The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-26
NAYDELAYTHE ADJOURNMENT
ASSEMBLY, TABLES RESOLUTION
FIXING MAY 3 AS THE DATE.

Friends OF the Mortgage Q Repeal Bill
Win Not Permit q Date 20 he Fixed
Until That Measure IL P~assed-Annual
Appropriation and Other Bills Passed.
ALBANY, April 25.-Although the Senate
to-day, after a hard struggle, by q vote Of
" to 10, passed the resolution providing for
nnal adjournment of the Legislature on
Thursday, May 3, at noon, 1t is not settled
that the Legislature will adjourn on that
date. When the final adjournment resolu-
ton was received in the Assembly for con
currence it was tabled by a vota of 85 to 50.
The supporters of the measure providing
for the repeal Of the mortgage tax law and
substituting a single recording tax, which
has been amended to meet the views of the
Governor as contained in his message
vetoing the Bowling bill, do not. propose
To permit the date for final adjournment
TO be fixed until the recording tax bill Is
disposed Of. 1t is, however, not intended
to hold up the adjournment resolution
until the bill Is either approved or vetoed
by the Governor. The supporters Of the
measure are willing to take their chances
with the Governor, rs they have framed
this new bill to meet his wishes.
When the Finance Committee reported to
the Senate the amended Assembly resolu-
ton providing for final adjournmnt, Sena-
tors Page and Grady, the leaders in the fight
for the repeal Of the present mortgage tax
law, made an effort to prevent its adoption,
but they we're unsuccessful, as the Buffalo
members of the Senate did not remain with
them and the resolution was adopted.
When the resolution was sent to the
Assembly it was expected that it would be
concurred in without a murmur, but to the
Elrprise Of many when the resolution was
handed down the New York city Assem-
blymen made a determined stand against
concurrence. The Democrats lined up
with the New York city Republicans and a
motion to lay the resolution on the table
was carried by a vote of IS to 90.
However, the recording tax bill is not to
be permitted to stand in the way of final
adjournment, for the Senate Taxation Com
mittee to-day decided to report for the con-
alteration of the Senate the recording tax
bill introduced on Monday night by Senator
Page. This will prevent loss of time in
moving to discharge the committee and
giving notice to suspend the rules. The
friends of the recording tax have the votes
with which to pass the bill in the Senate.
In the Assembly the bill will have to go to
the Rules Committee, and it takes 100 votes
to discharge that committee. The record
ing tax supporters have not that number
Of votes, but not until the bill is passed will
they permit the resolution providing for
final adjournment to be taken from the
table.
Despite Gov. Higgins's veto message in
regard to racetrack betting, there is but
little probability of the anti-racetrack
betting bill being passed at this session.
To-day another effort was made to have the
bill reported by the Senate Codes Com
mittee, but the committee refused to make
the report. This would seem to indicate
that the bill is dead.
Assemblyrnan Francis succeeded in hav-
ing passed, by a vote OF 81 to 80, his bill,
which authorizes District Attorney Jerome
to appoint a commissioner. OF records at a
salary of IS, 900 a year.
The Assembly passed the annual appTo-
priation bill, which had been amended in
the Senate. II carries an appropriation OF
about SIS, 900 900. ,;
Assemblyman Agnews's, providing for a
commission to consider means for protect
ing the waters of New York Bay against
pollution; Senator Burr's, preventing ring
ing" on running tracks; Senator Brackets,
providing that a foreign corporation cannot
receive for deposits the funds of a trust
estate or other personal property.
The Senate Cities Committee introduced
a bill, which was ordered to third reading.
making it the duty Of the New York City
Board of Estimate and Apportionment to
fix the salary of every officer or person and
the number thereof, whose compensation Is
paid out of the city treasury, irrespective
Of the amount liked by any act or law of
the State, or whether such officers be city
or county officers. only that there shall be
no change made In the salary of an elected
officer during his tenure of office. Salaries
need not be uniform throughout the several
borouGhs, but may, in the discretion Of the
board, be made to consist Of two elements
First, remuneration for work done. which
shall be the same throughout the boroughs
for positions of like characters: and, second,
an additional sum based upon an estimate
of the prevailing rentals and expenses of
living in the b%oroughs where the services
are rendered, and which may vary in
the several boroughs. All salaries now
fixed shall continue in force until changed
under this proposed law.
The bill is fathered by Senator Elsberg,
who had it introduced as a committee bill.
believing it would have a greater chance OF
raising. He says the Beard of Estimate
now has the power to fix the salaries Of city
officers, but not of county officers, and
that the enactment of this bill would render
unnecessary the introduction OF the numer-
Gus bills which now make their appearance
in the Legislature each year.
The Senate ordered to a third reading
Assemblyman's Prentioe's bill favored by
the committee Of nine of the Chamber OF
Commerce substituting a bureau OF Grim
inal investigation for the New York city
Detective Bureau.
The Senate also ordered to a third read
ing the bin introduced by the Assembly
Judiciary Committee providing for pub
licity in regard to campaign contributions
and expenditures of political committees;
Assemblyman Foelker's bill limiting the