The sun., 1910-06-26
DISPOSES OF 80 DAY BILLS
COZ. HIGHES COMPLETED ms
TlNk IT WIDNIGHT
Ne Slgn> the kmulON rrS Liability hlh
and tho Hln bringing rrlrgraph An'i
TrIrPhoRr Companies tn'l~r ihc
Jurisdiction 0G the q -. toard.

nf citl'-, yeto''d sixty leaving 80 for d."
Goyrnurs action
Al u O'Clock toni gh' Their, S"r' ~
hills undispus-d ~ hy the Governor. and
t was after midnight when tho hst ~
approved hills was mad" public The
GOVurnurr ressnu~ Tor vetning hills will
IN madr known tu-morrnw
One ~ the Last bills signed hy Gov
Hughes w.uS th.. Nlisn hill lh,liSiing che
tlsA. A.nOn IN limitation unon nos hrsinoss
aish yeu ~ life in~IrAnH" oompanic,
Ar'uug tho last mll- signed by Cow
Hug'i..s tonight Wers the Wainwright
compulsory c,nployer~ liability hll aud
thr Merritt hill bringing telegraph and
telephone COMPANIES under the iuri-dic-
tiOn ~ the upstate pulAic Service Com.
miHainn on September next In ~lgning
the telegraph and tslsphona hill Gov
Hughcs filed "a ucmornndim, saving
This hin ulac.S telegraph corporations
and irlaphunr 'urtrurafions leN~ept thJ-'
having proI,.rty us~', ,u tho publ" ~arvi""
within the state 80 value not eXUUe'ling
siO.ONn, under he iur,-siirtion of thr Publi"
Segvr. Comm .ss.,on and thus extends iu
fhS "la~- ut corporations ti"' rStahl'-l'''i
pnli'N ~ The state
Tho bill ~ Whnlr should ho Ippro, rd
There ar, ccrtaln matters Ut iwu"rtHpr".
hoN~yrT With rn-i.-'i tn which DO" hril =
opeh ~ criticism.
First. tho rutirN Jurisdiction over th"~'
eotnpann', Is rllcrI with 'he Tu'lr Srrvtr"
Commission at he 'e'ond ,iisir"t. o."
cOnvenicurr uf administration wouh TO-
promoted. IN ny judgment. DO tine iur.-fi''.
ton. particularly viih rssrr.i o" telrphnn"
r0rtnraiiOns. were 81, id~l h'twcca the
twn commits, on~ aS ii The casr uf rl.lTu1d-
and Gas and "Iccfri' corporal .uus
Second. f',' h.ll dur- not g,y"J suni'i"niN
Widr control u,"r the ISSUE ot securities
Il PRIV Ide>
-No telegraph corporation OF telephone
corporation shall b" rcQutretl, however
20 apply 70 tho commission Tor authority
10 issue stocks. bonds. notes or other rvi-
dcncc ot indrhtednc-, cVvrpt Tor the ace
1uisition ut property. the ,on>' r1ICi ION.
completion ratrnsiQu uT uupfu, encnt ui
its f.ril.'ies ~ he Improvement ur m tiI-
tenancc uf it, service vithin the state. 'r
The discharge oT rriuni!nc nj obligations,
or relmbur-eulcbt uI moneys actually cN-
pended for ~'iSh purposes
Tho izsues OF securities hy domestic cor
poFgt olps Of this class should bc ~ublNCt
% the approval " the Public Seryic" Com-
nisaion whether the money j. 20 he 'V-
pended within or without the stat" With
rerp,-rt 20 corporations Of - own creation
this state should cverJi-.' complete super
vision ~ N this ss'Ond matter var
ticularly nmendatoTy LEGISLATION should he
had
h, signing the employer liability hill
the Governor filed this memorandum
Tho wainvright Commission. appointed
90 INQUIRE into the subject Ut employers
liability after exhaustive siutv Of the
difficult questions involved has made recon-
men alton, for legislation along tao lines
fir~i. amsnlmrat. have bsen proposed
% evi-ting laws coupled with al elective
com pen-ation plun The bill enibod .nV
this recommendation ha- been approved
keCoul. a plan OF compulsory cOnpeu-I-
tior applicable 90 certain danR9r0us en-
Dlo, mcnis - pre-eutcd by rho pr,sen, hiIl.
u contains The proposals uf tho commits
sion ~ amcnieI In certain particulars hy
the ! eVi-la'urr
The importance of providing n suitable
schenls II compensation Tor industrial
ac,'i .en'- lni Of avoiding the shocking
waste and iniu-ure of our present methods
must b, conceded bv all open minded |
studeni, of Industrial conditions n -
difficult 10 dey 80 any method of 'ompou-
sai ion " hich viii not ha visited with severe
criticism. and satisfactory solution ~
The uroblrm can only Doe reached by cN-
IrfiiueniHtion
The proposals. Of the commission have
10 n cr fici-ed bv some on tho ground that
hey DO not 90 far enough and by other
berause they go too Tar While avoiding
extrcmes the comm --.on has sought 10
ahUrd q scheme of compensation through
the t. sting of which the state may lind a
basis Tor the establishment Of H. poliyr.
With respect 10 the ohIections urged
balors Ine ~ 10 tho valid ~ of certain
'eatlrss oi the hill ! believe that the uuc,-
Mons thus raised should be- left 20 me de-
feFnlnaiion OF the courfs Iu this way
only an 'here bC au authoritative deter
m nlrio1 With respect 20 the measures THAT
are within the limits OF legislative power
and = suitable shaping 10 fhs light of iudi- J
ria. i-' .iors, ~ the policy 0i tho state /
with rr.pr,i o compensation Tor industrial /
a6oideufs
The G5.-rIor signed Sanltor Cullau's I
bill -et.lug aside = portion of Ocean Park !
viz in BROOKLYN for Use - % speedway .
for h0rSes end light wagons, Assembly
man Hocys giving per dem employees I
Il New York city departments annual /
" .tiuns and Mr.. Raldirs's bin prpvid- /
ing tor the preservation and indeXing - 1
records IN the New York County Regis
ler's OfiCe.
Gov Hughes has also signed the bill
Rising the -alETy ~ the SecretgTy ~
~ - from s. IN ~ N.O0 ~ the ST. ts
Comptroller from 81 gpD - 500 II tho
~ - Treasurer from sjU0 ~ siO0. %! /
the Attorney General from SuDJ IN SO
tO nd u the State Engineer from s5.ulb |
~ SsnOo. The Governor s'ys the snlares
Of these elective State officers have been
altogether too low The increases take
effect o. January l.
Gov. Hughes alsO signed assembly
nan Green's bill changing the ~ mes "
bonds Of New York city now iesignat ted /
- revenue bonds' and -sperisl revenue
boud-' 90 Certificates - Indebtedness
ln cider that they nav s-c. pe " tiUn .
IN E...is. Fr.nCe, nd other fOr,ign cOun-
tries, end thus broaden the m rke' tor
New York city securities.
The GOveruo- to-day signed the bill IN |
regard tp the courts of inferior criminal /
jurisdiction ~ New York city In menu
or InHnrn b. vs..
This bil pro, de- for important reforms
IN COnnet lion with thc inferior courts ~ /
rnriui jurisdiction 10 the city ~ New
Voc. The ui-dom 81 some " The pro-
po- l. has been challenged but they IRE
The result of ptin,rakine study by the COM
mission appointed for the purpose oI q
mOst diflCult subject md the Ity ~ New
lOr' should D.. boz dcued the right %
aysH u-cu ut the tests and experience
vhth The buI will permit
Nv attention ha- hern called 90 the pro-
vision of ,e ton 10 Of the bin with rszu..i
&" probuiou Deiu"r-i that the e. his' pro-