The Charter provided that the Recorder of the
city should be _ex-officio_ a director of the Company, a provision which
was in effect for 108 years, until the abolition of the office in 1907.
[Illustration: SUBSCRIPTIONS OF DIRECTORS
Reproduced from original subscription book]
[Illustration: OATH OF FIRST PRESIDENT]
THE WATER SYSTEM
At the first meeting of the Directors, held at the house of Edward
Barden, Innkeeper, on April 11th, 1799, the following Directors were
present:
DANIEL LUDLOW,
JOHN WATTS,
JOHN B. CHURCH,
BROCKHOLST LIVINGSTON,
WILLIAM LAIGHT,
PASCAL N. SMITH,
SAMUEL OSGOOD,
JOHN STEVENS,
JOHN B. COLES,
JOHN BROOME,
AARON BURR, and
RICHARD HARRISON,
Recorder of the City of New York,
Ex. Officio,
the only absentee being William Edgar.
Daniel Ludlow was chosen President, and the following minute was made:
The principal object of this incorporation being to obtain a
supply of pure and wholesome water for the City of New York.
RESOLVED that Samuel Osgood, John B. Coles and John
Stevens be a committee to report with all convenient speed
the best means to be pursued to obtain such supply.
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