New-York tribune., 1901-11-05
VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
OPPOSITION TO ITS ADOPTION is
VIGOROUS.
.-s-,r,-v,,.N WHO INTRODUCED Il
THINKS ITS ENEMIES DO MOI
UNDERSTAND 1T
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsE-l

.rsr-- " The opnosition which has sud
denly been made TO the proposed aTnenolleil -
the constitution prohibiting the passage OF speei
hills hv the legislature exemptns properly II0
..~.,io, which amendment will he voted upon al
the polls in this State tomorrow surprises
,,eopIe here who had thought it would ne PdSst
fy an almost unanimous vote NOW II seei
in per.l; for while those opposing II nave oee-i
80 - ,.orl aqainst il no body OF men mas
been engaged in promoting its passage 1t appears
70 MANY to he opposed under a misappreheiSoil VI
its p1rpose and effect
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Merton e Lewis. of Monroe
C-oDrrv who introduced the amendment III tiie
1e,ieat,re and to whom belongs largely the creoll
of messing its passage twice in the leelsta'ui
while here a month said he hao oeeil M -,
f,z, Senator Krun, of Schoharie county llia' -
was danger Of it's defeat, but NJ Lewis sdiu Ie
did not know from what direction the attack uPo %
n was coming or the reasons that were ao'al0eu
against its passage. Then Mr. Lewis SAID
presented the amendment because thought 81 sas shs
legislature should oe oeprlxea o. i frpn1 taxation:
Since in my judgment that power had n9' no 1es pes
lative life anything about the merit % Tnridna
eemptng properly n fFEm ana Afre0uentlT make
PERSONAL matter pass them and hence rt Is and
barrassing TO oppose them. aIo 'iei' e-''
dement's not at all cofsloeied
assenoblvn,an Lewis in 1900 favored and sup
,orted bill which is now Chapter oSS OF me Ld"
nf 1900 providing that the Department OF axe 60
Assessments in the city Of New-York. the poaF0s
f assessors in the other cities Of the state OF oH
officers required by law 10 assess 1eal PI'f'ei'S
The n1,rposes OF taxation shall anlualI3' 0-' -
first Monday Of June in each year. PieP" a.. o.
conplete A detailed statement OF all red' P'ot,-,S
ev,r,ea-jre OF the assessment roIls OF tIe
,i+iee Of which they are respectively the aSseS1
-xtirb statement shall show separately eaeh pc
o- Marcel Of real estate appearing upon Saiu o
,nsn1 rolls which is for any reason eAelhi. ~ -
-x.-fo, tre name of the owner or owners lie1
- -a1-,e ~ said real estate. and the reason Ior
such exemptions ..,x ,,- -,iaoe
The same law also has this phrase; IL aiiS -
~ srcel of real estate is exempt from 1aNaloI. ~
-,ir+ne of any special law, such statement slat
,ia7,- refer 10 said special law, ana sho" inc
,-oor- u,l4r il was passed and the chap'eI h"i1i
thereof .,...to, o4 s,cb
The law also provided for the puhlca'loh o
+steroents in the official paper or papers Oh ato
o.+v AZ least once each week for three SUI
.,,sr, II further made it the duty OF the as
-ors or officers making such detailed statements
- transmit them the State Controner, "i.o -
49,, 2as directed 10 prepare a detailed laoula'
+taroer+ Of the documents thus TRANSMITTED "
. IN (which shall be printed as legislative
document. . for ION
--,,e Controllers tabulated statement IoI wv
shouting the amount of property exempt from
-.xation in the forty-one cities OF the state 'l0e
aor gives the following totals OF the property Oh
,tis description: