The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-21


The Board met yesterday afternoon at the usual hour
Hon Recorder Tilou in the Chair.
communication from the Register, published in sun
davis HERALD was then brought up and read and ON mo-
ton of Supervisor Mott, laid on the table
or Patrick Flynn for remuneration for scrvices as In
or several daHy and weekly papers, for advertising
or Maria Holmes, for cleaning court and ante
A communication from the State Superintendent Of
Common Schools received selecting Sarah NJ Pay as
pupil for the Institute for the Blind.
PUBLIC PAPERS.
II was resolved on motion Of Alderman Mott that the
County Clerk directed to have papers referring TO real
estate put in proper order and be to select
proper for that purpose TO be paid at the rate OF
81 per day.
The COMMITTEES ON County Offices, to whom was re-
ferred the from the y rsia'n n
enclosing statement Of the accounts OF that omcer'
respectfully report,
and emoluments which the Register was entitled 10 re-
ceye for any official service should be collected Tor the
benefit of the county of New York, and paid into the
This law empowered the Board Of Supervisors to fix the
compensation of the Register and his assistants to pro-
vide for the payment Of their salaries and the necessary
expenses the Office from the fees received into the
treasury, and to be drawn upon the warrant of the
The present incumbent entered upon the duties of his
office the LIST day OF January 1882 and continued
under the aforesaid act OF ls4i until the 2iss Gay Of
laws Of 1847 relates to the Register repealed, al
lowing him to retain to his use the fees collected in
the Office that the attention Of your committee and
the action Of the Board Of Supervisors in ascertanng
and enforcing the demands Of the county relates only
to the ue the 70 1ns
med wit from the LIST of January, 1882 until The
list day Of july 1858.
has entirely neglected and failed comply with te
aureme nts Of section Of said chapter 432 in keeping
full and detailed account of the receipts and fees
and uncoected from the fact that the transcript Of
counts returnable to the Comptrolers office with ten
days Of the expiration of every month"; and designed to
be copies Of the book of fees required to be kept have
not been regularly and promptly fled and that he has
recent paid the of SO 900 into the treasury with
out any designation OF the services rendered. in any
way specifying the amount of fees received from each
and every person. as required by the statute
The material facts in this so fully shown in
the communication from the Finance Department to the
late Board Supervisors and found in the printed pro-
ccedngs of that body, of the Sd Of October last
ing three several communications to the Register;
also that made to this board the 9th Of January with
additional settlement appended that your committee
deem it unnecessary to exhibit in detail the evidence
upon which this matter must be finally settled but
briefly state their action thus far, and recommend to
the board the necessary to edo justice to the
Register in the mode prescribed by the laws OF the
State
The committee at their first meeting exhibited to the
Register the examination made of his accounts ndicat
ing balance against him Of twenty eight thousand
dollars and that no payments had been made to the
treasury the eleventh of October ast although the
sum of 81 776 Al was due the clerks for engrossing
papers &C. left for record previous to the 21st Of July
and SO certified by the Register to the Finance De
Hartment
Since the 30th of January, the Register has paid tc
the treasury the Of a. and thus enabled the
Finance Department to discharge the claims thus far fur
nshed; and your committee satisfied that moneys
due the clerks for services rendered the courts
and the certificate of the Register upon which the war
rants drawn, is withheld by that officer under the
apprehension Of increasing his Indebtedness to the
Treasury.
Your committee authorised the employment by thu
Register of any assistance requisite to furnish list
unpaid papers searches belonging to the county, ant
have adjourned from time to time, the assurance
the Register that the work progressing; but to THU
day such account has appeared and the Register hal
absented himself from the meetings Of the committee
without furnishing your committee any information
whatever in regard to the state and condition of his
/ counts with the county.
Your committee from ADMINISTRATION Of the matte
referred 10 them, are siI.snv
sixteen and twenty thousand dollars is due from the Re
gister to the county treasury, which he refuses
elects to pay to the Comptroller according to tn
requirements of law.
Your committee therefore recommend that prope
be taken to present the facts in the to tn
Governor Of the State with request that he will TAX
prompt and immediate action on the premises to brinl
the matter before proper tribunal where full investi
! CATION may be had.
RICHARD MOTT, Committee
ANSON HIRRICK, ; on
THOMAS CHRISTY,J County Offices
! The Board then adjourned.