New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-07
BILLS AFFECTING THE CITY.
DISCUSSING THEIR ADvIsABTLITY.
THE MAYOR AND HIS MINISTERS PUT THEIR
HEADS TOGETHER.

THE MAYOR AND HIS MINISTERS PUT THEIR
HEADS TOGETHER.
Mayor Hewitt and the heads Of departments met yes
terday and discussed the bills affecting New York City,
introduced In the Legislature, or TO be Introduced
The bill brought by Senator Van Cott to remove tho
prohibition against accepting o1cc or running for an
elective ofc within 100 days after rcsgniDg,so far a.
tho Police Commissioners are concerncdbut a|ing tho
prohibition In force far the members OF the uni.
formed force concerned not approved President
French dissenting from the majority.
Tho bill prepared by the Railroad Commissioners
forbddng tho further laying OF centrebearing rails
and requiring that after January 1883, every street
railroad company shall In each year 30 per cent
OF Its centre bearing rails and substitute therefor rails
approved by the local authorities, was approved.
The bill authorizing tho further issue OF g.. 100000
bonds for the purchase of school sites ng build
ings and furnishing new building for the Board Of
Education, was approved, with the addition Of an
amendment that the Board OF Estimate shall approve
the purpose.
The bill providing for the acquisition OF school
scs by the Board of Education by proceedings similar
to those provided for In the armory site bIl ap-
proved provided the sites asked for are approved BY
the Sinking Fund Commission
The bill to establish OF wharfage and dockage in
the cities of Ncw-York and Brooklyn approved
Tho bill providing that assessment shall be va
Gated by reason OF the omission to acquire title to any
street avenue which has been dedicated to public
use was approved.
The bill introduced by Mr. Rhodes compel the city
Of Now York to pay taxes to Westchester County
Pelham Bay and Bronx Park, upon the valuation OF
1887 about $500 900, opposed on these grounds:
That the park act OF 1884 should be amend by repeal
Ing much of 1t as includes Pelham Bay Park and
81 onx and Pelham Parkway that II this portion OF tho
act be not repealed the city should have ownership
and jurisdiction over and maintain and keep In
order highways and bridges. Presidents Purroy aud
Forster dssented from much of the resolution as
favors tho repeal OF Pelham Bay Park and Parkway.
The bill to legalze the acts and proceedings of tho
NewYork Cable Company aud authorizing that compan,
to build its road and branches according 10 Its maps
plans, with the consent ot the local authorities not
approved.
The bill to authorize the appointment by the County
of an Italian Interpreter for Grand JuIcs and Courts
OF sessions, at III 200 year IN counties having pOpu-
lation of 100000 over, aplryed, vestins
the appointment In the Recorder IN tn.s city.
The Dill authorizing the Bo1td OF sfr'c Oy,ning and
Improvement ~ lay out One hundIt ana siAtcentht
through tho grounds OF the Boonlingaae Asylum was
The bill authorizing the appointment OF Two adli-
tonai stale Assessors, one to be resident OF New YorA
AM. tho other OF brooklyn was apposcd
Inc Dill amending the present law that the Con
troilcr viii have To sign checks anu warrants Ony
Was approved
Tho iii providing that whenever the awards and
costs included In the reports in any ycai shall eAccd
the amount in the Park and street OIcnins lund tho
to be pad by the next years taA levy va, approved
The lii gvine the Mayor, Counsel to tn Corporation
and commissioner OF Pubic Works power 10 maze 4
tract for printing The city Record tor PERIOD not
exceeding five years was approved.
The bil providing for the regulating, H aiding, etc,
of One hundred and-th irty cighthst from the Boue
ward to the North River approved, If left dscre
tiOnary with the Board for the Correction and Lewiston
OF Assessments
The Crosby bill TO strike from the consolidation act
the words which make it obligatory on the Police Com
Tssioner tn retlc all officers reaching the age OF sixty
years in recommended To he changed leaving II dscre
tona,y with the Police Commissioners ~ retire those
who may have reached that age.
Mr. Eustcds bill authorizing the Fire Commissioners
TO appoint who have been retired from the Fire
Depart mont to the stages of theatres during
performances al comp nsaton of - or each perform
to be- paid by ih Managers OF the theatres where
employ cd, was approved.
The bill fix The compensation OF the Recorder. sur
rOgate City Judge and Two Judges Of General sessions
In this city at $4,000 year was approved with the
amendment that it should be made parmissvc by the
Board of Estimate and App0rtlonment.
The bin making the salaries of the Park CommlsSion-
$4,000 a year each. was not approved, because u
had not been asked for by the Park Board
The bill providing for the enforcement OF ordinances
resolutions at the suit OF the CuIpu alton Counsel
when directed to do In writing by the Mayor, was
approved