The New York herald., 1879-02-12

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That this distribution is not without q certain
equity is shown in the following manncr:-The
the same population and consisting OF adjacent aud
contiguous counties. and by reference 10 table IL
will be found that each part has been allotted sixty
The southeastern division consists of the counties
Of Suffolk. Queens. Kings, Richmond, New York,
Ulster Dutchess, Greene. Columbia Rensscacr.
Washington and Warren, and has population Tex
cluding aliens) of 2,1SS.Sg3. The northwestern
division consists OF the remaining counties aud has
apopulstion excluding aliensl of 21s0,154.
Population Of State Excluding aliensl, a.3oao47.
Respectfully submitted, ERASTUS BROOKS.
Senator J. F. Pierce. in the Senate this morning.
introduced bill providing that 1t shall not be law
full tor any person TO catch fish in the waters of
Lake ChamplaiD, any of the rivers emptyng into
said lake. not to exceed ten miles from the mouth Of
said rivers, by the of any seines, nets or
other devices for entrapping or snaring the same.
except during the month Of October and during the
first fifteen days of November in each year. for the
space of Ave years from the passage of this act The
second section provides that it shall be lawful ut
of hook and line The third section provides for tho
inhiction of penalties for disobcyng the law. The
fourth section prohibits the OF all pound net.
trap net, net. and fyke fishing under penalty Of
500 for each offence.
PENALTY FoR GRAVE noBBrxG.
The Senate passed the Assembly bill amending tho
Revised Statutes relative to offences against public
decency. The provisions Of the bill follows:-
Every person who removes the dead body of q
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other place where the same has been buried
from the place where the same has been deposited
while awaiting burial, without authority of law.
with intent to sell the for the purpose OF
dissection, or for the purpose of procuring reward
for the return of the same, or from malice wan
tonness. shall be deemed guilty OF felony. and ON
conviction thereof shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the State Prison for term Of not than
five years. Senators Edick and R.av. Pierce voted
against the BILL
coMMKMoRATI0N ExERcTsRs TONIGHT.
The old and new Capitol commcmoration Tho
formal exercises agreed upon upon by the Joint Com
mittee to commemorate the departure OF the LcRis
laturc from the old Capitol to the new. will take
place tomorrow evening in the Assembly
Chamber. The commemoration will consist
of addresses by Licutenant-dovernor Dorshcimcr.
Speaker Alvord and Erastus Brooks, OF the
Assembly. Tho addresses of Messrs. Dorscirncr and
Alvord will be brief. the principal speaker being Mr.
Brooks who II is understood. will present an cpl
tome of the history of our State. The occasion In
OF exceptional interest and will command large
audience. Seats will be reserved for the Governor
and his sta, the Judges OF the Court of Appeals the
state officers and the members of the Legislature.
The admission to the floor will be by ticket,
each member of the Legislature being provided
with two tickets in addition TO hts admission.
The galleries will be thrown open the general pub
lie, ladies and gentlemen with ladies occupying the
western galleries. while the eastern galleries will be
assigned exclusively to gentlemen. The chairs and
desks will be removed from the Assembly floor, and
other and smaller chairs substituted for them, thus
furnishing accommodation for large number Of
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