The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-25
LEGISLATION IN ALBANY
SOME LoCAL BILLS REPORTED FROM
TIE COMMITTEES.
One of Them IL senator Brackets Bill
Relative to Warrants OF Attachment In
the New York City Court-A Bill That
Mernlla TIC Manning PnlAonlnE case.

One of Them IL senator BraCtetts Bill
Relative to Warrants OF Attachment IN
the New York city Court-A Bill That
Recalls the Fleming Poisoning Case.
ALBANY. Feb. 24--At ench session OF the
Legislature for the past ten years an aver
age Of thirty bills have been introduced nu-
thorizlng the New York city Board OF Esti-
mate and Apportionment to appropriate an
nually from New York city funds amounts
ranging from $1,000 TO $4,000 to charitable
and reformatory institutions in the city,
wholly or partly under private control, for the
care aud maintenance Of their inmates. To
avoid the introduction OF these bills In the fu-
ture Senator Stranahan. Chairman OF the
Cities Committee. to-day introduced an
amendment to the New York charter which
allows the Board OF Estimate and hpportion-
mcnt to make suoh appropriations without
recourse to legislative enactment. The bill
provides that the Board OF Estimate and Az
purtionment may. In Its discretion, appropriate
and allow city moneys to any charitable. elee-
mosynarv. correctional and reformatory insti-
tuition. wholly or partly under private control,
for the care. support aud maintenance Of Its
inmates. such payments 10 lie made only for
such inmates ass are received and retained
therein pursuant to rules established by the
state Board Of Charities. The Board OF Esti-
mate aud Apportlonmeut may in any year in
crease. but shall not diminish. the amount
now paid annually to such Institutions or So
%cietles.
The Senate Codes Committee to-day report
ed Senator Brackets bill. amending section
3.10a Of the Code of Civil Procedure relative to
warrants OF attachment in the City Court Of
New York. by removing from exemption from
such warrants OF attachment the property Of
domestic corporations whose principal Office
is within the city. The bin also strikes out
the provision that n defendant who is not II
resident and has no olhce in the city of New
York cannot secure a warrant OF attachment
against the property of a resident OF the CITY.
This bill was introduced by Senator Bracket
last year and "a successful fight was made
against It BY the New York. city members.
Senator krunl n bill providing for the appoint
ment Of a Deputy State lXcise Commissioner
for the borough of Queens to take Office on
jan. l next at a salary OF $1,000 and ) ,10.O Tor
office expenses. was reported lavoraoly In the
In, the Assembly Nj. Rcdington presented
resolutions. adopted hy the North side Board
Of Trade OF New York city askinH that legisla-
ton be enacted to give Bronx borough an al;
,ional memaer Of the Board Of A!desrinn OF
measure to compel all street SURFACE roads
operated in the city 10 provide vestibules On
and other EMPLOYEES Of the road during the
rough winter weather and to place tlansfer
On motion Of Assembly man Doughty the
Committee on Public Education was. lis
charged from further consideration. OF the
sioners' district Of the county Of Nassau the
former districts Of Queens county. now ~;
Gated In the new county OF Nassau. and the Dill
The Cities Committee Of the Assembly this
morning reported favoraOly Mr.. Ma2ets, Dill
generally amending and regulating the phar-
maceutical regulations OF the New York char
ter.
slips of the East River from piers 3 to =. incllt-
sive, for the exclusive use OF the canal tratic
Of the state. was, upon an objection being
special order for Tuesday morning,
Little Tim, sullivan and Mr.. Meister this
morning simultaneously introduced into, The
Assembly a bill TO repeal the provisions of the
Consolidated School law providing Tor In
struction IN the public schools in physiology,
the use of:narcotics and alcoholic stlmn!ants.
ASsemGlyman Eglkelyi presented 4 bill re-
viding for the placing OF iron guards, about
the windows OF tenemcnts and lodging houses
pede seriously the work Of fremen at fires in
the lodging ana tenement houses which are
required to have such guards.
facilities, in this state, to, passengers Tor the
TRANSPORTATION of bicycles by steamboat rs are
afforded by railroads. This act shall not Apply
between any borough OF New York city and
Senator Bracket introduced n bill provid-
ing that the state may be made Q party de-
PENDANT TO an action for the foreclosure of It
has a lien thereon subsequent 10 the lien OF the
mortgage sought to be loreclosad. in the same
manner as q private person.
The Fleming. alleged poisoning case was
recalled to-day by the Introduction of a bill bv
senator sullivan of New York. which author
ICES the State Court Of Claims to audit the
claim OF Mary \. A.. Frey. formerly known as
Mary A. 4. Fleming. for damages sustained by
her by reason Of her indirtlnent and impris-
onment on the charge Of murder. OF which She
was acquitted by a Jury after a trial She was
charged withs serving to her mother clam
chowder containing poison.
Assemhlyman Engan presented "A bill max
ing the eNreuse of opening Lexington avenue.
between Ninety-seyenth and lO2d streets. in
New York city. a city charge.