New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-08
NETWORK LEGISLATURE.
From Our Own Reporters
April

The THIRD SENATORIAL DIsIEicT-THE CoNNarTEE
REPORT IN FAVOR OF oysTISG sIcKLEs.
Senators Hasted, Ramsey (Republicansl and Hale
X. n. committee contested seats, submitted re-
port setting forth that after careful examination of
The case of Barr Sickns and of the legal decisions
and legislative precedens bearing upon the same have
come tO1he conclusion tina the irregularities complained
of by Bar in the canvass of votes in the second ds
trct of the First Ward, sufficient to have yated
and set aside what pupoted to be the returns OF the
Inspectors of Election ant that the votes returned
from said district for the Office of Senator, should not
have been canvassed or allowed as part of the sg.
oregate vote Of the said Senatorial District. That II
the vote for Senator returned from said district Is not
Included in the aggregate there will be a majority in
favor of said Thomas j. Barr over the said Daniel h.
Sickles Of 90 votes
In addition the Committee submit the following as
among the which have led them TO the concIu-
siops to which they have arrived
First: The statutory requirements prescribing GER
tain rules and regulations relating to our elections,
were wisely designed for the purpose of ascertainng
with certainty the popular will, and should be rigdly
enforced, they being the main buwark OF the elective
franchise.
Second. The increasing evils growing out of a Ink
construction and enforcement of our election laws
are calculated to dearoy all confidence in the result of
our elections and sikes blow at the very existence
of our free institutions.
Third: A. QUESTION of public policy, Irregular
tie, of this nature should not be tolerated. IL they
are, the grossert fnuds may be perpetrated without
the possibility of dtcctonthe provisions OF the sta
tute virtually annuled, and our elections become
mere farce.
of the Committee sto require strict adherence to
the provisions of oul election laws IN every essential
particular and if tk. election and canvass are not 80
conducted, let it b, understood and knorn nat ne
role ofbe District ell he rejected, and the erH CW
soon correct itserf In conclusion, the Committee
recommend the adoption Of the following resolutions;
Re,ored That Daniel Sctles who holds the cedcas Of
s.nstor. District Of hi. state not entitled to the
Resred Tha, Thcm.s Barr tho contestant for tho seat
I'll napi.l
District this State has established his title theretq and that
elect from thst the oath Of office be duly adj
him bis presenting himself tor that purpose
tsisHsdl 1 gH R 4. HA5E'
TIE report wasmade special order for Wednesday,
Immediately afte the reading of the journal.
THE SAVINGS BANKS or THF STATE.
Mr.. KELLY, chairman of the Committee on Banks,
10 whom was referred the annual reports OF the Savings
Banks TO the legislature, submitted a report this
morning. which safes that fort ynine returns have been
received from th banks organized as Savings instltu-
tons Eight baks having charters have sot yet or
pauized for business purpOscs One has cosed mp tS
affairs One ha failed and gone into the hands Of Re
ceiyers Two b We made no report, and 10 beheyed,
have never beeDorganlZed.
The report Of he present year, though not perhaps,
Az gratifying a. would have been the returns OF some
former periods, yet far satisfactory than the
report made last year. That report embraced only the
Savings Institutions of New York and Brooklyn, so
that in makinga comparison between the two years,
returns from t.se cities BY reference to said report
| il will be seen hat the - -
Amount OF deposn made in 1854 5fii -
Amount withdraw in ls5l.............. B73iO6 90
The nre.ent ;port shows the following:
Amount of depo.b made in 1855 i5I538 y
Amount withdraw in loIfops ID
ssO5,i0s 81
| Throughout IT, whole State:
Amour, Of depo.. made in s5j..........+ 90 u
with
1r,-s.,. ......................... sss sos 10
| The total nrmber of those who have deposits APP
pears to be l7fl2l and the average amount OF each
| depOsitor is $40 70.
The aggregate amount Of deposits in all the Savings
Banks Of the State is upward OF $4,000 900 and IS
| invested as FLOWS:
In bonds and nGgsees upon productive properly nA 90, Of
worth ,oabe the amount loaned thereon t'VDVo u
In stocks Of the character authorized By their eAa M e.
In cash and .vsi,tie loans on 9oe@l 8
| The Committee are very emphatic IN their oppOsl-
ton TO allowing Bank Of Issue from acting as savings
| institutions.
|. REPORTS.
| Mr.. SPENCER OF the Railroad COMMITTEE tnat the
Assembly bill abolishng the Railroad Commission, be
| not passed. Mr. 5. stated that the Committee had
arrived at this conclusion, for the reason tna no one
had petOned for the abolition OF the Once except we
State Engineer; that no had appeared before the
COMMITTEE TO urge the passage Of the bill, except the
| Chairman of the Railroad Committee oi the HOUSE
and that not one of the Railroad Corporations, who
bear the expenses Of the Commission, nave dsAeo lo'
| the passage of this bill.
| Mr. WADSN ORTIZ asked if the report was unan-
mous; and the Clerk replied that the report was
signed by Messrs. RAMSAY, SPENCER ana Dhl'-
| LlNGER.
| Mr. SICKLES moved that the report be lad on the
| table and that il be printed. Carried.
BILLS Passed.
Assembly bill, authorizing David Richards and 9th
| ers to build piers and bulkheads Ii GOwanus bay,
| Kings County.
To incorporate the Manufacturers Savings Bank OF
| Troy.
An act to establish temporary jail in Broome
| County.
Assembly bill, relative to moneys levied by law on
masters mates and mariners arriving at the port OF
| New-Iork.
Amendatory of the law relative to proceeding
| against foreign corporations.
To incorporate the New-York College Of Veterinary
| Surgeons.
Assembly bill providing against unsafe buildings in
| New York.
Relative to the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
Company.
To alter the map of Brooklyn by closing Prospect
| square.
Relative TO the publication OF tan anu a''e'eH''H
| advertisements in the City Of Brooklyn ,
| The enscting clause II the bill Incorporating the
Grand Lodge Of l. o. of o. f. Of Northern Ne" I OH
was stricken out.
THE SEw-YoRK POLICE BILL.
| Mr.. MADDEN in the chsir-The COMMITTEE OF th'
| Whole took I'D the bill Introduced by Mr. Petty
| aboEshing the New-York Police Department, az no"
| constituted, in June next and naming John A. hen
nedy, YIN. NJ. Vermilye, Louis ~ Glover, VIM.
| Mcintyre, VIM. ID. Andrews and Isaac Dayton, Com
! missoners Of Police who shall have exclusive eontro
over and the entire management OF the Department;
The pending question was the motion OF dr
BROOKS, to add TIE Mayor to the Commission, aud