New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-07
NEW LETTERS FOR TWEED.
THE CIVIL SUIT RENEWED BY THE STATE.


AGAINST TwEED-BAL FIXED At $3,OOooOo-THE
OTHER MEMBERS or THE OLD BOARD or AUDIT
NOT INCLUDED.
A new suit has been begun by Wheeler ii.
Peekhaln, acting for Attorney General Pratt IN the
Of the people Of the State OF New-iork against
William NJ Tweed, which the city Is also made de-
PENDANT but merely nominal one. The suit Is IN SUD
stance the same as was originally brought by the State
on the advice Of MeSsrs. OConor and Peckham, ana
which the Court of Appeals. In one bra9ch oi H. ue
cared should havo been brought in the name OF me
county recent Of the Legislature has perInieh
such ants az this to brought In the name OF the STATE
and has tended the time during when they may oo
brought 10 ten years.
The present suit IL to recover DacR thc scIe'' o.
paid out under the Board Of Audit of 1870. claims
purporting have been made by lngersoll * Co., t. d.
Bollar, A. j. Garvey and others, between May ana
Aug 49, 1870 Some OF these payments were ire bass
OF the indictment on which Tweed was convicted aud
for which he ia now undergoing sentence. The suit
differs from the for suit in making The city defend
ant and in net including. defendants, Hall, Connolly
or Ingprso The comp plant also differs somewhat IN
form from that In the former suit, In order 10 meet
certain objections raised 10 IL on that complaint
which fayoraby regarded by tie Court OF Appeals
In this suit, Judge Noah Davis granted an 0ricr OF
arrest against Tweed March 20, fixing tho bail AT
900 and the order has been lodged in the sherfs
hands TO await Developments Tao return 10 the order
il TO be MADE to the Attorney General at the bureau
STYLED the Bureau Municipal Correction in the City
of Nev-York. in charge of Wheelcr H. Peckham The
following Is the new complaint in full:
THE NEW COMPLAINT.
The panDle OF the state New Ycrk, Plaintiffs against
william VI Tweed and The Iavor, Aldermen and COnI-
monalty OF the City of New-York.
The complaint Of the people OF tie state oi NV ork'
by Daniel Pratt. their Attorney General plaufL- III
the above emitted action. against William NJ Tweed ana
the hla,or Aldermen and Cominonaity of the CITY Oh
York defendants in the same action respectfully
shows aud alleges: F1st That IN yirne of an aet OF
toe legislature Of this State. passed on the 2Gth Gay OF
Auri 1870. entitled An act 10 make further provision
for he Of ne C1niy OF nc s S5
County. previous 10 the passage or thht aei,
Should be audited by tne mayor OF ,n and n my
then present President OF the Board OF OF
the county, aud tnat the amounts which fhon!d De
found be should he provided Tor 10y tue Issue OF
revenue bonds OF the said county, pyAbe duflns tne
nciuue the ordinance, evyng the taxes Tor me year
1871 San sufficient to pay sad bonds: ana
ihties should paid by the said Controller to the
party or parties entitled to receive the same upon tho
req Ircd 10 nu INT at behalf b. tue sad act that at
inc time sof spassage the said act Abran Oakley
WIS Controller thereof, aud that TIE said
liam NJ. Tweed was President OF the Boari
said william NJ. Tweed continued to b. such President
until the day OF Juy next thereafter ana Tue sad
said respective offices during the time Of ali the acts
aud transactlons hereinafter mentioned Iha an tue
IA the year 1870, with intent to cheat and defrdnd the
County OF NeW-IoTk ana the tax payers tnerrnf ana
NJ tweed ard James Watson, since deceased Ola
unlaWfully ard fraudu.enty combine. conspire, ana
agree together 10 procure falls" ana pretended claims 10
he SET up aud be- allowed aud paid. III formal com
pance with said act, and In lhe marner hereinafter
That after passage of such act and after the said
board oil taree auditors III the SAT- act mentioned alI
mold the meeting hereinafter mentioned, ana before thc
18Th day of August In the year ls1C several pretended
claims falsely alleged and purporunS . be such hapi-
win he
OF said ACT amounting III the aggregate % $G9'9o' 90
as specified In the annexed schod lie thereof marked
whic is made ms complaint, were by The said
,il'u nuio I'D act rasneeiyrly cerided TO have
been 30 audited aud allowed by them a. heIelha!
ter moro particularly stated. That, from ilne TO
rime. such certlcauons were respectively made
known TO nm his suOoIduaies, the said
Controller in order Ia provide moneys a. prescfDci Ny
The said act 10 pay amount certified caused 10 be
issued bonds as prescribed By said act, and Obtiued
thereon bona Tide purchasers oil SAID bonds prior
10 me said ian diy of August. ia the year set aIOre
aid the said sum II s6l99j7 IS, which Aforementioned
sum WAS In the usual modes OF keeping I'm money
vita te National Broadway Bank OF the Guy OF New
York, tue credit Of the account then kept " tue
the City Of Ne" York: as County Teas,
ury of the SAID county. by virtue OF MS SAID Official
character such CnainDer.aln that the moneys 80
ont OF SAID bank in the manner hereinafter stated
That said pretended claas or liabilities were not
nor was any OF them ever examined or audited Dy the
said board OF three auditors, or by any VI them, aud
mat oy one meeting Of such Board OF AuGitOrs Was
held; that at sue meelhs no accounts eiiih or
liabilities against said county or under said act, were
preson considered. nor was ans other proceeding
had thereat except that paper was then ana there
by said three auditors. so ia the said act
mentioned; that oucn neetnS w'' e , on Inc o uaE
now remains in the said Controllers Office, and is III the
following words: , ,.. II. ,o-o
unir uet meet az Common under nd by vae Of 'eeon
resolved hat County Auor collect rom Tue tpTopnae omm
coy incurred pror Ap 1870 and thereon,
evidences of the same be The suhonkon Of The same By
President and mat ihers1pon The SAID County Aao anlsI
vouchers and the appropriate blanks for g1Aae and ACTON as d.
reced by section Aforesaid. and payment .
a o,ErI I'LL Hall, Mayor.
Presen. President board of supervipors
RICHARD b. COSsoLLY Controller.
That at the date Of such paper and during all the pc
cnniary transactions hereinafter named the SAID James
Watson since deceased was styled ana called County
Auditor and was person intended by That style
Office That said Watson or his assistants to the pain
tits their Attorney-Generai unknown. from time to
time after the making of such paper, and prior the
said 18Th OF August acted upon the said pretended
of claims mentioned In schedule aforesaid,
winch we're III point of fact au hentcated conormaby
to the requisites Of such last mentioned paper to each
allowance audit. flied up AS to the amount and date
in his handwriting, the residue being In print.
That the blank form Of s1ch crrgate Is contained IN
part thereof whereupon each OF the said board Of three
auditors. separately, without any v1suvaVh or con
members thereof signed the same and there
warrant for the payment of such claim was eplret
signed SAID Controller countersgned by the said
Mayor and one Joseph L. Young then Clerk the said
Board OF Supervisors on which. on the day OF the date
of the same. the said bank III good faith and without
any know edge or notice Of the fraudulent acts prac-
ices or this complaint mentioned, any Of
them. did, due aud ordinary course OF business,
for and In behalf County Treasurer and TO the
debit of his said account, To some person persons
10 the plaintiff and tneir salG Attorney General
known. on presentation OF sucn warrant. the amount
thereof usual me hod OF paying checks banks
That every such warrant in the form usually and
lawfully employed In drawing money from the
Bank Account Of such County Treasurer, In payment
of claims and liabilities Of the said county after such
claims had duy au tied. allowed anu ordered to
be paid Dy proper officers in that behalf and that
the SEIZED marked 3D." ~ this complaint annexed
and hereby nah part thereof contains III BLANK the
form Of all such warrants.