New-York tribune., 1886-01-12
LEGISLATION For THE CITY.
BILLS APPROVED BY IHE COMMITTEE.

SPRING ELECTIoNs-sINGLE HEADS FOR SOME DE-
PAKTMENTs-BUREAUs TO BE ABOLISHED.
The Senate Investigating Committee met
yesterday afternoon in Lawyer srahans Office in THE
TRIBUNE Building 20 consider the bills which 1t designs
to recommend to the legislature Senators Gibbs DAILY
Plunkitt and Comstock present
bill favoring spring elcctious was agreed to
unanimously. 1t provides that tho terms Of
the Mayor Common Councilmen and Controller shall be
three years There good deal of opposition to the
threcyears term and finally this matter WAS laid over
for further discussion but the bill aside from that was
approved. The bill directed against tho unbalanced
bid system was unanimously approved. A measure
with regard TO assessments was also approved ii pro
vidcs for the abolition of the Board of Revision and
Correction and Of the Board and Bureau OF Assessments
and assigns their duties the Commissioners of Taxes
aud Assessments.
An amendment proposed to the Street Railway
act! which forbids the Common Council pass a
franchise tho Mayors veto. ana re-
quires both those branches OF the city
agree apon such measure before 1t
be carried into effect Another bill that met with gen
apprOva provides for the the surplus in the
Sinking Fund in the Improvement Of the docks in mu-
ncipa buildings in criminal court house and in schools
and armOries. The proposed requirement that police
justice shall he lawyer OF ten years standing not
agreed but the power OF the Mayor to appoint police
justice without the advice or consent OF the
Board Of Aldermen confirmed. An act was
approved providing that money due ON contracts
entered into before constitutional amendment
shall be paid the basis of the laws covering such con
prevalent at the time they were made. The act
transfer the powers of :he Commissioners OF Excise 10
the Police Department was laid over a sngle-headrd
department approved IL provides that all the
departments in the municipal government except those
OF taxes and assessments, police and hre shall nave
single heads The Police aud Fire Departments
were included with the rest, but Senator
Gibbs opposed the bills application TO them and this
scheme abandoned An act relieving the Mayor OF
the necessity OF signing warrants was sanctioned.
Ono of proposed bills will abolish the Bureau OF
Permits in tie Mayors Office, the Bureau OF Encum-
brances the Public Works Department and the Bure al
No permits the construction OF cnoumbrauces in the
streets to be gver except for improve
ments and for the necessities created III
the erection of buildings The bureaus IN the Pub
lie Works Department. by system OF OnsOldaton are
reduced eight To three. law proposed requir
that actions for damages alleged account OF ac-
cdents shall be brought within from the time of
occurrence, and that notice OF the ntentn OI
bringing shall be filed in the Corporation Counsels
measure which Is held Tor further consideration
transfers tue collection OF water rents frOu
the Public Works Department 70 that OK Finance. Tic
Park Commissioners authorized TO finish the work
of laying the streets north OF fOnehundTcdandhfty
hfthsl. and In the Twenty-thild and Twenty fourth
Wards. and when that work il completed thor powers
duties confined to the parks the publc squares
end places and the sidewalks adjoining. The committee
decided suggest tine Leg the policy OF favor
ing scheme of municipal home rnle which shOu d be
ad quae to all the requirements OF the city IL was de-
cided ask the Senate extend the committees time
which 10 report by ten days and final session was
called for saturday morning.