New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-27
AFFAIRS AT ALBANY.
pRrpARING TO -ADJOURN.


GREAT AcTIvITY-sEYATOR BTRDSALL NOT Aibo" III
TO REVERSE HIS vOTE-THE PUBLIC BURDENS
BILL OEDRRED TO THIRD BEADING
lFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.
ALBANY, May 26.-The swiftly approaching
dissolution OF tic Legislature was apparent on every
hand in the Capitol to-day. Inc Legi>ia'Ve
Chambers were crowded VITA spectators
eagerly watching the Proeeed'rgs the hen ,',n
were Justly engaged In forwarding their special DS'
and in he antercOms clerks wore hard at w0rA among
boxes ana bundes collecting together articles that c-
bers intend to send 10 their homes.
There Is no measure in which the party majority In
the Legislature is aeepy interested remainnsto be con-
sde ed that the last hours of the session toorro"
promise to ne of a very gu ct nature.
There was to-day, howevtr, commotion In the SEN
ate over a partisan measure Senator Birdsal moved
that the joarnal OF yesterday should I've correctcu ~
far as IL represented that he had voted Tor senator
Sehroeders h empowering the Mayor Controller and
Auditor Of Brooklyn 10 appoint all the hea"s
of departmenis IN brooklyn. The Senator tsen stated
that he had voted against the hill and for it. As the
b received Ony enough votes. seventeen TO pass this
correction OF the Journal desired wcuid probably
lead 10 the defeat of the bill correction OF
the journal was therefore vchcmenty opposed Dy
Sonator Schroeder and others who favored the DILL
1t came out during the debate that Senator BrdSan
had IN fact voted for BILL but afterward hal gone
nearto clerks desk and requested that his vote should
be CHANGED 70 the negative side OF the tally ist Cerk
Vrooman affirmed that he had not heard such request
from Sem tor Birdsall. 1t then argued bT Sen
ator Mills that the request for change OF
vote must be made through the President OF the
Senate Senators Woodin Jacobs and Sessions argued
at great length that the journal should be corrected
The motion Of Senator Brdsa to have the journal cor
rected was defeated by the following vote
Yeas-F0wlcr Hogan, Jacobs, Lord. Lyude. MuTtha.
Pitts Rockwell, SeebaeHer, Sessions stevens "oodh
Nays-Daker, Braman. Davenport, Eitman. Forster'
der, SirLhan, Wagner, WendOver, Williams, WIheiow
The bill tie only important political passed In
gard any city al the state therefore Is allowed to re-
main i'll the hands OF the Governor. l., ~
Senator Schroeder also succeeded in passing to-day
the Assembly bill giving the Republicans additl"nai
representation on the Board OF Elections ana Registry
YESTERDAY senator sehroeders bill permitting foreign
fire insurance cruIpaues that nave 100000 paidup
capital 10 20 business iris stae, recalled from
TIE Governor for amendment, some objections
having been made before him by State INSURANCE
companies il regard % i;s provisions INC IN!
was amended IN these particulars, aud an adilional
against tic companies sha nO taken by them into
the United States Courts. These amends cents were all
approved by tie Senate aid The bill draln passed.
The Scn.i- cOucurrcd to-day in an important nmend-
meat the general game law made by the Assembly.
THIS Amendment provides lhat hsh sda NOT D, cltDt
EXCEPT wn hook ana line IN Oa"n aga. :, ncca ana Gay
aga Lakes in Lrkr Ontario for thrre nes on the Afr-
can shore, AMI III t3ip 81. lawrence RiVcr.
Senator SiTahAD. ia bcDt Il the Sc3ato RON NJ "
York submitted to INV senate to-day !incnt 10 the
Pubc Burdens bill which had been mad iS III ni. THIS
is the NelkuUNu Bill for the reduction Of TIE EXPENSES OF
",
the iature the four SonaiorF rsier 81
that nc GIsseutd frOH eOino portions Oi he rtpOr
TIE bin ordered TO third reading. The AutGu-
menls 10 the bI very .oug aHc tOhp1eAien sen
ntOr Srahau states that dtder ia" bill the
Building Department is united with tic fIIc
Department. This viii I've savink OF S@p.OuO
yea y. Salaries reduced 80 as To save ihe cry
S175COO III" brUsvut wear, anG The CITY DtIhItmtu
are directed 70 make reduction Of 10 cent in her
20 the cost OF supporting hCiF depAii ntIls
III ISL These estimates ARE TO lie submitted 10 ne
BOa.u o. AppOFiOun the present Fa' me Sh'Hfies
OF the present nscncn, policemen and ScnO"ieac htI
not reCuecd Dol The Shar'eN OF all pOhcentn ana
fireineN appointed hereafter are 20 hC $500 The BOND
NcwYorK City hereafter issued are To- be exempted
from taxation for local purposes. LII thlS way II IS
hoped to issue bonds II low ratr o. interest.
The bill authorizing e commission composed 0f The
authorities 81 &ewTOIk and s0c citizens 20 settle the
eO 900 coo OF unpaid assessments for local Improve
and now Coca TO the Governor. Mayor Cooper
and Controller Kelly have been apprehtnsye, aI',
patenty, tha all the assessments WUud-he vacated
by tuc ana the burden OF te entire 3SO,DDJOD
have he assumed NV the city. This MI VIII enable
them to cJmpIC m;he with the plCleIt5 -uWb'rs MLO
have to pay the 3esments On the ground That
the improvements fOt which they we're ASKED To pay
! were OF fraudulent and extravogant uRtur,.
The bill Prepared by Dr. Nachfl Tor -" night scr
! vice ~ physicians III thPS C7ty of he~- hOfk
was passed ny 'he Asse moiy to-day ly, by -, a a
| lucrative votes given by Sew-Iork members.
| Messrs. Cohen Mitchell. O'Cornor, ThicleI ann
TrenEor and Varnum ali yoiing agaiu5. II. me pa ou'
| ibe izing the Repayment by the Authorities Of n ~
| York, Of the amounts expended bv sd
| ney r. Nichols in his EFFORT To regain ais
in ife Board OF Police passed BY the senate u
$0OO u9dr Az aSci, ultufal CXFciinCDnl station was
! passed ny the senate
Attorney Genera Ward delivered to the Controller 20
DAY ~ the eli CT tuat the shaIeS OF sEr" ~
National ara Sstc hanks. owned by EOn-resid ME OF
tbs STATE. are taxaole the CITY or town where the
| bank is located, and not els where.