The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-12
THE ALBANY LEGISLATURE.
cor, FLOUER MAKES Az IMPORTANT
POINT on MUNItIPAL ENPENDI7URES.

POINT ON MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURES.
. He Causes the Recall of the Riii Comipeii.
Ing Brooklyn to Pay SaInrie. 10 Alder.
men, on the Ground that Every city
should Settle such u Question ITSELF
The street cleaning nm rn.scd-The
Anti.Parschutc Isii Left For Discussion.
ALBANY. March 1i.-Gov. Flower emphasized
his opposition to any legislation making MAN.
datory expenditures on tho part OF Local au-
thorities by having recalled to-day tho bill
fixing the salaries of tho Brooklyn Board OF
Aldermen Mt $1,000 an Alderman. Gov
Flower thinks that all local expenditures
should be made by tho local authorities. and
that the Legislature should not pass bills COM
polling local authorities to spend money. no
matter II the local authorities are willing. The
Legislature he holds. should only grant per-
mission TO the local authorities. And the Gov.
ernor would prefer to have general bill
passed or q constitutional amendment rcle
eating all local expenses to tho local authori-
tics alone. Tho Governor did not veto tho
Brooklyn Alderman bill. hut his views became
80 well known that the bill was recalled
The annual Supply bill was reported in tho
Assembly this morning for printing Its
amount is about S2.000.O0O. The Supply bill
is made up OF the casual and other uncertain
items Of expenditure not caused by permanent
legislation such as make UP the items OF the
Appropriation bill The amount Of tho Supply
bill. with the Appropriation bill. makes total
OF about eleven and half million dollars. or
less than two dollars por CAPITA. This is re-
ducins the cost OF State Government almost
to minimum.
II It had not been for somo talk about tho
paper chasers there would have been no de-
bate over the Street Cleaning bill.which passed.
the Assembly this morning by vote OF 81 to
none. The bill was passed in the sumo form
that It came from the local authorities and the
Citizens Committee Mr.. Connolly made some
comments on It and said. :" It is as perfect as
human ingenuity could make it"
Mr.. Dair wanted to know what would be-
come Of tho policemen attached to the Street
Cleaning Department since the new bill re-
pealed the law OF 1900. creating o special force
Of policemen to look after people who throw
bits OF paper. orange poels and other things
on the streets. He read figures to show how
many thousands OF dollars these policemen
attached TO the street cleaning force had
anss. and he wanted to know II they were 60
TSey'rs ali Hight" said Mr.. Dry Dollar
sulliyan. II have three or four friends of my
there and s thy xiv g eaek tG prcGin;t
cd. but they were members OF the police force.
and the difference the bill makes is that it
81: :sad a.t s1f% back to patrol duty instead Of
''Thsss street cleaning policemen we're an
sfa them and
t ths boz oo!ss on the street called them paper
b Rsyo tbs so city ITS Br eeH
hny street car tickets for the pupils Of the
aWs9 The T schoo TSe As se p come
%Snns s not likely that any such S
Fko Mnance Com 81 the senate r. Re-
II iGy Nam
qS Is sRk ss sf e te. Sof ~ 5eS
Albany. instead Of, depending on hired hacks.
Ssnstof Cantor introduced the AMENDMENTS
20 bis Railroad act Of 1885. which no outlined
biz ssSss Tafs Do roy ss.
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corporations from bidding an unduly hiah pro-
poEdon Of tho gross receipts for franchises
W. & BETne Introduced District Att orney
Nc9s 6 e TIE nq%6er OF parts
pox three parts and four judges, The District
Attorney says that the criminal business Is
not enough COURTS sitting constantly to hear
the cases This is bringing up the old discuss
sion sion between Recorder smyth and the Dis
y. NJ + Eeshe Introduced bill for new p park
dow: Flower sent two vetoes to the Assembly.
One Of them was Of the bill which makes stays
9ovsrnor says in his Veto that the policy Of Of
the Legislature should be to, discourage I'M
tendency to repeated stays should not be en-
sSFe were barely enough Senators present
this morning to pass Bills. and When Senator
COegsshsll EFT to catch tEHin he br2ke the
not stay there until the bs! looms come down In
nstSaEsi Way was pn.the Senate calendar and
is b IL Which ssored dn ~
% s1sGsi IN pssn
afe bsysp e ms to time
TOO Far from I'll the es sro OF ND 0A0oh ~"eh was
Senator Smith Introduced q bill to prevent
substances Containing zinc OF arsenic. ''' WIZ"
r Senator Cantor introduced q bill to have tho |
Of dat % Ss INTO YSe Ss the
sso terms 81 Es
This would. be radical remodeiling OF the
appointed by wards. and the big wards have
several hundred times more people, than
maps. and the records in tho Registers oflico
Md the Tax Department. almost the only
present use OF tho old ward lines Is for the
Of the school Districts This bill
proposes to disregard them there. and to make
The districts more nearly equal In population
Md area.
The Greater New York bill was on the calen-
lar In the Assembly, but there were not many
AssemblYmen present and the blu was laid
aside until next Tuesday
PsAdlsrs who 1.-Two In Typhus.infected
Houses.
DR.. Cyrus Edison of the Health Department
sent to Warden FalIon OF tho Tombs
J list OF all the houses in which typhus fever
,sses had been discovered. and asked the
Warden to notice the addresses OF all prison-