The New York herald., 1870-04-20
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Passage Of the New York Tax Levies in
the Assembly.
A Quiet Battle Field and a. Easy victory-The
City and County Levies Both Orde ed to
Third Reading-Loss Of the Bill Relating
to Foreign Insurance Companies
ALRANY. Anril Ia. 1s1c.

ALBANY, April ~, lNIs
The House was quite full TO-DAY, the members
being all IN their seats in anticipation OF the special
oruer on tho tax levles at twelve O'Clock. Those
wDo were not IN the secret expected more hostility
to the bills han the sagacious managers or the
democratic party had provided against The tact Is
that unanimit' was 80 perfectly obtanei by the
well con rolled machinery OF Sweeny, Tweed and
Frear that the passage OF the bids was as fixed
fact as Noah's Hood or the lncorrupliolity OF the
State Legislature. Conselu eutly when
THE HOUR OF NOON ARRIVED
Speaker Hue rman rose anu announced that, in &C
cordance with u resolution passed On Friday. the
bills the provision OF the government OF the city
and county OF New YORK would now oe taken up IN
Committee OF the waoe. Mr.. Fields asked II the
OIL regulating the salaries OF country judges was
not included. The Speaker said that he omitted TO
state tnat II was. Mr.. Fia,g. OF Rensselaer,. then
took the chair. ana the clerk began 10 read the city
tax levy. when
ALEcx FREAk
rose and with blush ~ cOuatenance, said that for
the five years he nad oeen the Legislature he had
never known the New York tax leyles to be real
through. lie therefore, novel thit the comm ittee
now rise, report rovress anl ask cave to si agaia
The motion was carried III u nomeng DY a 5nouC ~
'seas' " u small tune or ma In a miapr key.
rne same course W ID pGrsu3d with regard To tao
COUNTY TAX LEVY.
Frear again stopped tue reading aud moved 20
reoort progress. Judge Waite dsmlnded count.
lie was grained. ine Speaker called upon the
affirmative se eltiencn TO rise, ana forest Ike That
on Biihalns wCod sprung UP ana lad cut White
qHs JUDGEs BILL,
which came unDruleQ from the senate gave rise to
Uret buL rather not debate upon the que siion as
10 wnetner the county DUaro5 OF superv the
state Legislature should regulate The 81 aries oil
county JUDGES. ProgreSS Wa, repOr .ei Vi on 1t on
motion oi Mr. Fields Inercupon the lax caa npIoa
ear moved that the CITY TAX levy 40 now have iLs
ruiRD kEADiNi.
Ihen cOInmeucet u running lire or pOpgunS, q
irregular caupaign OF SIX FINISHING nllDustariny anu
| very ilgnL artuiery pfacLice, wnicn however
amounted To nothng. fne voices OF Wne aud
Aivo!d were tue oliy ones heard on the n0or.
| frears resolution requiring two.thrd vote was
not carried, The vote being IS TO Is. He mneulaey
moved tnit Ootl TAX lcyics should BE- OrueIed Z
| ,aird reading ut eight O'Clock tins evening wncn
cuininated around the clerks desk aDous TINS tan
instantly sgbsi ed. and TIE mob OF members retired
to her seats satisfied tnas the DAVIS work was weil
d0ne.
INSURANCE CoMpANIEs.
The Foreign Insurance Companies Iax bill male
stir Ia tne aouse today and called oIt little hfe
and smOK" from LlttleOhn, Hustled. fe.ds, W. ID.
Murphy. Plunket. Mitchell, Aivord and general
force O takers
Ine BIZ conpels foreign companies to pay taxes
10 tlc state as we.i Us STATE conpaacs Littlejohn
commended that tue bill Was made against the poor
and the insurer OF moderate means. Feds IN
laundering tones, uen,ed tue pOslLlon It. was IN
ten led ior the prolecton'Oi small c)mpanies, who
were now Obliged W restrict tne solves u insurance
small sums, whLe rich iofei companies like the
home cou.d take risks OF q million Jacobs sug-
u
he,srs Fieius ana LltteJohn ~ snoud oe In over
tone Of voice as ne could near them quite well IN
| more gentie whispers. JACOBS sits On u diagonal
| line between Tile Two orators, anu geG5 tle fui
b.Aefit OF the aeep dlapds0n OF OsweRo and the
CLARION voice Of New YORK Feds salu he was gau
! 10 near his Brooklyn friend make that remark for
IL showed that "he mad no wax III MS ear5.n NO
Uody laughed
The bill not having received constitutional vote
and aiiln2 20 obtain reconsideration, was ald Oh
the table, This bill wa before the Legislature las
| year and failed nKewLe.
| Pnssnge OF the New York Tax Levies-Ths
Bills Put Through Qaietiy and Expeditions
i ly-DenuncntiOn OF TIA, Ei yhth Avenue Hiii,
| ALBANY, April 49, 1870.
| Another agony Is passed and another step Is taker
! towards an early adjournment The city and coun
" tax evies have just passed the House In turn al
the evening session, Dy vote eacn OF 70 to a.
Aleck Frear moved the previous question on both
bils and they went through with only few oppOs-
ing remarks from Hustled, SelkreI ana AlvOrd. There
Will be a few MINOR amendments In he Senate but
they Will not materially effect tine body OF the bills
GRADING EIGHTH AVENUE.
The senate returned with amendments the
Asse nbiy Dl providing for grading rIghlh avenue
north Of Fiity-ninth street. Fields moved recon-
mt the Ulll to the Committee on the Judiciary
which was lost. Fields denounced IL as an Elphtn
Avenue Railroad George Law bill ana as the biggest
job ever introduced into the Legislature. IL was
ObOied through toe Senate by judge WaIerbury
with tue assistance OF his colleague Piunket Ia to
midst OF Mr. Fields verJ vehement speech the
House adjourned.