The New York herald., 1878-03-02
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Continued Effort to Reduce
Official Salaries.
TIL r OOPS CODE.
Another Attack Upon the Won
derful" Document.
ALVORD'S APPORTIONMENT.
TIL OOPS CODE.
ALvORD'S APPORTIONMENT.
Flimsy Excuses for the Elevated
Railroads.
Albany. Marchl. 1877


This has been day OF accomplishment One
great reform has been made a law by the honorable
Assembly Yesterdays varying eloquence relieved
the body legislative that II disposed for work
to-day, and when tho Coroners bill came up 1t was
taken in hand and put through TO its final passage
All the members the House votod for the bill,
cept Calvin OF New York. The BILL as before stated
in these columns, makes the ONCE saared
Of 900 per annum and aboshes the fees at present
authorized by law as charge on the city and county,
REDUCING SALARIES.
Mr. Fish introduced a bill, the same that de-
foated last year. providing Tor graduated reduction
Of the salaries OF all municipal officers throughout the
State rhe bill developed fierce opposition last year.
and II s probable that opposition is at present quite
as strong. State members, though strong advocates
OF reducing salaries very for
affecting their home interests. The BILL however is
one OF great merit and would greatly reduce local
taxation in the event Of Its passage.
sSUosITYr
Speaking OF reducing salaries brings to mind Pc
cular little siuuosy" Of legislation that has Just
como 10 my knowledge ''Siuuosity" is a temperance
neoogsm and is supposed to be generic term for
the arcana OF legislation. Tho special sinuosty OF
which speak is very delicate and two
measures at first sight remote from each other
the antipodcs-to wit, tho reduction of salaries in
New York city ana the so-called Code OF
Civil Procedure These topics far remote
from the other, but little tendr, fragile the
shred OF spider web. yet strong and uryieding as
ono OF the cables on the Brooklyn bridge, binds
them In intimate association And thus IL happens.
Section Is OF article oil the constitution declares
that the Legislature shall not pass private
or local bill creating, increasing or decreas-
ing tees percentages or allowances OF public officers
during the term for which SAID officers are elected
appointod But section 25 OF the article says-
Secton IS OF this article shall not apply to any bill
nhnnn 0hin QhaIl In rod
the Legislature by comm lssonsrs who have boen ap-
pointed pursuant 10 law TO revise the statutes" Now
1t happens that Mr. Throop whose code Is the cause
OF so much debate here, is a commissioner appointed
by law TO revise the statutes and he has the
der section 20 reporting to The Legislature bill he
may deem proper reducing at his option the salary Of
any on1ccr "eiected or appointed" This sweeping
almost every official in the city OF New York upon
10 now In existence here The amounts OF reduction
are left blank and will be filed IN accordance with
tne resolution Of Mr.. James Daily, OF New
York, which instructs the Committee on Cities
10 make an aggregate reduction OF twenty-five
per cent all salaries paid in New York
county, graduating the according to the amount
OF compensation paid in individual cases. Thus Ia
swept away what supposed to be barrier against
the nnkering with salaries OF men IN office l must
not neglect TO say however that Mr.. Throop will
report this tl. bin the majority In the lower
House consent to pass his code. Hence II is quite
plain that his code will pass as the majority are
bound to get reduction OF salaries in New York.
POINT.
A little incident the Senate this morning. though
nos germane, Is IN way associated with the topic in
tced that the minutes contained record oil The OBJ
lection he raised to the passage OF the code without
tnrd reading Had the minutes been allowed TO stand
without this record friends OF the old code would
have no standing in court When the question as to
reoorS was cnosa bowevsr snS re obiscon ana
point OF order properly noted thereon. IL looks very
much as though the code would pass, 80 the amend
mcnt rs OF great Importance the friends OF the old
code will contest the consLtuiionality Of the new In
the courts
REApPosrIoSxESr
M. Alvord, OF the Apportonment Committee, has
kept bis promise to-day he said he would introduce
an apportionment bill by March l, and he has sue
ceeded The bill gives New York twcnty.tnres AS
sembymen ana seven Senators, Richmond county
beng included In one of the new districts Brookiy n
gets three Senators aad twelve Assembymen. The
Senate districts arc composed as iollows:-
E-Countics OF Queens and Suffolk
U.-Wards First, Third, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth,
Tenth, Twelfth, Twentieth and Twenty second OF
Eleventh, Nineteenth, Twenty-third, Twenty fourth
and Twenty fifth, OF Brooklyn, and the county town
lv.-wards Thirteentn. Fourteenth, Fifteenth, SIX
teenth Seventeenth. Eighteenth and Twenty first, OF
Wizards First, Second, Third, Fourth, Filth.
Sixth anu Seventh, OF New York, and Richmond
county.
Wizards Ninth and Sixteenth and so much OF
the present Eighth ward OF New York lies between
q Caual, Varck, West Houston streets and Broadway
and much OF the present Eighteenth ward as lies
between Sixth avenue and Second avenue, Four
tcentb and Iwenty-tnird streets
VlL-Wards Eleventh, Thirteenth and Seventeenth
OF New York.
vllI.--So much of tho Eighteenth ward as lies
within Fourteenth street. East Twenty sixth street,
Inc present Twenty aud Nneleeuth lies
east oi liid avenuei SO much Of the Twelfth ward
ms lies within Eghty.slxth street, Third avenue, 1l3h
street Tenth avenue, Harlem River, including BACK
wells, Ward'sana Randaii's Islands
N.-Portions OF Eshseenth. twentieth, Twenty
second and Twelfth wards
X-Portons OF the Nineteenth ana T Twenty second
wards.
Xl-Portions OF the Twenty second ward.
Alive WcstChester anu Putnam counties
Xlil-Oraugc, Rocklaud aud sullivan counties.
AlV.-Ulster Schoh-ric and Green counties.
Xv.-Dutchrs SIS and Columbia counties.
XVL-Rsnsselaer aud Washington counties.
XNlL-AIbany county.
XVIII -Saratoga, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery
and Schenectady counties.
Xlx.-Chnloo, Essex and Warren counties
XX-St Lawrence anu Franklin counties.
XXL-Delaware, Otsego anu Herkimer counties
XXIL-Oneida and Lewis counties.
XXlfl.-Oswego anu Jefferson counties.
XXlv.-Onondaga ana Cortlandt counties
XXV-Broome Maiiso ana CnenaLlo counties
XXvL-Cayusa Wayne aud Seneca counties
XXVll.--Cnemupg, Steuben and Tioga counties
XXVlIl-Iompkins, Yates, Ontario and Livingston
cou"tes.
XXlX.--Monroe county.
XXX-wyoming, Genasec, ORLEANS and Niagara
counties.
8 XxXL-Ere county
XXXll.-Alleghany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua
counties.
THE ASSEMBLY APpoRTioSMEST
q The Assembly uppVrtionmen for New YORK city Is
Yidicuousy small ana wiii oil course. accepted
by the democrats IN the Hou.e. Wi,h AN appor-
tiopmept based Oh the actual figures census
she should have twenty-sevcu. But even that would
not be justice, for the HERALD cearly
curing inc time the census WAS Icing taken that not
Que IN twenty Of the mcn employed to take did
bis work.
1he reporters at that time found the takers
drinK king bcer aud playing billiards, when they we're
supposed 10 be and should have been at the work.
The census ofNcw York was estimated, not taken II
Ibe House should pass this Apporton bill OF Mr..
AIvord The Governor VIII DO dOubt veto II
count oil It's nagrant injustice to New York CITY,
RAPID TRANSIT LEGIsLAToN
The Commute Oh Railroads ths morning reported
rs requested by Mr.. Eccesnc Oh the rapid transit
roads oi New York Their report, which IL accom-
panied by all the on the subject,
tnzt NO iurther legsla.ion ID necessary ~ compel
the roaas sto build They havo gwen
earnest OF what they intend 10 do by
the alacrity win which they have prosecuted tbe
work oi construction sce the court oil Appeals nnay
doeided 10 tbcir iuvOr / an informed that tho Green
wicn street elevated Interested IN opening
the way for iurher legislation; that II wished tV OBJ
tain urtncr franchises ana privileges under the guse
of hostile legisla