The New York herald., 1863-02-19
Board OF Supervisors.

/ Beard Of Supervisors.
MAYOR OPDYKg's VETO MESSAGE.
Al meeting Of this Board on Tuesday AftsraOon the
following communication received from the Mayor
and read
| hAroR's Osyacx, Nxv Yosx, Fob u, 1863
| 10 ru HoEoRARlx THE BoAlD or SuPnvisoas
GKsn1xxn-i return without approval your ordinance
making m T ior the support the county gov
Some Of the approximations you propose appear TO me
among these @ sS.s for sdvsrns ,s Inc
purpose. You propose ss9 oo0 This wide departure
from the estimate q the Comptroller which based on
tee. viii appear The remarkable when oontrasted
with tho appropriations Of previous years for the same
Appropriation Of 1850 for county advertising 81 0lb "A
Appropriation OF 1861 for county advertising %
Appropr alton Of 1862 for county advertising 90
| Proposed appropriation Of 1868 iOr county ad-
FROM this table il viii be- secn ,ha, you prop Sc 70
change the rate or Increase i has hitherto been LIBERAL
propose TO make Il lavish Being unaware Of any suf
ncent reason for this change and finding nothing % JUS
the needed norma, ION In your published debates From
these learn that there are unsettled claims against the
which you intend shall be paid Of the present appro
priation also learn from tho statement made by the
tonery that most Of these unsett claims for work
aSss mol sasS bs any ~ sss d m, to .a.
thing Every newspaper that desires publish any thing
goes and publishes II, and sends in bi il makes
sort OF difference whether they authorized to dc 80
| or not. . ! have got now before the committee
bills for this kind Of work amounting TO ten twelve
thousand dollars large portion OF the work was never
ou that y mses S o S oaa saa
"you had better do H. or "yoa might do IT," That
know nothing about.
The Chairman very properly declared himself opposed
to pay ing any bills OF this class But in this would ap
pear he OILERS With the ma ority Of your Board for on
rcsed from $ COO t34 600 for the express purpose
providing these bills And this amount subse
OF providing similar bills during the present year
From this debate and the action which followed II, il
would appear that your honorable body prepared to
recognize the Of any newspaper the county for
! publishing your proceedings or any portion Of them,
whether authorized by you 10 do 30 or not.
rhe adoption and public avowa of such system Of ad
vertsng as this fully explains tho necessity Of large
appropriation to meet the claims that may be expected
under this head in truth the system is at once so lbe
raj aud 80 lax, that persisted in you will be indebted
to the forboararce OF the conductors Of the the
penditures tor advertising do greatly exceed the
| large amount you have named.
II Is always with unfeigned regret that find myself
that you present Tor my approval because aside
from the unpleasantness differing with coordinate
branch Of me county government, unfortunately SO
u my duty TO send to however respectful may be its
language seems to disturb the eqnanimi,y Of or
your members to degree that seriously threatens the
dgnity u your Board. have therefore, carefully
tinzed your novel system Of advertising in the hope of
! finding some hidden merit which would commend IT 10
judgment The search has been fruitless In any
pcct in which can view the subject your method is
unique in its character and have doubt the public
viii regard IT, venture to hope IL will not be persist
cd IN though trust, when Abandoned you Will NOT pro
cee to tue opposite extreme publishing your proceed
ines IN BIT one aer of small circulation, us you have
dne Of late in the case OF communications sent you from
4 this office.
The true policy lies between these extremes The public
Interests would be best subscrvcd it to mo, by the
publication O. ali your proceedings including the ayes
and noes in which the public feel deep interest, but
which now not published at all in two leading Jour-
OF large circulation opposite politics Ihis II is
! would
so 600 annum OF about onequarter the amount you
propose TO appropriate.
must object to tho appropriation OF $2oI $50 for
the construction Of the Harlem river BRIDGE that
being SoS 900 80 more than tho Commissioners OF the
bridge themselves asked for.
have heretofore, four different OCCASIONS sought to
save the county treasury from what believe to have
been unnecessary advances for this expensive work. by
returning with my objections resolutions directing
payments to be made of bills which Weschcstcr county
ought TO have been required 70 pay she already owed
the bridge.
form In which II is proposed repeat the Injustice
is such as cannot fail to command attention II is cst
mated by the engineer OF the bridge that its total cost
will amount to $60s 250 Of which Westchester county IL
required by law to ray proportion equal 70 the geogra
phca extent OF hor jurisdiction ovcr It. The Bridge
Commissioners in ther statement OF the required
TO be raised 10 complete the structure $233 2i9 GS
as the sum- and deduct thcrerom appropriation which
they tiopate from the Supervisors OF Wcs,chcstcr
county Of 800 account Of their proportion OF tho
cost Of the bridge Under these circumstances your re-
Quenen that SOS COO 80 of this 500 900 shall be raised
by Rx upon citizens, instead OF being provided
by the Supervisors Of Woschcser county proposed by
the Commissioners seems TO mo so obviously obec0na
bio that the proposition needs but to be stated TO secure
/ its emphatic condemnation.
cannot approve the addition Of &20,0 900 which you
have made TO the appropriation for salaries the
tive departments. u appears from the report OF your
committee that this is intended for compensation TO tho
Mayor and chief officers Of the Finance Department or
the additional duties imposed on them BY tho separation
Of the county finances from those of the city Both the
phraseoogy and the this item appear me
oh ect nable. infer from the proceedings OF your
Board that this OF $50 COO Is intended to provide
! vtrn lh0 pfOtlirp
department for the past four years, well for the
present year. To this retrospective liberalty nn op
posed because regard as alike unwisc and Illegal II
appears u me 10 oe in direct violation Of the seventh
section Of the law defining which rs in these
words:-"So allowance or payment beyond legal claims
| shall be allowed by the noard."
Again: specially object to tho OF the word "May
or In the appropriation IN question. That Official has
not been consulted in the matter. He mas expressed
any IL true that the action Of Board in reference
to the expenditure or public money has in many cases
appeared To HIM so ndcions not wasteful that much
OF his time has been occupied in the investigation and at
tamptcd correction Of such action But for this addition
TO hts official services he desires other reward than the
consciousness Of having faithfully discharged his duty 70
the public,
| have made this communication full and explicit
than is my CUSTOM because have noticed with much
It's action suggestion IN your Board to appoint Com
mttce ON Nctoes
Hitherto, when such papers have reached you they
have merely eicited uDparanentary remarks In refc
TO their author and unsupported contradictions o
the statements contained in them with very little, II
With an appropriate commi'tSc to which they may be
referred for consideration trust this practice VIII be
changed aud that such communications rom this office
VIII hereafter be Judged solely by their merits with
out ony reference whatever to their author.
This change appears 10 10 be due alike 10
dignity and TO the public interests under charge.
GEORGE opDYkE, Mayor
The Walton Will Case.
srRIoGATE's COURT.
Before lion Gideon J. Tucker.
Evn IT fhs n1u,r af The I'm of W,ykon