New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-11
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY JANUARY II, 1871

alton for construction there remains 100000 subject
to draft OF the commissioners ., 40. or a.
crease esss, ~ 81 5rG ao''H au''S' wore '
s25se4 n The number 81 bushels Of salt inspected
was 1896 o3I, against 7,633394 the preceding year
The estimste OF expenses for the ensuing year
RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURES AND STATE OF THE
TREASURY.
The receipts into and pay from the Treasury on
account Of oil the funds except the Canal ana free
school Fund.- for ne fisea year ending September So
1882, we're as follows: -
Receipts including balances 9ss az ~ "a
Pas meDts. o'o''f -
Balance in Treasury September 80 1881 s i9i7So ~
The receipts and payment on account OF the General
Fund revenue for the fiscal year ending September 80.
1888. estimated "a follows:
Estimated receipts $62956az 90
Estimated payments 9,oVoo -
Estimated surplus september go 1881. sl6S7o73 "a
All estimated payments based on appropriations
In and any hat may be made ny INC prese"'
Tue balances due from aud TO the Treasury septem-
Der 80 1882, we're as given In the Following SUM-
ment: -. 20
From Common School Fund deficiency sJ75Sl IS
From for balance In the treasury %
si.552sI7 10
The gross valuation Of taxable property In the o STATE IN
1880 veg 80 1913 692 567 Increase or TlO2 lZ41Ol IN
one year and OF 1905 O55 l22 IN ten years. Inc S1e
tax for the current year - FOR schools aa 40 mil
total As mills, which Will yield on Inc present 'u
ton SG,S20, 022 30.
COMMITTEE EXTRAVAGANCE
Concerning the expenditures made on behalf OF IN
vestgating committees, the Controller SPEAKS dc
follows 80 .x . ,o1o nro
ug the officers that may be cleo ed appointed Dy
tic senate aud Assembly, aud regulating the proceed
forms bu IN s believed that III parucuars further
rctions are necessary The motel bills ex
penss riniu testimony, services Of stenogra anu
other perons en- pO and fees Of WITNESSES ana oaef
expenses Of the committees OF inyestlsatoI pp ~
y the last Legislature will oubles' exceed tle SUN vi
x5 OOO some OF these conmitecs have shown due r.
gard TO economy bui tue bills OF others hay been eA
cessyoly large and TO Ouethe ward WesthIooh i'es
ngIinq Comlnitoe-your attention is called. The ac-
count OF this committee, a. certified ana ~
Controller, amounted 10 S2dOo So apu i'll OilcA p"' w
itemizcd follows:
Committed eleven days; at s25 S5552 ~
charges e4s 500, errorl vi 5n
Rooms and h.,s or members OF commttee'-' I55 IS
MessiSea kilograms etc ................. - OIL
ro.,, .. a., 800 IS
"Anexamnation of the vouchers showed that these
CHARGES in accordance with the orders OF inc com
mittee az Some o. tue LENS ~ was ahcions 70 tie
Prov, and th' department mace ueuusn' onJ the
amount S605 SO pnclnding an error o. %loOl nu n
bill was .Itcd and aid at $4,000 AhUIS lne iO.o
onaconabIe ems were chs 10 lowing; Wines, liquors.
etc amounting SlJS uDon Nay ~, NJ one icu 'o't
bottles OF anpaRle, at 81 %, ana sunuy , ~
same time for whiskey etc The whole committee nun
bered eleven, anu two officers were nut,vIlIru " o."
rfercd or twenty az S355 10 tOtil The records snow
nat Tor seven days least three members were aDst
m se supper beyond the number authorized ut the
expense + the Sra.e 1t would seeIn that tne amour
,@a emare than $40 per day for each member hotel
manager naturally provide ior the LII dear,
ment choice hut tO reiue to pay charges VI s
de-eripon "a the song rhe result Is that the state
IL brought Into discret by refusal TO pay DhiS COLI
4" In lime 1891 the snm o $1,000 was placed In the
custody Controller by the chairman OF committees
appUrted from the Assembly 10 investigate Guar ~
| Assembly to have offered Tin for his vote III the
late for United states senator 10 Is sale W 7
tha claimant va. aDpear for TINS money S -
respectfully suggest that his department be Iirecea "
pay the amount into The Genera fund III wiz ose' ~
portion 4 5000 paid by the State for counsei ices III
| this investigation"
TAXES on CORPORATIONS.
The amount realized from taxes on corporatlons dur,
ing the dscal YER ending september 30 lS52, Was
81 $50 6sl ~ beng $4,000 III moe than the receipt
OF tne previous year rms is says Tue Cd,o oi
The ads coates OF hs liw that the revenue uhuer !
would rach $2,00O0O0 WILL within the next TWO yeuis
Tax Commissioners who helped to perfect ana te Leg
satnre who passed this act great credit ~ due Bu te
ofis chiefly connec ed vita this most important Imam
clsl my Immediate predecessor, M ~
tnre ,urng his servicr "a a member aud In 1880 nav
ing been elected Controller he was In position 10 percI
| the law he had introduced and to ru 10 mouon the
machpery for It's execution. Complicated questions en-
erng nto tue rst working of 80 important ana uhtrie
inc mass OF ssitated was large THE
niiiaiory work found psacti ally completed when en-
| view the laDor + am Impressed with the economy a.
well a. he efficiency shown by my predecessor ana t'
otwithsIindng the clerical labor involved, not an
additional clerk appointed. ana eAtlu
nondturo for se-yi,es $780, which represents the
Increase salary Of the cerI who has TINS pranch o
The Department In charge. dOubi II similar lnsta CO
can be found Of important law put IN FORCE ahd -
large a revenue collected an expense so small Ih'
Adorury Generals department mas had cohstdefaD
extra labor thrown upon by reason or tbls law, anu
nave To acknowledge tho care and prOmptAcss WIZ
winch tie present Attorney General has answered th'
questions submi It'd tO nin aud the success whicn hh
attended pros cuOn ths cases before the courth
cit II far state this connection that ne corpora
tious have zen rally responded Without caVii ana IN
poln,s 10 before the courts are not suggestive
factious opposition"
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