The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-16
IMPAIRMENT STORE TAX.
r,srR REsOLTES THAT THE CITY
bUh SH0ULD IMPOSE ONE.

-. The Council to Try " ana 10 MAKE
10 Inr Onr-Both Houses or the
,urt,i,turr Purpose TO Cry 'Habdf
-, ., mo Legislature nt Albany.
corrcIIman Herman Sul0er TAM went OUT
NJ. Inc department store octopus OF yester'
'N,, meeting Of the Municipal hssemply. nc
~ !, In the Western style, ana introduced an
r,a.rce designed to tax the department
- after the manner Attempted IN seVerai
~. hcvond the Mississippi. Ills schemo'
N,,.b IA n broad one. hitting the smaii shops
i,ryc ones Unfortunately, was embodied
Ia tho following resolutions!
,p /, ordained by the Municipal Assembly
,h, ci,v of New York as follows:
~.e.c,ion I. That a license fee OF $500 be paid
-.n.,Iv by department stores in the city OF
g. Work for each separate department mann
,,,,ed by said establishment.
&c. . Tint the said license fees shall be col
= he thc ritv Clerk. who shall account for
"Ssr,c IN thc manner hitherto provided for by
- IN the case OF other municipal licenses.
N n 20 debate. and President Guggen-
-. ,otcrred the question to tho Law Com
~. which will report on II next week. The
CO nrcscribcs by statute the persons to whom
"a businesses for which licenses shall be grant
- ,bo prnyisions Of the Consolidation act DO
,ns reenacted in the charter.
". a as this was disposed Of Councilman
,,.co,ry ,DemJ brought up the question OF
-. rule by obtaining unanimous consent TO
X. i,troduction Of the following preamble and
.Irhcrcos IL has been brought to our notice
a. ,,o daily presentation OF bills In tho State
I.r.l,ture usurping the powers Of local Off
cers; and
u,r,,.,,ons Of purely municipal functions re-
.r,,ino at the hands of our citizens improve
,nsn,s local in character, the expenditure ana
h,rdsns Of which will fall solely on them. such
=, having the streets, the construction OF
hr,does. the opening and Improvement OF parks,
,bile others directly aim at the increasing OF
salaries in city departments. interference with
iocai fax assessments, Sc.; ana ~
".,Ub,rrrs The commission which framed
A.. ,barter Of Greater New York had In view
he creation Of a municipality which should be
,rtrnsted with any function essential to its
own dsvsiop pmS aifa aPs the ere'fbs be- it
"sR,soIryd, That we, tho members OF the
Municipal Assembly, vigorously protest against
such actions, feeling o .ma fo,I 1--WE n citiee 1ni IN sf tbis
"BcscIrrd. that we. the members Of the
Municipal Assembly, use every er9rt at our
command TO obtain for our city the home rule
lar which we have so long struggled and which
the trainers of the charter empted TO secure.
The resolutions were received IN slience ana
we're scnt 10 the Committee on Legislation. Mr..
Notary sat down 10 give the floor TO Council
man Engel, who had a gas resolution. MI.
Engel's whereases pointed out MAJ WITHIN the
Soundaries Of New York there are several cor
~porations supplying gas to the citys lnhabl-
tants and that there is no fixed standard or
price in the city. in violation Of the spirit OF the
consolidation OF the cities, which sought 10
e0ualize taxation and valuations; and that there
IA a bil at Albany providing for the sale of gas
at 81 a thousand feet. The resolution approved
this bill.
Mr.. Engel wanted the rules suspended and
the resolution adopted at once. President
Guggenheimer said he would refer IL to the
LEIGH lRep.J said that ho thought that refer
epce was unnecessary and that the resolution
should be adopted. Mr.. McGarry favored its
one for municipal control and that to appeal to
the Legislature would be to trample on the prin-
ciple Of home rule. This, he argued. would be
bis resolution. The B~oroughs Affairs Commit
tee got Dir. EngeIs. resolution.
The Council voted to recommend the expendi-
t .Iae Of Of t sl;sSo ,n to Transform Woasfsr s, the sla ipE police u So s1a:
House. and the expenditure OF $4,000 on the
Long Island City water. works. IL also voted to
p pS5is,0a a. efSn sEgar,i for and an the sp Psesidess rs ss e Inn.
powered to appoint q committee to cooperate
with the Board o; Trade and Transportation
and other bodies to bring the Improvement
Feb. 2a.
The Aldermen began their session with q tiff
between Mr.. Goodman tRcp.) and Mr.. Click
Gaml Mr.. Goodman noticed that a resolution
offered by him at the last meeting had been
emitted from the minutes. and he called ntten-
ton to 1t. He and Mr.. Click talked the matter
II anne out officially during the meeting that
the Queens borough people don't want to be side
tracked. Ihls resolution, certified by PIesi-
Dem.I:
"Resoired, That We, the elected Representa-
yves OF the citizens OF the borough of Queens.
ery, 1898, with all respect due to any and all
other offices and bodies embraced in the Gov
srhnient OF the city of New York, and loath to
tase exception 10 their doings in general. feel,
nevertheless, constrained. from our knowledge
OF me attempts that arc being made by outside
vouiee and Their appointees toward centrallza-
against the rights Of the several other borouRhs
Of the city Of New York and the destruction of
nome RUE therein. TO-, and hereby do. unrc.
serIedly and most alphabetically protest against
such attacks, and demand that no improve.
Ethts OF any nature or other special action re-
Mihg 10 this borough be initiated unless the
t~%ss.paylng people Of this borough first be heard
uneieoh and the same he sanctioned through
~ slecled representatives, the local board OF
.ne borough OF Queens. city OF New York, in ac-
S ar WIN ute , OF chapter 8 Of the Greater
Aiter listening TO this declaration Of principle
tnu AIaermen voted TO refer it to tho members
,doT queens; On recommendation of the Char
uf Day Celebration Committee the board voted
" AK Inc Legislature to make May 4 a legal
trIoIaay. \ home rule resolution similar 10
me- .%o1nGils was adopted. and the board re.
SsuSs,eo Inc Corporation Counsel to have his
MI SHSIs'anl at Albany keep an eye on all city
i Ems INC Aldermen talked for an hour about
NIease lees for %peddlers and push cart men,
i%no pay S25 in Manhattan and $40 in Brook
Nv. 9ut aid not decide what to do. Then the
poafd adjourned 10 the I'D.