New-York tribune., 1871-09-14

Ss T % tSnt there is material sufcient here to
in TO saS The
FoIey comes into court "a resident Of this city, as one
assessed pay and one who pays taxes ana upon 'hs
Allegations which he has made In his hill OF complahn
sss specc relief against the parties whom he has called
~ defendants thereto.
GROSS MIsMANAGENENr ALLEGEn
oa.o.o your Honor alleging mismansgemcnt
gross mismsnagement-ilesal acts the part OF the
defendsnts in reference to the administration OF the mu
ncipa affairs Of this city and also of the county Inc
fret statement of fact which aege refers to the deDt
OF the City and County Of New-York, and the period
which We have selected so as to bring clearly be he.
fore the Court, the question OF s tnS
roSp tSf Of Ms1cp % this city, Se
on that the date at which be entered upon ths
etS cSs'ss amounted c to- I So While the funded debt
knowledged at the same time announce % 20 CON-
noy Who. o oil Others Is presumed TO Be bes. aware
the state Of the debit and the truth or iasy o.
ts tScus sapsr to refer to The sas
fore. presume must be held as aSSno%easEH Hail all
ssTs fhat 20 Our DO as q
that time is correctly stated oy ,e u.s. Contrary
the Il 'S OSy SSsI Exception % Witch he is
as it existed at this date. He does not eonaeseena 70
give any information as as to T6as nS that there
was any temporary debt at that time Il was In ancpa
n Of the for M that Of MCa he And
while we do not include the amount he received Ior tne
Of We h loan
the stood in the pa amen 'Re oUd n nt anu
m ae snDv the balance Of the the purpose of
wping out the temporary debt as 1t then existed Sub
Ss.on On the part the DEFENDANTS that
taton the amount OF the funded and bonded debt
HALL entered upon his duties Mayor was s5O62 $50 So
The next allegation which we notice Is that on the sst
Mayor Halls official duties the funded debt OF the city
amounted to s7OlOs 81 while the funded and eOnded
No at no
ss5T.siso-sltogether sls,e57,2ss 81, Your Honor will
notice that @ sns SO% no S his is9 SWe s
from this total representing the debt on the Sst OF July
amounts to S63o2s427 H. Again, Sir the Controller who
should know whether our allegation - corrct. OF no.,
any any w way Whatever Neither, has Deputy storrs,
his affidavit contTadct,eSd ,Sarotd it in s any 70 Ty iSs
as'' this question n,I When those better informed
ward calling in question every item upon which wo rely
establishing the increase in the funded deot duing
lished in his the full material TO contradict the
statement which he has otherwise made under oatn fo
he has given TO us full the Controllers report OF inc
3st OF July 1871 material from which the amount OF
the funded and bonded debt was originally taken by us
turn to page so Of the Mayors will nd there
set forth in detail the % stat Ut T yHo adgs Ig
total sums given in the fourth column which amount %
t2s4Ss592 bonded debt payable from taxes sls2i
500 the amount Of the tGmpopg te" of IIe te
bonded debt ra,sed by revenue bonds YOU will get by
simple process addition the exact amount aleged
by us in our complaint as the amount OF tne fuhdeu ana
bonded debt Of the city the Sst or July. namely :
t790s 81 and at folio "a OF the anSWef tners Is ais9
BY adding the that are there stted S4 Sl;3q
the amount of the permanent debt as IL rs 'ayu' 'H m
bonds add them together and they come to S543i5O
smount of the bonded debt Of tic County the of
July 1871 We have it, therefore substaatcd oy ne de
fendsts themselves that our allegations IN :he mn
subdyision of our complaint TO the amount OF
the debt at the date that Hall entered upon III, his
du,ics as Mayor, and on the 3l;t "t JHiI ,a ia;t
showed an Increase during the period OF S5Sht'2 H.
TIE FACTS ABOUT THE DEBr
But this large of debt, that large sum which
was received the treasury upon bonds and stocks
raised uon the credit the city county Is in ad.on
to the sums which raised by taxation and received
from assessments the general und during that
peroi Our allegation is that i'll 1859 the amount levied
and raised by the Board of Supervisors by tax upon
estates nv law subject to taxes within the County Of
SrwYork was sci; On,53G "a. That the Controller adj
mits-that the Deputy Controller admits: But Hhl
however il taken from the ordinance of the Board %
suPerv imposing the tan for & s your honor G GT% %
year has been given by the Controller TO me pm
iir And as to the amount that might nave beer
collected or raised during that period til" p3br hhN
not yet had the information ohgialy supplied to them
OF the Board Of Supervisors which is now living before
me In their official proceedings, and the amount thSy I'm
n "ds' We acge a he Imposed Or col
sa, cd tns Wa pcStS sGal r ii ADMITS s
Hail calls if into qu, stion have before the UfCi
of learned ssS rend VIII GT End taken the
amount given by the CONTROLLER n his @ T' Ga9o ,9poI
Council coa in'T''s9 % Ii. by mtsasS fas H'ySf h
june The s%ouH a'sf0rs csn,Isac,s% yopehS% S@
the Mayor And, the Controller is in this snce tho
nH @ayUr think your Honor viii accept representa-
ZION upon it correct. These two sums thus raised ny
Ga o. In addition to thi. we allege that duing two
years and half; from tne ISL ,sod f San"aIS tGc
Treasury. account; Of assessment colec-
ton ,3sol The Deputy GontrQieI Cont ,oi in r bis
Mayor however. has asserted In his answer regarding
Gs PsGGd % S&I Sn m our on
odd dollars We hnye 10 question with tie Mayor as to-
tn 5isi Of July. 1871 and the Controller IN his af fav
was received and expended as lie thus explains Then
from the S 1H T y he sf oS ta%FS T@ Ss NS
coa;tadi$t it-the Deputy Controller does not con
3 If ~ e 'HS To NGs ySaIs Si omy ast sa1;d g @ the the
Sums received in C9 AID 20 anou2i TO five million five
whole period Of and half years, and neither
the Controller nor The Deputy Controller has contra
given for the defense, NAY he accepted as the
Iect rcpresen alton OF uie tac, These TWO sums thu,
amount to ssos,72s A. 30 that the amount received from
taxaon comes to o. o. "nd nd ar ssdi lfrIS%4 & ny
anouut as allegc OF fpang debt and claims against
the county We have toal - >i!,7is8o 20 we 90 l.
do ate that rrCCiv - the trca 'l':lS with
the floating deb. and ella >?Idug again the City
and County which have lot been cetrd into TIE treas
ury, amounts To Ills sum Oi Sl''"""D or IN ,Hhcr
words assuming that these claims are last and c-il
that the expenses rad ana costs urd in c,Tying on
the government during these two and h2if wears
amount TO the 1nornonS sum Of S1iOO0.,m or an an
nual average Cf So upward Of g. rrr cent
upon the entire amount Of real and T. al
estate subject to taxation within the cry ahd
County Of Eew-Yolk. The Mayor does 1T can IL gus
ton the average expenditure put IT, He say, w"j-
ever it may be- il does not amount TO that. But lie ce'
not tell what that amount is. lie does not girc a
information but merely eIdcavOrs to ignore the
mont. Yet think Sir. have satisfactorily shown that