The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-18
ACTION ON MANY MEASURES.
APPROVAL OF THE RILL To GIVE
VIEW York AAO7HER sURROGATR
vstoes 81 Bills for the Compulsory stsay Of
Music, Tor the sale OF soldiers Homes.
and About the Letters OF the Insane

vsfOes 81 bills for the Compulsory Study Of
Music, Tor the snis OF Soldiers Romes.
and About the Letters OF the Insnue.
ALBANY. May 17.-Gov. Flower vetoed SOW.
eral bills to-day. One is the net making com.
pusory the study OF music in tho State public
schools. OF which the Governor says:
This bill is full OF mandatory rroyision..
II compels instruction in vocal music in tho
state normal schools. 1t compels tho Board
Of Education in every city of the State tNew
York and Brooklyn excepted) to proyide FREQ
Instruction in vocal music In tho public
schools. With its mandatory nrovisons
made permissive 1 woul6. willingly an
prove the measure. but in '.es present shape it
is. in my Judgment. OPP Used TO sound princi-
pies OF legislation
fthe act to ro'hIbit the opening or reading
OF certain lette' q. written or received by tho
inmates OF insane hospitals and asyums. by
those IN c'.,arge thereof and providing Tor the
same tLe Governor says:
Am Of opinion that this legislation would
infAriere with the proper conduct OF institu-
IONS for the insane subject many persons to
unnecessary annoyance and embarrassment.
and accomplish no good purpose which is not
already provided for by existing law. Letters
Of insane patients addressed to public officers
must now be forwarded unopened by asylum
Officers, thus securing official attention to any
S4enGants. physicians ns or other T empioyees and
AL letters detained for nnv cause must
he forwarded to the commission In lnnncy.
by whom they may be sent to their dcstlha-
ton should It appear that they were improp-
ery detained. These safeguards would seem
to of1er sufficient protection to inmates o' asy-
lums against unjust Incarceration or c"nilne-
ment To perm it insane patients to receive
HnoIpened would 'G
knife blades &c. which are dangerous articles
n the hands Of the insane hrsssnt T TsS t6o
prevention OF any possible wrongs. ana sueh
an innovation as is proposed would. fear re-
suit ia mischief and harm
These are the Governors reasons for rafus-
ing 90 approve the act to amend section l.3S3
o. the Code Of Civil Procedure relating to ex-
lam not in symrathy with the ru nsn, ,S Of
'shs bill It, object is to rsPea the
the Court OF Appeals. exempts from taxation
soldiers homes bought with pensioTn Money:
been to give to our crippled veterans the full
benefit Of their pensions ana 10 encourage
little homesteads where they could pass the
remainder of their days secure against the
danger q beinE ousted Tor n@inira{me St 81
can we'll afford to grant to the broken-down
defenders Of our country, and one whose re-
would not have assented to had it understood
tho full purport Of the measure now before
q. The bill making It mandatory. upon the
Rochester Board of Police to grant vacations
and leaves Of absence to me m Of IN the s PS-
ernor says. Such legislation ought TO he per-
missive In form: the police, authorities ought
vacations according to their own discretion.
and without direction from the legislature"
taxation Of gifts legacies. and collateral in
heritances in certain cases. Is pronounced to
b. unnecessary on the ground that at al the the
In section ii Of chapter 80 ofthe laws Of 1852.
The principle Of the act to authorize Cohoes
A. l,ty hat cCn IN n. tnr
the city in anticipation Of the collection Of gen;
sases are noW due the
sence q Sty 0ifers should be exercised to
The a seet to divide the Eighteenth ward of
Brooklyn and to provide for two additional
sries in Brooklyn.
ouires every engineer in charge OF steam
1 boiler to be szS 81 sh9 gnd
Is desirable Tor ali worthy. persons making
their home In this country. 1t is not an essen:
eial requisite to being competent r ensne tn
denosited with the state Of New York Tor safe
fees OF loan commissioners from i2's cents to
60 cents for each book Of MORTGAGES searched.
from the Information before him. that the
measure ia for the public interest.
Coggeshalrs. allowing counties and cities to
vote $500 to each drafted man In the late war:
Mr. Listmaas q mt %s house G!Tthi I'M
for the election Of an additional Surrogate, in
New Yor city. In giving his reasons Tor his
approval Of tho last-named bill the Governor
Relief is undoubtedly desirable for. the
The business Of the court has SO increased in
late years that one Surrogate unasslSitted Is
NrNlv mn inn
bias considered in connection with the bill is
that Of constitutionaly The atiEma Rtjs
tom IN amy Quarter TO question i there VII Ie
the matter before the additional Surrogate.
whose election is provided for in the bill. en-
tes the dnt Waf S BIS 6 which he as
hearts leap for 10y the bills N.pw
York when delayed in delivering goods at de-
pots. docks wharyes &c. may collect one dol
delivery The Bin increasing from fifteen TO
thirty years the time in which Amercan-built
vessels shall be exempt from taxation was
Some I the other bills signed by the Gov
ernor were chapters:
,so2-Provding that all plumbers shall register in
500 ARpIopristinE 5000 for tho State Dairymsn'
for the maintenance of the pauPer in
6Ie-Ahowing a divorced woman to release her In
ehonte right Of dover 10 her husband.
6l1-hmending the general law in relation to waite.
works corporations
b2O-Alowing villages in Richmond county to con
tract for n water supply.
622-AlneGdihg lection PCS OF the Renal Code In re-
LAtion to serving processes
G2h-Am. ndiIg tue act relative to eschrnted lands.
H26-Amrnding syracuse charter relative TO public
ohetrt in syracuse and declining certain duties thereof
S2I-AmerdIng tie Code OF Civil Procedure relative
TO the probat" OF wills,
62A-Anening the Mechanics Lien law, making
municipal cori orhttnns equally lahle.
NplRerAslhg 10 nTlstena keruer certain escheated
lands in New York civ
6S4-Amendng II Penal Code rrohibi,ng 4 he adul.
teration Of maple
63,i--Amending ,Iie ~ civil Procedure relatiya
70 executors nnd ndininl.'ratoss
f3l-frovlding ior a r,inrnatory for either
New hofs or h'rgs county and approvriu.ns 500.
Mr.. Noses Nerncs to Mr.. simpson.
WASHINGTON, May II. The House proceeded