In re the Application for the Investigation of the Expenditures of the Village of Monticello

This is a proceeding under the provisions of section 4 of the General Municipal Law which provides in part as follows: “ Sec. 4. Investigation of expenditures of towns and villages. If twenty-five freeholders in any town or village shall present to a justice of the supreme court of the judicial district in which such town or village is situated, an affidavit, stating that they are freeholders and have paid taxes on real property within such town or village within one year, that they have reason to believe that the moneys *557of such town or village are being unlawfully or corruptly expended, and…