The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-18

neglect OF use TO deduct the pgrcentages aore
:as nd iS for sss penalty IN case lSdon set
s ss ss%s % g. BY
In an action against the compsny.
@ h 81. & sns on pa
msn OF " In case the metre measures more gas
established the said Commissioners they shall certify to
shall be Upon such cencate recover from the
nS e the e. Of the
ss srie 81 a o s LOT gas supplied
any charge for supplied TO him by the company
SEC The salaries and expenses of the Commissioners
equal proportion Zach OF the Commissioners shall
shall be audited by the Of the
city of New monk and both salaries and expenses paid By
50 audited apd paid BY HIM the gas
and his certificate Of such payment shall be
elusive evidence as. inst the said co%pans,
BROOKLYN REFORMS
were contemplated in bills introduced today by
MI. Berri one OF which provides for legisating out
new Department OF City Works, the heads OF winch
are TO be appointed by the Mayor, Auditor and
bills brought up to Albany by the UlyssesliKe
Tracy, United District Attorney, q few days
Bliss who naa become Ge poDn as o
Mclaughlin .Rlngs" Another Din provides that
no person shall hereafter be eligible to once OF
police justice u0ess he has been practising lawyer
for at least seven years.
Is provided for In bill introduced BY Mr.. Bennett
II ID to run from Peck slip and from some point
between Grand and Houston streets 70 some
point between South Seventh and North sixth streets
In Brooklyn, E. D. When 100000 are paid In the
city OF Brooklyn to Issue $5O0OO0 In bonds al seven
submitted at the next election the voters Of the
Thirteenth, Fourteenth Fifteenth. Sixteenth and
re as as bu so 80 Ss
ceeds Will De such as 10 cover the ordinary running
expense ana leave 2 balance for sinking fund:
Mr. Bennett Is after the present monopoly decided
earnest, and VIII undoubtedly secure q reform IN
the ferriage between New York and the Burg.
INVESTIGATIONS
tee on Commerce and Navigation Will take LOOK at
ton Commissioners do their work, and viii also
take up the charges against the Health Onicer's
viii investigate Assemblyman Hustea's gravel
business. The Judiciary Committee will take
up, the charges against Judges Barnard
District Attorneys Office and inquire into the az
fairs OF the Registers and County Clerks offices.
be facilitated in the last named once at least, as
Mr. Loew's friends here frequently ana freely de-
partment win bear the closest scrutiny In addition
10 this work. however, Mr.. Chambers, OF Buffalo,
wanted 70 give them the work q investigating the
objected, so the resolution was laid over.
THE CASE OF TERwILLIGER.
the charges against Mr. Terwlliger made their re.
port to-day. 1t is certainly very mild affair and
pected it would Inc percentage policy which, It viii
be seen by the full report append below, the Com-
mittee look upon as ''usage' that has been in ex
they say that the practice OF taking percentage
on public printing by a cerK Of the Sen:
testify against public policy, but the way the COM
oess @ DSs wa @
@ which Sroasn u about N Yrs nS
fnn triva tSv,rp fSrwae.
which they expected 10 1nd in that Of tke PATTI
@ n Sssnos Sos Ssn secure II may a way 9s
ke this SsSse sy not ap Se oS;
the OpiuiOn OF o great many people hereaDOuts,
does not rebound much to the credit OF Senators
concerned II seems that at the caucus the other
be taken upon Terwill!ger's resignation. The effect
OF the success OF such q proposition would have
upon the table during the balance or the and
he would remain virtually clerk. 1t Is true that this
the Investigating Committee making report ad
vislng ms expulsion. This. however, understand
Was asen ssys oy mos VINO were
reasons best known 70 themselves they did
not make public the discoveries they maze as to
they had sounded them. Senator W00din, learn,
was The most earnest advocate In the. caucus Of
In the natter but the good sense or the majority OF
the Senator's VINO evidently mad different notion
Of what reform" means than he has, prevailed
against him and his, the result OF the caucus mas
already shown, and which was largely due TO the
aetermna.lon and unoompromislng stand senators
ice ssr V ", very anxious Is. sela over;
ter would not Be- acssa upon ana t hat
the committee owing to the illness Of Senator Har.
that they could be induced to plead MIR. Harden.
burg's sickness as an excuse for their apparent
Willingness to report If this should turn out 70 be
true, and senator WO0dln and those VINO sustained
him in the, caucus IN his endeavor to induce the
Senate to take no action on the resignation were
between those who are really ref0rmers and those
who are reformers but In appearance. The follow.
ing is
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
rhs select appointed Dur.uan. to the resolution
g i%ar s
DscsmIer IS ISL against James Terwiger Clerk Of tho
they proceeded e make dgsn inquiry into the sub
ascertain the precise charge: contained in said affidavit
August 1870 oneaf.S all amounts collected aies %
larry accounted for and paid to James rerwge the Clerk
g the Senate q: SonSs Or y he rm Of
bills aud other matter under and In pursuance OF
ssosS-Th. frequently during said period the said Ed
w,d ss1 3. sps :; U @ s ;d
bills documents which the tems and amoun,s
insl Ss val. .:
dions and alterations a. 10 materially amounts
of the bills"
Thrd"That these altered fraudulent accounts were
uniformly certified BY said Terwiger and col
lected BY the said firm" W.
In the investigation of these charges your committee sum-
Parsons q t6e q Weed. Psrson. James ssa Com
s:
half of Mr. Parsons and Mr. Terwilger In his own behalf
Your committee also caused examination TO be made of
the fie In the Office Comptroller of The
State rendered By Weed, Parsons Co.. for printing done
Of the BOOKS and edgers in which the for
ntng kept during said period by said firm, and aiso
the Senate Journals and covering the in
question, and from tue testimony and proofs the following
facts appeari-
Fa-As the charges and third thev were no,
supported by proof except that which given relating
BILL which had been altered increasing the sum ~
the charges This bl was made BY Weed, Parsons Co.,
Ac Railroad Committee Of the Senate relating 10 n
of capital stock &c charged of March ia
1863, and the other for printing testimony, &C., for
select committee OF the Senate, appointed April TO-
1868, charged under date OF April e. 1863