New-York tribune., 1867-03-30

THE AMENDMENTS 0P THE BOARD OP HEALTH BIlL-TilB
NIAGARA SHIP CANAL-TBE wHARvEs AND PIERS BILL
PASSAGE OF The CENTRAL RAILROAD FARE BILL
JELEGRAPH
ALBANY, Friday, March %, 1867.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee after hearing all
the testimony in the Metropolitan contested election case
Of Mcknight and Ely Of your city, have reported bl
this morning allowing the Board OF Adeimeh Oi your
city to take the testimony.
The bill which passed the Senate giving additional
powers to the Metropolitan Board of Health has been
further amended in the Assembly Committee ON Public
Health and this morning referred TO the Committee
of the Whole The amendments are these;
Section is amended that IL shall read But nothing
in this act contained in the act entitled an act To
create Metropolitan Sanitary District, ana Board 0I
6 tnefe s sT9a5 Cr e in
the act amendatosy TO said lastmentoned act passed
April 49, 1866 contained shall I've construed TO confer or
as comforting upon the said Board its officers or
agents the power authority 10 ijure. tear down or
destroy any Of the public markets in the City Of New
York; any Of the stalls stands attached 10 OF sur
rounding the said markets. any or either OF the same
10 interfere with the said market stalls or STANDS IN
any other manner than TO regulate the sanitary condition
of the same respects the ventilation, cleanliness and
drainage thereof and the prevention Of the sale or 0if
ing for sale Of improper articles in said markets or III the
stalls sheds attached 70 and surrounding The same
Section "a OF the original bill Is stricken out ana me JOE
lowing substituted nstead The said Board Of Health
and reports to be made to SAID Board by me Corones OF
the Counties Of NewYork aud Kings all cases Of post
mOrcm inquest held by them or any one OF the not in
volving crImlnay against some person III relation 10
the Of death Of the subject upon whom the inquest
conform TO the directions of said Board IN the premises
and it shall be the duty or every Coroner at once,
upon being called upon to hold an inquest as aforesaid
or notified thereof Immediately transmit aud cause 10
be delivered TO said Board Of Health, written notice OF
the fact Of such cali for holding inquest IN which shall be
stated every particular then known to said Coroner sad
call and body; and If at any time the said Board shall
O soon as the COrOners Jury shall have viewed the dead
body autopsy thereof shall have been made pro
Vded tho Coroner DEGREES the same necessary older
the immediate burial of said body; or II II deems that
the protection OF public health demands an immediate
another place of inquest Shall likewise order said
date removal and shall have power to cause said orders
10 be obcyed and Executed"
section 2l is proposed reading as follows The
said Board Of Health shall have the power and ty are
hereby authorized to require, aud 1t shall be the duty 3
the owners Of any house, tenement OF buu
ing which shall be used as or for permanent said
Board shall direct temporary residence, 10 provide
suitable box safe, constructed IN such manner ana
form into which all vegetable and animal matter the
refuse from the table, arer and market which IS known
as garbage shall be placed free from nli gsD.s ana
foreign materials which shall be properly dsnfeied Dc
fore removal in such manner as tine said Board OF Health
shall direct"
tlOn 10 revise the Constitution.
Gen WolcOtt moved that the Canal Committee be IN
by the state of NewYOlk 10 the building OF the
Niagara Ship Canal Mr. O'Donnell said that he hoped
this motion would and he advocated the motion aS
friend to the Eiie Canal enlargement one of ne great
made by the friends of the canal interests m the
Senate has been that Ike the boys at school In ig
wreste, they all combine together to put down the
end Of The scramble is that all go down
together The great West demand enlarged aud increased
and will the State of NcwIOrk the commerce of the
West that has made New-Yolk the emporium OF the
world. diverted by refusing its consent Ia the um'd
States Government In the building Of the Ship Canal and
IN providing means fOr the Immediate commencement
Of the enarglng Of the Eric Canal The Ere 1Hl VIII
be enlarged il IL is certain that this ship Canal
will lie built and both of these avenues needed for
the increasing trade of the West
Senator Crowley opposed 10 the notion and was u
favor Of referring the whole question: including the Ee
Canal enlargement to the Convention Senator SESSIONS
opposed 10 the motion, ana moved to letf 10 me
Convention which lost senator Andrews advocated
he II.
with his resolution offered some days since 10 refer the
whole Guestion 10 the Convention senator Bennett
in of the resolution, and hoped that the Senator
the Tweny.first district Senator WolcotO wod
now vote for his bill enarglng the Erie Canal Senator
Gibson complained that the Champain Canal was left
out in the cold. The motion was carried ~
resolution was passed upon motion OF senator CID
son. nstructine the Canal Committee TO report bill for
constructing five locks upon the ChaUplan Canal INC
resolution directing the Canal Committee to report bill
favor Of the building of thirteen locks west Of Syracuse
was also adopted.
The evening session OF the Assembly was commenced
this evening by debate dsagreeing with the adverse
report of the Committee Commerce and Navigation
bill requiring the Sound steamers TO land their
was urged Dy ruat, -rhn ahnnfn Of the report
bers and 10 prevailed After this four hours were 0ec
pied in Committee Of the Whole in discussing the bill
increasing the fare on tie New-Nork Central
Railroad II was strongly advocated by McsSis Henry
Smith Bruce Littlcohn and Weed and unilinchingy op
posed by Younzove and Roberts. All amendments were
voted down except the one compelling TINS company an"
all Others In the State TO remove all local htsht as
quickly as possible and unless under extraordinary er-
cumstances within 10 days. The Committee then rose
and reported progress and asked leave TO sit again,
but the Assembly disagreed 10 this and ordered
the bill to third reading The rules
were then suspended and the bill passed by vote OF ii
Yeas TO 80 Nays The only Democrat who voted against
the bill was Sanford of oneida The other votes against
il came mostly from gentlemen who live along the line OF
the road The bill has already passed the Senate but
that body will have TO concur In the Assembly amend
! ment before the bill is sent To the Governor.
The Wharves and Piers bill will be brought up in the
Assembly tomorrow morning, and from the present maj
cation is the only Commission measure when VIII receive
the Endorsement OF the Legislature This s because IL j.
NOT n political measure, but commercial one, ana Will
benefit the commerce Of Nev-YOrk and the world more
than IL Will any party or association OF men, Inc 1ha
her of Commerce of city have ndosed II, ana us
friends are adherents Of both political parties III the
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