All the above cases were prosecuted by the officers of the several societies to which fines are payable. The amount collected has been deposited to the credit of the Sinking Fund for the Payment of the Interest on the City Debt. Respectfully, I. S. BARRETT, Bookkeeper. Resolved, That warrants payable from the Sinking Fund for the Payment of the Interest on the City Debt be drawn in favor of the following societies, being the amount of fines imposed and collected by the Court of Special Sessions, First and Second Divisions, in the month of December, 1903, and payable to said societies, pursuant to law, viz.: New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.... American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. New York County Medical Association Dental Society of the State of New York.. Which resolution was unanimously adopted. $535 00 25 00 510 00 300 00 400 00 125 00 The Comptroller presented the following report and offered the following resolution, relative to the refunding of Croton water rents paid in error: Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: January 19, 1904. SIR-Applications have been made, as per statement herewith, for the refund of Croton water rents paid in error. The applications are severally approved by the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, the Collector of Assessments and Arrears, or the Receiver of Taxes, and the amount so paid, three hundred and twenty-five and eighteen onehundredths dollars ($325.18), has been deposited to the credit of the Sinking Fund for the Payment of the Interest on the City Debt. Herbert E. Jackson, Assistant Secretary of the Lawyers' Resolved, That a warrant payable from the Sinking Fund for the Payment of the Interest on the City Debt be drawn in favor of the Chamberlain for the sum of three hundred and twenty-five and eighteen one-hundredths dollars ($325.18) for deposit in the City Treasury to the credit of "Croton Water Rent-Refunding Account" for refunding erroneous and overpayments of Croton Water Rents, as per statement submitted herewith. Which resolution was unanimously adopted. The Comptroller presented the following statement and offered the following resolution, relative to the refunding of overpayments on permits to build street vaults: Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: January 19, 1904. SIR-The following applications for the refund of amounts overpaid for street vault permits are respectfully submitted, viz.: Applicant and Location. Overpaid. The Childs Unique Dairy Company, Nos. 108 and 110 West Thirty-fourth street..... $303 82 Old Colony Company, Nos. 17, 19 and 21 West Thirty-second street.... 107 00 Total..... $410 82 To each application is attached the affidavit of the owner and the certificate of a City Surveyor, and in each case the refund is recommended by the Superintendent of Highways, approved by the Commissioner of Public Works and the President of the Borough of Manhattan. The several amounts paid were deposited to credit of the Sinking Fund for the Redemption of the City Debt, No. 1. Respectfully, I. S. BARRETT, Bookkeeper. Resolved, That warrants payable from the Sinking Fund for the Redemption of the City Debt, No. 1, be drawn in favor of the following parties, refunding them the amounts overpaid by them respectively for permits to build street vaults, as per statement submitted to Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, viz.: The Childs Unique Dairy Company. Old Colony Company..... Which resolution was unanimously adopted. $303 82 107 00 The Comptroller presented the following statement and offered the following resolution, relative to the refunding of assessment installment for Prospect Park improv ment: Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: January 19, 1904. SIR-On October 31, 1903, Jeremiah J. Gilligan overpaid the following assessment instalment for Prospect Park improvements, viz.: Instalment 1902, Ward 9, Block 9, Lot No. 42, amount of instalment, $5.81; interest, 47 cents; total, $6.28. The amount so overpaid was deposited in the Sinking Fund of the City of Brooklyn; the refund will be made through account "Refunding Assessments Paid in Error, Borough of Brooklyn." The resolution herewith is necessary to reimburse this account for amount of assessment so to be refunded. Respectfully, I. S. BARRETT, Bookkeeper. Resolved, That a warrant payable from the Sinking Fund, City of Brooklyn, be drawn in favor of the Chamberlain for the sum of six and twenty-eight one-hundredths dollars ($6.28), to be deposited in the City Treasury to the credit of "Refunding Assessments Paid in Error, Borough of Brooklyn," to refund Jeremiah J. Gilligan, through this account, this amount of assessment for Prospect Park improvement overpaid in error. Which resolution was unanimously adopted. The following communication was received from the Department of Bridges, relative to a lease of rooms in the Park Row Building: January 13, 1904. To the Honorable Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of The City of New York: GENTLEMEN-For the use of the Department of Bridges I desire more space on the twelfth floor of the Park Row Building, as the rooms now being used by the Department are inadequate, and I therefore request your Honorable Board to lease from the agent of the Park Row Building, in addition to that which is now occupied by the Department, the following offices: Room No. 1228-Floor space 180 square feet. The Rooms Nos. 1236 to 1239 inclusive had been occupied by this Department. until two years ago, when they were given up by the City because of the vacancy in the office of Chief Engineer and other changes in the staff of the engineering force I am informed by the agents of the building that the City pays a special rental for the offices it occupies therein, which is known to the Comptroller only. Please arrange for immediate possession, as the present tenants in four of the rooms are anxious to move out, and expect to turn them over as soon as the necessary authority is given. Respectfully, GEO. E. BEST, Commissioner of Bridges. In connection therewith the Comptroller presented the following report offered the following resolution: Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: January 20, 1904. SIR-The Commissioner of the Department of Bridges, in a communication under date of January 13, 1904, requests the approval and consent of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund for a lease of Rooms 1228 to 1231, inclusive, containing in area 601 square feet, and Rooms 1236 to 1239, inclusive, containing in area 869 square feet, for the use of the Chief Engineer and the staff of the engineering force. Rooms 1236 to 1239, inclusive, have been occupied by the Bridge Department up to a period of about two years ago, when they were given up by the late Bridge Commissioner, for the reason that a vacancy occurred in the office of the Chief Engineer and other changes in the staff of the Engineering Department. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, at a meeting held May 21, 1902, adopted a resolution authorizing the payment of the rent for the use of these rooms from January 1 to May 1, 1902, at the price fixed by the resolution of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, January 20, 1899. Inasmuch as the Department of Bridges absolutely requires the use of thesc rooms for Departmental purposes, I would respectfully recommend that the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund adopt a resolution authorizing the Corporation Counsel to prepare a lease of the rooms Nos. 1236 to 1239, inclusive, containing an area of 869 square feet, for a period of one year, for the sum of $1,433.85 per annum, or at the rate of $1.65 per square foot, the Park Row Construction Company, lessors. And also a lease of Rooms Nos. 1228 to 1231, inclusive, containing an area of 601 square feet, for a period of one year, for the sum of $901.50 per annum, or at the rate of $1.50 per square foot, the Park Row Construction Company, lessors. The rent, being reasonable and just, to be paid by the Department of Bridges out of funds appropriated for the Department and not used for other purposes, the lessors to furnish light, heat and janitor services. Respectfully submitted for approval, MORTIMER J. BROWN, Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. Approved: N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS, Acting Comptroller. Resolved, That the Corporation Counsel be and is hereby requested to prepare a lease to the City from the Park Row Construction Company, of Rooms Nos. 1228, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, in the Park Row Building, Borough of Manhattan, for the use of the Department of Bridges, for a term of one year from the date of occupation, at an annual rental of two thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirty-five cents ($2,335.35), payable quarterly from the appropriation made to said Department of Bridges; the lessor to furnish heat, light and janitor's service; and the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, deeming the said rent fair and reasonable and that it would be for the interests of the City that such lease be made, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute the same when prepared and approved by the Corporation Counsel, as provided by sections 149 and 217 of the Greater New York Charter. The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopted. The Comptroller moved that when the Board adjourn it adjourn to meet subject to the call of the Chair. Carried. Adjourned. N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS, Secretary. |