New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-26
Interesting to Tax-Payers.

We lake the following items from tue last NUM-
Der OF the Examiner:
The officers OF the Corporation number large and
complete standing army-dangerous civil liberty and
INJURIOUS MS SUCH to public interests for these In
terests are sacrificed retain incumosnts In ONCE
piece of sal, meadow, near Harlem has been as
sessed BY the Corporation for filling m the sum OF
l53 CO. The interest and ices oil advertising suu sa'e
will swell the amount TO near S 0G0 The landls about
eight and half acres and not worth one quarter Oh
the interest OF the assessment
Some provision ought be made by law for compel
ing occupants of houses TO keep their vault CRATES IN
rood order As the stands. such occupants
as suffer their crates be il bad condition are liable for
ges-but this is poor recompense 10 Inc SUFFERER
Prevention is the best Of all remedies
The Lutheran Church depository Of the dead is to be
invaded by the extending OF Leroys'. VIII the commu
nifty sanction the sacriegef
A piece of ground belonging to Arson G. Phelps stu:
ate ON the Frsavenue, between 39h and auth SITS ana
containing 9075 square feet has been assessed Tor the
pretended opening of 40th the OF 500 for the
pretended opening Of the Frstavenue the sum OF S3l2
ia addition 10 appTopriang $500 feet OF the ano OF the
same owner lying in front and adjoining these lois or
the said Firsaveuue and for the pretended opening oil
39thst the property is assessed sig o-making IN
the whole g05 75 The lots not worth onethlrd the
assessment and were only valued by tue ara ASSESS
ors, in assessing tor taxes, at S41o
The petition for the 2d.ayenue and l5thst. sewer was
signed by only eleven perscpsand only one oil their
names be found the assessment list and this to
an of less than $50 The sewer and the grading
of lsth.st. cost near 100000.
In 1890 the Annual Tax levied in the city OF
was $3.50 OOO-the population 100000 In lci5 the Tax
will be TWO millions and quarter oil dollars ana tne
population less than double what il was IN 1890.
The Corporation bonds signed by the Mayor Clerk
of the Common Council and Comptroller 1t appeared
from the testimony taken before the Senate Committee In
1872 that records were kept OF these Bonds IN ether
the Mayors Office or in the oihce OF The CLERK oil inc
Common Council. Every public officer who puts his
official signature bond, should, at the same time
make register Of the bond, and preserve that register
The CITY Comptrollers Report OF l5il, containing l3l
pages is stated in the scas report Of the succeed
inc wear D. 65 have 81 l07 70. The work could
be printed for $3.50 nesevenh part OF the price pad
The repaving of Chapelst in 536an 7 was assessed
at 40 cents the square yard in le2O and o2l 1t was
more substantially repaved at cents the square yard or
one-ffth part Of the money.
ltsppears by the proceedings Monday night in the
Board OF Aldermen that Mr. George Lovet who bid on
General S,rykcrs land for 1000 years for fictitious as
sessment, is TO be refunded his purchase money The
Common Council should also make appropriation TO n-
demnfy the sufferer Gen Stryker for the losses
and that he has sustained by the outrage
He has remedy against the oifcer
The assessment for extending Centerst and grading
etc upon the property OF the widow Pierson and her
children has deprived them Of home and the means OF
support.
The Corporation ofNew.York proceeded to Albany
remained there few days-then--cameb back again.
The Corporation have paid the widow Flendcrs $500
for damages her property by the removal OF the for
mer Chapelst and the misconstrucon OF the present
sewers, with the misgrude OF the street.
There are eleven large lamps in Duane Park square
it is brilliantly Illuminated Onehalf OF these could be
spared and then that locality would be better lighted
than the rest OF the City.
Aliens who are residents OF the City of Eewfork are
taxable in the same manner as native born citizens
Maiden-lane the intersection OF Fronst nuisance
in stormy weather. One half the money expended by
Corporation officers in lobbying the Legislature expend-
ed ut this locality would remedy the mischief
On the first day OF April penalty OF near six per cent
attaches TO all unpaid taxes Where the delay Of pay
ment has been caused by the members of the Board OF
Supervisors those officers liable for this penalty and
damages beside
There should be created by law oil the State board
of competent commissioners sewers which should
be attached surveyors with fixed salaries grade
OF the whole city should be prepared by them and the
proiles of present made The sewer system
of the present movement is nuisance. Chape-st and
Thomasst sewers are standing commentary upon
Sewers and full and fair investigation could be had
into that outrage the people would DO astounded