The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-19


oss 81 $:HE ns$
Sns sa,, in Ssa The ssSs s
nsi'e eaiman TO renewed sssks upon The treasury
The comptroller protests against this recital OF
ing tortured or twisted in any, the faintes recog
The cent soni,aSs,ng power under the late
the city county govsrnmsst Little or no regard
paid to the positive prohbiory provisions against
expenditures IN excess ofauhorized appropriations and
The natural result was annual spawning OF OF
Urea MY paid Ss
aeeoanta6ity Annual expenses increased enormoSsiy
foasns debt aecaaaiaed, and ali Kinds Of oSgato1s
The O ,S list .! the s
county government which incurred expense and con.
ira deS he and saPas
saef he 1ut Claims az ws s s by the
! l. The Board OF supervisors
q inc Common Council.
Z The Police department
$s q T ESs Charities M and Correction
The tire Department.
% the the 9sDsrmsn 81 g, R"ne Parks
y Ihe pepsr,ment Of p PoeSs
Is - Facn the twenty Wara Boards Of Trustees
., and Inspectors OF schools -
- me Commission tor erecting me County Court House
81 me Commission for erecting the Third district Court
IS rhe Commission for erecting Ninth district Court
80 The Commission for erecting the Eighteenth Ward
40 The street Cleaning Commission.
G ros and ioE nar IN an
Expenses were incurred and claims manu- ictured by
orderly Official records Of o6aatons incurred BY them
The CHANGES that have occurred in the these
bodies in the last three years make It exceedingly DUN
they have we incurred Many Of those Who administered
Country While others are reaeiaSt state ser opera
c:ams Tor Services or supplies which are probably
never performed or ere oien presented with
only a m.-2fieial authenea'ion by some suspected
The Finance Department for the last three years has
been constantly I'd by want o. 9Sia &C, CO.
and vast amount labor has consequently been i'm
es aef Nth w Finance peparmn has 10 deal
msy be illustrated by brief reference TO few ex-
iEa- Claim amounting with interest to nearly
hem H ws 70 ae % Fuss w
n.en1 scheme ss9%prsnsqSng ssTtsin public
ing meters ali the ely which the Fly
spsS! pay ana and aSs % to
Obtained si n1on which g Sand ms .nsiTo S6
peadlas to ef h ESS Ga Jones and william
Rogers CO. amounting % slL5so or psint,ng and and
ns a no h ,s s se he n sam %
We're PAID nearly $1,000 Tor Kind Of SUPPLIES
pare s Would make more than so Oilers aso
supplied stationery at the same time hese parties are
Tara"Caa les Devlin assignee of John McCaule,,
sisoOo arose under special con ract made with the
present Department. OF Public Works at exorbitant
'iaartscharles Devlin and others for uncarncd or
e91iract atnoantng to ssSooo Judgment was Oh s
naag sSs af city S %" ,ns II July la
rights OF the city ana January 1876 jadgmsnt
h as M asae favor az a
McKeag, amounting 10 s5a,s0 Tor alleged services as
suits ssz or yS s7 Of he Excise
Of large class dating back for twenty or more Years.
have been the
originally amounting TO more than s7-om This claim
be oyerchargcd ami subject to large deductions; par.
sTnn oe ST a ase n wa pn Gr
nsd as wa eared for as al 81
line The highest ordinary rate of the HERALD Tor ad-
ns asseTnsy i, TesHSsa from the original
gy @ n r rsce IN , gven nns
is found IN the claiming that the pay ment for
which he mad recepted in fun was only on account.
sessetH-ciaim OF James Walker fowler, Justice of the
Third Judicial District Court although me charter 1 &
Justices those at 5000 per annun in pay
claims salary OF 5000 under old repealed pro
vision OF law, and has brought several suits against The
Certain transs &C., Of Mr. Fowler when he was In
posed Il: Court in proceeding for his salary but
Anoher class Of claims though small in amount
saa oas oa Se The demanas on p
partsans and strikers claiming have been employed
OF various sneeue Paee as market
ami other places invented to reward inferior political
There are to day three court anitors In one court
building IN this city each claiming his Appointment
from the city one person rs entirely sufficient 70 per-
form i ns si e1 hsye not
frequently been CONSTITUTED and certain pr,yeses ices
tingui;hed civil and military y, services
I Iinguishei
ties and receiving the revenues rs it we're in lieu of
the Court as to tlrir right emoumenis the
his character need not render any conempora neous
service whatever he had already rendered Inc service
and entitled 10 the reward.
IN these latter times ara n mi: city It appears that
sufficiently reeosnizea The English pree C have
deer or place holder !. rted to the salary while he
holds the place whether he renders any service or not
about the city government and has s.taned ami upned
pr IoTs 10 e s w n9 P at the
direction Of Court give verdict a1ain; I tina city to
trlnsaior, who mas Done service, simply because
sineeurc under the British Crown as reward for high
section u OF The charter ofls7s provides that
NV shal, be- axed by S' the Board OF Abortion
whom there are fifteen or more were reduced by the
Board OF Apporii9nment when Mayor Havemeyer was a
trolier paid mat amount shortly after, however SUITS
annum. The courts gave Judgment in favor Of the jan
the ground that they Office RS nd
therefore the Board VI Apporonment could not fix er
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VINO that knows the history OF this legislation and the
Inequalities salaries existing in the city doubt
tnat the word ocer, as used in the charter by It's
inartthcla draughtsmcn meant employees II has be-
come as much popular habit to cali janor q
court attendant ''oicern US 1t is TO designate the
Mayor the city by that title
schedule "Cn also contains state ment Of claims for
taxed COSTS in street opening cases, which amount in
the aggregate to s6tl J The following
OF the pcssons representing this class OF claims,
which grossly disprop orionate to the alleged
services rendered VIZ
Amount nail Amount Total paid for
| daJuy loS-l372 and
vrpnes NJ Parties foi1' loi2 e!liWeJ, noe claimed.
! George n. Purser. fl3ktoS Sl3l.ylg S1tSI7
; Edward BOye....... 2sL1e1 n4t 3R 2hi
John A. Baglev..... sl72j 2Rllj 2s3 s3p
Michacs Mclendy G74l6 U,ol2 10 O3g
Jonn scOtt .......... l5,lJj 1900 y l5i
/ Hugh smith......... 25l2D lOO0 80 20