New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-02
ALBANY.
reoy JUDGES AND LAwfERs-NEw
TIE I KNP AsYLUm-vARIous Bills CONCERN
LuNA ,i,,w YORK AND BROOKLYN -CURlosi-
rIps OF LEGISLATION.

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condemnation The hopeeSsncss OF procuring eituer
,.,rreut resolution flor neither Senate nor Gov
80 oopld sanction the sghcme) compelled Mr. Assem-.
rcvman Fields 20 change his tactics. He abandoho"
ms bill for the purpose and substituted merely q"
Assembly resolution directing its Judiciary 'oin".
IN r,rpetrate the decd Quick the Speaker ; hiae'
.ounded-before the members had fully taken ther So'
Of professional excellence and legislative
,,,r,tv seized the first moment of the last after
s.sion to cram down resolution that VIII renee ''
and less credit the it is considered Id
sith the late Assembly Yet even men his peculiar
tactics among certain class OF !i and alter Mr.
pe,as brcucbt mn every man he could operate on ny
iartisan ties and other considerations, - tha1
me maiority-the vote standing 81 10 s ihis fran
20 members being absent The nature 9I 'I rscoepf
ection cannot lie tnX Hne' is actually Chairman
Of the Judiciary Committee 20 MN outrage on the
uti9n gives po% 15 6D lcesiave decency When he
81 started the scheme, in the shape on law seN,ra.
weeks so grorH with the Erie ascaes-to annoy
certain lawyers and %G,e"J5 in Which senator Tweed
1bcugb rarely mentioned in this connecticut was deey
Sncarnci as one Of the Erie Directory. The character
orooeednc unparalleled in legisation-s placed in sun
remarkable light by the fact that there was ana Is
isatv. charges connected with the trouble between
iasrJ Mr. Ai8sv7orth in which contest the parties ac-
ecb o her with conduct that united each for leg
atiye position. The public as well as the regal poio
S,rsry nqusition inrusted by the remarkable rGsQn
d. OF MIR Fields and here the names; MT feldS
(hmselO Chairman Of New York; Mr. Lyon OF O[ah I
Mr. Cullen of Brooklyn Mr. Roman Of Albany MT Nelson
Of Rockland Mr. Herman Of NewYOr MI raleS OF
emuug MI AivOrd III OnOndaga, and MT Gleason OF
IaWr.lce The text Of the resolution, which includes
dy the NcwYork District Is as 4oli2%s' mad, ,,,b the
lie pre- ar the proceerg g Courts of the state affect
Of Ss suggesting he ness, 15aT7 iraih q
or sB5 clients AMI punish professional dishonesty and tIesche;
there also grave chsr;es against he fairness and n'
ssoioSi Committee the Jaliry be authorized and re,
.uylng
ne esa have been GUILTY Of anprofson1l and dishonest
'non As regards counsel and client and the practice
Jpsr7 VIII view to .uE terse constitutional power of
assembly 's The taei Hy lGs a., s at .Dcb tmes AND
sd Committee shall deem pro' and hall a asv q power S.,
uoei f9iv Ani conducted with az eonyel'n. speed anl
" beard investigation be conhle the First Judicial
There shall be established at Middletown Orange
mnty state Lunatic Asylum for the care md treat.
en OF the insane and nebrate upon the principles OF
iedieine known the homeopathic; and II shau be
lnown a. the state Homeopathic Asylum for the In
adSrv II INV cbsrd A B. Connpiiy A. B. Coneer D. D.
r. Marshall. John David Wolfe. Peter 8 Hoe. Thomas
WbSer 5 0yer B Vail Robert H. Berde Carol
Dunham, John F. Gray, Homer Ramsdel j. Stanton
GOnld AlonzO Il. Morgan, and william NJ Graham are
named a. the first Trustees Their annual meetings
be on the third Thursday in June at the Asylum The
charges be made patients shall be such only
as IN the aggregate may be sufficient TO defray the cur
nt r % fbt me s Pvabe He the Controller Is
satisfied that equal sum Is provided bT private Gohl
eeved SIN another favor the bin authorizing i ne
Somni 9hsts o 1Gs for tbc Uah1ea6 HSspta some
where north OF sixty sixth-st, also became law Inc
tern lease 10 be like those granted To othr
benevolent institutions-merely nominal for renttO
seuninao If the building Is ever used Tor any oIher
pgTposse - ,,o,so tho number 81 rdros IN tbe CITY
Court of Brooklyn. and TO regulate the Civil and Criminal
jurisdiction thereof requires that Two additional judges
M that Court shall be chosen the time OF tho judicial
election III May and commence their duties on the LIST Of
nom the ballots for the Appeal judges The coupcloa-
2Ion Of those additional judges to be the that now
received 10y the CITY Judge Inc judges "heh tne court
ia organized under this act shall appoint clerk and
many Deputies requred-the present ones being thus
The bill authorizing owners Of bonds issucd by any
none gotiabie by ndorsnG fact of their ownership
them became law 80 that thieves cannot now sell
The Masonic Han Association Of the Western District
OF Brooklyn has it, charter amended as Ia allow an
issue of stock 20 the amount Of scoo in shares of SO
for the purpose providing suitable edhce either by
The law Goyidng for paying certain certificates issued
90 the milf N for services in the war OF 1872 says the adj
dtonal of 10000 now arIrorrlated shall be dis-
bursed i'll the way designated IN the law OF May, lSj,
except as hereafter stated In distrlDutig VIE aul
tiona sum- there shall be paid TO those first entitled I'M
500 of the principal of respective certificates and
fhe residue Of 10000 shall be appOrtioned TO those
order there prescribed" So claims for services in
The war OF 1912 seem to be finally settled o-..
The act IL incorporate the "AssocaIed Hotel company
denoes in or near New YORK names FED Foster G. H.
yose' " II. Mile Alexander Ciendnin jerome W. Mer
rift, Wp.-J Merritt, Amos Howes Rufus r. Dixon, Gil
tert Burling Henry Mankln Jacob Brandt, IT.. ". H.
Avery, Frsnois H. jerks and Chas W Whitley corpo
rators The capital hrsnaned is soOO T. te Increased
as wanted 10 S.5OOOO-n shares OF siOt The Company
RAY begin business when onef0nrth of its $4,000 capt
tsL subscribed and paid in The power OF Dolr@whg
money ami issuing bonds u prominent feature OF l
carterthe chief limitation being that no bonds ohau DC
for less thdn$OO 1870, r., -. 49, ,.,-
making appropriations for paying the principal and N
seres commencing the LIST Of October 1870 ana 70
royde for paving the debt contracted under section IL
& article OF the Constitution appropriated lor pay
-1ent toward the Sinking Fund FOR the extinction OF the
epneral fund debt the of 100000 for paying IN
and TeimOuIsinG principal OF the loans hde ntH
ha Constitution for enarging and completing the canal
SlSngD0 or so much thereof may he necessary; TO
reimburse the general fund for paying the necessary eA
lenses of the State Government NC sum OF sHU,OoL
The following sums also appropriated ont OF the
.1nds of any tax he levied and collected under the
provisions the laws Of 1885, To pay the Interest ana re-
the principal Of the loan OF S2OOO 10 pfONlde lO
the floating debt OF the state 20 pay the interest on sara
loan for the fiscal year commencing October ], next
$3.50 To- provide for the Sinking Fund to pay the prin
oipal said oan $4,000 being for years ccutlbu
ton to said fund, provided for by tins act. 800
The Canal laws are amended in way 10 remedy dll1
cuties IN aygatiOn, By allowing any Commissioner or
uIerntc to cut up, destroy remove any canal
Loaf vessel other thing" that Obstrucs the free pass
age of boats The damages 10 be assessed US pro-
ylded in the law of 1886.
The law authorizing the sale Of certain lands belonging
20 the sing sing Sate Prison empowers the Commits
ioner OF The Land Office to sell about G acres low be
marble quarry of Elisha BOOmer for that prlsOn-the
quarry dining lands owned by the prison There
state Prison adug ments, whatever may DC the Interior
objects.
ALL RAILROADS LIABLE TO STATE TAXATION.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-CbiefJustice Chase,
on Saturday, delivered the opinion in the case Of
John Edgar Thompson agt. the Union Pacific Railroad
COMPANY, Eastern Division, and others. The came