, 1879-06-24

loss Of hlood. Connors alnl his companion,
Mike Phulon, were hold ID $500 to tho Criminal
Court. .j,stlee Kaafmana:. Henry :Homan
assg' sifsg' M ss's 70 Of s :" Gpa {5am css}e eop
nt No. .1Ds West Madison street, cnnraed viii
lefraud!ng F. Cogswell out Of $50 worth Of
goods, &Do 70 July ,; Ellen Madden, .relct
man owen BoTcn, md Mary DuIy, 50 each for
engaging In atrecs brawl.
THE rs PER CENT ORDER.
ANOTHER OPINION FROM TnH CORPORATION
CouNsrL-
At meeting Of tile Council week ago a
resolution was adoptcd ordering the Mayor not
to force any ol the proposed Reductions tu
tho Police and Fire DEPARTMENTS unlor
bis order limiting tle expenditures
TO 75 per cent Of tho tax.levy, ind calling upon
him to more clearly aet forth Ills proposition,
ehe etty's financial condition. and the effect md
taken. The mex! daT ho addressed the Corpora
lion Counsel upon tic subject, nML requested m
",op!u!on,'"' or an elucidAt!on OF Ills former
.op'non," upon which Tie order had been orig
limiting tho city ta1-1eyy TO per centum Of tho
valuation OF talc property for corporation p,ir-
poses,, etc. Tho Mayor for somo reason miaIn-
tern'Iesed the tesoiut!on, md ths eon:c9ucnec ID
Il
tended TO have been laid before the Council last
evening, but ras not. II ia as follows:
cnnGAuo, Jnue 2l.-7ht Hon. Carter Il. Narrl-
ton-nEAH sin: You have seaueaio1 mY opinion
following entitled aes passed By tbe "a s,atsI ~. A..
sembly, and which will b In force Jnly j, 1870:
HAn aet 10 prorsda ior tho manner Or isauing
hhlp, sehool aissffct, ar o!her municipal cornorA.
tion. snd jnsots csrttacatcs"; md IAN net to
amend gee: q A. = Of 40 act entitled m act
nfnfIfE tnf1 s4F Htt tiaa a,J
lagca." - ""' ~
hayc already given to thu Comptroller writ.
act, copy Of which 10 hereto annexed, Tfo opin.
ton which l adhere to IL, in substance, that tho
Ely cannot antiesnasq ths COLLECTION, Of taxes bT
hlnonnt which. In tho aggregate, viii exceed 75
psr cent q Tho 1cyy ana thai i. on July i. 1A7i
gil warrants Issued aga.ust tho levy for lH7t SHALL
IN tho aggregate. amount 10 less than ~ rcT cont
Of the loyy, additional warrants may be lssMe m.
III such time as the aggregate suotlnt OF al, rnr.
s0 shs bo ri per ecnt Of he tnsai amount mt Of ts
aranst uncosctcd t.1ss Of 1s?a mus mns. CEASE. IT, Tnis
collected taxes, and does not IN any degrees affect
appropriations OF MONEY IN the Treasury or 10 be
derived from soarces other than and which
may 6a included In tho Hppropziations for tnc yeat
The aeeond act ahovc mentioned contains the
following provision, which will apply to futusc
= Provided. Tha. tho aggregate amount of taxes
!esioa tor kt1y oHe year, exclusive OF the amount
ierted for The payment o! bonded indebtedness or
2 per ceutnm upon the aggregate valuation Of nti
pfoperty Within such city Of village subject to
taxation thoreln. as the samo WIS eGualtzcd for
The jo!nt effect Of tho two acts may b illus.
ttated n th!s raJ: In The year 1880 tho csy Will
b BE- limited ,nd 70 Issy sxe,a,ye ot he
tho aggregate value q alI property within the eiy
poses for tho year IBID, and will 30 limited In is.
sn9e .aeh nsoesed IN
warrants aqsinst nncolIectcd taxcs can only bo ID
sned aMounnE N the aggregate 70 75 per cent Of
tsy wns hs net e1sesd csnu on
poses. A summary Of tho law on the subject would
sccm to bo thIa: Tho Legislature has daterninod
liz on p n
evont; that within this limit municipal CORPORA.
Inn s9a not levy more than is necessary tot NIL
main nncoiiected (which may be during tho whois
year for which they woro levled), spend more than
10 per esntsm It,1 ,1,i ot ths ievy Realistically
Attached to the aboyc, as is Indicated, Is the
former opiuion--alrcady printcd-whieh led to
o.! the trouble, aud OF which this Is simply O
rehash: Tie resolution called especially for ilso
Mayors "'nterprctation Of tho application Of
Ions from tic Inv Department., anl was In
troduced al q joke. 1t pnsscd; however, and since
It passed the Mayor should not atteupt to
dodge 1t, moro particularly since he made Ills
arbltrary order curtaslfng everybody nud ey-
erythinE without very lucid knowledge al the
city's finances. and without oven as much as
cousulttng tho Financo Committee or anY-
Of the ,h: h.ads Of departmonts IT. purpose wa!.
With the etty's condition, but no l,ns overlooked
It entirely, and, insseal Of doing what vas
asked Of him, has brought moro law to tho sur
face at tho expense Of losing sight Of the fucts.
tho answer, but, II tho discussion and opiniot1-
making luads to opening Ills Honor's cyea, it
will, Il IL believed, ilayo had tho dcslrcd effect.
Certainly his order to rcduco-the sincerity OF
which was questioned ut the timc-wili not bo
obcycd until he has shcd moro light upon bis
position.