New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-16

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90; we say IL meant full aud true extracts.
Mr. Beaoh-If understand you, full e1trecS aro !" w
regarded as the whole OF the minutes. .o,.. ,rto
ExJudge Barrctt-I that when person ooHloS nv
court and says that the Board OF Apportohent u ,ch
do and and puts In this affidavit soea n whose
IL says are full and true minutes, any person Tno
mind was not cOuded would SAY ne means 10 ht a pas
clean breast OF it, and give you evsTyaf and
nicely dovcta it to word FULL and try to make pus ~
entirety The CORPORATION GIuns .h,a MI Carson
need not add anything that adavitneed not th S
any full true extracts than ne mas nd wst NAV
please Your honor 30 pertinent and reaysnt mas ~
seemed to my learned friend that nearly na o,
of n tSs act with reference th. very question lion
OF seng apart portion Of tss th having kept back
what was done by that Board on It's minutes u Is no,
for your Honor to strain the doctrines Oh .o .,
,, h cuaictnr statements OF what is true Connolly
woud have had power TO throw light upon tae tI
and il he has given confused meanings et nun Mhe
the conscdmcnces Of his acts. sorry to say tiat
these minutes contradict 10 direct TERMS inc adA'
On the XIII Of September the day before your Ionors
injunction the first time this Board wakes n tb to
to do within twenty days This they finally woke up 10
accomplish tho 9Th OF scptember and even on v .,s
with reference to what they to do with the money
which they authorized to raise me sct m rsseS
NV taxation in particular manner. 1t was their duty
to do that previous to raising the amount ny n
aud to have remtted with the other to the Board OF
Supervisors and we find that day no word about the
principal Of the bonds nor Of TIE apporTm"dnst o. amt
s says that ey nae dSn done ea weeks
before this action was commenced while the minutes
show that the act was accomplished only ,., on
the h Of September about two days before S nm inns
be done and will be done-here is the affidavit OF
Hall stating that this was done weeks before we
the suit and here the extracts OF the minutes RTS
out absolutely nothing except that taxes were 10 DC
raised and here they are asking us as thcy nave
before "What you going TO dOaD0ut ltf lauSn'ofI
ONE UONEsT MEMBER IN TIE BOARD
SO much tor the Board of Apportonment. But ought
not to the subject without stating That on the lace
of that record produced before your Honor there was an
attcmpt made by one member Of that Board to put
stop to that issue Of b0ndstO this violation OF law
nd that when the first resolution offered to issue
bonds there was a resolution to lay the whole matter
until another day IL was resolution oir III Wy
find on subsequent occasion attempt was made 10
execute an almost obsolete law by levynS TAX oI per
cent upon the t23OcOO of taxation authorized by the
Two Per Cent act The matter evidently gave the Board
little trouble and the matter Wa WAS ad a 1s opn ino
l %Sen that matter came up in the Board
nd that in o rne place tSS Prosident Of the
Department OF Parks desired that 1t should be LAID before
other counsel as 1t was TOO grave mater aoG d samc
sGtOOoO of additional burden was saved because they
MsrS % ii e 9 Of the
MT O'Gorman-I suggested that doubt myself: l sng
e sita ' of other counsel should be obtained
Judge Barrett am truly glad to hear IT.
aghter 1t IN no roara sense %aIet te.
Board met again. and the question oil siSoOO additona
up and again find resolution offered ny Inc De
partinent Of Parks, and upon that the whole matter
was laid upon the table, so that I find that some
check given to the action Of the Board OF Apporon
uent and certainly large were saved 10 the puDc
by that action and feel that it was right and Just to
OF the parties this suit to make the remarks tha
have. 1t has been stated that the debt OF TINS Guy
amounts to fl47 and Mayor Hall referred to that
misrepresentation, but do not UNDERSTAND ae,r .e
called our attention to the ca Gsat1 our a rien
laughter; hut lie did not call attention to other nae
cent which are also the o He
has not called attention-hc seems to have entirety
tSe PSR Of snfS no
upon this magnificent aPoheOsis of this establishment
no aS pss
are told too that se poTtes
to be almost perfect and susceptible Of %
city with ali the rover o Of his Is an he
S d to %. In S. snss
but when pass he finds That he has State not
this homogeneous and perfect . system, , Which
rests all authority in the Executive officer.
the me- Of warrants or to remove those who guilty
of MISUNDERSTANDING and told that that system is
perfect and assert that the Mayor OF this city atc ne
has fulfilled the duty Of appointing heads Of depart
ments, is powerless as a child to remove them
The objection made by one OF the counsel on the othe
side Nir BartletD that eight days notice required
before the granting Of the Injunction is invalid because
the objection to have any should been taken
prelimnarily The first legal point taken against us Is
claim that the act of 1864 is unconstitutional.
Judge Barnard-I never pass upon the cOnsttufionaty
of act upon motion or special tralonly upon final
Ex-Judge Barrett-,Then assuming the act to be con.
p SuH that the Board Of supervisors by admitting
the jurisdiction are estopped from raising the question:
and the Court 4 eHar
to the remaining question IN the casethat Is the con-
friends have not iscussed the matter the
act in connection with the Others and 1t Is proper that
the Court should understand distinctly what It means
Judge Barnard-l have come to conclusion on that
act. . 80
Judge BarnardI agree with you in certain positions
of your construction
ndsa BssrDarGts to ali except the Department Of
Docks and the Department OF the Public Parks.
E1Judge Barrett-I am afraid you have crushed my
IA Judge Barnard-I didn't intend to.
ExJudge Barreit,In livery very admirable manner by
deere ssre o. IN no to Ss
position taken by learned friend to the effect which
se o rs CITY % have a
authorizes pretty round sum OF money: a sum that
ought to satisfy most people ~ tharn an
iaoooo left for ordinary purposes Of government
now That Is enough for every legitimate purpose OF
government until the Legislature meets.
A RIFT IN THE CLOUDS.
The clouds indeed lifting as his friend Mr..
O'Gorman had remarked, and the people began to see
the sun All that glorious sunlight the sunlight
OF truth Where was the power that could resist
it, What force could defy It'll 1t pene-
trated the darkest recesses; 1t laid bare the
corrupt and Shiny places and revealed and scat
tered the loathsome dweers therein Its own bengnan
rays cleared and purified the moral atmosphere fed
cleared and inspired every honest breast This people
strange people; 1t was patient, longsuhcring
understanding people this people Of ours But once
filled with this light once completely convinced and
tice-demanding aye, and sometimes dangerous peo
pie. They not to be hoodwinked, nor trhed with
and they could he lightly appeascd. Their condenna