The New York herald., 1871-09-26

and improving streets and bonievards. 500 90
Cvpayaole from ntasiSi taxation "oHDs 90
coun'y-Payabse from axaop sss ISL sYsSS 100 90
will be seen a, s sance how natural lit II WAS @ ,sl
10 Commit the error Of asspeaans the three
and then subtractng the amount OF assets in the sinking
q ss5 " SsS being result And
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amount of Indebtedness to $oO, s74,22l a.
case for realizing money 10 pay
and tagging streets building sewers construct
ers descriptions Of work mentioned progress. and is
turned the and the Indebtedness. cancelled upon
the assessments therefor from the individual owners Of the
latter case Tor. conducting the ofdnary govern.
for ss current IN Of The Of
Under posSs view Of The can ,hsss a:,s: Of
S cSSn They SIMPLY upon so sey %
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the item Of coun ia The ard class
ps Ss 70 s - or 70
this expense contained In section chapter 3e2 Laws Of
1870, which provides for auditing all Claims outstanding
against the county when the act passed. and also provided
that the amount OF such claims should be raised by tax and
paid In the 1871 Chapter 323, Laws OF 1871 however,
leaves optional either to fund the amount pay from
taxation But the operation OF the Two Per Cent limits
the OF taxation this year to barely sufficient
NEE, the requirements Of the OF conducting the
men OF the city and county u Is sale that the
will be funded which will increase the actual Indebtedness
mcrteases held by the Comm ssones OF the snsns Fund
and cash balance In hands Of Chamber ain, 4o?0ss2 Us
by accepting tie statement of the stock clerk and entirely
emitting them from this calculation, being &227ae less
than the published statement OF the citizens Committee.
Justice TO all parties demands that this statement should be
made and this expanatou gwen OF the seeming
increase OF the three in the debt OF the people of
OF Citizens The actual increase shown by me behalf
OF your committee, fs sufficiently alarming and II
have been taken to arrest tho further accumulation
OF the oebt OF the city and county But erroneous state
ments ~ which the evil greatly, though doubtless unn
tentionaly auhoriatively nsgnhed are greatly to be
tunly presented Tor doing The faith and credit OF this
city have already suffered too much By statements of this
character made without authority, osensby the interest
oil the general public but really with 10 damage the
political prospects OF the party dominant the councils OF
the city and county as apparent by the patonizng at
tude now assumed toward persons VINO but short
thing that was vena and corrupt Your committee
believe that the gentlemen associated with them from
among private citizens IN the investigation OF the alleged
frauds and malversaon In the Department of Finance
the time and labor they besowing the investigation
now in progress in that department Is solely with view Of
exposing and Furnishing the guilty guilt be proven against
any of the city county officials of remedyng evils of
lax or corrupt administration OF the duties of OF the
accused and OF recommending prevent the
currnce OF the evils In the Of restoring the impaired
only TO meet all their and liabilities but TO
vince The donhups eap.ts that safer or more adsan