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NEW YORK CITY. 



mon Council, $88,000; Finance Department, 

 $301,700 ; interest on the city debt, $4,948,582 ; 

 redemption of principal of city debt, $1,499,021 ; 

 State taxes, $3,554,458 ; rents, $113,550 ; armo- 

 ries and drill rooms rents, $39,050 ; armories 

 and drill rooms wages, $58,568 ; Department of 

 Public Works, $3,014,020 ; Department of Public 

 Parks, $1,096,455; Department of Street Im- 

 provements, Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth 

 Wards, $350,472 : Department of Public Chari- 

 ties and Correction, $2,225,425 ; Health Depart- 

 ment, $470,236 ; Police Department, $5,309,886 ; 

 Department of Street Cleaning, $2,200,000 ; Fire 

 Department, $2,223,133 ; Department of Build- 

 ings, $214,250 ; Department of Taxes and Assess- 

 ments, $128,220; Board of Education, $4,480,448; 

 College of the City of New York, $150,000 ; Nor- 

 mal College, $125,000; printing, stationery, and 

 blank books, $268,000; municipal service examin- 

 ing boards, $25,000 ; coroners, $54,700 ; commis- 

 sioners of accounts, $32,500 ; sheriff, $121,378 ; 

 register, $130,000; judgments, $375,000; Law 

 departments, $202,000 ; Bureau of Elections, 

 $370,400 ; preservation of public records, $45,- 

 460 ; fund for street and park openings, $154,- 

 644 ; jurors' fees, $60,000 ; salaries city courts, 

 $383,300; salaries judiciary, $1,139,890; mis- 

 cellaneous, $120,228; libraries, $40,000; chari- 

 table institutions, $1.305,177 ; total, $37,444,154. 

 Deduct general fund, $3,000,000; grand total, 

 $34,444,154. 



This statement shows that the amount al- 

 lowed for 1893 is $37,444,154, which is reduced by 

 deducting the general fund made up by receipts 

 from various sources during the year, including 

 the unexpended balances of previous years 

 amounting to $3,000,000. The total amount 

 to be raised by taxation is $34,444,154, which, as 

 compared with the allowance made for 1892, 

 shows an increase of $1,562,949. 



In obedience to a mandamus of the Supreme 

 Court, the board at its final session ordered the 

 payment of $21,255 for the expenses of the 

 Washington Bridge Commission. This payment 

 was compelled because the bridge official's suc- 

 ceeded in getting a mandatory act through the 

 Legislature. The board put on record a resolu- 

 tion demanding that hereafter no law be enacted 

 by the Legislature requiring the execution of 

 public work, acquiring of lands, increasing of 

 appropriations, issuing of bonds, or payment of 

 claims, or in any manner compelling the increas- 

 ing of appropriations, until the local authorities 

 shall have first determined whether such appro- 

 priations should be increased, bonds issued, or 

 claims paid, believing that such course of action 

 will result in economy. 



Wealth of the City;. According to law, the 

 first Monday in July is fixed for the Common 

 Council to receive the tax rolls. It was found 

 that the assessed value in 1892 of the city's real 

 estate was $1,506,579,703, an increase of $42,- 

 331,883 over that of 1891. The total personal 

 estate was estimated at $321,684,572, an increase 

 of $85,054. The total of the real and personal 

 estate of the city was found to be $1,828,264,275, 

 which shows an increase of $42,406,937. 



Judiciary. The Supreme Court consists of 

 the following judges : Charles H. Van Brunt, 

 Presiding Justice, and George P. Andrews, 

 George C. Barrett, Edward Patterson, Morgan 



J. O'Brien, Abraham R. Lawrence, and George 

 L. Ingraham, Associate Justices, each of whom is 

 elected for fourteen years and receives a salary 

 of $17,500. In this court litigation has in- 

 creased to such an extent that it has been im- 

 possible for the judges to keep pace with it. 

 Over 1,500 jury cases were disposed of, and 

 nearly 3,200 cases still remain on the calendar. 

 The new system for the regulation and trial of 

 jury cases which was adopted a year ago has 

 met with general satisfaction and approval by 

 the bar. Some 1,107 cases were disposed of at 

 the two Special Terms, and 1,190 new issues were 

 added to the calendar during the year. 



The Superior Court consists of the following 

 judges: John Sedgwick, Chief Judge, Charles 

 H. Truax, P. Henry Dugro, John J. Freedman, 

 David McAdara, and Henry A. Gildersleeve, 

 Associate Judges, each of whom is elected for 

 fourteen years and receives a salary of $15,000. 

 In this court 157 cases were disposed of during 

 the year, 390 were disposed of in the Equity and 

 Special Terms, and 1,267 cases were tried before 

 juries. There were 19,116 motions heard and 

 decisions rendered during the year, and 17,280 

 orders filed. The judges naturalized 9,875 aliens, 

 and 5,552 more declared their intentions of be- 

 coming citizens. 



The Court of Common Pleas consists of Joseph 

 F. Daly, Chief Judge, and Miles Beach, Roger 

 A. Pryor, H. W. Bookstaver, Henry Bischoff, Jr., 

 and L. A. Giegerich, Associate Judges, each of 

 whom is elected for a term of fourteen years 

 and receives a salary of $15,000. During the 

 year, in this court, 394 appeals were decided and 

 318 opinions written. There were 679 cases dis- 

 posed of by juries, and 1,042 notes of issue filed. 

 Over 20,678 orders were granted in chambers, 

 and 3,362 motions heard and decided. Divorces 

 were granted to the number of 58, while 47 per- 

 sons had their names changed, and 29 people 

 adopted children of other parents. There were 

 7,781 certificates of naturalization issued during 

 the year, and declarations of intentions of 4,572 

 Germans and 1.723 citizens of Great Britain is- 

 sued. Schedules in 127 assignments were filed by 

 assignees, showing aggregated liabilities of 

 $4,689,963.12, nominal assets of $4.487,652.12, 

 and actual assets of $1,519,751.58. The penalty 

 of the bonds filed amounted to $1,344.950. 



The City Court consists of Simon M. Ehrlich, 

 Chief Judge, and Henry P. McGown. James T. 

 Fitzsimons, Joseph E. Newberger, Robert A. 

 Van Wyck, and John H. McCarthy, Associate 

 Judges, each of whom is elected for a term of 

 six years and receives a salary of $10,000. In 

 this court litigation likewise increased to an 

 enormous extent during the year. Judgment 

 rolls were filed aggregating $8,570,110.15. as 

 against $5,550,000 for the previous year. The 

 jury calendar was increased by 2,427 cases, and 

 121 appeals were taken to the Court of Common 

 Pleas from judgments of the General Term of 

 the City Court. There were 1,818 calendar cases 

 disposed of during the year, including 795 by 

 jury and 571 inquests. The appellate branch 

 of the City Court heard 205 appeals and filed 

 170 opinions. 



District Attorney's Office. The present in- 

 cumbent is De Lancey Nicoil (salary $12,000), 

 and his office is at 32 Chambers Street. 



