New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-01
Members elected to ei,her House shall IN al such
be necessary 70 constitute quorum therein
By order Of the committee
I'LL. him

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I 70 the submission - tne people some thought a
/ better mode nigh, be adopted On the propf1etE
OF pairing The public debt the committee ere
unanimous but as to the best mode Of so doie'
Members would more fuLy explain themselves III
! Committee Of the VI hoie. r,,
| Committee No. 3 are Messrs. Hoffman, Tilden.
Gerhard. Hunter ". H. Spencer Greene and
The Report from Mr MULTIPLY, Of the Standing
! Committee No a. on the Organization and Pow
ers Of Cities and Incorporated villages End espe-
ciaTv their power of borrowing. lending, assessing
/ local Legislation &c was next presented and read
! Ii is as follows
! Organi-ation and Popcrs Of Cities and Villages.
Proposed as a part ofthc Amended Consttutionl
ARTICLE
81 Private properly shall not be taken for improve
rnent in cities and villages unless the compensation there
for shall DC first determined before Judicial tribunal BY
jury of weve freehoder- Of the city village where
the same ha be situated who shall be chosen and cral
fled as Jurors in civil cases.
2 No local assessment for any improvement in auy
city village shall be- laid unless majority OF all the
OF the lands 10 be assessed s apply Tor such
improvement, nor unless such improvement shall be
ordered by vote Of thirds OF the Common Coun-
Gil or Board OF Trustees OF such city or village
So No debt shall be created by city village cor
pora,on except suppress nsurrecton or 10 provide
against existing pesticnce or casually unless the
shall NC authorized by act Of the Legislature Tor
some single object work 10 be distinctly specified
therein which law shall provide the ways and means OK
elusive OF loans pay the interest OF such debt as II
shall fall due and also pay and discharge the principal
thereon within twenty years by tax 10 be assessed and
collected upon the taxable property OF such city or VII
agc in equal amounts may be annually and
such law shall be repenable until such debt and the in
eres thereon shall be fully paid and discharged And
such law shall take effect until shall have been APP
proved by aory OF the electors OF such city or vii
age and no money raised shall be applied otherwise
than TO the object specified in such law BY order oil the
Committee HENRY c. MURPHY, Chm.
Mr. MURPHY stated that on the lst 4 the Commit
tee were unanimous but as TO the others they We're
not unanimous He thought that the provisions in
the article reported BY desire OF majority OF the
Committee, did not go to remove the defects In the
organization powers and mode OF assessing IN IN
corporated towns and cities, and being in the mi
norty he had prepared separate Report. 1t is as
follows
Organization and Poarcrs Of Cities and Villages
Proposed rs u part of the Amended CONSTITUTIONAL
ARTICLE -.
l. No charter or special ac, for the incorporation Of
any city or village shall be granted but general and uni
form laws shu be passed for the incorporation OF cities
and like laws for the incorporation OF villages subject
such alterations the Legislature shall from tme 10
time deem proper to make. The boundaries hnd limits
OF the territory included within any city village
poraon shall be determined III such manner as the LIE
gislaturc shall prescribe.
s Q No assessment for any improvement in any city
village shall be laid otherwise than by general tax
upon the taxable property Of such city village levied
and collected with annual tax for other expenses.
SO Private property shall no, be taken for any i'm
provemcnt in any city or village other than for State
purposes unless the compensation shn be first fixed by
jury in court proceeding according TO the course oil
the common law.
81 No debt shall be contracted by any city village
longer credit than twenty years unless there
shall be levied and collected in Its annual tax OF the
cednc onctwcntcth part OF such debt toward the
provide agaist pesence casualty. After the creation
any debt there shall be levied and collected in said
annual tax annually thereafter onetwentcth part or as
twentieth part he OF such debt, toward
its repayment
S. Money shall not be borrowed by any city or vii
ngc corporation anticipation OF Its annual tax except
for the purpose OF paying interest about TO become due
amy debt now existing or TO be created under The Inn
of lls article unless the amount shall hnvc
been previously levied IN such annual tax.
G. No liability shall be contracted by any city or VII
lalc corporation sncss provisions have previously been
made in its annual tax Tor dischargng the same
less the be incurred under the limitations OF this
article. IL. {. MURPHY.
The two Reports from Committee No. Il
referred to the Convention when IN Committee
The Members of Committee No. Il are Mcssrs,
Murphy, Allen, Stow, Mann, Croker, Van Schoon-
hovcn and Sheldon
Canal Enlargement
The Convention have printed the memorial of
Convention held at Rochester on the 18th ult in
opposition TO restrictive provisions supposed to be
intended to be placed in the Constitution. 1t is
signed by Ashley Sampson President; b Baglev
and ]. A. Barker Secretaries. and II. X. Smith, y.
X. Hall. n. Dayton and f. Whittesey, Committee.
The memlrialists say that the canals yield consid-
erably over two millions OF yearly revenue, after
having paid all charges for collection and repairs
that AT per cent on net revenue The value OF the
canals Hoac is Si2.5l9 960-that the cost of the
nails estimated Jan. lsii is $40, ,o2o, on which
sum the revenue last season was per cent.
OF tins cost. eighteen millions have been eX
pended on the Erie Enlargement, Gencscc Valley,
and Black River Canals, OF which fifteen millions
must remain unproductivc till these works are COM
peted and thence they infer that the revenue re-
ccivcd is ON the sixteen millions expended on the
canals already finished. beng over a per cent
They offer statement showing that the Enc Ca
nal ana its Enlargement, 50 far - it is productive,
Yields over 20 per cent. per annun
They believe that the Enlargement would weld
abundant means not only OF paying the outlay. but
also of aiding IN the completion OF other great
works of utility and Improvement The tonnage
of property passing the canals has they say, in
creased coo per cent. since ls35-and the country
on the great Lakes NOW counted NJ three millions.
will soon have ten The Erie Canal is their great
outlct-vcry little more business can be done on It
ill enlarced-and the State Is paying for interest
on what cannot be productive till finished, nearly
million u year.
Organization Of he Legislature.
Mr. MARVIN proposed that the Legislature should
have power after the next Stste census 70 increase
the Legislature altering the numbers to, in the
Senate any number no, over 5o-in the Assembly.
any number not over l50-such numbers 10 be
changed at the discretion OF future Legislatures. but
not farther enlarged
In favor OF this proposition. voted
Messrs. Angel H. kuS, Bascom Bull. Burr. Chat
field Couely CrooScr Dabois, Gardner, Gebhard. Hart
Jones kemblc Kennedy LOOMS Marvin, Nellis, o'Con.
or Patterson Porter. Powers Richmond. Salisbury
shepard, W. Il Spencer stephens Swackhafner TAFT