The New York herald., 1875-08-31
MUNICIPAL NOTES.

Comptroller Green is in bad way. After doing all
that he could for months to annoy the Mayor by per-
sistng that he should sign the individual Warrants in
stead Of the company payrolls, for the hremen, he
has all of sudden found he has got the worst OF
the ght by the Chamberains carrying out strictly
the of charter which relates to the payment
of the salaries the employees of the city by checks
drawn by the Chamberlain which have to be counter
signed by the Comptroller, the latter is obliged to sign
his twice to the Mayors once When last week
he first got wind of the the Mayor had turned the
tables him his rage knew bounds. But, stubborn
to the last, no determined, If possible, TO find some
by which he could gct even" with the Chamber
lam. And he found 1t will be remembered
that on Friday the Mayor signed the ndi-
vidual warrants of the nremen, and that
checks to be countersigned by the Comptroller
were made out by the Chamberlain. 1t happened
that Mr. Tappan had to leave before he had time
to sign his Eame to all the checks and on leaving his
Office he instructed his deputy TO sign the 800 or so
that remained The deputy carried out his Instructions
and all the checks sent to Mr. Green yesterday,
who refused recognize the signature of the deputy
and declared, in that offensive which comes so
natural to him, that the Deputy Chamberlain had no
right to sign the checks had the Chamberlain the
right to delegate his powers to the deputy in any re-
spect Mr. Tappan, arriving at his Office and hear
ing how matters stood and that many of the remen
waiting in the outer office for their checks, i'm
mediately sat down and signed those which his deputy
had signed ~ signed them" said Mr. Tappan, in
speaking TO HERALD reporter who called to see him
about the matter, smpy because did not want to see
tho drcmen go away without their pay,
SO long | could help it," There is
one thing in this dodge of Mr. Green's
which shows how he considers himself law unto him
self About ten days ago the Chamberlain letter
IN bn ncat AL
that while he conended that he had the right dele
gate his powers his deputy, the Comptroller claimed
he had such right He therefore asked the official
opinion of the Corporation Counsel the subject in
dispute This opinion was written by Mr.. Whitney on
the 25th inst, and fully sustained the stand taken by
Mr. Tappan, the Counsel asserting that the Chamber
| lain had the right to delegate to his deputy ut hs
pleasure, all the powers the law had invested him with
| with the exception of those which he exercises
| Commissioner of the Sinking Fund. THIS opinion
10 Mr.. Green by the Chamberlain on the 26th ns
yet in defiance of he cooy overrules 1t ON his own
responsibility, and declares, in many words that
the opinion OF the Corporation Counsel does not agree
! with his IL does not amount to anything
and deliberately refuses to recognize the dcpuys
signature as valid on the salary checks HERALD re-
porter called upon Mr. Green during the day and re-
quested him to let him copy the Corporation Counses
opinion. He buntly refused If it had been in his
favor he would have doubtless sent 1t in manifold by
special messenger to the papers unrequcsted u week
ago 1t depends great deal, sometimes even in the
| Finance Department. whose OK is gored
Two very ridiculous stories were started on Sunday
concerning the Mayor One to the effect that the
Fire Commissioners had made up their minds prefer
charges against him. The given for this action
were laughable that it needed not the indignant de-
NAL of tho commissioners TO convince any one of the
utter nonsense of the whole story The other tale of
that Mr.. Wickham had determined to "break''
| with Mr.. John Kelly, and had actually conferred
with two of the anti Tammany democratic leaders from
| whom he asked support if he would abandon the
Boss" A HERALD reporter called upon the Mayor and
drew his attention to the story He simply said, "The
stun is too absurd talk about" All the poll
ticans, republicans and democrats, are Of the same
| opinion.
ti said that Mr. Campbell the First Assistant Engi
neer of the Department of Public Works will be pro-
NOTED to be Chief Engineer, in place of Mr. Tracy, de-
ceased
The Comptroller, in compliance with section 10S of
the charter has made up his financial statement for the
year ending the 1st inst. According to this state
! ment there cash balance in the treas
ury on the 1st of August, 1s74-to the credit
credit Of the sinking fund 1888 III 20 The total cash
receipts for the year ending August 1875, deposited
ST., 600 1O7 So; TO the credit of the sinking fund,
$6,4l1, 6sS TO- making total of $50, 274 So The
total amount of warrants paid by the Chamberlain dur
| ing the same period was-from the city treasury,
$77 946 9S9 So from the sinking fund, S. 4S3 09S 9l
On the 1st ns there was cash balance or surplus of
So COS 1855 81 which distributed follows To the
credit of the city treasury 81 202, S25 81; to credit of
the sinking fund, ST. 2O2 S25 "a; redemption account,
$135, 764 99 interest account 1926 595 40 The total
receipts Of the general fund $3325 S95 49, total
amount received from taxes $50 l04, 39l 30; total
amount received from loans, $37, Sl393I 80; total
amount received from special and trust accounts,
So 355 Ill 60; total receipts deposited in the city
treasury during the year ending the ls was $77,6oo,
| 107 55. The total payments on appropria-
ton account were s37, 763, 29s O5; total pay
ments by the Chamberlain from the city
treasury $77946, $50 80 The total receipts
of the mixing fund redemption account 81 30 $50 81;
total receipts of sinking fund interest account,
ST. $50 S37 So receipts of the sinking depos
tied in the treasury, $6.41l6 6sS 10; total payments
sinking fund redemption account $46o7, ,537 So; total
SIS. 4ss, ,ooS 5l
Corporation Counsel Whitney was not in town yester
day, there no appointments made in his Office.
1hn Eharnl larlu at thu
balance hand August 81 $3 OBS $40 I5 receipts,
sol 46e 99 payments $685. o2o 81 balance August 2S
Captain Twomey, Clerk OF the Common Council is
| busily engaged liking up the city records. He has
found that the records Tor 1860 are unlnshed for three
months OF 1861 the records were not cngrossed or in
dorsed those of 1862 not engrosscd from July
Noyember for the whole of the years 1864 1866 1867
and 1868 the records not engrossed ndorsed in
1869 they not cngrosscd for four months and in
the next year they were not engrossed from January
to April and from June to OCTOBER for 1871 there
no records whatever, the parties who employed
to print them never having delivered them to the city,
and he will have to make out records from the minutes
the meetings OF the Common Council which his
office. For 1873 the records have not been indexed
and for SIX months 1874 they were not engrossed or
ndexcd. For the present year Mr.. Twomey, with three
assistants less, and all the work OF the Common Council
to do the Assistant Aldermen being abolished has the
records engrosscd and ndexed to the meeting of last
Saturday.
The flags on the City Hall half mast yesterday
out Of respect to the memory Of Edward II. Tracy
Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works In
feeling address the heads of bureaus yesterday Com
missioner Ftz John Porter paid the following tribute
the deceased -
'Thc city in whose service he has been for SO long
period has been the especial recipient of the benefits of
his faithful and intelligent labor. The Croton aqucduc
system work in magnitude and complications beyond
the knowledge of most OF well informed citizens
has grown up under the especial OF Mr.. Tracy and
| these causes, addel to his heavy daily cares broke
down his health and strength and lost to the city
faithful and efficient officer whose SKILL knowledge and
| experience cannot well be replaced" "
A CASE OF POISONING.
Information received yesterday at the Coroners
ONCE that Emil Capel Frenchman aged thirty seven