New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-21
HOME RULE GRANTED.
THE CONVENTION PASSES THE CITIES
AMENDMENT.

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TroN or AN IMPROVEMENT CLAUSE
FINAL ADJOURNMENT MAY BE
TAKEN TOMORROW.
.pRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBrS'A
Albany. Sept. 2O--The Constitutional Con-
vcntion opened this morning with the consid-
GRAFTON Of two amendments in Committee of the
Whole. The first that Of the Comfhttee
on Future Amendments amending Article
XIII and requiring the meeting ot future
Constitutional Conventions at stated times me
latter provision Is intended to prevent such I'M
scrupulous Governors as David T. Hill from
obstr,icting the way after the voters nave dc-
clarcd that a convention shall be held Inc
amendment also makes important changes III
the manner of voting upon CONSTITUTIONS
onendmonts proposed AS finally ordered TO
/ third reading IN is as follows
Section l. Any amendment or dnenhinen.s 10 u','1 1
Constitution may be proposed IN IN. ''ei't'e -, h %
Assembly and II the same shall be agreed u u! a
ma jority Of the members elected to .acn o% ~ n,e
two houses. such proposed amendment VI ~ w.
shall be entered on their J3"rnar r T'tn To the
non of senators. and shall IL published ior thIte
months previous to the time of making snch 'h"c"'
and II In the Lcgslntur" so n"Nt 'nD''' o
sail such proposed Amendment or aH'rhlim,'n, , ,
shall be- agreed To by majority ol ~, ih' IL
nn%. .lacted to rn,h house. then 1t shall be ne
duty OF the Lcg4latur" 10 submit s"ch P,op'r' 80
| amendment or amendments TO n" p,@p' '"r iP tP
provaI IN such manner and at such times as III"
Legislature shall prescribe . 1000 -, ,h
following methods: First, If such aInendmtn' ot
amendments submitted at general eis' tV" W ~
electors voting at such election or second IL"Vil"'
,vn-thirl- nf all the electors voting at su'h "l"
,,nn shall vote thereon by the affirmative votes OF
"A ma iority OF, such electors voting thereon thru II
auhmi,tci at a special election by number ot
o,nrmetive votes equal to majority of al the
@l"rtors voting At thu last previous general elec-
ton. or fourth provided two-thrds of the number
: uyh
election shall vote thereon 10y th, ahtiha'N"
Of a majority Of such electors voting thereon Any
a,ncn,irnert or amendments 50 approved shall go
into eject on the first day Of January next afteF
S.' 2 At the gen, raj election to be hc!t in thg
year 1910 and cv-ry twentieth year thereafter ana
also at such times Hs a." i.'E'a'ut' may ~ %
rr,yidc the question shall ther" J." cohF"hug5n 5
shall be decided 10y III" electors of ne St'te hl
i'm cas- "A maoriy of such electors shai, "",Ia III
- ev.ry Sann,. district of thu state. as th"H OF
ganizcd. shall "cct thr"" Irl"E'tr it n,' -, ~
ensuing general election at which mrinners oi tn'
,, r The sam crction shall elect Afteen
STAT yotimf n u Thr delcrates SO elected shall
n,.n, M the CAPITOL on the ;irst Tuesday Of April
nr, rnsung after their election. and shall continue
4, session until The business II such Convention
shall have been completed tNety u'l't",' tnri
r.c.iv, for his services the sam" coini"isi1o an
the same mileage ~ shall th"n b, a"nu3ay pa,n''f
To- tn members of IN" A'.rmhy i,, a mo, W 'E ,b
the Convention shall constitute" quorum 'yn ~ i ,,
transaction Of business. AMI ~ am"ninrit 10 W.. ~"
electors as hereinafter pI'Vi''' uhnS -: Va, -. r.
senf ~ - ma iority II all IN" d"l gates "l'' 10 "
,,ri =" Lc kept Thc Convention shall have th"
y,,yrr to appoint such officers employees AMI az
s',ln.,r Mons and provide for thc printing of L
1'i,',fis Journals ana proceedings The Cony"n-
a. shall l.f.rmln. the rIl'- 20 - own pr'c'''
tr,- .hn,-. a. own officers and t' IA" JudE' g" IN"
ISriion returns and qualrc atoms If - in'mheIs
cause any district d"l"ga," ",.tr1 10 'n- 'm II,
,en,ion such vacancy shall b" hlled by! y2tr y, @,
the remaining delegates r"iresentng th' rapcy
IN which sgch & seramS' 'cIcgateai.lnrge such va
tncv sIai vs. rlc' hy "o'e of the r"'nlln'nz
Delegate Any pro9.Ib S.b sbo hnve been
/ adopted hy such Convention shall be Snhmtt'I 10
IN The manner provided 10y such convention. at an
ciccii,n which shall be- held at not less than SIX
i,,o, ,h. .,t,rovnl ~ such Constitution or Consu,
utloual amendments. IN thr mnnn",E pir,1'',rri,n
r Consttuuonai aincim"n' .hai ~ in,o n,,oroya
on the first DAY of January next after nS 'Ppro'"'
LIABILITY or STOCKHOLDERS.
The second amendment CONSIDERED in Commit
tee Il The Whole was that ~ Mr. Marshall rel
ative To- the liability Of stockholders ~ banking
corporations This brought out c'n@iI"rao'e ms
cu-sipn Mr. Frank eXplain"l that IN" amend
incnt removed certain obsolete" pi'Nisl"hS 81 ,''r
| CONSTITUTION as T. tn" issu" ~ paper nom! pH
state banks. and that It made IN" st'cNh'!d't9
| of STATE banks liable t. th1 amount q" mn
stn,k Mr. Mcclure opposed ne latter provision
| h.,,us. IL would make a double liability Tor the
| siockhoilcr- II" thought The l"giSIdtuT" '"Un
| be trusted t. regulate any hnhslly u th"t S''''
| An
DISCUSS H. Mr.. Marshall explained thht me
amendment was designed - protect innocent u"-
| pos!tnrs and creditors 0f banks. VINO "it"n -ul %
| f.,.d severely under the present cOnstitu ION
| nrt Iaws MIR Frank stated that the double
| liability clause was approved by all the leading
| bankers in tn. state and that the Committee on
| Hnuklng and Insurance had made "A UNANIMOUS
| r.unrt I'm favor II the Amendment
| Ur Moore proposed 10 amend 50 AS 10 bring
| individual bankers under the supervision or me
U,nking Department This amendment was de-
| 4 ~. Inn.
| was ordered To- a third reading In THIS form;
| section OF Article VIII Of the Constitution Is
hereby amended 80 ns 70 rri as '"D~ r cornoretlon
and inlnt stock association for banking purposes
shall bee individually responsible for the amount m ny ="
their r"spectiy" share or shares "i stH'K II" i s
such corporation or association. Tor All its "ep'S
and liabilities of every KIND
After consultation with "A number of d','sHi"9
Mr. Cookinham moved that IN" order ot thlr'
reading hc dropped and that the ConVehu'n
begin 10 pass the half-doz"n amendii -nS tha' mao
been already ordered to third reading he
thought there would be- much economy ~ nm"
in changing the order Of business At once; Mr.
storm objected because his amendment rria'iNe
Ia trust companies came next. and MT Burr pe-
cause his anti-gamb!ng amendment would soon
| l,e reached. Others Of the delegates began 10
mako obiections 10 the change. bur the president
nut the question on Mr.. Co)klnha" "i''''i anu
IL was carried. 5S to %.
MAIN AND HAMBURG STREET CANAL
The first amendment on the order of final
massage was the one from tH' '""'' N'''
allowing the sale Of the Main and Hamburg street
canal 4, tho city Of Buffalo. This amendment
was discussed at some length. som" 81 tile deic-
gates seemed to think IL "A grab by the ran
roads: but Mr. Becker assured them that '"o
different railroads along the canal one on
either side ana hat there would be sPirl'eu n,'-
ding In case Of the sale. Mr.. Putnam MT NC
MILAN and Mr. Sullivan spoke oi the eNlS'tlI' "
the canal as menace 10 the hrath u TN 80,
Of Buffalo The amendment was finally passed py
n vote Of 9S to 90
The Convention then took up the ailehuiht''
OF NJ Cassidy relative to canal DEBTS anu main
torance and the chairman OF the Canal Com
mittee Mr. Cady. moved that the propoSei
amendment be recommitted to the committee
| on Canals, with instructions TO report '"e S"'"e
forthwith amended follows:
The canals of the state may be improved In such