New-York tribune., 1896-05-01

cycle
passed for Monroe, Chemung and Oneioa cou"-
ties.
In various sections OF the State where cycie
paths have been construct I'd evil-disposeo psrsos
have made the paths and part OF the roaoways
useless for wheelmen BY maliciouSiy piacinS
thereon substances which would puncture tne
rubber tires. Tae Legislature has lookeh aIter
this and amended the Penal Code tnA! MS
chief Of this nature will herafter be classed as
msdemeanor. The amendment appears III tne
code as Section 654, and provides that whoeveI,
with intent to prevent the free use OF cycIe
thereon. shall throw. drop or place. or sna cause
or procure to be thrown. dropped or piaced IN W or
upon ary cycle path. avenue. street, sioe"aIA,
alley, road highway or public way. or place any
glass tacks nails pieces Of metal, brier thorn or
any other substance which might injure or punct.
any tire used on cycle. or which mlgne
wound, disable or injure any person using sucn
cycle. shall be guilty Of a msdemeanor. and on
conviction be fined not less than nve nor more
than fifty dollars"
Bicycists expected much from the passage OF
the Good Roads bills. The failure of the Legislat-
ure to take action on these measures will disap-
point many rural cyclists
PECULIAR MEASURES.
Among the peculiar measures which have
either become laws or are now In the posses
sion Of the Governor none Is more interesting
than the bill which was the hobby OF Assembly
man Finn during the entire session. This regu-
lates the practice of horseshoeng In cities OF the
State having population OF $4,000 or more IL
prohibits the practice Of horscshoeng, except by
O registered horseshoer who has passed a salts
factory examination before a Board OF Examin-
ers named In the bill Still another measure
creates the profession of public accountants.
Mr.. Finn succeeded in passing a bill defining
what are the arms Of the State and what the
design Of the State flsg.
Another peculiar bill authorizes the sale upon
the premises Of the State Soldiers and Sailors
"a snth ~ ole and hanr
also passed prohibiting the sale Of intoXicantS
upon burial grounds
The use of soft coal by public institutions with
IN any OF the cities of the second class is among
the measures which passed both houses
\ bill before the Governor authorizes the issue
to an honorably discharged soldier of the mill
tary naval service of the United States a
license to hawk peddle vend merchandise
within this state. Still another measure is en-
titled "An act to enable Patrick r. Trainor to
take an examination for the admission OF at
tOrney and counseor-at-aw. Mr.. Tranor is an
Assemblyman from New-York
The use OF sandbags weights curtains in
opera-houseS within this State Ia prohibited by
another measure
The experiment Of free public employment
bureaus in New-Yoril City will be tried, II bill
now before the Governor becomes a law.
The Bertillon system OF measuring criminals
for identification will be adopted If Governor
Morton signs the Wagstaff bill. now before him.
A erewsomc law, applying only to the coun-
ties Of Onondaea. Oswego Madison. Cortland
and to the Auburn State Prison is <lat by
which the unclaimed bodies of those dying in
hospitals. prisons, 1sylurs or almshouses OF
those counties may 60 to the medical institu-
tOns Of the counties named.
The disposition made by the Legislature OF the
moneys OF the state il always interesting. The
following table shows the appropriation bills
which have passed both houses and have either
become laws at present before the Gov
ernor:
APPROPRIATIONS.
Annual Anprop7iaon bill! $40 goo 7ao q
State Insane .................. 100000 %
capitol Appropriation ................... 5000 H
canal Slnking Fund So. $40 0O
SIGNED APPROPRIATION BILLS
Repairs Sing Sing Prison ............. s75
lea Tai . a'.e,ssn, c9s .,
Thomas lnian Asylum ..................... 100 0c
Caledonia state Hatchery ................. 5000 VI
Iso3 ......................... G5 900 "a
Supreme Court Awards CHAP 80 Laws lsoD - 800 ~
on ,ndaga Salt Springs ................... 1900 N
State Cusroiio Asyum '-earpr pra,ion)..... 700 oC
Eauppns Quarantine Boat Ripple % %.0o 0,
Syracuse Feebr-mnicd Children Institution. 9ss y
Contingent Expenses OF Legislature. .......
SScency SSs S' nufGG ia judicial aIsaH District s7
General slocums statue .................. 25Ooo *
To acquire Stony Point battle ground. 5000 ~
osDas9 ,.s9 T93,9 Es3,e,,i,ar,, 2sSs g
s:asnnE shnnssoG nay suffolk county, S%" @
Tonawania Armory r-approprlation) TO- ioo o:
\
Canal Calvert At Waterford 5000 o.
Improving Stcele's Creek (icrkmer County,. 5000 OF
Additional appropriation for Nicholas fferki-
mer monument Observation-Disclosures. $500 N
Awards ~ the Board OF Claims ........... %1nO O0
Equipments for Troop & fIlrookyn). ....... COCO 10
Hudson River Valley survey. ................ 10000 NJ
Canal awards of tho Board 81 Gains. 7OoCO OF
Paving State-st.. Auburn. adjoining State
Prison .............,............. 1900 nJ
Auburn Armory reappropriation). 7l53 81
judicial district Libraries ................. 5000 ~
UNSIGNED APPROPRIATION BILLS
Bridge the inlet Of Osco Lake. $iOOo oO
Printing the Civil List OF the State. 4s42 81
Interest on the Canal debt. 90 OoD nj
Repairing the canal feeder st Cwsseo Lake.. 10000 Oh
Reappro prfstions for canal PURPOSES. 4<Oa3 10
Topo graphic and map os the State. 1000 ~
Normal School at Rsm1po. Rock,nd County. 10 OcO on
Agricultural Experiment Station at Cornell. 10000 %
Og1ensburg ArmOry MISREPRESENTATION. W 0OO m
Hudson hrmOry ....................... ~ 900 10
1Ath Regiment Armory (5uNalol. .......... 1900 on
Free Employment Bureaus (Ne~-York city. 5000 %
Total. $40 224 67s 50