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nUBBUB IN The ASSEMBLY.
PLAN TO TAX STOCK TRANSFERS
SURPRISES THE MINORITY.
Put In ~ an Amendment to Gov. odehs
Conveyance Tax Bili-The Measure
Recommittesi with All Amendments
Assembly May wait for senate TO ACT.

| Recommittesi With All Amendments
Assembly May wait for senate to ACT.
| ALBANY, Feb. 24.-Quite a hubbub was
caused in the Assembly to-day when GOV
Odell's bill "a king The transfer of real estate
came up on the order Of second reading
| Next TO the Mortgage Tax bill, this is the
most important one OF the measures whch
| Gov. Odell desires TO ha I'VE enacted TO accom-
plish the abolition Of the direct State tax.
Originally il was known as the Notarlai
| Tax bill and taxed conveyances OF stocks,
bonds and other personal property as wei
as real estate When the similar bill came
F, up in the Senate last week on favorable
report from the Taxation Committee.
amended 10 tax only real estate transfers.
il was recommitted without ceremony Tor
| a hearing tomorrow afternoon.
This action was accomplished through
several Re publican Senators acting with
the Democrats. Among them we're Sena-
tors Bracket and Elsberg, who were not
30 sure that the tax should apply to
transfers Of personal estate as well as real
The Assembly bill had not bNen under
consideration many minutes to-day before
the House Republican leaders realized
that they could not secure the necessary
ma jority to advance the bill because a
number of the rural Republican members,
rather than take Anal position now upon
the question OF taxing the transfers oi
personal property before the Senate had
passed upon it. were inclined to break
away from the dictation Of the leaders and
vote TO tax personal property transfers.
Realizing this situation. Deputy Leader
Jean L. Burnett, at the instigation OF Ma
jority Leader James 7. Rogers and to the
CONSERVATION Of the minority, offered a
resolution that the bill be recommitted TO
the Taxation Committee and amended 40
a. to tax the ira nsfers Of the corporate
st tocks "a well as real estate. The taxation
of bonds ~as not included, for the reason
that the Mortgage Tax bill will be the
occasion upon which that question will b.
considered
The opposition Of the minority members
70 the bill at this unex pected turn of events
left them speechless for several minutes
and the fret uproar OF the session followed
The minority had been counting on getting
campa Rn material out of the bill taxing
real estate while the stock brokers were
permitted 10 escape. but Mr. Burnett
resolution took their powder away.
Then they tried to have the resolution
declared out Of order. alleging that under
the rules it could not bs received except
upon Monday night Assemblyman Bedell,
who was occupying the chair. vainly
pounded for order and 1t was several min
utes before he could secure silence.
He then ruled that the resolution was in
order as being germane to the bill. Then
Minority Leader Palmer and Assemblyman
~ yi.ifl Aaaeunhlyman
c. W. Smith (Rep., FuIton,, kept insisting
upon recognition. The resolution was read
but no one heard IT.
The Democrats followed suit by sending
numerous amendments 10 the desk. one
being TO tax all incomes IN excess Of 81 oo0
Finally the bill was recommitted with all
of the amendments offered and is not likely
10 pass the Assembly until the quest ion has
been threshed out in the Senate.
While enough votes can be secured N
the Assembly to pass the bill taxing real
estate transfers only. through the aid of
many rural members. these same members
now do not want to vote against the tax
ing OF the transfer Of stocks and bonds
and he compelled to turn about later and
approve such tax should the Senate in
clude il in it's bill.
Senator Elsberg's bill abolishing subee-
auent days Of primary registration and
repeating the provision allowing the transfer
Of registered names from one district 20
another was amended in the Senate to-day
40 as 10 apply only to New York city. The
Democratic Senators said they were In
favor OF the bill IA originally introduced
appyirg 10 the whole State.
Two of Mayor Lows New York Central
terminal bills were advanced 70 a third
reading in the Assembly to-day
Assemblyman Evans introduced bill
TO provide that a superintendent Of State
ehan ba ptnd
by the board OF managers subject TO the
Civil Service laws. and he shall have had
at least five years experience in the actual
practice Of medicine.
Assembyman G. B. Clark introduced the
Civ Club bill. which has been before the
Legislature for the past four sessions
adopting the Massachusetts Election Law
for this State.
Protection is thrown around tsh and
game in Richmond county by bill
in, reduced by Assemblyman Mccormick
II prohibits fishing. except with hook and
line in Raritan Bay. except that shad may
be caught with nets between March is
and June IS. The close season for quail
IL done away with until 1908. and not more
than thirty-six woOdcOck may he killed in
a season by any one person.
The Society for the Investigation and I'm
provement Of Sanitary Methods is sought To
te incorporated through bill introduced to-
Orangel The principal Office will be in
Mddletown and the incorporators are
Edward b. Tompkins. Louis Chable. Law
renee Barnum and Albert q. Weed The
corporation in to have a capital OF S5O.oOO
and is 70 conduct experiments to encourage
Investigations in sanitary science, secure
sanitary plumbing systems, pure food and