The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-01
TO STOP FRANCHISE HOLD-UPS
BILL TO COMPEL ACTION BY TIE
BOARD or ALDERMEN.


Amendments e Raines Law nepsded tS
the senate Assembly Passss BIu Pre-
hibiting the selling % Theatre Tiekets
a. Higher Price man AdFeTtised-
ALBAST. March 81 .-AssemblymAn Prsn-
tice to-day took hand in the endsavo 20
secure legislation which will prevent the
NsU YORK city Board Of Aldermen holding
up the granting Of public FRANCHISE He Il
not in favor Of tacing the authority 70 giant
such franchises away from the Board Of
Aldermen altogether. - IL proposed BY The
Elsberg-Stanhsy bills. He believes rather
that the charter should be changed % az 70
compel acton by the Board Of Aldermen,
both a. regards ordinary franchises and
frabchises suggested by The Rapid Trans;
Coumission-
Mr. Preutioe today introduced two hills
10 accomplish this psupose. Sec1ion e o.
ths charter provides that before any fran
chise q tlse a street Y granted by the Board
q Aldermen shal b embodied IN the
form q an ordInAncs introduced in the
Board q Alderman. and be referred ~ the
Board q AldeTmen 20 the Board q Esri-
nate and AppsoTtionmenA. which uhall make
inquiry as 20 the mooey value Of the fran-
ehise and The adequacy Of the compensation
20 b paid tbe0eior.
One u TIE Prentice his arnends section
- BY providing that II such ordinance on
IL Introduction l. not 90 referred then the
City Cork shall. on the day after its intro
dlIction, forward 20 The Bard Of Estimate
and ApporiOurDeut oertthed COPY thereof
With he date % rs Introduction. and such
ordnance shall then be deeuled 20 have
been referred by the Bard q AlderTnen
% The Bard q Ultimate and Apportion-
menf a. hereinbefore provided
u 4
the RAPID Transit Conn isEioners have
determined upon pan Of coassroction Of
a railway they shall transmit The plan 20
The bard Of Aldermen and The Beard q
Aldermen shall. within four weeks. vote
upon a reso, ution 70 approve such plan.
TIE other Prentice bil au1encs section S
o. the Rapid Transit sc- BY chan glnE the
tine within which the vote shall bs taken
from four 70 siI weeks. and by providin z
that If . ma ioTity q al the unenbers q
tie Comrnon Council shall Dos vote against
such pans and ooaciusious within ST wees
above limited. then II shall oe deemed. az
tie eIpiration Of said period, 20 have been
Iassed oy the requisite vote q the Common
Council
Eudenily Senator Bur does not belie We
- can get through the Legislature lis BAL
permitting spring shooting q ducks on
Long Island Senator BUR- was practically
eectAd on this ISSUE and - has trsed bard
% make Roadway WITH The bill without $40
cess. Today be introduced a so-r q oom-
promise measure, which permits the shoot
ing q duck. geese and swan On Long Island
on Ihursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
between March and April IS. and permits
possession from Msrch /.
The STATE Committee on TAXATION has
reported fayorably the arnendnents % the
Ralnes aW introduced last night By the
author a thar law. One anendment coes
away WITH pharmscss,s' szamps and pro-
vides that n druggists wish 70 sell without
Physician prescription 10 Be drunk q the
premises they must take out a stoTekeeper's
Eoeuse-
Gov. Higgins and Comptroller Kelsey
have decided 20 amend the inheritance tar
law 50 a. % eIempt from the tar begUests
70 cha1table, educational. ~ Rlous am
benevolent tnsritutious. Senator LEWIS
chairman Of the senate TAXATION Commit
tee, to-day reported q revision Of this laW
which vas prepared in the state Comp
troller's Once and such an exemption is
contained in the bal which vas ordered re-
printed and recommi:ted
The Assembly has passed Assemb}yn1an
WaEueT's bal. which - aimed az theatre
ucket scalpeu. The biH prohibits q theatre
manager selling a ticket a. a higher price
IL also oompels them 70 sell tickets al the
pnoe demanded on applioarion-
Aseembi yman ByTns's BAL making the
plots and stokers On the New YORK city
freboats members Of the uniformed force
passed the Assembly.
The Assembly Cites COMMITTEES has
Amended Assemblyrnan Friedei's bill pro
hibitlng the construction Of rapid transit
roads on Clinton. De.arcey, Grand ard
Canal streets IL New York city. eas, Of
CHRISTIE strset. The Amendment provides
that the bill shall not be Construed 70 pro-
hiht the construction 90 Delaney street
east Of Norfolk street q such structure
a. nav be Necessary % permit cars from
the Williamsburg Bridge 10 enter a sub
way az proper trade.