New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-01
PROCEEDINGS AT ALBANY.
ACTION on BILLS IN BOTH HOUSES.
THE ADIRONDACK RESERVATION BILL ORDERED To
THIRD READING.

A THIRD READING.
lBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRfBUNE.I
ALBANY, March 31.-Latc in the session of tho
Senate tonight, the Adirondack Reservation bill
was considered for a short time in the Committee
of the Whole This is the bill which authorizes
the Governor and Senate 10 appoint three forestry
commissioners. The commissioners are directed 10
locate and have surveyed the State lands in tho
Adirondack region, to make regulations for the
use of the forest lands, to prevent fires, and they
are required to make an annual report to the Legi
lature Senator Lansing made a speech briefly
summarizing the arguments in favor of greater
State protection to the lands IN the Adiror-
dack region Senator Robb suggested that
the commissioners should not be sala-
ried officers, following the example SEQ
in the law creating the Niagara Park Commission
Senator Lansing, however, would not accept tho
suggestion No other Senators seemed inclined to
consider tho bill. When the committee was dis
solved Senator Lansing moved that the bill should
be ordered to a third reading. The motion was
adopted. 1t is thought that there will be larger
debate on the bill when it comes up for tbhd
reading.
Senator Lansing also presented bill to-nlgho
which seriously modifes the Civil Service Reform
law 1t declares that honorably discharged soldiers
or sailors of the United States who shall have
be subject to the examinations of the Civil
Service Commissioners when they apply for
employment in the State service. IL also
authorizes public officers to appoint soldiers
and sailors tOpositiOns without having them ex-
amlned by the Civil Service Commissioned.
Senator Vedder had resolution in the same
line as the above bill. 1t declared that many sol-
diers were permanently injured in health by their
Imprisonment in Southern prisons during the re-
belliOn and requested Congress TO pass bill CIV
ing them pensions.
Assemblyman Oliver tonight moved recOusid-
Grafton of the vote by which the adverse report on
Senator CulIen's bill depriving Commissioner Cole
man, of the Street Cleaning Department Of New
York, of the power TO make con-
tracts. The motion was adopted by a
large majority os 50 Large was msOety SSOe y
accomplish the result. Senator CGllen was on the
floor of the Assembly shortly before the vote was
| taken, and doubtless is aware OF what measures
were taken to keep his bill alive. Mr. Roosevet re-
sisted the adoption of the motion, but his efforts
against the bill were not successful
The nine New-YOrk reform bills will again be
considered To- morrow in the Assembly. MrRooseVelo
intends afford every chance TO members to discuss
the merits of5the measures. Many of the members,
since the riOtOus proceedings of last Wednesday,
have been studying the testimony taken by thesin-
| gestgatng committee IN New YORK, on Whlch th9
| bills are founded aud are therefore better prepared
| to consider them. N,
state Engineer Sweet aud Commissioner of Pub
| lie Works butcher reported to the Senate to-nlght
that there had been serious encrOaChnentS on tno
state canals by private individuals and corpora
tions. There were 900 building encroachments
which would yield yearly rental OF %?4; ;333, an
encrOachment in the use OF water whlch Woul4
Weld rental of S34, $50 and AN encroachmenl OF
fifteen miles Of railroading which would yield
yearly rental of $40, l54.