The sun., 1892-01-29
THElALBANY LEGISLATURE.
A PERSONAL REGISTRATION BIJL nv
TRODUCED IN THE ASSEMBLY
10 Requires Personal ReG'stratisn n Order
20 Vote or Every Citisaa h the State
y The woriA's Fair Bnl Passed.

10 Ressirss Personal Registratisn n Order
70 Vote or Every Citizen h the State
( Ths Worries Fsir BM Passed.
ALBANY. Jan. 2s.-The Personal Registration
bill was introduced this m morning by Assembly
man Farduhar. It requires that every voter
shall register in person and that he shall not
vote unless he registers. The inspectors Of
election In each district are to be the Board Of
Registry. There are to be four registration
days. during which the Board shall sit from
8 n the morning until 8 in the evening"
Every voter must appear in person before this
Board on one OF the four registration days and
the Board shall make up its list from the
names OF the persons who have duly qualified
before It The Board shall display certified
comics Of this list IN public place. Every per-
son who wants to be registered shall state his
age. residence. and citizenship. and II he
makes false statement he shall be guilty OF q
felony. The list Of voters for the last general
election may be used next fall. with the cor
rections which shall have been made on It by
that time. but after next fall everybod must
register regularly every year.
This bill does not apply to either New York
or Brooklyn. but tapplies to all the other cleo
tion districts Of the State. without distinction
between towns and cities. It docs not inter-
fere with the present law with regard to the
election OF inspectors. except 80 far as to pro-
vide that the inspectors OF election shall con-
stitute the Boards Of Registry. In New York
these Boards are non. .partisan. consisting of
two Republicans and two Democrats. but in
most OF the rural districts the Boards are
partisan and have, a Republican majority.
make the Election Boards throughout the
State. non partisan In character. as they are in
eeSted by couny tSes re
spective parties. This would bo equally fair
to both parties. and + would tend to put a
s2 XssembIyman @ Y Philip S Wissis 'i OF the Eighth
New YORK distr ict estab!i !isked to- DAY the
ss ss sm6e sssr H
with him from New York and started. with
PIN. With small o red Sss. with bssH strpes
on its back. Everv one who was asked joined.
except Assemblyman Alfred R. Conkling; who
nAssemblymsn Connolly introduced the Ia.
OF John Cisilin and other prominent New York
merchants; Its object is to put stop to the
txato1 OF n tans and yaro%s
rom New YorE city, Ike b pyovass Ss,
that the Board Of Supervisors of any county
sSs & Tns ana tSat
local purposes they may exempt personal
ses sxss bear
This Would enaSe New iork to Collect hns almost tits It's
The present system Of taxation greatly In
lures New York 8 storage. warehouse. jobbing.
and wholesale business. as it taxes personal
and movable property. In New York. and so
puts premium on the keeping OF goods at the
mills. or in New Jersey. or their rapid ship
ment West. The taxing Of all forms OF per-
eonal property in New York has given great
deal OF business to New Jersey aud it is trans
ferrtnc part Of the dry goods and jobbing busl-
ness to Chicago
There was 4 hearing on the Brooklyn Bridge
bills before the Committee on. Commerce and
Navigation this afternoon. It is likely that
one or more Of these Brooklyn Bridge bills
will pass this year.
There was a debate In the Senate yesterday
over the bill to permit reporters to be present
at electrical executions. No one seemed to be
particularly opposed, to tho bill. and 1t was
progressed. A good many speeches were
made about II. Mrs. Flower was in the Senate
chamber during part OF the debate.
The Senate passed the Worlds Fair bill,
with the appropriation for New York fixed ut
S3OO.OOO.
Senator Smith introduced the State Grain
Elevator. bill. 1t provides that the State shall
erect and operate grain elevators In New York
harbor and ut Buffalo.
Senator Hogan introduced bill to provide
for the retirement OF the Superintendent and
Chief Inspector OF New York on half pay, This
seems to indicate that Superintendent Murray
intends to retire after provision is made for
his pension.
The Assembly passed the bill dividing Rooh.
ester into twenty wards.