The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-07


Personal. ss,62Ao42 lls,oa4is7 20 $50 So
Total. .ssl, zoo, 70s 4ls $50 ESQ o. oas s.,
the total amount OF the tax for 1853 S. 27S %.
PUBLIC sousrY.
The Public School society, In compliance with sst
fired 81 their corporsts property to the city HISS
llows statement Of The property, sc, which have
Of ss ss: ::
ons Of the real estate are to the amount a
$3.50 500.
COMMON SCHOOLS AND TAXATION
In the annual rsportfrom this department, In EebrunY
last . statement ia given which shoss the tax e
$4,000, raised aay under what Il called the Freo
school System OF the State unjust and oppressive .
Jar relates to this city The Common Uouno 10 ~
action the subject should become necessary, ~
the time Of ths hrmAtion OF rolls Il Wa N
dersto that the free school system for the Stat. bad
been uuconstu topAl by the Court of Al
peR and hence the Of $22b 600 So required ty that
law to be paid By the city, was not put in The
Of tho Cour, Of Appeals was in case ar.sins
under act which the electors voted previous
vote on the act for raising $50 and hence eos no.
Gaze then 1t Is respectfully suggested that memorial
presented TO he Lesisla in the OF Mayor
Aldermen and Common Council TO relieve the city OF New
York from the unequal operation OF the .w 1t nov
stands Tbs four len 1.-THE fres school quires
the superintendent appropriate divide Of
the $500 900 equally among the several school districts
Of the State" Unner this Of Apport, ent dis
trat school In Of the counties out OF tbs county Of
New York will with twenty Ave soholars recsive large
portion of this one third Of thu tax 80 s paid . ds
oiot In this city OF New Yors In vhco two Thousand
five hundred children actually Instructed
trict school And 1t Is worthy Of the one
third OF the revenue arising from tho capt. Of tns
has contributed It's fu share apport,on.d according .
the new Dsthod which adopted by the Legislature Of
1871
The rule of pportior in the Common School law
as as existed for forty years, lie follows Tine
ney Ia "spportioned among tne several towns ,ids
State according to the rates Of shsr populAtos
w. atiOuo ff
whos StAtso The town commi ssorers sp ,rtion the
school money amola the sch oil districts in properties
the NUMBER OF children residing 10 EACH Why did the
Legislature dep from these rules OF
which worked satisfactorily for forty years aRd estabhAk
Stew and partial rule whsh operates uoeq uAny
give the county OF Saratoga with population OF 90 e4A
and valuAtuE OF fourteen millions OF dollar,
$40 collars mors out OF the $500 600 than the Of
New York receives with taxable vslu&uon $3.50 oos
and populAu0a Of &olb 0O0f After paving tss entire
.xsense Of our own schools in the city by taxation ~
called by the act Of 1851 70 p.y SAYS tase for
the State large Of h only Goa
after deduc irg tAe ss6, 0oo to which sn,itsd
from the school fund proper Thus $l31 600 lsasl
unequal levy the city In fact after being taxed
s66a 10 make CITY schools entirely county
ovest to have teen slseg.ther from ths
ment Of $226 600 or the maintenance Of schools ont o
the city 1t said hosevss that this city rave arRs
majority for the school law and overrued the tie
ether count and fsstensd them Law which thsy
opposed. and that the unequal the o -
measure Of retaliation. We ought to rsoevs our
exempt from raising any.por,ion Of the $500 900 81
OF course excluded from receiving portion Of the ~
ter.
LOSS or TIE SINKING FUND.
Ths sinking fund for the payment Of interest on the cv
debt has sustained Of s4 4sl 90 on the sas Of ~
old ferry boat, Q, the Catherine street. ferry The original
lease given In 1o46 contained covenant binding the oy
to pay for the boats ct the expiration Of the Ia 1855,
on the 9th Of june 1851 lssss granted to ss
requiring the essess to relieve the city from loss q
account of the old boats Accordingly when the lease
.s = ss nss ma Q, me d sss: e
smount OF the spprssa SIS 400 This paid to thsu
ard sale Of the boats at auction the net prosssd
were only Is OLE, showing dead loss Of $4 $751;
TIE LxAsI STREET FERRY.
The Comptroller gives ahi.tory of Wall street. fsr.
Gil reducing the from $40 600 to S. 600 per year
thus taxing large amount from the sinsiDg fund-A.d
says
sb hing fund for valuable haschise and has become
vested IN the trustees for the payment Of the debt
the CONNIE Council cancel three ourths OF the annual
noome and instead Of 'dng to the seoniy OF the pub
lie creditors abstract buncred and afty thousand dol
lara from tAat funds The, can have no .ush right
lees the pow to add to the fund authorssa then
minsh IT, An effort viii be made TO ooc the rent q
$4,000, Notwithstanding"
COLLECTION ARRAARs or onoros wArxs RENT
IRE srreaages IN nisheo the Com ptroier 10 January
last amounted to the sum oi............ S22 320 s.
OK this sun there WAS cancelled on the orders
OF Inc water Register. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1875 -
Leaving b.l.nos Of. sal ,5sa .
Add for tive parc-ls erronsously sold 10 10
Total. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $3.50 g
Paid to the sinking fnnd befors sale Sal $40 a.
collected for expenses. el,I6t -
Paid expenses. l,osl u
Leaving the Treasury surplus Of .... $50 .
The sales for Orr ton water rests commenced on tn
10Th Of May and closed the 27tn The necessary
ceip were paid by the redemption and an A.
tstAnt at the close Of the sale each day The money
paid from dsy TO day and h the coss OF the sale ON
the 9th nearly every lot had been paid for the
whole amount oepohted, exospt small to pay
penses This clearly shows that officers recs 70 no.
nsy for the public place 1t in the Treasury within
twenty four hours after comes into their hspds AID
make the necessary entries and reoep and that tnsss
Ia Leces,ity for giving them bsfors the monsy
Ia placed in the legal depository.
spesking Il joint committee acts the mptroIlae
Gays
An important duty to bs psrforrsd BY the. joa.s
COMMITTEES public accounts TO call on the Nance
department. for the amount advanced TO the several d.
bursDg Department. and then require each departmsaA
BY proper vouchers expenditure Of IT,
PAID them. The commttss should Also -
certain whether in tho finance depart and in ths
distributing departments suitable boots Of sscouAn Are
Kept TO protect the interests OF the city The Sth s
lion OF the amoced caarter Of 1st9 contsmplass the
pointnept Of Joint commit tee on aocounts.v A
energetic discharse Of the duties Of such Commits
~tplo havea most tauary ruence the operations e
All the departments The datection exposure OF
roH tho sast the sautAry influences Of ths d.
charge ofthe duties OF such annual quarsrly
peIvisipg power. Whsrs suoh . visitation Il sure -
come, and TO thoroughly IL has fs influence on IL
officer In the die charge every ociA duty for the vhoo
year when urged do Questionable T. he tavolan-
AIRY asks h'mssh What viii tbs examining oommittss