New York Court of Appeals July 1, 1871 (In re Douglas)

By the Court.—Andrews, J.

Section 7 of the act to amend the charter of the city of New York, passed in 1857 (Laws of 1857, ch. 446), after providing for the organization of the two boards of the common council, proceeds as follows :

“All resolutions and reports of committees which *169shall recommend any specific improvement involving the appropriation of public moneys, or the taxing or assessing