The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-28
WILL TIE UP LEGISLATION
UNLESS RECORDING MORTGAGE
TAN BILL IS TAKEN UP.
Page and Grady Begin Obstructive Tactics
-Malby Allows the PalisadeS Park Hill
to BE Reported Hills Passed for Twen-
ty.tw0 More Supreme Court justices.

-Malby Allows the PalisadeS Park Hill
TO Be Reported BlllS Passed for Tween.
ty.twO More Supreme Court justices.
ALBANY, April 27.-The supporters Of
the bill providing for a single recording
tax on mortgages, which has been framed
to meet the views Of Gov. Higgins, ex-
pressed in his MESA ge vetoing the original
Bowling recording tax bill. nave resolved
to tie up all legislation in the Senate, unless
they are assured that the bill can be brought
up. Senator'S Raines, Malby, Lewis and
Armstrong, who fought the passage Of
the Bowling bli! two weeks ago, to-day
were placed at the mercy Of the supporters
OF the mortgage recording tax bill. Unless
Senator Page OF New York, who, with
Senator Grady, is leading the fight, re-
cedes from the position he has taken all
legislation will be tied up unless the mort
ga &c recording tax bill "a permitted TO have
the right Of way.
Although Senator Page gave notice that
at some future date he would move TO
suspend the rules to pass the bill out OF
its order, Senator Rainas and Malby are
taking good car that he will not have an
opportunity TO make tie motion. The
motion can only be made after the third
reading calendar Of the Senate 10 disposed
OF and Ms the Senate ia about to tax up
the general orders calendar. There are
many bills Of small Importance In general
orders, and they can be left without in
convenienclng any IRE. Accordingly Sena-
tor RRines watched the progress OF legis-
lRtion very carefully to-day to make sure
that general orders would not be entered.
After all the bills that were desired passed
had been disposed Of Senator Raines said:
Il ask unanimo us consent that all As
ssmbly bills on third reading be made a
special order In the Senate on Monday night
Immediately after the messages from the
Assembly are received
Senator Grady said he would object to
this unless an understanding was had
when the mortgage recording tax bill
could be taken up. Senator Raines didn't
reply, aud Senator Grady's objection tied
up the Assembly bills.
Senator Page showed that he proposed
10 force the opponents Of the bill to sur
render or else there would be no further
legislation at this session. When the re-
ports from the committees were being
made member proceeded to ask unanimous
consent that the bills be advanced TO a third
reading, BY havin < the bills advanced it
would make it unnecessary TO go into
general orders and Senator Page realized
this, 50 he objected to every bill for which
third reading was asked.
Among the bills was the West good roads
measure that all of the rural counties are
clarnoring for. Senator Armstrong made
a fervent appeal to have this bill advanced
to third reading, but Senator Pnge refused
to Weld and Senator Raines became angry
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contempt of every Senator in the hamDe
II is the West bill that may cause Senators
Raines and Malby to yield and permit OF
the reaching Of the Page mortgage record
ing tax bill, which the rural counties de-
nand.
Smarting under the criticism that his
attitude had brought upon him Senator
George r Malby to-day permitted ASSEM-
blyman Wainwright's bill extending the
State Palisades Park several miles along
the river front to include hook Mountain,
to be reported from the Finance Committee,
He. however. showed he had not changed
his opinion in regard to the bill, for he
was recorded as Ia wing dissented from
reporting the bill. Upon its receipt in the
Senatei it was ordered to a third reading.
Senator Grady bill extending the time
within which the New York and Brooklyn
Railroad Company shall begin the con
struction OF its road to January 1, 1907.
passed the Senate. This is the railroad
llhnl lluN a Nii' w UNIV " iIiilt u
the East River. connecting Manhattan
and Brooklyn b%oronghs. Its route is so
close to the route planned by the Rapid
Transit Commission for its tunnel TO Brook
llyn that it is thought il will be necessary
for the Rapid Transit Commission to buy
this railroad company's charter. The com
pany claims to ha We expended about $4,000
in making surveys and borings.
Bills providing for twenty-five additional
Supreme Court Justices were passed in the
Sapata ro-day md pauoaH Sapatpr rOprar
to turn to Senator Bracket and ask: Why
don't you offer a general bill making every
lawyer a Justice or a judge"
Senator Brackets bill providing for
eight additional Justices in the First dis
trict. seven in the Second and four in the
new Ninth district brought out this query.
Previous to that the Senate Passed Senator
Elsberg's bill providing for eight additional
Justices in the First district and Senator
Stevens providing for three more Justices
in the Eighth judicial district.
Assemblyman Murphy's bill taking from
Mayor Mcclellan the control of The Board
Of City Record OF NeF York city and ap-
pointing az members OF the board the Presi-
dents of the different boroughs passed the
Senate.
The Senate also passed these bills;
Senator McCarren's, authorizing tn
appointment of a commission by Comp
troller Metz to examine the assessments
made on New York city property located
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aside a recreation pier at the foot of Conover
street in Brooklyn: Senator Grady's, au-
thorizing the appointment Of a Commits
sioner Of Records in the office of the County
Clerk of New York, whose term is to expire
upon the completion of the work Of properly
indexing all records on file in the Office,
the Commissioners salary to be $4,000 a
year; Senator Fechter's, compelling a rail-
road which has overcharged a shipper to
refund the o~vercharges within sixty days
efter the claim for overcharge is made.
The Senate passed Senator Lewis's two
bills. drafted by j. Lawson Purdy of the
Tax Reform Association Of New York city,
changing the method Of assessing and
taxing domestic stock corporations. These
bills have been before the Legislature for
several years.
BY a vote of 20 to 10 the Senate passed
Senator Stevens's anti-patent medicine bill,
which il aimed at such as contain narcotics
or alcohol, by requiring their ingredients
to be printed on the package.
Senator Quinn's bill to compel contractors
in New York city who take municipal con-
tracts to pay the same rate of wage to their
employees as the city rays to its employees,
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