The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-03
A Patchwork Charter Intro
duced in the Assembly.
PROVISIONS OF THE MEASURE.
An Election for Mayor, Aldermen and Assistant
Aldermen To Be Held on the Last Day OF
May-Al Heads or Except the
Comptroller's-A Non-Partisan
Police Commission.
BILLS INTRODUCED, AMENDED AND PASSED.

ALBANY, May 2, 1872.
A CHARTER AFTER ALL.
1T Is quite probable that New York city will have
new charter after all, or rather, that q charter
composed In great part of the best provisions of the
charter OF 1870 and of that made up by the Commit
tee Of Seventy, will be passed In a few days. In
pursuance OF Senator Tenants resolution instruct
ing the Committee on Cities to examine the charter
OF 1870 and the amendments made to 1t In 1871, the
committee tonight reported a bill amending the
charter OF 1870 The bill provides for the election
OF the Mayor on the last day OF the present month";
and OF Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen who are
to take their places on January /, 1879, at which
time the terms OF office of the present Board ex-
pres. 1t legslates out OF Office all the present
heads OF departments and commissioners, with the
exception of the Comptroller. The Commissioners
of the Department OF Public Works go out. The
Mayor Is to appoint all heads OF departments; sus-
pend them for cause, ana they can be removed by
the Governor. The Mayor ia to be elected for two
years and all officials elected on the 30th OF May
are to 20 into ONCE on the LIST OF July. The Depart
ment OF Buildings is merged in the Department Of
Public Works. The Street Cleaning Commission is
merged into the Board of Health, ana the Mayor
appoints the Inspectors of the Commission. The
bill provides that officer OF the city or county
government shall hold any other civil office. All
rs the Mayor. The Commissioners OF the Board OF
Education are to be elected by Senate districts and
the Trustees are to be appointed by the Board of
Education, and the Inspectors to be appointed by
the Mayor. The Police Commission is to be non
partisan, and the members are to be appointed by
the Mayor, who is to be a member eI0DiciO, but
have no voice In the patronage OF the department..
The Board OF Health Is to be composed OF the Police
Commissioners and the Health O6lcer.
The bill was made special order for tomorrow
morning, Immediately after the reading of the jour
nal, when an attempt will be made to rush it
through in an hour. 1t Is said that the real
COOKS OF THE NEW BILL
were Palmer, Alvord, Hustled and Madden al
though the Committee on Cities of the Senate are
the ostensibe fathers to the measure. The intro
dncion OF the bill win put the final adjournment or
further than ever, as the two Houses IL they pass
IL, will OF course remain In session until the ten
days allotted to the Governor after the passage or
the bill have expired. For If they adjourn before
the expiration OF the ten days veto might make
things unpleasant. 1t is believed that the bill will
not get through easily owing to the fact that
it does not put the Comptroller out with the other
heads OF departments and make the Office elective.
Nine out OF every ten members in each House are
opposed to him, and it will require
AN IMMENSE COMPROMISE" EFFORT
to save him. immediately after the adjournment
tonight the republican Senators held a caucus to
consider whether they would sustain this new
charter, and although no definite conclusion was
arrived at, the impression left upon the minds of
the Committee on Cities was that the Senate would
support it. In the Assembly, Mr.. Alberger pre-
sented the report OF the Committee OF Commerce
ana Navigation IN relation to
TnE QUARANfINE ABUSES
~ tne port Ol new lOTk, allu Ill cOnntcllON WIN
it, Il resolution removing Richard Scheu, A. A. Bell
and Samuel Barton, the present Quarantine Commits
sioners, nom oince. The report was ordered to he
printed.
THE FOURTH AVENUE VANDERBILT sINK-rHE-TRAcK
4 BILL
| came up this evening in the Assembly as amended in
the Senate by striking out the word ''perpetua II
with reference to the use OF the avenue by the iar-
/ lem Railroad Company. motion OF Mr.. Smyth to
recommit IL to the Committee Railroads was lost
by vote OF 20 to So: and then the Senate amend
ment was concurrcd In by a vote of 81 TO 15 The
bill now goes to the Governor On motion OF Mr..
Mosely the Senate bill authorizing
THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY
to reduce the capital stock to ten millions OF dol
lars with the consent OF twO-thrds Of the stock
holders, and to buy In and cancel outstanding shares
above that amount, was unanimously taken from
the table, placed on its third reading and passed by
vote of 81 to IL, Messrs. Fort Griffin, d. Il. Hill,
Kennedy Niles, Smith, the Speaker, Springstead,
Swain, White and Wyman voting I'm the negative.
In order to confirm the passage of the bill Mr..
Hustled moved IA reconsideration of the vote Just
taken and called for the previous question. The
result was that the passage OF the bill was
irmed by "A vote OF 81 to q.