New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-04

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yEW SCHEMES ON THE STATE TREASURE
Some of the new items now before the Com
mittee on Cities in the Assembly, for lnsertion
in the Tax Levies, as given by our correspondent
Yesterday, do not explain themselves
The item of $22,24O for the Board OF Audlt ID
in addition to similar amount paid to that
Roord last year, and is an attempt to get TWO
dovs' pay for one days work. The same per-
cons were appointed Board of Audit OF
County Claims and Of City Claims. The APP
Monuments were made in both the City ana
Comfy leyies, and hence the surviving mem
hers Of the Board claim double pay. When we
denounced this early in the history OF the
BOARD. one of the members wrote us mug
nautly denying the intention to make any such
claim The item of $4,000 for Joshua g. Able
"a because, some one chose to sue the late Fire
commissioner Able, alleging that he had for
feited his Office by accepting political nomlna-
ton and this is to pay his counsel fees. The
item of 100000 for the College OF the
Citv of New-York is for a new building,
&c. for the old Free Academy in
Hamilton Square. The S63,2O0 for Broadway
nav ement is to repave, in the same manner that
tbe rest of Broadway is now being paved, the
norton from Chambers to Canal-st., which Is
NOT included in the contract. Though the
ORIGINAL contract was probably swindle, we
think a majority of our citizens desire this
breok TO be repaved. The item of S1S963O for
Charles Deyelin, is for an old claim rejected by
the courts. but now revived because big per-
centage is offered for passing it, and member
of the Committee on Cities is SAID 10 DC inter-
ested. The item for the Binghamton lneptlate
ASYLUM comes from the Excise moneys, ana
is n final appropriation. The Hoffman Dlspen-
sary on Seventh-aye., which asks SllOOo, Is
said to be the establishment that adYertlses
weekly, in The Sunday Mercury to cure pm
"vate diseases for consideration. The
"NIonum ent for Soldiers at Cypress Hill,
$4,000 seems to be q second Court House,
never to be finished. The increase OF the
salary to the Board of Excise is not $3,OOO,
hut 81 800 each, making the salary of the MEM
hers of that Board $4,000 in all. AS members
of the Board of Health, they get $4,000, max
ing. with the proposed increase, $500 in all
TO those members who belong only to these
Boards. The four Police Commissioners, how
ever. who are members of these Boards, now
get $1,000 ,and, with the increase, Will get
IS. 800. while those members who act as Presl-
dent or Treasurer get an additional sum. Be-
sides this increase, the Board of Police are
asking $1,000 each for themselves, thus making
their salaries as Police Commissioners only
$4,000 each. The salary Of the Health Ofhcer
no one pretends to guess at. The $4,000 asked
for the Record Clerk Of Police Courts is, we
understand, for gentleman who is Cher
Clerk in one of the United States Internal
Revenue Offices, which position ought to take all
his time Would it not be good idea by a
general provision, 90 forbid any one who draws
\ salary from the United States to receive any
thing under the tax leviesi The Sl1l,391 asked for
the Battery Improvement is directly in the face
of the provision in the last years tax levy, that
the large sum then appropriated should com
plete the work. The appropriations asked for
charitable objects seem to be suspiciously sec
tartan. and one or two of the Societies, If we
mistake not, exist only in their reports and
their officers salaries.
The items of increase amount to over a
million, and we fear they relate only to the City
levy. We hope the members of the Assembly
will watch all new items as closely as we mean
TO watch them.