The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-04
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY JANUARY 4, 1859.

low New York some equiv alent proportonab to the
penses borne by her in the collection of large tax for
the State and In fact the Comptroers OF the STATE pre-
the present one had done since s43 Five per
cent had been allowed by the several precious Compro
lcrs the amount OF the for the expense OF CT,
ton, and settlements had been thus de and passed.
between the Comptroller Of the State aud the Comp
troer Of this city until the present year when was not
only disallowed, but suit was commenced by the
Attorney General, behalf Of the State against the
Chamberlain to from the the amount OF the
five per cent which had been retained as Judgment
obtained few months since in the Supreme Court, AHA
ny county against the city, for about $oSoo besides
interest and costs
county for this purprse but DISCONTINUED and i'm
medately Afterwards the ONO in whchthe Judgment was
obtained was instituted II seems to me that no autho
rity exists the Comptroller Of the state 10 grant any al
owance for tho expense Of collecting the tax, so far
this city and county concerned should at once
be taken TO obtain such allowance for its collection.
1t will also be that for expenses of the police will
be required. ,iSo Az
For contingencies ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000 90
Total. 81 ,Ois ,lss 40
Beng an increase o.. i9s 'ooo o ~
over the year 1883 when the department and the ex
penses thereof were in some degree under the regulation
and control Of the Common Council. am well aware
that in city densely populated ours, containing
large of property BIO protected that the
penses of this department must necessarily be large But
believe that under system different in respects
from the present one the city could be well protected
at much less expenditure for its police force.
In this branch of service as we'll as in many others, we
salaries by which alone its expenses have been augment
cd at least twenty-five per The police who
appointed under the act first passed for their organization
paid but $500 year, while the duties they per-
formed and the Services received by the city from them
were well satisfied, equal to those of the present
force But the Legislature has imposed the Metropo
act the city, and fixed therein the Pay OF the police
and other officers OF the force the city must submits
and continue pay the heavy for its police protection
until the Legislature shall in its wisdom, deem it proper
90 change the system and give to the Common Council
some control over the force as well as the salaries to be
paid 10 them.
There items for interes, different stocks and
accounts which 10 be raised by tax and which To-
eether add the Of S6S 900 to the heavy expenses OF
the city government One Of these items-interest on
bonde-has continued TO grow yearly in amount
propotionaby the expenses of the city government
have increased This has arisen before stated IRON
The fact that the larger part tb, annual appropriations
expDc ed before any portion OF the taxes OF the year
are received by reason OF which the city compelled TO
Issue revenue bonds in anticipation OF the tax, and on
which the interest Of course Is to be paid. There is
also an item Of interest on Central Park stock,
amounting $780, 900, as well as $4,000 oD Assess
ms mt bonds and Tompkins Market Building stock.
If the confirmed in January, instead of Au
gust September these large items for interest
nue. BONDS would doubt be reduced; or If in place
of raising the interest by tax on these and other bonds
and stocks the same were paid the Sinking Fund
terest account, a large saving liz taxation would BE-
effected. The which arc appropriated to the
Sinking Fund interest account are now, as has been
before shown much than sufficient to meet the
interest properly chargeaoe to it, The revenues from
water rents alone than meet tho interest on
the whole water debt. while the other sources of reve
nue. paid into it rapidly accommodating / would re-
speculy suggest, therefore, that the Common Council
should take consideration the expediency of paying
the interest all the bonds issued by the city from the
Sinking Fund account OF adopting some means by
which the necessity OF inserting these large items in the
tax list for interest may be avoided.
To exhibit fully the sums which are received from
through the year the following statement is sub
ned being the monthly payment made to the Receiver
of Taxes during the past year