New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-06
FROM ALBANY.

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ALBANY, Wednesday. Jan. 5, 1889.
The legislative session Of each House to-day Vas
rather brief, yet notices were given OF large
number Of bills both in the Sen,te and Assembly.
In the Senate the President announced as tho
Select Committee on the alleged vacancy IN the
XIth Senatorial District, Messrs. Spisols, Owen
and Noxon. Mr. Owen presented the petition ct
Mr.. II. c. Wetmore for the vacant seat. Mr..
Natber gave notice Of bill To repeal the
Metropolitan Police Law. Mr.. johnson Amer
lean If Albany. gave notice Of bill for the
regulation of voters. Mr.. Ely gave notice OF 8
bill 10 ar erd the act relative to assessments Tor
local improvements in the cities Of Ne1-fork and
Brooklyn.
Mr.. Sloan gave notice bill to amend the
On Mr. Ely's notion 40 much Of the Governors
Message as relates to the Quarantine was referred
70 the Committee on Commerce. with two other
Senators, to be appointed b, the Chair.
Mr. Scott offered the following concurrent reso-
luticns snrndatory of the Constitution:
P!rsd " the Assembly concurk Ths' section OF Ar'c,e
Of the Constitution Of his b amended 80 to read
ioiOw.:
fsse Who may Be convicted Of bribery OF sey A.
trb- Of re-ivD or sso.entins 70 Iec-re e %
,. make directly indirectly interested IN any BE-,
dspertns upon the re'u OF sn OF VINO 'na
r, Ii. rr.u. ,t.rso DO any prohibited By ,h. % sh.
state relating TO elections ron To- I,ht 70 vote a. ,u'
RIred " the Assembly concur. TsM the foresolns snend
m, :. Of s ss.o aud Tie, IN soTy to
Of Article IS Of the Constitution. II Dc puonAtd Tor three
months previoG, to the time OF such election
In the Assembly Mr.. Spencer Of Newfork gave
notice of bill ITO Prevent Illegal Voting and
"Protect the Rights of Legal Voters"
Nr. Stencer's bill provides for Registration OF
the legal voters of the State to be in force and Ell
feet at all State Judicial, Township and City Elec-
tons from and after the first Monday in November
reyt. The bill constitutes the Supervisor and As
SCISSORS of each township and of each ward which
elects such officers Board Of Registration for
such township or ward, and declares refusal to
perform the duty a misdemeanor, punishable with
a fine of 800 to $3.50. Provision is made for the
performance of the duty By other township or ward
officers in case of refusal of the Assessors aud SUI
peryisors TO act.
The Boards of Registration are required to meet
stately, in each township or ward, on the trst
Mopdsy in October, the place OF meeting to DE
Omen at all times while the Board are 10 session,
10 all legal voters The meetings of the Board are
TO be duly advertised. Each member OF the Board
is required under oath, to write down the name OF
eye,y person known 10 him as legal voter IN the
township or ward, and on the following day the
lis, is to be publicly read, when any citizen may
and should he be able to prove To the satisfaction vi
the Board that such person Is not legal voter,
then his name shall be stricken from the list Any
legal voter of the township or ward may under OATH
offer additional names of persons known to him to
BE- voters, which names shall be placed on the reg
ietry. subject to challenge ~ aforesaid; but any
person Offering the name OF person not Legal
voter shall forfeit $50, and BE- subject to Prosecu-
ton for perjury. Each person proposing tue name
of an eectOr for registration shall state MS t'ho
elrctor'sO occupation and residence
When the Registry shall thus have been com
pleted to the best ability Of the Board, transcript
sball be made of the alphabetically arranged,
and posted in some public place to invite the
scrutiny of each voter, with notice appended that
the Board will sit at d designated place Oh the
Saturday next but one preceding the election then
next at hand 10 receive and consider objections to
the registry as it stands and to accept new names
or to Grace any of those standing on the Register
according as evidence shall be presented. The bill
contains many more excellent provisions, which
may notice in another letter.
Messrs. Boughton and Law also gave notice OF
Registry bills. Mr.. Opdyke gave notice OF bills
to amend the Banking law and the usury laws.
Mr.. 0. is understood to favor the unconditional
repeal Of the Usury laws. Mr.. Spencer gave
notice OF bill to abolish the office Of Commissioner
of Deeds in New-York, and vest their power in
Noiaries. Mr.. ConcklDg offered tho following
resolutions which were adopted:
Rsor,A That the County Tresgrer Of New York be re-
r.ed report forthwith TO this House all OF money
paid the equson CT the Commissioners named n chapter
Va of;h' sws Ass resps TO The records Of tee City and
Cousty New YORK. within the dAtes Of such Paynent TO
whom paid and for what purpose.
Re,r,6 the q Records tanned In chap
ter ~ TOE of @ relating the coris OF the City aud
County oNewik be requested To report fo~ita ~ this
House the Of al incurred by them or the
purposes the Of ali payment nsse BY them.
whom paid for What pgrpscs aud copies oi al contracts
made BY Them estimate of the required 10 CON-
yle.e the sane.
When this commission was appointed some five
years ago. the Legislature were assured that an
expenditure Of $4,000 would complete the work,
since which time $625, 900 have been expended,
and il is said that contracts have been entered into
for work BY the commission to the amount Of
800, 0G0 more. gentleman Of intelligence who
is well posted estimates that the programme OF the
commission cannot be carried out by the expendi-
ture of two millions Of dollars. Whether this be
correct or not, the expenditure already made
shows that the case viii bear looking into decidedly.
The Clerk announced the following sppoint-
meDts: Librarian, +. A. Knapp, of Jefersoni
Assistant Librarian, Henry STEMS, OF Niagara;
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