New-York tribune., 1871-04-13
ALBANY.

A NEW DEVICE OF THE ENEMY-rHE TAN ~, ~, :,
BIII To BE MODIFIED THAT UNWAN III,
PUBLICANs MAY VOTE FOR 1.-THE kINU
-DFMORALIZED-TIlE SUPPLY BILL.
ALBANY, April 12.-The report to-day IS ,iL'' .,'
che Two Per Cent Tax Levy bin Is to be materaiy
onded in the Committee on the Affairs of Cities wheo
u now lies and put INTO such a shape that kepuD0'
can vote for H. It is stated that specific amounts az
be appropriated to specific purposes, and the % ,u
che BOARD Of Apportioumcnt extensively curuai'0"
bills 10 nulhfy the Registry law .o,s NV arA
vide separate baot-boxes for sta'o ''"' ro
Assemblymen, 1t is stu - ara 70 he
60 be abandoned. Whether they "o -.
ahando,od or NOT the duty Republicans Is Por'''F
clear-nct TO vote for them in any sN"i.' ~ V
that certain Republicans had Voiuheo,'U ~ ~
ranmanv measures IN case Mr. Irving snouu po VAP'"'
hin o,5s currency in a Newlork paper TINS morning.
4, d,culops IL is true there wac such ruor Du' no
,f..sed IN believe it, or Ia name any such Repub-
,,cans The story probably originated In the enemy's
,ar,p which has been in state Of complete dem0ral1a-
tion since last Friday evening.
The Assembly gave six hours. this afternoon and
evening 10 the consideration of the bill making appro-
priaons for certain expenses OF Government and for
srpp,yiDr deficiencies n former appropriations,
monty known as the "Suppy bin" The bill was ordered
TO third reading. and will be put on its passage to-
morrow morning The clause appointing new set OF
Capitol Commissioners carried by fair majority.
about three-fourths OF the Republicans voting
a
Means, who framed the BILL were extremely
liberal to Weed. Parsons & Co., proposing
10 pay them for all work in progress and unfinished at
the time the fire in proportion to what had been done,
but this too generous provision stricken out in Com
mittce OF the Whole section appropriang $4,000 for
she purchase Of relics OF Gen. Washington was also
stricken out Several extravaGant items Of expense in
CURED by the Joint Railroad Committees in their inves
caon OF the New Hamburgh disaster Jared no better
The said Committees, by the way, have as yet made no
report The results of their Investigations The clerks,
messengers pages and all sorts OF hangersOn about the
Capitol-a countless swarm-were all munifcently re-
warded, both the useful and the useless.
Several bills of less public interest failed to
pass to-day including requiring express companies
having nominal capital OF 100000 moro TO report
The details Of their business 10 the State Engineer and
Surveyor another prevent brokers from doing busi
ness bankers and third to amend the act in relation
90 libel suits and providing that the trial OF such suits
shall take place either in the county where the libel was
published that in which the plaintiff resides. The
bill to provide for local prohibition, by towns. Of the
traffic in intoxicating liquors. defeated in the Senate,
that body refusing by strict party vote to consider the
matter
Senator Murphy's bill to allow aliens to hold convey
and inherit real estate the as natgebOrn and
uaturazed citizens lost in the Senate this morning
Mr.. Murphy made elaborate argument in It's favor
while Mr. Hardenbergh was very vehement against IT,
The of Capitol Commissioner William A. Rice was
enormously printed William A. Hall, yesterday.