New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-04

-, :, - . .1eo 0O0 for srr-aragcs Of 1854. This
yesr the Beard of iucatioB have called Tor 81
TIE expenses Of this department have o. Iradu,uy
ircrss-nf from year 20 year since lS'' Nneh ,ne!
wee hut So o'S Wha'eser may be ne csa'e sm
satisfied - under ices complex system tne c1lfeH
Of the city -oGli have ample oppofia' Ms i"l fe
ceyinc good education, ard these eA 9ense' DC asy
recuCef. - ,,
In nv srrua! Message Of lac; year called the A.
tertior Of TIE Ccumon CouncI particularly !" ms
subject sri -accese whether the Increasing
iturs of .be Common Schools Of the city ~rTs no' IN
some ds,ree oEirC - the bunber or oc 81 Soarcs,
eaeh controlling tbe schools Of their respective wards
Independently ~ each other, auf 10 rsa, extent oi
TIE B. ar 81 Educsiion ard hat Il, lD'ieaA OK 'uese
numerous ocal BosTds, toe whole .H';ein "eIe oIie'
the coI'1o sud government Of d s.ngie boarl ot IL
telg.p. auI educated citizens, snetoer Grtaf Re-
cuction # expenditure woult cot be 'hectei without
n rhe le.s. mparng the efficiency OF the system;
This subject one sorhy If your cor ,ld ration sni
trur. that you ~ill early take action t1ers N, "h
tte view y spp'yirg 20 'he Legislature for 'oms
charge by which the means CT sound pnoAe @'uetivh
can he procored ~ less expense lhere are so IN
the budget for 1850 tzo items not under tle ~ oi 81
any ocal Authorities. aluce 10 the common Scn0o.s
Stat and ate NIL tax.
The souuts required for these tro purposes arr re
s5s - - o
B, The adoption Of The systsm of Ievying aud col
lectrg lie State tax for ,chools upon property, AMI
distributing il upon poFulausn our Clty pays more
whole State. In this way - have paid, during the
att seveI years 81 $40 - more than our ttr pro-
portion while this year the excess over isir app1r.
orrrent Will be sls 5 II. No also 10 regard tn the
State tax This City has paid, and confines 10 pay,
uDCer the present system Of the valua'ions oi pro
per,y an unequal and burdensOme tax. If an eqlsl-
zatOn in the valuations o: property 10 the whole S'ae
were made this City would be- relieved oi large
amOun. oi taxation. I called the attention OF the Com
mon Council to these two subjects in my ast annual
Message ana would again earnestly uvl,e iheI at'eH-
ton thereto with the view Of obtaining legislative re-
lief from this e,ter siye taxation.
.,J iv7te your affection to the expenses imposed
uIon the city for the collection of the State tax IL
was supposed until recently that the S;s,e wS will
irg 70 allow Ner-IJik me equlv6len; prop"-t0nate
10 the exae-ses bone by her 70 the collection 4 this
large tx for the State an1 10 fac. the Controllers ot
the State. previous {" the present one, hli done 40
si.ce 1913. Five per cent had been allowed by me
,eyera nT,yIous Controllers on tho amount OF the tax,
for the expense e collection and settlements hai been
thus made aud passed between ihe C00tr0 Ter o the
State ana the Controller of this city, uot ne present
wear when il was rot only ds allowed, but salt vas
Goa msnCed by the AttorneyGenera on behalf of the
State egapst the Chamberlain, - recover rom tue
city The amount Of the five per cent when hGi been
retained and Judgment was obtained lev months
since ia the Supreme Court, Albany County. against
the ety. for about S63000 beside Interest ani costs
The previous suit had been commenced IN TINS Clty
and County fer this purpose but 1t was discontinued,
and Immediately aiter~ards the one IN when tue
judgment was obtained was Instituted. IL seems 10
that authority exists IN the Controller OF tne
State 20 graft any allowance Tor the eApeLse o, COZ
-ctrg the tax so far as this City aud County IS con-
corred measures should at once be taken to OBTAIN
such an allowance for its collection.
1t Will also be seen that for expenses oi tue Pohce
will BE- required ~ ~ ~
For coutins sencies '
B.ns sa Increase i5s S 90, s5o 10 10
Over year and to "
over the year 1853, when the Department and tne
e.psYses thereof in some degree under the regl,
lation AID control of the Common Council. 1 am vel
aware that il u City 80 densey populated as our''
containing large amount OF property 10 De pro-
tec,ed. that the expenses Of this Department must
necessary be large. But believe that under sys-
TEN dierlt in poets from the present one,
the City co1ld be "a well protected az much less
expenditure for it, Police force.
IT, this branch Of service well as IN many others,
we have seen within the past few years large in-
crease Of islaries by which alone rs expenses have
been augmented at least - per cent. The POice who
were appointed uncer the act first passed for their
organization were paid but $500 year, w6ile the
duties they performed and the services received by
the city from them were, am well ehtlsaed, eqnato
those If the present force But a. tue Legislature has
imposed the Metropolitan Act on the city aud nHed
therein the paw of the Policemen and other 9th ers OF
the force the city must submit and cootlnue to pay
the heavy tax iOT its police protection, untu The
Legislature shall in IT. wisdom, deem 1t proper 10
cban.e the systtm. aud give 20 the Common Con1cil
control the force es well "a the salaries To
be palo tO them.
There are also items for interest diiiereat stocks
which oee,her add the sum $jlS0UO TO the heavy
expenses of the City Government. One ot these
items interest on Revenue BOrds-has continued to
grow yearly in amount proPortionably ~ Tue eI-
peuses If tie City Government 1aye increased Ihi5
has arisen as before stated from the fact that the
larger part Of the nal appropriations are expended
before any portion Of the taxes of tie yeAr are re-
ceived by reason Of which the City Is compelled to
f-ue ReyeLue Bonds IN antc patton oi The TAX and on
,,ch tie nteIest, of course s 10 be paid There is
aso al item of interest Central Park Stock,
amounting 10 $50 COO vel a. $ls 300 On Assess
nent Bonds and TompkiDs-MaIke Building Stock.
II the taxes confirmed III January, instead OF
August or September, these larger items FOR In
terest on Revenue Bonds wOuld doubt be re-
duced Or IT, place o. raising tue interest ny tax on
these aIG Other bonds ard stock, the same we're paid
from the SINKING Fund Interest Account, large saw
NO in taxation would be- effected. I1e revenues
sich sre appropriated to the Sinking Fund Interest
Account ole now, as las been before shown, mucn
more thsn Uffcitnt to meet the Interest properly
chargeeble to il. The revenues from water reat'
alone now more thaa meet tue interest or the whole
water debt while the other sources Oi revenue paid
into are rapidly accommodating. wold respectfully
suggest Therefore, that the Common CJllcl shOu'I
tske in'o consideration toe eIpetency OF paying the
interest ou al the bonds issued by the Cry from the
sinkirg Fuud Account, OF adopting some means by
xh.ca the necessity Of ir-ertng these largs items 10
l. tex hst f,r in.erest may be avoided.
To eznihi: more fully the sums which are rec lived
from taxes through the year, the following statement
is submitted, being the monthy ynIebt- made to the
Receiver .; Tsxe, during the past year:
OF lSJ1.
Jna s?sS5 q Nay '..........'is5ISS 3IS ?, D.
NJ +!. ~ =. 52lJu'T .............. G4is i
Apr .............. 7seg lslA. s119 p
81 =
I-eIs't On I"S
To;.l for The above sish, rO1ik, ao''l 81
TAX ~ ls5s
s-p.-rb-r.....s % = November 81 98 81
U7,J13 81 Decszb-r 1857 -