New-York tribune., 1873-02-12

.rrtoN OF THE ASSEMBLY CoMhIrTEE-HoW
rHR CHARTER IS TO BE RUSHED ThRouSh'
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THS TRIBUNEl
L1rANY, Feb 1.-THE Assembly Committee on
rgses has been in session all the evening trying 10
ont the New-York Charter in shape to report to-
morrow. The Custom-houSe leaders isei thS' '"0y
ara losing ground by delay on the Charter queS'.on
:, Oives the exposition o chance with their
schemee. and they have resolved tnas 'h0 "HA'''A
ahall be reported forthwith.
The chairman said, to-day. that IL should be re-
orted to-morrov if the Committee had to sit up all
nisbt Thu session of the Committee is held In
0srlor Of the Delayan House. ana is of course, Sc
20, INIT the following may be depended on as CIV
;,s the substance of its action mp to the present
writing;
The most important provision Of the Charter. that
relating TO the appointing power, was discussed at
Oreat length, and it was finally decided that the
Mayor should have the nomination Of heads OF 40
,.rtinents subject to confirmation by the Board Oh
Aldermen, according TO the original draft OF 'he
Charter. II after 20 days the Mayor and the Donu
are unable TO agree on the appointments 'non '"0
Mayor is 10 take bis seat in the Board ana nave O"0
vote the same rs an Alderman. ..A 4ho
This mint was carried by party vote WIN 'i''
exoeption that Mr.. 0pdyke voted Win ".o WV
Damooratic members Of the COMMITTEE meShs'
Riumenthal
on5 the deadlock by reducing the Mayor 10 the
~ of the Aldermen The members of the Com
Uittee who voted in favor of the proposition are
ua.srs Pierson of Albany Alberger of Erie Patter-
ann Of New-York, Gere Of 0nondaga, and Cocheu
and Higgins of Kings.
In ALI other respects the Charter will be reported
T.; suhstantially the same form Is it was introduced
and published in the New-York papers. The Gus
tom m-house managers expect 10 put it through the
Assembly, with railroad speed after IL is reported
and there does not appear at present to be any
very formidable obstacles TO their plans
II ia not intended however, that the Charter shall
40 10 the Governor in the shape in which IL passes
the House. With the views already expressed Dy
Gen. Dix il is feared that no provision Oh Inc Knu
relating 10 the appointing power would receive MS
sanction. Accordingly a change is to be made wheh
the Charter reaches the Senate, and the appointing
power ia to be given to the Board OF Aldermen SUD-
iect 10 the confirmation of the Mayor.
conference committee will then be appointed,
and after making great show of trying to harmon
ira the views of both houses they will finally settle
down on the Senate amendment and demand the
Governor's signature on the ground that the bill
meats the views reported to have been expressed by
the Mayor. This, it is generally believed, is the
scheme of operations agreed on by Messrs Bliss and
Davenport and the rest of the Customhouse leaders
Meanwhile the rank and file in the Assembly assume
10 have no knowledge opinions as to the points at
issue bot profess that they will favor what is best
for the CITY, which means that they will vote as
they are instructed to.
LATER-The Committee on Cities have completed
their tinkerng of the Charter, and have agreed to
report IL to the Assembly on Thursday and make 1t
the special order for Tuesday of the next week The
amendments to be made to the bill as introduced
are i'm addition to the provision relative to appoint
mental follow:
The Croton Department together with the col
lection of Croton water rents is put back into the
Department of Public Works. The Department OF
Building is made separate department. instead OF
bureau in the Fire Department, as in the original
draft of the Charter. The cleansing Of streets is
transferred from the Health Department to the
Police Department. The salaries Of the Commission
era Of p~ii4o atbAr than the President raised
from 5000 TO $1,000.
In all other respects the provisions are the same as
when the Charter was first introduced MIR. Deering
Apollo Hall Democrat, voted with the CustOm-house
on the proposition TO reduce the Mayor TO the level
of au Alderman in appointing heads of departments
after the expiration of 20 days aud failure TO agree
on the appointments. The only members Of the
Committee who voted against the proposition were
Bumenthal and Opdyke. The whole thing was
fixed" by Bliss when he was here yesterday, and
all the Committee did was to register tis edct.