New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-07

In the chattel mortgage departmen aac cf chstte
mortgage The number OF such papers IA ~ n
varies from day to day. but !, IS onnfs col
n;a aherefor are not turned 10 the city, day
returns are made for very much siha''e'
cercates Of satsfactons Of mortgages are n,,sd
nshea wa n d csn5 eaeh r svea '1 Of the
table Arms and companies transacung neid
Win the ss ssp'e whch mo returns ap
near TO have been made TO the city
MORE WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY.
In the searching department there Is large waste
Of the public money In the year 1885, hi'eeh seAi.''
ers were in the regular employ oil the hes's'ei'
the total amount received for searches "'due "
them in that year amounted TO NlOSl2 ~ exclusive
of the certificates OF the Register hereto, OF az
1884 the total searching amounted to VOL ~ % Tbs
than the average amount Gt eSg at Yearly salary
of $1,000 each DO this work; hNe oa ~ eutire
the fifteen searehers employed IN 1882 MS
work could be done by one man , 49,, pocis,sr's
one Of the most fragrant abuses IN me M foT the
fcss is to be f0q Pnba Re Recor9s When
t.rely separate from the other depai,I
rs the work performed in 1t is done under spec,a,
act OF the Legislature and IS PAID rom 1sSs an
thorzes the recopy!ng Of old records whc me- ee
come mut.iated and Injured from age ,a ana "a iS
and Is sin continued fifteen men being epIoye9f LEI;
The recording clerks ensased IN C foio for the work
IN
actually nerforned. whereas those employed III
his Department for the copying OF Old RECORDS are
Maid a fixed salary OF $3.50 year since this WI
was begun in 1888 the average cost OF COPYING anu
cost having been increased largely under the au-
m.nisrations OF the present Register ana ms I'M
MEDIATE predecessor in office. The expense OF re-
copying and comparing each book under the pre-
ent Register has averaged over slOOO. whereas sIoo
would be liberal average allowance for me pIOpe
than a liberal allowance for comparing the
same. being the salaries Of two men Tor Tor nSiI
a month The recopyng by William j. McCue VINO
was in the office for seven months cost ~ - a
page Liber 303 OF Conveyances cost Tor recoPy! =
Including the expense OF comparing, as esttma ted
bv the chief clerk of the Department. sOlS 20; II
this book had been copied at the rate OF hve cents
a folio it would have cost $751; including SlW TOT
comparing il. The cost OF recopying Iiher 6So OF
Conveyances 81. 0S9 including the chief clerk
allowance for comparing II; II could have been re-
copied and compared on the basis above stated
for SOS SO.
FULL. OF INACCURACIES
Although these books supposed TO be copied
exactly line for line. and TO be in all respects du-
plicates of the originals they full of inaccu-
rac.es that careful la Syer relies upon Them but
examines the original record from which they are
copied For the purpose Of testing the correctness
of the copying for all errors. including capitals and
Dunctua ton marks, twenty consecutive lines were
Selected at random from the work OF each man
fhe same as to misspelei words, and words wrong
ly omitted or inserted. The following table shows
the errors made by each OF the persons employed in
this department in the work SO selected;
words
wrongly