Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-14

| Board OF ALDERMEN.-JAN. Is The president
took the chair at half past five The minutes of the
last meeting were read and confirmed Several ma.
| titlons were read and referred.
| Hepo'fs.- favor of equalizing the share of bu-
| slness approprated to the several Fire Wood In
Pectors ny an alteration in the 7th section of ths
Jaw In relation therstO.-Adopted.
| From the police committee, in relation to the
charges brought by Justice Taylor against William
o. Seaman, Captain II the Third District Watch,
Ihe commune. . not having been able to agree
the merits OF She charge, brought by the chig JUS
ticc or the degree of culpabiIity incurred by the
loco 9cO Waterman, two reports were presented
one that Of the majority, exeusng, if not exculpa-
any further consideration OF the matter The other
that of.he minority, taking converse view of the
dispute and of course auding the ,chig Justice and
severely censuring the iOcotOeo Waterman.
Amotion to lay the two documents on the table and
print them was lost, and then the majority report
adopted, a division in which ten voted in the
affirmative, and four in the nesatiye.
From the prison committee, in relation to the po-
ition of henry Lang, Who had been incarcerated in
"the Egyptian Tombs" for fourteen days for vo-
ation of the market laws, Or in other words,
tempting to support his wife and four children by
employing his labor and capital in selling meat de-
void OF the tax imposed thereon by the restrictive
ordinances Of the city
Aid. Nash made long defence of the market laws,
but consented to the discharge of the prisoner in
accordance W it'll the recomme ndation of the COM
mittee Report adopted.
Aid. Tamage moved to take up the report of the
finance Committee OF both Boards, on the report Of
the Comptroller.
The following is the document and the tables an
nexed =
ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF THE COMPTROLLER
CoaPTRoLLERs OFFIcE,)
~ Dec. %, 1889.
The comptroller herein presents estimate of appropra
ions 10 be AIDE for the city ing the wear one
thousand eight hsndrsd and forty Also estimate of the
city revenues for the same PERIOD with the
to be raised by tax.
In arriving the amount TO be raised by direct taxation he
has included OF the items composing the of
the city, Tor the reason tkat proposition fund now
before the council Nor included any Of the
charges embraced IN what are called Trus Accounts
1t Is competent for the common council under the
charter TO make temporary loans all advances
city may be required to make on these accounts.
For greater perpieuity, the heads of accounts dr
ute the floating debt at the close ofe present year, be
h9uidated in part by the tax Of 1889
part either BY the imposition Of additional tax, by
funding IT. as las been proposed by the finance
, FIRST CLASS or ACCOUNTS.
Boaes payable, issued to the banks, $500 900
4" = "water commissioner. $50, $50
Bonds payable, issued to individuals 647lO
sinking fun COCO
Bond, payable to D. P. Ingraham, trs.tee. is,5os
Amount due waller commissioners principal, 10000
for interest on balances, $4,000
Am. unit due warrants issued-unpaid interest 70
commissioners o, sinking fund Sc Sc $4,000
Total temporary debt. December 81, 1859. si,7oe4Se
should be remembered that although the tax 1882
no" coeetngn applicable SO far as win SO, to the pay
aent OF this Indebtedness yet WILL il entirely collected
insufficient to meet il by five hundred thousand dollars This
large deficiency is not owing any expenditure during the
present year. il has existed, foras for sewers
preceding; bat has been lately changed to debt on
bono account payable at fred periods within the year 1870
desirable that early and ample provision be
liquidation.
HI second class of accounts are such as are commonly
called Trust Accounts wherein the charges NET not BY
General taxation bat by assessment upon The
stea M the instance Of paving street, or by sales
stock, as IN the instance of the water works.