The residue of this paper, which is signed Alexander Hamilton, relates to the health laws, &c. After the communication was read, the Board came to the following determination :

Whereas, By the Report of a Joint Committee from this Board, from the Chamber of Commerce, and from the Medical Society, with the Commissioners of the Health Office, dated 14th January last, a variety of regulations and improvements in this city were recommended as of primary importance to the health and welfare of the inhabitants and ;

whereas, the introduction of a copious supply of pure and wholesome water into the city has long been contemplated by the Board, and is esteemed by the said Committee, " one of the most powerful means of removing the causes of pestilential diseases ;" and whereas, the Board, in order to carry the objects of the said Report into effect, and with a view to obtain such supply of fresh water for the benefit of the citizens in general, and in pursuance of the recommendation of said Committee, has directed certain bills to be prepared and submitted to the Legislature, by means of which, the care and duties of this Board, as such, would be considerably extended, and the members thereof, be subjected to great additional trouble, without any emolument to themselves and whereas, objections have ;

arisen to the said bills, upon the ground, that a Company would be best adapted to the business of supplying the city with water, &c.

Resolved, That this Board is truly anxious that the measures recommended by the said Joint Committee, and every other measure which may promote the health and welfare of the city, be pursued in the way that may be most likely to secure these important ends ; and although the members of this Board have not been unwilling to subject them-