The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26
AFTER THE STATE PRINTER.
sENlT0Rs HhTOHING a war TO
cur DOWN HIS BILLS.

A Proposition 20 warn Min That Uniers ne
Reduces His Price Tor Extra Copies or
mills None win No Ordered-CIt weeke.,s
Charter Amendment = BILLIE Intreduoed.
Albany. Jan. 25.-The usual row over the
legislative printing took place in the Senate to-
day. Two years ago. when the present Senate
came into existence, the contract for this print
ing was awarded to John E. Milholland OF the
New York Tribune. and he assigned It to
the Observation-Disclosures -Cranford Company
for q bonus Of $4,000. Last year It was
awarded TO IN employee of the company
whose bid was lower than the company's.
and he assigned It to the company. The
bids were made under q peculiar law, which
calls for q bid on Gao regular copies Of bills and
another bid on additional copies which may be
authorized by the Legislature. The successful
bid was S1.2b a folio for printing the Gao copies
and S1.82 q folio for each hundred copies
additional. There wcro lower bids for the
additional copies but none SO low for the resu.
lar copies.
To-day a bill came up for discussion author.
izing the printing Of coo additional copies Of
each bill. Senator Grady Dem, N. " declared
that the contract with the public printer was .
fraud and that under 1t tho taxpayers of tho
State were robbed. The printer furnished the
GAO regular copies for less than the cost of tho
pbpuT Oh WhlCn buoy WcTo pElntout TolylnR Ou
assurances from somebody that there would DO
enough extra copies ordered at the exorbitant
price of $1.92 q hundred to provide o largo
profit. The 600 additional copies would cost
S11.52. whereas tho first GAO copies cost only
S1.25. This meant $4S.O0O for extra printing
for the session and but $s, 900 for regular print
ing.
Senator Krum REP. SCHOLARLY added that
1000 a year was spent for reprinting bills.
A great deal of this was made necessary by
curiously frequent errors on the part of the
printer himself. The contract provided that
reprinting for this cause should be done by tho
printer without charge, but no means had been
provided for determining what portion of the
reprinting was caused by the printers errors,
and the taxpayers paid the whole bill.
Senator Ellsworth tRep., Niagara) asked Sem
atop Grady how he proposed to get the extra
bills for less money under the existing condi-
tons.
Clerk tell the public printer that IL he insisted
on the exorbitant contract price for extra print
1t at a reasonable rate it would be ordered.
Senator Ellsworth agreed to. this and, with
the general understanding that this course would
be followed, the subject was dropped and the
bill was laid aside.
The nominations of Alexander E. Orr to be a
of Ogden p. Litchford to be a manager of the
Collins State Hospital were received from the
GOVeTnOr ana reIorreQ.
Among the bills passed by the Assembly to-
day was Mr.. Costello's. appropriating $61, 900
to pay William II. Steele for revising the de-
bates OF the constitutional Convention of 1894.
Mr.. Steele, who was n Vlce-President of the
convention, is now engaged in this work at his
county. Each member OF the convention. at
Mr.; Steelo's request, revised his own .remarks,
and In many instances members substituted en-
fore the convention. Other bills passed were:
Mr.. Nixon's..Appropriating sea. 500 to provide for
fishing the general laws last year.
=, Also I,..r rsa 1p ,Sp $50; 600 S 70 erect mSnumsnts
York State troops displayed valor.
Assemblym n Weekes. one of tho Cts. intro
duced a bill amending the New York charter to
prevent in future the payment OF, such large ex-
ira compensations as were allowed Messrs.
Choate, Davies, and Erhardt as Commissioners
ored to have the bill advanced at once. but Mr..
Donnelly. tho Democratic leader, objected.
Assemblyman Green DomJ introduced a bill
providing that In any action originally brought
in a court Of record in New York city by per.
sonal service Of the summons on u resident de-
one oil the municipal courts. the plaintiff. II
otherwise entitled to costs, shall recover. be-
s si1 ss R MeS alsp nnve been e;n HntE sut fo f II the as ae e1sas
had been pending in a municipal court.
These other bills were introduced in the
MISUNDERSTANDING the law which provides
that whenever an assessment for a local Improvement
court tho moneys paid, or thereafter paid, may be re-.
funded with interest from the time Of such payment
on the assessment.
Mr.. Hll-Exenpting safes from the provisions of
the lien law.
MI. Adier-Exempting the University Settlement
Society of New York and the Educational Alliance
from taxation, assessment, and water rates.
Mr.. a revision and correc-
ton of assessments for a sewer in Avenue b. between
Fifth and sixth streets, In Manhattan borough.
Mr.. T~ifany-Giving the Manhattan Hospital and
Dispensary in New York city $4,000 annually OF city
mon y.
Mr.. Martin-Authorizing appeals to the Court of
Appeals in aw ards OF the State Court Of Claims the
same as in appeals in actions commenced in the Su.
preme c urt
Mr.. wnllace-Giving grand and trial jurors in
Queens county four cents a mile for actual travelling
expenses each day OF the term.
Mr.. Oliver-Prohibiting the slaughter of hogs In
New York city: also compelling ferries operating be.
tween different parts OF New York city to run boats
at least every half hour, day and night.
Mr.. Sanford - Exempting from taxation mort
Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING the rate OF interest to 5
per cent.
These bills were introduced In the Senate:
q technical school registered by the Regents shall DO
accepted as q qualification to take any examination
required by law for admission to practice the trade
covered by the diploma.
Senator MISUNDERSTANDING for nve years the
time for commencement OF construction or the com
hands of receivers by the supreme Court.
Senator @. A. Dav ,s-Providing that In New York
city and Buffalo q gas company shall not demand or
receive any greater price for gas furnished private
consumers than is charged any Individual private
consumer. ..a
HANCOCK'S REPORT