The New York herald., 1871-10-21

suIe 0 gf0v twe>d. and wore q new-fash-
ioned pair OF eyeglasses He entered the inner
office. and Mr. Green followed him and took seat
In the far corner, as usual Then came the secre-
tary, Mr Corson. with his lookup book OF minutes
under his arm. lie sat down at the table, unlocked
the book clasp, wrinkled his forehead by raising
his eyebrows, and gazed at Mr.. Green and then at
MT. sweeny, who sat beside Mr.. Green, with his
legs crossed, SO as to show the boot on his
let leg. His br0ws were knit, his hair
scraggiy, and no looked, by this time. as II
ne were much dspleased at something. Then
Tim Golden came In. Mr.. Sweeny asked him II he hau
seen Mr. Tweed. He said Mr.. Tweed wonld be there
In few minutes. There was no use in waiting any
longer, ana so Mayor Hall asked the Secretary, Mr..
Gorson TO read the minutes. MI. corson CON-
HIS VOICE WAS SO SWEET
ana mellinuent that the bird by the window evi-
dently envled him aud chIrped with great gusto.
While he was readingt Mr. Tweed came In with his
gni 70 snnSs sSadaged ap e Sok % ms sea.
ing OF the minutes had been concluded. Mr. Green
offered resolution ~ f0flows:-
Resolved That there be and hereby Is Appropriated from
& % ISL ~ % ana s New
troer hereby aaihorae pay them the
New YORK 'Tnsiisalion q Tor tho Instruction Of tho
Nursery ana chTas HOSPITAL SsS 10
Ghdrea,s Aid sscety ibAance'. soOOO 20
& Eunsso sI A.,a% ssr =
rSs sI,a Ss1 York State iuasis Asylum ii Utica s.
Total amount .$iosl1 Sc
May0r{1A ALL took the paper and gaZed at 1t aWhue.
He remarked that there had been
PITE0US APPEAL
from the Founding Asylum and from several other
inSItulonH, ana he thought II was wrong TO give
such large sums TO those institutions named in the
resolution which had the right to raise funds BY
tax, and thereby deprive other worthy institutions
which had as strong appeals In their favor.
Mr.. GREEN read the law covering the point OF
making appropriations to charitable institutions.
Then Mr.. Green and Mayor Hall conversel together
quietly about the matter while the Squire and
Ne Bass WWaspersa WI t. on m other matters n Finally
would be 10 deprive what might be called dlscrc-
tonary charities OF what they might need in favor
OF others Tor which provision had Deen made by the
Then 1t might be said very truly tnat there was no
MIR. GREEN-"well, II you have paid ont the
money, ol course there Is no money to give If the
rom the excise receipts, by applying It in this wav
we wll be carrying out the obllsa OF the city
.BuI,n said Mayor Hall, "thls looks very much
DONATION TO TAXATION.
These institutions are authorized 10 raise money
by tax. 1t is Just the same as II we were TO donate
money TO the Department. OF Parks or Fire Depart
NO. said Mr.. Green, ut ia not. These institr.
tions are allowed SO mucn per head. 1t Is an obiga
ton on the part Of the city. They In pressing
want OF money. They have a large number OF chi.
dren to provide for and should he cared Tor. ad-
THERE NO MONEY
for them TIE money raised by licenses for the sale
Oi intoxicating liquors Is devoted by to the sup
port OF charitable institutions. and as these mstu
tlons have presented their claims and the claims
nave been all carefully examined they should have
the money.
Mr.. SwEENY thought the effect OF the resolution
would beto use up all the fund iu favor OF these few
institutions, ana that 1t would be more just 10
ascertain the wants OF all the institutions and then
give pro rata TO all.
MIR. TWEED moved that the resolution be referred
to the Mayor, Com trOlcr and President OF the De-
partment OF Public Parks, to examine into and re-
port
Mr. SwEENy amended by referring the entire
mat er of the distribution Of the excise moneys to
US e2llWiltee lape1, Tne amendment was ac-
cepted and the resolution carried.
A communication from eX.Deputy Comptroller
Siorrs read by the Mayor. This was IN relation
TO
THE REMOVAL OF NIGHT s0II,
from which appeared that but about s. 900 bal.
ance was left for TINS purpose, which would all be
used by November Q, and that at least 5000 would
he needed to carry on the work until January 1872
ana that unless the necessary Appropriation were
made by the Board the contractors would be obliged
10 withdraw their boats and stop the work. After
some discus Ion on the importance OF the work TO
the health OF the city the matter referred the
Deputy Comptroller to examine and report at the
neXt meeting After some little further unimport-
ant discussion the meeting adjourned.