 
a public fund or stock, to be called "The Water Stock of 
the City of New York," which shall bear an interest not 
exceeding five per cent, per annum, and shall be redeem- 
able at a period of time not less than ten, nor more than 
fifty years, from and after the passage of this act. 
If adopted, 
the work to be 
proceeded in. 
§ 9. It shall be lawful for the said Mayor, Aidermen 
and Commonalty to determine what shall be the nominal 
amount or value of each share of the said stock, and of 
what number of shares the same shall consist; and they 
are hereby authorized to sell and dispose of such shares, at 
or above the par value thereof, either at public auction or 
private sale, or to raise the said sum of money by subscrip- 
tion for such stock, in the mode in which the stocks of bank- 
ing and insurance companies are usually subscribed for. 
Stock. 
§ 10. The provisions of the act entitled "An act to regu* 
° 
late the finances of the city of New York," passed June 8, 
1812, which are not repugnant to, or incompatible with any 
provision in this act contained, shall apply to the said stock. 
Act of June 
8 1812 
' 
§ 11. The moneys to be raised by virtue of this act, 
shall be applied and expended to and for the purpose of 
Money, how 
to be applied. 8 
supplying the city of New York with pure and wholesome 
water, according to the plan so adopted and ratified, with 
such immaterial alterations as may be necessary, and by 
and under the direction of the said Commissioners. 
Land and 
water to be 
used. 
§ 12. The said Commissioners are hereby authorized to 
enter upon any land or water, for the purpose of making 
surveys, and to agree with the owner of any property 
which may be required for the purposes of this act, as to 
the amount of compensation to be paid to such owner. 
Estimate of 
damage. 
§ 13. In case of disagreement between the Commission- 
ers and the owner of any property which may be required 
for the said purposes, or affected by any operation connect- 
ed therewith, as to the amount of compensation to be paid 
to such owner, or in case any such owner shall be an infant, 
a married woman, or insane, or absent from this state, the 
Vice-chancellor of the first circuit may, upon the appli- 
cation of either party, nominate and appoint three indif- 
ferent persons to examine such property, and to estimate 
the value thereof, or damage sustained thereby, and to re- 
port thereon to the said court without delay. 
be pad°Unt t0 
§ 14. Whenever such report shall have been confirmed 
by the said Vice-chancellor, the said Commissioners shall, 
within two months thereafter, pay to the said owner, or to 
such person or persons as the court may direct, the sum 
mentioned in said report, in full compensation for the pro- 
perty so required, or for the damage sustained, as the case 
may be; and thereupon the said Mayor, Aidermen and 
Commonalty shall become seized in fee of such property 
so required, and shall be discharged from all claim by 
reason of any such damage. 
Ground un- 
der streets. 
§ 15. The said Commissioners, in behalf of the said 
Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty, and all persons acting 9 
under their authority, shall have the right to use the 
ground or soil under any street, highway or road, within 
this state, for the purpose of introducing water into the city 
of New York, on condition that they shall cause the sur- 
face of such street, highway or road, to be restored to its 
original state, and all damages done thereto to be repaired. 
§ 16. If any person shall wilfully do, or cause to be 
done, any act, whereby any work, materials, or property 
whatsoever, erected or used, or hereafter to be erected or 
used, within the city of New York, or elsewhere, by the 
said Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty, or by any person 
acting under their authority, for the purpose of procuring 
or keeping a supply of water, shall in any manner be in- 
jured, such person, on conviction thereof, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 
Penalty. 
§ 17. All contracts for materials, or for the construction 
of the work, shall be made in writing, and of each con- 
tract three copies shall be taken, which shall be numbered 
with the same number, and endorsed with the date of the 
contract, with the name of the contractor, and a summary 
of the work to be done, or materials furnished. 
Contracts. 
§ 18. One of such copies shall be retained by the Com- 
missioners, another shall be deposited with the Comptrol- 
ler of the city. 
Where de- 
posited. 
§ 19. Public notice shall be given of the time and place 
at which sealed proposals will be received for entering 
into contracts. 
Notice, 
§ 20. All sealed proposals for contracts shall be for- a 
sum certain as to the price to be paid or received; and no 
proposition, which is not thus definite and certain, or 
Sealed pro- 
posals- 10 
which contains any alternative, condition, or limitation as 
to price, shall be received or acted upon. 
How to be 
made. 
§ 21. No more than one proposition shall be received from 
11 
any one person for the same contract, and all the proposi- 
tions of the person offering more than one, shall be rejected. 
Security. 
§ 22. Every person who shall enter into any contract for 
the supply of materials, or the performance of labor, shall 
give satisfactory security to the Commissioners for the faith- 
ful performance of his contract according to its terms. 
Materials. 
§ 23. All materials procured or partially procured, un- 
der a contract with the Commissioners, shall be exempt 
from execution ; but it shall be the duty of the Commis- 
sioners to pay the moneys due for such materials to the 
judgment creditor of the contractor, under whose execu- 
tion such materials might otherwise have been sold, upon 
his producing to them due proof that his execution would 
have so attached, and such payment shall be held a valid 
payment on the contract. 
Drafts on City 
Comptroller. 
§ 24. The Common Council shall authorize the Com- 
missioners to draw upon the Comptroller of the city for 
any sum in favor of, and to be paid to the owner of any 
lands, water streams, or property acquired by virtue of this 
act, and in favor of, and to be paid to any contractor, for 
any sum due upon his contract, and also for their inci- 
dental expenses. Such drafts shall specify the objects for 
which they are drawn, in the manner provided in the seven- 
teenth section of this act, as nearly as may be; and the 
Common Council shall make it the duty of the Comptrol- 
ler to pay such drafts in every case where a deed or other 
voucher is delivered to him, or a copy of a contract has 
been filed in his office, and a duplicate receipt of the con- 
tractor for such drafts shall be presented therewith. 11 
§ 25. They shall also require the Comptroller to report 
to them a list of all the payments made by him, upon the 
orders of the Commissioners, once in every six months, 
and previous to such reports, shall have the accounts of 
the Commissioners and of the Comptroller examined by 
the Finance Committee of the Board of Aidermen. 
Comptroller 
to report. 
AN ACT 
To permit the Water Commissioners of the City of New York to con- 
struct their Aqueduct through the State Prison Farm at Mount Plea- 
sant. 
(Passed May 11, 1836.) 
The People of the State of Nero York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 
§ 1. The Water Commissioners appointed under the 
act entitled, "An Act to supply the city of New York 
with pure and wholesome water," passed May 2, 1834, 
are hereby authorized and empowered, with the consent 
of the Governor, and subject to his control, to make the 
necessary excavations and construct the aqueduct for 
supplying the said city with water, through the farm 
appurtenant to the state prison at Mount Pleasant, in the 
county of Westchester. 
Aqueduct to 
be piissed thro' 
state Farm, 
§ 2. Such excavation and construction shall not be per- 
formed so as to interfere with any of the marble quarries 
on said farm, or to endanger the safe keeping of any of the 
convicts in said prison; and it shall be the duty of the in- 
spectors of said prison to see that this provision is carried 
into effect: and any additional charge or expense which 
may be incurred to secure prisoners, shall be paid by the 
Corporation of the city of New York. 
Not to inter- 
rie^'o^afe- 
pri" 12 
By Wm. L. Marcy, Governor of the State of New York. 
Governor's 
assent under 
preceding law. 
Whereas it is provided in and by virtue of an act enti- 
tled "An Act to permit the Water Commissioners of the 
city of New York to construct their aqueduct through the 
State Prison Farm at Mount Pleasant," that the said Com- 
missioners may, with the consent of the Governor and sub- 
ject to his control, make the necessary excavations and 
construct the aqueduct for supplying the city of New York 
with water, through the aforesaid farm: I do therefore 
give my consent that the same may be done by the said 
Commissioners, reserving the right of such control as is 
secured to him by the above recited act. 
Given under my hand and the privy seal of the State, 
(l.s.) this twenty-third day of September, in the year of 
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. 
(Signed) WM. L. MARCY. 
AN ACT 
To amend an act entitled " An Act to provide for supplying the City of 
New York with pure and wholesome Water," passed May 2,1834. 
(Passed May 25, 1836.) 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
Lands in 
Westchester 
to be used only 
for aqueduct. 
§ 1. The lands situated in the county of Westchester, 
which may be taken by the Corporation of the city and 
county of New York, by virtue of the act hereby amended, 
shall be held and appropriated by the said Corporation 
only for the use and purpose of introducing water into the 
city of New York and for purposes necessarily incident 13 
thereto, and for no other uses or purposes whatever, any 
thing in the act hereby amended to the contrary thereof 
notwithstanding. 
§ 2. In case said Corporation of the city of New York 
should use any of said lands situate in the county of West- 
chester, for purposes other than in the last preceding sec- 
tion permitted; or in case said lands should not be re- 
quired for the purpose of introducing water into the city 
of New York, such lands so improperly used or not so re- 
quired, shall become revested in the individual from whom 
the said Corporation obtained it, as fully and perfectly as 
though the act hereby amended had never been enacted, 
upon repaying to said Corporation the amount originally 
paid for the same, after deducting from such amount the 
damage sustained by such individual, by reason of any 
alteration or work which the said Corporation may have 
made upon said land. 
If otherwise 
used, or not 
required for a- 
queduct, to be- 
come revested. 
§ 3. The Corporation of the city of New York shall, at 
the expense of the said Corporation, erect and sustain all 
fences which may be required to protect said works from 
injury. 
Corporation 
to erect fences 
§ 4. The Corporation of the city of New York shall, at 
the expense of the said Corporation, erect and sustain con- 
venient passes across or under the aqueduct to be erected 
by virtue of the act hereby amended, whenever said aque- 
duct shall intersect the land in the said county of West- 
chester, belonging to an individual or individuals, for the 
farming and other purposes of the land thus intersected. 
and passes, 
§ 5. So much and such parts of the act hereby amended, 
as is inconsistent with this act, is hereby repealed. 14 
AN ACT 
To provide for such alterations in the line or route of the Croton turn- 
pike road or highway, in the county of Westchester, as may be ren- 
dered necessary by the plan adopted for supplying the City of New 
York with pure and wholesome Water, under and by virtue of the 
Act for that purpose, passed May 2,18M. 
(Passed May 5, 1837.) 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 
Commission- 
ers to make al- 
terations in the 
line of road. 
§ 1. The Governor shall nominate, and with the consent 
of the Senate, shall appoint three competent and disinter- 
ested persons, who shall be freeholders and inhabitants of 
the county of Westchester, as Commissioners, who shall 
be authorized to order and direct such alterations in the 
present line or route of the Croton turnpike, or public road 
or highway, in the county of Westchester, which may be 
covered with water, or otherwise injured by reason of the 
construction of a dam in the Croton river, and which in 
their judgment may be rendered necessary for a reservoir 
for supplying the city of New York with pure and whole- 
some water, according to the act for that purpose, passed 
May 2, 1834. And the said Commissioners shall have 
power to lay out and designate, in lieu of such parts of any 
of the said turnpike, or public roads or highways, as may 
be discontinued by them by virtue of this act, such other 
land as may be necessary for the route or line of any such 
turnpike, public road or highway as altered by them. 
Turnpike, 
how to be laid 
out. 
§ 2. It shall be the duty of such Commissioners to lay 
out and designate such turnpike, public road or highway, 
as may require to be changed from their present line or 
route, according to their best judgment, and in such man- 15 
ner as shall best promote the objects intended and the 
interests of the public. They shall cause to be made an 
accurate map of their surveys of such turnpike or road, 
designating thereon the several points near or through 
which they may pass, and to file such map in the office 
of the Clerk of the county of Westchester. 
§ 3. Each Commissioner, for each day he may be em- 
ployed in the performance of such duty, shall receive the 
sum of three dollars, to be paid, together with the expenses 
of surveys and maps, from the funds provided by the Com- 
mon Council of the city of New York for that purpose. 
Pay of Com- 
missioners. 
§ 4. The Water Commissioners of the city of New York, 
are hereby authorized to agree with the owner or owners 
of any land or property which may be required for any 
such alterations, as to the amount of compensation to be 
paid to any such owner or owners, for any damage to be 
thereby sustained by him ; and in case of disagreement be- 
tween the said Water Commissioners and any such owner 
or owners, or in case of the infancy, coverture, insanity, 
or absence from this state of any such owner, the Vice- 
chancellor of the second circuit may, upon the application 
of either party, nominate and appoint three disinterested 
persons, who shall be freeholders and inhabitants of the 
county of Westchester, to examine the land required for 
the alteration of the route of any such turnpike or road, 
and to estimate the value thereof, and damage sustained 
thereby, and to report thereon to the said Court without 
delay. 
Power of N. 
York Water 
Commission- 
ers. 
§ 5. Whenever such report shall have been confirmed 
by the said Vice-chancellor, the said Water Commission- 
ers shall, within two months thereafter, pay to the owner, 
or to such person or persons as the Court may direct, the 
sum mentioned in said report, in full compensation for the 
Payment to 
be made to the 
owners of 
land s. 16 
property so required, and damage sustained; and there- 
upon the said Water Commissioners shall be discharged 
from all claim for the land thus required, or damage sus- 
tained. 
Road and 
bridges to be 
made: 
§ 6. The said turnpike, public road or highway, laid 
out by the Commissioners appointed by virtue of this act, 
together with the bridges thereon, shall be built or con- 
structed by or under the authority of the Water Commis- 
sioners, and the cost and expense thereof shall be paid from 
the funds provided by the Common Council for supplying 
the city of New York with pure and wholesome water. 
when complet- 
ed, certificates 
to be given. 
§ 7. The roads thus laid out, with the bridges thereon, 
shall be constructed of good materials, and in a substantial 
manner; and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners 
appointed by virtue of this act, upon the requisition of 
the Water Commissioners, or of the owner or owners of any 
road or bridge so constructed, to inspect the same, and if 
the said Commissioners, or any two of them, shall be satis- 
fied that the said bridge or road, as the case may be, is as 
well constructed as the old or former road or bridge, and 
equally substantial, they shall make two certificates of the 
fact, one for the Water Commissioners and one for the 
owner of the road or bridge so constructed, and one of the 
said certificates shall be recorded in the office of Register 
of the city and county of New York, and the other in the 
Clerk's office of the county of Westchester. 
Other dama- 
ges to be as. 
sessed. 
§ 8. The said Commissioners appointed under and by 
virtue of this act, shall also estimate the damage, if any, 
sustained or to be sustained by the owner of any bridge 
or road, the route or location of which may have been 
changed as aforesaid, by reason of such change, and any 
consequent probable future increased charges and ex- 
pense of upholding the said road or bridge, the diminished 17 
profits arising from the use thereof, or any other cause 
whatever; and the said Commissioners shall immediately 
thereafter make a report thereon to the Vice-chancellor of 
the second circuit. 
§ 9. Whenever such report shall have been confirmed 
by the said Vice-chancellor, the said Water Commissioners 
shall, within two months thereafter, pay to the owner or 
owners of any such road or bridge, or to such person or 
persons as the Court may direct, the sum mentioned in the 
said report, in full satisfaction of such damages: and upon 
such payment being so made, and the two certificates 
mentioned in the seventh section of this act being filed as 
therein prescribed, or either of the said certificates being 
filed in the office of the Register of the city and county of 
New York, and in the Clerk's office of the county of West- 
chester, the Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the city 
of New York, and the said Water Commissioners, shall be 
released from all further charge or expenditure on account 
of any such road or bridge, and all further damage for the 
change in the route or location of the same. 
Owner to be 
paid. 
§ 10. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to 
authorize the alteration of any other turnpike, public road 
or highway, than such as are mentioned in the first sec- 
tion of this act. 
Saving clause. 
§ 11. The said Water Commissioners shall, semi-annu- 
ally, or at any time, if required by the Common Council, 
report to the Corporation of the city of New York, a gene- 
ral exhibition of the state of the work, including a full 
detail of the amount expended, and of the progress made 
by them in the furtherance of the contemplated object. 
Water Com- 
missioners to 
report. 
§ 12. This Act shall take effect on the passage thereof. 18 
AN ACT 
To amend an act entitled " An Act to provide for supplying the City of 
New York with pure and wholesome Water," passed May 2,1834. 
(Passed March 29, 1838.) 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
Stock to the 
amount of 
$3,000,000 
may be created 
§ 1. It shall be lawful for the Mayor, Aidermen and 
Commonalty of the city of New York, to raise by loan, 
from time to time, and in such amounts as they shall see 
fit, a further sum not exceeding three millions of dollars, 
by the creation of a public fund or stock, to be called "The 
Water Stock of the city of New York," which shall bear 
an interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, and 
shall be redeemable at such periods as the said Mayor, 
Aidermen and Commonalty, upon issuing the same, shall 
from time to time direct, not to exceed twenty years. 
Amount and 
value of each 
share. 
§ 2. It shall be lawful for the said Mayor, Aidermen 
and Commonalty, to determine what shall be the nominal 
amount or value of each share of said stock, and of what 
number of shares the same shall consist; and they are 
hereby authorized to sell and dispose of such shares at pub- 
lic auction, or at private sale, or by subscription, for such 
stock, and on such terms as they shall think proper. 
Moneys,how 
to be applied. 
§ 3. The moneys to be raised by virtue of this act, shall 
be applied and expended to and for the purpose of supply- 
ing the city of New York with pure and wholesome water, 
according to the provisions of the act entitled "An Act to 
provide for supplying the city of New York with pure 
and wholesome water," passed May 2d, 1834. 19 
§ 4. All the provisions of the laws heretofore passed on 
this subject, pledging the faith of the city of New York, 
and providing a sinking fund for the redemption of the 
stock issued by virtue thereof, are hereby made applicable 
to the stock issued in pursuance of this act. 
Pledge to re- 
deem stock. 
Extract of an act entitled " An Act to enable the Mayor, Aidermen and 
Commonalty of the City of New York, to raise money by tax, and 
for other purposes." 
(Passed March 24, 1838.) 
§ 3. It shall be lawful for the Mayor, Aidermen and 
Commonalty of the city of New York, to defray out of the 
public fund called " The Water Stock of the city of New 
York," all expenses heretofore incurred and hereinafter to 
be incurred by the said Mayor, Aidermen and Common- 
alty, in procuring and laying water pipes in and for the 
said city of New York. 
AN ACT 
Prescribing the manner in which the Croton Aqueduct shall pass the 
Harlem River. 
(Passed May 3, 1839.) 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 
§ 1. The Water Commissioners shall construct an aque- 
duct over the Harlem river, with arches and piers; the 
arches in the channel of said river shall be at least eighty 
feet span, and not less than one hundred feet from the 
usual high water mark of the river to the under side of 
the arches at the crown: or they may carry the water 
across said river by a tunnel under the channel of the river, 
the top of which tunnel shall not be above the present bed 
of the said channel. 
Aqueduct, 
how to be con, 
structed. 20 
AN ACT 
To amend an act entitled " An Act to provide for supplying the City of 
New York with pure and wholesome Water," passed May 2,1834. 
(Passed April 27, 1840.) 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
Stock of 
$3,000,000. 
§ 1. It shall be lawful for the Mayor, Aidermen and 
Commonalty of the city of New York, to raise by loan, 
from time to time, and in such amounts as they may think 
fit, a further sum not exceeding three millions of dollars, 
by the creation of a public fund or stock, to be called "The 
Water Stock of the city of New York," which shall bear 
such interest, not exceeding six per cent., and shall be re- 
deemable at such periods, not exceeding thirty years, as 
the said Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty, upon issuing 
the same, may from time to time direct. 
May issue cer- 
tificates and 
allow transfers 
of stock. 
§ 2. It shall be lawful for the said Mayor, Aidermen 
and Commonalty, to direct the issuing of certificates, and 
allowing transfers of the Water Stock of the city of New 
York, authorized by this or any former act, in such nomi- 
nal amounts and in such manner and form as they may 
judge most expedient for the interest of the city ; and they 
are hereby authorized to sell and dispose of such shares at 
public auction, or at private sale, or by subscription, for 
such price and on such terms as they may think proper. 
How money 
shall be appli- 
ed. 
§ 3. The moneys to be raised by virtue of this act, shall 
be applied and expended to and for the purpose of sup- 
plying the city of New York with pure and wholesome 
water, according to the provisions of the act hereby 
amended. 21 
§ 4. All the provisions of the laws heretofore passed on 
the subject of the Croton Water Works, pledging the faith 
of the city of New York, providing a sinking fund for the 
redemption of the stock issued by virtue thereof, are here- 
by made applicable to the stock issued in pursuance of 
this act. 
Former laws 
to apply to 
this act. 
§ 5. No part of the fund created by this act, or any 
other fund raised for the purpose of constructing or com- 
pleting the Croton aqueduct and the works connected there- 
with, and distributing the water throughout the city, shall 
be diverted from such object; and no item of expenditure 
hereafter to be made by the Corporation of the city of New 
York, and not approved by the Water Commissioners and 
Comptroller of said city, shall be charged by the Corpora- 
tion of the said city to the debit of the said fund; but 
this provision shall not apply to the refunding of advances 
heretofore made by the said Corporation, for or on account 
of the said aqueduct, or the water pipes connected there- 
with. 
Funds not to 
be diverted. 
AN ACT 
To regulate the place and manner of Assessing and Taxing the Croton 
Aqueduct. 
(Passed May 7, 1840.) 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
§ 1. The lands in the county of Westchester, taken, held 
and occupied, or used for the Croton aqueduct, or any of 
the purposes thereof, shall be assessed and taxed in the 
said county in the manner prescribed by law, at the value 22 
of the lands, exclusive of the aqueduct and the con- 
structions and works necessary for its purposes ; and the 
said aqueduct, with such aforesaid constructions or works, 
and the capital therein employed and belonging to the 
Corporation of the city of New York, shall be assessed 
and taxed only within the city and county of New York, 
and in the same manner as personal property of the said 
Corporation now is or may hereafter be assessed and 
taxed. 
AN ACT 
To amend an act entitled " An Act to provide for supplying the City of 
New York with pure and wholesome Water," passed May 2,1814. 
(Passed May 26, 1841, by a two-third vote.) 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
The sum of 
$3,500,000 
may be raised, 
to be called 
Water Stock. 
§ 1. It shall be lawful for the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Commonalty of the city of New York, to raise by loan, 
from time to time, and in such amounts as they shall see 
fit, a further sum not exceeding three millions five hun- 
dred thousand dollars, by the creation of a public fund or 
stock, to be called " The Water Stock of the city of New 
York." which shall bear an interest not exceeding six per 
cent, per annum, and shall be redeemable at such periods 
as the said Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty shall from 
time to time direct, not to exceed forty years. 
Certificates 
of water stock 
may be issued. 
§ 2. It shall be lawful for the said Mayor, Aidermen and 
Commonalty, to direct the issuing of certificates of the 
Water Stock of the city of New York, authorized by this 23 
act, in such nominal amounts, not less than one hundred 
dollars in each certificate, and in such manner and form 
as they may judge most expedient for the interest of the 
city; and they are hereby authorized to sell and dispose 
of such stock at public auction, or at private sale, or by 
subscription, for such price and on such terms as they 
may think proper. 
§ 3. It shall be lawful for the said Mayor, Aldermen 
and Commonalty, from time to time, to issue the obliga- 
tions under this law in such sums as they shall deem pro- 
per, not less than two hundred and fifty dollars each ; and 
therein expressed to be transferable only on the books of 
the office of the Comptroller of said city, by the holder 
thereof in person or his attorney duly authorized in 
writing, for short periods, bearing an interest not exceed- 
ing seven per cent, per annum, and in anticipation of the 
proceeds to arise from the negotiation of the permanent 
stock authorized by this law. 
Bonds for 
short loans 
may be issued. 
§ 4. The moneys to be raised by virtue of this act shall 
be applied and expended to and for the purpose of supply- 
ing the city with pure and wholesome water, according to 
the provisions of the act hereby amended; and no part of 
the funds created by this act, or any other fund raised for 
the purpose of constructing or completing the Croton aque- 
duct, and the works connected therewith, and distributing 
the water through the city, shall be diverted from such 
object. 
Moneys, how 
to be applied. 
§ 5. All the provisions of law heretofore passed on this 
subject, pledging the faith of the city of New York, and 
providing a sinking fund for the redemption of the stock 
issued by virtue thereof, are hereby made applicable to the 
stock issued in pursuance of this act. 
Provisions 
of former laws 
applicable. 24 
Moneytobc 
raised by tax 
to pay interest, 
§ 6. It shall be lawful for the Mayor, Recorder and Al- 
dermen of the city of New York, as the supervisors of the 
city and county of New York, of whom the Mayor or Re- 
corder shall be one, from time to time, and as often as they 
may deem it necessary, to order and cause to be raised by 
tax on the estates real and personal of the freeholders and 
inhabitants of, and situated within the said city, and to be 
collected, such amount of money as shall be requisite to 
defray the interest upon the Water Stock of the city of 
New York. 
How to be 
assessed and 
collected. 
§ 7. The said money shall be assessed and collected in 
the same manner as now provided by law for the assess- 
ment and collection of taxes in the city of New York. 
Aqueduct to 
be completed 
according to 
plan. 
§ 8. It shall be the duty of the Water Commissioners of 
the city of New York, to finish and complete the aqueduct 
for supplying the said city with water, down to and in- 
cluding the distributing reservoir at Murray's hill, accord- 
ing to the plan adopted by the said Commissioners, and 
ratified by the Common Council of the said city, with 
such immaterial alterations as may be necessary, and as 
may be agreed upon by the said Water Commissioners 
and the said Common Council. 
Plan of cross- 
ing Harlem 
river may be 
changed. 
§ 9. The said Commissioners, by and with the consent 
of the said Common Council, shall have full power and 
authority to change the plan of crossing the Harlem river 
with arches and piers, and instead thereof to carry the 
water across the said river by means of inverted syphons 
of iron pipes, until otherwise directed by the Legislature, 
so as not unnecessarily to interrupt the navigation of the 
said river. And the said Commissioners are further au- 
thorized by and with the consent of the said Common 
Council, to alter the plan of constructing the reservoir at 
or near to Yorkville, and to complete so much of such 25 
reservoir as shall be deemed sufficient for the present pur- 
poses of such aqueduct. 
§ 10. It shall be the duty of the Mayor, Aidermen and 
Commonalty of the city of New York, to execute all the 
work necessary for supplying the said city with water, and 
for distributing the same for the use of the inhabitants 
thereof, below the said distributing reservoir at Murray's 
hill; and the said Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty shall 
assume the execution and performance of the following 
contracts, made by the said Water Commissioners for work 
and materials to be supplied for the construction of the said 
aqueduct, below the said reservoir at Murray's hill; that 
is to say, their contract with Henry V. B. Barker, dated 
twentieth of October, one thousand eight hundred and 
forty, for work to be done on the Fifth Avenue, between 
Fortieth and Twenty-first streets ; their contract with John 
B. Chollar and Ebenezer Jones, made the twenty-third of 
October, one thousand eight hundred and forty, for iron 
pipe; their contract with S. V. Merrick and John Town, 
for seven hundred tons of thirty-inch iron pipe; and also 
their contract with T. H. Wintersteen and David I. Myers, 
for five hundred tons of iron pipe; all which said contracts 
are deposited in the office of the Comptroller of the city of 
New York. 
All the work 
necessary to 
supply city 
with water to 
be executed, 
and certain 
contracts to be 
assumed. 26 
AN ACT 
For the preservation of the Croton Water Works in the City of 
New York. 
(Passed April 11, 1842, by a two-third vote.) 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
By-laws and 
ordinances 
may be made 
by Mayor, Ai- 
dermen, &c. 
§ 1. The Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the 
city of New York, are hereby authorized to pass such by- 
laws and ordinances, as to them shall seem meet, for the 
preservation and protection of all or any of the works 
connected with the supplying of the city of New York 
with pure and wholesome water, under and by virtue of 
the act to provide for supplying the city of New York 
with pure and wholesome water, passed May 2,1834, and 
the acts amending the same, provided that such by-laws 
and ordinances are not inconsistent with any laws of this 
state, or with the constitution thereof, subject at any time 
to be repealed or modified by the Legislature ; and also to 
organize a department with full powers for the manage- 
ment of such works and the distribution of the said water. 
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS OF 
THE CORPORATION. 
From the Bound Volumes entitled " Proceedings of the Common Council." 
(Vol. 1, page 129.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That the Common Council approve of the 
accompanying draft of a law to be sent to the Legislature, 
and that this Corporation, on the passage of this law, will 
undertake to supply the city with pure and wholesome 
water. 
Approving 
draft of a law. 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the City of New 
York, to procure a supply of pure and wholesome Water for the 
use of the said City. 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
§ 1. The Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the city 
of New York, are hereby authorized to procure and in- 
troduce into the said city a supply of water for the ex- 
tinguishment of fires, and for the domestic and other pur- 
poses of the inhabitants of the said city. 
Authority to 
procure and in- 
troduce water 
into the city. 
§ 2. The said Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty are 
, . , t , 
hereby authorized to appoint three discreet persons, to be 
called " Water Commissioners," who shall receive such 
compensation for their services as the said Mayor, Aider- 
men and Commonalty shall deem proper, and shall hold 
Corporation 
toappointWa- 
ter Commis. 
sloners' 28 
their offices during the pleasure of the said Corporation. 
It shall be their duty to recommend to the Common Coun- 
cil, the source whence the water shall be obtained, the 
description of works for the introduction thereof, to make 
the contracts, and generally to superintend, under the 
direction of the Common Council, the executing of the 
whole plan for the introduction of water into the city of 
New York. 
Duty of Wa- 
ter Commis- 
sioners. 
Land and 
water to be 
used. 
§ 3. The said Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty, and 
all persons acting under their authority, are hereby em- 
powered to enter upon and take possession of any land, to 
use any water, to make any survey, and to erect any works 
whatsoever, which they may deem necessary for the said 
purpose, and to agree with the owner or owners of any 
property which may be required for the said purposes, or 
affected by any operation connected therewith, as to the 
amount of compensation to be paid therefor, to such owner 
or owners; and they shall have the like powers for the 
purposes of this Act, which by any former Act of the 
Legislature of this state have been granted to any person 
or persons, or body corporate, for the purpose of supply- 
ing the city of New York, or the inhabitants thereof, with 
water. 
damage^6 °f 
$ cases disagreement between the said Mayor, 
Aldermen and Commonalty, and the owner or owners of 
any property which may be required for the said purposes, 
or affected by any operation connected therewith, as to 
the amount of compensation to be paid therefor, to such 
owner or owners, or in case any such owner shall be an 
infant, a married woman, or insane, or absent from this 
state, the Judges of the Supreme Court, or either of them, 
(not being an inhabitant of the said city,) may, upon the 
application of either party, nominate and appoint three 
indifferent persons to examine such property and to esti- 29 
mate the value thereof, or damage sustained thereby, and 
to report thereon to the said Court without delay. 
§ 5. Whenever such report shall have been confirmed । 
by the said Supreme Court, the said Mayor, Aidermen and 
Commonalty shall, within four months thereafter, pay to 
the said owner, or to such person or persons as the said 
Court may direct, the sum mentioned in such report, in 
full compensation for the property so required, or for the 
damage sustained thereby, as the case may be ; and there- 
upon the said Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty shall 
become seized in fee, of such property so required, and 
shall be discharged from all claim by reason of any such 
damage, and they shall hold the lands and other property 
so taken, exempt from the operation of any statute of this 
state, authorizing any other incorporation or company to 
take, by process or otherwise, real estate, water or water 
privileges, for any purpose. And the said Mayor, Aider- 
men and Commonalty, shall have the right to the use of 
the ground under any street, highway and road in this 
state, (on condition of their restoring the surface thereof 
to its original state, and repairing all damages,) which 
may be necessary to use in the introducing of water into 
the city of New York. 
Amount to 
be paid. 
Ground under 
streets, &.c. 
§ 6. If any person or persons shall wilfully do, or cause 
to be done, any act whereby the present reservoir in 13th 
street, the hydrants, stop-cocks, or any work, materials, 
property, matter or thing whatsoever, erected or used, or 
hereafter to be erected or used by the said Mayor, Aider- 
men and Commonalty, or by any person or persons acting 
under their authority, for the purpose of supplying water, 
shall in any manner be injured, such person or persons 
shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to 
be imprisoned, not exceeding six months, and fined, not 
exceeding $500, by any Court having jurisdiction thereof 
within this state. 
Penalty, 30 
The sum 
of $2,000,000 
may be raised, 
to be called 
Water Stock. 
§ 7. The said Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty are 
hereby authorized, for the purposes of this act, to raise 
money by loan, from to time to time, and in such sums as 
they may by ordinances in Common Council direct, not 
exceeding two millions of dollars in the whole, and to 
create a public fund or stock, for the money to be raised, 
which stock shall be denominated the " New York Water 
Stock," and shall bear an interest not exceeding five per 
cent, per annum, payable quarter yearly or half yearly. 
8 wCi2°f June 
$ 8' Prov^s^ons act entitled " An Act to regu- 
late the Finances of the City of New York," passed June 
8th, 1812, which are not repugnant to any provision in 
this act contained, shall apply to the said stock. 
Money,how 
to be applied. 
§ 9. The money to be raised by virtue of this act shall 
, 
be applied by the Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty, to 
the purpose of supplying the said city of New York with 
water, for the use of the inhabitants thereof, and the said 
Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty shall have a right to 
dispose of the said water, at such rates and in such man- 
ner as they shall, from time to time, deem expedient. 
Approved by the Mayor, February 1, 1832. 
Note.-This Act did not become a law. 
RESOLUTION. 
(Vol. 1, page 285.) 
Appropria- 
tion of $1000. 
Resolved, That the sum of 81000 be appropriated 
toward an examination, upon this island and elsewhere, 
for the means of bringing an ample supply of pure water 
into the city of New York, under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on Fire and Water. 
Approved by the Mayor, October 26, 1832. 31 
(Vol. 1, p. 292.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That the Committee on Fire and Water be 
directed to cause to be reprinted, for the use of the Com- 
mon Council, the Reports made by Dr. Joseph Brown, in 
1798, and by William Weston, in 1799, and such other 
documents in relation to the introduction of pure and 
wholesome water into this city as have since been pub- 
lished. 
Certain Re- 
ports and doc- 
uments to be 
reprinted. 
Approved by the Mayor, November 2, 1832. 
(Vol. 2, page 10.) 
A LAW 
Providing for the expenses of the Water Commissioners. 
Whereas,the Common Council presented apetition to 
the Legislature of the state, on the 28th January, 1833, 
praying for an act authorizing the Governor and Senate 
to appoint Commissioners to make examinations relative 
to the supply of this city with water. 
And whereas, on the 26th of February following, an 
act was passed for the aforesaid purpose, the Sth section of 
which act declares, that "all reasonable expenses to be in- 
curred under the act shall be paid by the Mayor, Aider- 
men and Commonalty of the city of New York." 
And whereas, the late Common Council omitted to make 
any appropriation for the purpose of carrying into effect 
the aforesaid act, and provision appearing proper and neces- 
sary, therefore, 32 
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty 
of the City of New York,in Common Council convened: 
Appropria- 
tion of $5000. 
1st. That five thousand dollars be, and the same is 
hereby appropriated, to be paid from any money in the 
City Treasury, to carry into effect an act of the Legisla- 
ture of this state, entitled, 11 An Act for the appointment of 
Commissioners in relation to supplying the city of New 
York with pure and wholesome water," passed the 26th 
February, 1833. 
Comptroller 
to open an ac- 
count. 
2d. The Comptroller shall open an account in his books, 
under the head of 11 Water Commissioners," to which ac- 
count the said appropriation shall be credited. 
Commission- 
ers may draw 
order on 
Comptroller. 
3d. The Water Commissioners may draw their order 
upon the Comptroller, from time to time, for such sums 
not exceeding the amount hereby appropriated, as they 
may require, for defraying the expenses incurred in exe- 
cuting the duties of their offices, and the Comptroller 
shall issue his warrant on the Treasurer accordingly. 
Commission- 
ers shall ren- 
der vouchers 
for expenses. 
4th. The amount thus drawn shall be debited to the 
said Commissioners, who shall, on the final settlement of 
their accounts, render to the Comptroller such reasonable 
vouchers for the expenses they may incur, as the nature of 
the case may admit. 
If the sum 
appropriated 
be insufficient, 
Comptroller to 
notify Com- 
mon Council. 
5th. If the sum hereby appropriated shall prove insuffi- 
cient to pay the expenses incurred by the Commissioners, 
the Comptroller shall notify the Common Council of the 
fact, and, at the same time, state the additional amount, as 
near as may be, that will be required for the aforesaid pur- 
poses. 
Approved by the Mayor, June 5, 1833. 33 
(Vol. 2, page 117.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That the Common Council accept the pro- 
posal of the Manhattan Company to enter into a negotia- ■ 
tion with them for the purchase of all the rights, immuni- ' 
ties, and privileges of every kind and description, em-] 
braced in the charter of said Company, and in the several 
acts of the Legislature in relation thereto, or held by them 
in any other manner for the purpose of supplying the city 
of New York with pure and wholesome water; and all 
such property and lands of the said Manhattan Company, 
and all such steam engines, pipes, and other hydraulic 
works made and erected by said Company, for the purpose 
of supplying the city of New York with pure and whole- 
some water, as may be deemed necessary and expedient; 
and that the value of all such lands, property, steam en- 
gines, pipes, and hydraulic works, and the Value of all the 
said immunities, rights and privileges of supplying the city 
of New York with pure and wholesome water, shall be de- 
termined by arbitrators, to be chosen by the Common Coun- 
cil of the city of New York on the one side, and the Man- 
hattan Company on the other; and that any agreement 
made under this resolution shall be submitted to the Com- 
mon Council for confirmation, and shall not be binding 
on either party until so confirmed. And that the Com- 
mittee appointed to make such negotiation obtain a sche- 
dule of all the property, lands, steam engines, and pipes 
intended to be purchased, and shall ascertain the condition 
thereof, and the capacity of the same to answer the pur- 
pose for which they may be purchased, and report the same 
to the Common Council as soon as the same can conve- 
niently be done. 
Acceptance 
of proposals of 
Manhattan 
Company, in 
relation to 
pipes, &c. * 
Approved by the Mayor, February 6, 1834. 34 
(Vol. 2, page 118.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Application 
for $2,500,000 
of stock. 
Resolved, That an application be made to the Legis- 
, r ' . , „ , . 
lature of the state for the passage of an act authorizing 
the Common Council of the city of New York to raise 
$2,500,000, for the purpose of supplying the said city with 
pure and wholesome water, by the creation of a stock to 
be called "Water Stock of the city of New York," bearing 
a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent., and to be 
redeemable at a period of time not less than ten years, or 
more than fifty years from the passage of said act; and 
that the Common Council be authorized to sell and dispose 
of said stock in shares of such denomination and value, as 
they may deem proper, either at public or private sale, at 
the par value thereof, or at a premium above the par value 
thereof, or to raise the said sum by subscription to said 
stock, in the usual manner of subscribing for stock to bank 
and insurance companies, as to them shall seem discreet; 
and further, that the Counsel of the Common Council be 
requested to prepare an act in conformity with this resolu- 
tion, and forward the same to the Legislature with all con- 
venient speed. 
Approved by the Mayor, February 6, 1834. 
(Vol. 2, page 156.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Committee to 
negotiate with 
Manhattan 
Company. 
Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed 
from each board, to carry into effect the resolution of the 
Common Council, authorizing a negotiation with the Man- 
hattan Company, to purchase the rights and privileges to 
bring water into the city, and the works constructed for 35 
that purpose, which was approved by the Mayor on the 
6th February last. 
The Committee of the Board of Aidermen, were Aider- 
men Palmer, Ferris and Banks.-The Committee of the 
Board of Assistant Aidermen, were Messrs. Ferris, Jaco- 
bus and Wales. 
Names of 
Committee. 
Approved by the Mayor, April 3, 1834. 
(Vol. 2, page 208.) 
A LAW 
Making further provision for the expenses of the Water Commis- 
sioners. 
The Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the City of 
New Nork, in Common Council convened, do ordain 
as follows : 
§ 1. That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the 
same is hereby appropriated to be paid from any money in 
the City Treasury, to carry into effect, an act to provide 
for supplying the city of New York with pure and whole- 
some water, passed by the Legislature, May 2, 1834, for 
the purpose of paying engineers, surveyors, and other per- 
sons employed by the Commissioners, to enable them fur- 
ther to perform their duties under said act; and to make 
a further report to the Common Council, and which report 
shall specify as near as may be the probable supply of 
water, which can be obtained within the county; also, for 
paying the necessary expenses of the said Water Commis- 
sioners, in the performance of their duties under said act. 
Appropriation 
of $5000. 
§ 2. The Comptroller shall credit the Water Commis- 
sioners with the amount of the above appropriation. 
Comptroller to 
credit Water 
Comrnis'ers. 36 
Water Com- 
missioners 
may draw or- 
der on Comp- 
troller. 
§ 3. The Water Commissioners may draw their order 
upon the Comptroller from time to time, for such sums, 
not exceeding the amount hereby appropriated, as they 
may require, for defraying the expenses incurred under the 
first section of this ordinance, and the Comptroller shall 
issue his warrant accordingly. 
Commission- 
ers shall ren- 
der vouchers 
for expenses. 
§ 4. The amount thus drawn, shall be debited to the 
said Commissioners, who shall, on the final settlement of 
their accounts, render to the Comptroller, such reasonable 
vouchers for the expenses they have incurred, as the na- 
ture of the case will admit. 
If the sum 
appropriated 
be insufficient, 
Comptroller to 
notify Com- 
mon Council. 
§ 5. If the sum hereby appropriated, shall prove insuffi- 
cient to pay the expenses incurred by the Commissioners, 
they shall inform the Comptroller thereof, and he shall no- 
tify the Common Council of the fact, and give as near as 
may be, a statement of the additional amount which will 
be required for the aforesaid purposes. 
Approved by the Mayor, July 23, 1834. 
(Vol. 2, page 355.) 
RESOLUTIONS 
Attached to the Report of the Committee on Fire and Water, on Report 
of Water Commissioners. (See Document No. 46, Board of Aider- 
men.) 
Approval of 
plan adopted 
by Water 
Commission- 
ers. 
Resolved, That the plan adopted by the Water Com- 
missioners for the city of New York, for supplying the 
city of New York with a sufficient quantity of pure and 
wholesome water for the use of its inhabitants, and de- 
scribed in their report, made to the Board of Aidermen, 
the 16th day of February last, be, and the same is hereby 
approved. 37 
Resolved, That a poll be, and hereby is appointed to 
be opened on the days upon which the next annual elec- 
tion for charter officers for this city, is by law appointed 
to be held, to the end that the electors may express their 
assent or refusal to allow the Common Council to proceed 
in raising the money necessary to construct the work as 
aforesaid, by depositing their ballots in a box to be pro- 
vided for that purpose, in their respective wards, accord- 
ing to the provisions of the act, " To provide for supply- 
ing the city of New York with pure and wholesome water," 
passed May 2, 1834. 
Poll to bf 
opened. 
Approved by the Mayor, March 11, 1835. 
(Vol. 2, page 401.) 
A LAW 
To instruct the Water Commissioners to proceed in the work of sup- 
plying the City of New York with Water, and to create a Public 
Fund or Stock, to be called "The Water Stock of the City of New 
York," for the expenses of said work. 
The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of 
Nero York, in Common Council convened, do ordain 
as follows : 
§ 1. The Water Commissioners of the city of New 
York are hereby instructed to proceed with the work of 
supplying the city of New York with a sufficient quantity 
of pure and wholesome water, for the use of its inhabi- 
tants, according to the plan adopted by them, in pursuance 
of the act of the Legislature, entitled "An Act to provide 
for supplying the city of New York with pure and whole- 
some water," passed May 2, 1834. 
Instructions 
toWater Com- 
missioners. 38 
Water stock 
of $2,500,000. 
§ 2. A public stock or fund, to be called " The Water 
r . 
Stock of the city of New York," shall be created, for a 
loan of two millions five hundred thousand dollars, which 
shall bear an interest of not exceeding five per cent, per 
annum, payable quarterly, and shall be redeemable on or 
after the first day of January, which will be in the year 
one thousand eight hundred and sixty. 
Shares. 
§ 3. The nominal amount or value of each share of the 
said stock, shall be one hundred dollars, and the same 
shall consist of twenty-five thousand shares. 
Terms ofloan. 
§ 4. The said loan shall be receivable in the following 
proportions, and at the following periods respectively : 
that is to say, one million of dollars thereof shall be taken 
up previous to the tenth day of September, one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-five, in sums of two hundred and 
fifty thousand dollars, payable on the tenth days of June, 
July, August and September next respectively; and the 
remaining one million five hundred thousand dollars there- 
of, in sums of five hundred thousand dollars, payable half 
yearly, after the first day of January, one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-six. 
Comptroller 
to advertise for 
proposals. 
§ 5. The Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed 
to advertise for proposals, to be received at any time pre- 
vious to the twenty-fifth day of May instant, and not to be 
opened until that day, for the loan of one million of dollars, 
(a part of the said loan of two millions five hundred thou- 
sand dollars,) payable in monthly instalments of twenty- 
five per centum, on the tenth days of June, July, August 
and September next respectively; and such proposals 
may be made for any portion of the said one million of 
dollars, not less than the par value of one share, of the 
said stock. 39 
§ 6. The said Comptroller shall determine, on or after 
the twenty-fifth day of May instant, which and what pro- 
portion of the said proposals shall be accepted; and shall 
issue certificates for the number of shares necessary to 
make up the said sum of one million of dollars, to that or 
those person or persons, or companies whose proposals 
shall have been accepted; and such certificates shall be 
nearly as may be in the same form as the certificates 
issued for 11 The New York City Stock," by virtue of the 
act entitled, 11 An Act to regulate the finances of the city 
of New York," passed June 8, 1812. 
To accept. 
Issue certifi- 
cates. 
Form. 
§ 7. The said Comptroller shall receive, from time to 
time, as the same becomes payable as aforesaid, the said 
instalments of the said loan of one million of dollars, and 
shall keep a separate and distinct account of the same and 
of all sums paid on account thereof. 
Comptroller 
to receive the 
money. 
§ 8. The said moneys so to be received, shall be paid 
by the said Comptroller to, or on the order of, the said 
Water Commissioners, for the expense of the said work of 
supplying the city of New York with pure and wholesome 
water, according to the plan adopted by them for that pur- 
pose as aforesaid. 
To pay to 
Water Com- 
missioners. 
§ 9. The provisions of the ordinance entitled, " A Law 
providing for the redemption of the City Stock," so far as 
the same can be applied to the 11 Water Stock of the city 
of New York," shall be applicable to the same ; and all 
revenue to be received for water, to be procured by the said 
work and furnished to the inhabitants of the city of New 
York, shall be specially appropriated as a Sinking Fund 
towards the redemption of the said Water Stock. 
Sinking Fund. 
Approved by the Mayor, May 7, 1835. 40 
(Vol. 2, page 407.) 
A LAW 
Amending the law to instruct the Water Commissioners to proceed in 
the work of supplying the City of New York with water, and to 
create a public fund or stock, to he called " The Water Stock of the 
City of New York," for the expenses of the said work. 
Salaries of 
Water Com- 
missioners. 
§ 10. The Chairman of the Water Commissioners shall 
receive for his services an annual salary of fifteen hundred 
dollars, and each of the other four Commissioners an an- 
nual salary of one thousand dollars, to be paid as part of 
the contingent expenses of the said work. 
Approved by the Mayor, May 15, 1835. 
(Vol. 3, page 24.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Office of Wa- 
ter Commis- 
sioners. 
Resolved, That the Water Commissioners have the 
use for an office of the room in the old Alms House, di- 
rectly over the office of the Commissioners of the Alms 
House, they having consented to the same, and that the 
last mentioned Commissioners have the use of one of the 
petit jury rooms in said building. 
Approved by the Mayor, July 3, 1835. 
(Vol. 3, page 113.) 
Communica- 
tion from Ste- 
phen Allen, 
on appointing 
Commission- 
ers for Croton 
turnpike. 
On the communication from Stephen Allen, Esq., Chair- 
man in behalf of the Water Commissioners, praying that 
the Common Council will apply to the Legislature for a 
Law authorizing the appointment of three Commissioners 
by the Governor and Senate, with authority to lay out 
and direct such alterations in the present line of the Cro- 41 
ton Turnpike to lay out such part of the highway in lieu 
of such parts of the said road, as will be overflowed or 
changed by the construction of the Croton Reservoir and 
Aqueduct, and to authorize the Water Commissioners to 
purchase lands from the owners required for such altera- 
tions, &c., &c. 
Referred to the Law Committee and the Counsel of the 
Board with powers. 
Approved by the Mayor, December 5, 1835. 
(Vol. 3, page 118.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That the Street Commissioner be directed 
to have one map drawn after the plan adopted by the 
Water Commissioners. 
MapofWa- 
sioners."1™8' 
Approved by the Mayor, December 11, 1835. 
(Vol. 4, page 31.) 
RESOLUTIONS. 
Resolved, That a line of water pipes be laid in Bar- 
clay street, from the intersection at Chapel street, down 
Barclay to Greenwich street, through Greenwich to Cedar 
street, up Cedar street to Broadway, agreeable to the size 
as adopted by the Water Commissioners, and that the Pur- 
veyor be instructed to advertise for estimates for furnish- 
ing pipes and fixtures for the same. 
Water pipes 
to be laid in 
sundry streets. 
Resolved, That the Comptroller be directed to pay for 
the same out of the appropriation for water pipes, &c., on 
the requisition of the Water Purveyor. 
Comptroller 
the eX" 
Approved by the Mayor, July 28, 1836. 42 
(Vol. 4, page 42.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Whereas, it has been stated to the Finance Committee 
by the Comptroller, that certain moneys will be wanted in 
anticipation of the tax of 1836, occasioned by the awards 
for opening certain streets, about to become payable; 
Therefore, 
Comptroller 
to call in por- 
tions of Wa- 
ter Stock. 
Resolved, That the Comptroller, with the approba- 
tion of the Mayor and Chairman of the Committees on Fi- 
nance, or any two of them, be authorized to call in such 
portions of the proceeds of the Water Stock, loaned out at 
interest, not exceeding $200,000, in such sums and at such 
times, as the same shall be needed, to meet such demands 
on the City Treasury, and that the same be credited by 
him to the "City Aqueduct account," and interest allowed 
thereon, at the same rate at which it is now loaned. 
Approved by the Mayor, August 3, 1836. 
(Vol. 5, page 73.) 
RESOLUTIONS. 
Ground for 
a reservoir. 
Resolved, That the ground belonging to the Corpora- 
tion, between the 6th and 7th avenues, and 79th and 86th 
streets, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for a 
reservoir. 
The same. 
Resolved, That the ground between the 5th and 6th 
avenues, and 40th and 42d streets, be, and the same is 
hereby appropriated for a reservoir. 43 
Resolved, That the Water Commissioners may use the 
same for the erection of the public works thereon, when 
necessary. 
Ground for 
public works. 
Approved by the Mayor, September 20, 1837. 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That so much of the Report of the Water 
Commissioners as relates to providing additional money 
by loan for the prosecution of the work, be referred to the 
Finance Committee. 
Providing 
money by 
loan. 
That so much as relates to the building a bridge or car- 
rying the water over Harlem river, in syphons, be referred 
to the Committee on Roads and Canals. 
Bridge and 
syphons. 
Adopted by the Board of Aidermen, February 5, 1838. 
(Vol 5, page 145.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That the Counsel of the Board prepare a 
memorial to the Legislature of the State of New York, 
praying for the passage of a law authorizing all moneys 
heretofore expended, and hereafter to be expended for 
water pipes, and for laying the same, to be charged to, 
and defrayed out of the Fund or Stock called the " Water 
Stock of the city of New York." 
Moneys for 
water pipes to 
be defrayed 
out of water 
stock. 
Approved by the Mayor, February 9, 1S38. 44 
(Vol. 5, page 168.) 
In addition to the law " To instruct the Water Commissioners to pro- 
ceed in the work of supplying the City of New York with Water, 
and to create a Public Fund or Stock, to be called 'The Water Stock 
of the City of New York,' for the expenses of said work." Approved 
May 7,1835. 
A LAW 
The Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the City of 
New York, in Common Council convened, do ordain 
as follows: 
Comptroller 
to sell residue 
of loan. 
§ 1. That the Comptroller be authorized, under the di- 
rection and with the consent of the Finance Committees 
of both Boards, to meet the requisitions of the Water Com- 
missioners, to sell or dispose of the " Water Loan Stock," 
remaining unsold, upon such terms and in such manner 
as they shall deem expedient. 
Approved by the Mayor, March 27, 1838. 
(Vol. 5, page 203.) 
In addition to the law "To instruct the Water Commissioners to pro- 
ceed in the work of supplying the City of New York with Water, 
and to create a Public Fund or Stock, to be called ' The Water Stock 
of the City of New York,' for the expenses of said work." 
A LAW 
The Mayor, Aidermen and Com/monalty of the City of 
New York, in Common Council convened, do ordain 
as follows: 
Loan of 
$3,000,000 
authorized. 
§ 1. An additional stock or fund, to be called " The 
Water Stock of the city of New York," shall be created 
for a loan of three millions of dollars, which shall bear an 45 
interest of not exceeding five per cent, per annum, payable 
quarterly, and shall be redeemable on or after the first day 
of May, which will be in the year one thousand eight 
hundred and fifty-eight. 
§ 2. The nominal value of each share of said stock 
shall be one hundred dollars, and the same shall consist 
of thirty thousand shares. 
Shares. 
§ 3. That the Comptroller be authorized, under the di- 
rection and with the consent of the Finance Committees 
of both Boards, to meet the requisitions on the Treasury, 
for supplying the city with pure and wholesome water, to 
sell and dispose of five hundred thousand dollars of the 
above stock, upon such terms and in such manner as they 
shall deem expedient. 
Comptroller 
to dispose of 
$500,000 of 
stock. 
§ 4. The provisions of the ninth section of the law, to 
which this is an addition, is applicable in all respects to 
this law. 
linking Fund. 
Approved by the Mayor, May 3, 1838. 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That it is inexpedient to adopt the plan 
proposed by the Water Commissioners, for crossing the 
Harlem river by means of a low bridge or syphon, and 
that the plan of the high bridge referred to in the Report 
of the Commissioners, should be adopted, as submitted to 
and approved by the electors of the city and county of 
New York. 
Inexpedient 
to cross Har- 
lem river by 
low bridge or 
syphon. 
Adopted by the Board of Assistants, July 9, 1838. 46 
(Vol. 6, page 26.) 
A LAW 
In addition to the law "To instruct the Water Commissioners to pro- 
ceed in the work of supplying the City of New York with Water, 
and to create a Public Fund or Stock, to be called ' The Water Stock 
of the City of New York,' for the expenses of said work." Passed 
May 3,1838. 
The Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the City of 
New York, in Common Council convened, do ordain 
as follows: 
That the following section be added to said law, viz: 
Comptroller 
to dispose of 
$500,000 of 
stock. 
§ 5. That the Comptroller be authorized, under the di- 
rection and with the consent of the Finance Committees 
of both Boards, to meet the requisitions on the Treasury, 
for supplying the city of New York with pure and whole- 
some water, to sell and dispose of a further amount of 
five hundred thousand dollars of the above stock, redeem- 
able on or after the year one thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-eight, upon such terms and in such manner as they 
shall deem expedient. 
Approved by the Mayor, July 10, 1838. 
(Vol. 6, page 68.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Water pipes 
to be laid in 
sundry streets. 
Resolved, That the Water Purveyor, under the di- 
rection of the Joint Committee on Fire and Water, be au- 
thorized to lay a line of pipes through Cherry street, from 
Pearl to Walnut street; and through Walnut street, from 
Cherry to Grand street; in Division street, from the 
Bowery to Allen street; also, in Canal street, from Broad- 
way to Centre street; all of which to accord with the 
Water Commissioners' map. 
Approved by the Mayor, November 2, 1838. 47 
(Vol. 6, page 71.) 
A LAYV 
In addition to the law "To instruct the Water Commissioners to pro- 
ceed in the work of supplying the City of New York with Water, 
and to create a Public Fund or Stock, to be called 'The Water Stock 
of the City of New York,' for the expenses of said work." Passed 
May 18^8. 
The Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the City of 
New York, in Common Council convened, do ordain 
as follows: 
That the following section be added to said law, viz: 
§ 6. That the Comptroller be authorized, under the di- 
rection and with the consent of the Finance Committees 
of both Boards, to meet the requisitions on the Treasury, 
for supplying the city of New York with pure and whole- 
some water, to sell and dispose of a further amount of 
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the above stock, 
redeemable on or after the year one thousand eight hun- 
dred and fifty-eight, upon such terms and in such manner 
as they shall deem expedient. 
Comptroller 
^so^oo^of1 
stock- 
Approved by the Mayor, November 2, 1838. 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That the Water Commissioners be requested 
to communicate to this Board, as a constituent branch of 
the Common Council, a copy of their late semi-annual 
Report, to the end that this Board may take such action 
thereon as the nature thereof may require, and that the 
Clerk forthwith communicate a copy of this Resolution to 
the said Commissioners. 
Semi-annu- 
al report of 
Water Com- 
missioners. 
Adopted by the Board of Assistants, January 2, 1839. 48 
RESOLUTION. 
Number and 
location of re- 
servoirs. 
Resolved, That the Water Commissioners be re- 
quested to report to this Board the number and location 
of the reservoirs proposed for this island, and the contem- 
plated or probable cost of each, and whether one or more 
of them may not with propriety be dispensed with for the 
present. 
Adopted by the Board of Assistants, January 21, 1839. 
(Vol. 6, page 127.) 
A LAW 
Ill addition to the law " To instruct the Water Commissioners to pro- 
ceed in the work of supplying the City of New York with Water, 
and to create a Public Fund or Stock, to be called ' The Water Stock 
of the City of New York,' for the expenses of said work." 
The Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the City of 
New York, in Common Council convened, do ordain 
as folloivs: 
Comptroller 
to dispose of 
residue of 
stock of 
$1,750,000. 
§ 7. That the Comptroller be authorized, under the di- 
rection and with the consent of the Finance Committees 
of both Boards, to meet the requisitions on the Treasury, 
for supplying the city of New York with pure and whole- 
some water, to sell and dispose of the balance of one mil- 
lion seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the stock, 
redeemable on or after the year one thousand eight hun- 
dred and fifty-eight, upon such terms and in such manner 
as they shall deem expedient. 
Approved by the Mayor, February 26, 1839. 49 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That the Water Commissioners be, and 
they are hereby requested to communicate to this Board a 
statement showing how much has been expended up to 
the present time in the construction of the Croton Aque- 
duct- how much in amount is now under contract, and 
what is the probable future expense of the said work. 
Water Com- 
missioners to 
make state- 
ment of ex- 
penses. 
Adopted by the Board of Assistants, April 15, 1839. 
(Vol. 6, page 149.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That a line of water pipes be laid through 
Christopher street from Hudson street to Sixth avenue; 
also, through Clarkson street from Hudson to Varick street, 
through Varick to Hammersley, through Hammersley to 
intersect with pipes already laid in Houston street, also 
through Houston street from Hudson street to Greenwich 
lane, and through Greenwich lane to the Sixth avenue, 
and that the Water Purveyor be authorized, under the di- 
rection of the Joint Committee on Fire and Water to ad- 
vertise for estimates for the necessary pipes and fixtures, 
to lay the same agreeably to the Water Commissioners' 
map. 
Water pipes 
to be laid in 
sundry streets. 
Approved by the Mayor, April 17, 1839. 50 
(See also Chap. 17, Title 2d, Sec. 2, page 143, of " By-Laws and Or- 
dinances of the City of New York,"-Revised A. D. 1838-1839.) 
(Vol. 7, page 13.) 
Extract of a Law of the Corporation, entitled " A Law providing for 
the Redemption of the City Stock." 
Water Stock 
pledged. 
§ 2. All revenue to be received for water, to be pro- 
cured by the works for supplying the city of New York 
with pure and wholesome water, and furnished to the in- 
habitants of said city, is especially pledged and appro- 
priated as a Sinking Fund towards the redemption of 
"The Water Stock of the city of New York." 
Approved by the Mayor, June 19, 1839. 
(Vol. 7, page 113.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Croton Aque- 
duct in West- 
chester ex- I 
empted from 
taxation. 
Resolved, That the Counsel to the Corporation be in- 
structed to take the necessary measures to procure the pas- 
sage of an act of the Legislature, exempting the Croton 
Aqueduct in the county of Westchester, from taxation. 
Approved by the Mayor, February 5, 1840. 
(Vol. 7, page 156.) 
A LAW 
In addition to the law " To instruct the Water Commissioners to pro- 
ceed in the work of supplying the City of New York with Water, 
and to create a Public Fund or Stock, to be called ' The Water Stock 
of the City of New York,' for the expenses of said work." 
The Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the City of 
New York, do ordain as follows : 
Loan of 
$3,000,000 
authorized. 
§ I. An additional fund, or stock, to be called "The 
Water Stock of the city of New York," shall be created 51 
for a loan of three millions of dollars, which shall bear an 
interest of not exceeding six per cent, per annum, payable 
quarterly, and shall be redeemable on or after the first day 
of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and seventy. 
§ 2. That no portion of said stock shall be issued for a 
less sum than one hundred dollars. 
. To be issued 
m sums of 
$iou. 
§ 3. That to provide for the payment of the interest due, 
and to grow due upon the Water Stock, to meet the ex- 
penses of procuring and laying down water pipes, and to 
reimburse the City Treasury for all advances it has made, 
or shall hereafter make, for or on account of the con- 
struction, maintenance and preservation of the " Croton 
Works," the Comptroller be authorized, under the direction 
and with the consent of the Finance Committees of both 
Boards, to sell and dispose of the above stock upon such 
terms, and in such manner, as they shall deem proper and 
expedient. 
Comptroller 
to dispose of 
stock. 
§ 4. The provisions of the ninth section of the law to 
which this is an addition, are applicable in all respects to 
this law. 
Sinking Fund. 
§ 5. That at the next regular meeting of either Board 
of the Common Council, it shall be the duty of the Comp- 
troller to report to such Board the amount of stock sold, 
and the rate at which sold, and the rate of interest such 
stock bears, and when payable. 
Comptroller 
tO rep°rt' 
Approved by the Mayor, April 28, 1840. 52 
(Vol. 8, page 4.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Appointment 
of Croton A- 
queduct Com- 
mittee. 
Resolved, That a Joint Special Committee of the 
members of each Board be appointed, to be named the 
Committee on the Croton Aqueduct, to whom shall be re- 
ferred all matters relating to such Aqueduct, excepting the 
sale and disposal of the Water Stock and such matters as 
ordinarily belong to the Finance Committee. 
Names of 
Committee. 
The Committee of the Board of Aidermen, were Aider- 
men Cooper, Chamberlain and Nichols.-The Committee 
of the Board of Assistant Alder men, were Messrs. Vander- 
voort, Leonard and Wood. 
Approved by the Mayor, May 21, 1840. 
BOARD OF ALDERMEN, 
JUNE 29, 1840. 
The following communication was received from his Honor the Mayor, 
returning the Resolution, and accompanying the following Report 
from the Committee of the Croton Aqueduct, together with his ob- 
jections thereto. 
SAM'L J. WILLIS, Clerk. 
Mayor's Office, 
New York, June 29, 1840. 
Gentlemen of the Board of Aldermen : 
I return the accompanying Resolution which originated 
in your Board, proposing to dispense with the erection of 
three bridges at Clendenning's Valley, and to fill up the 
same with solid masonry, for the purpose of reducing the 
expense of constructing the Aqueduct about thirty thou- 
sand dollars. 53 
It does not appear from the Report of the Committee, or 
of the Resolution, at what streets the bridges are to be 
erected, but I am satisfied that it is not prudent in the con- 
struction of this Aqueduct, to adopt any course which is 
not warranted by law. 
My objections to the proposed measures, are: 
1st. That the amount to be paid to the contractors for 
the alterations of their contracts in this respect, must be 
heavy, and is unknown, and such an alteration should not 
be adopted, unless upon a full statement of the amount to 
be paid for damages to the contractors, in consequence of 
the same. 
2d. That the alteration proposed effectually closes the 
streets crossing the Avenue at those places; and if here- 
after it should be thought proper to open either of those 
streets, the obstructions in the Aqueduct must be removed, 
or an Act of the Legislature must be obtained, authorizing 
the closing of the same. Such a measure is of too uncer- 
tain a character to justify an alteration of the plan in the 
measure proposed, and thereby to risk even the possibility 
of being compelled, at some future period, to take down a 
portion of the Aqueduct, and interrupt for a time, the sup- 
ply of water to the city. 
3d. The resolution contemplates obtaining the consent of 
the owners of the adjoining property to the proposed mea- 
sure, but it appears to me that all persons owning property 
on the streets, whether adjoining the Aqueduct or not, have 
an equal right to be consulted, and if any damages are to 
be paid, have an equal right of compensation with the con- 
tractors and adjoining owners; and if so, then a large 
amount must be paid to others, who are also injured upon 
the line of those streets, by having them closed ; and the 
result may be a loss instead of a gain to the city. 
It is, moreover, extremely doubtful whether a mere 
consent on the part of the present owners would be suffi- 
cient to prevent the opening of the streets at some future 54 
period. These streets form a part of the plan of the city, 
as now established by law, and, in my opinion, nothing 
short of a law of the State could effectually alter that plan, 
so as absolutely to prevent the opening of the streets al- 
ready provided for. 
For these reasons I have thought proper to withhold 
my assent to this Resolution, and I have done so with less 
hesitation, because I know that if 1 am incorrect in my 
views, a majority of the Common Council can still pass 
the Resolution, after a reconsideration of the subject. 
ISAAC L. VARIAN. 
To the Honorable the Common Council of the City of New York. 
The Committee on the Croton Aqueduct beg leave re- 
spectfully to 
REPORT: 
That their attention has been called to consider the 
propriety of dispensing with three of the six bridges that 
were directed to be made for the passage of streets under 
the Aqueduct, through what is now known as Clenden- 
ning Valley. Contracts have already been made for the 
same, and three of the bridges are so far advanced, that 
their completion will be attended with but little greater 
expense than to fill their places with solid mason work ; 
the other three being but just commenced, are in such a 
state that it is ascertained that the difference between com- 
pleting them with arches instead of solid mason work, 
will be fifty-two thousand dollars. 
It is represented to your Committee, that contracts have 
been made for the building of these bridges, and that the 
awards of damages have been made in reference to the 
completion of the same, and that it is probable that a con- 
siderable sum will be required to compromise and settle 55 
the claims of contractors and owners of the adjoining pro- 
perty, who may think that it will be to their interest to 
have arches made as frequently as the distance of every 
two hundred feet. 
Your Committee, after having given the subject their 
mature consideration, are of the opinion that solid mason 
work is much safer, and less likely to crack the lining of 
cement than open arches, where the action of heat and 
cold will constantly expand and contract them in a greater 
degree, and in such an unequal manner as to render it diffi- 
cult, in the opinion of your Committee, to prevent them 
from leaking. Your Committee therefore recommend that 
solid mason work be adopted in all cases where the same 
is conveniently practicable. 
Your Committee have taken into consideration that the 
distances from one Avenue to the other are from seven 
hundred to a thousand feet, and that when the bridges 
are dispensed with, the distance from one open street to 
the other will not exceed seven hundred and sixty feet. 
The 9th Avenue being in a line with the Aqueduct, at a 
distance of only one hundred and ten feet from the same, 
furnishes at all times a convenient passage from one open 
street to the other. 
Your Committee, deeply impressed with the great im- 
portance of economy in every department of the city 
government, finding that a saving of upwards of thirty 
thousand dollars can be made in the present outlay, and 
at the same time complete the work in a more substantial 
and durable manner than it can possibly be done by sus- 
pending it upon arches, deem it their duty not only to 
take into consideration the first outlay, but also that the 
interest on the same, at the rate the Corporation is now 
compelled to borrow money, will amount in the course of 
fifty years, to five hundred and fifty-two thousand six 
hundred and four dollars. 56 
Your Committee would therefore offer the following 
Resolution: 
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Common Coun- 
cil that the three bridges alluded to in this Report, at Clen- 
denning Valley, should be dispensed with, and their places 
filled with solid mason work, providing the same can be 
done with the consent and approbation of all the present 
contractors and owners of the adjoining property, and 
make a saving to the city as proposed by the Water Com- 
missioners, of not less than thirty thousand dollars. 
PETER COOPER, 
WM. CHAMBERLAIN, 
SAM'L NICHOLS, 
MOSES G. LEONARD, 
WM. L. WOOD. 
(Vol. 8, page 33.) 
AN ORDINANCE 
To Organize the Croton Aqueduct Department. 
The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of 
New York, in Common Council convened, do ordain 
as follows : 
TITLE I. 
Title. 
§ 1- There shall be created and organized a department, 
to be called the Croton Aqueduct Department. 
Office, when 
opened. 
§2. The office of the Croton Aqueduct Department 
shall be opened every day in the week, except Sundays. 
TITLE II. 
Croton Aque- 
tee^to" consist 
ofsix members 
§ 1. A Committee of the Common Council shall be, 
from time to time, appointed, to consist of three members 
of each Board, to be denominated the Croton Aqueduct 
Committee. 57 
§ 2. All bills for expenditures incurred in relation to the 
x 
said department, shall be carefully examined by the Cro- 
ton Aqueduct Committee, and, if approved, shall be signed 
by the respective Chairman thereof, and paid. 
All bills to 
be examined 
and paid by 
said Commit- 
tee. 
§ 3. The Croton Aqueduct Committee are hereby vested 
with the powers necessary for making all contracts in re- 
lation to the said department, and for conducting the water- 
works, purchasing materials, and distributing the water; 
provided always, that the powers of the said Committee 
shall not be construed to interfere with those now vested 
in the Water Commissioners, and that the contracts of 
such Committee shall not exceed the amount of the 
moneys which may, from time to time, be appropriated for 
the several objects aforesaid; and the said Committee is 
hereby required to make reports monthly to the Common 
Council of their proceedings. 
Said Com- 
mittee vested 
with powers 
to make con- 
tracts, 
excepting 
those vested 
in the Water 
Commission- 
ers, and to re- 
port monthly. 
TITLE III. 
Of the Aqueduct Commissioner. 
§ 1. There shall be appointed by the Common Coun- 
cil, a discreet and proper person to superintend and direct 
the Aqueduct Department, who shall be called the Croton 
Aqueduct Commissioner. 
Appointment 
of Croton A- 
queduct Com- 
missioner. 
§ 2. The Croton Aqueduct Commissioner shall, before 
entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe 
an oath or affirmation, well and faithfully to perform the 
duties of his said office; and shall also give a bond with 
sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Finance Com- 
mittees of both Boards, in the penal sum of $5,000, con- 
ditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his 
office. 
Shall give 
a bond in the 
sum of $5,000, 58 
His salary. 
§ 3. The said Commissioner shall receive for his ser- 
vices a yearly salary of one thousand dollars, in equal 
quarterly payments. 
Shall take 
charge of all 
contracts, &c. 
§ 4. It shall be the duty of the said Commissioner to 
take charge of all contracts, books, accounts, vouchers, 
and other papers appertaining to the said department, and 
keep them in proper and correct order;-To file copies of 
all contracts immediately upon their execution in the 
Comptroller's office ; - To keep a complete record of 
every transaction appertaining to the water pipes, and the 
distribution of the water in the city, showing the cost 
of the pipes, from whence they were obtained, and the 
quantity on hand, together with a complete description, 
map and plan of all the different sizes of pipes now laid 
down and to be laid, with the exact dimensions of their 
offsets in each street, and the distance they are laid from 
the sidewalks, in order that the size of the pipes and their 
offsets, with their exact location, may be known thereby; 
File copies 
of contracts. 
Keep a re- 
cord of every 
transaction ap- 
pertaining to 
water pipes. 
To advertise 
for estimates 
for all public 
works. 
-To advertise, under the direction of the Croton Aque- 
duct Committee, for estimates for all public works con- 
nected with the department aforesaid, or, for the repairing 
or altering the same, previous to any contract being con- 
cluded therefor;-To make all contracts in relation to the 
said department, under the advice and direction of the 
said Croton Aqueduct Committee;-To examine all bills 
for expenditures incurred in relation to the said depart- 
ment, previous to submitting the same to the Croton Aque- 
duct Committee, and, if found to be correct, to sign the 
same;-And generally to perform all such duties as may 
at any time be required of him by the Croton Aqueduct 
Committee. 
Make all 
contracts. 
Examine all 
bills for expen- 
ditures. 
And perform 
other duties. 
Make a quar- 
terly report. 
§ 5. It shall be the duty of the said Commissioner to 
make a quarterly report to the Common Council, showing 
in detail every expenditure made in the said department, 59 
with the number of the different sizes of water pipes and 
their connections, on hand and under contract. 
TITLE IV. 
Of the Water Purveyor. 
§ 1. The Water Purveyor shall be attached to the Cro- 
• i • 
ton Aqueduct Department, and shall be subject to the di- 
rections, regulations and requirements of the Croton Aque- 
duct Committee and the Croton Aqueduct Commissioner. 
Water Pur- 
veyor to be at- 
tached to Cro- 
ton Aqueduct 
Department. 
§ 2. The seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twen- 
tieth sections, in relation to the duties of the Water Pur- 
veyor, and of the Committee on Fire and Water, and all 
such ordinances and parts of ordinances as are incon- 
sistent with any of the provisions of this ordinance, are 
hereby repealed. 
Certain Or- 
dinances re- 
pealed. 
Approved by the Mayor, August 5, 1840. 
(Vol. 8, page 49.) 
AN ORDINANCE 
In addition to an Ordinance to instruct the Water Commissioners, &e., 
passed May 7,1835. 
The Mayor, Alder men and Commonalty of the City of 
New York, do ordain as follows: 
§ 1. That the Comptroller shall charge to the Water 
Loan the following items of expenditures :-All the requi- 
sitions of the Water Commissioners for or on account of 
the construction of the Croton Water Works, north of 
and including the distributing reservoir. All the requi- 
sitions of the Croton Aqueduct Commissioner for or on 
Items of ex- 
penditure to be 
charged to 
'Water Loan.' 60 
account of the procuring and laying down water pipes in 
the city of New York, south of the said distributing re- 
servoir, when the same are ratified by the Croton Aque- 
duct Committee; and all the interest accruing on the 
Water Stock of the city of New York, until the further 
direction of the Common Council. 
No requisi- 
tion for expen- 
ses to exceed 
$5,000. 
§ 2. The requisitions of the Water Commissioners for 
contingent expenses, shall not exceed $5,000 each ; but 
no such requisition shall be paid by the Comptroller until 
the former requisition shall be fully and particularly ac- 
counted for to that officer, nor until the vouchers and re- 
ceipts of the respective parties, to whom such moneys 
have been ultimately paid, shall have been presented to 
the Croton Aqueduct Committee, and have been approved 
by the said Committee. 
Conditions of 
payment. 
All contracts 
bybCornmon 
Council. 
§ 3. No contract that may hereafter be entered into by 
the Water Commissioners, shall be binding upon the 
Common Council until ratified by the Common Council. 
Water Com- 
missioners not 
to make con- 
tracts in cer- 
tain cases. 
§ 4. The powers of the Water Commissioners shall not 
extend to the making of any contracts for materials or la- 
bor, to be used or employed in the city of New York, or in 
procuring and laying down water pipes in said city, south 
of the distributing reservoir; and they are hereby in- 
structed not to enter into any contract for the procuring 
or laying down mains and water pipes in said city south 
of said line,-this duty having already been invested in 
the Croton Aqueduct Commissioner and Croton Aqueduct 
Committees of the Corporation. 
Approved by the Mayor, September 24, 1840. 61 
(Vol. 9, AIS. volume, p. 11.) 
A LAW 
In addition to the law "To instruct the Water Commissioners to pro- 
ceed in the work of supplying the City of New York with Water, 
and to create a Public Fund or Stock, to he called ' The Water Stock 
of the City of New York,' for the expenses of the said work, and to 
complete the same." 
The Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the City of 
New York, in Common Council convened, do ordain 
as follows: 
§ 1. An additional stock or fund, to be called " The 
Water Stock of the city of New York," shall be created for 
a loan of three millions five hundred thousand dollars, 
which shall bear an interest of not exceeding six per cent, 
per annum, payable quarterly, and shall be redeemable at 
such periods, not exceeding forty years, as may be deter- 
mined by the Finance Committees. 
Loan of 
$3,000,000 
authorized. 
§ 2. The certificates of the said stock shall be issued in 
such amounts, not less than one hundred dollars in each 
certificate, and in such manner and form as may be de- 
cided upon by the Finance Committees, to be most expe- 
dient for the interest of the city. 
To be issued 
in sums of not 
less than $100. 
§ 3. It shall be lawful for the Comptroller, by and with 
the consent of the Finance Committees of both Boards, to 
issue the temporary obligations of the city in such sums 
as they shall deem proper, not under two hundred and 
fifty dollars each, and therein expressed, to be transferable 
only in the books of the office of the Comptroller of said 
city, by the holder thereof in person, or his attorney duly 
authorized in writing, for short periods, bearing an interest 
Comptroller 
to issue obliga- 
tions of city to 
the amount of 
$2,000,000, 62 
not exceeding seven per cent, per annum, and in antici- 
pation of the permanent stock authorized by this law, the 
amount of such temporary obligation, not to exceed two 
millions of dollars. 
Comptroller 
authorized to 
meet requisi- 
tions on Trea- 
sury. 
§ 4. That the Comptroller be authorized, by and with 
the consent of the Finance Committees of both Boards, to 
meet the requisitions upon the Treasury for supplying the 
city of New York with pure and wholesome water, to sell 
from time to time, and in such sums as they may deem 
advisable, the stock or temporary obligations of the city 
authorized and created by this law, upon such terms and 
in such manner as they may deem most expedient, and 
that he report the amount of such sales, with the price 
obtained therefor, quarterly, to the Common Council. 
Moneys so 
raised, to be 
expended for 
supplying city 
with water. 
§ 5. The moneys to be raised by virtue of this law, 
shall be applied and expended to and for the purpose of 
supplying the city with pure and wholesome water, ac- 
cording to the provisions of the law hereby amended, and 
no part of the funds created by this law, or any other 
fund raised for the purpose of constructing or completing 
the Croton Aqueduct and the works connected therewith, 
and distributing the water throughout the city, shall be 
diverted from such object. 
Sinking Fund. 
§ 6. The provisions of the ninth section of the law, to 
which this is an addition, is applicable in all respects to 
this law. 
Comptroller 
to report to 
Board of Su- 
pervisors. 
§ 7. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to estimate 
and report to the Board of Supervisors of the city and 
county of New York, at their annual meeting, the amount 
necessary to be raised by tax, on the estates real and per- 
sonal, of the freeholders and inhabitants of, and situated 
within the said city, and to be collected, to defray the 63 
deficiency of interest upon the Water Stock of the city of 
New York, such money to be assessed and collected in the 
same manner as now provided by law for the assessment 
and collection of taxes in the said city. 
Approved by the Mayor, June 25, 1841. 
(Vol. 9, MS. volume, p. 19.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Whereas, by an act of the Legislature of the State of 
New York, passed May 26, 1841, by and with the consent 
of the Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the city of 
New York, it was enacted that the said Mayor, Aidermen 
and Commonalty should assume the execution and per- 
formance of the following contracts made by the Water 
Commissioners of the city of New York; that is to say, 
their contract with Henry V. B. Barker, dated twentieth 
of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty, for , 
work to be done on the Fifth Avenue, between Fortieth 
and Twenty-first streets; their contract with John B. Chol- 
lar and Ebenezer Jones, made the twenty-third of October, 
one thousand eight hundred and forty, for iron pipes ; 
their contract with J. V. Merrick and John Town, for seven 
hundred tons of thirty-inch iron pipes; and also their 
contract with T. H. Wintersteen and David I. Myers, for 
five hundred tons of iron pipes; and also their contract 
with the West Point Foundry Asssociation, for seventeen 
hundred tons of pipes, thirty-six inches diameter : all of 
which said contracts are deposited in the Comptroller's 
office in the city of New York. Now, therefore, in com- 
pliance with the Act aforesaid, be it 
Certain con- 
tracts to be 
assumed. 
Resolved, That on the execution by the several con- 
tractors above named, of an agreement, to be endorsed on 64 
the respective contracts aforesaid, and approved by the 
Counsel of the Corporation, whereby the said contractors 
shall substitute the Corporation of the city of New York, 
instead of the said Water Commissioners therein named, 
and covenant that all the advantages of the said contracts, 
with the right to sue thereupon, shall inure to the benefit 
of the said Corporation, an agreement, to be approved as 
aforesaid, shall be made and signed by the Croton Aque- 
duct Commissioner, for and in behalf of the said Corpora- 
tion, whereby the said Corporation shall assume all the 
covenants and agreements in the said contracts above 
specified, made by the said Water Commissioners. 
Approved by the Mayor, July 1, 1841. 
(Vol. 9, MS. volume, p. 123.) 
AN ORDINANCE 
To raise Money by Loan. 
The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of 
New York, in Common Council convened, do ordain 
as follows: 
To raise 
money for in- 
troducing wa- 
ter into the 
city. 
That it shall be lawful to raise such further sums of 
money as may be necessary to effect the introduction of 
the Croton water into this city in the manner provided by 
section 3d, of the Ordinance relating to the Water Stock 
of the city of New York, passed June 25, 1841. The 
stock certificates to be issued therefor, to be made redeem- 
able at such periods, not exceeding fifteen years, as the 
Finance Committee may direct. 
Approved by the Mayor, January 25, 1842. 65 
(Vol 9, MS. volume, p. 190.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That the Counsel of the Corporation be, 
and he is hereby instructed to prepare a memorial and 
law to be presented to the Legislature, for the organization 
of a Department for the care and custody of the Croton 
Aqueduct and the works connected therewith, and for the 
distribution of the water, and providing for the discontinu- 
ance of the office of Water Commissioners, and the trans- 
fer of their remaining powers and duties to the head of the 
said Department; and that the Counsel prepare such me- 
morial and law under the direction of the Croton Aque- 
duct Committee of both Boards, and present the same to 
the Common Council for their approval. 
Memorial 
and law to ba 
presented to 
Legislature. 
Transfer of 
powers of Wa- 
ter Commis- 
sioners. 
Approved by the Mayor, March 31, 1842. 
(Vol. 9, MS. volume, p. 197.) 
RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, That the Aqueduct Commissioner be per- 
mitted to lay a line of water pipes from Broadway to a 
point in front of the City Hall, suitable for a Fountain, 
and to construct a Basin therefor; the same to be done 
under the direction of the Croton Aqueduct Committee 
and the Committee on Lands and Places, at a sum not 
exceeding one thousand dollars. 
Fountain 
and Basin in 
front of City 
Hall. 
Approved by the Mayor, May 10, 1842. WATER COMMISSIONERS. 
(Appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate.) 
1834. 
Stephen Allen, 
B. M. Brown,* 
Saul Alley, 
Wm. W. Fox, 
Chas. Dusenberry, 
Thos. T. Woodruff,f 
1840. 
Samuel Stevens, 
Z. Ring, 
John D. Ward, 
B. Birdsall, 
Samuel R. Childs.J 
* Resigned in 1837. 
f Appointed to fill vacancy occasioned by resignation of B. M. Brown. 
{ Now absent in Europe. CROTON AQEDUCT COMMITTEE. 
1840-1841. 
Aldermen, 
Peter Cooper, 
Wm. Chamberlain, 
Samuel Nichols. 
Assistant Aidermen, 
David Vandervoort, 
Moses G. Leonard, 
William L. Wood. 
1841-1842. 
Moses G. Leonard, 
Richard S. Williams, 
Frederick R. Lee. 
Henry Brevoort, 
Daniel Ward, 
William Adams. 
Henry E. Davies, 
Edward D. West, 
Charles W. Smith. 
1842-1843. 
George F. Nesbitt, 
William Dodge, 
Daniel Ward. 
CROTON AQUEDUCT COMMISSIONER. 
1840. 
Hiram A. Norris. 
1842. 
UzZIAH WeNMAN. 
WATER PURVEYOR, 
1840. 
Crandel Rich. 
Attached to the Croton Aqueduct Department. 
1842. 
William Freeborn. CONTENTS. 
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. 
Page 
An Act-For the appointment of Water Commission- 
ers, in relation to supplying the city of 
New York, with pure and wholesome 
water. (Passed Feb. 26, 1833,) - - 3 
An Act-To provide for supplying the city of New 
York with pure and wholesome water. 
(Passed May 2, 1834,) - - - 5 
An Act-To construct the Croton Aqueduct through 
the State Prison Farm at Sing Sing. 
(Passed May 11, 1836,) - - - 11 
An Act-To amend the Act passed May 2, 1834. 
(Passed May 25, 1836,) - - - 12 
An Act-To provide for alterations in the line or 
route of the Croton turnpike road, in the 
county of Westchester. (Passed May 
5, 1837,) ------ 14 
An Act-To amend the Act passed May 2, 1834. 
(Passed March 29, 1838,) - - - 18 
An Act-Extract of, to enable the Corporation of 
the city of New York to raise money by 
tax. (Passed March 24, 1838,) - - 19 
An Act-Prescribing the manner in which the Cro- 
ton Aqueduct shall pass Harlem river. 
(Passed May 3, 1839,) - - - 19 
An Act-To amend the Act passed May 2, 1834, re- 
stricting the application of funds, &c. 
(Passed April 27, 1840,) - - - 20 
An Act-To regulate the place and manner of assess- 
ing and taxing the Croton Aqueduct. 
(Passed May 71840,) - - - 21 70 
Page 
An Act-To amend the Act passed May 2, 1834, 
giving part of the work to Corporation. 
(Passed May 26, 1841,) - - - 22 
An Act-For the preservation of the Croton Water 
Works, in the city of New York. (Passed 
April 11, 1842,) ----- 26 
RESOLUTIONS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. 
Resolution-approving draft of Law, (Feb. 1,1832,) 27 
Resolution-appropriating $1000 toward an exam- 
ination, 30 
Resolution-directing certain reports and documents 
to be reprinted, - - - - 31 
Resolution-in relation to purchasing pipes and other 
property of the Manhattan Company, 33 
Resolution-for the appointment of a Committee to 
negotiate with said Company, - - 34 
Resolution-for permission of the Legislature to raise 
$2,500,000, ----- 34 
Resolution-approving of plan adopted by Water 
Commissioners, - - - .36 
Resolution-requiring electors of the city of New 
York to express their assent or re- 
fusal to allow the Common Council 
to raise money, - - - - 37 
Resolution-designating the room for the office of 
the Water Commissioners, - - 40 
Resolution-concerning a Map drawn after the plan 
adopted by the Water Commissioners, 41 
Resolution-in relation to laying pipes in certain 
streets, - - - - 41, 46,49 
Resolution-authorizing Comptroller to call in por- 
tions of the Water Stock, - - 42 
Resolution-appropriating certain grounds for reser- 
voirs, and works connected there- 
with, ----- 42, 43 71 
Page 
Resolution-in relation to providing money by loan, 43 
Resolution-in relation to building a bridge or carry- 
ing the water over Harlem river in 
syphons, ----- 43 
Resolution-in relation to moneys for water pipes, to 
be charged to and defrayed out of 
Water Stock, - - - - 43 
Resolution-relating to the inexpediency of crossing 
Harlem river by low bridge or syphon, 45 
Resolution-relating to semi-annual report of Water 
Commissioners, - - - -47 
Resolution-requesting the Water Commissioners to 
report the number and location of re- 
servoirs, - - - - - 48 
Resolution-calling for information connected with 
the construction of Croton Aqueduct, 49 
Resolution-contemplating the exemption from taxa- 
tion the Croton Aqueduct in the coun- 
ty of Westchester, - - - - 50 
Resolution-providing for the appointment of the 
Croton Aqueduct Committee, - - 52 
Resolution-for the assumption by the Corporation of 
the execution and performance of cer- 
tain contracts, - - - - 63 
Resolution-in relation to the discontinuance of the 
office of Water Commissioners, and 
transferring their powers to the head 
of the Croton Aqueduct Department, 65 
Resolution-in relation to a Fountain and Basin in 
front of the City Hall, - - - 65 
LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE CORPORATION. 
A Law-providing for the expenses of the Water 
Commissioners, 31 
A Law-making further provision for the expenses 
of the Water Commissioners, - - 35 72 
Page 
A Law-to instruct the Water Commissioners to pro- 
ceed in their work, - - - - 37 
A Law-specifying the salaries of each of the Water 
Commissioners, - - - - - 40 
A Law-in addition to the law "to instruct the Water 
Commissioners to proceed in their work," 44 
A Law-the same, ------ 44 
A Law-the same, ------ 46 
A Law-the same, ------ 47 
A Law-the same, ------ 48 
A Law-the same, - 50 
A Law-the same, ------ 61 
A Law-extract of, entitled "A Law providing for the 
redemption of the City Stock," - - 50 
An Ordinance-to organize the Croton Aqueduct 
Department, - - - - 56 
An Ordinance-in addition to an Ordinance to in- 
struct the Water Commissioners,&c.,59 
An Ordinance-to raise money by loan, - - 64 
C0MUNICATI0N8 AND REPORTS. 
Communication-from Stephen Allen, Esq., on ap- 
pointing Commissioners for Cro- 
ton turnpike, - - - - 40 
Communication-from the Mayor, stating his ob- 
jections to a Resolution of the 
Common Council, - - - 52 
Report-of Croton Aqueduct Committee, on crossing 
Clendenning's Valley, - - - - 54 
Water Commissioners-names of, - - - - 67 
Croton Aqueduct Committee, Croton Aqueduct Com- 
missioner, and Water Purveyor-names of, 68