The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-04
ADJOURN AT ALBANY APRIL %
INSURANCE BILLS BEING EXPE-
DITED TO THAT END.
They VIII Re More Than Half Way Through
This Week-ReappOrtlonment Measure
Hangs Fire. but the Appropriation Bill
Is About Ready-RRines Law Changes.

Hangs Fire, but the Appropriation Bill
Is About Ready Raines Law Changes.
ALBANY, April 3.-The haste with which
the insurance bills are being expedited
toward final passage has caused the leaders
o. the Legislature to conclude that the Legis-
lature can adjourn on Saturday, April 20,
To-day the Assembly passed a concurrent
resolution fixing the date for final adjourn
ment for Saturday, April 81. The resolu-
ton was sent to the Senate at once and re-
ferrsd to the Finance Committee. Tbat
body is expected to amend The resolution TO
provide for adjournment on April 2S.
After the passage Of the insurance bills
Il Is difficult to see what can delay fnal adj
journment except the reapportionment
bill.
The insurance bills will be more than half
way toward final passage in both houses
before the week is over, Tomorrow the
Assembly will pass the ak bills which were
advanced to a third reading last night.
They are the ones which deal with lobbying,
perjury, contributions to campaign funds,
Investment in real property, misconduct
OF officers and employees, and In regard
TO rebates. The bills will pass with prao-
Ideally no opposition.
To-day the Assembly advanced to a third
reading tho last Of the series Of the Arm
strong committee bills. This IL the general
Insurance bill. Assemblyman Cox OF tho
Investigating committee gave notice THAI
ho will offer an amendment striking from
the bill the prohibition OF organization OF
assessment insurance companies in future.
Minority Leader Palmer said he would
have several amendments to offer on third
NAaAtp1 naa liraifa tho m In Fv nj nfioarR
Of Insurance corporations.
The bill will come up for final passage on
Thursday and will undoubtedly be passed
In the form reported by the Armstrong
committee.
The Senate has made the insurance bills
Q special order in committee Of the whole
for Thursday. The Assembly bills will be
substituted for tho Senate bills and in this
way their passage will be, hurried
After these bills have bean disposed OF
aside from the Reapportionnent bill, the
Legislature could adjourn as far as the
other business is concerned. The APP
Preparation bill is in such shape that it will
be ready for final passage in both houses as
soon as the conference committees get
through with it. The Annual Supply bill
was. advanced to a third reading in the As
senbly to-day.
Assemblyman Foelker (Rep, Brooklyn,
to-day introduced q bill returning to the
Board Of Aldermen of New York city the
power to grant franchises, which power
was taken away from the board last winter
by the Legislature and conferred upon the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
Gov. Higgins to-day sent to the Assembly
an emergency message to permit the final
passage Of Assemblyman Prentice's bill
designed to put the Raines law hotels out
of business. The bill was amended to cor
rect Typographical err9r pr; The Lam6m una
was passed by a vote Of 50 to "a.
The haste to have this bill passed is due to
} the fact that it is desired to have it become
a law before May /, when the new liquor
vides for inspections of alleged hotels
prior to the issuing OF licenses, and il the
buildings for which hotel licenses are
asked do not comply with the local building,
health and fire laws the licenses shall not
be granted. This bill Is desired to take
the place OF the Amber law passed last
year, which was declared unconstitutional.
The Assembly passed Assemblyman Cox's
amendment to the Constitution, which pro-
hibits the granting OF any more franchises
to power companies to divert power from
Niagara Falls, and Assemblyman Foelker's
bill limiting the o of water that
power companies may take for power
purposes from Niagara Falls to the amount
they are using at present.
TIL Assembly passed Senator keenan's
bill providing for a three cent fare for
school children on surface railroads in
Queens borough and Senator Cullen's SINH
lar bill Tor Brooklyn.
The Assembly passed Senator Brackets
bill bearing the name of the Senate Codes
Committee and which aims to prevent
corporations from using the money of the
stockholders with impunity and unlaw-
fully. The bill provides that in the event
OF a stakeholder winning a suit to compel
replacing the money unlawfully used, his
legal disbursements in bringing the action
shall be paid from the money restored TO
the corporation.
Senator Cassidy's bill, approprlating
$50 900 for the purpose Of acquiring Wat
kins Glen, in Schuyler county, as II State
I park, passed the Assembly.
A~ssemblyman Wample's bill extending
the life OF the New York Canadian Pacific
Railway. which says it has a franchise and
the right of way to build a steam railroad
from Albany to Canada through the Adj
rondacks, was advanced to a third reading
in the Assembly. The road would be a rival
of the New York Central, and that road has
thrown all manner of obstacles in the way
Of promoters,
The Senate Finance COMMITTEES has re-
ported the bill reappropriating $4,000 for
the Mckinley monument in Buffalo, with
the additional s25 900 appropriation stricken
out. The committee also favorably reported,
Secretary of State O'Brien's bill, providing
for a complete tabulation of the recent State
census returns, with the appropriation cut
from 500 200 TO $50 900.
The Senate Cities Committee has favor
ably reported the Fowler bill, which re-
moves all obstacles thrown in the way to
prevent New York city from going into