The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-08
HITCH IN CITY FINANCES.
RICHMOND AND QUEENS AREMoyEr-
LESS-SPECItL TAX NEEDED.

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RICHMOND AND QUEENS AREMoSEr-
LESs-SPECfiL TAX NEEDED.
CamptFolier Thlnhs legislation should ne
Obtained for 81 New Tax Levy ts tie Laid
ana Collected In These BoroaEhs This
Year-HurryIng Up the General budget.
Tho New Board Of Estimate, composed OF
Mayor Van Wyck. Comptroller Colcr, Corpora
tion Counsel whalon. President Feitner of the
Department OF Taxes and President Guggen.
heimer of the Council, met for tho first time
yesterday in, the Mayors private Office. Comp
trollsr Coler presented n plan for the prepare
tion OF the frsrbudget of the new city. together
with o skeleton budget giving an outline Of tho
form In which appropriations should be applied
for by the various departments, boards. commits
nionA bureaus and officers of the city author
tged to incur Expenditures. Mr.. Colcr also sub
mitted copies Of q number of budgets which
were prepared prior to Jan 1 by the various
citioe and towns taken into the consolidation,
and he.recommcndcd that these budgets and tho
skeleton budget be printed and sent around to
the various heads of departments for their in
etruotion. Tho recommendation was adopted.
Then Mr.. Coler offered a resolution calling upon
tho heads OF departments to submit their esti-
mates Of expenditures within ono week, so that
the necessary appropriations can be made as
bSSa - o9sAi -" N.S bSSNS
action was necessary Mr.. Coler made a state
mont, In which he said:
II call the attention of the board to certain
facts which will to a great extent govern its
action In the framing Of this budget. 1t is evil
Dent from the report of the on Draft
TO the Greater New York Charter Commission
(page q, Ash's edition.. and from section 901
OF the charter, that the Greater New York Char
ter Commission believed that all the expenses
for the year 1903 would, under existing law,
have been provided for in advance by the
boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond.
''This has been found to DO true of Brooklyn;
but the towns and villages Of Richmond and
Queens counties have only prepared budgets
whiph, for the most part, cover only amounts
due for expenses previously incurred during the
year 1897. As II matter Of fact there will be
practically no moneys received from these two
boronshs applicable to the expenses OF the new
clty for the year 1898; since practically all Of
the moneys received from those boroughs will
bo neSded to meet the Indebtedness OF such
boroughs incurred prior to Jan. I, 1898.
as,sct t uft rs n ,,sI;c cnaIt tba Tn ths a an rSna %ay TOT tn nrn,
vide for the payment of expenses in these two
boroughs will be by the issue of special reve-
nue. bonds under section 10, the amount whereof
pan be specially assessed against those locali-
Ties In tho year 1893 under the provisions Of
There are may reasons, however, why it
would be desirable. If possible, to obtain legis-
eSSGiah sq 4 %fii bs f foa nsSe sSonid S Sa see b s%oq pro.
Sided by those boroughs for 1898, by a tax levy
p BE- assessed against the proper localities dur
should also be had which would provide for in
deficiency which should have been paid in to
The ;ts,TSSNSEy S q h the new city ny y With, the h former neF
been paid in on account Of the failure Of that
city TO collect all of its taxes in the past. The
Qauses Of this deficiency have been recently re-
RATPA IN N thA nrnEE nnH Drn Inn IN rNr-
coiisctible personal taxes which have not been
pnnually, set OIL by amounts inserted in the tax
levy for deficiencies in the collection of taxes, as
has been the case in the former city of New
A! .Tf this legislation is obtained and the req.
piIito amount, of money obtained by taxation
Hereunder all portions of the present city will
then be contributing their proper share to tho
money will be obtained during that year. II,
pm tho other hand, remedial legislation of this
tho city would be permanently disorganized,
since NO satisfactory system Of financial ad-
fiscal year with a deficiency balance of many
The attention of the board is also cal ed to
tho urgent necessity of completing the budget
for 1893 at the earliest possible moment. II
the law were to BIO strictly, construed, 1t might
right to incur any expense until apprppria.
dpns OF money are made pursuant to section 10
priations Of any kind available for the city eS.
penses OF 1898. Urgent necessity will probably
s sSVaaso ' n the ino making OF Of f fSe SndE l1sbili aeye in
thelees, the Department OF Finance cannot
possibly pay such expenses until there are
appropriations TO charge them to. AS an in
ptanoe of the hardship that may result should
any unnecessary delay occur in the making of
lsborers In the city employ are required by law
70 DO paid on weekly pay rolls, and that within
e week the labor pay rolls for the first week in
II may also add that the planning of a scheme
for the outlay Of money in the boroughs of Queens
mnng 4 N II 1 ayTnRiVn Arr a-l
SepaEf%ents. ffhos suseestien:is therefore eieHS ~ ma ads
poraonment Of funds under section 10 Of the
pharter DO ftst made, in pert at least, for the
leaving tho expenses Of. the. other Two
Poroughs for later consideration in case the
head1 OF departments are unable to estimate
promptly the expenditures to. be made there.
The resolution offered by the Comptroller was
7 Next Mr.. Coler offered a resolution that $780,
700 or revenue bonds, payable In 1899. be is
examination into the financial affairs of all the
SofiSs, Snd tSTnS Joined ned tS me New York by con.
oligina epproprlaiion of s54.4io. which was
jnatfon, was exhausted. The period er Of In In.
quiry. he said. should BIO extended, as the work
1nqertaken by the experts was far from COM
sDid oyou say that all of the first appropria.
fi9n has been SPENT" inquired Mayor Van
There Is very little of it left" replied the
,.We how was the money spenti' asked the
Mayor. "How many expert accountants were
bhqre, and how much did each one receiver"
s.-fhero were nine expert accountants at S25
DAY and nine assistants at $40 a day." Mr.,
Ccler said and the resolution was adopted.
Mayor Van Wyck was elected President of
tho board and President Feitner OF the Tax De-
partment secretary.