New-York tribune., 1890-06-06
THE EXCISE BOARD DISCIPLINED'
ITS ANNUAL APPROPRIATION REDUCED BY
,. ,., - am, LIVELY DISPUTE.

ITS ANNUAL APPROPRIATION REDUCED Di
MORE THAN $1,000 LIVELY DISPUTE
Al tbe adjourned meeting of the Board Of Estimate
Yesterday Controller Myers got In some eoou "oi" W
tho h,nIv smrched Excise Department. and succcedch
in reducing It's annual appropriation by s'o'' Mo''
Of This reduction came out Of the allowance lot IN
c,so insnccors whose general usclcssncSs was aDmi-
dontly shown bv the testimony ta@cn by the faSset
Committee President Alexander Mcakm appeared
with a statement showing In detail that inc EA'lse
Board should be allowed to spend el42'7'o Ior
the fiscal year. 1t included $4,000 ior the threa
Commissioners salaries 5000 for counsel $4,000 for
chief clerk Sc 800 for law clerk $1,000 for CASHIER
80 500 for stenographer. $4,000 for fort5-hhc IN
,octors $4,000 for fourteen specially detailed In
sncc,or. 20 900 for three general inspectors S15oO
for one deputy inspector, and $500 for one general
;nsnector also for other expenses Of rent and con-
tingcncies.
The Controller began by saying that the tota! was
foo great by at least 10000 The number OF licenses
no sad had decreased and one inspector to each OF
the thirty-fve police precincts should be sufficient
The present corps Of inspectors had established q
rcputation for being good for nothing except "
sponge upon unfortunate liquor-dcaeS While pretend
ing to perform their duties. Commissioner Meahlin
defended the inspectors and accused the Controller Oh
being poorly informed. lie said that 34'"oo III
spections were made during the year. How many
licensed places arc therel' Mr.. Myers asked lover
5000 but there were many relnspections,' was the
reply The inspection is very bad the Controller
answered Mr.. Mcakim and Mr.. Myers had not
dlsput over market restaurants and conradiced en-
others assertions vchcmently.
President Coleman. of the Tax Department, thousbt
81 40 600 large sum to vote 10 the Excise Board IL
is perfectly outrageous for department. to charge
10 IA per cent for what it collects, said the Con
troer Commissioner Meakim replied that the present
Board WAS doing more and better WORK than any OF Us
nredecessors After considerable excited talk Con
troller MYERS moved 70 fix the yearly Appropriation
at s13OOOO but defeated. the other members
of the Board voting NO Tax Commissioner Cole
man proposed s135,oOO as the figure. but this was
also lost only the Controller and Mr.. Myers voting IN
favor of it, But President Arnold aftcrward changed
his vote, and the appropriation was placed at that
IL IS to be divided as follows Administration
account, E37 800; inspectors, $4,000, ccntiu'
ccncics, $1,000. The sum OF 5000 was ap-
propratcd to enable the Controller to carry
n ent law. ndcr act signed by the Governor
on Monday which requires that clerks and Others cn
oved in the work Of serving the public records must
be paid yearly salaries instead Of for piece word
chan -es were made allowing tho Register and County
Clerks Offices $i,5OO for salaries Of certain ceF"s
and bookbinders, and striking that sum from the
contingency account. The Board made movement
toward obcying the mandamuS OF the court IN the
matter Of Colonel r. T. Woods claim by allow ne
TO gain possession Of the Corporation CounseIS once