, 1876-02-26
noUaE OF CORRECTION.

brlck.Yarl expenses and q, ,232.D7 for tnsscella-
ncous unpaid lAbl!i&iet. This would ioavo
$50, B03. % to tho credit OF tho Institution.
Aid, IlIl1roth moved thai tho items ba gtrtcl.eh
out, ana tho uncxpendod balanoo substituted,
tho Bllarios to remain tho samo as last ycar.
Aid. Richardson said lie wanted to tako three
fourths Of each tom "a for nino months, and
sorlatlm.
AID. Hildsesh said TINT II tho uncxpondod
balance woro appropriated 1t would relieve tho
people from taxation for tho Drldowoll for tho
s Aid. i Gullorton III r move moysa to @ nmeni tho amend
mont by making Sfr. Falton'a oalary s5, 900, bo-
Council lad been il, tho habit Of appropriating
e,eness IL tSo Drowo oxponses % gNSoy NoTy under ude
1[r. FELTON,, tho institution haa been nado self
merit whorevor mat. It would bo tLo truest
reward FOR It.
Aid, Dixon saIl Tint tho only proper way to
lispoee Of tho bill vaa item by i:ota, JIe wns In
favor Of giving Alr FELTON, his full Il, ,OEO ypnr
without tho 10 per cont reduction.
On motion OF AID Richardson, It WAS voted
10 take up tho bill Item by iton,,
Mr., Felton, said tho budget Hns made I'm for q
year In pursuance Of the Comptro.tar's sdyce
The fiscal year of tho House Of Correction ind
thoroforo dlffored from Tho city's fiscal year In
Tint particular, II the Council should tl1oro.
foro cut down tho ,teus ouc-fourtb. It wonld
leavo the HOUSE Of Correction without any meanB
City Clorx Forrest saia that ho Ind lately aeon
the Comptrollor and that officer had said that
tho appropriation must bo madc as senl Ia or ho
coula not pay any buck aaiarlaa for Januasy,
February, md March before tho passage OF tho
annual approl'1iatson oill.
Aldermen % aeoned to bo eropne il tho IL % baeknaas @
Of thiok dazGnees. Aid. Hlidro.h undertook to
got In his former motion, but was ohoked on.
Mr.. ]. W, Bridgmap, tookkeopcr in tho Comp
troller'a Office, said that tho o1ponaea Of
the House Of Correction for tho pipe
months from April !, 1875, to jan. l, 1876,
werc e92, 9G9GG. At tho same rate tho
expenses for January, February. and March,
tho unoxpondel balance, It would ioayp S2i. .0o5.-
Of for tho following nino months up to Jau. /,
1877.
Tho Council then rot into au an almost inc1-
tricahlo wranglo, md for time il seemed AZ il
nothing would over come Of it oxcont shouting
and pounding. In tho ullGGk Of The row AID.
Culse1ton moved that tho Committee rise, hut It
vas lost. 1t had, however, tue effect to quiet
by sending for Comptroller Hayes, WHO Nos OK
pocted to unravel tho taugle.
coMrrnoL1En HAYES,
thon came in. aud on being called on, said TINT
tho difficulty uroao from tho fact that tho city
had changed itH organization Under tho old
charter m appropriation could bo mado at any
time during tho ilrst three months OF year.
Under the now charter this WAS impossible, and
would be no powor to pay e1peusos for Tho firut
throe months, or until the appropriation bill VISA
passed. It would bo necessary, then, to mako
not only IN appropriations for tho year, but also
some pfoyietpn for tho frat three mouths Of the
following yeaE-uot exactly a. IN ap-
preparation, but to provide for .
contingency. II was not oxaotly borrowing from
tho pass year, but uomothI1,r ike it. Il would
be tlo safent way for tho Council to tako tho
opinion Of tho Law-Departmout on tue legality
OF the cn,1rso proposcd to ho pursuetl,
Tho nr0rx,sIifnn to make 4 st1pu1emsntarY nm
nrnnrlnttnn during thn lsst NJ tfe year ,youid bn
flIecal. because iho now chastos forbade tho
passage Of more than one appropriation bill epoll
yeAr.
In In rcoly to O oues.ion, tho area1or said that
hill baforo thsp, It, ono woek Or ons ,non,l. rhe
proyision uhich 10 had rutostod 10 applied with
aayactv tbn snu,a forcn IN the oat,natn. for
goaoois that Il did TO those for Tho House Of
Oorrcctfon ar any other tlnnnrtmenk
Aid. Dixon eaiu tbls, Is ho auderetood tho
matter. ali tbaro was Of II wsa that the Conn.
troiier desired to hayo = surplus for tho irst
nnartor Of aaeI ycar a,,cnscdnu - Tia ny nm tor
Which The appropriation wa4 mado,
Tho Comptrolor said that uhon the frat of tho
year 1877 oame, the Comptroller could not bor-
lion % for tha n nnrnoso % for Wbish Il vsa dee}rad
| Tho moaxura prnnoaed nna nothiuu mara than
| an npnropristton Tor 4 nortnin yoar. which way
not 10 be- expended during that ycol.
AID, Woodman asksd how Tho Comptroller
eoutd nav anv salaries fnr tbn flrnL month Of tho
yesr. ,yhsn lis ofioera m,1ht bo lsaisated out Of
mica Tina nnswor waa tbnk tl,o Couucil could
! sctf1o I'm ms.ter hv an nrder
Hi5, Hildreth asfod II thn Comotroltsr did not
,.avo thst H. rnniG oat ,nonsx &, nav thn ssla-
s,as y ho tred M Tha .oayar vs. In tSa neRs-