The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-18
SHORT SESSIONS In ALBANY
THE LEGIsLATURE LEISURELT SET
THING DOWN TO WORK.
The Bim 60 Repnve Pifb Avenue ssnin In
troduced- ensons for Contcsting Jscobs's
Beai-ArrnuginE n Raid upon Tramps.

ALBANY, Jan. 17.-There wns a brief ses-
sion OF tho Senate tonight, no quorum hens
present. Senator Booth reported favordLly the
bill to repeal the act OF last year known as the
Gray Nun Act. Senator Schoonmaker earned
the undylng gratitude OF tho womans rights
women by introducing bill providing that here
after married women shall be entirely lndepen-
dent OF their husbands in making contracts as
principals or surotiesi also In the making, en-
dorsine, or guaranteeing Of promissory notes and
other Instruments, and OF suing and being sued
In the same manner as II they were single.
Senator selkreg put In Col. Cavanagh's
amended petition In the contest for Senator
Jacobss seat. 1t alleges that persons who were
not residents OF the district we're taken from
the public institutions and prisons to vote for
Jacobs that II ballots cast for Cavanagn were
rejected because hls name spelled wrong,
and several others because "Col." was prefixed
to hts name; also that many Illegal bal lots we're
cast for jacobs aud counted. while many legal
ballots cast Tor him were re jected.
In the Assembly, the ears of tho lobbymen
were suddenly erected when the clerk read the
title Of MIR. Forsters bill for the reDavement Of
Fith avenue, between Twenty fourth street
ard Central Park, under the direc ion OF the
pavement, tho work 10 be done Oy contract
TO the lowest bidder, unless the Common Coun-
eli, by three flurths vote, shall otherwise or.
der. tho expense of such rcpaifing to be borne
by Il general tax uDOn the properly u tho city,
introduced
that all referees appointed In New York city
shalt have had practice Of ten years at the bar
of that city, and that whom they rake report
they shuil accompany II with a hill OF costs.
Mr. Bcr .h's Till making II n misdenleanOr to
throw nails or glass Into the stree - OF New York
| city was before the House. in Committee Of the
| whole, and was getting along swimmibgly until
| Mr.. Engehart Of New York Jumped upon II,
| stigmatizinx IT a. an outrage upnn the rights OF
! American citizens; and tie 50 frightened the
members from the ruIal districts that II was
sent back to the Judiciary Committee for amend
ment.
Seneca county Is the first TO move upon the
tramps It's representative, Mr. Post, presented
| a long preamble aud resolution rcctttng the
sunerlugs Of hls county In this particular, aud
| ealing upon the state Board Of Cbaril les 10
transmit to the Legislature some plan for the
| suppression Of the uatnp nuisance. The reeolu-
| ton was adopted.
On Iuesday next the Senate judiciary Com
| mtteo Is to near Arguments IN The COM csts iDf
| the seats OF Senators Gerard ami Nedder. Mr.
| Gerard scat Is contested on the ground that he
| held the onice OF School Commissioner New
| YORK city Within one hundred days VI his elec
| tion, ana Mir. Neddefs because he was a Hegis-
ter Ia bankruptcy at the time Of nis election. II
| 10 ID on behalf u Gerard thai iuasmuch as no
salary Ia attached to bis ONCE " does nol
| fall within the provision Of the Consultation.
ho announced t. moro A., and then the gerry
| Wandering OF the state VIII be begun, with
view to the greatest good to the kepuollcar
| tariy. II Is uhtcis stood tn DC sett,ed thit Ne"
| YORK and BROOKLYN together viii gain sever
Assemolymen ana i've senators and the euor'
will ne to so redstrict the rest OF tine state as u
| cut on ~ many Democrats as Will be sained II
| the cities.
On motion Of MIR. Worth of Brooklyn, tn,
| Assembly Apporiioumsnt Committee was to-
night Increased from niue 70 eleven members
Tomorrow evening the Assembly cnamhcf
will be occupied 10y Mrs. Susan u. Anthony
Mrs. Eliz beth Cady Stanton. Mns. Lilian DeNe
e4ux Bake and utncr mcmbeis OF the Woman
Suffrage Association. who VIII tell the JUDI
ciary Committee the reasons whv women should
be allowed 10 vote for electors OF Presiden
and Nire-Presideut Of the Initod States.
| The Republican senators have agreed upoi
their membere OF enc AgporuOhmeut Cumalt
toe. and they will he Senators OOdtn, Hafris
Rogers, and Ubnth,
To- morrow the Kcpublcan Senators will hol'
a caucus upon the questions OF confirming M
Schuyler for Canal AuditJr, and Of blltnR tn
vacancy occasioued 10y tue resignation OF Ia
surauco Superintendent Chapman.