New-York tribune., 1921-04-14


administration follows:
Whereas. it is the common report
that the revenue of the City of New
York is insufficient to meet the re-
quirements of the public schools and
other municipal departments, and
the general financial status and the
credit of the city are in perilous
position; and,
whereas, it is the corc.on report
that such financial condition of the
CITY Is due in part to inetficiency,
waste and corruption In various do
and,
Whereas, it Is also the common re-
port that the personnel and the cur
rent administration Of various de-
partments OF the government of the
city have been demoralized and sub
Jeccad to practices prejudicial to the
public interest; and,
whereas, it has been repeatedly
stated In public reports and az mat
ters OF public information that the
financial difficulties of the said city
and the inefficiency and waste in the
administration of its government are
Que, in part, to duplication and de-
fects in the structure of its govern
ment under existing laws; and.
Whereas, There is and for a long
time has been an insistert and wide
spread demand by citizens of such
into such matters for the purpose
of enabling the Legislature to cor
rect such abuses, cure defects and
afford relief to such city so far as
the same may be done by law: and
Whereas. 1t Is the duty and func-
tion of the state to lend such as
sistance as 1t can to secure TO such
city and it's citizens residing therein
honest, efficient and economical local
government; now, therefore, be it
Resolved (if the Assembly con-
cur), That joint legislative com
nlittee is hereby constituted to con-
slst of five members to be appointed
BY the temporary president of the
Senate and six members of the AS
sembly to be appointed by the
Speaker of the Assembly, with power
and authority to investigate the
general financial condition of the
City Of New York, the causes thereof
and the remedies therefor, and to
inquire and examine into all and
allegations, and to inquire into the
accounts, the structure and the
methods and manner of administra-
ton of any and all the departments,
bureaus, offices, boards and commits
sions of the government of the City
of New York and of the boroughs
thereof, and Of the counties geo
graphically included within said city
and into every matter and thing that
affects or has affected the present,
past or future conditions surround
ing or in any way bearing upon or
relating to the financial condition of
said city, the structure and the ad-
mnistration of the municipal gov
eminent thereof and of the govern
ment of the counties geographically
included within said city. The in
yesrigation of the committee may
include every other matter and thing
not specifically mentioned in this
resolution relevant to the general
question Of ascertaining and i'm
proving the financial conditions Of
said city and the structure and the
administration Of the government
thereof, and Of the counties geo
graphically included therein, as
though the same had been expressly
specified therein; further
Powers of Committee
Resolved, That such committee be
hereby authorized to- sit in the City
of New York, or elsewhere within the
state. and conduct the investigation
herein described during the session
OF the Legislature, and during the re-
cess or after the adjournment, with
the same power and authority it
would have were the Legislature in
session; to choose q chairman from
among its own members; to employ
secretary, counsel, accountants and
such other assistants as NAV be
needed; to take testimony, subpoena
witnesses and compel the production
Of books, documents and papers, to
have the assistance and cooperation
of the officers and employees OF the
City Of New York and of the coun-
ties included geogra phically within
said city, and access to and examina-
ton OF all records, books, papers
and documents of said city and coun-
ties, and Of any and all departments,
bureaus, Offices, boards or commits
sions thereof, and otherwise to have
all the powers of Legislative COM
mittee. The committee may. at any
time and from time to time, by reso-
luton of a majority of its members,
be subdivided into subcommittee of
such number as it may, by majority.
determine, which subcommittee
may sit at the same time and place
or at different times and places in
the State Of New York during the
session Of the Legislature, during it's
recess or after the adjournment,
each such subcommittee to appoint
its own chairman and to act by ma
jority vote Of its own members, and