The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-31

where the motion might be made. Appeal
,r any order upon sasn !" ns court Of Ap
peals all questions which were Drought peioIe .ne
Special Term, and the appellate tribunal must us
pose OF the same as II they were of'R'haiV pre-
The ACT which Incorporates the. Peoples Water
Transit COMPANY also interests the CITY, IL incOr-
porates Certain parties into q company, who are
to run ferry from some point between the Bat
terry and Fulton street to run on tne Hudson 10
fare is to be ten cents for each Passenger and two
boats are to be within year placed on the route.
The third Ia the act which authorizes the Board
OF Education TO establish q nautical school, An
executive committee OF the Board are TO have the
management Of the school, and the Board OF SUI
by tax $4,000 tor the maintenance Of the
school. The Chamber OF Commerce are
to as the counsel Of the school, whose chief
duty 1t will be to advise and cooperate with the
Board OF Education in the establishment and
management OF the new institution; also to make
reports to the Chamber OF Commerce, the latter TO
transmit them with such recommendations as they
see ut to the Superintendent OF Public Instruction
and are now laws, relate 10 the city
!. An act In relation to the supply OF water for
ceedngs to acquire title to real estate by the Com
missioner Of Public Works under the act must be
district In which such rea! estate is situated It
also provides that whenever the waters OF any
natural lakes shall be taken and used for the sup
ply OF the city persons living in the vicinity shall
Notwithstanding have the right to take the waters
for their own domestic uses. II Is made unlawful
under the act for the city to draw the waters OF
them above nigh water mark for the purposes OF
such supply OF water or for any other purpose.
q An act amendatory OF an act Incorporating
the Society for the Reformation OF Juvenile Dein-
auents The provisions OF this law give the man.
ton attempts to set fire to any building OF the So
ciety, ressts the authorities or exerts dangerous
influence over others 70 submit ,a written state
Court the First judicial district or OF the Superior
Court or to Judge Of the Court OF
an order authorizing the temporary confne-
ment OF the guilty party IN the Penitentiary or
County jan Of New York II the or
mitted. The Judge committing the delinquent to
penitentary or Jail is 20 fix the period OF the con-
hnement. There is one most extraordinary clause
in the act, which actually provides that no person
convicted OF vagrancy or OF any criminal offence
and committed to or confined In the House Of
Refuge shall be discharged by habeas corpus GER
tiorari on the ground that no certificate OF
such conviction has been filed, or on the
ground ef any variance, misdescription, misnomer
or any defects or impertectlons in matter of form
contained in the record, process, entries, Judg.
ment, order OF commitment, returns or other pro-
ceedings, under or in pursuance Of which such
commitment was made; provided that such GER
tifcate be flied. or such variance, msdescription,
&C., be corrected by order OF the Court before
which such writ Of habeas corpus or certiorar is
returnable.
In the matter OF railroad legislation the session
has been very prolific, although the results do not
indicate many new roads, surface or rapid transit
or the latter although dozens have been proposed
only one has become a law. The '.Beach Pneu-
matter is the general designation OF the railroad
corporation granted additional power, under chap
ter 1856. 1t is permitted under this law to operate
y S EsaesgTsqas gaws X NV y s. ssa
almost any day under Warren street and Broad
way), from the Battery under Broadway to Madi-
son square. where it sprouts, one branch con-
tinuing under Broadway to Central Park and
NM IN nd r1pm River tn the WpgtchQatpr
side. The motive power Is presumably pneumatic
but the bill authorizes three engineer commits
supervise the work and the route but to deter
nine whether the pneumatic or other motive
power shall be adopted.
SURFACE RAILWAYS.
Among surface railway projects Twenty third
street seems to have been special object OF atten
tlon. In addition to the railway already erected
upon its surface, two Others have been granted
privileges thereon by the laws newly enacted. The
Crosstown, as it Is called, has been before the
Legislature several years, but never before the
present occasion has 1t secured the concurrence OF
both houses and the signature OF the Governor.
East River, through Twenty-thiri street to avenue
A, to Seventeenth street, Broadway, Union square,
Fourteenth street. Seventh avenue, - West
pner street and North River: The other
bill provides for an extension OF the present
Twenty third street Railway tracks through and
along second avenue, Twenty eighth street. First
avenue, Twenty ninth street ana Thirty-fourth
street. The Christopher Street Railroad, according
run from Christopher street ferry through and
along Christopher street to Greenwich avenue, to
Broadway to Astor place, through Aston place and
Eighth street to avenue to Tenth street. and
thence to the ferry at the foot OF Tenth street on
East River.
The Blocker street and Fulton Ferry Railroad
is also authorized to extend their tracks al0n,
Tenth avenue to Little Twelfth street, to Washing
ton and Christopher streets, and along Tenth ave.
nue. to West street, and through that street to
Christopher ferry. Also, branch route is pro-
ado frnr, rkaro nh Inv
to Mulberry, thence through the property to La
layette place upon acquiring the right Of way by
TO AstVr Rt@
street and their present track at the corner Of
Fourteenth street and Ninth avenue.
GENERAL LAWS.
Among the general bills passed and already
signed by the Governor are the following
thar c civil IS spd nubc rights This i Che
Hustled bill 1t prohibits, under severe penalties,
any citizen from being denied any accommodation
In hotels, restaurants. theatres &C., on account OF
An act concerning the proof Of wills, executors
and ana wards and sur
Of the Laws OF 1869 SO that it is provided that
no real estate. the title to which shall
the deceased by conveyance or otherwise,
to purchaser IN good iaith anu FOR value shall be
sold oy virtue Of the provisions Of this act, or OF
unless letters testamentary or OF administration
upon the estate OF said deceased shall have been
appIcu lOT Wltuu lOuI YEARS dlleT Ills ucdIu, NOT
unless application for such sale shall be made to
the Surrogate within three years after the grant
ing OF such letters testamentary or Of administra-
ton, provided the Surrogate OF any county in the
State had jurisdiction to grant such letters OF ad-
ministration.
An act which confers certain additional powers
upon the State Comptroller Under 1t this officer
set aside any cancellation OF sale made by him
under provisions Of chapter 427 Of the Laws Of 1885,
In the act amendatOry OF the Law OF 1870, relating
to the Union Home and School, 1t provides that q
OF $3.50 per year shall be levied in each county
Tor maintenance OF children in the Union Home
and school for the education and maintenance
OF the children Of volunteers, and in like
proportion for any portion OF year
for each and every destitute child received
from the respective counties.
The act '1or the relief OF the stockholders Of GER
porations whose certificates or stock have been lost
or DESTROYED 1t provides that stockholders may
apply to the Supreme Court to. compel corporators
to issue duplicate certificates in the ones first
issued are lost or destroyed The application to
the Court for the ''relief' must be made by petit
ton. The Court must then issue an order on the
corporat0rs to show cause why the petition shoula
not be granted
An act TO provide for furnishing two statues OF