New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-17
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THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
FINAL ACTION OF BOTH HOUSES.

ONLY FEW BILLS LEFT FOR CONSIDERATION on
TIE LAST DAY.
, IRON THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT oF THE TRiBusEl
ALBANY, May 16.-The Legislature adjourned
finally at noon to-day. Two hundred and ninety
nine of its acts have become laws and hundred
measures which in its opinion ought tn
become laws are in the hands of the Governor for
his consideration. The Legislature OF 1883. which
adjourned on May 4, had then passed 35S laws and
departed leaving 300 bills in the Governors cara
He afterward signed 16J of these bills; making
total of 523 laws.
There were few bills left to be considered when
the Legislature met at o'clock this morning Ac.
cordingly the proceedings of unusually quiet
nature. Only eight bills were left on the desk OF
the Clerk of the Assembly when that body all
iourned, and the Senate had none.
FATE OF THE ADIRONDACK BILL.
One bill of much importance. the Adirondack
Park bill reached the Governor too late Under
it he was to nominate some person for Adirondack
Commissioners" Unfortunately the Senate had ad-
iourned before the Governor received the bill and
accordingly he had no chance of making the nomi-
nation if he had signed the bill 1t is thought
doubtful if he will now sign the bill, although ID
provides that the State lands in the Adirondack re-
gion shall remain in charge of the Controller as ae
present. until the Commissioner is appointed IL
the Governor should sign the bill 1t would not go
iuto effect therefore until 1885, when, with tho
meeting of the Legislature of that year, Conmis-
soner could be appointed.
THE CIVIL SERVICE AMENDMENT.
Both houses made an important amendment 10
the Civil Service Reform law Senator Gilbert sew
eral DAYS ago introduced bill prohibiting the col
lection of political assessments by any member OK
the State or city Civil Service. This bill was
amended so as to provide that the election officers
nov in Office and the inspectors of election and
poll clerks shall be exempt from examination IN
accordance with the act hereby amended" II tho
bill becomes law the 4 600 inspectors of election
and poll clerks IN New-York will therefore not 10
subjected 10 examination under the Civil Service
rerulations The suggestion that the bill 10
amended in this way came from John j. OBrien,
chief of the Bureau of Elections, of New-fork, who
pointed out that it would be impossible to examine
inspectors of election appointed to I'LL vacancies 90
the morning of election.
DEBTORS TO REMAIN IN PRISON.
One of the bills which has attracted much atten-
tiop. Senator Titus's. aboshing imprisonment for
debt filed in the Senate. Early in the day eX-
Speaker Hustled added an amendment to the bill In
| the Assembly forbidding the imprisonment for
| longer time than two years of any person arrested
| for debit Senator Titus was at first inclined 10
| accent the amended bill but Senator Ellsworth de-
clared that there serious defects IN the meas,
| uTe Accordingly Senator Titus asked that the bilt
| he land aside aud that conference committee bs
appointed thus giving up the bill; IL should %
said that Mr. Hustled attended the bill III order To
secure its passage there being no nope OF the AS
,embly passing il as it came from the Senate. Many
| of the LAWYERS of the Assembly Were hercely Op-
posed 10 the bill and actually defeated ii. II II had
passed as amended by Mr.. Hustled there would have
| been general ail delivery at the Ludlow Strees
| Jail in New York. 1t is said an agent OF Sherlh
| Davidson has been here for some time opposing the
| bill
| OTHER LEGISLATION.
The Senate passed Senator CampbeTs bill for
park IN the With Ward of New-fork a. amended
last night by the Assembly; aud Assemblyman
| McDonald's exterior street bill. The Assembly
! as,ed the Senate bill making an appropriation for
the centennial celebration of the Board of Regents
| in JulysneXt.
The Senate approved the Assemby's slight amend
ment to the bill increasing the powers OF the Board
| of Health of New-York and again passed senator
Dagge;ts bill concerning the price Oi gts IA
! Brooklyn
| Senator Herman offered resolution for an in
vestigaton of the Dock Department, alleging that I'M
proper means have been used IN raising money, thae
irregularities exist the administration o the 10
| partment and that the cOmm>s onerS have been
negligent i'm the performance of their duties. Sen
at0r RObb resisted its adoption. and talked II TO
| ,l.,rh tha qG tournament hour arriving