New-York tribune., 1869-03-11

ti0nal amendment regarding suffrage. No further
effort than to refer it to the Committee on Federal
Relations was made There few nays against
such reference but the bulk OF the Democrats fa-
vOred the motion.
The Senate this morning passed the bill Submitting
the new constitution next Fall. In addition TO the
solid Republican vote for ii, there were those
Creamer, Edwards, Pierce, and Nichols all Demo
Gratis ii. C.. Murphy would also have voted for it If
he had been present II is likely the Assembly will
agree, and therefore the new amendment will be sub
mitted next Fall in four parts-sufrage, taxation,
judiciary, and the remainder in lot,
The different gas companies Of your City have
sent to the Legislature answers to the resolution of
the Assembly calling upon them to make reports OF
their deposits. The Metropolitan Company say they
have on deposit $l171O but particularly anxious
to impress upon the Legislature that this is the only
security they have for the payment of between $780,
600 and $4,000 worth of gas. The Harlem Company
say they have on deposit s124S3 but in this is In
cluded $500 which has been forfeited account Of
absconding debtors The Manhattan Company has
S2305S and they pay this interest at the rate of
per cent The amount due the Company from con-
sinners is $368532 ".
The bill reported by the Senate Municipal Commit
tee, which aboishes the present Tax Commissioners
Of yOur city, has been accommodation the purpose OF
allowing ex-senator Henry r. Low to argue against
its provisions. The bill will be reported back to-
morrow, and it is special order for that day. 1t
will receive immediate attention 1t will pass the
Senate but there is every probability that it will
hang fire in the Assembly. The BILL as reported by
the Committee is as follows:
SECTION l-Withn ten days after the passage Of this
act the Controller OF the City OF NewYork shall appoint
four Commissioners OF Taxes and for the City
and County of NewYork who shall hold their offices Tor
he Of
the terms OF Office Of the present ComnlsOners OF
YoH sa he terminated The said Commissioners shall
thereafter be appointed by the Controller Of the City OF
NewYoTk for the term OF five years and all vacancies IN
aid Office of Commissioners OF Taxes and Assessments
shall be filed by the said Controller Tor Je renander OF
the unexpired term. The said Commissioners shall be
subject TO removal only in tho manner now provided by
law for the removal OF sherln3
Taxes and Assessments being made as provided in the
preceding section, the several offices, cerksnps ana
positions filed by the appointments Of the present OF
the City and County OF NewYork, shall become vacant
Assessors The said Commissioners shall have authority,
from time to time, to appoint and fix the compensation
to the effective discharge Of the duties OF said depart
ment aud said Commissioners respectively shall receive
the same compensation IS now authorized by law
md for the eectua discharge OF their duties the
said Commissioners are hereby authorized 10 employ
counsel at an annual salary to be hxed by the BOatd OF
Supervisors OF said county
sEC g. No new surveys or maps Of the several wards
Of the said city shall b6 prepared for the use Of said Com
except uAder the authority OF the supef'soS
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect immediately
The paragraph about Senator Stanfords course,
printed in these dispatches yesterday, leave the in
ference that ex-senator Bell would have appointed
Senator Stanfords friend if he proved TO be Re-
publican. Your correspondent wrote that ex-senator
Bell could not comply lwith Senator Stanfords re-
quest unless he Sen. g.. removed faithful clerk,
Republican in politics Senator StanfOrd's nominee
was Republican, but Auditor Bell considered that
il would be unjust aud unwise to remove a man for
no good cause.
A reformation in the prisons of our State was the
great object in view in the appointment OF the Com
mttee, and no doubt if acted upon by the Leglsla-
ture. the suggestions aud recommendations offered
will be of ncalculable benefit to all our penal nsti-
tutons. An entire change Of our present system Of
prisons TO what is known as the Irish Convict system
is urgently recommended Also the establishment
Of another prison in the State, to relieve
the present State Prisons from their pres
ent oyer-crowded condition An entire
abolition Of all forms of corporal punishment
Is also recommended This is, probably the first
time ever such thorough change in the discipline OF
the penal institutions in this or any other country
has been recommended; but the reasoning by which
the Committee enforce tho theory that you con-
troll conyicts more successfully through moral than
mere coercye means, is certainly very conclusive
In this connection there is q law suggested making
by system of marks, modelled after the lrlsh
system, the length of the term of every convict
depend in great measure upon MS
conduct while in prison. There 49, Also
recommended an entire abolition Of the contract
system. and the substitution in place thereof OF
state employment, which, for the present, however
il only recommended for Clinton and Sing Sing. Al
Auburn il is proposed 10 work the convicts upon
contracts until we shall have first had brief expe
rience Of the abolition of the system at the othel
two prisons With these improvements it is claimed
TINT the prisons will not only be rendered self-sus
| tanning, but will pay handsome revenue INTO th'
! Treasury of the State.
Mfr. Weeds bill establishing an American CONNER
! cinl Mobilier,n names as cOrporators William
! Graves James a. Chase John j. Tallmadge, Edward
| b. Lansing f. Deaiield Woodruff, Benjamin f. BAD
cock and Others The purpose of the association IS
to facilitate the moying of all kinds of produce
cattle and grain from point of the country OF
world. by canal railroad, steamboat, or otherwise
asnecessity compes. The capital stock Is to DO one
million. with power to increase it TO five millions.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Flagg for the Publica'
ton of Legal Notices, proposes that newspapers may
charge for publishing any advertisements required
by law the sum Of 81 per folio for first insertion and
so cents for every subsequent insertion. The pro-
posed law shall not apply to session laws nor notices
re elating to estate of deceased persons.
Mr.. Hitchman introduced bill to reimburse the
County of New-York the amount Of State taxes OF
of 1868 and 1864 collected upon the capital stock OF
the banks and other moneyed incorporations IN the
City and County of New-YOrk, declared by the Su-
preme Court OF the United States to have been un-
lawfully collected. The amount is sl,256,95S !6 and
will require State tax of seyentenhS Of mill on
each dollar of valuation to raise it,
Mr.. Miller introduced bill directing the State
Fisheres Commission to establish the artificial propa-