New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-25
WORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY OCTOBER %, 1894

ard corrurton" spoken OF 10 700. letter to me under
da;e OF the 9th Inst. -.
Under this Pickering ray of hone wrote you tle et
ter OF The 5th g. cua 10 tvor my unnecessary u'
Ia ,aka, u-op,ut measures csse1 10 bo prepared ln3
paper sent you forming tho reaso9s " M oct "lch
believed you intended 10 adopttha! oi the sasisrsloh
oi he head ci that Icpe41nCn..
In yull cote III thc 18Th swing re reason u oel
Won Intended aolion in ths rlatter saying nNr -
upthe bars az go aong it 9ssIf9d 20 ad net tss
ueh in putting up tho bars alter the cattle hau Co
cafed. s,.s,,, loading
members Of your profession shg consider mysci! tn.
lcicntly fo lifted Ia proceed" suppose You mean by
m that il the leading members OF the Legal profession
eypress favorable opnioa upon the sioJecs Oh YOUR
power suspend. then and not until then WIZ You TAKE
saca action he section twenty Of the chcIsr Oh e9'
declares, that the Mayer Comptroller aud CnuIbe 10
the Corporation may each be removed ny me IoVso
for cause IN ;e provided by law In the ease OF
shcrf" S ctiOn twenty one" Tie other heads 81 ex
ecye departments, except the officers OF the 'roton
Agueduct Board &C. lac mayor sha rave pomen o 10
suspend for cause, during any recess OF Tue common
Council. and by snd with the consent OF The BoaId OF
AdoIGen 10 remove any Of the heads Of deprrtnieN''
except the Comptroller and the Counsel to The CoToa
tom which tuspenson and the cuasc thereof, shall be
communicated 70 the Common Council, II Ia session II
not then at the fret meeting thereof Tho Board Oh
dernen under The charter, hsye power without tie
consent ofthe Mayor by vote Of twotards Of all tie
members elected 70 remove aGy Of the hcads or Depart
mans for cause, ohcr tiGn the Comptroller ana the
Counsel 10 tie Corporation"
TEus Won win ses iAat two powers are conferred upon
The Mayor, first. the power VI suspension and by ana
with tie 0! the Board Of Aldermen The power
10 remove lho Board VI Aldermen could remoi Q
without y0nr consen, b. vote of twothirds Oh the
members elected.
II Is said t, yonr power Of suspension is taken away
by tie laws Of tie State, session laws OF s63 cap w.
That net declares that "such heads Of departments
leanipg The City Inspector among Otbcrs) shall here.
after be moved from Office only ftr tho causes and
in the provided by law for the removal Of
the Comptroller Of said city,
Tho pow or to "suspona and the power to "remcVe
are rs Won viii see. ntillly different They Gle
lodged with different persons. The act Of 1868 simply
takes the power Of removal" IRON the Mayor AMI
Bprd OF Aldermen and pisces IL with the Governor
The power Of suspension" remains untouched. ara
your e fcr suspension hTr now 20 Be sent 70 TIE
Governor instead OF the Common Council The matter
appears b. he very plain
OF prrsons. especially lawyers and tadges may
and probably viii differ upon the Construction OF these
statutes hut 70 plain man OF good Common ssnse--as
cen be productive 81 injury and may b. corrected by
tie City Inspector II ho Should prefer luGoi1 Hiiu unity
fTOm official tai ptudc
Y0u will remember that when DracO administered
the aas VI Aihcns hc cansed hs laws to ho written 20
fine Gud hung them up high that his SUBJECTS could
neither read them. IL seons NC have fallen np0D
worse times when the laws emhlsuonsy penned.
that before a public funcii"nlIy can understand TIE
iain ftgr % iiW be must BE- fort led ~ the leading
i-gll members " tie ,cgal profession
Whether yotu Honor shall get the leading mem
bcfS 10 aRiee sm do not know and II your Hon
OF action depends That snail 70 once give up tie
matter IN that direction. NCgis. very respectfully
j. Il. WBIIW0.