The New York herald., 1876-02-26

TtpIy OF INC Now TOTk Police COmmI85IOneTs TtspoCT-
Ing the arrest OF certain parties from Montreal be ro-
ferred 70 the Judiciary Committee with instructions TO
inquire and report whether the laws OF the State IN
force az the time did not peremptory forbid the arrest
referred to- and whether Is proper expedient at
this time to enlarge the power to make arrests without
judicial warrant now conferred by law on policemen in
the city and county of New York.
The currency resolution, being concurrent, went
over under the rule and the eopemcnt resolution was
adopted
Mr.. Fish is now a happy man and will attend Salem
IL. Wales dinner party to- morrow night with face
all aglow with party enthusiasm.
PROGRESS or WORK ON THE NEW CAPITOL.
II IS thought by the Superintendent Of the Capt.
to Mr. Eaton that the building viii be ready for the
roof, provided the work suffers delay about the
opening Of winter Had there been stoppages in
the past by reason Of lockedup appropriations that
stage Of progression would have been reached now
the Legislature Of 1878 will, in all Likelihood, assemble
within the new Capitol The walls at present ad-
vauced TO within story of completion, and even in
their unfinished state give very full impression Of the
magnificent proportions the building will present when
the roof and towers are added. Since the balance Of
last years appropriation released over 500 men
have been busly employed cutting stone. The money
so released will out about the end OF April The
wlsest policy for the Legislature will be to appropriate
sufficient sum to insure before winter the covering
OF the structure by the roof The original estimate
for the cost of the new Capitol will be much than
doubled before the finishing touches put on but
then the original plan has been considerably altered
and between the old and the models there is
striking difference, the latter being not alone
larged design, but much handsomer than the for
mer II is said the Advisory Board contemplate subsIi-
tuting dome place the tower originally projected
This would interfere TO extent with the plans so
far carried out and 1t is questionable if dome would
be halt SO striking as the lofty tower with its serred
tiers OF pillars The State Hall and City Hail. facing the
new Capitol each crowned with dome that looks
like huge metallic tumor, and is altogether unlovely
IL is to be hoped the Capitol will be spared such
GROWING excrescence.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
II seems to be the idea of somc people that the
State. N'p''''' SAVINGS ''AA' ''''"S " 'A'
Mr.. Gallagher OF Buffalo, is of this class, for he
has introduced bill requiring the banks to pay over
thrtythree and onethrd per cent of this surplus to
The State Treasurer next July and every there
after By what process of reasoning Mr. Gallagher
has become convinced that the State has better right
TO the surplus than the deposits 1t would very diff
fcult to indicate. The law allows the banks to retain
margin of ten per cent OF the deposits a measure
OF safety and requires them to distribute the surplus
once every three years by way OF dividends other
wise among the depostors 1t may be that
The banks that have good surplus forget all about
tho distribution of the law that does not
appear to be sufficient why the State should
gobble up the surplus any than the bank officers
Some stringent law ought 10 be passed that would be
sure guarantee OF the proper disposition of the surplus
deposits Mr. Gallagher's bill by the way, proposes
that when the money paid to the State Treasurer
IL shall be applied toquidate the canal debt Accord
ing to the Bank report the total amount of surplus
posts IN all the savings banks In the State in 1874
about $27, 900 900.
The large vote BY which the Board of Education de-
clded some little time ago not TO have the German
language compulsory study in the public schools and
the general Endorsement that vote received from the
press has by no means deferred those who want Ger
man taught IN all the schools from continuing the
warfare, and at the suggestion OF some of theso
persistents, Mr.. Slevin, Irshman from the Third
district of New York. has introduced bill which pro-
vdes that German must be taught for two hours each
day in every grammar school, and that no school
which does not obey this mandate shall be entitled
any OF the school money The next thing order is
bill to compel the teaching of the Irish, the French
the Scandinavian Hebrew language
Among other bills OF Importance reported favorably
in the Assembly this afternoon the bill egslatng
out of Office the Park Commission, Martin, O'Donahoe
and Williamson; the bill relative TO claims and
legal proceedings against the city of New York which
requires all suits against the city to be carried on in
open and declares that the decision referee
shall be in hnal and all the bills introduced by
MT Hustled some weeks ago relative 10 the Commis-
sioners of Emigration.
The bill as reported by Mr. worths Committee of
Commerce and Navigation is nothing like the original
the result OF the combined wisdom of such eminent
statesmen MS Barney, Bgln and Custom House Johnny
OBrien, of your city, who want to have hand in
ming the Castle Garden machine hereafter IL provides
for the appointment by joint ballot of the Legislature
of three Commissioners OF Emigration who hold
Office for two three and four years The presidents of
the Irish and German Emigrants' Societies made
e5octo members OF the commission, but without the
right to vote. II the Governor signs this bill he
will greatly disappoint many democrats here, who
opposed to it. When the bill up for
discussion there will be- learn from good
authority, startling revelations concerning
the reasons which induced the investigating commit
tee Of the last Assembly to conceal the head money
'steal, " in which Michael Nolan made mere cats
paw facts which the committee obtained and said
nothing about in their report will be given, and facts
which they did not get all will be brought forward,
much to the confusion OF a few well known persons in
the State.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee will tomorrow
take testimony in New York relative to tho lobbyists
plans for obstructng legislation, and will make its
port next Wednesday
The Senate, which has been away vacation since
the 10Th inst, will get to work again next Monday
evening, to which time the Assembly to-day adjourned.