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ALBANY. May 4-Gov Flower has siRned the
bill aboiIshing the fees o the New York
eounty Sheriff and Increasing his salary from
$4,000 to $4,000. He fled the following
memorandum:
'The enactment Of this bill has beon urged
shiehy on the ground that under present law
TIE Sheriff OF New York receives fees largely
in excess Of what 10 reasonable amount for
the services performed; and that the county
rather than the Sheriff should he the recipient
Of this excess OF moneys. This IL q sound
principle In theory. and l am surprised
that the LeRlslstnre In endorsing II
did not apply II to other counties OF the State.
II the principle is good for New York. 1t ought
TO be good for Kings county and other counties
where the incumbent OF the once Of Sheriff
belongs to the same political party as 10 rep
resented By thu majority Of the Legislature.
By extending so salutsry 9 principle to the
Bherirs OF Republican counties. the Legisls-
ture would have esea ped the charge which has
been made against 1t that the chief object OF
the bill was political attack on Demo ocratio
oficer and a Democra county.
However sound in principle the argument
In favor OF the bill may be. am disposed to
think. even while approving the measure. that
its effect will not be as salutary as some Of the
bered that the present statute governing the
fees and com pensation OF the Sheriff OF New
York was the outcome OF the so-cslled Fassett
Legislative Investigation committee OF 1850.
and under It's provisions half OF the fees coll
lected goes to the city So that the more fees
the Sheriff SGects the XII STeasr o1 5he SseT,2
is: .ss sS'{ 70 that e extent n rsed fs from '4sis S%
to increase the amount to be divided be-
tween himself and the city The expeIie1ce
ss % SsSR
quote the report Of the so.called Fassett COM
mittse upon the ReGisters offlcs OF New York.
spouse SoH te burst bur fG of Public % ssnti%eps @ similar
20 which is said to exist toward % the bill before
sett @ eommittec said: ' '''' -
IL was urged At the tim. Of thi. particular ,ocslsd
.s. g -S'a cs h .9 o. END . you'd r s:
once out OF politics by reducing IL. value As political
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iss s.stneny rsIa,ivs to tn. .dmini.trston OF The
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one, has S.eoms burden upon the S city instead OF
% S.iS
Of the functions Of the once
win not be repeated in the case Of the sherirrs
once, but ipasmueh a. the bill is sound In
pos1 and % ss ss' tSs
the Pill the benefit Of any doubt and append
The Governor has also signed Assemblyman
Ainsworth's bill. providing for the .appoint-
msnt sy the Goy:rnGr @ % q a., c9mmIssion to In.
question and recommend ne.ded Legislation at to
the NEXT Leelslsture. The Governor then ap-
pointed the following members OF the Com.
Watson Glider. Cyrus Edson. solomon Noses,
George b; Post John +. schuchman. and
Senator saxton's bill providing for compe-
Rsrtment contracts, was also signed by the |
Governor. Tnese bills were also signed:
As.embyman Burtis's bill regarding interest and |
taxation OF Brook lyn securities |
city being inelSSss in si.stsI Ns. Ssss
H.ss%Syms1 NIL man. hs,rss bin .u,hoI,ins IN. issue e
tional school Accommodations
Authorizing Yonksrs to borrow $4,000 to pay In
ToI 81. publication OF J 900 eop,.. Of tn. Fish Ne.
Ap:noSiHs I.,lsnd. g Son,sy certain property to
n,sn.nt q !. hom. Tos ,Ss AGED d.p:nd.at yst.r.n
q q. :i,,: ps'iini9:ry sDpioDrisssn Of 5000
Eardine the stamping OF the word "seriinE on silver
esdars by providing tSst nsi,hsr party to oondsm-
nation can abandon It without the consent
:, A,..meIym.n I.yor's bill regarding the Brooklyn
Authorirns Yonksrs to Issue street improvement
=. amending the act establishing the ronisrs police
Providing for the enlargement of Hoffman IsIaad
xppiopratInr 81 5000 for the oon.sruotios Of new
Rs.a.n. St r Ssrss I Ro:pital in New York city fsu
'Appioptistns ss5ooOo for Constitutional Convex
xn.ndlnE tn. act providing for garbage er.ms,ory
Or. q Ss Lana once for ,s. ,sis q AairoSases lana
may be used TO purchase additional land within the
amending th. New York city consolidAuoa rsla-