The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-04

mail be raised (s6o,ooo) 1t will increase the above SUE
Ghe Comptroller has no doubt but the tax for genera
pupoes may be reduced With safety 10 one mil on th
| of it,
Amin tax will yield, IN round numbers, 81 400, 900
which, with the other reven, Of the General Fund,
about will eons'i.u, "a fund Of 81 goo goo fo
s % ~ SsaDss 70
81 200 goo s believed 70 be pie for all the necessary
expenses Of and ex eds .he estimates here
priaons payable the fiscal year should exceed the
estimates herewith presented $780, soo leaving $50 for
the supply bin of 1861 the ayaR OF a mill tax and the
other revenues Of the General Fund will fully meet them
Hero follows long vindicaon OF the last report Of
tee Comptroller from the attack OF the late Canal Com
Tho past IS gone and cannot be rec led The question
for those Entrusted with the reeponsib sy OF administer
Ing the Affairs Of the State is what to be our future
policy arc expenditures TO be kept thin available re.
sources ls the debt Of the state TO increased or d.
diminished Shall borrow money an nualy 70 pay in
terest existing abities and autonai 0bliga-
lions and public faith to be sacredly fulfil car
II great mistake TO suppose that hes sqnesuons are
be practical and vitality important Many Sa looked ,or
when expenditure was cease, and when here would
be further occasion for extraordinary app, opraons
but no snch period will ever arrive Other obj ec OF ex
penditure viii be presented and pressed upon ne auen
ton Of the Legislature and the people, atr sctyc,
not a. merorous as many Of those heretofore 'oVoeo
The contest between two antagonstc financial p 'ices
viii
quate to protect the people against The accumulated Of
sp created IN ss1n ma
The Comptroller believes that public debt the most
nsidous and dangerous enemy Of free government and
In retiring rom the public service, he deems II occa
sion TO express his Incorporating hostility to any in
sSssr css s'
or suppress insurccton and he has in the discharge
ing lis ss@sns upon he people q e sas bis
est ambition has been attained.
BALE or LANDS FOR rAxB
The Comptroller has been engaged nom the commence
ment Of his term In 1858 In preparing for sale Of lands
5sSa ae y s e % 0r ne . asS
counties Of Erie and Caaraugus from 1870 TO 1874 incu
sye large portion q the clerical force Of TIL: ONCE
service. The sale commenced the 10th day Of Novena
Der last, and occupied sixteen days.
te and dollar upon each LOT or parcel for expenses
Of Che sale, advertising, &c.
purchases by others than the State which viii be re-
ceved into the treasury s and the amount Of
ton Of the lands bid In by the State consists Of the
servatou lands before spoken o. n Erie and CatarauSus
lion since lSls, when an action was commenced aean
the Comptroller and an injunction obtained restraining
Se ss S an
sowing the injunction and brought the case TO hearing
s ~ ~ss u
une WIN siapss bsfc.s anai sdjadiosaon csnlbs
wI In time realize The amouns Of the taxes: favor
sbic from ihs lands thenseivss; sdversc, from the
counties in which they are located.
TBB payArcAI1oN o. LIVINGSTON corxn f11Agclx1.
portion Of the State tax Of 1854, and the whole Of The
tax Of 1885, amounting June a. 1866 70 ~ ~ o2Ewas
uad n consequence Of the default Of The county frea
eurcr. ~. M
Tho state recovered judgment against NE treasurer
he bond Nothing Sss been Collected
upon either Judgment the latter being st pending In the
courts In the meantime attempt behalf OF the
State 70 compel TIE coury to levy tie amount and psyn