The sun., 1873-09-04

lteputter TuE S,'S this morning calls upon
cOuntant, into the ToN Otii,c and the Board uf
CIV Works to continue his examination. %
Mr Ncn!ocdcr What do You want me to ia
Nc- -teatc Ia the Tax Onicuf
ruE urururrtON rtNp.
Reporter uud'r- tand that there arc repors
uf mi-utuu.curnt or corruption in regard to
th" hed'mPi'n runu. ought uyt that t. be
lu. kcd iutot
-, Nr 'cu",lcr % YOU know anything about
Rcro,tcr only know IN q general wav that II
SHiund arising fr.r the rcd 'mpti 70 of ,rup-
cttN sold fur delinquent taxes uud that when
trc lust CuIicetur. Mr. Uadclti. went out ~
otic" hc turned oVcr, ~ hr admits, 1" his sue
to tihs fund. The fund iurihcr undcrs and
- exclusively IN the kccuing of the collect r,
Mr. Schroeder Now, see how easy II IL to he
mistaken. The new charter. under ,i'lc =
shall immediately and Within ninety days after
the l'''ogC Vt this act, cause I" bc prepared
and fDru,-hcd to the Registrar OF ArrCus a
statement e al moneys tlcrct"forc received
and then remaining ia his hands or under his
control" hclruciu1 to this fund, and ptv over
the amount of such fund 10 the rrras rrr.
Reporter Has the Tax Collector made this
rrl"ttt
roS1'-Tuurr rnorsA>p DOLLARS NccorN1ru
FON
h,rr are rrot's oi sums paid into the treasury
hy the Collector ON this account:
fp '"d ',str1 Observation-Disclosures. tis gss -
"a ..t M .,tos.cI I....................... - o., 90
qUl .... .......................... ,ro,e "a
~ r'i Or, for September IL not yet ready. Of
c'.-st. II should he remembered that the
ofh," of li'-itirr of Arrears Is not vet fully IA
Wcportcr Thcr the Collector has voluntarily
dies '-itcd ihi, money with the Treasurer and re-
u,rt"d g. v1uf
Mr Schroeder Yes.
R.p, rtrr 4 ,w doyou anow that thls il all
tu, mooney uc has uu hand belonging t. this
/ Mr Schroeder don't know, and It i- none Of
N.Ha FN.sFs 4
| fund held fr the hrurnt uf indN Nidual-. For
| instance. nuns house and lt is sold for IN
/ PAID taN's amounting L" 500 MI ones hid- II
/ III for that sum. ~ months from that time the
! property owner futs thar hc has been sold out.
Uccuuc- t. the collector and rcdccn- his prop
| iutotc. thereon The money ~ received does
not belong tu tAr citV. but to- Nr Jones VINO had
previously advanced II. The Tax Cnlleo ton holds
IL m trust for MIR Jones until he calls for II.
h'pv1tr Noi{ good he may hold IL thirty,
/ siXtN, or ninety DAYS. suppose
Mr. Schroeder Certainly. until the tax sale
purchaser i. Tor 1t and the Collector eets time
Kei'or.rr- In the mean time the Collector haa
exclusive contr Il of the fund.-
Mr.. hrpcdvr- lie had under tho old charter.
WHAT Is uuNE wrrH THE INTEREST.
Ncportor Vow. sir. Mr. Hadcau. the ex Col
| lector, admits that when lac lett the ONCE this
/ fuu4 amounted to S.4.Ou | suutr,sc that to
| have teen tn" average II 1t at thnt time, and
! unIhly IL l. mpch more now. what want To-
/ know -. does tnr Interest on this fund-for the
/ tuckrt does the Interest on II 20 to the col
NJ s,lr,cder-I suppose that Ia hi. per-
| qui~ttc. But mat II very small item compared
| with ether matters iu tAai Office.
Reporter Fur Instance, whatf
Mr. ~chrredcr Wei, sir | nave great cont
dcuor la Ma Burrows. the present Collector.
believe him To- be- perfcctlyho man. l,ut
the matter of Delinquent taxes de .uands lnve~ii-
, % " irv.r. ~ -trglgh;tn that up.
N'iuft'r undtr>ts,f,d that Mr.. burrows cN-
plah, .l IL this T. iHr,clN deficiency of uncoi-
MIR. SCHROEDER EXPLAINS
Mr. ,hroeder. Yes. Now Iet me explain 1t.
urrthdcht ~ tit GUY. The Board uf Surer-
vis"rS annually made the tax levy. This lew
they transmitted H. the Tax Collie, tor with thcir
warrant directing that cmce t. proceed To col
l.ct the same within one hundred and eighty
days, and idy over certain amounts from the
the cty Of liro. .Ryn; third, to the state OF New
York and the halauc' To the Treasurer of the
COUNT ~ King At the eNuraiion Of the one
hundred and eighty dals the Treasurer Of kins-
county would ell on the Tax Collector aud 20
over NI- O. lis. Al tue taxes marked paid - On
the rolls at that time the County treasurer
would -,amp. showing his examination. This l.
the last revision uf those roll ever made. There
might have been hundreds OF thousands of dol.
lar received by the Tax Collector after tl.at
the taapaNcrs name. tut credited Immediately
after the iretslrvr'~ visit. SnG Ne uae hut tla
G. .l.ctur would bc any the wiser for il. lie
cuold Uut the money Ia his own pocket II he
pleased.
WHERE Sa.u.o,uo MAY NAVE nrFS STOLEN
Reporter Mr. ugnows estimates t4ese de-
IL, At .i ward, uf S.,Ho'n.
Nr. schroeder Yrs, and nobody knows
| whether 10 mas been collected or not. Now the
newspapers are calling On me t. send Mr.. W tr-
! r,n ia There to investigate this business. Why,
! sr. there has been fore" OF clerks az work al L
/ for months, ana IL viii take number of months
! yes To work n ont. AT. Warren alone would re-
| durr years Ia do the work in. You AK me to
! invrstir4tc the hoard Of City Works. They col
lrct water rates The new charter requires them
to make to the Itagstrar Of Arrears a similar r.
lsI II TfaI
| property sold tor unpaid water rates. They Will
/ probably make the report within the time
/ quiied by the charter and then IL there Is any
| thinS wrong apparent an Investigation can be
| or lcrcd.
Comptroller, D. II not = fact that last winter at
Albany MIR. HARROW, the Tax G. Hector made
vigorous h-ht against the creation # this
"ih' 90 Registrar uf Arrears, AID was only re-
conCilcd to i On the ass uri inCc that he should
have the nomination II the DEPUTY Registrar
TIE lax COLLECTOR ABovE SUSPICION.
Mr. schruedcr-Mr. burrows did oppose the
creation ot mi, o'icc. ana as I believe from
purely D1u-cleuti.u Iaotivcs. Ia the first il.co
, ..r luoAcd upou Il as reflection un h.- own In-
teEit} ia Cheating "a DEPARTMENT 10 cNcr 80
che'A nr0n ni, own official conduct. Then he
! u,tcNtu th" uihcc 70 b" unnecessary and bur
den uuon an oycr-.aXrl community. / COM
bttt,d nina ia These positions Ia au argument
before senator Terry, vino Wds convinced that
the unlre should be created. In Urler H. 4p-
polsc Mr.. burrows, and also because of the
4utlll IA u mast exist uctwc' "a the two Offices,
hr vA, pcru.ttcd 10 name the Il, uuty Registrar.
|
had furnished nm the brains to oppose the
creation OF tht IN %. That is all there Is of IL.
lle felt under litigation 20 MJssciop anu named
him fer the pu-lti,
Reporter rLcu you do not look upon this cir
rumstuncu a. an indication - a desire ou ir.
Burrows4 part, for corrupt reasons, 10 secure
the coutul vi the new %, .ct
MIR. Schroeder do Mt. do not consider
hr. bDItuN- cauahie of such an in.qdltlus
Lc-i "a. believe MIN 70 he a thoroughly honest
and conscientious man,
IhiS terminated the int ryiew, and the re-
porter was alb ,ut withdrawing when the Comp
| trYcr remarked tina TuE SUS hsd accused him
OF Ignoring a provision Of the old charter re-
| quiring him to examine the Treasurer books
| annually lie desired to make the following
explanation, which he furnished In his own
. manuscript:
THE CoMPTROLLER's SrArIMESr.
We have now an ordinance ON the books for
years making 10 the duty Of the Comptroller and Au.
fur annually TO audit the accounts 81 the Ireau
let ~ January, iS7s spoke To the Auditor IN refer
cucc to aud ting the lrc4surrr's aCCOunts We
oludtd. however, that there accounts that
could aunt. R0dInan had all along led me to believe
that Kept the accounts sort Of large memo
/ rAuluu book hlch but himself could under
stand HE appeared be very stupid. This no DO uht
was part Of Lls scheme. Mt That time ho keeping
q ca h account good form, wht h he never allowed
me 10 5, e. A. the time had done what c uld
provide pruucr checks Ia the cry treasury, Rod
mah.- Eruual s~s gradually naTroNel through my