The New York herald., 1866-04-14
Passage In the Assembly Of the Bill Regulating
the Sale Of Liquors in This City.
SALARIES OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.
ALBANY, April IS, 1850.

THE SALE or INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN NEW YORK
The OF the day. perhaps OF the session. far
New York city is concerned is the passage Of the new
sanitary law in the Assembly this afternoon It had
been understood that twenty-five thousand dollars would
be sent up here on Monday for the defeat of the
bill. 1t has passed, one form or another, here
for several years through house AMI then been
killed in the other Its good fortune this year has
been sort Of legislative curiosity. Its adoption
Is entirely unexpected TO those who have been most
concerned about IT, and the sensation to be created by it
in the Metropolitan district will not have been exceeded
by any similar change In the city law for years. Fred
g. Foster has been here every year endeavong to pro
measure of this nature, and now, with the
aid Of Colonel George Bliss Attorney for the Sanitary
Board he last successful The agent of the Liquor
Dealers Association whose ingenuity has defeated these
measures for so long, has been wide awake
enough about the matter; but the association.
1t seems not, and by little delay they have been
overturned Colonel Bliss, aware Of the exgency of
the case adopted of tactics which took the bill
out Of the hands of the committee by resolution and
II at once third reading under the pressure Of
the previous question.
After stirring speeches against 1t by Smith,
Weed and Creamer Of New York, and tremendous
temperance philippe against by Cochrane-perhaps
the best speech he has made in point OF ear
nesness and eloquence-the bill was passed,
1t was however, in the most critical danger Of defeat
for want Of sufficient Under the pressure OF
call OF the House. and by bringing Speaker Treman and
two other sick men into the chamber, sxty-six
votes drummed upjust one more than the neces-
The scene during the call of the roll for hour
exceedingly amusing There has not been much dodg
The following abstract OF the provisions OF the
bill as adopted
The Boards of Excise for all portions of the Metropol
tan Police district except Westchester county are cgs
lated out and the Board OF Health made tho Excise
Commission. No person can publicly keep sell or give
srorg or spirtuous liquors. wines, ale or beer in
quantities less than five gallons without license from
the Health Board, which is TO be given to persons OF
good moral character payment Of from thirty To
two hundred and hfty dollars year. Licenses must
be posted in every place where liquor sold aud its alb
but no license Is needed sell In quantities greater than
1ve gallons If not drawn on the premises. No liquors
20 be sold election days or Sundays no sales TO be
made to minors habtual drunxards intoxicated persons,
any person against the request OF wife or parent Vo
lation Of these provisions misdemeanor involving
fine and Imprisonment and penalty OF fifty dollars,
half Of which goes the inormer Conviction of viola
ton forfeits the license Every officer Is 10 pre-
vent violations and may summary oa,ops Gase any
TO be arrested without warrants. Intoxicated per-
sons arc 70 be arrested examined a. as 70 = where .nsy
The proceeds OF licenses so TO diminish the expenses
the Police Department Existing laws are repealed at
once; but the new provision as TO licenses taxes enec'
May l. prior which inspector OF excise Is to bc ap
pointed by q he Board
TAXATION OF BANKS
The bill alter the law in regard 10 the taxation OF
banks being the special order In the senate quite an ex
tended debate took place. Senator Foger taking vig
stand for the rights OF other classes OF property Sc
cured the exclusion from the bill Of the clause which
exempted the banks from taxation on their capital In
Vested in national securities Their shares are made
taxable as the personal property OF individuals, aud
only their estate Is deducted In the assessment Oh
their property. ,
The heavy delegations OF bankers and thir attorneys
who have attended here for some days viii have their
labors in through this job oil Senator foigcr. a
man who cannot be bought either by the mionaires
or their bankers good thing TO have in the House, or
even in the Senate.
THE NEW YORK CITY RAILROADS -
The report 10 be made in the Senate TO- morrow VIII
somewhat astonsh those who have not bsen In the
secret OF the radical campaign for closing up rail-
road legislation here and getting permanently nd oi ~
Tho bill will provide for the payment OF two millions o
dollars the grant by the coporaors OF the seventh
instaments 10 schools Of the State whether
the one or the mode OF dsposing OF this pons Will
he adopted is all the question which now remains about
the adoption the bill Look out for common school
fund broadway road