New-York tribune., 1871-09-14

Of the city, upon which tho necessary uds have eesn On
Tns qCnrSsr ,S% e that aon ra.s q aS
fSsS Hs ADMITS that The COMMON
TO be incurred By the Department oi Puoo w sdn
that hs a. controiisr on the certificate Of Tysed nss
S1! x aSass1sS
sums Tweed may certify no requires TO anp"nu'
VIOLATION OF THE " TWO PER OsNT AoT.
There was another statute passed st the last
the Legislature Chap Of the Laws Of is1 commonly
known AZ the 1.-TWO Per Cent Ao and to the provisions
OF this statute 1t will be necessary for me 10 dect your
Honor's attention little more In detail lmr strahan
here read the five sections OF the statute In question:
Your Honor VIII notice here that under the hrst sec
tsfs Tn Is Of WSSh shs not
Upon the valuation as hxea py ~ tne NE .na conntv
yr have the statement OF the defendants Hall Con
molly and Tweed, In reference to the actions 9i % tm,s
Hoard hg Of S1p seson s
take one side, the DEFENDANT Connolly take: another
Hall and Tweed SSts seS AZ Sd section
defendant Connolly stated that the Board OF App9
tSs%enf rssed BY hsns ssaon the grn
cipal Of the debt falling due this year; and to@ "a
M thus matt mater not aHe the defendants Hail and Tweed
We have other proceedings OF the Board OF Apporond
pal Of the debt ang hs Connolly
ssue bondsDthat it was improper for him. or for the
Board Of Apportonmen to provide out Of taxation or
that they and Connolly and Mr. sweeny have done the
thing which the Controller swears 1t would DO improper
Section IL of chapter s22 of the laws Of 1871, says;
city SSk es sad city T
in 1871 and also the amount required 10 DO rHso % o.
said interest for the on h aan Gs %d
die of section the consolidated debt act account aa
in the Per Cent act both the consolidated aena ac.s
They arc not repealed Under tho Per Cent there
command to the Board OF Apportionme nt OUT oi ,ne
la tlaH NJ fay
We allege that the amount is about saooooco The
Controller admits correct there There IL mere
SoOOjO5N Therefore 30 be accounted for in some Way
Tny yo S%TH rSa S S s;as e1
lie Controller to consolidated deb, stock to pro-
ts S TS % a% 1ir HAN dnS O ' that
OF debt has been provided for out OF the pro,
SSfd' T1sse ssa " 'anss0a s sc5 c5 V
fer Asa Board of Apportionment dealing WIN taxa
.iU lnra!sT ly m"sar ns aii at question
amount of soCOOoOo, those minutes which would nave
are therefore, driven dra with the case as IL Is pre-
sented there upon those papers and clearer c'Se or
the showing Of those gentlemen themselves i0n have
OOoO which you raised by ntock topay the
sane purpose which you have raised by taxation or pro
posed to raise by taxation. We ask your Honor to inter
fere here, and ask Honor to command these gen
tlomen Of the Board of Apporonnent TO act upon the
third section Of the statute nnd to provide ont OF tn"
them from Issuing any bonds for tho purpose OF ceetng
that object
CLEAR CASE FOR THE COURTS INTERFERENCE
We ask your Honor to prevent that being done, ana
compel tho Board of Apporonnent to act As the statute
declares they are bound 10 act and provide for the pay
mcnt of tat debt of the amount which o be raised
by taxation We will not it il true 80 mch ny
we can get the conditicn IN which, at present tIo
funds Of the City unfortunately placed Now II You
this Two Per Cent act you will find that ont Of tho sum
1t has authorized to be raised y taxation, IN fG H. ~ %
Of thnu ufotu IL tn tn
ana County Government for all dch'l;nle'ts anu lui
poscs Here your Honor will permit mo TO refer to ne
fourth artice OF the section 80 which provide:
for the foration OF creation Of VARIOUS @ tt tnrr q
Finance Department. Law Dcpartnent, a Police
Rspamcn a. crcs Tf f"G ai %Srsa
Dcrimcnt f1rH q naiGl"es Derarms Of Dock; and d.
nj OF Public instruction The second section Ci the
act oyet "a the s az tSs to q y Ta,"a nna
cSuy t" sSTern%en IN M for ali tn Departments ana par
poses for the y-nrs $50 and 1874: have 5recisd
cHS" city Gn%srDnt. 'ns .' Ts Boari Of hrporisnncn
consisting of Hal. Twecd, Connolly and sMeenyy.
6oSs NOT M mem @ T Tn "n II e@S GS.v ys f for It's de-
b. raised by !,Hiii"n, hut thoy say no, II dos no M
y ,t,tttgs under which they claim authority to issue
bonds Of tie city and county to pr'vdo in Is for Inc
OF It, de- ar,riris and purposes over and ahn'o the
which MS second section rrov !S FOR that pr
pose; aud Sir they havo acted upon thr"c 4,aii'rs ~
lie face o! at provision s!,c they hrra'r l'.F 81 81
Appr iuum.nt April Ia i. they have Ord"icd - Do
raj >ed money upon bonds to tho amount of S0j~1D
Fond BUSINESS THAT MIST EE sToTiED
II difficult In dealing with such gentlemen. to say
what Ia ncuage can DO sed with tho view OF providing
safeguards the city and County treasury This Sec
ond section Of this statute In langnage which any one
except themselves would he incincd to consider as not
susccpt of any double meaning. provides that all tho
expenses for all the departments oi the city and County
Government is to he paid from IaXat!G and they, Ill
the face o. that statute proceed un!cr tic au noiy OF
tatutcs extending back to tn" 1882 and under Ori
nanc,s of the Common Council lave auihOiized bends
to he issued il excess of taxation to the amount OF
$.L,@o,@O, ~ have cAplaned They hnys hSed the
ta%aton at :2o9 9oO9 aud bay" ant'orzsd ALREADY to 9
issued in OF that $0"soo, aud unless stopped,
the Controller very ca!idy tells us Is bis intention to
iun these bonds Thus % T tI TIs ir presented re- TO
jn,Ssr, prior this Two Per Cent chcSc gentlemen
mcnts and purposes Of the City and County of New.
York hy means OF bonds, any ann whatever Prrha Is
passed ssC uci the Two Per Cent to the
Normal school, and to the extent nf the authority whi"
ton brin notified. The extent which We do n.iItgh
before your Honor is that undr no authority dcrivahIe
gentlemen rase cent legally Tor any department or
irpo of the CITY and County Govcrnnrn, OF this city;
mplicatio, and that il is their duty 80 t. crnta their
operations, very beneficial thing 10 ih nsry", aud to
the pulic-as 10 bring t1'r expenditures "iiih The sum
allowed here, z?3oOo,e0
1t is, your Honor, very serious question which is
under the machinery OF issuing of hoAdS the ty debt
and County debt has been enormously Increased; aud
think that IN the OF the pnaic am entitled here
10 demand that where the Legislature provides resric
tion that calculated 10 rut stop, perhaps cnlr tenn
porary hui certainly to put stop tmporlriy to this
system of increasing the CITY and County debt that it
n far case in which exercise yOur Honor, juIislictO
and to give US the rcll,f which We here ask And
after nll, it is not very serious relief. We allow
in the hands of these parties some S25,O0O.H0
to be expended. 1t is very handsome
for them to be the instruments In lts diposition
through tho various departments IN the City and County
Government W. ask you: Honor 10 command tic Board
Of do what say they must do before
this taxation can he imposed that is, to apportion the
amount AIRY the quota Of the State tax and for
and Couu debt falling due, aud then apporton only
G iepldcr 81 the aIr6nht raised by legation, fcr tile