The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
MAYORS SWEEP BILLS PUT IN
THIS TIME No SAY IS GIVEN
BllARD or ALDERMEN.

Heads or Departments FIX SALARIES Each
Year with Approval % Board % Esti-
mate--Senate Reduces Tax on Can
adian FIRE Insurance Companies.
ALsANY, March si.-The Board OF Alder
men Of New York city 10 apparently thorn
In the fiesh 81 the Low administration, for
In various ways the Mayor and his coun-
sellors have endeAvored to curtail the powers
Of the board and increase those Of the Board
OF Estimate and Apportionment.
The Mayor has revived his sweep bills
of last year and takes away from the Board
OF Alderman any say whatever In dealing
with the su.S ject Bills following out the
desires OF Mayor Low were introduced In
the LeRislatnre to-day. They authorize
the fixing Of AAlaries OF employees In each
year In New York city departments by the
heads Of the de,,artment with the approval
OF the Board Of Estimate and Apportion-
nent. The salaries now are fixed by the
Board Of Aldermen upon recommendation Of
the Board OF EstimA te and Apportionment.
The Sweep bfIls Of last year during a
period Of thirty day., permitted the heads
OF departments to Az the salaries Of the
employees in their dei ,artments In order to
get rid Of thousands Of ;Tammany appointees
who held over under the civil service laws
This year the .sweep' bills are permanent
ones and salaries can be changed at any
time that the head Of q department sees
fit to make the change.
In this respect the measures are on the
line Of the bill authorizing the Governor
to change or AZ the salaries Of the employees
in the State Charitable and reformatory
Institutions.
The Senate recopsidered its vote by
which 1t defeated Senator Armstrong;
bill authorizing gamekespers to make
searches in New York city without q war
rant and passed the bill.
Despite the efforts OF the representatives
from Monroe and Erie counties, the Senate
advanced TO Q third reading Senator
Bailey's automobile bill. Senator Arm
strong tried to have the ball recommitted
to the Judiciary COMMITTEES for hearing,
claiming that the minimum rate OF speed
was too high. His motion. however, was
Senator Towusend's bill compelling the
use Of hre-escApes on hotels outside OF
New York and Buffalo was ordered 70
exempted Saratoga and summer hotels.
but this exemption was stricken out BY the
Senate.
Senator McEwan's bin compelling all
nation before q Htate board Of barbens'
ernor, was advanced to q third reading in
the Senate.
The Senate passed these bills:
Assemblyman Dooling' compelling steam
boat companies operating In this State
to carry bicycles as ba9gage,
Asssmblyman Lewiss reducing the tax
on Canadian fire insurance companies
from tSss S e ear ssH ds%s
reduce the tax on New York State COR
porations doing q nre insurance business
In the Dominion.
By q vote Of % to IL the Senate defeated
Assemblyman Hammond's bill increasing
from Is to IS the number Of directors Of the
Knickerbocker Trust Company OF New
York city.
The Assembly has passed Senator Els
berg's bill prohibiting the unauthorized
use Of the name or picture OF any living
person for advertising purposes upon the
part Of patent medicine concern. A vio-
latior OF the proposed statute ID made q
misdemeanor and 1t also authorizes the
person whose name or picture IL used with
out his or her permission to bring an action
for damages.