New-York tribune., 1902-03-17
STATUS OF ALBANY WORK.
BILLS LIKELY TO BE PASSED AND
MEASURES REGARDED AS DEAD.
THE CHARITIES. CANAL IMPROVEMENT AND
CORPORATION TAX BILLS WILL PROB
ABLY GO THROUGH.

ABLY GO THROUGH
Albany March 16 CSpeciaD.-Accordng to
GOOD authority the following important bills
which have been introduced in the course of the
session will be passed
The Charities bill, providing for a fscai
supervisor Inspector the expenditures of
the State charitable institutions.
The Canal hill, apVrOpriatinE S3f,sOOOOO
for the Erie-ChampInin rOute.
The MILLS resolution. amending the consti-
tuition to provide for an increase In the
number of the Supreme Court justices in the
Ist and IId districts in proportion To the
incrense in population.
The BracI1ett-Roc:ers bill, authorizing the
appointment of N commission to investigate
the conditions of the Supreme courts In the
Ist and lid districts md to recommend ieGis-
IatiOn ia relieve their conEestcd calendars
The bill of Senator Rnines. to abolish what
known flake RaineS law hotels
An appropriation of S~on,OOO for good roads,
The KTum Corporation Tax bill. taxing for
eign corporations investing 20 per cent or
more of their capital stock in this state ON
this proportion of their capitalization
The BedeIi bill. prohibiting discriminating
freight rates to New-YOrk.
These measures are looked upon dead:
The strannhan MortEnge Tax BILL
The Brown amendment to the constitution
permitting the legislature to authorize the
sale soft timber from the State forest
lands.
The Brackett-F<e eIsey bill. aboIishinE the
Z
signed to service in the Ist and lid districts
unless assigned by the Governor.
The Observation-Disclosures bill. repeating the
Burr law, to enable Brooklyn to go into
Suffolk County for water.
| The jerome. Bennet and Newcomb Excise
bills.
! The McCarren resolution. amending the
constitution to provide for additional
| Supreme Court justices.
| The following bills have been passed:
| The Rogers bill. abolish,nG the boards of
| managers of the state hospitals for the in
|
The EIsberG bill. cu-tmiIinis the time and
! expense of receiverships.
The Hill concurrent resolution, amending
the constitution TO provide that the interest
! on the canal debt may be paid out of the
/ State Treasury.
! The slater bill. prohibiting the shooting of
! tame pigeons frOE, traps.
! It can thus he seen that the coming two weeks
/ of the legislature, which mark the close Of the
session. will he fraught with a vast amount Of
| work The great majority of the bills already
| passed have been local measures. On the other
| hand. the bills of general character and Of
| application to the whole State have been con-
| sidered with great and deltberattOn. In
almost every particular the recommendations
of the Governor have been followed out.
Chief among the bills which will be passed,
| according to present plans. far the amount
of State money appropriated is concerned, is the
ton is now in the shape of two bills. In the
! Assembly the Weekes bill provides for an ap-
| preparation OF S37. .2O00o0 for the improvement
of the Erie, Champlain and Oswego routes. The
| bill will come up the order of final passage
| on Wednesday, and Is expected TO pass by
| comfortable vote. The Davis bill. in the Senate.
! appropriates only $50, 100000 for the Erie and
| Champlain routes, and makes no provision for
the Oswego Canal According TO present plans
the Assembly bill will be passed first and be
| amended in the upper house, with the result of
I striking out the Oswego rider, to make 1t con-
! form with the Senate bill.
The Charities bill will he passed in the Senate
| this week amended TO increase the salary Of
I the fiscal supervisor whose duty 1t will be TO
[ pass on all contracts for expenditures OF the
different State charitable Institutions. from
5000 to $1,000.
After long deliberaton the Assembly Judiciary
COMMITTEES reported favorably last week the
Mills resolution amending the constitution, TO
| relieve the conGested condition of the court
| calendars in Ncw-York City by providing for
| twice the number of justices or the Supreme
Court in the lid District, and for an increase
/ in the others in proportion the natural in
/ crease in population. This measure will come
up on the order of second reading in the As
sembly tomorrow night. and will be passed by
| the end OF the week It will then need to be
! repassed by the legislature of 1908 and voted
( on by the people before it becomes law.
The Brackett- Rogers bill. which drawn
/ up by the Chamber of Commerce. to provide for
the appointment of a commission which may in
( vestigate the condition of the courts in New
/ York and Kings counties and report remedial
! legislation is still in committee. but will be re-
! ported this week. AssembIyman Rogers. chair
! man of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, re-
. ceived letter yesterday from the Bar Asso-
citation of the City of New-York warmly ad-
/ vocatinG its passage.
The bill which Senator Raines, the author of
/ the Ranes Liquor law. introduced early in the
session TO prevent the existence of fake
. hotels and 10 correct the abuses of the ten
/ room provision Of the present hotel law, has
been reported by the Senate Committee on
. Taxation and Retrenchment and is expected
! to pass the Senate this week. The bill provides
that no certificate shall he issued for the estab-
! lishment of a hotel by the State Excise Depart
. ment unless the building in which the business
of hotel is TO be carried on is inspected and
( approved by the local health. fire and building