OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNCILMEN.
Office, No. 5 City Hall.

C. T. McClenachan, Clerk..
John A. Towle, Deputy Clerk..
James Little, Assistant Clerk.

.61 W. 27th street. 61st street, E. R.

.48 Norfolk street.

The act of the Legislature passed April 15, 1857, altered the mode in which the Board of Supervisors of the county of New York were constituted, and prescribed the annual selection, at the Charter election, of twelve gentlemen, who shall thereafter compose the Board. Six of these are elected, and the six receiv ing the next highest number of votes are appointed by the Mayor of the city. The following is the Board for 1858:

HENRY MATHEWS, Mess, and Serg't-at-arms...119 E. 24th street.

The general powers and duties of the Board of Supervisors are found in the fourth edition of Revised Statutes, vol. 1, pages 675-684.

Those powers and duties in relation to levying taxes and assessments are also defined in the fourth edition of Revised Statutes, vol. 1, pages 760-780.

5*

Geo. W. Hinchman, Asst. Cik and Mayor's Mess'r. .70 3d street,

* Since the decease of Joseph S. Taylor, the former Street Commissioner, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen appointed Charles Devlin, Esq., to fill said vacancy; also, the Governor of the State appointed D. D. Conover, Esq., to fill the said vacancy. These gentlemen are now contesting their rights to the said office before the Courts. The compiler, therefore, refrains from giving any details relating to this Department until a final adjudication shall properly fill the office.

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

Office, No. 5 Hall of Records.

Azariah C. Flagg, Comptroller....
Artemas S. Cady, Clerk to Comptroller.
Joseph C. Pinckney, Book-keeper..
Wakeman H. Dikeman, Stock Clerk..
James Upton, Messenger.

.3 London Terrace, 23d st. 210 W. 32d st.

73 St. Mark's place. 270 Elizabeth street. 243 William street.

Alfred Vredenburgh, Clerk to Dep. Rec. of Taxes...677 Houston street.

William V. Porter, 1st Clerk to Rec. of Taxes. .

Yorkville.

.358 Broome street.

53 Greenwich avenue.

.5 Prince street.

.298 Bowery.

.88 Varick street.

(Six temporary clerks appointed for six months.)

BUREAU OF DEPOSIT AND DISBURSEMENT,

Andrew V. Stout, Chamberlain, Shoe and Leather Bank, corner Broadway and H. L. Ovington, Clerk to Chamberlain.

STREET DEPARTMENT.

Office, No. 4, Hall of Records.

Chambers street.

This office being contested, no mention is made of the officers of the Depart

ment and its bureaux.

For the bureaux under this Department, see Sec. 23 of

the Charter, 1857.