made to the same Department for the year 1888, entitled "Police Fund--Salaries of Inspectors," which is insufficient to enable the Treasurer of the Board of Police to pay to the Chief Inspector the salary of five thousand dollars per annum. Very respectfully, WM. H. KIPP, Chief Clerk. CHAPTER 137. AN ACT to amend section two hundred and ninety-four of chapter four hundred and ten of the Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to consolidate into one act and to declare the special and local laws affecting public interests of the City of New York." Approved by the Governor, April 14, 1888; passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section two hundred and ninety-four of chapter four hundred and ten of the Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to consolidate into one act and to declare the special and local laws affecting public interests in the City of New York," is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: Within thirty days after entering upon office, the Superintendent of Police shall give a bond, with one or more sureties, in the sum of thirty thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties, and the Inspectors of Police shall each give a bond with one or more sureties, in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties, said bonds to be approved by the Comptroller of the City of New York and filed in his office. The Senior Inspector shall be known as Chief Inspector and shall have charge of the Detective Bureau of the Police Department of said City, and in the absence of the Superintendent of Police shall discharge all the duties of that office, and his salary shall be five thousand dollars per annum, payable in the usual manner, but nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the civil service laws now in operation in this State. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. STATE OF NEW Office 4 the Secretary of State, } SS.: I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said. original law. [SEAL.] Given under my hand and the seal of Office of FREDERICK COOK, And offered the following preamble and resolution: Whereas, The Board of Police have designated Inspector Thomas Byrnes "Chief Inspector" of the Police Department, in pursuance of Chapter 137 of the Laws of 1888; and Whereas, The said act provides that the salary of the Chief Inspector shall be $5,000 per annum; and Whereas, The Board of Police have requested this Board to transfer the sum of $1,078.33 to enable the Treasurer of the Board to pay the Chief Inspector the salary of $5,000 per annum in the present year; Resolved, That the sum of one thousand and seventyeight dollars and thirty-three cents ($1,078.33) be and is hereby transferred from the appropriation made to the Police Department for the year 1888, entitled "Police Fund-Salaries of Patrolmen," which is in excess of the amount required for the purpose thereof, to the appropriation entitled "Police Fund-Salaries of Inspectors," 1888, which is insufficient for the purpose thereof. Which were adopted by the following vote: Affirmative-The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen, and President of the Department of Taxes and Assessments-4. The COMPTROLLER presented the following: CITY OF NEW YORK-FINANCE DEPARTMENT, May 2, 1888. To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: The matter of costs and counsel fees incurred by the Commissioners of the Department of Public Charities and Correction, in the investigation of their official conduct before the State Board of Charities, having been referred to the Comptroller April 11, 1888, for examination, I respectfully submit the following REPORT: The bills presented in this matter amount to $1,301.25. Messrs. Masten & Nichols, Counsel in the case, have furnished a statement dated April 30, 1888, of services performed, which is herewith submitted, together with a communication, dated May 1, 1888, from the Counsel to the Corporation, giving his opinion that the amount charged is reasonable, and that it is proper for the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to audit and allow the claim, under Section 196 of the Consolidation Act and the amendments thereof, and to provide for its payment. I therefore submit a resolution to provide for the payment of said charges. Respectfully, THEO. W. MYERS, Comptroller. LAW DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE COUNSEL TO THE CORPORATION, Hon. THEODORE W. MYERS, Comptroller: Sir,-I am in receipt of your communication of the 23d ultimo, transmitting to me the bills of Messrs. Masten & Nichols, for services rendered by them to the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction in the investigation of their official conduct, made by the State Board of Charities and Correction. In your communication of the 14th ultimo, you ask me to furnish you with my opinion whether the amount of the charge for the services rendered is correct, and whether the Board of Estimate and Apportionment is authorized to audit and allow the bill, under Section 196 of the Consolidation Act, and the amendments thereof, and provide for the payment pursuant to the section above. cited. In reference to the first part of your inquiry, I beg to say that I have communicated with Messrs. Masten & Nichols, and forward herewith a written statement from Mr. Masten of the nature and extent of the services in question. From this statement, as well as from other information which I have received on the subject, I am of the opinion that the amount charged is reasonable. I am also of the opinion that it is proper for the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to audit and allow the claim in question, under the provisions of Section 196 of the Consolidation Act, as amended by Chapter 680 of the Laws of 1887; and that, under Section 155 of said Act, it will be the duty of the Comptroller to provide for the payment of the same by the issue of Revenue Bonds, in anticipation of the taxes of the year following the audit. Yours, respectfully, HENRY R. BEEKMAN, Counsel to the Corporation. MASTEN & NICHOLS, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, No. 146 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, April 30, 1888. My Dear Sir, I take pleasure in giving you the information requested in your letter of the 27th instant, with regard to the nature and extent of the work done by my firm in the matter of the Ward's Island investigation conducted by the State Board of Charities. The proceeding occupied thirteen days of my time, of which five were spent in the trial or hearing before the State Board, six in consultation with my clients and the necessary work of preparation for the hearing, and two in |