The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-31


. building for the purpose Of crcmating human
bodies into ashes on the following grounds:-
"FTrs-Of fear to get buried alive, which is proved
.'Secoad-To stop the most horribbile criminal act
of robbng dead bodies out OF their vaults and graves
where they are buried. which is at the present time
practsed into great extent
"Ih'rd-In reference TO the universal resurrection
on the day Of judgment. the ashes Of decayed, cre-
mated accidentally sucdidly by burning. pro-
duced into the same preserved corpses changed
IN to stone by nature, will. after our own opinion,
no. being di nc to an Almighty Creator 20 prng
terry only known to the great Creator where the
power is in the Holy Scripture by the writer OF the
petition ITSELF with the exception that the spelling
was not closely followed.
Speaker Alyord referred the petition to the Com
mittec on Public Health amid much merrmept.
-, IMPORTANT 10 NEW YORK oYyIcE.HoLpEns.
:, The following Is the text of Assemblyman Nc
Donoughs bill relative to oice-holders who may re-
side out OF New York before after their appoint
ment:-
person who i. no. citizen Of the State end actual
eligible for appointment to oce position In any
pesa. or es
,Ss Sf e%poys ,hersn WHISTLER sxssa
Of the city New York who may be employed ap
and oommonalty q the ciiy York any salary.
y "'Isss e
cy government unless within thirty days Of his appoint
aS o. .d % he shall have an actual F''
Any person holding any appointment or Office or
govc,nmcnt who shall while holding such appointment
limits q the city shall be deeed thereby have resigned
and sha ue tho duty Of the So"d Of every
department other authorized make appoint
to ho "ao" 10 r 20 %
dered or abandonedby said removal from said city.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES.
Mr.. Hrsteds bill relative to the Harlem River and
Spuyten Duyvil Greek provides for giving OF
Of r~sr and creek 'f from the Nors
River to the East River through,the Harlem Kills,
and that the United States may take and hold the
lands necessary tor the improvement. The State OF
New York to pay for the same out of it's treasury
from moneys unappropriated.
Mr.. Duguid introduced bill providing that after
. medical school college has been furnished
human body remains for study it shall inter tho
same in some public cemetery. under q penalty OF
from $2s to $50 for every violation of the act.
Mr. Youngs bill relative to wharfage provides that
any person charging wharfage in Of the
amount allowed by lay shall be adjudged guilty Of
Mr. Hughes bill provides that the validity of any ac-
tual devise or will of real estate may be determined
by the Supreme Court i'll proper action for that
purpose, which all persons interested claiming
to be interested may be made parties.
Mr. Simonson's bill relative to contractors liens
provides that such liens in behalf Of labor and
tcrals shall have preference unless the contractor is
informed of prior lien.
sIr. Trowbridge introduced bill to amend the
act to facilitate the trial of certain actions and to
provide for counting the ballots in any ballot box
boxes deposited in the Department of Police in the
city of Brooklyn, and to authorize evidence in rea
ton thereto. 1t provides that the Attorney General
action and that he requires the ballots to be
counted. Them instead OF the long and tedious
course at present pursued i provides that the ro
general one, applying to the whole State.
INSURANCE CASES IN THE COURTS.
In the matter OF the people, by the Attorney Gene
raj vs. the Continental Lie Insurance Company, an
order was to-day issued to pay moneys and to fix the
cation Of the Attorney General respondent vs. the
Guardian Mutual Life Insurance Company up
in the General Term to-day for argument. The ac-
tv It1s1<s
Westbrook at Kingston October 49, 1875 perpetually
staying the proceedings of the. plaintiff William S.
Carlisle and wife, i'll an action in the Court of Com
mon Pleas, in New York, making Henry r. Pierson
the receiver, party to the action.
MERCHANTS AND MECHANICS BANK OF TROY.
In the matter OF the petition for instructions by
Charles E. Patterson receiver of the Merchants and
Mechanics Bank of Troy, Judge Osborn has APP
pointed Charles o. Parnielee. of Lansngburg,
referee, to take such proofs may be offered to
affecting the question Of priority and preference
also report and return such proofs to the Court.
that the latter may further proceed thereon. This
order is granted account of the receiver applying
for advice as to whether the Troy Savings Bank has
preference and Is entitled to priority Of payment
the general depositors and creditors OF the de-
funct bank.
THE cAnMAN-DURyEA CONTEST DIsaRAcEFUL
cAMPAIaN--How DURYEA IS ALLEGED TO
HAVE COUNTED HIMSELF INTO THE ASSEMBLY.
ALBANY, Jan. 80, 1879.
The following document was presented to the As
scmbly to-day by Mr.. Baker, of Monroe:--
To Assembly
Tbs Undersigned majority your Committee on Prvi-
eges and Elections, to whom referred the petition Of
eorgs Csrnan Of the county Of suffolk contrasting and
claiming the Of Charles r. Duryea, Member of
sembly from said county respectfully report that they
have been attended by the respective parties and their
counsel and have heard the allegations and proofs OF the
parties.
Annexed hereto aud herewith returned the petition
Of tho claimant referred to committee with the
formal of the claims of the clamsnt with tho
grounds thereof aud the written made and filed
the sitting member Having nsidered the allegations
aud proofs Of the respective parties committee have
found aud do hereby respectfully their conclusions
Of fact and law as follows
There three candidates tho Assembly in Suffolk
countynumcly George r. Carmau the present claimant;
Charles Duryea, the present sitting member aud Ellis
Smith, In the tabular statement OF the aggregate vote,
filed and published, IL appcnrs. and the County
Cnuvnssers state, that Carrian and Duryea each