I, Nathaniel Jarvis, Clerk of the City and County of New York, do hereby certify, that the votes given at a General Election held on the 14th, 15th, and 16th days of April, " 1835, in the respective wards of said City, in pursuance of An act to provide for supplying the City of New York with pure and wholesome water," passed 2d May, 1834, the inspectors' returns of which, are on file in my office, were as follows, viz :

Wards. Yes. No. 1 1417 27 2 1248 25 3 1456 42 4 1794 51 5 1675 152 6 1305 103 7 1303 561 8 1511 703 9 631 1015 10 966 1030 11 880 873 12 545 136 13 654 739 14 1233 209 15 712 297

17,330 5,963

From which it appears that " Yes" received 17,330 votes, and " No" 5963 votes. In

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pursuance of said Act, the Board of Canvassers of the votes taken at said Election, adjudged and determined that a majority of the Electors of the City and County of New York, were found to be in favor of the measure. In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my Seal of Office, [L.S.] this 28th day of March, 1843r^'

NATHANIEL JARVIS, Clerk. To complete this view, and to show that the wards which contributed the largest amount of taxes, gave also the largest vote in favor of the Croton project, a list is annexed, from the books of the City Comptroller, of the taxes paid by each ward for the year 1835: