New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-04
FROM ALBANY.

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Tie Caua Committee of the Assembly had
another session yesterday afternoon, to consider.
smorg other thirgs the bill 10 regulate the i.sue Of
Canal Dfsfts. TIE COMMITTEE are to have another
mt et!Dg this afternoon, and l hear that there is
some prospect that they Will come to their seases
AID report Mr. stepards BILL after all
The Assembly CoLal Tax bill, which had been
seut up to the Senate for concurrence, and
which WAS referred 10 the Committee on Canals
has been reported with an amendment hitching on
TO it the Canal Appropriation BILL altered, however
from the bill now before the Assembly, by striking
out the provision for creating feet of water
IN the enlarged canal and appropratng the
money to be raised by the tax to creating such
depth Of water (meanng six feet, | SUPPOSE "a IL
practicable; for the raising of such bridges are
lot now sufficiently high for the passage OF the
largest class boats on the cara, for keeping the
channel or canal across the Cayuga Marshes in nav
gable order, &c. The appropriation to the Black
River Canal, which was put down in the Assembly
bill at S63, 600 is reduced TO s33, 900, the Remain
der of that appropriation being added to the sums
heretofore applied to the Champaign Canal and the
Geuessee Valley Extension with the exception of
5000 for the survey for the Of the Che
mango Canal.
The bill will not pass, even in this shape, how
accompanied by ample provisions for arrestng the
further progress of the illegal canal.drsit debt,
which has probably already reached something Like
S2C00,000.
Mr.. MATHER, a member of the Canal Com
mittee, cOncuIred in some portions OF the report,
but not in all its provisions aud reserved to himself
the right TO make minority report at some future
day
Considerable interest was excited to-day among
outsiders by the report Of Mr.. HALsTED, Chair
man of the Senate Committee on Cities and Vii
lagos, sgainst the Seyenthavenue Railroad bill.
I he report was elaborate, and called in question
the right of the city TO grant the use OF its streets
for railroads. Accompanying the report, Mr.
Halstead presented bill authorizing the city,
under certain restrictions TO grant railroad fran
chises.
Dir. ELY presented a minority report in which
he holds that railroads in cities have become pub
lie necessity; that the omnibus lines in some por-
tons OF the city not sufficient for the public ac
motaIon but before granting any railroad charter
il should be shown that the necessity for such road
actually exists, and that it should also be shown
that no aggression is made upon the rights of the
city or OF individuals
The reports were laid on the table, and 500
copies We're ordered to be printed.
A large portion of the time of the Senate was
taken up in debating Il resolution calling on the
the Senate tomorrow, which finally resulted in the
passage of a resolution asking the Committees TO
report tomorrow what progress they have made in
their investigations, and at what time they will be
prepared to make full and final report.
The Assembly sgSin reported progress on the
State Prisons bill, and finally the House referred
the bill TO the State Prison Committee, with power
to report complete the bill to requisite the assess
neIts Of taxes on encountered estates, which pro-
vit ar ta hnlf az n ia
shall pay the proportion of toe tax on such prep
erty fairly represented by such mortgage, was
debated at considerable length in Committee Of the
Whole, during which it was 80 damaged IN the
estimation Of the House, that il refused again to
consider the bill, ard it may be regarded as dead.
Gov. MORGAN sent in the second Annual Report
Ct the State Agricultural School at Ovid Seneca
Co.. accompanied BY the following Message:
STATE OF NEw-YORK, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
ALBANY, March 8, 1883.
To Ire A,nntly.
transmit Herewith the sec, I'd Annual Report 10 the
legislature of toe Trustees Of the State Agricultural
College. IL shows that the erection OF q large snd
substantial College building las been contracted for;
that the foundations have been laid and that the work
OF erection is 10 be vigorously prosecuted, soon
tie sesson viii permit Ii is hoped that the building
nsy be competed during tie present year; but as the
Trustees determined rot 20 open IL for the recep
ton Of stucen Until everything IL order 1t is poesl
be that 10 Students will be received until the Spiing
Of 1862 Tie Trustees indicate 10 general terms the
prir which will guide them In the manage.
inert OF the Irstituton under their guidance L feel
corfcert that it has before it long career Of useful
ness 10 TIE people at large.
Or the request Of the Senate the Governor sent
back to that body the bill to extend the time for
the collection Of taxes in the various towns of the
State II IS understood that the object is 10 amend
the bill.
The following are among the recent confrma-
tons BY the Senate:
NoTARfEs PUBLIC Qgse-.-Augusts r. Grfp. Timothy
Tuc~ ed Ct H.ut..,i john D. T5wLs-no Q! Astoria; wu
wooiey. Wa. sr4sa, Of Janaes Peter A. Van Bergen
cfFukiIz
Ria0s-1ices Gt.;lsy, william Lancuby Gilbert & Lind.
eel IL James Yer Brsn, sntoph Garrsue kdwur s.y.
uocL fLcm,S Warren Eobse. Jshn Loe.cser Of Brooklyn