. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . Bernard Kenny,James G. Brinckman. Thomas Brady, Samuel P. Patterson, William , John Houghtalin, Thomas Leavy, George McGrath, Green,Abraham Lent, Michael Smith, Thomas OCallaghan, Patrick Russell, WilliamJoyce, Hugh Reilly, David Fitzgerald, Valentine Cook. Next day the commissioners were served with notice of two legal actionstaken by John Cochrane, state attorney general. One was an injunction inthe name of the mayor, aldermen, and Commonalty, and Chief Decker
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . Bernard Kenny,James G. Brinckman. Thomas Brady, Samuel P. Patterson, William , John Houghtalin, Thomas Leavy, George McGrath, Green,Abraham Lent, Michael Smith, Thomas OCallaghan, Patrick Russell, WilliamJoyce, Hugh Reilly, David Fitzgerald, Valentine Cook. Next day the commissioners were served with notice of two legal actionstaken by John Cochrane, state attorney general. One was an injunction inthe name of the mayor, aldermen, and Commonalty, and Chief Decker,restraining the commissioners from taking possession of any real estate thenused by the Fire Department. The other was in the form of quo warrantoproceedings to compel the commissioners to show by what warrant they heldoffice. Waldo Hutchins and Judge Allen were engaged as counsel by the com-missioners, and it was argued that the proceedings before them should befriendly, and on the twelfth of May judgment against the commissioners wastaken pro for ma before Judge Foster, and on the twenty-fifth of May Judges. JAMES W. BOOTH. OlK F1KKM KN. HOT Ingraham, Clerke, and Barnard decided that the New Department is merelylocal, and confined to the Cilv of Now York, and in substitution of the formerone and is hence unconstitutional. On this the case was taken to the Courtof Appeals. On the third of May a special meeting of the Board of Engineers andForemen of the Volunteer Department was held at Firemens Hall. ChiefDecker was in the chair, and Alexander V. Davidson was secretary. Thechair announced the news from Albany, and said t hat in his opinion the oldofficers were the only legal ones, and Commissioners John J. Gorman, presi-dent, William M. Tweed, Thomas Lawrence, Edward Bonnell, and ThomasBlender would go on as if nothing had been done. The appropriations for theDepartment had been cut down one-half to cripple it, but the new fire ordi-nances of the Common Council would be carri
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