New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-30


70 those havirg drafts Oh the Cr'y's firds "a bis
hand. "a am mac coad be, sud ~e saooie regard
the re mo,sI Of the Ci;ys account from hrs B''k IS
4 public ni.fortune. Wetrult itwiI not be done;
VET there i, such q thing IS asuring tis retention
st too high q cost.
As 10 the Corporation Counsel, We say that in
view Of The pending quarrel be'Seen him sal the
Street Commission, and the grave charges OF mai
versation brought sgs'uss hm By that Comui''ioa'
il i, very clear tia, be su3 the Street Comn!s
sioner should rot both b. glued 10 their Official
te,ts By les,lsiion for extra two Jeir,. Ii he
il grossly sapdertd, let the sls1serers susrt for
tier falsehood; il be is Justly sccusei, be ought
not 70 remain in flee even to the close Of his pres
ent tern. This matter is quite too serious to Dc
isuor,d in tie consideration Of NJ. Ponds Dill.
Bu. sgan Mr. Basteed hs, personally assured
Us that tie efce is 8 source Of loss to him-saas
lie would have inside more money By bis private
practice, had he stuck to thit- than ne has res-
Lied from that AID his Jffce together. We arc
ASSURED tia. be hs said to Others that bis election
cost him 5000 Tnen WY not lie. him return
reIt Janusry to his private practice aud make up
bis ltssesl 1t were cruel to force 0a him further
sacrifices, when lawyers at least bic equals IN aoil-
iy aud ftness for til, post are wiling to DO Cor
pOra.iOn Counsel. We protest against proloogiog
hi, stay in Office day beyond the close Of the term
fer which he Vas elected.
This bill proposes to pay Receiver, of Taxes
1000 each per annum. That is exosbitalt, and
should not be passed The place would be ri;sly
paid at *, 500, which is 500 more than the Gov
eIpOr Of OHIO receives. We object, moreover to
paying the Collector Of Assessments 50 800 sui MS
deputies So 900 EACH unless on condition that they
shall collect oil the Assessments that shal at any
time be DUE or submit to pro rata deduction
from their salaries. II, fer instance, they have
$4,000, 900 Of old ssd new Assessments TO collect
this year. ard actually collect but S3,5OO,OOO
thereof before the close OF the year, let fifteen per
cent. be deducted from their several salaries; thea
psss the uncOllected assessments over to the next
years accounts and LEI them try again. Depead on
il, there would 70. IOrg be Millions owing - tho
Treasury on Assessments under this regime. Bat
let the bill pass without such prOviso, aud the Col
lector of Assessments aud BIS Deputie, my spend
their tlme mainly in trotlDg, bossting dancing at
Newpor. and other official r.creations, never really
irving TO collect the overdue Assessments which
the City has already advanced for delinquent
property -holderr yet each of them would trs~ not
Only full pay but high psy. Do you cal this re-
forml
We have three strong objections TO paying the
members Of the Comuoa Council 5 900 each per
annum: in the fret place they took (and generally
sOueht) Office under the express condition that
they were not to be paid; secondly, they have very
little TO do, and do that indiferently witness tho
scandalous coLspisscy with Norton and thirdly,
majority Of them will take the money out Of the
Peoples pockets button il up in theic own, and
then call on those whose money they have thus
appropriated to curse Black Republican tyrauny
~ and corruption for the increase aud weight of
The public burdens thus aggravated. We enlreat
the Legislature not 10 pass this item unless 1t IS
distinctly, unequiyocsily endorsed BY the City
Delegation, if even then.
One word more; il any such sweeping, radical
recsst of our Municipal Administration is to b.
effected, We insist that the Police Department
shall b. included therein. Let US have that, too,
put in order, by rendering it less cunbrous, less
costly, less unweldly, lees exposed TO partisan
hatred and caumny. There will be no better
perhaps no Other-chsnce this season than that
afforded by the Charter Reform bill. Let it be
surely and thoroughly improved.