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Meat at their respective Houses in the out parts of the City or to
erect Standings where Provided & on the express Condition that
they keep an Ace* ot the Meats they kill k sell to be rendered on
Oath to the Clerk ot the Market and pay the Fees thereon accord¬
ingly."—M. C. C. (1784-1830, II:  570,

John Town advertises that he "has erected Ferry Stairs on the
Dock the south side of the State Prison (Greenwich) ... and
provided Boats for carrying passengers, etc., between there and
Hoboken Ferry, New Jersey."—Greenleaf s New Daily Adv., S
21, .799. See also L. M. R. K., Ill:  943,

It is announced that "The Bank ot New York wUl be removed
to the new building at Greenwich, in the vicinity ot the city, on
Monday raorning the 22 inst. and will open tor buaineas during the
usual houra."—Spectator, S 21, 1799.

The last iaaue found ot the Gazette Franfaise (aee Mr 2, 1796) is
that of this date.—Brigham, A. A. S. Proc. (19.7), 43..

The common council appoints a committee " to enquire into the
State of the public Markets in this City k report such Improve¬
ments in the Regulation thereof as they raay deara necessary."—
M. C. C. (1784-183O, II:  580.

Tbe "St. Caecilla'a Society" meets In the federal haU 'at this
tirae.—Com. Adv., N 9, 1799.

The government ot the Consulate begins in France, with Napo¬
leon as first consul.—Anderson, Docs., op. cit, 268-70.

Mr. Stuyvesant Informs Trinity vestry tbat church wardens
and vestrymen have been chosen tor St. Mark's Church, and mea¬
sures taken tor the incorporation ot that church "by the Stile of the
Rector, Church wardens and Vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal
[Church] of St. Mark's in the Bowery of the City of New York."
It ia ordered "That tbe Committee ot Leases he instructed to desig¬
nate such Lots as it may be proper to convey to the Corporation of
St. Marks' Church and may produce them a Revenue equal to two
hundred Pounds per Annum."—Trin. Min. (MS.).

A coramittee of the "Law Society of the City ot New York,"
in a petition to the coraraon councU, dated Nov. 7, acknowledges
"the indulgence ot several years' privilege to meet in the police-
room." By recent arrangements, "this privilege is necessary pro¬
hibited." They now ask permission "to meet once a week, in the
common council room, or such other room as shall meet the appro¬
bation of the honorable Corporation."—Frora original petition in
raetd file No. 18, city clerk's record-room. See also Com, Adv.,
N 18,1799. The board perraits them to convene in the room uaed
by the court of chancery,—M. C. C. (1784-1831), H:  581.

The foUowing advertisement, addressed "To the Public" and
signed by Daniel Ludlow, prerident of tbe Manhattan Company,
appears in the newspapers: "The legislature at their last session
were pleased to incorporate the Manhattan Company, for the
purpose, among others, of supplying the city ot New York with
pure and wholcEorae water, . . . Notwithstanding tbe interven¬
tion ot a malignant fever, which occasioned so great and so large a
desertion of the city, the works have never been suspended: and
although not more than seven months bave elapsed since their flrst
meeting, the directors are happy in announcing to their fellow
citizens, that conduit pipes are laid in aeverd ot the principal
streeta, and that water is now ready to be turnlahed to raany ot
the inhabitants and to all the shipping in the harbour. From actual
eiperiment there ia no doubt that one of the wells akeady opened
wiU yidd to five thousand famUies a daily supply of at least fifty
gallons each, of a quality eicdlent for drinking and good for every
cuUnary purpose.

"The following regulations have been adopted tor the dis¬
tribution ot water araong the inhabitanta ot the city.

"ist. Those who are desirous of being suppUed from the
aqueducts of the company wiU please to apply persondly or in
writing to the superintendant ot the works, who will keep a register
ot tbe narae of the appUcant, the number and situation of hia houae,
and of tbe rate which he ia to pay. The auperintend ant will alao
direct a proper person to tap or pierce the main pipe opposite to hia
houae, for the insertion of the smaller or lateral tube, hy which the
water is to be conveyed into the building.   .   .   ,

"id. The lateral or sraaU pipe must be procured and laid at the
expence ot the appUcant, . . . The corapany recoraraend the
use ot leaden pipes.

"3d. dthough water wiU be continually running in the pipes,
and the inhabitants wUl not be Umited in its use, yet it wiU be
proper to guard against any unreasonable waste whicb may happen
 

from negUgence or other cause. .   ,   . To prevent in sorae degree   Nov.
any wasteful consumption of water, the pipes leading it into the    14
houses must be compleated and fixed under the direction of the
superintendant. .   ,   .

"4th, No one shall supply with water received from the aque¬
ducts any ndghbour or peraon not living in tbe bouse furnished by
the company.

"5th. The ratea at which the water wiU be deUvered are as
follows:—For every houae or buUding, containing not more than
4 fire places, there shaU be paid the sum of five dollars per annum;
and tor every fire place eiceeding tour in any house or building
there shall be paid an additiond one dollar and twenty-five cents,
prorided however not raore than twenty dollars shaU be paid tor
any private house or building.

"6th. From the preceding ratea are eicepted buildioga In whicb
manufactures are carried on, requiring a larger supply than usual.
Stables and taverns, with the proprietors of which seperate agree¬
ments wiU be made.

"7th, All payments tor water shall be made quarterly, to wit,
on the first day ot February, May, August and November in every
year; one quarter to be always paid in advance. .   .  .

"8th. Upon default in payment as aforesaid, or in case of in¬
fraction of any of the preceeding regulations, the pipe through
which the water is conveyed to the house will be immediately cut off.

"9th. Shipa and vessela will be supplied at the rate of 20 centa
per hogshead. A fountain for the purpose is erected at the ex-
tremety of Dye-Street, where boats raay convenientiy Ue, and
casks or hogsheads be filled without the trouble of putting them on
shore. Fountains tor the same purpoae will be raiaed in other parts
ot the city.

"loth. Works of this kind being In a great degree new in this
country, it la not poasible to foresee all the cases for which It raay be
necessary to provide. Eiperience will suggest many improveraents
in the mode ot distributing the water; the directors therefore ei-
pressly reserve to therasdves the right granted by the act ot
incorporation ot raaklng trora tirae to tirae such change in those
regulations and such further bye laws and ordinances tor preserv¬
ing the worka of the company, and for conveying water through the
city, as they may think proper, eicept only as to the ratea above
mentioned, whicb shall undergo no augmentation tor tbe apace of
five years."—Greenleaf sN. Y. Jour., N 16, 1799,

Thecoraraoncouncilrders to the street and road commissioners 18
petitions tor eatabliahing a pubUc terry from Horna Hook to Hal-
let'a Point acroas the East River.-M. C. C, (1784-.831), U: 583,
On Feb. 3, 1800, two other members of the board were added to the
committee "on the Petition for establishing a Ferry across the East
River at Hdlgate Si opening a public Road thereto."—Ibid., II:
608, See, further, S10, 1800,

"A Citizen" wtites to one ot the newspapers: "Being unac- 10
quainted with the determination of the Directors of the Manhat¬
tan Company with reapect to their progress In laying the pipea for
the conveyance of water through the city, I would just suggest the
propriety of iramediatdy furnishing the ships on the eaat aide ot the
town with pipes, as it is the raost proper season to dig up that of¬
fensive raade ground of which they are generaUy composed, , . .
Therdore, if the pipes are laid as above mentioned, and water freely
brought to the most filthy places, much benefit may be expected."—
N. Y. Gas.& Gen. Adv., N 20, 1799.

Edward Bardin again serves the public dinner on Evacuation    35
Day, his bill againat the corporation amounting to £4S'-3'-^-—
M. C. C. (1784-183O, II:  585.

At tbis tirae, Marding'a Tavern was the meeting-place of the "
Tammany Society.—Com. Adv.,N 2^, 1799. It was stiU the "wig¬
wam" of the sodety in .807.—,^m. Citizen, S .8, 1807. For a
history of tbis tavern, whicb atood at .50 Naaaau St., on the alte
later covered by the Am. Tract Soc. building, see Emmet collection,
11829.  See alao L. M. R. K., HI: 979.

The ownera and occupants of dwelling-houses fronting on Dec.
Chatham St. petition the comraon council tor the removal ot "the 2
Engine House standing in front ot the New Watch-Housc near the
bead of the said Street," which Is considered "a great obstruction
and injury to the said Street," and a nuiaance on account of the
filth which gathers around it.—From the original MS. in raetal
file No, 18, city clerk's record-room. This is referred to the street
commissioners "to take order thereon."—.¥. C. C. (1784-1831),
II:  584.   For tbia watch-house, aeeL,M,R.K.,III; 973,