New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
Accepts Invitation To Be
represented at Sub-Com-
mittee Hearings.
oI ACES EXPECTED
TO BE STANDARDIZED
~, Executive Tells How Or
carnations Can Aid in
Work.

III, Advisory Council Of Real Estate
,...-ests has accepted the invitation OF
-. ritv administration 10 be repre-
.sr,ed at the various hearings OF the
y cor,mittee Of the budget committee
= the Board Of Estimate, which are
ia nrior 20 the public hearings be-
80 the board. IF the bill setting
s,ek the dates for collection OF taxes
81 been approved by Mayor Mitchell
"a Governor Whitman, the prepare
son OF the city budget would have oeen
iscpn two months prior 10 the time
- g, Is usually undertaken" says
~. copnc1 The meetings Of the SUD
,ommittee on the budget have thus
Ssen held in anticipation Of the enact
.,srt Of this measure into law. How
.rer bv its veto by the Mayor, the nor
vi course Of budget procedure as fol-
iowed each year has again been pur-
sued
,r the various heads Of the differ
,-t city departments, and these are
hs;,g submitted 10 the subcommittee
=, tie budget. Probably most OF the
climates will be in THE City RECORD
b.fore July /. but they must all be SUP
-,;,tsd prior 70 September /. in accord
,,.s with the resolution adopted by the
Poard Of Estimate on May II. Within
-. lsst wear the Bureau of Standards
"a The Bureau Of Contract Super
rision have been carefully snalyzing the
work OF each Of the departments so as
N elect whatever economies may be
nossible In the budget for 1917. Mayor
Mitchell has already announced that
this wear the policy Of the Board OF
Estimate will be TO standardize posi-
lions. so that when vacancies occur they
viii not be filed except upon the new
basis that may be established by the
bureaus Of Standards and Contract
Supervision.
The Mayor has written 70 tins organ
ization with regard to the preparaVio"
Of the 1917 budget, as follows:
"The analysis and preparation OF the
budget for 1917, as in the case OF re
sent preceding budgets, will be IN
charge Of the Board Of Estimates com
mittee on tax budget, OF which Con
troller Prendergast is chairman as
sisted by Subcommittee, OF whleh
Robert B. Mcintyre Is chairman. MI,
Mcintyre is supervising statlstician ana
Examiner IN charge Of the Controller 5
Bureau Of Municipal Investigation ana
Your council and other similar or
limitations Of taxpayers and citizens
AN assist these committees by submit
ing your recommendation with re-
meet 10 the needs of departments, bu-
-eaus. boards and commissions OF the
.itv and county governments, based
mon a study of the facts, data and IN
formation which may be secured from
many sources.
Sources of Budget Information.
"The most important sources Of in
formation are budget news bulletins,
which have been published for a num-
per Of years by the Bureau OF Munich
BAL Investigation and Statistics Of the
Department Of Finance; the depart
mental estimates, which are published
as SUPPLEMENTS TO The City Record; by
conference and discussion with heads
If departments and budget committees
most important Of all, by attending
svery public meeting Of the budget
when departmental estl-
mates are under consideration, and ap-
for the coming year are IN
course OF determination.
IF the course above outlined is pur-
iued for two or three months preced-
NJ the last week within which the
Board Of Estimate must take final ac-
ion. a taxpayers organization should
be well prepared to discuss budget
matters before the Board Of Estimate
At the taxpayers hearings upon the
cut,/Te budget.
~ procedure for the preparation
and the adoption of the annual tar
budget for the city of New York is
'ound in the charter, Section 226, and
sill be the same this year as in the
'ast. The bin amending Section 226
md other sections of the charter for
he advancement OF the preparation
md the adoption Of the budget and col
ection Of taxes, was vetoed by me last
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