The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-27

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Beard OF Supervisors.
TIC BcaSd Of Supervisors met yesterday d o'sloak, In
the chamber Of tho Board Of Aldermen; the President,
Elijah r. Purdy, IN the chair.
The petition of Jacob serbod for the post Of interpreter
10 the Police Court referred to the Committee
Criminal Courts Several petitions for remission and cor.
recon Of taxes were referred the Committee on Annual
Taxes. 81.
The bill Of Edmund Jones for printing for the Recorders
Office was referred to the Committee OF County Of]cers
Several other bills presented and referred to tho
proper committees.
The Committee Annual Taxes reported In favor Of the
remission Of taxes in several cases.
Mr. KENNEDY objected to the case of Mr. Esor whose
taxes RENTED because he foreigner and gno-
rant OF our laws He thought that the stated wa
very bad one and If accepted there would be end
applications for similar remission of taxes.
Mr.. BLUNT explained that the was poor ilerat
German who did not speak the language aud who swor
that no bad the money upon which he taxed.
Mr. KENNEDY said he would accept the report II tha
part relating 10 he beng foreigner out
Mr. BLUNT consented TO the alteration and the resolu
ten passed.
The Committee on County Offices recommended that tho
fees OF the CoroDers for the past quarter amounting
1886 &c. be paid, and the report adopted unani
mousy.
The following communication from his Honor the Mayor
then read ard ordered to be placed in full upon the
minutes, and referred to the Committee County
Ofhces:-
MSYoR's OFFICE, NEW YoRK jan &c, 1855
To THE HosoRARIE THE BOARD or SUPERVISORS:
GENr1xMEN-Tac Legislature, by an set passed at the
session Of 1885, established commission denominatSt
the .Commssion q Records for the City and County
New York. WIN full power to exa ne into the condition
OF the records documents maps and ndices in the Offices
of the Clerk Register aud surrogate o. this city
county to have the copied and printed in such form
ana 70 s1cn an ex.ens "a as ney sn. proper ana 70
examination thereof as the public interests might
quire.
The County Treasurer also, by the same, directed
pay the necessary expenses be incurred by said
mission upon their application, and the Board Of Super
vsors were authorized raise, by tax, the amount re-
quired to defray the same
Under provisions this the comssIoners thus
appointed made contracts With Messrs Bovine Has
brouck for certain work and prr ting TO be done in and
for the county clerks Office and with Messrs McSpe
don Baker for the other work and printing authorized
by said commissioners for the Registers office. Besides
this they employed number of persons in each of these
Offices for the purpose Of arranging asserting and cas
Tying the papers and documents ed and recorded there
and also others in the Surrogstes Office for the
purpose, well to prepare ndices TO the books Of
Wills letters ol guardianship and other important papers
For the payment OF the work thus authorized and
acted for and tho persons thus employed and also the
other expenses to be incurred by the commissioners the
Board Of Supervisors at their request raised under the
authority granted by the Legislature In said act hfty
thousand dollars in the year 1885, hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in 1885, AMI three hundred and dy
thousand dollars in 1857 making together the total sum
nvo ru ~, % syeo ycsr FOR s ~ Sa
commission and Of which there has already been paid
BY the City as will appear by reference TO
the annexed statement made by him at my request the
sum Of $466,273 SIS 20, and including the 18th inst.
without audng particularly to the injustice done this
toned act, whereby body almost, no. entirely be-
yond control OF its authorities Is given unlimited power
to have work done and 10 incur expenditures to large
amount on its account deem my duty TO call your
tention more especially in this Communication 10 the
heavy OUTLAWS already made by The commissonsrs and
TO the utter nuty, in my opinion OF much II not the
greater part OF the work authorized and 10 be
done by them.
may have been, and no doubt was necessary, that
the old, and In nearly ont papers, docu
ments maps and books In the several offices above
toned should have been arranged assorted aud classified
and In some instances entirely replaced by
only for their better security and but tor
the greater convenience Of the publicand even that
| ipdices should have been made to the books
OF wills and other important Documents recorded In tie
surrogates otce but that the preparing copying and
books and documents n the County CssSs occ aud the
indices OF the conveyanoes in tho Registers Office
necessary required by tho public Interests,
contemplated by the Legislature TO the extent TO
which they have been done, may well be doubted espe
pended for the work already done in this respect
For this work there has been paid for the County Clerks
Office, 70 Messrs Bovine 4 Hasbrouck, who have the
contract for this Office, the sum OF s3t6i63 05, and
they will be entitled, informed 'he completion OF
their contract TO about s7 900 70 $4,000 more, making
$3.50 900 alone for this oe besides the expenditures
which have been and yet 10 BE- made in the payment
for the services OF the persons employed by the comm
sioners to arfange and classify the old papers
ments and re bind the old books therein which has al
| ready amounted TO about Sl2 00o
by the contract Of Messrs. Bovine h Hpsbrouck,
| the records OF Judgments were To be commenced
| from the FIRST day Of January, 1st4. These re-
cords will make about rs volumes OF from, 800 to 700
pages each averaging about 500 pages and the ost OF
this work may bo soon on reference TO tho annexed bill,
being copy Of ono paid by the Cy Chamberlain who're
sSd amounting togsssr 70 s'I charged SIS
30 per page for 900 copies was s6 36 0 about 5000
for 200 copies Of ono volume Of 500 pages or IS each
volume besides the binding 81 90 EACH aud the cost Of
preparing and copying the books records ready for
printing, which according to the contract s 10 cents for
each folio Of 100 words Thus making the cost Of each
volume Of these records s, and the total cost Of the
whole al over $3.50 0oo and yet In few years they
which they have been printed, they even so,
considerable extent at the present time, az not only
two years have elapsed since their commencement, bat
many Of the old Judgments have since been satisfied and
entered IN the Office thereby rendering refo
to the original docket on books absolutely necessary
for Judgments In fact, I consider the whole
pendi:ure therefor as in great measure wasted,
few years win make u completely so when ali the judg
ments will have out 20 be lien real estate
by limitation of law 50 may be said with reference 70
l"he other parts OF the work for this Office. They will In
my opinion be found 10 be OF practical unless the
printing Of them at heavy expense from year 70 year
The contract with Messrs Mcspeden Baker for prepar
ing, copying printing and binding the indccs convey
in the Registers Office, will doubt be Of more
utility and Of greater public interest that done for
County Clerk oce a. the records Of Conveyance have
n continued effect on real estate but do not think this
work necessary, and much less 30 when the
county charged with the cost OF its execuApu he in
dccs could have been corrected when erroneous and
copied at comparatively small expense, as in my
opinion 10 have met the convenience OF those having bust
with the Office and well served the public
r. however, the printing desired required,
II should have been borne by those whose immediate
cony enence and interest mos. concerned On this con
tract there has been already paid s1i 542 so They
havp prepared the indoes and printed the books OF tho
md including letter OF rrantors being about
shird of their entire work and continued further
exfSbssure Of at least $500 600 viii be necessary
tireiy complete the same; being estimated that tho
whole the ndccs OF both granors and grantees win be
forty volumes fourteen Of which have been printed
The cost at which The work n the Registers office done
may be referring 10 the annexed bills being
cepes OF two which have been paid TO Nessrs Mcpejon
& Baker by the City Chamberlain.
In addition, however TO the expenditures account Of
these contracts which have together already amounted 10
st2 COS S. there have been incurred and paid others for