New-York tribune., 1882-04-20
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE CITY CHAMBERLAIN'S FEES.

Controller Campbell recently asked City Chah-
berlain Tappan to state why he retained certain
percentage fees collected by him as Chamberlain
contrary to a clause in the city charter OF 1907
declaring that no ofncer OF tne oty o nr
ousitcs or commissions" These fees are collected
from the pC ceeds foreclosure sales realized after
the litigated claims or the first mortgages nave
been satisfied and pending the legal proof OF other
claims on the property sold. The holders oi seonnd
mortgages or other liens are required To pay Tue
Chamberlain q commission which Is deducted lroh
the amount due them Chamberlain Iappan III MS
reply 10 the Controller says that in his action IN
this particular he is merely following pIece4S' p
set by George w. Lane. his predecessor III o'lce'
MIR. Lane referred the matter to +. Delaield Shtn,
then Corporation Counsel and received from MN MN
an opinion that the commissions received by .the
City Chamberlain as trustee for moneys ueI4sl,e~ M
with him by order Of the Court in suits pending OF
settled ana charged against 1nr ,he ral.eS u So'A
Controller Campbell said YESTERDAY tnat tno
matter had only been called TO his attention wtnih
q few days lie would call On the Cofloia.iUn o,
Counsel 10 give an opinion in the matter In view
of the very strict language OF the charteI, t " aD
declares that "no officer OF the CITY uoNenn,.eto ~
except the City MarshalS. shall have or receive 10
his own use any fees perquisitcs or commissions OF
auy percentage." even after this opinion Oh Il
former CORPORATION Counsel. he was not by any
means certain that the Chamberlain was entitled
10 charge a commission or fee for his services.
However, he hoped soon to have formal oplhlon
from the Corporation Counsel.
CITY Chamberlain Tappan said that the ices
received from the source mentioned amOrhted 20
about $1,000 which was paid as saary 10 ~ Il; a., "a,
C;tv Cbamberlain's Office for the last thirty-dvc
yeats. He based his action entirely on that OF ms
predecessor. Mr.. Lane, and the opinion gwen Oy
former Corporation Counsel 1,
Corporation Counsel Whitney said that he could
not consistently give any iorma oplnlon on .nT ny
civ Chamberlain. He had read the opinion OF T..
Delaield Smith. The around taken by me Oiy Iy
Chamberlain was that the $4,000 allowed by Ihe
CITY charter was to pay the expenses OF his once
and his salary as City Chamberlain. any eNlia
duties should be paid for In recent suits 1r0usno @
A.. for rfan * W.
I'm investing funds intrustcd TO his care by 9ruei oI
the Courts the Corporation Counsel had taken ,Ile
cround that the City Chamberlain was not acting
rs city Official in this particular. 3u' tnat nS
authority was derived from the state by virtue oI
an act passed by the Legislature in 1918.
THE UNIvERsITY'S MEDICAL FACULTY.
The only perceptible change in the University
Medical College caused by the designations OF
eight members of the faculty. was the absence On
Professor RoOsa yesterday. On every NeCnesday
afternoon at half-past 2 he has had lecture
on ophfhalmology, but he did not attend
it yesterday, much 10, tie surprise ,d %
no idea that Dr. RooSa intended to make his reslgna-
tion take effect immediately and before IT had been
acted upon by the faculty. Several OF the students
of both the post graduate and sub Iraduae depart
ments were seen by a reporter OF HE RlBtNE' anu
they all agreed that they would suiisr irHn th t[e
only member of the supplemental faculty VINO ava
not resign, was. at his lecture at IL a. In
and was loudly aapplauded npoh entering ng
expression of goodwill on the part OF
the students for the position he has taken ana
maintained. Dr. Macdonald lectured on INSANITY,
illustrating his lecture by eight lunatlcs Drought
from Wards Island for the purpose.
The advisability OF establishing a new college
where postgraduate instruction only snail be
given has many supporters among the phySclans OF
this clty Several leading doctors with whom me
reporter talked on the subj yesterday were OF the
oplnion that the time had come for taking a
sIep forward medical education. lhey
sala that their fellow physicians IN
The country were very earnest in the matter, a they
have fewer opportunities for keeping up with the
advancement OF medical research than their city
the large hospitals which accessible TO New
York physicians These Out-of-tOwn doctors. seeing
the need of brushing up" on certain studies, II
vas said do not care to come here and inlngie with
the young students who are pursuing the elemen-
tarv studies. They have not time TO take a full
course of study, and finding that there are no spe-
cial privileges offered them, they return home:
Ii is argued that if a college designed
solely for them was founded, or If one
of the existing institutions should organize fac
ultv for this branch of instruction there would be
no lack IF patronage.
The plans of the postgraduate faculty are last
assuming practical form several phy sieiaus az
present not connected with any college, but who
have hospital appointments either as ply scians or
surgeons have called on DR.. ROOsa and his col
leagues and offered their assistance in any feasible
plan that may be proposed. The governing faculty
itself is not wholly united Ou the question of ad-
vanced study, but at the next meeting OF
the faculty, to he held next month, 1t Is
probable that all the resignat onS offered ON April
will be accepted.