New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-03
NETWORK LEGISLATURE.
...AIsASr. April 3.

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| Mr.. MADDEN-Belst've TO iHyestiga'iSs mo the
aflairs of Insurance Companies. Third reading y,
Tie ssmf. 10 amend the charter of the Nstisll tirs
| In-uraroe Co. New York. Third reading.
| MIR. SPENCRR-Tke New York Lying-iH Hospital
| bill 1hud reading.
! The sane to smend ,se charter Of the Ocphaa
Hou.e OF the Protestant Episcopal Church Neh' York
Mr.. BRO6KS--By bill, to puiend The act inc orpo-
rating the BIOok,n Benevolent sociesy Of Book !yn
Tue sane. the Brooklyn and Wa!sb~ut Bui VAL
Grould bill Third reading.
ST.. BROOKS-To close Blooming dale-s Ysars, New
III TSc Tompkin. Market bill was reported csyy.etc,
as was slso the Brooklyn Nj. 'rospectsquare s'u-
Bills PASSED.
Relative TO the compensation oil the Crolon A9Ne-
duct Board
TIE SEwTORK CHARTER AT LtT.
Mr. SIC kills. by bill amendatory Of I've Chafc-
Of New-York Mr. :. stated that during the preSesh
session there have been raj propositions presented
To- amend the charter. lie did not doubt but that eacr
% them the result " much refeston ON the parc
of their orgnatos bat still few could enter into an
examination Of those several projects without arriving
AT the concusoa that Ike many other projects based
on the best of in entons m attempting TOO much, they
have, or rather would have, accomplished 100 tte-
After much labor Oh the part nj the New otS Sens-
tora delegation hey have agreed to submit this CHAR
ter to the Legislature the best, IN their opinion that
can be devised under present exgences IL VIII be
seen that the trst object aimed at by the committee
is change in the mode Of government; aOd second.
TO call the attention Of the electors closely to the
election Of municipal officers, by providing for re-
turn to Spring charter elections Tho following ID tho
chatter 49,
Peop II the STATE y Ner foTs rere'eeg " SeSar S<
As.eshy DO enact tolor': -.
srcrioS The legislative power, Of the Cry OF New Yot
.ha be vested Board OF Councmen aud Board OF Aier
men end ,hsse Boards shall form The Com Counsroi
the CRY The Board Of Councimen stall consist OF fifteen
oee shs be two wears The Board Aldermen shall consist
Of from each ward who ., Dc -
ner provided BY aud whose Of office shall b. oce
Heretofore For the Couneien ths city shall be
fifteen districts Of contiguous territory and nearly
a. equal I'm popusfiOn but ward shall be divided in
the form alton OF Council districts ard the duysualiaed
sb.n choose one Councilman The Common Council shall
tbs city into such districts on or before the hrst Monday
OF March, 1871 and thereafter upon tie completion OF each
SIC The charter officers shall be held on the
shall be sworn into Office by the Mayor the Tuesday
electd b the people snd the Chiefs OF Bureaus and Clerks,
row Office stall continue 10 hold their Offices TIL the second
once oI wnSn y 80 q, rs,oysl in The msnps% mr.
vded BY the existing LEWIS BY this act The first election for
Councen and Aldermen under this act shall DO held on tho
SEC g. The members Of the Board of Couuclmen fr-
elected shs be classified follows On or be-
tou the CLERK Of the City and County New York shall In
tn. Of the Mayor Recorder and City Judge or ma
in which ballots .ha have been deposited having thereon
respectively either the word odd the word even ono
ballot; If the ballot so shall have thereon the word
ODD then the of office of the Counemen chosen from
the second Tuesday in May 1883 and the ballot so drawn
the coancmen chosen from having
designation shall expire ON tho second Tuesday IN May 1917,
above mentioned at all snO's luen elections Councilman shall
SIC. The executive power Of the Corporation shall b
in Mayor Controller Counsel to the Corporation.
Street CommssoIer Commissioner OF Repairs aud supplies,
the President and OF me Of0.On Aa0SaGSs
Cou Gil and discharge the duties deyoyng upon their respect
the SptS Of the nsyoT to Nominate and by and sdvs
and Of the Board of Councilman to appoint the NOM
that shall therein but nothing in this act shall b
TO sq ba re s sne oe sced b the peops until
expiration Of tho for which he elected except In
SEC The Mayor shall chief executive officer of tho
city. He shall the city laws and ordin and tbs
of the State relating the city to be faithfully executed;
he from office head OF chief OF ba-
made BY him except for violation Of the laws ori
can be made the officer shall furnished copy
Of the him. and be allowed an opportunity u
Sac All appropriation. of money made by the Common
Council ha he bssed estimates furnished with all reason
ble tarulsr,y by the Executce Council AMI submitted BY
them time directly TO the Common Council. Tas
h. b. vested artmene.
each for his department subject to thesuPcrVon OF tho
SIC l. All such parts the charter of the City Of New
York ard the OF the Legislature amending or in
any citing the same inconsistent with this act
hereby repealed but much and such parts thereof as ara
srued repealed altered modified in any form al
ted thereby-but shall continue and remain in fun force aud
effect.
Several of the essential features of this charter
similar with some of the provisions of the charter pro-
posed nv Mr, Petty synopsis of which was published
in The TRIBUNE d; To :..::;;s Of lis introduction,
ACQUISITION or PRIVILEGE.
Mr. G. p. SMITH to question of privilege,
and stated that BILL relative TO supplies for the poor
in Kings County had been sureptitiously taken from
the possesson of the Senate ON the 18th of March.
Mr. s. asked and obtained leave TO Introduce similar
BILL which subsequently considered IN Committee
of the Whole and ordered to q third reading
To show the extent of corruption now earned on
with reference these supplies and the urgent neces-
city for the BILL Mr. s. quoted the following from tue
report of the Committee ON the accounts of the Su-
pentendens of the Poor Of the Board of Supervisors
of Kings County.
lst 500 gallon brandy and wine furnished for hs
Hospital Of - 600 giving nearly tour gallons each 20
I'd 10 pounds of were furnished the County Build
ngs-sbout tunsat cost Of Is 70 - cents per
1t be borne in mind that this tea being purchased
supposed Wholesale would mako its roau
average much higher figure.
Sd 20 J pounds OF butter 20 tuns a. whole
pounds co Of whole
pound The artc!s chiefly furnished
az ordinary brown Havana for which the Now
Yorh rrce nzed from 10 81 cents.
Or, to make this want Of proper economy more mani
fest present the amount paid for the largest items
of supply in contrast with the Report Of the Ten Gov
ernorr ii the City of New York, for the past year;
the support Of so p-rcns the Superntendents
Of Poor Kings County paid for the following articles tho
Butter 7s Wine ard Liquors.. $500 %
Tea 4c. s0o oo ou syerge rlo 60 Se0O "
the support Of 300 the Ten Governors OF
the City Of New York have psid ss follows: 1900.
l5o - Mine aud Liquors. $500 =,
Tea u. 3b28 81 Four........ osbU ~
sugar Ne TO ec.. 5OS3 Il 1919 II
Thus we find that if the same economy bad been
observed with the Superintendent of kngs county As
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