New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-13

though twas vel dors: bnt, - the tsn,e tina pro-
tested tina; was illegal 10 TIE amount Of over 81 900
without he contract being siyertised or an sppr,pr
alton beng nads for il. The work WA done well
but yet contrary To Law, and =, prics entirely TO,
high Not collar of the bill be collected until
the Legislature authorizes the appropriation. TIE
majority of the Committee had Lot done right in pro-
ceecirg without HIM. lie had called 90 the Controller
10 inquire if his inspectors hid superintepded the
work ard iosnd tnst such va. not the csse the Con-
iroller bad 10 knowLdg. u this traordinay Job.
Aid MONAGHAN consented 10 the bin being laid
over which was done.
Tie Sherf's bill, s:aourtirH TO 81 763 81 wa psxt
taken up. Ii wss for the e1yerdiiu.ss, &C., Of tie
last quarter Ordered paid.
r.Conmis,iontrs' I Ffcr. Bills ano,a,is, to
1900 -, for i,tts 40 th- chce u the Tax Commits
siol ere, were ordsIei psio.
The Posi- Mo,l-m Ci6'm y Or. Abrahzm.-The
Commine, report favor :isipg SIS for the post
moren IN Shay cea'e up again.
AID. TrcKtR oppos.d il: and moved to amend by
nakugi $40 IL bad inquired and fourd that The
s5 Ne wss surprised TO ino an exception in this
tsse, sId TO &c: sueh precedent would be dan
g,rous.
unreasonable and urged it, payment.
AID. ADAMS said il wss net the small sum, but the
principle aud the bad precedent the payment Of The
bill would set The best Surgeons in the city were
satisfied with the usual sum. He hoped me bib
would be referred back.
The bill wac SO referred.
The Coroners bills for the last quarter amounting
in all to % SOS 81 were called from the table by Aid.
Clancy.
Ad TUCKER moved TO resef them 20 Q committee.
Aid. CLANCY opposed this as useless
AID. TUCKER coniended that there was grest neces-
sity OF referring these biHs. defslcation was once
discovered IL the Coroner office, and not only these
bills but ell others, shoul be referred and examined
into. He hoped a special Committee would be APP
pointed 20 examine .he Coioners bills, for the Board
otherwise would GO. know that they were all night.
For instance be had found tina, the labor charges on
escp bill of inquest were from 81 to $40. lie was VIII
ling the COroners ehould make al they could If was
rich but to pay bills OF this description immediately
on presentation was very dangerous proceeding. he
wished 20 see every claim go 30 a committee
AID. FUIMER opposed has.y adoption, and "a
vored reftreI ce to q comnnttse
AID. BLUNT inquired about the postmortems aud
was apsw.red that they given IN separate hill.
The Que stiop reference Tor EXAMINATION weS
carried also the bills for post-mortems. Sundry
other bills were referred.
ODiDi0as from the Counsel TO The Corporation-A
communication was received from 'be Counsel 10 the
CorporSticr il 20 the resolutions - 10 whether
the Metro O itsn Police Conmisi gneTs HAYS any night
10 ',c,eass The humber # pa rolnen over ive, and
sheib.r thev hrye soy bt 10 discontinue the SER
vices If psoolm a the Municipal Police without
mt prefe,ripg the charges aud giving the parties
Lesrir by counsel &c. Tue Counsel holds that the
Conn Is, oners should have preferred written charges
against those they removed and that the Supervisors
in rot adopting express legislation in fixing the num-
her of men seemed admit tbst the Commissioners
had the right to appoint more than hve. ordered
printed.