New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-18
NEW-YORK LEGISLATURE.


Mr.. J.. STRONG presented the memorial of q
great meeting of citizens Of Northern New York,
he'd at Ogdensburgh, asking for the Rouse
Point Bridge.
Bills were passed to re0rganize the Police de-
psrtment Of the city Of Albany to exempt prop
erty Of Incorporated hospital companies from tax.
alton; to incorporate the University Of Albany
10 incorporate the New York Juvenile Asylum
to incorporate the Westminster College, Buffalo.
petition has been received from the Ononda.
ga Indians, complaining that the white men so
encompassed them as to require increased protec-
ton from them, and asking that better salary
may be paid to their attorney.
Mr. STONE reported favorably Of the act TO in.
corporate the Protestant Episcopal Mutual Bene-
fit Society; also favorable to an act 10 incorporate
the Thistle Benevolent Society of New-York.
Mr.. SNYDER reported favorablyto bill to erect
q ire-proof building for State Library.
Mr.. MORGAN reported favorably OF the bill de-
filing the powers and duties Of the Harbor Mas
ter Of New.York, so far as respects Corporation
Piers.
The bill to incorporate the New. York Juvenile
Asylum was passed. This provides for the safe
keeping Of such neglected or destitute children
of that City by law or by the voluntary act Of
parents as are committed to them. 1t received
. unanimous vote.
The bills incorporating the Westminster Col
lege and q University were passed The latter
contained a section declaring that the charter
should be forfeited il the University should ever
apply to the Legislature for an appropriation, bat
it was struck out, as being undgnifed and i'm
proper.
The general act establishing as the standard Of
Weights and Measures Of the State the set sent
70 our State by Congress and perfected by Mr.
Hasler, was passed
The Treasurer Of the State communicated 10
the Senate, in answer to a resolution, statement
that on the lst day Of February, 1851, there was
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627 AZ was 20 the credit OF the Canal Fund. The
rest is to the credit Of the other funds Of the
State On deposit in the Mechanics and Far
mers' Bank, sl40,4s7 N. Y. State B ank, (Al-
bany1 slO5,9s4 95 Manhattan Company $685..
COZ 'es County Banks, S702,5 $50 Ga.
Mr. STONE, Opp from Madison and Oswegc
District. arose 20 question Of privilege. He
read an article published in the albany Register
(Beekman Silver Gray aedging that Gerritt
Smith u.s. P.) was endeavoring to get members of
the LEGISLATURE TO vote for HAMILTON FISH, and
that reliance was had that when the resolution
was introduced providing for another election Of
L. s. Senator, Senators Stone and Stanton Free
Soil Democrats) would be absent and the resolu-
ton passed. He denied that there was any truth
in the statement so far as Mr. Gerrtt Smith was
concerned. He said he would as soon think of ex-
tracing tears from tomb stone as to ring vote
for Hamilton Fish from Gerritt Smith. None but
an insane person would think OF such thing.
Here this trivial matter dropped
The important bill providing for the restriction
Of the powers Of cities TO contract debts came up
for discussion This bill provides that the credit
of the city shall not in any measure be given or
loaned to or in aid Of any ind vidual, association
or corporation, and that no city shall borrow a
sum beyond a sum equal to ten per cent of the
aggregate valuation Of the real estate az returned
by the Assessors to the Board of Supervisors.
Mr. MAES moved to limit the amount to FIVE
per cent He considered the bill as likely to pro-
duce an issue Of city stock to be used as basis
of banking To all this he was opposed. he
supposed what ne should say would effect moth
ing, for the majority in both Houses seemed to be
influenced by an innate propensity to get into debt
II was feature Of the Wing party.
Mr.GEDDEs considered the remarks Of Mr.. Mann
ss vague and unfounded This State has only
attained to its present position of the Empire
State, by reason that those who had charge Of its
Government have judiciously borrowed the means
to build up its Canals and develope its resources
In every department Of life wise credit has
been instrumental in accomplishing good. In the