The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-14

belonging to county or the Corpcrace o.
the Cy y, thssefore presumed that tho inf <mssaae
rsques.ed by you reaes exclusively to tho accounts aai
TIE oousrY % sEw YoRK,
Shto are subject 70 The osltcl and management Of the
Immediately upon receiving Inc ,oks furnished bv vs
early IN The year with Instructions regard method
OF opep:rg and keeping the accounts Of this ON 70 IN ocr-
oImy the general systcm prescribed ana adooted ~
you, caused said books 10 be opened, by oredtna he
appropriate accounts the amount Of revenues received
from and other sources and debng the proper 60
counts the amount Of warrants paid.
The fifth section OF the act relating 10 the Board So
pervsors passed April 49, 1857 provides that "no money
shall be drawn from the treasury except the shah
have been previously appropriated To tho purpose 6sr
winch b drawn; and no expense shall be incurred.
whether shall have been ordered BY the Board ~
unless appropriation Of money then In the treasury,
sumon 70 cover suoh expense shall have been previous
In consequence OF this restriction some ebarrassusss
for time In the early part Of the year.
Inc board OF Supervisors had SET up separate boz
oeps tns sum Of twenty nvo thousand dollars rAisel f
INC purpose o. reconssrucng county jail and with -
OF the annual taxes which could NOD So uss
late IN the fall They had also omitted 70 mako ssy -.
Notwithstanding all ese dcu,ses W. gs~nssiS =.
pected that the Oo@proaer would, some way prsvtds
ass. % Ky sDs S ana .so scs SALARIES h
the other current expenditures Of the county
except the amount Of four hundred ana forty
dollars which Wa temporarily advanced By mo or y
Tho Common Council having, according to prsvsou.
uesgc included IN their appropriation bill for 1850 the
amounts required for county purposes was finally
cluded upon conference between tho Comptroller Myor
Chamberlain, and members Of the Board Of Supervisors,
that IN view Of al the circumstances OF tho caso Il would
not be improper for the Comptroller to draw bis varaaAs
for such county and for tho County Treasurer
the same until the taxes for the year could be real.
zed when the advances made could be reimbursed ms
course was theroupou adopted and advances sdo
to the amount Of ono million eight hundred and uinsty-
nine thousand nine hundred and seventy four desrg ~
eighteen cents before the Tax Law Of the year passed
APPROPRIATIONS.
The total amount OF appropriations made by tho Board
OF Supervisors In 1859 was ..,.... S3 $50 I'D a
10 pay this snout there was included In tho
general tax levy Of 1850 for county pur-
poses the SUM or. 80 ,3l4 ,69l %
And the revenue OF the s'gene-
RAJ fund.- amounted O...... $3.50 %
In conformity to your instructions separate arseants
were opened and have been kept with each aporoors
ton and all pay mens made have boen uoou warrants
drawn signed and countorgned tho manner prescribed
by law.
q RECEIPTS AND PAYMEr
kece(fa-The total amount OF receipts In the Oourtv
Treasury, from all sources from tho LIST day Of Jsnuasy
1859, to December 81 1859 was. So 0o2 ga a.
Payments Tho total amount OF payments
nom the County Treasury, including trans
fers to the City Treasury during the period
above stated, wa. .........,..... - SS1k $40 Al
Balance In the Treasury At the close OF De.
cembef 81, 1859. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 488 8gS II
Summary of receipts from the various sources Of revc
nue. respectively during the year ending December 81
1859 - -
Ts1es IS ,sos.os7 e
lnteTeet on nxes.... $780, 06 63
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