The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-07

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for supporting which they have frequently denounced the
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Principles S has a HI. vs,o
bill directing the Supervisors OF Livingston county to audit
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THIS question the Board q supervisors Of city
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the STATE IL every other county 10 far Is know the
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or Integrity Discharge that There are great many
serious objections TO this BILL but seems to me that those
hsn have stated should be sufficient to induce the Senate
MuHpIY-I wish to ask the honorable Senator whether
hands of the Supervisors Of New York. whether there has
Mr.. wooD-cerainv understood that the Board Of
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Of New York Itself Perhaps the form in which this bill pro-
BILE Senator that tins has been exercised by the
Mr. weoDl DO not remember tina. said that it had been
ought unlss: good e the
Board supervisors always estimate TX amount
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have the power to nerpSse other items II they choose
take that away from LesIslaiurs and give
the rsqusts qusdcatons % discharge the duty properly
Again when speak Of the tax levy having sent
Sersd tina. when here i !: always charge
directly By the peope and either through the
Hoard Of Supervisor. the Legislature, the levyng Of
been under the control of the elected directly by the
Senator from ne Mr P,rker senator
upon this question until some Of position. which they have
faction of Senators who are asked support this
cans editors have something entraordi
Here bi tho object Of which to restrict the
and
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York to put down the brakes upon all sorts
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ssp nf ons hs mes
made since the adoption Of State constitution,
that
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the legislative bodies and NE universal endorsement Of
With that g M from the press or from either
NJ % With the Senator from the s1h district m
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Mr. already s In n this bill Is ,n.
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that county under law, What restriction
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pend af.y %ops hundred millions aye FIVE hundred m
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MI =. @nt he s:as. o1%sS Question:
Il IL inio5n.o" N upon :assss .''D'
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York shall be submitted to the Legislature was repealed
Mr.. CnrAMERI say that the act which the Senator him
se s
board Of estimate to sxpend hundred millions of dollars
s5s Public
millions Of dollars single yearhow except through the
err "1ns h.
government created By the charter, which vot
s on y nd 10 G both
Those estimates be supmed Board Of XpSso
head Of each department Whatever they
agree upon for the support Of the various
arc 10 ra
Mr.. KENNEpY-Have the officers of the city government
any further power over the question OF taxation than the
Nj. CRrAxER-why, the Senator tMr. Kennedy. after
ought 10 know better than such question that
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the
1 90 NO. EnSw 'hs a.. me tax syy o. the
penses Of the city know that does not ncnde the In
Mr. oREAMEaDThai is just one of the things that does
could name but does include, and has always
the expenses that are incioen 10 the OF
N f'J h.. go. down now to
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vested in that sorpor.on to-day without coming 70 the
se oar portion Of ne
ais9.ss o. dsSa salaries e Jad'e Ss
the Departments of Docks Parks and Public Works, In
previous laws Hero able TO write out,
crring the books aggregate OF $2000 600
besides there Is the reserved that exists in the
various departments the Of last
already said the Of the genepan the other side in
opposing after for the acts OF
extraordinary. again assert that under
the here last the corporation of New
York will have power eypend hundreds of millions
Of dollars annually and that the object of this bin e to put
them in that The Senator from
the Seventeenth Mr. Parkerl that thn bill
value upon which the be levied
be doubled II the Senator familiar with the in
which taxes are imposed then he would know that he
IL mistaken that statement. The Inv requires that
the books shall be made up previous to the LIST Of
January Of each year then that correction shall
be made in them until Both of April, that
change shall Inade in them until the Both Of April, and
that changes shall be made unless the all
parties interested and tell him that in hun
mine OF thousand where changes
are by the assessments
but by striking them of the hooks altogether The gross
the this year Will be much less
than Il was last year.
Mr. PARKER-I wish TO ask the Senator whether the
Board have amount OF ludiy
dina mis- mill OF