BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT. CITY OF NEW YORK MAYOR'S OFFICE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1888-11:30 o'clock A. M. The Board met in pursuance of the following call: OFFICE OF THE MAYORALTY, In pursuance of the authority contained in the 189th Section of the New York City Consolidation Act of 1882, a meeting is hereby called of the Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen, and the President of the Department of Taxes and Assessments, constituting a Board of Estimate and Apportionment, to be held at the office of the Mayor, on Friday, December 21, 1888, at 11:30 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of considering the Final Estimate for the year 1889, and for the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the Board. ABRAM S. HEWITT, Mayor. INDORSED : Admission of a copy of the within as served upon us this 19th day of December, 1888. ABRAM S. HEWITT, Mayor. THEO. W. MYERS, Comptroller. DANIEL E. DOWLING, Vice-President of the Board of Aldermen. MICHAEL COLEMAN, President of the Department of Taxes and Assessments. Present-The following members, viz.: ABRAM S. HEWITT, the Mayor. THEODORE W. MYERS, the Comptroller. MICHAEL COLEMAN, the President of the Department of Taxes and Assessments. Absent DANIEL E. DOWLING, the Vice-President of the Board of Aldermen. The minutes of the meeting held December 14, 1888, were read and approved. The COMPTROLLER presented the following: OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, (In Board of Education, December 19, 1888.) Resolved, That application be and the same hereby is made to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the purpose of defraying the expense of an exhibit to be prepared for the Exposition to be held at Paris, France, in the year 1889, showing the work of the common school system of this city, the plans of school buildings, etc., and that the amount be added to the Budget for 1889. Extract from the minutes. ARTHUR MCMULLIN, Clerk. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, (In Board of Education, December 19, 1888.) Resolved, That this Board hereby requests the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to grant an additional appropriation of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for salaries of teachers, to be used for payment of proposed increase of salaries to assistant teachers in Grammar and Primary Schools, who have served as such for a period of fourteen years. Extract from the minutes. ARTHUR MCMULLIN, Clerk. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, (In Board of Education, December 19, 1888.) Whereas, The appropriation of $6,500 made by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for "Incidental Expenses of the Normal College and Training Depart ment" for 1888 is inadequate to meet the requirements of the year; therefore be it Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be and they hereby are respectfully requested to transfer from the fund for 1888 entitled "Salaries of Professors, Teachers and Tutors in Normal College," to the fund for 1888 entitled "Incidental Expenses of the Normal College and Training Department," the sum of five hundred dollars ($500). Extract from the minutes. ARTHUR MCMULLIN, Clerk. Which were received and referred to the Comptroller. Robert M. Gallaway, Commissioner of Education, appeared before the Board, and made a statement in explanation of the above request for an appropriation for "Incidental Expenses of the Normal College.' Charles L. Holt, Commissioner of Education, appeared before the Board, and made a statement in explanation of the above request for an appropriation for expense of an exhibit to be prepared for the Exposition at Paris, France. The COMPTROLLER presented the following: CHAMBERS OF THE SURROGATE, NEW YORK, December 15, 1888. To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportion ment: Gentlemen,-I respectfully request that a transfer be made of the sum of $34.53 from the appropriation "For the Preservation of Public Records-Surrogate's Office," for the year 1887, to the appropriation "Salaries—Judiciary: Contingencies-Surrogate's Office," for the year 1887, which amount is needed for the payment of two bills of that year. Very respectfully, RASTUS S. RANSOM, And offered the following resolution: Surrogate. Resolved, That the sum of thirty-four dollars and fiftythree cents ($34.53) be and is hereby transferred from the appropriation entitled "For the Preservation of Public Records-Surrogate's Office," for 1887, which is in excess of the amount required for the purpose, to the appropriation entitled "Salaries-Judiciary: Contingencies-Surrogate's Office," for 1887, which is insufficient for the purposes thereof. Which was adopted by the following vote: Affirmative—The Mayor, Comptroller, and President of the Department of Taxes and Assess ments-3. The COMPTROLLER presented the following: DEPARTMENT OF STREET CLEANING, Nos. 49 AND 51 CHAMBERS STREET, To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: Gentlemen,-I beg to request that you will transfer the sum of $10,000 from the appropriation for "Sweeping |