The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-02-03
Mr.. SWEENY'SL LEGISLATURE
yuE HtND or THE RING EXHIBIT
IDIN THE NEW CHARTER.
I'll. Aston shmcnt of the Ring when the
House Proposed to Look into the Charter
for Nrw York Citv-An Instrument TO Per-
prtuntr the Ring,

House PropoScd to Look into the Charter
for New York Citv-An Instrument to PER-
prtuatr the Ring,
hn,>r. Feb. I'm the Senate this morning
u.r, Gene. reported lavoraby the bill for the
.tructon Of \ surface railroad in i2jth nd other
.,fc,t. TIE ob,iitc tie objections OF the Governor
The Till las been amended to provide for the
,,s Of the hanch.c ly auction Harry, having
Nue fi.,h in the ability Of Abraham o'liall ss
.ucionctr. has provided in the bill tha,
Sheriff OBricn shall sell the franchise In
p,her respects the bill is tie that vetoed by
Gov Hoffman last year. Lively discussion follow ed
The Introduction Of resolution insuuctng Senators
tnd representatives, from this state to vote for
,ppropraucn TO cree, a post once and federal court
house In tb. city. Senator Murphy said that IL the
resolution was to be adopted lo would move an
f, cndme't to include Brooklyn, but he did not
Nnk the resolution should pass. 1t was progressed
.nd hi. probably kills 1t for tho session.
The \, cmhly chamber was crowded this morn.
irsb, alcco Of politicians, who were very anxious
to learn TIE contents OF
rug RiNG's NEW CHARTER,
and the re pton 1t would meet with. The move
mens Of Alexander Frear, who has charge OF
sluirc Swcncy's Iohs were carefully watched.
when the county Of New York was called upon to
pulled out the little joker" sprang to his fee, aud
banded the private document to page. who went
with 1t to the clerk The latter read the title and
Speaker Ili,chman was just about saying "this bill
will be referred to the Committee on Cites, when
Mr. Kiernln arose and said no had q motion to
make.
NR. FRkAR TURNED PALE
and tvichod nervously in his seat. Speaker Hitch.
man was likewise visible affected, and if Squire
Swecny had been In the hall he probably would have
swooned A counterplot Of some sort was expected,
bot what 1t Would be was more than they could
divine. Mr. Herman, amid death.like, silence, pro
eseded to say that this BILL the most important that
The LeVslsture would be called 70 pass uron ought
70 be referred to the Committee Of the Whole, aud
not to the Committee on Cities. The new Charter
vas drafted by the most eminent political lawyers
10 Ssn YORK city. They had bestowed attention
and Time On Its preparation, and II was as near per
frot6n II its present shape rs the Committee OF
Cities could ever hope to make II. He also wanted
The Charter printed Immediately, so that member
could give II their
SERIOUS coSsrckkAr,os.
M Frc,r who during the delivery OF yr. Ke,
slowly rose and in tremuous tons said that he ha
no objection to the speedy printing OF the charter
bu, that he Hoped II would not be taken away fror
yielded. aud the Speaker joyously sent the charte
70 the Ring Committee, greatly TO the relief OF Mr.
frear AMI olhcr allies OF Squire sweeny. Withl
the next halt hour the Little Joker " took tr
through the chamber. Everybody wanted to se
What 1t 10, ked ike. The comments passed on
we're ANYTHING but complimentary to Abraham
taleut,. His
uSsELrrsuSKss AND xopKsrY
wer no, oyerlockek. Tho notion offs man drartini
charter AID asking as reward Tor his trouble Il
the appointment Of thirteen heads OF departments
The Charter, although not yet carefully examined
ueeis With tile disapproval OF everybody. Ii tend
70 the Capitalization Of power and to The p.rpetua
pass until IT has been uljrcted to 80 man,
amendments thtt no one will be ablo to recognize
the pr dlctlon' OF THE sun verified when Il declared
that tue RIM would abrogate and hem in the night,
ana pnNle-e' Of the people The alterations thu
Ring rrupo-es 10 make consist principally in ye-tinl
the appointment OF the heads OF toe several Depart
inenis IN tue bands OF
BOARD OF CONTROL.
composed o. the Mayor. the Comptroller, the Pres,
dent OF the Board OF supervisors who II Tw ed tn,
Chamberlain, Who Is Sweeny, and the Recorder OF
Cv jude TINS will dispense with the service. o
The Board o' Aldermen. SIR. Peter Mitchell intro
daeel oil today regulating the Illuminating powe
o. gas ia the state, and tie price to be charged 10
The same. The bill provides that each gas compan
In the state shall supply gas Of sixteen candles illu
minatni powcr and tile maximum price charge
Tor The sane shall not exceed t2JO per thousan
cubic fe't.
Mr Tweed gave notice ofa bill in the Senate t
street This is a similar bill to that introduced b
M Fields into the Assembly giving this oonpan
inc hOlc llIht 10 lgDt central fdfk-a yer. modes
request on tie part Of Tweed ana FIELDS
REGULATING ELECTIONS.
The bil introduced in the Legislature to rtgula,
tie conduct OF elections IN this city mateT.al
changes tue EXISTING system:
The tine ot holding eotious and tie mode OF votin
w Spsn e d"ek usaSr saS c1e se GfoR';
post their ballots.
Two Inspectors OF elect on and two district can
Nhs-ffN are 10 be tlette )r each election dlstrlC
;he Judicial ecton IN i;o. and Al each general eeC
district. In addition, the Hoard Of supervisors sha
Two dsrc for ese eec,ion Sisrs sTTn 20 90
tso voters Of lie election district which they serv,
genera election IN each The Bdard 81 suptry ,or
shsll sso nl oil yacancts that may occur prOr tn
day or electlon by appointment.
The board Of supei,ho arc also to appoint two pol
sn'cs o' ,Ivh na eeonSs asu'ct al the .ame time 10
Boards OF Csnyasers are to or.anize immediately OF
The required statement aDd copies thereof aud the re
sn,t OF = cany1s, hal be made and suboroed II
election ana canvas ana when they are compietcd
enced "a fopg ron wnSppr nan ana pc ,9ea sSd ssr
snd councrsrned across lie seal by tRe sissesur
sealed Sa they are pioducca before IS he Bosrd o. ad'e
Sl.y Or Go1ny Csnvasser', when they they snail b'
70, o. eert5n or district canyascT or roll cerk shall
Any ono 70 oe yoted.or by The electors II M, dpret
except lor the office OF inspector OF eecton dslre
III. canvass OF each boz shan be ,uly completed Il
We order prescribed In tho law ald proclaimed 4
public elOrc the Boards Troceed to CANVAS the neI
Dol Inc due pubic announcement by cayassers Of Al
vVt'h 'l ilct oi All result shail be prind Jdcte ey
aence Yi the fact thereof and u the returns ned d
DOT corrc-pond with such announcement, the SAID rt
tnfn nlcd shall not be united by the Board OF cunt
au'ls err until the discrepancy has been explained
Board - - '
Ihe present bureau OF elections abolished and tn
osIS ~ 9uper',oIs are directed 70 establish burea
CLERK The chief Of sad bureau shall be appointed b
VIC btAtd OF supervisors, and shalt hold hi
once of tour years. He shall apponthe erica fore
ooesafy Or the ou'iness OF the bureau OF such nun
Snay be determined by the Board OF Supervisor,
neMal pretare all the necessary forms blanks an
uuLt on. Tor the use OF the boards Of inspectors
cuoh ana boards OF district cHnYasyers, and also q
10, 9,s = Of county and Guy eanyasers and provid
lht common Cauncil II ordered 70 rod strict the cit
~ Oi before the INST day Of SEPTEMBER NEXT that
eweuoh dlsIot ShAll contain more than tnree hundrt
SSs1tot' II the Common CounCil shAl neglect thl
~ we Mayor shall, by PROCLAMATION establish IN
sSlstes Of the stricts. The other features of IN
oW are not important. SOL
Tile SENATE