New-York tribune., 1871-10-12
EXCESSIVE APPROPRIATIONS.

EXCESSIVE APPROPRIATIONS
DEFICIENCIES OF THE GENERAL PUND-TIIE RE-
sTRICTIONS OF THE TWO PER CENT ACT 'io-
LATED.
For the first time in many years, the amount
f appropriations made for City and County expenses IN
1910 largely exceeds the means realized from Inc lhA
Levy and other to pay the 1t appears ny
the report exDeplty Controller Warren t0 the JOINT
Investigating Committee that
The total amount OF appropriations made for ~ "a, oo
To provide means To- pay the same, taIes
were levied n lsl9 amounting TO- cc,n, -
respectively were charged with the foilOw-
ien'i Fund OF the Corporation .sOeo,7O7 81
General Fund OF the County. 274OOOt o. 7,SSV oz
Total .kW,So1ot "
But while the General Fund OF the Corporation was
thus charged and called upon TO furnish double the
amount 1t supplied before, it actually yielded only
s2ipOO6s $751; leaving deficiency OF s,Go96is At In the
legitimate means Of paying the amounts appropriated
This deficiency appears from Mr.. Warrens report 10
have been brought down balance against the deh
cra Fund Of the Corporation Dec 81 1870 to be mado
good by some future seight OF hand trick Of modern
fnanciering, or otherwise.
This year the appropriations first passed amounted
The reductions lately made amount to aeo es0 0 81 81
Leaving The present amount ;; 2''IO'io" o'
yield the sum Of 23ao2,527 81
Loans arc " be made upon COnSOluateu -, ~,
STOCKS 'i'''o w
Total s2o52OlOO CT
Deficiency ....... 20OO,O 900
Tue pr6poson is to charge this s. 100 900 to the Con
eral Fund of the Corporation which, above shown,
In debt at the end Of last year f603,649 A. lt Ii
probable that the Of the General Fund, which
consist mainly Of the surplus income from Croon Water
Rents beyond the interest payable from those rents
and the interest accrung on back taxes etc. may pro-
duce g. OOOOOO but this and moro too will be required
to make good the deficit In that fund at the close OF So
Then there is possibility that the Tax Levy OF ll
will produce the entire amount imposed. IL mas Deeh
customary in former years to provide for decehces oc
casioned by valuations OF property anu IN
sovcncy OF parties assessed for taxes personal estate
by adding q to per cent to the amount required
TO be- raised.
The following statement shows the amounts added 10
cover such deficiencies in former years
In .sel5,sss o. In isIo aas9S1 nS;1inS, Gs
In 1865 1865 Sa, s24 s24 9S in n0'h'"s'
IL s not TO be disputed that the Tax Levy OF 1871 will
fail by 100000 to yield funds sufficient 10 pay one nppr0
stances the question Is frequently heard whether tne
vision OF the appropriations and reduce the aggregate
amount to keep within the means legally applca-
blc TO the yment thereof The restriction OF expend
lures to the amounts appropriated. if the Board or Ap
pOrtiOnment may make appropriations lot uhllhltou
amounts, regardless vi the means of paying the Sane 10
absolutely useless.
TIE REPORTED REDUCTION OF APPROPRIATIONS
PROVE TO De MERELY TKANsFERS-TlIE RING
LESS HONEST THAN 1T WAS THOUGHT.
The Board of AppOrtiOnmcnt who under the
latest laws make all appropriations for city and
county expenditures to be provided for by taxation ap
pear to have done pretty extensive business in making
such appropriations for the present According to
the report OF Mr. Warren to the Joint Investigating Com
mittee the OF the appropriations made by said
Board by their resolutions of May 49, IT and 49, lS was
since those appropriations were passed.
the following reductions have been made, to wit: BY
resolution passed Aug 49, s4lO; Aug 49, $500 H. Sept
49, t2osOis 3O-S29sO577 Al; making the amount s2S,-
52O,lOO 81.
Efforts have made to obtain copies OF the proceed
ings OF the EOard Of Apporonmcnt i'll order To ascertain
what items were reduced stricken out to the amount
of 9SO577 A. above stated But MI Secretary Corson
says he has been instructed by the Board not to allow
their proceedings to be seen by any one.
The published minutes just issued by the New-York
Printing Company say that the reduction OF August 10
was not really any reduction. but transfer OF 41SO
from the appropriations for Judgments to the account
OF "Coroners fees" for payment OF the duly audited
bills Of the for the first quarter Of 1871 The
reduction OF August 10 is represented in the printed
minutes as transfer OF $40 II from the appropriations
OF judgments" to the appropriations OF Disburse-
ments and Fees OF County Officers and Witnesses" As
for larger reduction S2g5S,0S 3O-a reporter who
examined the printed minutes closely could md no
allusiOn whatever TO II.