The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-20
Almost q New Face Under the
Old Name.
The Separate Election Bill in the
Assembly.
The Greenwich Street Railway
Not Dead Yet.

Not Dead Yet.
ALBANY, April TO- 1871.
1t was generally expected by the way
THE TAX LEVY
was rushed through yesterday that 1t had terrible
lot Of ob" tails attached to It, which could only be
nshed out after the bill had been signed and re-
corded in the office or the Secretary OF STATE How.
ever the general expectation has not been realized
The bill was signed this forenoon, ana after tho.
rough examination OF 1t find that no amendments,
with but one or two uninportant exceptions, were
made TO the original bill other than those I had
occasion to refer to my letter published In todays
HERALD. AT the end OF section five line has been
added to 1t, as follows"No judgments, except on
issues Of law, shall be entered" up hereafter against
the city and county or New York. The third section
In relation to the transferring OF the OF the
amounts required for the various departments by
the Board OF Appointment ito such other pur.
poses as they shall find to require the same" has
been added to by the following important
hne:-"And shal regulate all salaries Of
officers and employees Of the city gov.
ernment.n Another amendment is that the
Board shall organize by electing o president
and secretary, and "for all purposes Of this act
shall be considered county well city officers"
The original bill has i've sections and the amend.
six contains the provision prohibiting
sECTARIAN DONATIONS,
and appropriates one dollar week, in addition to
the amount already allowed BY law, for
each founding taken charge .>Of Dy the
Sisters or Charity In the Founding Asylum.
1t also has the followng:-"The moneys hereafter
received for licenses shall be appropriated for cha
rltabe purposes by the Board OF Apporuonment
herein provided for as they may In each year deter
mine from time to time as to object, purposes and
amounts, and tho proper o1cers shall deposit such
excise moneys with the Chamberlain who shall hold
1t subject to the disposal OF said Board OF Appor
tonment. The seventh section refers to the appro-
priation Of s15o,0OO for
THE NEW COURT HOUSE
and in the usual roundabout legal phraseology ex-
plains how the amount shall be raised-vz., by issu
ing new county stock. The eighth section Is taken
up with the plans as 10 how the Corporation Counsel
Is to audit the claims Of the late Sheriff OBrien,
''thirty days after the presentment thefeof.n On
the obtaining OF proper certificate from the Corpo
ration Counsel the Comptroller must pay the amount
allowed, and can even be compelled to do so
by alternative mandamusn The amount Is to DO
raised by the issuing OF bonds bearing interest not
exceeding seven per cent, The section closes as
follows:-"1he Board Of Supervisors are hereby an.
thorlzed and directed to order and cause to be
raised by tax upon the estates subject by law 10
taxation an amount Sufficient in each year 10 pay
the interest on the bonds and an amount suflcient
to redeem the bonds at maturity Section nine gives
the supervisors salary OF 1000 o year. AS the
are eS oacto the Board OF Supervisors, and as each
member gets Sgva az SeSr los ie trouble .. Deng
stte'ts NOT TO BE sNEEzED AT. t.,e 7; 4
Section 10 is SIMPLY as Notwithstanding In this
aes O H OF Of ac BASED 80
and act to consolidate the debt OF the county OF
New York, passed the same day." Section II reads
thus:-"rhe amounts received for sewer permits Is
sued from the Department OF Public Works shall
hereafter be placed and passed to the credit OF tho
seofon ia smpy soWs the c@
Of Fox, Livingston Co., Tor the repairing Of pier,
the amounts paid for taxes and assessments BY The
Missionary Society Of the church situated ~ IN
Will thus be seen that not
A SINGLE CLAIM OR "JoB"
was allowed ret into tho bill after the fashion OF
the old tax levy way Of doing things. II this fact
can be taken as an earnest Of the course the
they have organized, the people viii, doubtless,
not have to complain much after all that the old
na Tms
alone Will tell however. The doors are only half
a me s 's SO
that 'yobs which were unable to get into the levy
81 Albany may not find it 50 hard 20 be accommo.
TIE aRKESwIcH STREET RAILWAY AGAIN.
There was quite lively time q II this afternoon
street Elevated Railway-into existence. lopbyist
getting large humber q the County members to
vote against the bill for TWENTY-FIVE dollars apiece
e sE 9o Cs Os
opponents OF the measure stoutly Flanagan,
Loure Hayes and nman Went G for ,nS
brought up the rear with fearful appeal .pxSl to
the enemy TO have pity upon the .lateillgent
sance, and the small dogs that bark at II every timc
under its hated rails Sat the heavy cannon
aiding OF the warlike Hickman and the tears
s SSSnn snsE roSs s e no Of ayS h
enemy SO stTengine1sd By gTeen6aSSs ana the 90
IA yeas. Long jim Wilson, IRON R0ckand, how.
ever. had O motion TO reconsider ana lay upon the
table carried; SO the blu may come up again before
BE that It may, the defeat OF this bill Is but
other sample OF now country members can do pretty
whenever they nave mind to be stubborn. despite
the wishes OF the people most concerned la the cys
welfare
which provides for different ballots and ballot boxes
so 81 he Woe in
chair the drst thing tonight after the reassemDhng
Of the lower House. La,tlejohn made speech
reading BY q vote OF sixly-four to nfty-eight. 1t
would nave then been At once placed upon Us final
lined 20 has bed from Injuries received ny a
lamentabe heels over head tumble he got quite
accidentally In the street the other night. IL will Do
passed at eleven O'clock tomorrow. The lower
House got through with the entire
CHARf BILL
tonight and It was finally passed by vote OF % to
23. The gross amount OF donations Queer than
the $4,000 allowed every year for State
institutions run UP to $4,000 before
the members OF n charitable turn Of mind
let 20 their hold Of II, bus this viii
undoubtedly be run good deal over million when
the Senators take Their hack at It. The only feature
IN the bill which provoked anything like discussion
was that donating $4,000 10 the charity week.
day schools. Que or the obscure country members
argued to show that this feature was n plow
ut the common school system, but Alvord made
an eloquent appeal In favor or the donation, and IL
was carried by an overwhelming majority. An
attempt was made 10 sneak IN an appropriation for
the Little Fails Academy, but 1t miscrably faded.