New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-02
ASSEMBLY.
The bill to incorporate the New-York Board
OF Fire Insurance Brokers was lost.


The bill to incorporate the NeW-1ork Boaru
OF Fire Insurance Brokers was lost.
Tho following were passed:
Providing for the release of land to the Samaritan
Home Of the City of New-York .
Authorizing the Dry Dock Savings Institution 10
To prevent adulteraton milk and traffic in impure
milk.
The Supply bill being reported correctly enossed, on
motion OF Mr.. BATcHELLER 1t was put on us uhai
passage.
Mr.. BADGER moved to recommft with INSTRUCTIONS 70
strike the appropriation Of 100000 to Dr. swinDurne
for expenses paid by him while Health Officer OF tne
Port Of NewYork and not reimbursed to him. He read
the law to show that at the time Dr. tswinburne was
Health Officer he required to the expenses QUE
of the fees received. Since then in 1870 the law was
amended so that the State paid them But that was no
reason that the Legislature should backnow, and by
an enactme mt violate the law it existed before lo1e
Mr.. BATCHELLER believed the gentlemen here VINO
Yesterday voted for this clam did from the gereros
ity OF their hearts, in dong they had done njus
tice to themselves and great wrong to the state lie
called attention the wording OF the appropriation
It says This claim hereby audited, ascertaneu ana
allowed" TINS shutting out any investigation How
audited, how ascertained, and why auoVedf why,
simply unon the statement of the claimant he did not
charge that this claim allowed and put In this bill
through corruption, any other improper MEANS OUT
he warned the gentlemen TO be careful as to how they
act and upon this claim At anearier stage OF inc
proceedings this bill be had been rebuked for saying
that he had heard OF an intention 10 iorce mo 's
bill that which should not be there
Mr. ALBERGER said if the gentleman had any informa-
ton any facts or which 60 to SHOW that
undue or improper influences had been brought to bear
upon this House in behalf this claim. it was his duty
TO make them known definitely,
Mr. BArcHELLER said he thought in what he had said
he had made known all that necessary. He re-
peated that he Of corruption on the part OF the
members here but he nevertheless believed IT was IN
curohent mon the members here conduct them
selves and vote as throw off suspicion. He closed by
saving thai Dr. Swnburne should give more and better
evidence than he has before it should be allowed.
Mr.. ylpDER moved an amendment that such sum
shah be allowed the Controller may, after inyes-
ticaton be satisfied is due Dr. swnburne, owing to It's
having paid to other Health Officers He said that
in advocating this claim his point was that II other
health officers had those expenses paid then Mr. SWIM
hurne should also reimbursed He had the other day
offered an amendment making the office OF Health ON
Ger a salaried one but that amendment al once met
with strong opposition 1t seemed TO MN thst the
people would be better satisfied II they knew exactly
what the Health Officer received. As the law
stands he yenured say that this business was moth
ing more nor less than legazed robbery and piracy
He read from the law which showed that they were
yvcn license 10 charge such they pleased, and
"A lien on the vessel until ther charges are PAID Was
| this ANYTHING less tnan leBtiIuE EobDtINf
Mr. WEED thought this House could act on TINS claim.
ae as a memDer OF the Ways and Means Committee,
mad no trouble determine upon IT, nor rad he in the
Committee OF the Whole. IL seemed 10 MIN there was
NOT The slightest foundation for this claim. As 70 the
amendment offered by the gentleman from Catfaraueus
mir yeddor leaving it TO the Controller provision to
that effect s Row in the 0lll.
Mr. WORTH was opposed to the item for the reason tat
the claim had before been presented had merit
n would have been presented before.
Mr. ALyoRD said 10 the duty OF all Committees or
TINS House. and especially that OF the Committee having
in charge the finances OF the state, carefully and crit
cay 10 examine every matter brought before IL, and he
insisted that onetttle OF evidence sustaining this
cIa mad been presented. He pointed TO the fact that
the management OF affairs Is different from what 10
was when Dr. swinburne was Health Officer. Now that
official has nothing do with the boats referred 90
beyopd the transportation Of HE sick and the dead.
When Dr. Swnburne was in Office ne had these boats 10
use In various wavs and they with other perqulsites,
earned for him much than he puts in here
q claim.
Col SPENCER followed IN a long review OF the case.
sustaining the claim. Finally the Swnhurnc appropria
ton was stricken out. aud az p the House adjourned
without passing the bill.