New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-05

Also the further sum not exceeding $685., 800 to be
applied toward defrayng police expenses in the city
and county.
Also the further sum of 1896 1867 for lamps and gas
Also s4l5,932 80 for deficiency of taxation the past
fiscal year.
The last section Of the bill to be introduced reads as
follows:
bs Be extended applied any other purposes objects
than objects and purposes respectively for which the said
BosId Of sapeNlsoI cd 0 'aa ,S S SI sane m fs
REMEDY FOR ERRONEOUS ASSESSMENTS or TAXES.
Mr., WADSWORTH gave notice of an important
bill to facilitate the determination OF the validity OF
taxea and assessments. Under the present laws, If
tar is enormously imposed the person aggreved has
no remedy except by suffering his land to be sold, and
insttuting subsequently expensive ana dIatory pro-
ceedings while the tax sale title hanging over hun de-
pryes him of the power OF selling or m0rtgaglng MS
estate To the poor man, who owns only small lot,
the present laws give virtually no power to resist al
erroneous tax when once in the Collectors hands.
The bill is designed to remedy these eys, and pro-
vides as follows:
SECTION l. Any person deeming himself by the i'm
position assessment levy of general local or other tax
or assessment may civil action in the Supreme
Court for the purpose of testing the validity aud legality Of such
against the county Municipal Corpora
che imposed levied assessed agns, the officer
other person attempting proceeding to aorce he same
holding the tax or assessment roll for me purpose OF receiving
payment Of such tax assessments and the Court in case such
imposed assessed is attempted 10
void and restrain the collection OF the same by
and other relief as justice may require c,,
SEC Any person deemng himself aggreved ss aforesaid
nan nav the Of such to
authorized receive such taxes or assessments under pro-
test end may bring civil action AGAINST the town. county
municipal corporation, or other body OF persons Imposing
said tax, assessment or against the person 70
whom assessment was paid, 10 recover bscA
the amount so paid by him and upon the trial OF such action
shall appear that the imposition assessment OF such TAX OF az
essmsnt Is unauthorized by, OF in violation OF law the Phu
said action the amount paid by him. with IN
The NEw-YoRK HARBOR COMMISSION.
The bin making appropriation TO pay the ex-
pepses Of this Commission was considered In commit
tee Of the Whole aud finally passed to third reading,
after Mr. Brooks had observed that the $4,000 asked
for embraced only the expense incurred by the state
and the largest part of it for the per diem ani
travelling expenses Of the Commission. lie wished
the Senate and the people to understand that TINS
State Commission had been cheertully aided by the
General Government, and that the amount asked Tor
would hive been more than 100000 IT no ala had
been received from the United States Government.
The services of Prof Bache, Gen. Totten, Capt DAVIS
and the whole dspOsable force of the Coast Survey
had been generously granted; and sometimes more
than one hundred men had been engaged 10y them,
with the aid of Government steamers ana al me IN
strnmepts necessary for a survey of the Harbor OF
NexTYork The result was so far, most satisfactory
niece of work. and the recommendation OF exterior
lines for the protection OF the commerce oil the great
metropolis of the Union.
PROHIBITION.
This morning the President announced the following
ma tbe Select Committee much OF the Governor
Wssssge as relates to the subject of Prohibition:
Messrs Bradford, Cuyler, Brooks, Z. +. onltn ana
Wadsworth There is no indication YET as 10 "na a
conrse the friends of Prohibition in the Senate WI
nursne in the premises. They seem TO DE uhueclueu
whether to advocate an amendment OF the Prcs.e.n'
law or 10 contend that il is in every respect cohstu
tionsI and sufficiently stringent to remove the ev II
nronerlv enforced. In either case they nave sehs'
enougb 10 carry their point.