CITY OF BOSTON.

THURSDAY, April 18, 1861.

TO THE HON. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON: The Board of Land Commissioners respectfully represent to the City Council that their appropriation for Public Lands is exhausted, and that an additional appropriation of twenty thousand dollars will be required to meet the wants of the Department during the financial year of 1861 and 1862.

As all appropriations for the Public Lands have heretofore been provided by loans, the Board would respectfully recommend the passage of the annexed order, authorizing a loan for the amount required.

For the Commissioners.

SAM'L HATCH, Chairman.

CITY OF BOSTON.

In Common Council, April 18, 1861.

Ordered: That the Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to borrow, under the direction of the Committee on Finance, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and that the same be added to the appropriation for Public Lands, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Land Commissioners.

In Board of Aldermen, May 27, 1861.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

Attest:

S. F. MCCLEARY, City Clerk.

J. E. FARWELL & CO., CITY PRINTERS, 32 CONGRESS STREET, BOSTON.

CITY OF BOSTON.

Auditor's Office, 25th May, 1861.

TO THE HON. BOARD OF ALDERMEN:

GENTLEMEN: In conformity with the requirement of the 15th Section of the Ordinance on Finance, I now have the honor of submitting herewith an account of the Leases of the City Property, as they stood on the first day of the present month. Very respectfully,

ELISHA COPELAND,

Auditor of Accounts.