The sun., 1901-03-30
CHARTER BILL REPORTED.
TWO-YEAR TERN FOR THE UtiOR AND
THE COMPTROLLkR.
Beard OF Aldermen Of - Members Single
Headed Dock Commission -EiGht.Hesr
nav for Police Neither Commissioners Nor
Deputies Can share In Pension Fund.

nav for Police Neither Commissioners Nor
Deputies Can share In Pension Fund.
ALBANY, March 20 The New York city
Charter Revision Commission amendment
bill. a. amended by the Senate cities Com
mittee, was reported favorahl" m the Senate
today and ordered ~ u thr reading
II is expected that the revision of IN" New
York City Charter viii he passed 50 ~ 10
reach Mayor Van wyck before the end of
next week. Representations have been made
to the Republican leaders that the Mayor
will act upon the Charter speedily and not
hold IL for the fifteen days allowed him under
the Constitution,
The first change in the Charter concerns
the local legislature. Board Of Alder
men Of seventy-three members Is pro-
yided for, each Assembly district in the city
being constituted scpara," Aldermanlc
district. except that in Queens borough
each ward Is made separate Aldermanlc
district The Eighth. Thlrtieth and Thirty
ilrst wards Of Brooklyn borough are also ma q
separate district, ~ we'll a. that portion
Of the Thirty fourth Assembly district which
lies within the borough Of Manhattan.
On Staten Island Castlcton, Middietown.
Sonthaeld. Northheld. We~tHed are in a
separate district, there being three districts on
the island Morrlsania i divided into four
Adermanic districts ~ follows That por-
tion Of the rhirty-fOurth Assembly district,
located in Bronx borough that portion of
the city which lies between tho Thirty-foitt
Assembly district anl tie boundary line
between the Twnntv-third nni Twenty
fourth wards. extending from the Harlem to
the Bronx River: that portion which lie~
between the same boundary and Fordham
road. jerome avenue. ls,d street, Kings
bridge road and Pelham avenu" and that
portion which lies between Fordla road.
Jerome avenue. is2d street, klhg>brldge
road and Pelham avenue and the north"riy
line Of the city of New YORK
That part Of the city formerly knorn ~
Chester Is divided into two Alderm1nlc dis
tr,cts ~ follows. that portion which lies hr-
tween the Boston Post road. Fordham aud
Pelham avenues West Chester and Givan
Creek. and the northerlr boundary line OF
the city and that norton which lies south "I
the Boston Pos, otd and the other avenues
and creeks mentioned, together VITA all that
portion Of the former town q, Pelham witch
lies within BrunN borough
The salary OF the Aldermen is ieIt n- at pres
ent. ~ .00l
In regard to tho powers drvolvcd upon the
Board Of Aldermen, an amendment has been
inserted in the Charter that such powers
shall be exercised subject t. the ton~tltu-
tion and tho laws of IN" state The Board of
Aldermen j. ot to have power ~ fix the SAL
aries OF teachers examiner and members
of the supervising stan Of the Department
OF Education
Inc Mayor i, to nave power or removal
for the full term though this power = not cN-
tended 10 members Of the Board OF Education
or the Aaueduct Comm ~Nion and the tustees
OF the College of the city OF New OTA and Of
Bellevue and IL, allied no>pit1'S
The Tenemcn, House comm'~~ion'. rec
ommendato1 that n Separ1t" City de-
partment to be known a. Tenement
piled with
The Revision Commissions recommenda-
tion regarding the Department Of Health
is retained II provide that the Health
Board shall consist of Commissioner Of
Health, the Police Commissioner and the
Health Officer of the port
In the police section of the charter the sim
gle-hcaded Police Commission law passed bv
the present Legislature is re"aact"d II IS
not only cannot make appointments when
acting in the absence Of the COMMITS. oH"r.
but that he cannot mike transfers
Another amendment lYs"rted PROV ilcs
that every patrulman and rourd-mAn shall
perform mot 10 exceed eight hours of con
tinuous patrol duty or 'pHctal duty IN cal"u-
dar dav on which hP is on duty
The provision that members OF tho police
force shall work but eight hours y day = in
effect three platoon scheme" which / backed
by a committee of policemen which has hepn
here for some days lhe PROVISION reads a.
follows;
and roundSman of police - perform not 10
exceed eight hours Of cnnSHCutv" reserve
duty or special duty in each CIicudIr day
in which he is on duty and ~ ""riorm rot to
exceed eight hours ot continuous r"'rrNe
riots or other omergnncl"s, when t." tnru-
missioner or Chief Of Police may hold or de-
tail any member of the polio" iorcc ~ he
may deem necessary
The Police Commissioner j. designated A.
the Chief of poliC" The provision m his
wears New York city Police law. giving the
Governor power OF removal. i incorporated
In the Charter, as we'll aS the provision making
a removed Police Commissioner Ineligible for
new appointment
missioner nor any Of his deputies shall share
in the pension fund. There IA no other
important change in the police section nf
the Charter, aside from the recommenda-
tions oil the Revision Commission
Assembyman Everett's proposition regard
ing the taxation Of New Ork Clty's water
system in Putnam and other counties has been
Committee has eliminated from the Charter
the existing provision prohibiting the AQuc-
duct Commission from hereafter be ginning
the construction OF any new work Other
wise the chapter OF the Charter affecting
the departments of water supply. gas and
electricity, street cleaning and bridges, -
lelt as prepared Dy tne heNlSlon COMMISSION.
The Revision Commission inserted "A pro-
vision that no member Of the Street Cleaning
Department should contribute TO a political
or legislative PERSUASION fund or to join a
political club The Cities Committee struck
out the last provision. Aosembyman Wilson's
bill regarding the use OF explosives and COM
bustible materials in the New York oity build
ings has been Incorporated IN the Ire chapter
Of the Charter
salary Of 5000 is provided for. The educa-
tional chapter Of tho Charter i strongly a
centrally zatlon one and embraces not only
the Davis Teachers Salary law but also the
four-mile provision. 4 general provision ia
inserted which provides that any private
school in the city may participate in the
common school fund In the discretion Of the
Board Of Education.
Two additional Police Magistrates are
provided for in Brooklyn borough. and the
e-ns of the present Magistrates IN Brooklyn
he elected next fall for S!X-year term by
Congress Districts These Magistrates are
now appointed by the Mayor Tn" positions
OF police clerks and police Cierk-' assistants
and each Magistrate in Brooklyn shall there
after appoint his own clerk The salary Of
police clerk Is fixed at s. 500 throughout the
city, except IN Queens and Richmond bor-
oughs. whore II will be :" OoO
The chapter in the Charter prepared by
the Revision Commission touching pharmd-
cists and druggist, has been eliminated The
Civil Service chapter Of the Charter has been
amended by providing that city employee
appointed after compcutiLe eNamlnaton
shall not be removed until he has hal an
opportunity of making an explanation and
II he Il removed copy ~ the statements
showing tho true grounds therefor i 10 be
filed with the Municipal Civil Service Com
mission
That par, Of the Charter regarding tho
eleotiOn Of InrOnpFs in New York is