The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-15


nrsr Wednesday in which the House may be in session
Mr.. Purdy intcrposed an amendment wnich onerc'
Mr. Aorrs or his counsel Mr. nsrmas me p hr "a
Genes up. and Mr. Puray made generous spps.,
thai bsnali Mr. rerry's original nation was carried
aud after Nj. Alvord had moved and argued 10 strks
out Mr. Puriy's amendment, and alter MI: SsL
aud other republicans had supported him u
the vote Of sc 10 b5 The favorable vote on hr
Purdy's motion q taken 10 Do kreaty 10 ihvoi
Sr,aht and popular member personal quaiite:
may perhaps insure MIN against she sn'agonsm d
. rHr ssxArEs WORK
The session OF the senate to-day WIS the longest ye
had and The OF business done proves beyond
doubt with due diligence The winter session snouo
not last more thun two months The variety OF inc
business TINS morning ~ magnificent; swili milk, law
lie other things and we're brought 10 notice in the
manner dcscribed below
swLL MILK. .
Senator ST. John, at the Instance OF $50 dairy men
In his district which includes Orange county. offered
bill which prov des that every person who snaii sen
part thereof shall DO removed. snail marx 10 let
iers, not less than inches IN length, IN
can or package containing such milk. tue
words 'sskmmea mix" In name OF the county
from which tte milk comes shall also % a'splayeo
ssens shall incur penalty Of $50, and when suoh
SKINNED milk shall be found 10 the possession o. any
one offering tor sale or selling the same, u shall Dc
evidence presumptive Of his Knowledge OF W. char
acter.
Mr. l. F. Pierce introduced Dill by the provisions
Of witch u will not be necessary future for person
desiring TO sue IN Marine Court nave actual
residence IN New York. place OF business there
will be sufficient 10 allow man TO come Ia ana sue.
rae APPROPRIATIONS BtLL
The Appropriation OIL passed the Senate with the
following .amendmc nts:-Seventy thousand dollars
instead Of $50 900 tor the Western House OF Refuge
xsyium. ana new item OIL 81 900 offered by senator
Jacobs Tor the shore inspectors oil Kings county
THE HOLIDAY ADJOURNMENT.
Mr. Edick offered resolution lhat when the Senate
adjourn tomorrow 1t be to meet again on the evening
oil The 25h inst at eight O'Clock. Mr. Jacobs objected
saying that new Apportionment DILL was in order
before any adjournment was Laken. the resolution
THE QUEENS COUNTY RAILROAD.
On motion OF senator Pierce oil Kings. the Com
mittee Of the Whole considered his bill 10 relation 10
The Queens County Railroad which repeats chapter
the Queens County Railway Company" ana also the
first section of chapter e33 OF The Laws Of 1872 on the
With t6ess two laws repealed, the Queeus County
goes out existence Mr. Ecciesine saiu that
TINS same bill or one very much ike u, had been De-
failed OF the constitutional majority necessary 10
it. He saa he hoped that nothing would be done with
the brl Tor the present. the nour was ia'e , ana
could not be considered aud dismissed IN Few min
utes He therefore moved that the Conmittee Of the
Whole report progress and ask leave 20 Sit agatn
senator Pierce said he did not understand why q
gentleman who did not live either Kings or Quee
counties. ana VINO, consequently ANEW HOtuiuS VI
the wishes OF the people there took upon himself
.sstick his oar IMP where II was not wanted.
Mr. Eoclesine answered that ne regarded the STICK
ing IN OF his oar, Mr.. Pierce. termed u, as pre-
rogat,ve accorded him in his capacity oil SENATOR
II ne mad presumed on mis- rights he would stand
corrected Ho further said that he bad constitute Is
whose rights were IN many ways involved TINS
matter aad whose money was there also Tue OIL
was finally progressed. and the committee Will sit
again.
very powerful effort has been made here OF late
CDu trf nals In Qt nj
70 th. terms TO be by students seeking ad-
mission the Supreme Court Bar, nuliined
II has only had ieeb'e success; ior Ju o.s
nilsee. TINS morning reported oill wnicn
allows graduates vi law schools to be admitted as
attorneys on certificate Of the warden anu exam.
ming OF tho law school " which they are
accredited, but not as counscl0r& Inc gentlemen
fallen. Tor they must now do two years probation as
attorneys before they are aom'eseo 70 P'acsics as
councillors.
The comm sson when was appointed last J uIy by
the Canal Board of the state Of New YORK; oonssti
Of David A Wells Lncius j. y. s.srx . anu mh' an
canals OF the State IN reference 70 Revenue.
tolls, rnanaeement, DC, assembled at Albany yos.
aud presented their report The report was accepted
and ordered to be published with the minutes Of the
meeting. The committee are now At WORK preparing
the manuscript for the prners and prebaby ths re-
port will DO submitted 20 Inc pubic ~ the emu OF
next week. The report considers the whole caaai
system from us inception refers TO It's auancss ts
receipts and expenditures. and gives details
Of several modes oil collecting canal rev.
enues II recommends economical management
but reirains from committing the commiss0ners 10
tree tolls auy other specific policy The puOication
oil tho report looked forward 10 With great interest,"
inasmuoh as It may foreshadow future action IN re-
gard 10 con unuance OF the present toll sheet or
plan hich may eventually lead TO a free canal The
report has d bearing which II is not at present
thought best Indicate by even ~ nopss, the cum
missionsrs preferring that the document should 70
hrst presented in full
THE TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES.
The Committee Internal Affairs OF the Assembly
had another session tonight Tho excise question.
The temperance societies were represented ny Two
ladies' who spoke feeliDgly and effectively on sho
subject evils OF aud by two gentle
me H. s,vho followed after the arguments OF William h.
Dodae and Ur. Steele stated yesterday Judge Dtten-
hoefer replied to personal illusions TO MIN. made by
Mr. Gilbert ia today's debate. and said that abuse Of
the opposing attorney was not an Indication
of q strong case. General Rathbone said that
the Law and Order League was In favor Of
any law which could stop unlicensed liqaor seiiAg,
such as. Tor example, now prevails IN Albany. Colonel
Tracey claimed that The decision OF Judge
Boxes In the RorKe case had been mis-.
quoted In the Assembly debate, and that
IL established the TACT that the law
of 1857 was no, considered TO be In force by the
courts IN 1874 On this point there was considerable
dtscussIon which assisted to prove how paramo ut
for the present the question OF the sao and DISPOSE
ton OF liquor Is among legislators in Albany.