The COMPTROLLER presented the following: HEALTH DEPARTMENT-No. 301 MOTT STREET, Mr. THEODORE W. MYERS, Comptroller: Dear Sir,-At a meeting of the Board, held on Thursday, July 12, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That for the purpose of printing the indexes of births, marriages and deaths, this Board consents to and requests the transfer of the following unexpended balances of appropriations for the year 1887: "Health Fund-For Salaries". "Health Fund-For Disinfection ". $188 45 40 "Health Fund-For Law Expenses". 08 “Health Fund-For Payment to Board of Police, etc.". "Hospital Fund-For Improvement, Care and Maintenance, etc.". Hospital Fund-For Hospital Buildings and Grounds on North Brother Island 155 68 86 28 "For all printing, stationery and blank books required by the Common Council and the Departments and officers of the City Government, except printing the City Record, including the publishing of calendars of courts, under Chapter 656, Laws of 1874, including arrearages, $160,000." Respectfully, (A true copy.) EMMONS CLARK, Secretary. -and offered the following preamble and resolution: Whereas, The Board of Health has requested a transfer to be made of the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for the purpose of printing the "Indices of Births, Marriages and Deaths;" and, Whereas, There are a number of unexpended balances of appropriations to the Health Department for the year 1887 which are not required for the purposes thereof; Resolved, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) be and is hereby transferred from the unexpended balances of appropriations to the Department of Health for the year 1887, which are not required for the purposes thereof, entitled as follows, viz.: "Health Fund-For Salaries". "Health Fund-For Disinfection ". "Health Fund-For Law Expenses". "Health Fund-For Payment to Board of 66 Police, etc." Hospital Fund-For Improvement, Care $188 45 40 08 155 68 86 28 Hospital Fund-For Hospital Building and Filling behind sea-wall, etc.... 53 63 14 "Hospital Fund For Enlarging Disinfect- 186 67 754 86 $1,500 00 -to the appropriation entitled "Printing, Stationery and Blank Books" for 1888, which is insufficient for the objects and purposes thereof. Which were adopted by the following vote: Affirmative-The Mayor and Comptroller. Negative-The President of the Department of Taxes and Assessments--1. The COMPTROLLER presented the following: CITY OF NEW YORK--FINANCE DEPARTMENT, July 26, 1888. To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: Chapter 371 of the Laws of 1887 provided for the erection of a building for criminal courts and other purposes in this city, and the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund were authorized to select and locate a site for the building upon land belonging to the Corporation. Pursuant to the provisions of said act, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund selected a site in the City Hall Park for a building in connection with the City Hall and the New Court House, and on October 7, 1887, authorized the publication of a notice to architects for plans and designs of such building and the award of premiums for those considered most meritorious. A number of plans were submitted for competition, and on May 2, 1888, a Committee of Architects was appointed by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to assist them in the examination of the plans and determining upon those entitled to awards of premiums. On July 12, 1888, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund adopted a resolution determining upon the plans to which premiums should be awarded and fixing the sums awarded to them respectively, amounting to $9,000. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund also adopted a resolution on May 28, 1888, to pay the committee of three architects the sum of $500 each, as compensation for their services as experts in the examination of the plans of said building submitted by their authors for competition. The whole amount to be provided for the payment of these expenses attending the procuring said plans is $10,500, and for that purpose I submit a resolution to transfer a portion of that sum from unexpended balances of appropriations for 1887, which are not required for the purposes thereof. Respectfully, THEO. W. MYERS, Comptroller. And offered the following preamble and resolution: Whereas, The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund appointed a committee of three architects as experts to assist them in the examination of plans submitted of a building for Criminal Courts and other purposes, proposed to be erected in the City Hall Park, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 371 of the Laws of 1887, and on May 28, 1888, adopted a resolution fixing the amount of compensation to be paid for their services at $500 each; and Whereas, The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund also adopted a resolution on July 12, 1888, awarding premiums for such plans amounting to $9,000; and 66 Whereas, The amount now in the appropriation entitled 'Commissioners of the Sinking Fund-Expenses of," for 1888, is not sufficient to meet said liabilities of the city and it will be necessary to provide for payment by transferring a portion of the amount from other unexpended appropriations; therefore, Resolved, That the sum of six thousand four hundred and eight dollars and twenty-five cents ($6,408.25) be and is hereby transferred from the following unexpended balances of appropriations made for the year 1887, which are not required for the objects and purposes thereof, viz.: "Commissioners of the Sinking Fund--Ex -to the appropriation entitled, "Commissioners of the Sinking Fund-Expenses of," for 1888, which is insufficient for the objects and purposes thereof, to |