New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-13
Old cL4Ius 1G1I1SI TIE CITT.
GovrrXrR NIL To Re ASKED 7" WHO BILL
Atruor ZrNG THEIR PAYMENT.

covrcYrR NIL tone ASKED To WHO BiLL'
Nruor ZiNG THEIR PAYMENT.
The diapoeition of the Legislature to follow
il. corr.c list year ia Ia.-'lE h. COMPELLING thc cI
sutsorit.. 10 pay oil claims which have either been
rejected hy the courts whic arc npF on The c'lrrS'
hes led number of prominent l''pnyris ~ PtrI'F
,rc. Witch viii Ice sent 10 the Governor rcqucstn-
hin, 10 veto all such bills MAYOR craze. 'unlfohrr l"c"
and other city officers viii ho invited to sign The docn-
mani I.p,cia attention viii be called 10 the iact that
all tle,c Llls have been iayorahiy reported rnn TIE
Committees on f-r 10 both Houses oi when senator
Gibbs ana General Hafuun are tnr respective rh"rm'n
Reference viii be made 70 the bills passed la@i year n
the same way. which legalrl the tnins oI the tweed
c iustce the extra district court juniors aud ''hcr
l,,. which lad been rejected by the supreme Court
Those bill. were signed hy Governor Cleveland h't IT,
anrrward gave a. an eNcu.e that no one "ii''"'''
,r hin, to po.r their character or offer opp"-ion
II l. intended that Governor I'm stall not have even
snch a poor excuse for approving h'se bilIa
Among the bills to which objection - made i one
offered iy senator Murphy TO pay joseph steinert i"'
alleged services district court p'ih III 10
Senator Campbell introduces similar measure 10 ply
I,w,cpcc Collins for alleged services ~ court
,oessepccr IN $50 4 bill offered by senator cullen
conpes the city u paw second time Tor "'r" d'ho 10y
a street contractor. Another hii miro ucru w rt'o
Nurny criliz~s tie csitu OF J. A. McnAHn ior alleged
seryi,c. n- AN assistant clerk in Tue ia tNl plsu'
Court in 1874. The sam" senator n.s h.I".r 80
in~ daring the Tweed rtgine IN me i1Sh AT'r'on"
"rd sti another I'M cnmpcls payment fof Ike clh ~
On the rart of HE sunday MIcHB BON lhe'e MI
ARE now ON the final pas-casc. uud particular oyccon j.
made 10 them bccau-c there are Ike r'hil' !" me
.mount of o,er S2Op.OO pending htalh-l the CIT!
,rca.ury senator Cullen hns Till. which mas also been
tavnrnlv reported that egalrs claim on the pait o.
Ccnrge 4 N1gcl for damages Ia lHJ7 senator I1hnki
nm. a biz which provides that the statute q" limitation
sLall be no bar to claims Tor daua@"- growing Out o the
grading OF One-huuhred- aud hrtieil-sI The same
Scnatnr has another bill which egaliL"s TIE claim OF
wc.Icv Ward for alleged services az CONT strncg
rainier I'm 1871 I-72 ana 1873. Assrmb yuan Hives
INTRODUCED again the familiar bill vetoed 6y previous
Govcrnor 10 lpay Robert T. Bailey 5000 Tor services
"a a Surrogates clerk ~ccSra year, ago. Assembly man
Van Allen seeks to cg.ze similar claim To the amount
Of 80 900 made by John DOnncy. Assembly inah
Reilly by "A hl seeks 10 compel tie city To pay Tor
seryi,eS ana material said 10 have been furnished n
1870 I'm HIKING an armop. Assembiyinan Cantor want.
r., make the city pay W. T. Bakelcy an old claim oi
Nearly all these bills have hccn favorahly acted upon
Tho pr1test 10 the Governor will state the Injustice OF
compelling the city 10 pay such claims irrespective oi
The decision OF the courts It's slated thai II hcr" u
any m.tcc IN these claims fall redress can be obtained
without further legislation; nnd 1t j. pointed out that
every wear new claims coming 10 the surface. an
they will continue to multiply 40 long a. there II
chance OF getting payment outside OF tho courts oil