to those who transmitted the blessing with veneration, and that will be for ever remembered as an evidence of the liberality of the citizens of New York, the importance of which is equalled only by the legacy handed down to us by the sires of the Revolution, for, while the one ensures to us prosperity, together with freedom and religious liberty, the other secures to us and our posterity that health, without which all other blessings dwindle into insignificance :

Therefore Resolved, That, if the Board of Assistants concur, a Joint Committee of five members from each Board be appointed to make arrangements for commemorating this event in a manner corresponding with its vast importance, and that they be authorised to invite our fellow-citizens to unite with the Common Council in celebrating, with all suitable demonstrations of joy, the completion of this great and stupendous work.

226 CELEBRATION OF THE These were, on motion of Alderman Davies, referred to the Joint Committee on the Croton Aqueduct, from which Committee the following report was received on 19th September :

The Joint Committee on the Croton Aqueduct, to whom was referred the preamble and resolution presented by Alderman Lee, July 5, 1842, in relation to celebrating the event of the introduction of the Croton Water into the city, presented the following report, recommending the adoption of the preamble and resolution referred to them, together with the resolution annexed to this report Respectfully Report :

That they have had the same under consideration, and that they do cheerfully respond to the sentiments therein contained the introduction of the healthful streams :