The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-10
THE STATE CAPITAL.

The bounty Bill Passed by the Senate
Thirty Million Dollars 70 be Raised
Tor soldiers' Bounties-Report OF the
Comnaittee ON Cities I'm Favor OF .
Paid Firc Department. Embracing New
York and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of tho
Provisions OF the Bill, &c., sc.
ALBANY, Feb. o, 1883.
The Assembly passed the Senate Bounty bill to-day,
with numerous amendments Of detail based upon the
Assembly bill The result is In tho MAN, a already
published providing for State bounty and an issue OF
thirty million dollars Of bonds be raised by loan and
submitted TO the people for endorsement 70 meet the
expense
The nal decision In the Fire Department. matter was
reached on the part OF the committee this afternoon.
The Formally Of hearing had before the new
select committee Chief Decker made another speech,
In which he went into the comparative merits voun-
teer and paid depaSment and made defence Of tho
character Of tho Grsnea- Tie other sdo had nothing
more to submit, except data TO expenses which
offered in written FORM Senator Andrews assured
tho C1Kef Engineer and members OF the department
that nothing which had been said against individuals
that had occurred before tho Committee Cities would
influence their conclusions in making up their report
70 tho merits Of the bill before them They would act
strictly upon the comparative claims Of volunteer and
paid organization
The COMMITTEES then adjourned TO private apartment,
and after proraccd review and discussion OF whole
matter voted TO report bill based upon paid prin-
ciple, and aboshng the volunteer System. This b II
will in fact be substitute for the original but the
thing in the main. This conclusion WILL however be
matared and not finally presented until Monday next
The with regard to Senator Fields has been
taken entirely upon the counsel Of Senator Andrews 1t
has been most characteristic and effective. There
Of tho Senate derogatory 70 It's reputation, nor
was there syllable OF debate 70 compromise
nS b. IN s 3 but
TO Mr. Fields to state that certain special dispatches not
In the HERALD in regard TO hts conduct verynuch
exaggerated and furnished In the interest Of
effort to provoke the Senate 30 his expulsion
The bill matured and adopted tonight by the commit
tee constitutes new Metropolitan Firo Dsparl
comprsing the cities OF New York and Brooklyn In one
district for limited purposes Section second provides
that the Governor and the Senate shs appoint four
have control Of all officers and machines for the
prevention and cxngush Of res, for the OF
two, four six and eight years respectively, and their
successors for eight Che third section provides
that the tcrms Of officer sha lie determined by lot and
the Secretary Of State shall furnish them certificates and
they shall 10 subject to rcincyai by she Governor The
fourth provides for their organization board The
hf,h sixth and seventh provides for their taking
s nroos sSa ,ns The eighth
provides that II commissioner receive and TAIL to de-
elmo nomination for any other ONCE II shall DO for
FIXTURE OF his Office Fire Commissioner. The tenth
and eleventh sections provide that the Commissioners
the Comptroller and tho Mayor, shall together constsuts
n Y
board Of revision. II shall be the duty Of tho iorne
board to make up snnua estimates, and after the
animation % tho ssmo oy the board Of revision to
ssssr The objections, II any Of the Inter and hnay
upon the The twelfth section provides tina
the Comptroller shs raise money In anticipation OF tn,
tax levy The thrteouh, fourteenth and fifteenth pro
vide that the ssoners shall be empowered 10 OBJ
tain business accommodations. Cierks foTcmen and
other employees be selected far practicable from
the members OF the present department The salary
tie commissioners shah DO thirty i've hundred dollars
The apparatus of tho department shall have hs right Of
way The sixteenth provides that the Board VI Superv
sor shall raise the amounts nccssary according 70 the
estimate OF the board Of estimates The seventeenth
aud eighteenth provide that the property shall remain IN
tho Mayor Aldermen and Commonaty Of the city ol kow
York, and shall revert to them when no longer needed
by the department The commissioners shall make Uu
list OF the real estate and apparatus lot required BY the
department 20 be disposed Of under the direction Of the
Mayor Aldermen and commonaity The nin ieentl pro-
viaes chat tho members Of the present. department. faith
fully perform ing their duty until discharged shall
ceiye certict and have the privileges Oh exempt DIRE
The twentieth provides for the inyolabity OF the
Ere Department Fund aud that the present nremen
shall after he Organization Of the new commissioners,
be under their con, g SE csEsd The t G"nnS
shall Furnish 70 the department list u tne
regularly enrolled active lremen makes punishable
isdemtAhor u wear without authority tho uniform,
interfere with the apparatus OF the department. ana OF
empts lrencn from militia and Jury d.ty. All acts IN
consistent with thus act are repenied The tweGty sc on'
section authorizes the department 10 adop seal and su
IN me courts Any member or oliter .! Tie dsartnen
may ~ SUMMARY examined BY justice VI Tho Saprcn
Court upon order made the oath OF three free
holders or the city of New York The twenty third pro
vdea Tor auna reports FROM tbs parment or Brook
Ign Tho twenty fourth prov Dies for The adoption VI
uniform end badge. Tie twenty tn provides that II
o. an extensive configra in either New Yor
Brooklyn, the department where the IRE sba
have tle right 10 demand aastance from the other tn
| twenty sixth provides for tho mutual ca Operation
| OF ne Fire DEPARTMENT and the Police Board in al
proper ways Tho lMent.-ssyeuih provides that TN
urs.snt fire Department shal ftrna. ~ possession o
and continue " exercise their rights and dulles until th
c2l--s.ionsrs hare organized ana entered upon thei
/. ongA - -
Il vii be that tho city Of Brooklyn 10 PRACTICAL,
exempt rom tho operations Of the act, being united witi
Nov yck n the Metropolitan Fye Dsnct Tor Vie psr
loso a!uly Of securing cooperation between inc cte
" Fsency, but retaining IL present system
AZ 0rphnizstlon.
Tie Chez Engineer and other mendhers OF the New
York department. have zone home toIpshi BY the iAl
train
/ Internsi acknowledgements to Land