Golden being- Mayor, a memorial from Robert Macomb was presented, for permission to supply the city with water for all domestic purposes, and asking the appointment of a committee and one was appointed to confer with him.

Early in the ensuing spring, the committee reported that they had repeated conferences with Mr. Macomb, and being satisfied that he and his associates had the requisite means to carry their project into effect, they reported resolutions to this effect:

Resolved, That Robert Macomb, and his associates, be permitted to lay down pipes in the roads and streets of this city, whenever it appears to the Common Council that a sufficient quantity of water is collected at a reservoir at Harlem river; provided, that in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of others.

Resolved, That Robert Macomb, and his associates, shall bind themselves and their successors, in a contract with the Common Council, to transfer at any time when required, after the expiration of 40 years from the completion of the water works, all right and interest therein, to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the city, for which, they shall receive the cost of constructing the said water- works, after deducting a proper allowance for use and wear. Resolved^ That the Committee on lands and places, together with the Counsel of the Board, be instructed to prepare a contract, and make arrangements with Robert Macomb and his associates, in conformity with the preceding resolutions, and report the same to this Board, and that no rights or privileges be conveyed by these resolutions, but only by the contract contemplated to be entered into. JOHN HONE, J. B. TAYLOR, W. A. DAVIS, R. MCQUEEN.