To put an end to all difficulties as to contested rights, as well as to provide the additional means needed for the completion of the work, the Legislature, on the application

of the Common Council, passed a law on the 26th July, by a two-third vote, authorising the Corporation to raise three and a half millions more. We annex portions of that law, which is a very important one, as settling several material points : 1st. That of laying To limit the power of the a tax on the citizens to pay the interest of the water loan. 2d.

Water Commissioners over the aqueduct to its termination at Murray's Hill. 3d. To authorise the Commissioners, with the assent of the Common Council, to change the

plan of crossing the Harlem on a high bridge, to inverted syphons and iron pipes. 4th. To postpone the construction of a reservoir at Yorkville and 5th, to authorize the Com- ;

mon Council to execute all the work south of Murray's Hill. We annex these sections :

4. The moneys to be raised by virtue of this act shall be applied and expended to and for the purpose of supplying the city with pure and wholesome water, according to the provisions of the act hereby amended and no part of the funds created by this act, ;

or any other fund raised for the purpose of constructing or completing the Croton Aqueduct, and the works connected therewith, and distributing the water through the city, shall be diverted from such object. 5. All the provisions of law heretofore passed on this subject, pledging the faith of the city of New York, and providing a sinking fund for the redemption of the stock issued by virtue thereof, are hereby made applicable to the stock issued in pursuance of this act.