The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-11

which provides that Whenever parent mas ned
shall abandon an infant chiid such parent shall be
deemed 10 have forfeited all claim that he or she
would Otherwise have as 10 the custody OF such child
or otherwise. against any person VINO mas taken.
and In such case the person adopting, taking
ard assuming the maintenance OF such child, may
same eec. az II the consent OF such parents had been
obtaned In all cases OF abandonment after this act
The o. TINS ACT within one year after he
she has assumed the maintenance OF such child; In
such case OF abandonment the County Judge may
make the order provided Tor IN this act without The
consent OF such parent or parents
THAT vExATIous CODE.
This morning hot passage was had between the
President ana Mr. Jacobs OF Kings 10 which the Ravel
put end ere II had time TO fully develop Senator
Edici Introduced concurrent resolution appointing
new mission revise the statutes, and one OF
the most important amendments made 10 the
resolution M Dorsheimsr pu. the previous
anxiety to say, lis the Senate -, ready Tor Tor
question the dmcnt Was not properly carried;
that tho Chair should have made the announcement
quoted sbova The CHAIR said that when IL needed
Third. Mr. Jacobs responded that he very much
GREETED that he found Il necessary 10 instruct the
the gave cut Mr. Jacobs short and business was pro-
ceeded with. The resolutions under which this little
TN took place and which arc not dsassocaied with an
alleged effort to coerce the Governor into making
certain nominations, read as amended as foilows:-
First Resolved III the Assembly concur), That joint
10y the President thereof three from the Assembly
10y the Speaker thereo sit during she to exam.
b. saSmi,ssd at this session By the
s the and 70 report tns result at next session
sssed~ihss tho ..id se~mI:.ss be .. liberty, 4 they
Civil Procedure consisting OF now God Of Civi proec
s .se S'ss and 0 as
s % and p ma s 'Is
OF the state are onsoete or superseded
.s ais s.y
expedient having Tor their object tho revision
gu iutto me- IN
7trdThat each bill 90 reported be reported in print
Legislature thereupon that the said bill PLACED
the and MIN Ike
standing committee OF snch house, and be acted upon
purpose Of carrying this resolution
la'S ss clerks and ncur such
reasonable expenses as hoy think proper for travelling
incidental matters but the whole expense not TO exceed
$1,000
SENT TO ASSEMBLY
The resolutions gave rise 10 considerable debate.
Mr. Marvin that infnmy further to lampcr
with the rules Of practice. The Senas now had IL
It's power relieve the country Of confusion by abol
ishing tho first thirteen chapters OF the CODE
chapters over The veto Mr.. Jacobs moved to table
the resolution. which was voted down. Is to TO- Sena
tors Harris and Mccarthy both spoke ag.inst the
resolutions, which were finally carried aud sent 10
the Assembly.
A committee OF the New York Bar consisting Of OK
Judge James o. spencer, ex-Judge +. L. Fancher,
Samuel q. Courtney General Crooks and A. r.
Sorsgue, the writer on International codincat,on,
w the mere new cod Wi oo erads.a
a hearing by the Judiciary Committee OF
the
have been signed by about Two thousand lawyers ana
that IL rumored that general convention Of the
legal profession OF the State will soon be called 70
consider the question OF repeal.
DISCUSSING .rREE CANAL TRANSPORTATION"
The Assembly occupied itself after the recess with
discussion OF The canal measures. which were made
the special order Mr. De Witt G. Peck. OF Oswego;
others opposed the conc1rrsn. resolutions looking 10
state free 10 commerce. M. Psck's limo Of arru-
Opposed sSs proposition Which tended 10 snaangsr The
railroad interest," tho coal interest and other vital In
tcrcsts deeply concerning the prosperity OF tneiwhoe
State. The whole commercial problem haa pnder-
gone change since the introduction oil the Bessemcr
stoei Before that wrought iron rails were colt
and weak 70 allow tho transit Of heavy locomotives
and freight trains over mountains Now me Ale
gssns formerly me principal obstacles 70
passable by steel rails and Turn snsd wlha their
bowels the fuel NECESSARY 70 enable steam engines TO
state wore penstrated and laid open for commerce
which could never DO reached ny canals. he CANALS
canas compared with tho railroads we're passe they
were important factors IN tho general interests OF
The railroads, which had hitherto operated 10
the injury the agricultural DISTRICTS would serve
TO increase their prosperity. But those districts
ought not be taxed Tor the maintenance OF either.
Mr.. Peck or the opinion that Il We were ever to
have free canals II must BIO through some provision
~ The general government, ana that 50 long - The
State showed inclination to in the matter the
ne neral government would refrain.
DIR. HAYKs sPkAKs AaAIN @a -
Alter Mr. Granam had spoken Mr.. Hayes made
general defence the measure. Said ne The total
exports OF grain from all United States porte 80 ali
foreign countries WAS 1871, 81, l4S l66 bushels,
aud in 1876, 125. 959, COL bushels, being = gain oi
90. Sl6435 bushels-an increase equal 10 nesrIy l25
per cent This large increase in the foreign export
trado in vegetable Iood certainly ought TO have
had . pcrceptlbie beneficial influence IN the
ment 10 vegetable food oy the trunk roads canals
connecting the West with the city OF New York WAS in
1871 3.ee647l tons ana in 1876 1857 600 tons, an
have shown, there was a gam IN exports equal 10
125 per cent the trade Of our own State actually
Tell on per cent? For 1877 the result was
far from nattering. There was n gain OF
l25, GOT vegetable food, as compared with the
previous year, but compared with 1871 thero
gain OF only IL 1906 tons, less than scven-tsnths
VI per cent. DO not those facts prove that the
constitutional restrictions 10 regard to our public
works are naid0usv working IN The interest oil our
rivals, and aally reardng the growth OF the
state, and repsiliog trade which naturally should
II our rivals had the power they would close our
canals. We have not gone quite SO lar. but We nave
mIgut damage our neighbors, or cause greater dow
oil brsadstufs than actually necessary Tor our own
wanta IL 10 true that wien our canals were projected
the people we're assured That ultimately they would
pay the fuii Cost OF their CONSTRUCTION, and
that tney never would be source oil taxation be-
You'd tneir aoiiity 10 return lhcy have already sc-
com phshed all that promiscd Grant that the
people have paid IN taxes, distributed through .
period OF tnrtyiour years, $35 600 600 tor canal pur
poses that there Is stu debt OF $1,000 O0v out
standing bsl those sums SIMPLY represent The inter.
est pa "a might have been realized from busi-
ness the canals but for disregard OF the conslitu
tion. But " The canals have not dreciiy paid their
Iuli cost tncy have indirect manner more than
redeemed every picugc made Tor them.
COST CANALS
The Auditor informs Us that tue cost OF construct
ing the canals amounts To $7S 600 000 tnat
euuc mas exceeded the cost vi operating the canals
by $50 600 900. showing that the profits oi operat-
nx are S. 0OO 900 excess OF cost, exclusive
lersst That the direct benefits which accrued
10 the state tho sums realized by ihe carriers,
the warehousemen ana the commission merchants,
IRON business oi the canals curing the last forty
years; that these sums aggregate SAC SOS va, aud
that there oner collateral benefits when cannot
be estimated, That since 1870 the aggregate valua-
t,ou OF real and personal property state
increased ~ 800 00O t00 aud that the population has
increased nearly ., 40O 000 Wonderful as these
sults really are and incredible they may appear,
tn.y are ~ nothing compared with what may be
realized In the fuiurc II will exercise ordinary
sagacity DO true to our own Interests employ 10
the best advantage the means Ia our POSSESSION.
Production
IL may not generally DC known, out ~ 10 never
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