New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-26
TIE MUNICIPAL WHEEL.
THREATENED CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENTS UNDER
.... THE NEW CHARTER. -. t... E..

THREATENED CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENTS UNDER
.. THE NEW CHARTER. -. .,-.. h..
The new Charter, il it receives the Gov
ernors approval will endanger the situations OF large
number OF clerks Of the several departments OF the City
Government. - r
BY the commands Of tho Charter the Police Commits
sioners' term Of Office will end May /, or before
their appointed Five days after the
ganzation OF the new Board Of Police Commissioners
the present superntendent's term of Office
also ends. The Board thus renewed began its
official life in May, 1870, and had done nothing beyond
its routine duties. except the suppression OF the
Orange 1871 To the duties conferred upon 1t in
1870 Legislature of 1872 added that OF streetcean
ing the Of elections and the regulation OF parades
These new duties will remain with the new Board, al
though II viii be deprived OF the command Of the Pre-
Marshals Department, which has been transferred TO
the new Board of Fire Commissioners.
The new Police Commissioners are authorized TO APP
point Superintendent OF Police and to all per-
In the employment Of the department. except the
officers and OF the regular police force This power
OF removal and appointment includes the following per
sons
Chief Clerk and IA assistant clerks, the Chief OF the
Bureau OF Elections and three clerks the superintendent
OF street cleaning and all employees in the Street Cleaning
Department clerk to the President, Treasurers book
keeper clerk TO superintendent, clerk TO Inspectors
Property clerk and three stenoRrapners.
The Commissioners will be five in number, aud will
each have salary Of 5000 per annum with the excep-
ton of the President, who will have salary Of $1,000
The four present Commissioners have salary Of $4,000
per annum. The Mayor will not have seat ex-
ofleio in the Board as formerly. The Charter
also provides that subordinate officer except the
Superintendent OF Police have salary greater than
the President Of the Board thus giving the Board the
power Of putting the superintendent salary higher
s.-t,a Thao alnra M
the employees will be placed at rates thought necessary
by the Board All employees be removed at pleasure
by the new Commissioners.
The present Commissioners have tacit agreement
among themselves that the cause OF the remoVa or an
employA shall stated IN the resolution Of dismissal
In regard to the Fire Department the new Charter
provides that the terms of office Of the following
mariana shall be terminated May /: Five
Fire Commissioners, the Chief Engineer and
twelve Assistant Engineers, the superintendent
OF the Repair Yard, the Inspector OF Fire Apparatus
and the superintendent of Horses Tue new Board OF
Fire Commissioners will have the power OF Diminishing
the following employees 10 clerks at Fire Headquarters,
% c,erks in the Bureau OF Combustbles and the men
employed in the Repair Yard.
The history of the Fire Department since the inception
OF the Commissioners in 1870 has been an unevenuu
one The greatest achievement OF the Departme tb
during their term OF Office was the cohquerne Vi 'no
The new Commissioners will be three in number and
ygi
emf Ave Commissioners receive $4,000 each per annu
The new Commissioners VIII have added 70 tne poWels
the command OF the Fire MarshaPs ONCE, transferred
from the Police Department In all other respects their
powers will remain the same. -.
Roard of Health The four Health Commissioners are
removed the four Police Commissioners, with the ex
Authority over the Health Board, and tue
only officer retained the Health Officer OF the Port
Of THE Board of Police, the Health olheer
and two Health Commissioners. a,,layman and A., a
al nv
Charter also aboshes the Sanitary Permit Bureau thus
saving % 600 in salaries TO the city .r,,or,tv
The ne Health Commissioners VIII nave the authority
to dismiss and appoint in their places the R
oSs6s a aeats npectors 10 Assistant Health
spectors clerks in chief CLERKS ONCE eerss In me
Dsnfecng Department three cerEs IN ne and am ar
the new Commissioners OF Charities and Correction
Secretary to the Board per aa asVss 81
W Wa Of the City Prison, 5000 superintendent Of
free Labor Bureau, $780, superintendent OF outdoor
ensTa saasfseper sa
wells island sasOo Warden Ai% uSn% 5ps ecu
1 WARDEN hSS1atic Asylum and EpnePc and psrsytic
Hospitals, $500; Warden OF Penitentiary $500 War
den Randars Island Nurseries. 1850; superintendent
Randalps Island Hospitals. g. 500 Resident Pbyslcmn
nebrlae Asylum 600 Chief OF staff Charity small
Industrial school $500; Captain of schooshp q SEQ
Warden NewYork CITY asylum for the Insane t0 t
sane $4,000; Resident Physician Cehtrest Hospital,
81 500 Senior Assistant Centre-st hospltal, si,1D
Warden Centrest. Hospital, s2OO eight CLERKS sAch
tl,200 ,-, .. 49,, a.
There are about ESQ others at salaries ranging from 70
IN AIS per MONTH including ambulance surgeons, keep
ers nurses etc Competition IL very strong Tor all Of
the positions named but especially Tor that Oh captain
OF the Scholarship. ,, =
Tue term OF Office OF the Excise Commissioners ap.
pointed 1870 will end Mayl During their period Vi
Government the Commissioners have Issued nearly 21VW
licences sell liquor and have paid into te city Treas
ury over tl00OO0 VI fees paid therefor lne ictses
during the past year have numbered 16o alu the ices
have amounted TO $4,000 The money mas been pau
over 10 Controller Green, who will divide the amount
among the OF the CITY The annual
salary OF the three Commissioners Is ten per cent Vi ne
issoners will be empowered 70 dismiss and appoint
clerks and inspectors.