New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-14
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ALBANY. SATURDAY. March IL, 1859.
The Registry bill (Mr. BOckw.ys sub .tituts for
the original bill) was discussed last evening and
10 Gay in the Assembly. A very large lumber Of
amendments were offered by VARIOUS members,
some ten or dozen Of which were adopted, and
the bill was finally ordered 10 a third reading.
send copy If the bill as il COW stands. that you
may publish il in THE TRIBUNE should you deem
il Of sufficient importance. You will perceive thst
the Assembly has adopted some Of the amendments
suggested by The TRIBUNE. apd failed to adopt
others. Mr. &. ). Spencer moved several amend
ments designed TO make the bill more stringent IN
It's provisions, which were voted down by tie AZ
sembly.
The bill for the removal OF the trial Of the Quar-
antine iLceDdiares, amended so a. thu. the trisl
shall take place in the Secord judicial District,
passed the Assembly last night. As Staten Island
is in the Second District should the b II become
law it is quite likely that the matter will be man
aged BY giving the parties charged with the burn
ing Of Quarantine d speedy trial and acqulttal IN
Richmond County.
The subject of Sub Committee Of the Whole,
or in other words :" Grinding Committee for
each House has been preached, and it il generally
understood that that remarkable system for the dis
patch Of business will be resorted to in few days.
Perhaps il is unavoidable now with the immense
accumulation Of bills before the legislature but il
might have been dispensed with if the Legislature
had gone theoretically to work in tue earlier part
Of the session.
1t is whispered about the Capital that, in case
Mr. Vaudeville shsl BE- Ousted from the seat in the
Senate which be has forfeited by accepting r ed
eral Office, the Democratic members OF the senate
will resign in a body. My impression is that Mr..
Masdeyille will be turned out, and that the Demo
cratic members will not resign. After having, on
various pretenses, delayed the decision of the con-
tested seat to the end OF the session. they issue
this threat, evidently with view to further staVnB
off the decision Of the Senate, or OF Influencing
the votes of Senators on the final question. Should
they resign and the American Senators follow their
example the Senate would be without the necessary
number Of members to pass the Opposition bills or
any threefttbs bills Let them resign if they will,
I be people will know where to place the response
bility should harm come to the public interests from
such resignation.
The following Message Of the Governor yetong
the " Sbadpoe' bill, viii no doubt interest many
of your city and Long IsaDd readers:
EALCuTyE DLPARTMEST,
ALBAsY, March II, 1889.
regret that am obliged to return, without my
signature the bin entitled An Act relating to Fshe-
Ties 10 the town Of New Utrecht, 10 the County Of
Kings II is, however, not only obscurey drawn,
but is so Objectionable in i;s provsons that cannot
give Tiny approval Hprovdes that the inhabitants Of
New. tTecht may until June 1860, set pixies or hoop
ard pill nets and drive poles anc stakes in certain
portion Of New-YOrk Bay, from which they are now
excluded by the law OF 1857, establishing regulations
/ for the port Of New-York Tns last mentioned law,
which is one Of several that have been enacted within
few years for preseIy son OF the harbor OF New
York and the freedom Of navigation therein, forbids
the driving OF poles In w0ter Of greater depth than Elk
feet at low tide. The present bid proposes TO
relax this restriction in favor Of the inhabtsnts OF
single town snd 70 allow them to place their nets aud
| poles in diagonal line through the middle 0f and
across the principal channel of the hsrbor above the
NaIrOws in water az deep as fifty feet IL true tue
bill seems TO give the Harbor Commissioners certain
power 10 regulate the placing Of toe poles, but their
powers in fact amount to nothing. The Commission
eIs are only authorized to bring the poles as much
the tcea shore OF the NsrroWs as they s1au de-
eide is necessary " prevent their being hindrance to
! safe navigation.
nis little difficult TO ascertain the precise intent of
this provision. If, however, the liarbor Commission
ers should exercise the power given to them the ut-
most they could do would be TO carry the line TO the
shore Of Staten leland at the NarOws. Should this be
done il would perhaps be doubtful whether the inhab
itants of New.Utrecht would not have the power 10
place stakes entirely across the channel, directly at
| The Narrows However this msy be, ths bill certainly
fails to give the HaIbor Commissioners any power to
control the placing Of the stakes anywhere to the cas-.
| of the line mentioned in it. a reference to a map OF
the harbor will show that that portion Of the hsrbor
from which the Supervisory power of tie Commission
is excluded s large and important portion, aod
in which fish poles certainly ought not to bo al
lowed to be placed unless there is some supervising
| power to regulate them.
II IL probably clerical error in TIE bill thai il
fers to law of 1919 by lite section, but omts 10 give
| the chapter OF the laws OF that year.
| Ny objections TO tbi, bill briefly, that i gives
rights that ought no. to be granted to any one without
! troll and viii n | feel would not have been
granted had tue members of the Legislature examined
the bin more carefully and been fully acquainted
with the locality. Bat if granted to any one, the
grant should not be hunted the inhabitants Of sin
Gle town, and should be carefully defined by IMAM
! bguous provisions. r. ID. MoRGAN'