The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-15
MANY EBW BILLS AT ALBANY
ASSEMBLY PASSES TEACHERS
RETIREMENr FUND BTLL.
New AutOnssblle Tranlc ProDOsItISu-
neduclng tne Charge for Electric
Lighting IN Thla G'uy-The Income
TaA as-SssissSss ss.ss=s.=ss=.a AssAas

day PASSED the hill Of A.semblymAn
Brennan 90 New York amending the
teachers retirement fund provision Of
the New York city Charter to provide
that In no case shall the annuity OF any
principal who IL retired after thirty
years service lie less than 81. so q year.
nor the annuity OF any heed Of depart
ment or assistant principal serving the
same length OF time be less than 5000.
nor Of any teacher less than $3.50 instead
OF half the annual salary in each instance
as now provided.
The Assembly advanced to third read
ing the Foley ball 10 prohibit theatre
ticket speculating on the streets Of New
! York city.
senator Schulz has a new automobile
/ traffic proposition embodied in bill in
troduced In the Senate to-day. !, amends
the New York Charter by authorizing
each Park Commissioner to arrange
public roadways. parks. parkways. boule-
wards and certain streets 90 ~ 20 set
aside certain divisions Of the road fer
automobiles.
Assenlblyman r. II. Clarke introduced
. bill prohibiting the depositing of adj
vertising matter in letter boxes OF resi-
| 1UAhtb huieas erhN ~ NNsN CA1Na NhtaAi.
Assemblyman Green put in hill
amending the health law by relaxing
the present restrictions against the add
mission Of unvaccinated pupils to pub
lic schools by requiring such admission
either upon a duly executed certificate
Of a physician that the pupils physical
condition u such that vaccination will
JeopRrdize his health or upon "A writ
ten declaration OF the parent or guardian
OF the pupil TO the effect that he is CON
scientiously opposed To vaccination.
A -non-hquid chemical fire extingu SHEER
to be approved by the Commissioner
Of labor will have Ia be adJusted to
all boats and automobiles prOIelled by
gas, gasclene. petroleum. naphtha. al
Cohol or electricity n ball introduced
to-day by As-emblyman Goodspeed ~
kings ever gets on the statute books.
senator Gledhll Ut brooklyn and As !
semblyman Al Smith of Manhattan |
Introduced a bill to-day reducing the |
charge for electric lighting IN New York |
CITY. II prohibits "a greater charge than |
slSO psr lamp Ter year to the city ~
New York for flaming arc lamps con |
I summing not lees than t55 watts Nt the I
arc. operated in pairs. the two lamps i
Of each Ttair connected len series This I
does not apply to thai portion Of the /
Bronx borough lying east Of Bronx River 1
formerly the old town Of West Chester
l nder present law the maximum charge /
for electric street lamps consuming l
80 watts % electric current az the arc /
IL SlOn per lamp per year.
Assemblyman Haines introduced a
hill placing public service corporations
in Westchester county under the super
vision OF the New York city Public Ser
vice Commission instead 81 the commits
sion At Albany.
Among the bills reported favorably
in the senate were senator McKenziss
giving ~ lte Health Commissioner Eugene
N Porter increased Jurisdiction over
the discharge Of sewage and industrial
wastes into public waters. senator Cobb's
bill appropuating Ss52 OO for the State
Agricultural College at Cornell. and /
senator Huhbs ball appropriAting So. 90 /
for a State School Of Agriculture on Long l
Island
current resolution committing the State
Legislature to the Federal income tar l
proposition came tp ON the order of ,
itnal passage again to-day. hut for the
second time u was sldetFacksd and pat .
over until Tuesday newt
The Assembly COMMITTEES on Privileges i
and Elections to-day r~poTted IA favor ,
81 seating AssemblymAn Thomas 4
brennan ~ the Twenty fourth Assembly .
district. New York. whose election had
been questioned
ASz.rnblvman Lees ball permitting
the operation u subway trains hy moving
platforms and giving operators the right
to purchase power from outside interests.
with the approval of the Publr S-rvic.
Commission. and authorizing the leasing
81 acquired property until required for
subway PURPOSES passed tho Assembly !
The Assembly aiso passed two of Mr.
smiths bills. one giving the Board ~
Aldermen the right 20 hC~n-e shooting
galleries. bowling alleys and billiard
tables for hire and the other prohibiting
the sale without proper restrictions 81
COCain'. and other drugs
The senate passed senator McManus's
bill empowering the'New York city Health
Department To- establish dental stations
to care for the teeth ct children under
~ years Oi age who cannot AFFORD To pay
for such treatment.
Seuator Davis's two bills desired by
District Attorney Whitman. which give
immunity 20 officers 81 trust corpora
tions who may testify an actions for con
spirAcy or VIolat ions ~ the anti-munopoly
law, were reported favOrably va the Senate
to-day.
Whs,n Assemblyman 4. r. Aliens hin.
favored 10y State Superintendent Of In
surancs hOtchkiss. ls.a wing To the dis
erection Of th" Superintendent Whether
the company or the state shall pay tho
expsnss % an examination % fire or
casualty insurance company came up
an the Assembly on final passage ASSEM-
blyman OCOnnOr inAIstsd that Il was the
character Of legislation which encourages
btachGnail ana graft on the part OF state
officers and that the bill should provide
plainly that either the State or the com
pany should pay the expense Of such
examination.
Assemblyman wonde Of Buffalo in
quired Of ASsemblyman O'Connor what he
meant by graft.
i may not know a. much about IL as
some others oG you, retortsd Assembly
man O'ConnOr. as ! have only been here
for one year.
The bill was passed without amend
ment
Aassmblyman Albert y. CaIlAn Of Co
lumbia. who " handling the automobils
legislation in the lower hotIss. got Amsur-
Ances to-day that the automobile ball
would b. out Of the Assembly Revision
Committee and ready for final passage
in the Assembly on Tuesday next. The
hill has been amended in many par
ticuiars, all Of tho changes having been
discussed at the last hearing. and are ia
mihar 90 tho ausOmobile interests II N
expected that the Assembly will pans the
hill on Tuesday and that on the Wednes-
day following the senate Committee on
Internal Affairs will give 4 final hearing
DISTRIBUTION o. STATE FUNDS.