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

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Other amounts have since been paid, which exhaust
the whole sum Of stJt,tsu
TIE Controller has no, heretofore alluded To the
ol ,ratious OF the Commissioners for copying aud in
dexI the records for the reason that none OF their
transactions were required by the law before quot
To be sutmttedto BIN. controversy. however, has
arisen between the Commissioners and the Supervisors
which Threatens serious embarrassment Ia the opera
tons Of the treasury ard which uscs, If il does not
reDniYe the Controller exbitthe peculiar position of
the Finance Department IN regard To the tax levy o
1898. There Las already been borrowed by the Con-
trocr the ist Of January 10 the ist OF Septem
ber lss the Of =, Us jJJ in anticipation of the
taxes of 1888. Otths large amount, the sum Of :! lOo
N o has been made payable in tie four months from
seEtemberto January. The law requires that the tax
books should be placed in the hand, of the Receiver
If Taxes on the lst of September and the opera
tiors in the Finance Department have been based on
the reasonable expectation that the tax rolls would
be rned aud ready for collection according TO the
requirements e.. the law After the tax rolls were con-
tIned by the supervisors, the taxes extended ny
them. the Wannuts prepared, and most of the books
retured 10 the Finance Depart ent the Commissions
ers OF Records made application to the Supreme Court
for mandamus against the Boart ~ Supervisors,
using the raneof NCSpedon s Baker, - contractors,
~ the complaint, for the purpose OF compelling the
Supervisors 10 add 500, 900 10 the sum of tJO,uOO
which they had put in tie tax levy. II this apPica.
ton of the Commissioners should BE- successful II will
be necessary 70 recopy the entire rolls Of the twenty
two Wards, and re-aGus the iases against the name
in relation to the lit against non-re-dents and
the Tax Con missioneTs have made separate book
for the present year containing All alphabetical list o
all pcrsoIs the rolls charged with pers mai taxes, 1t
vii Necessary 10 re'opy and r.a1iu-t the taxes on
that l-t also The delay accustomed By this ,atlOn,
aI1 tue time necessary rr-Gdu.t with proper
y,Ia tax rs referred 10, must be attended
Win yer, ssri hcolyeuiencc to the operations OF
the Treasury, and nay prove extremely detrimental
to The iIt,l's aud credit Of the CORPORATION.
VGiualfoH - hciand PrrsOnai Es'afe tie Cty 0Hd
COuntg q, Mte- York tor 1913.
Statement No. /. elbows the valuation OF real estate
in the several Warjs for the years isJ and 1873 also,
the total anouL assessed personal property of the
Cts aid County rthe same years.
Tots amount ia lG9.......... $3.50 $3.50
IA sIaount of rea estate IN la5........... So3Sf5J
Increase valuation Of 10 g9s
Valuation Of D rsons estate or lej8....... 1872 2I7 9t
Valuation o pcysona esste for S57......... 1913 70 40
Decrease in valuation persons estate ofl2is when
compared win 45o3foD
The office Of Ward Assessor abolished by the
act, chap. 3D. oi the laws o s5l. The law referred
to provides fer the appointment by the Board OF Sn
I-ry O three Commissioners of Taxes, and these
Commissioners u appoint twelve Deputy Tax
Commissioners; and the officers thus constituted are
make all assessments Of real udpers0nal estate for
tie several Wards of tie city. Ia making mp the
rolls OF assessments for the present year the Commits
soLers ot IG1es hay. prepared al phabetca list OF
all persons assessed for personal property separate
from N. tax rolls Of the several Narls.
There H. therefore. 10 statement which shows the
amount II personal tax in each Ward was the case
in former years, when the rol- made mp by the
Ward Asse-Ors A. il IL not practicable to show the
decrease IN each Ward OF personal assessments, Tie
total dniuuton th'i fore in the whole city Is gwen
in the statement referred to above.
ArfsqrsO ~ IiILes.
In each year large suus Assessed on lndI'ldnae
on account Of personal taxes winch are not pad AMI
cenEo, be collected. The accumulation OF arrearages
this character, "a shown by -,aiement 81 the Re-
ceivrr Of Taxes, which j. annexed marked No ~ 10
the 1T Of July, 1851 amounts to the large sam OF
81 ,j4j, 100 20.
The balance unpaid Of the personal tax in the levy
Of the year 1851 II $40. ~ p. The unpaid personal
taxes tor years previous to 1851 exceed 0OOUO the
principal portion Of which vii never be collected.
The sums unpaid on arrears of personal taxes are
not returned 10 the Bureau Of Arrears, but remain IN
the hands Of the Receiver OF TsYes 10 b. collected by
him.
The paid taxes real estate returned by the
Receiver of Taxes ~ the Bureau oil Aroars, the
Let day June, IN the year rueeeediog that IN winch
The levy Is ace.
The amount returned on the ls VI June las; as NJ
paid ( 80 81 %. This amount, added to the ar
resrages the personal tax make total deficiency
the levy for The wear 1891 equs 10 A. lis rs a..
Ststemen. No. ~, annexed L. this Topor, shows ING
amount Of arTears returned - Augustus Pur1y IefA
Of Arrears. from 1888 to 1851 ineusve. The aegrs-
gate amount Of ar.srs contained in has statement Is
equal To- ! 1887 l..
The colectCD made ~ Augustnss Ppfdy, olefK Oh
ATreers on the iTego ng r,tnrned,o hii amount
~ 500 -, leaving balance uncoheeteu Oh
81 Po,eyl "a ado q his the baaos;e outstanding on
account " sggears VI personal tax >1i'-" ~, ala