New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-11
ALBANY.


YORK.
Albany. Feb. 1O-The Assembly this morning was
only in session little hour in consequence
of having unanimously passed, Immediately after |
assembling the following resolutions, presented by
Mr. James Irving of New-York:
Whereas It has pleased an overriding Providence to |
remove from this life the late Hon. James T. Brady,
whose great abilities commanded our respect whose
warm ard tender sympathy Win huh"l ->"1oii"s ~
merlteg our 1t @ 1e in his death the loss to the
state and country Of profound jurst OF eminent legal
Rroired Also that we enter upon the journal Of this
House this record of respect for his memory ana
honor for his great and unrvaled exceenees OF eharac
ter aud intellect, and that out OF respect 10 MS heoIy
this House adjourn at noon to-day. Carried
The Senate was engaged most of the morning on |
general orders and in Executive Session.
Mr. Herman has followed up his speech denun- |
catory of Commissions by introducing bill en- |
bodying the features of the Syracuse Police BILL
passed by the Assembly few days ago. That
measure provides that the people shall elect their
own Commissioners, and they shall have all the
power and exercise all the duties appertaining to
their Office
The Judiciary Committee of the Assembly have
prepared and reported bill which, passed, will do
away with many of the difficulties connected with
the amendments of NOtaries Public. 1t confers on
these officials all the powers possessed by Commits
siOners of Deeds and states that there shall be 1900
notaries the present numbeT) in NewGOIk City, 400
in Brooklyn, 100 in Buffalo, and 20 in every other
Assembly District, appOrtoned according to
the population of the different towns. viii
lagos &c, in said District. 1t also
confers upon every attorney and counselor
on the rolls of the Supreme Court. the powers of
notary provided such counselor shall pay first to the
County Treasurer $50 which sum is to go toward
making additions to the law library of the county.
If there is such library then the County Judge is
to take the money and buy books for the use OF the
Court The nOtaries created ont of attorneys who
live in cities will hold the office four years and
those living in the country eight years.
The Assembly Committee Cities have reported
favorably a bill incorporating VIM. Rockwell, Ed
ward Thompson George Ingersoll, Henry S. Marcy,
and Frederick j. 2. Chilly under the name of the
NewYOrk Cab Company. These men authorized
TO establish a cab system in NewYork city, subject
TO the ordinances of that city No rates of fare
imposed The capital stock of the Company is to be
10000 divided into shares of 500 each. The bill
expressly states that the Company shall not run
horse-cars, nor establish what are known as omnibus
routes
A bill was ordered into Committee of the Whole of
the Assembly, this morning, authorizing the towns
along the west side of the Hudson 10 bond them
selves to aid in the construction of the New-IOrk
and Albany West Side Hudsonli Railroad. similar
bill has been ordered to third reading in the AS
sembly allowing certain towns along the line of the
Midland road to bond themselves to aid IN the con-
structOn of that project. The Railroad Committee
Of the Assembly are in favor of all these kind of
bills They think them preferable to subsidiary
measures.
The street railroad companies of New-York have
been modest, and the Third-ave. corporation
especially, has never been charged with that virtue.
This year it has bill before the Assembly entitled
act to extend the tracks of the IhTd-ave. Rail
road 1t authorizes the Company to construct tracks
from Twenty third-st and Third-ave., along Twenty
third-st to Lexngton-ave., then up that street to
SiXty-sXhst. then along that street TO Fifth-aye.
and another branch from Third-ave. through Aston
place to the easerly side of Broadway and to lay
turnouts and switches in ThIrdave. and Fourteenth
st.. from Fifth TO Seventh-st. on Prnting-hOuse-
square and TryOn-row. and on Chambers-st. from
Broadway to Chatham. The Dry DocklRailroad folks
arc also anxious to have their privileges
extended. They want to extend their track from
Avenue b, with double-track through Twefth-st.
to Greenwich-ave., thence with a sngle-rack along
Twefth-st TO Westinghouse. then along Washing
ton-st with a single-track to Christopher-st, then
with double-track along Christopher-st. to the
North River Also, returning along Christopher to
Greenwicl-st. thence TO West Eleventh-st, then to
Seventh-ave., and along that avenue TO West
Twelfth-st. Also through and along Tenth-st., with
double-track from Avenue ID to the East River.
An act has been introduced into the Assembly
authorizing the people Of Lima, Livingston County
to vote at the next annual town meeting upon the
question of raising money from assessing the real
and personal property Of the inhabitants of said
town for the endowment of Genesee College in the
proportion of 600 for every $1,000 from every other
source but the amount to be levied shall not exceed
$4,000 If the electors of said town shall not vote
upon this subject or in majority of electors
decile against the endowment then said Col
lege is to be removed 10 Syracuse. No
removal shall take place until after the
Trustees shall have conveyed and made over TO the
Gcnesee Wesleyan Seminary all the real estate now
owned by the College and Seminary in common in
Lima together with all the furniture, musical nstru-
ments and farming stock. and utensils in use in SAID
College and Seminary, and on the farm, excepting
the library cabinets, and apparatus accumulated by
the College since its organization and in addition
give said Seminary $4,000 as permanent endow-
ment
Mr.. Ketcham has presented to the Assembly bill
which provides that in any county which has not a
county agricultural society, the appropriation that
such society would be entitled TO receive shall be
distributed to the several town agricultural societies
of said county, according to population. provided
such town shall sustain public fair with premium
lists.
Dir. Richmond wants all that part OF Avenue on
the map of the City of New-York which lies between
Fiftythird and Fifty fourth-sts closed and he has
introduced bill into the Assembly to effect his
object.
The Street Commissioner of New-YOrk thinks that
that part of West-st adjacent to the Battery and
extending to HammOnd-st, should be filed up TO the
bulkheads established by law. and Mr. Frcar has in
troduced bill authorizing the Common Council of