New-York tribune., 1868-05-01
ALBANY.

DEATH OF THE CANAL-CONTRACT BILL-THE 70
LICE PhNSION BILL
ALBANY, ADrl 30-The Senate tonight refused
TO agree to the Report of the Conference Committee on
the Canal contracting bill This kills that All
the Republicans except Stanford voted In the negative
The Conference Committee the Police Pension Fund
bin agreed 10 strike out the sections raising the salaries
Of Police Captains and Doormen. The Assembly agreed
to the report The Police folks will try squeeze these
expunged provisions into the Tax Levy.
A sTCPENDOUS FRAUD-THE TAX LEYY-ITS JOBS
THE STRENGTHENING INVEsTIGATION-A
SHARP DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
ALBANY, April 30.-Last evening the city Tax
Levy reported and made special order for this
morning. AS the journal was read 1t was taken
up in Committee of the Whole. AmotOn to read through
prevailed which cut of all amendments until the read
ing was finished As soon as the clerk read the last
word, and before q single member could have chahce
20 make amendment, motion 10 report
progress was made and carried, " ~ISn Sisaorco io
With the report Of the committee aud order the
bill to third reading and on TINS ms nGnon o o op1oton S TO
fhe bill m was carried. aud the bill was ordered 10
Rennbicans voted agaust IT, the others joined with the
Democrats and passed 1t rms was al uOno III "u, t ~
hours time. 10 Is wonder al discussion was cHt Oh
The Levy viii not stand it, 1t approprlates S24OVV
SGOOOOOO more than was appropriated last year III
eorder President of the Board o Health, Cham
berlain. and Controller are raised eaoh S1'vOo
in consideration OF their duties as street commissioners
For cleaning markets $4,000 added to the sum asked Tor
last ON the Plea that 1t is TO be Gsd & CT viii e So I% Ss
finished this year. All the schools 10 wmch the tepD-
charity bill, are included IN this levy. For Pub
lie drinking hydrants and urinals S3oUO Is appr9-
Another section gives $4,000 which is appropriated
for street repavng and repairing the contract or agree
ment therefor 10 he made with such persons as Street
Commissioners shall select There is to be no advertising
for proposals The salaries or the Board OF AIdermeh
are raised 10 g 5OO the Clerk o the Common Council
gives the Controller authority to appoint as many audi-
tional clerks as he needs and fix their salaries ..
Another subdivision gives each of the Police Jnstces
5000 for holding court Sunday for the years 1864 10
For the expense Of survey and examination of the
wharves and piers and for preparing 9ook on Ie uo
ject Ghe same job that was edOraly denoiGeu some
time ago by THE TRIBUNE) tho sum Of $4,000 is given
For the purchase OF Ola depot for NewGOrk by the
COnrolcr SlO00OO rms Is an IMMENSE Joo' az tc Wy
now pays $4,000 year he lease to run for eight years.
10 contractors take away and dispose OF this oa This
section is TO give the Controller power 10 purchase bar
Island, which certain city officials are Interested
The salaries OF the Commissioners of Charities Is IN
creased each 500 twenty tnousiau& San & aoa's Is @ Hbpo
work which should be done by the Corporation Counsel
the Rc W Audit after uly l. 1868 This Board seems TO
trouble the Democrats much as the Excise Board.
j. G. & l. Edge given Sll,2o3 33 for fireworks eX-
pended In 1s6Gt being charged that an error covering
the above amount crept into the levy OF 1867! -,,
Another subdivision transfers the grading Of Eighth
ave from the Central Park Commissioners 10 the street
Commissioner by revivng an old law. Further than
this the ciy nay the cost Of grading and not the
lSi'''' |o6 ''O'D''' ''' ''' INV - w
The Controller. beside being given the power to fix
the salary of the Treasurer Of the Board OF Excise (Which
he will undoubtedly do at very high fgare), is to have
charge of all he moneys raised tor edne'onat purposes
AeirIO Not one cent OF tiat money can De eApel-
ded until the approval OF the Controller is obtained
The last section repealS all restrictions placed on the
heads ofdeparments that they shall not spend more
than is authorized by the act also the law which requires
that the tax levy he sent to the Legislature Tor ITS super
When the bill giving the whole water front Of Nov
York over the New York Ring, commonly called the
sinking Fund Commissioners, Up In the Senate, 1t
was recOmnittcd tO the Committee on Commerce and
night but without any authority, as the bill was not sent
them to be reported. The Clerk, Mr. Terwilhger
detected what is charitable TO suppose an error
aud corrected it, This is the biggest OF all the big Jobs OF
the session. and IL any Republican Senator votes for II
his constituents should mark him as suspicious char
aCter.
bill submitting Constitution To the people. The
Assembly. by the votes of the Democrats, passed bill
submitting the Constitution in four parts To the people
next Fall-Surage, Finance, judiciary and the balance
Of the articles. That bill went to the Senate Judiciary
Committee. When 1t was taken up Mr. Williams moved
that the bill be amended that the Constitution should
be submitted in the Spring of 1869 Mr. Williams only
favorably the bill it from the Assembly
%Ss %o,sd MADE m inc @ Affirmative and the RepuSicans
Iva negative. Then motion was made TO amend the
Convention directed, with the suffrage article only sepa
Messrs. Folger and Hale voted In the affirmative,
and Mr Williams iOned with the two Democrats aud
voted in the negative. motion 10 report adversely
was negatiyed the Democrats voting IA te anTnatVe,
the manner prescribed by the Convention was lost,
Messrs Hale and Foger voting IN the affirmative, and
Williams (Repl and Murphy and Morris Deinl, in the
negative Messrs Foger and Hale felt that in voting as
they did they in duty bound to follow the plan laid
An effort was made last night to take up the Governors
the Shers bill When the bill IN the senate
judiciary Committee, Mr.. Folger the only member
voting against IT, Mr.. Hale absent and Mr. Williams
Joined with the two Democrats IN reporting IT, When 10
mp for final passage every Republican and Demo.
present. except Mcssrs. Folger and ODOnne voted
the affirmative. The two latter recorded IN the
negative. Neither this bill the One Hundred and
Twentyhftnst Railroad can be passed over the veto
The report Of the Assembly Committee on Legislative
Corruption read in the House this morning. As
the reading Mr.. Jacobs took the fOOr
and read long printed speech trying 10 prove that this
Legislature e Assembly part Of it is pure and spOess
AS compared with lis predecessors Mr. Tarbox reped
20 crisp sentences, denying Mr. JGcObss
1On and proving that the action OF the majority Of the
House during the last few days was sufficient
Of Onondaga rose and delivered "a speech
which made even Mr.. Jacobs vince. Mr.
part Of tie charges made by Mr. Ranny, then Mr. Pitts
followed in speech in which he criticised sharply not
only MI Jacobss remarks put the report OF Mr Als
The debate was the longest ana aDet conducted OF tho
session. Mr. Jacobs, In striving to lead his party and
make political capital for il, got "ms foot
in IT," and none are more ready to acknowl
edge this than the Democrats themselves
A Democratic member called the previous question on
tie motion 20 adopt the report OF tie Committee but he
eral Democrats 10 10 Law the report the table
On this motion Mr. Pitts called the yeas and nays but
sufficient number rising when the call made the
speaker decided that the call was not sustained. The
motion then adopted, several Republicans joining
will the Democrats 70 carry the Motion. Mcssrs. Pitts
and Youngove asked TO be received in the journal
ting In the negative.
II proper 10 that the bill to restore deaced rec
Ords IN the ConTts OF Common Pleas OF your city, de
nOnneed editOr1allY IN Fridays TRIBUNE, was not
ported by the Senate Judiciary Committee until an
eminent Judge OF New-YOrk approved the bill. The
Chairman Of that Committee appealed TO the Judge for
his opinion and the latter sanctioned the bill as entirely
bill was reported to the Senate.
NETWORK LEGISLATURE.