New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-07

~ ,,nSnt ia civon which shows the Of s5gnvoO
raised annually under what is called the Free s,hoi
tenn Of The state is GpJus, anu nnc !. re.osctfuy
rfyr, o. The details given in that report IN ca.e acon
ON The subject should become necessary AZ inc sd, 81
The confirm alton Of the tsxrcls il vas undersool @
he ee School System for the tn'e had
unconstitutional by the Court Of Appeals aho n III
sp of ses5 s6 required by that Law to b, paid ey @
C;,y r,s not put in the tax levy of 1889 1t is now saa
ths opinion Of the Court Of Appeals was IN ceSs as
upder an net which the electors voted prevoas 70 we.
yoie ON the act for raising 100000 and hence do5s os
snny in ,eins 10 the latter act II this proves 70 DC 'e
case then il il p,ctfoy suggested that %
presented the Legislature in The nam oI .e ~
Aldermen and Cornmonsty to relieve the City OF view
Yo,k from The unequal operation of the law a. u no"
stands The 4th section Of the Free h'o Ac' ini
the Superintendent TO appropriate au 'o d.tr;ct.
Of the State Under this mode Of appropriate gisa
,chool in any of the Counties out Of ne OF
York will with % scholars, receive as arge ~,
,s ,brd of the tax us IL paid to district ~ me Oy
az NEW York in whch 800 children are sctia @
the district school and i wOf n q the capital Of the
Common School Fund 70 The es'aosh nen "a M S
CIV Las contributed its full share apporuoteu ,a
;n IN the M W method which was adopted oy inc Les'%
e rule Of apportionmen in the Common School Law
Il, tos existed Tor 10 years is follows The monsyis
among the several towns and cities OF tue
State according to the ratio of their population rePec
lively as COMPARED with the population o, .ie hon
.S,ote The Town Commissioners appoTnon ihe senoo
monnys among the school districts in proportion 10 Tue
number of children residing IN each. ,.. .,,. of
Why did the Legislature depart ifon .ncse i - 60,
vtsrs and establish and partial rule when operates
So uneGnally as TO give the County of Saratoga win
Soo eco sl1O more out Of the 100000 than the Coun
~ Of New York received with taxable valuation OF
S32OOOOOoO, and population Aitet payins ne
entire expense Of our schools in the City 0y taxao
we are casd by the act Of 1851 to pay e22ooo taHe
for The state large and Of this we receive back only
$4,000 after doducting the $4,000 TO which we are en-
filed from the School Fund proper. Thus sl3oooo at
least is en- unequal levy the City. In TACT AFTER peng
taxed to make City schools entirely free me
County ought TO have been exempted altogether from the
assessment Of for the maintenance OF schools out
of tho City 1t is said however that the Cl'y gave
large majority for the School Law and oyerwhslmed the
vot of le other Counties and fastened on them law to
which they we're opposed and that the unequal tax on the
CITY was retaliation. We ought to receive
our share Of the Common School Fund proper OoO
and lie exempt from raising eny portion OF the s5JvO9o
and Of CO excluded from receiving any portion oil tne
latter.
The Sinking Fund for the payment of interest on the
CITY debt has sustained loss s49sl 90 on the sale OF
the old ferry boats Of the Caharine ST. Ferry The or7
mel lease given in 1916 contained covenant binding the
Civ to pny for the boats at the expiration OF the lease
1883 On the 9th Of June 1881 new lease was granted
TO George G. Taylor Son, without inserting IN 1t tue
usual provision requiring the new essees 70 reneye 'ne
CITY from loss on account of the old boats Accordingly
when the lease expired Smith Buckley the asgnees OF
the old lease well the one demanded ray for the
boats 10 the amount Of the appraisal S233OO Ibis was
Maid TO them and on sale Of the beats auction the net
proceeds were only 5000, showing deod loss of siss
THE The WALL 81. FERRY.
THE Controller gives history of the wall st. Ferry
and disapproves of the act Of the late Common Council
in reducing the rent from $4,000 to s'0oo per year,
thus taking large amount from me SINKING una % n.
Sinking Fund for valuable franchise, and has become
vested in the Trustees for the payment OF the debt can
the Common Council cancel threeourths OF the annua
income and instead Of adding to the security OF the pub
lie creditors abstract hundred and fifty thousand dollars
from that fund They can have no 'u9a rg' anesJ 'Io
An effort will be made to collect the rent Of $4,000 lot
will standing ..
The nearages furnished TO the Controller in January
re ,n s. on %
Leaving balance Of 6Js rs
Add for parcels euoneousiy sold. !" ~
Paid to the siniis Fund before the sale Ell
There collected Tor expenses " ai -
Paid expenses ~ -
,.,y,,,,, III. Tr..uv ,p,olu. Of. slso s..
The Gale Croton water rents commenced May ~ and
closed Mey a. The necessary receipts were prepaid
by the Redemption Clerk and assistant at the close of
the sale on each day The money paid from day to
day and the close of the sale the 27h nearly every
had been paid for and the whole amount deposited ea
officers who receive money for the public can place II IN
the Treasury within twenty four hours after it comes into
and that there is necessity for giving them week be
fore the money placed in the legal depository The
Controller calls upon the Common Council 10 appoint
Joint Committee on Public Accounts to inquire rst into
his in regard TO the sale Of Cro.on water rents &C.
and then those in tho Assessors and the Street Depart
ment &c.
Another very important duty to be performed by the
Joint Committee Public Accounts is to call on the Fl
no nee Department for the anced to the several
Dsbursug Departments and then require each Depart
men by proper vouchers to account for the expenditure
of tho thus paid TO them. The Committee should
also ascertain whether in tie Finance Department and in
the Distributing Departments suitable books of &C ,ounts
kept protect the interests of the City The 4th
ton OF the amended Charter of lsis contempates the
pointment OF Joint Comroittee on Accounts An en-,
ergec discharge OF the duties Of such Committee would
have most ssutay influence the operations of all the
Departments The detection and Of the
estt among the sautary nusnces Of the discharge OF the
duties Of such annual quarterly supervising power.
Where such visitation is TO and to come thor
oughy, it has its influence the officer in the discharge
do objectionable act he iuvoIuntsrily asks himself
"Whai will the Examining Committee say to such q
"transsctonf'
AMOUNT rAiD 10 THE REcEivrR or TAXES DURING TIE
YEAR 1853.
Tie yearly statement from the Bureau Of the Receiver
of Taxes is appended and marked No IL 1t will DO
by reference 10 this statement, that the aggregate sum
paid account taxes from the LIST January 1888 to the
Amount Of interest paid On 1886 CT
The OF discount allowed o of 1858 from
Augusl, to November l.................'.. Si7is -
OF this amount the sum Of ei365,779 os collected
in the five months preceding the LIST January inst
REMISSION OF TAXES BY BOARD or SUPERVISORS AND BY
THE COMMON COUNCIL.
The .sth sec, chap. l2l, of the laws OF 1850 pro-
vdes that the Board OF Supervisors may remit reduce
"stex imposed for good cause shown by affidavit, be-
fore the collection OF the tax and within six months from
tie delivery Of the books to the Receiver of Taxes
After the expiration Of tho six months reissOps
made by the Common Council and by the Sd section.
chapter 49, of the laws of 1881 this AFFIDAVIT. Is be
fled with the Tax Commissioners. These Commissioners
make serious drain the annual means Of the Urea.
sUrv and apycaiicn for the remission of a1 ought