The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-26
CITY TAXATION.

CITY TAXATION.
Answer OF the Mayor and Comptroller
to the senate Explanation or the City
Tax Estimates for the Current Year.
The following communication was yesterday
transmitted to the State Senate by Mayor Have
meyer and Comptroller Green in relation to the
city tax estimates, previously submitted to the
Legislature by the City Board Of Apporuonment:-
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70 THE HONORABLE THE SENATE OF THE eTATk OF NEW
body the Following preamble ana resolution adopted
Whereas the Board of Estimate and Apportionment
made an estimate OF the sums required for carrying on
year 1874 which estimate made in December, 1873
m Ta he Sd 70 s Sd
for the reasons stated by the said eard reduction OF
wherea, the SAID Board Of Estimate and Apporaonment
the I he saS nd q,
effect 70 The original estimate made by them and appro
partments and purposes OF said the
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to the Legislature 1t is thought the may be
Resolved, that the Mayor and Comptroller be and
ns IN the the I
mate and apportonpent can be reduced with an ex-
q Tor the sa@ saes
lsaed when The oTgnai estimate and apporenmsat
such statement to be transmitted within ten days"
rhp TO
statements embodied m the preamble which appear to
The preamble sets forth that the Board of Aldermen
Of nearly OF ana he Board to H Of
Estimate and Apportionn notwithstanding the rec
men, insisted upon and gave effect to the original es-
he facts that instead of reduction OF the
.nai the he a., amount Of nearly being
reduction proposed by the Board Of Aldermen on various
y o
IN a 9yer the original estimate amounts to the sum
Accompanying this communication we submit SEIZED.
the or nd
ing me action OF me Board ct adermen thereon with
appropriation made and recommended oy the Board Of
rsced with 0ds
not recommend reduction OF the estimate, recited
in the preamble to the resolution adopted by hon
thereof as above stated. '''' 'A's' 'A'''AS'
This action OF the Board Of Aldermen would have i'm.
SO an @ to ba a S burden e al
proposed increase reasons OF the Board Of Appor,
estimate contained in schedule s. herewith also
body that these proposed Tecthcaons' by the Board
Of actual a"S the cly but
were some instances directly in of laws
i became hsTsors the duty Of the Board Appor
overrue Of the SUGGESTIONS Board OF Alder,
men At the time the original provisional estimate
MAS to decide whether the annexation Of portion Of
the then existing uncertainty on this question thought
improper 70 make proyision for an event which might
the board Of the vote was S
On tie s e
mate irom the s0ard OF aldermen made IN their ina
territory. considering the very imperfect condition Of
illustrate the action of the Board of Apportionment
and the Board of Aldermen this subject the following
Tue Board 81 s Apporionment appropriated
for i, which an the B9a5
Board OF ApPortonment declined approve this sug
the
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piled in the annexed portion OF wesichester county
Which was Thought to &c sSlcient for that object
for the board Of Eaacaon as an July Adequate
rioqs objects, among which was deficiency In the Nor
in 1S % the ,o Ss o.
o"nsas aid NOT sak %.aSsS 9 presiac
for @ and the ao
mate by the Hoard u AppoE,onmsns request q the
nexed poron Of WescSeser cpany ~ TIC all
The soard Of Aldermen proposed add to the
epSrns Streets Which the Board Of Apporon
s @
The Board Aldermen proposed add the further
Public Works ana The P amount to the APPROXIMATION
% es G Il WITCH S Ss adaons
the estimate were rejected by the Board Of Apporton
for conducting these works
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poronment tor in schedule b. wherein
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Aaermen which were considered unnecessary and In
Having thus stated generally the action Of the Board
undersigned proceed 10 answer the resolution OF the
The estimate ana apporionment can be reduced under
i BY omttng the amount provided therein for the
By emitting the amount required to be raised by the
s. BY omtting the amount provided for the first install
ment bonds to be issued TO pay the deficit in the state
that By yn the
Quoting these a pa n TOR the sreson. year
IN Of ts ee 81 taf ey
extravagant salaries.
By proper curtaiment in this respect reduction
Of the annual money now required to be raised by tax
y be OF n9% AND TO b
results In ms regard the prompt and decisive action Of
this city made Definite the SsOooo1 tor
county might Be- reduced Il was scarcely safe TO do
quite impossible ascertain the amount OF Obligations
Indebtedness and interest that might mature the
then existing uncertainty on this mater 4 was neces
IN the form OF cOnungenceS, Tor the
needs OF the newly annexed district and, under the
same head for unforeseen circumstances that might arise
in the city at large.
The explanation as to each item of the proposed re.
duoon and OF the reasons TOR the same that the
inserted IN the estimate tor the first three the
above named are to be raised this
year. ana that II IT Is ascerained that In the de-
parnents aiter the expiration of months from the
making Of the provisional estimate the
csumates can be reduced on review OF the whole SUBJ
ject It very desirable in the interests OF the taxpayers
that it should be done.
In that part OF the resolution which is in
these words wit, An II such reasons existed when
the original estimate and apportionmen was made, why
given TO the saney the undersigned
respectfully state thai as to the said three items the
did exist when the original estimate and
made and the reasons effect not then
given the that items inserted in
the estimate because the Legislature by express enact
ment OF law required them TO be so inserted And it is
chiefly because OF these attachments OF then and
nov existing. requiring the Insertion OF amounts which
the undersigned deemed unnecessary to raise this year.
that pcaon Is made to the Legislature authority
to relieve the taxpayers by leaving out items large
amount which the Board was required by law to insert
in the estimate.
The undersigned that the honorable the Senate
should have been misiniormed the In this
matter, inasmueh as has already tended delay the
mas a he ted M