New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-08

Department Police and Excise OF the president ana
Commissioners OF the Department OF City WORKS anu "
the President and Commissioners OF the ~
FIre and buildings in the City OF Brooklyn, shall,
in respect II each department, Do vested ,NhoIy
in n President thereof to be appointed ny ths
Mayor OF said CITY, on the first day of January next nd
on and after that date all the rights, powers DUTIES;
"Reminiscences OF said departments shall cease The pres
dents so appointed shall each hold Office for the term OF
year. and their successors shan be appOined W o
same manner land shall hold Office for the Term OF Two
years The salary OF each president sha pe ~ tho i"
SIC p kt the next general election in the CITY Of
Brooklyn ballObOx shall be provided for each eiecc
In which box shall be deposited any ballot lawfully cast
Endorsed, and the contents OF sara naor Sna az
s SUs Heads" and said ballots shall
he 10vassrd t6e same as other ballots cast at such
election Tor city officers. And If majority Of said cal.
lots shall be against single beads then this shall n9'
SIC g. This act shall take effect Immediately.
snguarly enough soon after the introduction OF the
bill Senator POmcrOy had occasion to report ms uecafa
ton OF faith in nOnpartsan legislation The Dill Tor the
reorganization Of the Department OF Docks came up ior
discussion This bill takes away from that Department
power bonds to erect new docks-conhdng such
powers 10 the Commissioners Of the sinking Fundand
restricts department the building Of far less eN
pensive docks. The present Commissioners are not
turned out OF office by it, Senator Mccarthy
attacked the bill the ground that it was Of partisan
assertion other than that the successors OF the present
Dock Commissioners would be appointed Dy 'ne NlI oi;
any partisan character in the bill. MsFtoEfsr CT,
he had made up his mind that, at least lor
this session of the Legislature, he would no, n3t
be a party the passing OF any partisan bill Ihe whole
system Of building docks, ever since me department was
organized They had tried 10 hnlld DOCKS
In which the piers and bukheads composed entirety
stone. The building OF stone piers had been aDan-
doued the building of stone bulkheads or bukheads
composed partly of stone. had not been gwen up.
TIE DOcG Commissioners had changed their plan OF
building docks three times and now at work nc
cOrding to a fourth system There was not private
owner of dock property IN New York that did not buld
his dock OF wood and yet the Dock Department had en-
gagged ia the expensive work of building docks entirely
OF stone. 1t was 70 stop such extravaganza that
the bill had been pressed On motion of sen
ator Ecccsine the bill ordered TO n
third reading by vote OF l3 TO II
but this result was reached TIL after severe con,
hc and is evident that the bill stands little chance al
passing There Is "a division OF opinion among the Re-
publican Senators respecting II, some following senator
POmerOys lead and some Senator McCarthys concern
ing IL.
The bill authorizing the formation OF town insurance
companies, with capital Of not less than $4,000, was
passed by the Senate by vote of 20 to 3.
The Senate was informed by Senator Rockwell to-
night, that ex-senator Tobcy had died ON board the
Savannah steamer during its voyage from savannah to
NeWYOTk where the steamer had just arrived. Out CI
respect to the deceased the Senate at once adjourned