New-York tribune., 1867-03-15
ALBANY.

THE PROPOSED NOTIFICATIONS OF IHE EA'A0D
LAw-TuE BOARD OF HEALTH BILL.
~ rRLEeRAPB TO Tnh TRIBUNE ,..,o.,
Tho Assembly was engaged all the morning IN dis
cussinQ three bills in Committee of the Whole. one
of these was to grant State aid TO the Whiehah anu
Plattsburg Railroad; one appropriatiDg s>oo'WV
toward erecting new Capitol, and one giving the
Metropolitan Transit Company the privilege 10
construct o three-tier railroad IN New-Ioih'
The bill to aid the Whitehall and Plattsburg Rall-
road authorizes the Treasurer of the State TO pay TO
the road whenever ten miles or more OF the road Is
completed and ready for equipment and operation,
the sum of 5000 mile for every mile completed
and to be hereafter completed; the NUMBER
of miles not, however, to exceed % IN all
The bill was reported formerly TO the AS
sembly and the report being agreed 10, the bill was
ordered to a third reading. The bill granting
the privilege to the Metropolitan Transit Company
TO construct railroad through certain streets IN
New-York went through the Committee Oh .ne
Whole very smoothly, and without any hs
is the road which will buy It's way throHgn
houses and stores, and III no way ds sTe TO
be operated by the Company, the Underground,
surface, and elevated road. The bill approprallhg
$4,000 toward building new Capol oeeasi3neu
offered by Speaker Pitts that Congress han hotei p,V
ery shall not be nereIed %le 91a Gnnyeutien
provided aid Convention was held this year This IS
hotel adjoining the present Captol WcI hsase of its
close proximity 10 the place where ther ioois e
formed and the gentlemen who advocated II Thought u
wond he of e0ual convenience TO the members
OF the state Convention The debate IN tBe nc Soh
mttee promised to De long that one % the
friends OF the amendment moved TO report progress Oh
the bill which being carried, IL was brought 70 the con-
sideration OF the House Mr. Parker then moved 70 re-
commit the bin to the Committee on Ways and Means
with instructions to incorporate Mr. Pittss M
on this motion, Daniel j. Wood Chairman o, tne ,
Ways and Means Committee, bitterly assalled tDe
BILL because it would burhen the state with mcreaseu
taxation He said that his opposition 10 tne measure
arose from 10 sectional motives or ambition Dut oy pc
cause he was opposed TO the expenditure at TINS time
He stated that the present Commission nad gVeh
him the that TO build the foundation alone the
sum OF s79G,700 would be red1ded' NJ dn GOO % IN
erect tbe building Before vote was taken on Mr
ParkeI's motion, Mr.. Youngloye moved an amendment
that the Governor be empowered 10 appoint Two ad
donai Commissioners but this was voted dowh, @
which Mr. Parkers m0toh rncred in accordance
with their instructions, and the Dill was orueicu "
The Conference Committee Of both Houses have finally
agreed upon plan for Convention 10 revise Ine NVneu
tuition The pn,is OF ther SenaoriaI District
delegates shall be chosen from eaeh seLaIli on
and 81 delegates at large the Convention therefore
sisng OF iCo members Az ns are TO vote for
Delegates The Senate Committee were UNANIMOUS III
- Te Assembly Committee carried their point Weed Of
Clinton the only Democrat on the Commttee' alsSenea
nom the result Of the conference. He voted fOr negro
suffrage when the bill before the Assembly his
principal opposition to the selection by seatolai
districts. -, ,,..-o.,o,,.o,,
The final arguments pro and con on the Metropolitan
Excise bill were heard this afternoon by the Assemoy @
the prncpai speaken of the modification OF the
law he wanted modified so that the price OF ncehse
Sunday after O'Clock, and that on other day ,hey s
I% poce se .Ss SsfS be Sesd Of the power
In such summary manner as now Inc SUNDAY nouidi %
only until a. for the accommodation OF Dutchers
printers and other night workers. and the grat.tnt
licenses as an act justice toward the lesser classes o
hotels Col Bliss Counsel for the Excise, opposed any
modification, and showed that the very slhgenSy con-
planned of what benefited citizens the most ne
quoted from police returns To snow the present ores
ment OF the law DstrictAttoney Morris Of Brooklyn
took the ground. and argued further tat the Leg
lature should desst from making any Inrther anenT ~
ments until the law was longer III OPERATION; Jaes h
Brady took the side OF Mr. stewart ana III snort speecn
replied 10 the arguments OF Messs Bliss and Morris
There WAS rni attendance Senators tonight, the va
rious Broadway railroad projects having been mace te
Koad was considered In Committee of the Whole and
ordered to third reading by vote OF 10 yeas 10 IL my
peal alter or amend the act hereafter second, requiring
The company always keep Broadway from the Battery
The Chief Engineer OF the State CrOton Commissioners
Craven the Street Commissioner are to choose the
rails aIr gnae how they are 10 he laid The ineorpo-
raors az the three underground projects were c0nso-
dated and bill for two underground roads managed by
company route being up Chathanst ana ihlru-
| ave- and the other up Hudsonst and EighthayeD was
ordered to third reading by vote OF yeas 2o nays g. n
NewYork harbQT any where except in the County OF Kings
was progrcssefn the Assembly without being amended
The thrstopFrst Railroad bill finally passed, five
members voting against IT, The bill giving the Captain
OF the Port Harbor Masters power TO remove
| from the wharyes and piers was ordered 10 q thru
reading. . - -.
that the majority OF the Assembly Committee Cities
had resolved upon reporting bill Increasing the
| aboishing the present Board Of Fire Commission
| crs, giving the Governor power 70 appoint thelr
successors Since then the Committee have reconsdered
iSeir action and will tomorrow report bill which sim
ply gives the to the Governor TO add TO the present
commission member and increases the salary Of the
members OF the force TO the extent already noticed in
these columns This bill will all the trouble which
has heretofore existed In the Board and II is understood
will place the ChefEngneersip IN the hands OF other
The senate COMMITTEE on the Judiciary have unani-
mousy agreed to report nniayosDy upon the memorial
specor be appointed The Committee state that by the
Constitution the Legislature Is not empowered TO create
any more sneh STATE ofiGeis & as hex eHeePd I
measure recommended 10y the Club cannot be strictly
usually dull to-day The measure which received the
greatest attention was the bill granting additional pow
10 the Metropolitan Board ot Health The bill, as
amended, was ordered To n third reading.
The bill long. and provides that the Board may elect
! valid those Of the regular officers; that the
Police Board shall enforce all OF the ord,
violations OF the same; that the minimum fine OF Of
fenses to which penalties not fixed by law shah be
500 that the Board shall have In regard 10 pestental
infectious diseases e powers II has In regard 10 cOnta
giou diseases that 1t shall have power 10 provide and
fected persons; that the County of WeStchestei
shall be added to those subject to its a!i
/
whatever dangerous 10 human life, detrimental Il
health that oyerOrowded buildings, badly ventilated
drained. cleaned, or lighted, nusances that what
ever renders unwholesOme the air, human food
or drink, is nuisance that all persons and cor
porations responsible for nuisances shah pay the eA
penses OF their abatement In respect to the legal
powers OF the Board the bill is very full and makes
| careful provision for the manner IN which IL may
maintain suits for the abatement OF nustnces sucli
suits to be tried as law and without jury
except where the defendant under certain conditions
demands Jury 10 determine question OF fact. In suits
to abatc nnsnces Courts may upon the order OF the
Board enforce preliminary inunctons, so as 10 prevent
the leasing OF buildings IN unsafe cohultloh aI1 nsy re-