New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-23
Show ipz that more bonds have been issued than
there wts def ency 90 supply, OSr5

The total Of bonds. 5o5S96' co
Show IN. that more bonds have been issusd than
there deficiency so supply, ,of.......s 9ooS3 .,
II this amount of = 1j7 $50 Ol be the true amount
spent for The purposes specred, and this amount be
now due the City of Ncw-York some sction had bet
ter be taken at to collect it, in order to relieve
our LesIly exl austed treasury. Your Committee un
Gerook to have the vouchers for payments Oh these
accounts examined, but unable to proceed, first
on account Of the limited appropriation; second the
Controller to pay the amount already app-opri-
attd The only your Committee could make
with their ccouItant to hold themselves personal
" responsible for the amount of the present appropa-
ton which being consumed he refused to give his fur
tier services the ground that lie able to give
his and labor and trust TO the result OF law suit
for fs IL ward 10 ine The vouchers these
counts would be a large undertaking, more than one
persen could accomplish in any reasonable time.
Your Committee believe, however, from Information
received in the Controllers Office that such examina
ton would lead to the discovery of the fact, that
| charges are made uptn these accounts foreign to
| thsln ard which should not appear thereon. The
total aInouDt of outstanding assessment boGds Is
not given n tie last annual report and is only to be
asceitaned b. going over the reports Tor several years
past. The annual report shows only the issue ana re-
den ptiCn for suck separate year. The vast sums duc
to tie city by defaultng officers unpaid taxes and as
sessmtnts, sufficient to strike terror ana Msrm
among our citizens. IT indicates carelsssness in tn
keeping of the accounts and the collection Of the
| san e. truly deplorable.
The total amount Of claims against sund collectors
ard otbers shown in the foregoing part OF this re-
| port, ,,,
nouptiDe to isf ss f;d IA y
l. Irpaid taxes. SoW :.
A-sefsmsnts VI paid. aid..................415I$s 15I $s e
Amounting altogether to the euor
| nous sum mof.........."....s s175o 80 70
OF his amount considerable viii be collected. Bat
who believes that der the PFC sen. management OF
financial affairs this amount Will be materially re-
| duced
An examination Of the returns made to the Bure lu oil
| Arrears, which is bureau in The Controllers Office
revealed ate of things dsgracefui aud depioraois
1hs bureau is second TO under the City Govern
| nent Through IT the large sums due the city Tor un
paid taxes find their way to the trea
n.y. Tie eel eotions amount to from one to two mil
ion dollars Ier anna; nGoI .Gn.e1 nns,tmeot a y, @
not even the Clerk of Arrears himself has the mos!
| .mote idea of the amount for which this bureau
should be he'd responsible Ii is not known csrfec,y
what smC il place. ia the hands Of the clerk fer
collection The frauds, defalcation errors ard dellu-
quero found in the returns made 10 this bureau IN
the slght examination which they were only able TO
make created in the minds Of your COMMITTEE the
erestest surprise and astonishment that such thing
should be allowed to exist The returns oil arresrage0
made 10 is bureau sent In on sheets, whlcn are
b,uLd IL OCkfUrIn and thus used AS piyine nts are
ret eiVto ibey cIeCied the ret ri> made ais
.ytt.m Ls- been pracuced slnce the organization OF
the Gtpaituent. AS the sums returned as unpao are
JTeseIted to the person represented as o"hg mem
| numerous errors are discovered. 1t has already
| been hsceltained that Thousands OF dollars re-
tuned as un ,aid had beer psid to the collector.
| b,fc,e tie reurrs were made 10 the Clerk OF
Arrears. over bV instances nave Deen lecOrO=u ull-
p the lsst three year, in which the collectors them
| selves have acknowledged that they received the
| noIeys which they returned as ureollected Ana
| your Committee Of fhe oplri0n that a thorough
exam alton Of this Department would reveal the fact
ls' thousands not huudre6s Of such cases would be
fuId. Tie Clerk Of Arrears, who your Committee
| believe has ZetlOusy endeavCied 10 bung order out
Of Cl sOs, is not able, owing 10 want OF room and
tiCitnt clerical torce, to accomplish much as Affairs
stand. The interests OF the city treasury npera-
lively require tina, competent bookkeeper should be
ssl, ced exam ne the books from which the ARE AZ
tg.s etDined 10 his Bureau ale taken. Errors could
cus e traced 20 the persoLs making then and an ac
coItIg he had before the parties and tner suIelle-
| ,i>spp ar.
Tie present Clerk CT Arrears concurs in these view
| Cf sODI Committee. He has experience, and Know
the iup' ssibiity Of accomplishing much good urdel
Il peseItsysttm ard expresses the cOnvicton IN II
II sutfotri flIce, under the charge of an expert
| erced lid competent bookbeeper, IL employed, t1'
savog TO the city treasury will more thar hund'.
fold comptnsa'e for 'he sxoenses. lie thinks II dut
70 az parties, and 30 DO your Committee, that error
be traced 10 their source, epd the parties making
them be himself or any other officer held 10 stric
accounting therefor. But ii is 10 the etarns Of uncol
leciec assessments that your attention. ana the atsr
iiou # the public, If patti ala " invitec.
The sat, neni marked is a lit OF returns made h
the CleIk of Airesrs from January, 1873 t. Dscen
b.r 1856, IRON the office OF the Cllecor of Assess
nients. 1hey are nc II number, and, a. shown b.
The fyo.iIgs nsce Oh the returns anCGnt to III,
sCS Al.
Tie srouut Of these returns should equsl til
; | ference betreen the amount Of cash deposite
with tho Chamberlain aid the o-ignsl amount
| a tie assessment fst. Bot your Commute
| ism that ,f these 5l0 returns 10. one ha
ov.r beer officially e1amiLed in the Control
| Grs Office; that TO attempt has ever been made
| ,c CT ib.te accounts. Ihs amouns II correct, shoul
| te chsr,ed to the Clerk Of Arrears, when pIsced
10 h,,d "a, collection and he held responsible, thor
5 ,,,. hut TO such charge is made to him. Eyer trC
ihe orcsuization Of this Department 10 Ucord Of Il