Year: 1870

The totals of the county eyes of 1869 passed. and of
1870 reported, the Assembly are, therefore, heary
thc same. But IL must be remembered that large
amounts will doubtless added to the levy of this year.
before passes We think the 100000 for the new Court
the operation is to be repeated there now. 1t
win be noticed that Of the regular Item items
even as the matter stands reduction Is proposed,
are the contingencies for the Tax Commissioners L lon
where 800 is saved $4,000 the COroners $1,000 on
witnesses, 5000 MacOmb's Dam Bridge, $4,000 on
printing $500 ON rents 5000 on repairs and $1,000 on
increase Of all salaries In the Legislative Department
the increase is though the Board OF supervisors i
in the Judiciary s9i9Os Think Of 100000 increase in
single year the salaries Of such Judges we get It
must be remembered, too, that all these comparisons
with the eXtravagant and od0us tax levy or last
by tax leaving out the bonds issued last year and to be
issued this find that even as the County levy STANDS
now, about 100000 to be paid by present tax
than by that Of last year.


SPECIMEN BLOCKS FROM THE RING QUARRY.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR: Many of your readers remember that
the Legislature of last year passed act granting the
right to build railroad in Twentythirdst, and direct
ing that the franchise should be sold at auction TO the
person or corporation offering to pay into the City
Treasury the largest of money for such right priy
lege franchise and that Mayor Hall acted as budoon
and auctioneer in selling this franchise 1t may also be
remembered that by mistake the representative Of
Fisk Could & Company failed TO become the highest
bidder and that the property struck down to some
else. When the money was TO be paid Mayor Hall
refused to complete the bargain because the money
rendered by the agent of the person who made the bid
he presenting an assignment Of the bid to himself ]
presume the public has been curious to what the next
move this iuggle would he. If any will read the
Following provisions from the new Tax Levy he will with
a little sagacity where the Erie ring comes in:


SIC 3 In case in which oce officers Of the City OF New


right OF p and the highest bidder declared by the said


or heir uy her to resell or award be same highest bidder
such sale who vii comply with the said teTsi and in the event Of
ied
such sale and such award shall have the effect made


the ef. % eT o or P2p2, 3y limitation as " the time making '


Mr. Han has declared that the highest bidder has not
eTty right privilege" to the next highest bidder TO
wit; to jay Gould q co. How DO the taxpayers, the
dwellers on Twentythirdst, and the omnibus owners


But this is not the only valuable stone TO he found
the quarry of the Tax Levy When the Metropolitan Fire
Department organized, the Commissioners cOnsd-
cred that for time i would be best not to % extend the
paid system In It's full force over the whole OF the island
and they therefore arranged with the members of the Old
volunteer department attached TO engines In the upper
part of the city that they should while attending as he;


fore TO their ordinary avOcatons, do fire duty for small
til 9Ss Of the dy a placer to be
worked. They procured from the fremen assign
ing nsn'f therefor r"e Mr. % Thomas Fields then aP
Peared At Albany and caused to be inserted IN the Tax
to pay these pretended claims The opposition made by
the Fire Commissioners ION was @ sHcn M that IN iast years
outside limit to be allowed in these claims. This amount
Mr. Thomas c. Fields and his associates have long since
collected But Mr. Fields, having secured his election as
member Of the Assembly this year, has found il an
easy matter get section inserted in the present Levy
nhe seventh) for the payment OF the additional claims
which have been found to be due Will tell us
how much "has been found to be due 7"


st another block from this quarry to he found in the
twenty ninth section of the Levy. This section
cites that whereas the city officers have at various times
bundercd by voting to confirm assessments when the
fun Board present the law required and the
have therefore declared these assessments void
therefore that they he declared valid aud become lien
upon the lots involved though the property may have
been since sold and resold free from any such liens
dozen times. The City Treasury certainly needs protec
tiOn but doubt if it is proper to Tepensh In such
an inequable not to say unconstitutional, manner The
next section does the thing with the assessments in
a less open manner. TAA-PAlER


Neic- York, April lG, 1870