The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-06-12
THE NEW COURT HOUSE.

THE NEW COURT HOUSE.
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Ofs1cx CLERK or BOARD SUPERVISORS,
No Osry HALL, NEW YORK. June 0, 1868
Az meeting Of the Hoard Of Supervisors, held this
day. the following report presented by the Special
ordered that the report be printed in FORM
and that the same be published under the direction Of
inc committee on New Court HOUSE 11s vorsn c,...
The Special Committee New Court House, TO whom
Mayor dated May 2s 1885, would respectfully report that
the Mayor in said message, uses the following language,
nyng resolutions one which adopted BY your
pay large number Of bills Tor salaries and for
hundred and eighty dollars and seventy cents; and the
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ssoners certify that they have examined the annex
ed pills and have them with the originals gin, .S On e
icass having been given BY them therefor" In examinng
ton, and !S.s sSs s%osHsas .
Mr.
three Of the bs toby your COMMITTEES
four Thousand three hpnlred and dol
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the cOnpeteness Of The Building Communion e Z:
from action suanE Ties: bills nss%uea
as and .
all must approve the whole. IN
Your committee would state that previous TO present.
the report and resolutions vetoed by his Honor the
Mayor they held meeting for the purpose OF examining
and auditing the bulls and claims mentioned therein.
Messrs Hunt aud Corss, the Commissioners under the
act Of 1885, and under whose super said bills had
been contracted by invitation OF your committee attend.
Your committee requested these gentlemen to re ex-
anime and compare the bills certified By them. and IL
not By any possibility be paid again BY mtake aud also
to prevent the auditing Of any bills not properly incurred
bills requested they forthwith commenced the exami
nation OF such bills and jointly examined and certified all
them except those referred to by his Honor the Mayor
In respect to these bills your committee would state that
after the COMMISSIONER with the assistance Of their clerk
had concluded such examination. the bills delivered
examined and certified by them correct the bills beings
quite numerous not all scrutinzed by your commit
tee TO ascertain il each certified In writing by
both Of the Commissioners your committee taking it
granted he bills being delivered to them by the Commits
soners correct and noticing that several Of them were
duly certhed) that all were certified
On inquring Of the clerk Of the Commissioners to
the omission of Mr. Hunts name from four Of the bills
committee have asCertaned thatwhen said bills,
were examined 1t found that they were bills repre-
scnting certificates for labor that is the Commissioners
instead of paving the workmen, were obliged to issue
certificates showing the time for which each entitled
to receive pay These certificates have been sold by the
certificates presented bill the amount OF the
tcate held BY him. It then became necessary Tor the
Commissioners each certificate ascertain
its There being one thousand three hundred
and twenty OF these certificates and Mr.. Hunt being
able to spare the time to hem Mr. Corles and
the clerk examined them in his absence.
Mr. Hunt, not being able to examine said bills per-
sonaly could not certify them, but willing to GER
tify that believed them be correct He then re-
quested Mr.. Cores 70 certify them and there being
difference Of opinion to the Of those bills
they delivered by the Commissioners TO your
mttee as being correct.
AS to the three bills signed by either of the Com
mssioners your committee would state that they are for
pvedh nv
the Commissioners The Commissioners stated TO your
committee that they would certify those bills up to the
date Of the resumption of the work by the Board of
pervisors but that they did not wish to appear
| ing to act after that date.
sohers had examined and compared the bills, did
deem necessary to except these three bills their
| certaned by any person with very little trouble.
That on the day OF the reception of the Of
his Honor the Mayor before the same was sent to the
Board Of Supervisors the Mayor your committee
informed, had an interview 10 his Office with Mr. HUT.
His Honor the Mayor could then have ascerained the
rectness Of the bills and thereby had his mind and
conscience fully enlightened and relieved upon the sub
Your committee regret that the language used by his
Honor the Mayor would seem to impute direction
the part Of Mr. Cores, one OF the Commissioners
They glad however, to know that the repatation OF
John B. Corcs IN this community upwards Of thirty
years is sufficient answer to any impuatiop that may
committee regret that the Mayor has seen t TO place
his objections 10 the said bills on mere matters Of form
rather than OF substance.
his objections are not that the bills are incorrect He
does not intimate that they incorrect in any partcu
lar but wthholds his approval the ground that they
not certified In the manner form which he thinks
proper and as ii the object Of bis Honor the Mayor
70 ind pree1t for differing from the Board Of Super
visors he seizes upon the first apparent object he
find. although there q shadow Of ground for it,
This your committee cannot consider either just
OF New York. '
The Mayor in his message objects 10 the second
resolution in SAID report in the following language
My objection resolution grounded on the
defects OF the law under which have assumed authority
Of the Bedding In the opinion ns Of nse
and Sas that ro LAW which
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your authority questionable, and being unwilling STARE
se a s Of rssSo snS al my
under this law snt the gnes,ioLs a. to its validity and inn
With willingness conform their Judgment and
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question the proper legal tribunal for udicaon As
he the Court @
to unite with you in any measures calculated 10
SO far as relates to these objections Of the Mayor 10 the
second resolution for alleged defects in the law under
which the Board OF Supervisors have resumed authority
the work OF constructing the Court House, and
also to its unconstitutonaliy, your committee would
make the following statement
In the month August 1861 the Board Supervisors
being the only body legally authorized to proceed with
thereupon and continued work thereon just prior TO
the November election, when the Mayor, Hon. Fernando
Wood requested the opinion Mr. Bronson Counse to
the Corporation as TO ths right OF the Board Of suner
proceed with the work. The Corporation Coun.
sci in reply TO said request gave an opinion in which
said that the absence Of any direct instructions from
the Legislature to the Board OF Supervisors build the
Court House, the Commissioners appointed TO
City Hall (he property OF the C0rporation) the pro
per persons proceed with the work In Difference TO
these views the Board OF Supervisors the second day
after the reception Of communication from Comp
troler transmitting said opinion, requested the City Hall
Commissioners 10 take charge Of the work This action
taken although the members OF the Board OF Super.
fully satisfied that said Board the only
proper body authorized 10 erect the Court House
although the Commissioners themselves and the then
Mayor expressed doubts their rights TO pro-
coed with the work.
Your committee, by direction OF the Board, have
suited the legal adviser right TO proceed
with the work. have obtained his opinion, which Is
| rs iollows:--
CRY OF NEW YORK, Law DRPARTxKyr,I
Orrrcs COUNSEL To CORPORATION, June q. 1868
| TO COMMIrrKF BOARD
OF County or NEw YORK.
In inquiry regard to the effect OF the
of 1865 the erection Of House the