New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-14

and was fOstered the interest Of Tammany Hail. by
the Independents Democrats although members Of this
party denied that sueh tho On the whole the
rumOred charges found to be vague and indefinite
County Clerk Delmar said yesterday $50 far as this
Cfice Is concerned nothing 10 fear All our ices
are In accordance With the law and know Of no com
plants having been made Of excessive fees being ex
acted. II any lawyer says that he thinks charge too
mueh he referred the statute regulating the lees
Indeed thiuk that the charges generally have been
under rather than the legal rate. have no DOUBT
that If careful examination was made 1t would De
found that the actual charges are $4,000 less year
than they lawfully be- This office is conducted on
different principle from the County Clerks office In
New-YOrk That is a salaried Office throughout, while
the County Clerk and all the clerks in the once are
paid by the fees collected A TO these charges heard
some ntmatiOn of them before the publication OF
concerning them yesterday but know nothing
about the origin of them. do not believe that reputa
BILE lawyers engaged in collecting facts upon "hicn
such charges can be based"
Register Barre who serving his second term In that
office. having succeeded Boss" Mclaughlin, OF whom
he IL an ardent friend supporter, talked freely In
reference the rumOrvd charges He said tat ne mao
no idea where they originated. although lie believed
them to be- intended for political eject Ihere was no
ground for them far as bis once was cOncerned nc
Complaints very rare. OF course the numoeI OF
ernI thing had TO be estimated, as II would take too
much time TO count them. occasionally when COM
planning to count the number OF words In the
document, and almost without exception me
amount charged would be found TO be WITHIN
the legal limit 10 possible, however, tnht
mistakes OF 90 or % cents might be made In long doc
ment when the tee much as IS or $40 MI.
believed the fee sYstem for the Registers ONO,
TO be pre- cradle the paving OF salaret Inc nuDrr
OF clerks required smaller under tue Zee SYSTEM rs
they were only paid for the work which they performed
The Register declared that the allegro movement against
the officials probably gotten In the interest OF the
Tammnny oreanzattOn, Offset % the attack made
uuon the Tammany officials In TINS city. lie could OF
for 1t other grOunds nor dd no DeheNe
that any charges were actually about TO be ma 10.
Colonel Lewis r. Steg Gn, the undershern IN the 40
sence Of Sheriff Dagget who Is sick said that he had M
knowledge OF any charges having been made against
the sbers Office. The fees eXacted were strictly legal
and the only cause Of complaint OF which he aware
was that sometimes tho expenses In connection with
seizure OF property far 10 excess OF the fees ana IN
sucn cases Cuarge would be made lOr the extra e1-
penses COOuel Siegman mentioned a case IN wiich a
deputy sheriff seized hotel, and was compelled 10 hire
a keeper for month TO guard II. Ihis IN
ttOn WAS madP that the charge was tx
cessive, aud the matter was being contested IN the
courts n fees charged we're not authorized Oy law
Colonel Stecman said the matter could easily ne RENE
died by taxing the costs 10 was generally conceded
howeVcr that should be allowed enough
cover Their expenses when the legal chnrges were IN
sufficient
Commissioner John W. Flaherty, OF the Department OF
City Works said that be- mad no knowledge OF the ru
mored charges beyond whR' he had IN tpe morning
papers lie not aware that there were any GROUNDS
Tor the statement that fees were charged IN
the movement had been said have ITS origin the In
depndrn Democratic interest with when the Commits
souer prominently identified he declared tbat thefe
was no truth in the assertion.