New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-07

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| male salary is 5000
| The bill was vetoed by the Mayor, the
| ground that the increase in salaries was out of
| all proportion to the tax rate of the city, and
| that unusual compensation would be be-
| slowed upon certain individual teachers The
| Mayor also rebuked the Legislature for com
! Polling the city TO expend moneys without re-
gard to the judgment of Its local authorities. He
also found legal flaw he said in that 1t makes
| IT the duty of the Board of Education, I'M
| bonded set of officials. to take and receive
| moneys and takes it out of the hands of the
Controller to audit and certify the bills This. it
| was urged, was unbusinesslike and an evidence
| of loose legislation.
Nevertheless the bill was passed the
| Mayors veto last Wednesday,
TO PRESERVE THE PALISADES.
| bill has been passed for the preservation of
| the Palisades It is intended to stop the vandal
| quarrymen from further defacing these majestic
| cliffs, and instead make this great wall of rock
with strip of land skirting it's summit in
terstate park. The measure introduced by
Assemblyman Davis and appropriates $4,000
for survey. 1t further provides that there
shall be appointed ten Commissioners five Of
whom shall be citizens and residents of the
State of New-York. who shall constitute a
Board OF Commissioners of the Palisades Inter
state Park"
The Board shall have power to select and To-
cate such lands lying between the top of the
steep edge of the Palisades and the exterior of
bulkhead line established by law upon the Hud-
son River. together with such separate parcels
of unimproved lands lying the front of the
top Of the Palisades from the New-Jersey State
line, on the south to Piermont Creek. near Pier
mont, in Rocllland County on the north as may
in their opinion be necessary to be reserved for
the purpose of establishing State mari
This act now awaits the enactment of SINH
| lar statute by the Legislature of New Jersey.
STATE CONSERVATIVE HOSPITAL.
The esta bshment of State hospital for con-
sumptives in the Adirondacks, as provided for in
a bill of Senator G. A Davis was urged by dele
cation after delegation of physicians who ap
peared at different hearings upon the measure.
DR.. Otis, Of Boston, who instrumental In
founding a hospital for the successful treatment
of tuberculosis in Massachusetts, was prominent
in behalf Of the bin. Statistics also ad-
duced to show that this maady annually n
sumes more than thirteen thousand lives that 1t
is not diminishing but, on the contrary because
of being communicable 1t is increasing with an
alarming rapdty In this State alone it
said that there had been increase of five
hundred deaths in 1899 over the preceding
year. DR.. Pryor Of Buffalo. has also taken an
active interest in the work.
and further provides that the Executive Board
of five trustees shall be appointed by the Gov
ernor. Appropriations for the further mainten-
ance Of the institution to be made through
the State Board of Charities.
SUFFERING TEACHERS PROVIDED FOR.
The first school bill which finally succeeded in
passing both houses with the aid of the Gov
ernor's emergency message. was introduced by
Assemblyman Fslows and provided for the
payment of the suffering teachers of Queens and
Richmond counties. This bill the result of
a long struggle between political rivals in the
Senate and the Assembly. and action upon 1t
protracted until the beginning of February.
During this time there was hearing after hear
ing before the Senate Cities Committee when
Senator'S Ford and Grady each tried to
vince the other, the other members of the COM
mittee and the congregation of teachers pres
ent that his particular bill the only
feasible one. While these two quarrel
ling Mr. Fallows quietly introduced his bill In the
Assembly, and backed by the Assembly Cities
Committee it went through both houses before
Senators Ford and Grady had recovered from
their surprise.
THE GREATER TROY BILL
The bill which annexes to the city of Troy
certain portions of the towns of North Green
bush, Brunswick and Lansingburg intro
duced by Assemblyman Galbraith, of Rensselaer,
County. Having passed both houses after
stubborn fight had been made against it by the
Democratic minority it was returned from the
Mayor of Troy with his approval, but not with
that of the Common Council. The Mayor is an
Independent Democrat and the Common Council
Of that city is Democratic. Hence the latter
would not approve of the bill 1t was argued by
the members of the Common Council that the
people of the outlying districts to be annexed
did not want to come into the city of Troy.
They said that the scheme was only that of
some Troy politicians. DR.. Barnes, the torpid
leader Of the Democratic minority in the As
semby was aroused by this bill to such an ex-
tent that he not only woke up, but almost ao-
complished its defeat. Both houses. however. re-
passed the bill over the dissent of the municipal
authorities Of Troy.
STATUTORY REVISION COMMISSION.
The Statutory Revision Commission is be
abolished by January l, 1901. Such is the pur-
port of the bill of Assemblyman Fish. which
passed both houses during the closing hours of
the session. This has resulted from the labors
OF members of the Bar Association, who argued
that the chief result of the work of the Com
mission to accomplish more confusion. The
laws they said were substantially settled by a
long course of judicial decisions. and the most
simply for the sake of change.
EARLIER PRIMARIES
An amendment has been made to the Primary
law. so that in years of Presidential election
there is TO be a primary day the tenth Tues
day before election. This date for 1900 is Au
gust % instead of September IS. as it would
be according to the old statute. The primaries
at which the delegates to the State conventions
of this fall will be elected will therefore be held
this year in August and not in September. If
this change had not been made 1t would not
have been possible TO hold the State conven-
lions before October
MORE INVESTMENTS FOR SAVINGS BANKS.
One Of the most important amendments to the
banking law is incorporated in a bill of Assem-