New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-06
FROM
TzKE TAX-LEvY-LETTE FROM sii
JUDGE EDMONDS. ia
NEW YORK, May 4, 1864.

member Of that Association, and If IN any respect
have been led into / hope you will believe me
when / you that it will give Inc pleasure 10 &c
knowledge and correct my error
On the fifth page of that pamphlet to which You refer
YOU will observe that We complain OF the power OF
transferring appropriations from one object to another
and We suggest as one Of the remedies for excessive
taxation. the abolition Of the power.
This was ontained in report Of our fret visit to Al
bany made early in April. at another visit, made at
subsequent period the paper to which you refer was
prepared in order explain what was meant by this
Transfer of Appropriations and the two tables were
given Of excess of expenditures over the amount au
orzed by law 10 be raised by for the specific pur
pose one of them relating to city taxes, and the other
to county taxes.
La making up the county tables took my materials
from Laws Of New-York OF 1862 page ZIG, Chap 49,
and srom Document No - Board of Supervisors, Dec
Is. 1863" page IS, which purports IS be Commune
cation from the Comptroller transmitting his financial
estimates or Budget for tie year le6i."
II / have been mislcd these are tie sources OF my
error.
But in order 10 ascertain whether we have erred OF
not We must first understand the position taken by you
AID by ms.
We claim that when The law allows you 10 raise
certain sum for specific purpose you cannot o1rcnd
GA that rur,ose more than that spend any Of
tnt su or any other purpose But by the recent con-
uvanse 20 which we referred, Of tran.icring sums
nom QUO purpose To another that limitation was yiTu
ay destroyed; AID by the tables mentioned We showed
,hat the Common Council lad in one year exceeded
q 81. limits in - instances, amounting 10 sJGls2 p
and Che Board Of Supervisors in ~ instances exceeded
tlcir limits sl739li g
IN your remarks You admit that your Board has thus
exceeded the appropriations Of The year but You defend
f. partly on the ground of transfer Of appropriations
nom other objects and partly ny balances yoG had On
hand OF tlc prior year.
Now SO f4r O.. regards tie amount Of your excesses
ard the meeting them by transfers Of appropriations
YOU confirm everything we said or intended 10 say.
We did not saw nor mean to say, that in your aegre
gate expenditures for the year you had exceeded the
sum total committed 20 Your care. We Lad Lot exam
iucd that question Nhcn report was made But since
the publication Of your remarks it has been examined
and at examination has been made In order to a'cog-
tain whether we had even by implication dome you In
Justice HAT Il We had, might promptly correct tie
olTor.
Eecorec.inc that you fal back upon tho surplus you
had On hand prior 10 1902 Justification Of your ex
cess ofs73g7l ~ during that year, the following il the
ro. lt Of what your own documents and tie statutes
show:
J. ADyRusSG.
Apriorrs'ion ia the law Of laoi.......... 5000 90
Expenditure 100 'bl.................'.''''' iN-'% 10
There was 10 here 10 be carried ioIy ara 10
help out tic appropriation q is69.
2 COUNTY CoSrSGEscira
Anticipation ia l8ll....................''F.o,o 90
rtfendi-lr n lloi..................'.''' ~ "
No excess hcie either
8 EHo1IoS EXPESsrs.
A.. ff.H
L5l,Iitgrr 800 i.bi.............'-..'.''' '5'" ~
Nor any excess here.
Z. NrfRg,T Loans.
Al onrAHon 10 i9 l.....................@tt1 ip
EHlendit1rc n iO9l........'''...''.''.''. '''' -
Gf,ir,sn. r,s,.of .................. S06lsa
Bot in lt62 your excess over tie appropriation was
sea2i7 - and you stl exceeded in so2. by sotJl 81,
both the appropriation u isG2 and the surplus of tie
prior year.
p ficuTiNo. CIAyiN0, &C, oFficrs
fpprapr '.en Boz $3.50 30
LApfnilulci ln l91l............'....... lytl5 iV
No excess to cary forward.
q. RFsrs.
Appropriation m lfl .....+......'.'s's''s'r iNp ~
Irpfrdfnfss H. hl...................... tet -
-. fo c.rlv f1rv. ................... g2Il
e. sALlKrrs EIrcurVz DEPARTMENT.
frrrnII aons Boz lsll............s..... $50 Nl
lspfil urss ln .........'''s''..'..' ppN' y
Ezc,ss 10 cauy ior" afd.....'.........'.''' 10 :"
g. sAL,na. JUDICIARY.
Arplf pr iI"rs Dol f4-t'p ="
I.qsni.iIcs u looi..................... ~ o- tl
M excess.
oar statement of wlioh you complain, contains ten
items. Above have noticed eight u them. In iAlee