The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-07
MUNICIPAL AFFAIR S.
Tae Excise Commissioners and their Treubles-
The Elm Street Catastrophe
dItion of Tenement Houses,
So,, &C., 90.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.


by the Clerk aud approved.
The bill Of Geo. Hayward, for coloring maps, &C.,
amounting to s87T, was ordered TO be paid.
The bills of W. II. Anthem and VIM. D. Roe for sta-
uonery, amounting to 1854, ordered 10 be paid
Tho bill OF VIM Jay Haskell, for service "a Excise
Commissioner, amounting TO S347, and Of Robert D.
Holmes for the same, amounting 70 $780, was ordered TO
be paid Hr
report in favor Of paying tho bin Of Edward Grdley
handed in and ordered 70 DO paid; amour. $3.50.
The following report from the Excise Commissioners
was handed n-
AND coUssr o. INV YoSx~ " " The o''f
The undersigned Of he Commissioners of Excise Of The
Sss
s4 q s
Excise during the years s and S'S Se number Of such
received each compromise
% a tho ss
honorable body duty right m:ks he reausss: referred
Q the resolution e. DESTROYS Of responding thereto
@ ~ M I r. g -
VIOLATIONS Of The law refereed 70 and h.a ne so which,
SS ns a SsssS
with the a named Board that thls be-
with no scoSs endorsed Sereon was found t.. he de-
% ~ med .aa q as @ s Sass re-
ported The names Of large number q persons who were do
s.ss s .T DS ::s y
ment placed before this
delay Ss ss q
could hey having removed the places Of
Tin. s sy wss sSs r. thou
sand yo Of the 1S rAS bad been thus as
smourt labor Incidental .hsreto could be performed
% Board s s ns IS a the
made could be acted on and the NECESSARY papers placed
service on alleged @ hundred having
That The whole number OF suits commenced I'D 10 the date
hereof ten thousand two hundred and four which includes
he
applying ' ' he
suits h:
and filing with the Attorney the Board satisfactory proofs BY
% M or s S the % nS % ed
collected Had these suits been suffered TO continue to the
could sustained county might
That tie whole number discontinued payment
Of costs and Including all which any costs Whatever have
defaults have opened BY Court consent
Ss SUITS and II these only COSTS Ssy eD r.
seiysa the Aitornsy which varied from i've
making the sverage to each Of such suits that herein
That the suits agans. abou. three hundred, in the
last section referred 70 as having been Discontinued
ny se
q. s 20 pr a
settlement q Srosssdns
% n % a1d pe " ny sn s
part hereof moneys hssns.s
s1sSss ys s;S ID l 81 amounted 70 IN is 2
have been into ,Ss Sscds o. ne CITY
y ss Ct the
s eS1t ss Il n ely az
=
By he %osney 70 Ss gasra and o which Ss Is ndvdusy
entitled 2 an sSerass Of 81 for each s s
:sisa ,hsi hs result. ana ths s.tsu.o
following bsisf 'A' 'e'' '-'' ''N'
All suits commenced. nciud,nH 70 i%us..
SDS ~sTe On 4
average q costa ! 70 each Of such 49, ..o.
hecSrSa n Se - @ d ~ an s
For clerk hire. ssrvos OF papers As....... 600 -,
s.- -. =.
ss.a ~ s nn., a.
l04 win give Attorney, for the and pro-
% yo me ss IN. ..
e, sea and NJ
gated such being sustained the OF than
raised and sppoprased 70 hat pnrpose In addition The
sss Of % .o v Witch are the ss routine as
he ccrs and vsoro,s grossc%OR Of The actions hons
been nscessiated draw about eight hundred dstnet
rS m w asr had sn .:rs sd n s s ID ss
thai the to and filed , sDnr
for various and numerous alleged causes
a..ss in s%s as o$ psa
who had Been Committed in default of the paymsnt
OF executions and also perform the abors
and incdenal of time plead, the
filing OF notes of ssue the entering judgmeuts
OF riots and issuing OF executions In view OF these
facts which Show that the Attorney
has been and il and
also FACT that Of sun provided by the
nxed dollars the Undersigned would
respectfully sHgs honorable body the proprie'y of
the
properly for his services more
xhen
which the Excise law viewed by those more immediately
affected the
person whose enforce It's provisions 4
That the resolution of body, herein frs!
ferred especially addressed ecng Of
connected with The financial business
Board of Excise Commissioners. That putting
this the undersigned have replied thereto
herenbefore forth and that this
be as 70 exact dates &c cnnnected WIN other mat
ers feerrea 70 N ~ as 70 ss hshSs 81 n soe'
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