The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-28
CRUSHING GREEN'S PLANS.
COMBINING TO DEFEAT HIS BILLS
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
uepu ublicans Preparing TO Force an Early |
Adjournment Tho No seat No Fare Biirs |
ilroads ON the Battery.

Adjournment Tho No seat No Fare Biirs
Observation-Disclosures ON the Battery.
ALBANY, March N.-The Senate Finance
Committee have taken hold OF the considera-
tion OF the Supply bill with a determination to
get It out Of the way as soon as possible. II Ii
understood that they will report It to tho Sem
ate by Wednesday or Thursday OF this week,
and press 1t to early passage. Last year,
when Mr.. Wood was Chairman Of the Finance
Committee, he held this bill for nearly month,
and delayed tho adjournment OF the Legislature
for over two weeks. II is understood now, how
ever that the party leaders have determined TO
push business as rapidly as possible, with view
TO reaching an early adjournment, An iniuen-
tial Senator to-n'zht said that the programme
was to get away from here by the 25th Of April,
but In any event the session would not be al
lowed to extend beyond the 1st OF May. The
House tonight adopted resolution
to hold sessions on alternate Saturdays
beginning this week. which ia an indication
OF the approaching end Of the session. Another
thing which will tend greatly to shorten the ses-
zion Is an arrangement which has been entered
into by the Influential icpuOlicans TO XIII all OF
the bills sent here by Comptroller Green. This
was determined upon at meeting OF the Gus.
tom House magnRtcs and several members of
the LEGISLATURE In New York city yesterday. or
courso u the Republicans have agreed TO this
and 1 have the best authority for saying that
they have-the matter Ia settled, as II Is noto-
rious that tho Comptroller has not friend
among the Democrats IN the Legislature.
The No seat no fare " bill having been killed
without the help Of tue members generally, Mr.
Watts OF New York has intro oduced another IN
the same direction, but which undoubtedly will
toe as unpalatable to the railroad corporations.
II provides that the seats In horse cars in the
the city shall be partitioned of with iron rail-
iug, and that In two-hOrse cars there shall be
but twenty seats, and those drawn by one horse
fourteen seats. For every failure to comply
with the provisions Of the act within thirty davs
after its passage, the Offenders are made liable
TO penalty OF not less than $50 or more than
800. The bill does not. however. interfere with
the rights OF those VINO wish to stand when they
cannot get u seat, but the bone hunters will at
tend to that when 1t gets before the House.
I'LL was introduced by Mr. Carty OF New
York making 1t the duty of the COMPTROLLER OF
New YORK clty, within ten days after the pre-
sentation OF any pay roll OF employees of ths
city. Judges clerks or Others. TO paw sucn claims
out OF the city treasury, and wherever the
Comptroller shall have any reasonable doubt as
To the propriety Of paying such claun9, lie shall,
within ten days, OBTAIN the written opinions of
the Counsel 20 the Corporation, Recorder and
District Attorney as TO the validity Of such
claims, and these officers are to give such opin-
Ions within five davs after the application OF the
Comptroller. In case two Of these officers GER
tlfy that the city has no valid defence against
such claim. the Comptroller IL directed to pay IL
forthwith, ana In case OF his failure to do SO he
and his sureties ore u be held personally liable
Tor az costs and expenses against the city In
suits for their recovery.
The New York saiary bill was up in the As
sembly, and all the original amendments made to
" by Mr. Gran ana subsequently stricken out in
the Committee ON Cities mere restored. and the
Dill was ordered TO tnlfd reading. This means
that the bill Is to be killed. Ihe bill originally
came from Comptroller Green, and is In the
category of those that are to be killed.
The Senate spent the evening discussing
Schounmaker's bill to provide for uniform text
boz hs "a public schools OF the state outside Of
New York and kings counties. The debate re-
suited ia striking out the enacting clause Of
Mr. Girard offered a resolution to recall from
the Assembly the bill that passed the Senate
last Friday prohibiting the use OF the Battery or
Ho said lill W. kfaaad flronuh
the Senate very much like tho Gray Nun" act
was alleged TO be. The effect Of 1t, II 1t became
a law, must be to prevent tae carrying out OF
the scheme for rapid transit agreed upon by the
commissioners appointed under the law Of last
session and 10 thwaft any plan for rapid transit
A Dill Will be introduced in tho legislature to:
morrow 10 carry out the recommendations OF
GOV. Iilden's recent canal message. IL will pro-
vide Tor an appropriation OF siOO.0OO TO bottom
out and improve tho Erie canal, SjJO.O0O Tor
ike purpose to the Champlain canal, Sl0O 90 for
extraordinary repairs. and 100000 TO pay for
contracts tnat may be cancelled.
Mr. fobey introduced two bills relative TO In
surance. one provides that It shall be the duty
Of the Insurance SUPERINTENDENT, whenever It
shall appear To hin that any life Insurance COM
pany or any OF It's officers have violated
tho, charter or the rights Of the stock
holders, to report the same TO tho Attor-
ney-General, and thereupOn the Attorney
General shall take such proceedings as shall be
BOTH and In all cases where It shall be alleged
that the charter of any such company has been
ed. and In all cases concerning the rights OF the
stockholders thereof, where the cause Of
complaint Is common to all the said stock
holders policy holders, all actions thereon hall
be brought exclusively by the Attorney q enerai
for the stockholders or the policy. holders, and
the avails thereof shall be disposed OF for the
benefit Of such stockholders, and In all such ac-
tions now pending the people of the State Of
New York shall be made plaintiffs as against the
officers OF the tainted Insurance company.
MIR. robey's other bill provides that section 10
OF the Act OF 1853 shall be amended so as to
re ID two weeks Instead of six. Any number Of
companies NAV consolidate upon such terms as
may be agreed upon by resolutions Of "a una jority
Of the directors OF each company.