New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-04
THE LATE LEGIsLATURE.


must again call attention to the injury rcsultngI
from the delay of bills to the last few hours OF
the session. Not only is there an iQsuiliceni
opportunity for discussion and examination, but
the members are often physically and mentally
exhausted by their severe labors for three long|
months of continuous session.
This was peculiarly noticeable during the de-
bate on heTax Levy for the City of New-York'
TO which Senator Andrews introduced an amend
ment concerning the salary Of the City Cham
bcrlain, giving TO that officer in lieu Of the one
per cent, 10 rhioh he Is now entitled by lar, one
|eighth of one per cent on NIL moneys passing|
through his hands upon receiving and paying|
over the same respectively" Now, as the City
Chamberlain was not "entiled by law" to one
per cent and as in suit against him by the
State to test this identical question judgment
has been recently rendered adverse to any such
claim, it was apparent that the wording of the
proposed amendment by Senator Andrews
needed alteration; but it seemed that majority
of the Senators were entirely too much cx-
hausted to do this properly.
Senator Murphy il is true, endeavorcd to ex-
plain to the Senate that onc-cighth of one per-
cent on receiving and disbursing espectyely''
SIG 600, 900 yearly, would be over $4,000,
but the members could not seem to see it; and
when he suggested that the clause introduced
bv Senator Andrews would confirm an Illegal
claim of one per cent commission upon the en-
tire sum- or SlG0, 600 year for four years past,
and render useless Gas it was doubtless designed
To do) the suit now being successfully prosecuted
i bv the State Controller to recover the commits
sion so retained all that could apparently be
done was clause added by Senator L. e..
Fields excluding any effect upon State moneys.
/ In other words, giving the Chamberlain $40
900 "a year from the City instead of 100000 a
I year from City and State.
No one was apparently able, during the whole
debate, TO discover how much money went
through the Chamberlain's hands, although the
subject of City Taxation had been extensively
discussed, and the fact that there were raised
ANNUALLY from fifteen To sixteen millions had
untfU fihliU anu l'llflhl'h az l'tTb - AA"NA''
Itimcs in the last two years before the same
Senate. Senator Andrews. however, paid a
Ihirh tribute TO Mr.. Daniel Deylin, the present
chamberlain, who had apparently complained
not a. most other of.cials-that his salary was
too low. but that il was too high, expressing at
| the same time q generous willingness to accept
one quarter OF one per cent for the future, pro-
vided he was not disturbed in his possession OF
one per cent for the past!
This was certainly very handsome in Mr..
Daniel Dcylin, and it is probable the amend
ment originated in hi- office. One per cent for
flour wears on sixteen million dollars, would give
thiln six hundred and forty thousand dollars;
land if allowed TO retain that sum for his past
Ieflioient aud laborious services, he would doubt
| less be willing TO accept forty thousand dollars
commission, beside his present salary OF two
Thousand dollars year for all future time-all
this, however, being OF course exclusive OF hlS
three and half per cent interest on the average
Idepo-its allowed TO him Individually by the
Broadway Bank, and which amounted last year
to one hundred and twenty-onc thousand dollars
precisely!
In short, ourpIcsent Chamberlainwas satisfied
with the modest sum O. one million one hundred
and thirty.two thousand dollars for services that
banks are ioohshly eager TO do for nothing; and
ready to take hereafter the p.tlul sum Of one
hundred and sxty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars for each and every year that the public
necessities may hereafter compel himto hold the
Improbable post Of Chamberlain From these
)amounts, certain knowing ones say that consid-
cradle amounts have to he applied to the sup
port of Tammany Hall IN the city, and conse-
qucntly Republican Senate may naturally
have felt some delicacy II interfering too decd-
eddy with the matter. 1t is TO he hoped inf
future that the Senate will consider similafbill
before it, yigor is spent in oyer-work.