Year: 1872

son From and independent OF him whose duty 10 Is to
draw them out so that each should DO check upon the
other That In State government and has been
from the earliest period ~ well as IN our City Govern
mon for nearly two m %brb sS n re @ WORKED
proved for years and why abandon IL Ia 10 give 20
dishonest CONTROLLED If @ snch thing D can possibly be
check. Beside. there is another difficulty which this
satF hsFr rxeept New York there is County Tisaor
! whose business it is TO receive and take care


for connty expenses and TO receive from ali town village
and city collectors the State money derived from


op for state purposes pay In the Treasury
Tho amount Of the state tax thus collected this city
in 1870 &c. $50 49, and not far from double that


overnmeni nothing TO do. hut which in every
County Treasurer The City County OF New York
beng commensurate in territory, the Legislature
bbT bT general pr"yiS"n in the Revised statutes t
enacted that che Chamberlain should be "con-
sidered the County Treasurer" OF this county.
Let this proposed charter be enacted and who is there to
take OF the interest involved in this sum Of s6OCOOOO
or OOAOO Beside the County Treasurers gen
era laws the cusodians OF the moneys paid INTO court
which, in this county, amounts to several hundred
sutors in Court and provision made for that fund


e % sbN m be- as given To- him by s
charter there presented this anomaly that custO
dian OF an funds he gives security only S]OOOO
while the Chamberlain gives as security only 81 3O0OOO
100000 for city and county funds aud OO0OO for state
and court funds.


Fih The vagueness OF the repeal of other laws
other serious difficulty. II repeas only such acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this leaving to
hunt through least 900 of law from the
Donecan Charter 10 this time find out what is the
existing law. Is IL wise TO throw this ObsCurty around
that which is to be our every days guidancef


SiIth. IL is and again provided in this dOcu
ment that department shall indebtedness
How this be preyenedi For every days work they
incur Indebtedness unless in all instances they
pay in advance. and the effect OF these provisions
the amount cannot be collected from the city, because
Is debt contracted contrary to law


Sercnh II proposes to enact that all payments by
behalf of the corporation shall be made through the
proper dsbuTsng officers Of the Department of Finance "
that not dollar be paid out by any other Depart
ment and that for all labor and all materials fur
niShed every must 90 to the Controllers Office for
his pay.


Eighth: II proposes a clean sweep early the 18th
of May OF the Reform Council elected last Fall and
of many important city officers appointed in imperative
obedience to the public sentiment i'll favor OF Reform;
thus, II me, compelling the Reform party TO
abandon all they have gained thus far and to trust TO luck
and the operation cumulative voting whether they Will
at the next shuttle of the pack get anything give 1t all
back 10 those OF whom they have complained 50 much
evidently ignoring the question whether under the Con
ettution Legislature has the thus TO remove
from their positions those whom the people have agree
able to the Constitution and the law duly elected 10
office II the Legislature has such power II Is I'M
pOrtant find out how II Is given W them aud where II
Is to stop,


These are some OF the matters involved In the proposed
new Charter Are they designed, are they the result
Of q want OF knowledge Of the nature Of Our CITY Gov
ernmeut and lis operations And wherein viii any
tnug in that Charter tend TO prevent repC uuOn by
other parties Of the very frauds lately exposed


Neir- IOTk, Feb. "a, 1872 LINCOLN