The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-02
Our Albany correspondence.

ALBANY, Jan. 23, 1851.
The Passenger Tar-7he Smeoe Railroad Pro-
Jsct-RepOt on Proposisie~ fora Dog Tar
Banking Iwstttxttons, etc.
The following is the copy of bill introduced in
the Senate, by Mr.. Morgan, TO settle the title to
certain moneys paid under protest TO the Mariners
Fund, in the city of New York;
The Attorney General IL hereby authorized to en-
ter into agreement to Join smicable issue with
the person or persons any either OF them, who
paid the sum OF one hundred forty four thousand.
twenty eight dosIs and ninety eight cents into tn.
treasury OF this State under protest In pursuance Of
the laws Of this State, mposng tax passengers
arriving strom foreign countries TO submit ali questions
Court this State t, the Superior Court Of the
city of New York for decision thereon; and either
any inferior court to which said qaestons shall be
submitted to the Court Of Appeals Of this Stats.n
This matter has been several times before pre-
vious Legislatures Tor adjudication, and ii s high
time the question was disposed of. The ship own
ers, who have paid the above large amount Of mo-
ney, consider that the State authorities have no
this country They believe that Congress alone
has the regulation Of this, as well as all other inn
port duties and therefore are desirous Of testing
The constituhonslity ofthis State law. The Legis-
all possible despatch. Mr.. Morgan is very perse-
vering in endeavoring to obtain this favor for his
commercial constituents, and il is hoped he may
succeed before the close OF the present session Of
the Legislature.
At the last session, an attempt was made by GER
tain railroad specuators to induce the Legislature
to authorize the sale of shares in Canadian rail-
road company, by species Of lottery. But il fail
ed as the members were not willing to stake their
reputation on the violation OF an express provision
OF the constitution. An attempt is now being
made to obtain an act of the Legislature, by which
majority OF the directors OF any railroad corpo-
ration may subscribe 10 the stock OF this same
Canada road. Mr.. Owen, the Cattaraugus Senator,
hes introduced bill in the Senate, containing the
following section:-
Any railroad corporation in this State may loan It's
credit or may subscribe to and become the owner Of
stock in like manner and With the like rights US in
dividuals In the Great Western Railroad Company,
Csnaea West. not excesding five per cent Of the
capital Of such corporation loaning Its credit,
This bill should be promptly arrested. The
owners of railroad stoc cks in this State should not
allow bare majority Of the directors in any CON-
pany to dispose of the surplus earnings of their
roads in this manner II will throw large
amount of capital-no telling how much-in the
hands of foreigners. The managers of this Canada
road are controlled by other laws than our own,
and of whose operations not one stock holder in a
thousand is advised or acquainted. Besides. many
thousands of dollars of railroad stock investment
in this State is the property ef widows and
orphans, the semi annual dividends Of which they
depend upon for their immediate support IL is
therefore manfesily wrong, for these and other
considerations, TO give the railroad directors The
authority TO contribute towards building foreign
railroads, which is asked in Mr.. Owens bill.
Among all the reports ever presented to grave,
candid, and deliberate body Of legislators, for
calm consideration, there is one now lying upon
the tables of the Assembly which excels all others.
A petition was presented from several citizens OF
the counties Of Saratoga and Warren, praying for
the imposition of a tax upon dogs. The petition
was referred 10 the Committee on the Internal
Affairs of Towns and Counties The following
highly literary and cigniied report upon the sub
ject of the petition was presented by the Hon.
VIM. Bird, member from the county OF Erie -
The Committee On Internal Affairs, SO, to whsh
ed pf plry inh al
counties OF Saratoga and warren asking the pas
sage Of general law taxing the Of every dog
One dollar PEI nLnum and bitches ito wit, LADY dogs),
larger sum In proportion, bug leave respscssily TO
report that they have gravely and seriously con.
tidertd the subject matter of the petition and without
desiring TO be thought either dogged 1og s.csl
upon the subject have ooms TO the unanimous con-
caion that every dog must have his day snd that
II would not BE- in accordance with the sprit Of the
age 10 curtail that right In any particular aud there
fore would most earnetly request that the memorial
lists be permitted TO withdraw their petition call OF
thsir dogs and the committee be dischs7gsd,
The following Is copy OF a bill introduced in
the Senate by Mr.. Morgan, 10 amend the " act 10
authorize the business of banking";-
srcrioN 1. Section nine Of chapter three bsndred
and nineteen laws of eighteen hundred nd forty
being an to amend the ast entitled AN ast to
40 uthori.e the burness Of banking passed May 20
1871 shsll os amended n 10 read rs iollows:-
Section o Such association or individual banker,
after having complied with the provisions OF the pre-
oedDg seotion and after hayiRg given notice In tbs
paper for two years nd also Tor the length
time In At least printed in the county
where the ssd association or bank shall have bs-n
o,sted stating that all circulating notes issued by
such aeciation or bank are required TO be presented
the Cemptr oller for ment within two from
the date Of tueh notios, snd on giving bond with
three sar-ties which bond shall b. sstisfao
tory TO the comptroller condiiioned for the prompt
REDEEM ton whenever presented within six years from
it's date OF all outstanding notes Of such association or
Individual banker, thsl then be entitled to receive
IRON ths oler all other securities which he may
hold for the Of a,y unrcdeemed notes Of ths
raid association or bank,