The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-15

The HnALD and IL Sunday Atias have endesr
vostd 70 create "a inprsssioo thas ths Conor Mar
had stopped payment In behalf OF The ctts govsrn-
meos, with D0ee than Q milioo Of dollars under uis
control and sunjsct 20 his draft
Al shs oommsncemNpt Of each year the Auditor
:: s sss.iu days 20 MAKING ly~,oss; "a: nd
Comparable Dsme sttsched to q. Tho warrants
Issued for pay mans account of the ordinary % ,
p II Of the ity goverumeDs ore printed with blue
ink with Gesmsn ext A N one ,rner. whilst the
opening and gadiog new streets. TO- 6tsts tax :,
DC bsve punk tings With B In t,s corner, and
in the Audisnrs department they Arc designated -
There .srs : is~ case, .. the closing 'pay" Of
November. whore applicants could not obtain war
rant ON the treasury for tho reasoa that the ap
prission for tn obet was exhsu ted. xut o CHAR.
ter prohiots: t,e Conptroler from drawing his
warrant N all such cases. Toe Ito Section OF the
charter Of l849 70 thus explicit this point viz:
No money shall Be drawo from the city treasury,
EXCEPT the same shsn have bsen previously sppro-
pEiated TO the pulis,es for which It Ia drAwu."
Il ttere was not an appropriation, . million OF
dollars In tho treasury would not give the Gimp
trouer rigtt to pay II ont. Tho Afi0s saws & 70
city 10 10 debt g everybody; and - tnts IL ohcisl
coming through Alderman Herrisk's organ, called
on TIE Auditor to give mo toe namber Of warrants,
and tae amount OF item, In the Last "pay." The
following Il bis statewent:-
FMAxu DrAxrxsr, CoxrnoILrH,s Oyncx,
No. Hall OF Records, New York Dec 7, 1854.
Annexed you have statement Of the number Of war
rants drawn, and the amount Of the A and pay Of
Warrants sra"n' Pay of Nov. a'..........s g
Total. ........................6 91
Amount drawn, .sis56ss u
.................... Ss5, TIA IL
Total. .sssi, ao1 81
It Is thus o. that ct the last "Da, j" sx oundred
and ninety .one wsIants we're drs IN, and thai the
n tFAa har la1a n
eight hume red ard thrty-ons Thousand dollars.
And yet Alderman Hsrick, holding an impoe ant
Official position in the sity government. and msm
Der ct the Fin C,mm tsse rs in % d ,er
tiss "the city Il Low 10 deb 60 sverybo tnas has
sDythif & +, DO 18th it's government" ard pnts at
the head OF the article, "Tae city government sns
pended uaymens;" and tits 1, CUB ishsd by an edi-
torisl Alderman. during the very wsek shat this
same city govern uent Was % ing out eight hun-
dred and thirty OF thousand dollars, to ipnumsra
BILE Pc Sons, In all arts Of tne city Since the first
Of January Last, the Comp rollers pay days num-
"pay" lie 1904 600. The "psy" at the cl,se Of No.
vember, duri1g Alderman aerri,k's suspension,
exceed the average If the tweatyfoar pays, by the
sum Il four hundred nioety-Dine thousand dollars.
In regard to the nom ~ nent of teachers OF
schools, 10 which auson is made, it is onl. nsces
sary to say, that in 1853 neither the Comptroller
DOR the Common Coun Ill had any duty to lertorm
in fixing the amoont Of the appropriation; the sum
estimated b, the Board Of Edu lion vas put 10 the
ordinance and in the Law prepared by the Com troll
Ter in November 1858, witoout the alter sti,n OF
figure, and the rs koo Hedge he had saat the
Appropriated for teachers had been used for OF ,er
purpt ses, draft Of the Board Of Education for
$l2O GOO, wDeD Only $5 900 rem 4in-d Of tae aporo
priatioD OF $633O0 He was { en- informed that
great inconvenience would result from want Of
means to pay teachers. Bat the 40 preparation was
exhausted, ard by the section before quoted be was
forbidden to pay without it. And yes Alderman
HerIick, with q full knowledge Of all toe facts
charges the Comptroller Nth deriving them OF
Il cir honest dues from public treasury, while
millions of dollars o. tie :itys funds laying idle
in the Mechanics Bank"
The HERALD refers, as Q matter Of grievance, to
the Of Mr.. Morton, 10 the City Inspe stors de-
partment. This case, which was disp ssed Of some
time since, 10 folow s:-Oa the sen Of ,smbe
1858, resolution was introduced into the Bo4rd OF
Assistant Aldermen to allow Mr.. Mo ton 90 airy
of 81 800 3er annum, from and after t1e fret day
Of December next. This resolution Was cOacurfsi
in by the Aldermen on he 29tn Of December, 1858,
and signed by the Mayor ON the 3Ot1 Of che sams
month. As the resolution origioa ed Ia Ds,snosr,
Der next" would be December, 1864. How vas IL
" any other manner II the Legislative department
inteI ded Janus y, why did they not say 80?
As an executive Off GER, there 10 not the shadow
Of pretsnce that the Comptroller had the power to
alter figure or word under such circumstances
ThOse woo made TIE Ia g--the G ,mmon Couac l.
could anne nd sDd substitu q one figure or word for
another, and applicsn N it probably would have
been Done. Blu; Mr.. Morton preferred an applica-
tion to the Marine Curt ID thus has furnished
item Of osts for Alderman Herrick's committee Of
grievances. A. G. FLAGG.