The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-04-21
The Underground and Central Railroad
Fare Bills Defeated.
N0n-Acti0n on the Amendments to the
Excise Law.
THE new YORK TAX LEvlEs PASSED
FINALE OF THE SESSION.


AIsAsr. April 3oARM
me Lsgisasurs has nov given the State ten days
gatutous ssrvics There hundreds OF bills yss
scssd UPON bst tAsrs univsrsai imprsssos that the
adjournmsnt yin saks place somewhere between this
and midnight
wxAxss AaAxsv uua
fhe oay sot q bs dsvos fos Saving % legislative
action, u this ssass a Me sssssn vss N the Senate
this morning. when Mr. white uadsrsook 70 beat the
Sodus Canal bill, concerning which hs had made
motion 10 refer tho subject 10 the Constitu
tional Convention. He had spoken two hours
and . half. when the point Of order was
raised that matters Of q local nature could not be
referred The point was sustained, and the gentle
man required to take his seat, when . resolution
adopted preventing any Senator from speaking
moro than once and longer than Eve minutes on any
question. President woodford placed his watch on the
desk before him, and thenceforward strictly enforced
the rule
EXCISE ANKspxRSrs
motion to consider the bill making amendments to
the Excise law under debate this morning in the
Senate
Mr.. ODonnell got the floor. and argued against the
measure saying that the friends Of temperance and all
interested were satisfied with tho present law.
Mr. 7. Murphy read kilograms from Mr. Schultz, Pre-
sdent Of the Board Of Excise President Acton Of the
Police Commissioners, and Mr. Eaton, counsel OF the
Excise Board announcing their satisfaction with the
proposed amendments
Mr. ODonnsll said he had received message Of SINH
lar character those read but he doubted their anthem
ITCHY. Having consumed his Eve minutes, he sprung
parliamentary trap the friends Of the bill by calling
for third readngsan order Of business which could be
deviated from only by unanimous consent-and SO the
amendments went over for tho time They may be
acted upon this evening
Speaker Pitts and Luther Caldwell, Clerk Of the As
sembly have been each presented with handsome and
costly gold watch and chain by the members
THE LAST
has been very quietly passed thus far During the reas-
sembng after the dinner there was slight ten
dency TO q vocal entertainment in the lower house,
whore the swearing Of tho Green," "Marchng Along
and John Brown" rendered successfully, and an
attempt made TO get Of the humorous orators OF
the body efforts which interrupted by the Speak
ers hammer calling the House order for the afternoon
session.
ALBANY. April 21-l2:30 A. NJ
ruR uspERGRousp BILL
was brought up in the Senate in Committee Of thu
Whole with tho insertion Of the OF the corpora
tors OF the Surface road the section authorizing tn
construction Of Surface Railway stricken out MAXIM
pure and the bill ordsre
70 third reading aughable incident then occurred
The pAftieans q the measure then moved TO lay ID
order Of business the table, and succeeded; but
the order Of business was motions and resolutions, th
motion 70 order 10 . third reading was d.
cared out OF order The friends Of the scheme had owe
reached themselves in their haste When subssQuaAu
The third reading OF bills reached the objection
aissd al tSs BIl ~ss not snsf5sssd, IN ob,esYe
which proved fatal and the uuderyQupa scheme q les
received It's death blow.
FAILURE or TIE EXCISE Law AxEDxxSrs
The excise law amendments failed 10 reach 1nai &C
ton, and the law therefore remains unchanged.
"a. TIE CENTRAL RAILROAD FARE BILL
& among tho dead the legislative battle field Of tn,
evening vote Of 6fteen 10 fifteen killed the Assem-
bly, Amendments 70 the original BILL
TUE TAX LEvrEs.
The final amendments to the tax leves provide for thu
appropriation OF $4,000 for piers and wharves $500
for the Court House, the increase Of the police forc
70 two thousand men, the substitution Of exJudgt
Woodruff for Recorder Hackett In the Auditing Board
the requirement Of threefourhs vote in each branch
Of the Common Council for the appropriation Of the
public moneys the transfer Of public property and
the addition 70 the City Chamberlans salary Of
for his services as county Treasurer.
rHx CLOSING HOURS OF THE SESSION.
few minutes after nine O'Clock the Assembly adopted
and sent TO the Senate resolution proposing ADJOURN
ment at ten o'clock During tho absence Of the messcn.
ger recess taken, wheroupon boisterous and up
roarous took place. Segars were brought forth
and lighted the members disposed themselves for FREQ
and easy time the facetous member from Kings county
took the chair and made q funny speech; tho lee
turer, Ned Underhili, mounted the Clerks desk
and rected one Of his comicaltes; Populations
were received from the third House, jokes, good and
bad were hurled from mouth TO mouth, and the pro-
ceedings Of the Legislature and the peculares Of It's
officers burlesqued and parodied all to the delight Of
thronged lobby and gallery, where cock crows and
cheers responded to the humorous efforts OF
the members After hour spent In
this questionable and somewhat undignihed
amusement message received from the Senate,
proposing tho hour Of hafpast eleven Messages con-
nued 70 vibrate between both branches the presiding
officers made their farewell speeches. and the Governor
sent word that he had no further communications "a
make AZ length at two minutes past twelve O'Clock,
this Sunday morning, tho nnetisth Legislature Of the
state Of New York declared adjourned nms die.
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.
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