New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-08

under the direction Of Committee OF the Board of
srPeIvsors. This ac, reads a. follows:
src l. VIM c w,si7orr. Jonathan N.thaa Rsh,ra Ba,.
Rood tof H. CIV ara County ~i,a m power.
to easuus into The cordon o. t records. Documents map.
sad Cty County have III. copied printed
n inch form sns 70 sub 81 esi'n .. they may down pr per-
Chr REGISTER snd sum sa'e -. b e-ea0 couHsleF-
IN reference to their respective oftce-.
sac The aid Con ssorer- -ha' receive 10 eouipsnsa-
IT, shall b. paid BY IT, County Trs asur upon lie certificate
Of laid Con aers snd tte Sup Oh 50 .y AID
county ar h,cty suihoTEsd - fa oy FAX 'ae amount IT,
src s. Ills se, ,asi tase efec, immediately
BY the Charter and the Ordinances no money can
be drawn from the Treasury, except an the warrant
the Controller. ccuntersigIed by the Mayor ana IN.
Mayor and Controller cannot legally sign such warrant
unless Il ey are authorized to do 81 by preNodS ap-
preparation by the Common Council. The preceding
law-dsregUrs 81 these barriers for tue protection oi
tie Treasury, and provides that Id necessary eA,
pcuSes Incurred by the Commissioners SHAH he p'i
by TIE County Treasurer upon the CertnCate oi ssi
toumissi,ueTs.
The Chatter and the Ordinances require that appro-
priatons sha be made at the cose Of each year Tor
the expenditures of the city and county tor the -no~-
queut cale dar wear ana these appropriations are
on detailed and specific estimates from tue sew
eral departments through the Controller. winch es-
tir G'es are submitted To the Common council are
pa-s eG by the two Bourds, ana signed by the Mayor.
acts OF lie Legislature form the basis of the tax levy
Of the year succeeding such estimate ana approprl'
ati.n.
No such Formally seems to be- required by the oct
above quoted; but without any submission To the
Common Council any previous estimates OF the re-
quiIei to be expended, the commissioners, ~
tie month of Jufc or july presented to the Board ot
Supervisors their requison for 500 ooO or 500 oVO,
for what they deem necessary Tor the expenses Of the
Commissioners, ruaccompauied by any detsiled ESTE
hate shown #. the reasonableness If their demand.
Ir addition tn the estimates required 10 be submit
ted to the Common Council previous to an appropra-
tion by that body the charter aud the laws require
that all accounts IN which the city county Is rte-
rested either as debtor creditor, shall be audited
and ., tiled by the Finance Department.
Tlo law establishing the Record Commission eN-
cudes the Finance Department altogether rom any
charge cf the expenditures under said law ana while
I provides that the County Treasurer shan pay, that
PAYNE mt IL To- be made the certificates c the Conn
mIssouers, without any authority on the part 81 the
Treasurer To examine audit tie accounts ON when
the certificates Of tie Commissioners are based. Ihls
j. the character and requirements # law passed by
the Legislature in 1859 without any memorial from
tie Common Council. application from the tax
puyers rs believed under which the following
have been drawn from the taxpayers, AMI paid from
the Treasury to the Commissioners. viz:
In the year sh1..........................' tssN
Ia he year S.'''''''.'''''''.''''''''.'' 55o
h. Ie5> H. Detor, stated the Commissioners applied
To the Board of Supervisors To put uto the tax levy
the OF SO0,UOu and that body has added T. w.
which II the collections of taxes are made Ia the form
in which tle tax books are confirmed the whole sun
paid by the city and county. including the year 1873,
will be 5000, goo for ndexing the records in the public
offices.
II appears BY n statement furnished to the Finance
Department by County Treasurer, that the sum of
s5J eco, heretofore raised by taN has been paid as
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