New-York tribune., 1896-12-24
GREATER CITY CHARTER.
er,vrRAI, OF THE CHAPTERS TO BE MADE
PUBLIC TOMORROW.
,r,r,sr THE REPORT or THE COMMITTEE o.;
DRAFT. WHICH WILL SUMMARIZE THE
CHARTER AS a WHOLESOME

DRAFT WHICH WILL SUMMARIZE THE
CHARTER AS A WHOLESOME
OF THE PROVISIONS.
,h. committee which has been engaged in prepar-
,nr the draft Of the charter for the government o.
Greater Nev-York has decided to make public TO-
marrow 50 much of the charter as has been COM
ra,ed together with the report which IL will make
n tire Charter Commission at meeting of that body
,o ne held on January . Printed copies OF the docu-
merts will ne handed 10 the morning papers this
evening ard printed tomorrow. so that the news
raper-readng public may spend as much Of Christ
mas Day as IT secs fit in perusing the charter and
,o.rnng what sort OF government the future New
York Is 10 have. .,
r,sh chapters Of the charter have been competed
a r.iu be given out for publication. They cover
,he subjects Of the Municipal Assembly 'he eN-
ecu,ve finances police. etc, but tAe c"dP'eiS '
crbc works parks. education and some o'her 'opi's
.,a not vet in shape 10 be made public properly. Inc
nort NJ the Draft Committee will ne document OF
.nrsiierable length. and in il will be founa sum
marie, Of all the provisions of the charter as agreed
an including the chapters last mentioned. he"0V
.h,.e VINO read the committees report VIII gam Il
.,nrehensivc idea of the charter as whole WIN.
an, he;ng under the necessity Of wading through d.,
49, long chapters filled with more or less icsai
veTbase.
WORK OF THE DRAFT COMMITTEE.
. Tho Draf, Committee comprises seven members OF
,,s Commission. who have been dilgendE a' moIN
.,- many weeks in pcrfectng the chart''' '"o'
.ook a. their working basis the preliminary cna''er
a,ared last summer by William [. De "'''' "
rorher of the Commission. and DaVlo D. De"'' '''
.ssstan, Corporation Counsc, in this city. VINO was
ssected for that work on accoun; OF MS c~eep'o"1
familiarity with corporation law IN H'"hi"e "'
frs. DRAFT Messss. De Witt and Dean proVe'eu ~
-, nrincjpe Of covering every possible SUBJECT, IN
u. - bring everything that should be treated IN
49, charter before the Commission They fuiiy eN-
noc,ed that when their work came TO be reVseu e"-
,snsica changes would be made in it, HOW extensive
tbev are will not he fully known until the coip'e''
charter IS MADE pubic. .nosoa
A number OF things in reference TO the p'opos
<,rdamentai law of the enlarged city nave ieaAeu
o,, from time to time but 1t may De coi"ue"'s
stated that none of the alleged abstracts "a ''e
Tor which have appeared will prove 10 oe 0o.i. =.
Ia,au I, may be said, however that pfoNis'o" =
-. , W,,n,cinal Assembly of l0j Aldermen and
o Councilmen with much more extensive Pomeis
han are exercised by the president OF the boaIu oi
Aldermen and that the Mayor OF Grea'ei ;tw Nv Win
VIII og % 10 appoint and remove all heads OF & de
pSriments. All heads OF depaliaeI's dep Mnwnr 'N'''
Controller will be named by the N"'o'
BIPARTISAN POLICE BOARD.
pro,,is,on has been made. 1t Is understood lor d
To,.ce Commission OF four members win ',e pr
ra.ion Of the bipartisan Idea. The FIRE Depa''-
ent according to we-founded reports; Wiii % naye S
single head There Will be @hcb SSafp % have "a extensive
Authority including Department OF Oh bfs ITO new East
no
p,rk Commissioners and three DOCK Coinnts Co, ~ mo
one inporta2r ranch,ses and embodes plan to pre-
Vent the granting OF perpetual i'A"'"
he largest possible measure OF home uwer RUE 81
no accorded TO the coming city ana s me vii he
hs legsiisfse lecg1,rses The Mayor will have veto power
and it is said that certain acuSrnoeS bv tie Board
proysion is made for five horoughs.1o' ten as
osnd IN Tho preliminary draft-and 1t IS 10 pe
prespuned that they will follow natural ana estau e
M ined be ene borough Of Island another
Of the part OF the present New i1sn Tooiyn KnCs
Gountv, fourth Of that part Of Queens SUumS
taken into the city. and hith Vi i'''"O
County.
THE EDUCATIONAL FEATURE
.,,o interesting subjects considered by the
committee has been that OF education. spec'd'
subcommittee. consisting OF Messrs- Low, Du'.Ne'
ard Woodford was appointed TO prepare inc e.ar
ter on this topic and 10 take up one .. W. ~ ~,
subjects 1t is understood that President 10" is'
the other matters his associates ana nanu'eS W
educational question himself Lhs chipv hpvc been
several Others it is prety 4icT MEL fnSM Hime F. Ieks
The Writer recently Informed on b eoISu ae
as reported for separate Board OF
each of the Eve 9oroegny an Will be unified by
having a central board or commisson' ~ oG th,
tne se,ets hodr having control over the finances
tbn Departraent Of Education and exercis,ns se"
eral supervsion OF the entire school sHst.ii. rr
george NJ Pnney. jr.. the secretary ~ t.rnoon @ n
Committee found late yesteros!, a. ~ tn,
his ofSce in Pne-st. by a reprcschtatiNr VI. ,h'
rr,,nne He was up his ears III l o9is o, ,nr t
reuort OF the committee and OF the sesvIai & ,a
Of the char1er mrs; to be made puono ~" com
vcxing his soul with sucn pTIoi'hs NE " Rega-dn:
,ha report and the charter themselves ne rsiuse ,
"a give any information. beyond say NE '"T r, e re
would be ready for the press TINS c'S,iins a.
port with the completed charter WI, pe and o,
the following Monday the first OF me PuoibS banbe
in9s on The charter will be given IN tne iii con
~ tho Board Of Aldermen. the heariiss WI, WI, Nil nil
.1rrn y, fnr TWO weeks and then the Commission WI
tlnue @ o .or,uirbf LEFT for giving the final touche
TO the report which 1t is obliged 10 MAKE u ~
legislature by February J. <,,-s,o, ,vou,d n
When asked whether the ComHisssion .r.ar ~u q
likely 10 make many changes ,v IN air. Pnnev re
FUSED 10 express definite opinion IL - ~ III
however that as nearly half the meinpe%fs % od do o.,
Comm,ssion are on the Draft Committee tne uoG S
mcn has a good change OF rong tnlousn on, vi. n,de
cbanees Members Of the Commission outsI"e !, y
the COMMITTEE have said within few Gays M Una Una
they were as ignorant OF the PROVISIONS oi ''o P'
nosed charter as the public at large