New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
CHARTER BILLS IN.
Introduced at ALBANY for SAKE
of Discussion.
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Alpany, March 9.-The special leglsi@'i'o
'o'iihittee appointed last year 10 piePa'
:" ->eW York City charter announced
'"a' ~ was having drawn as rapluiS Q"
poS'iple tentative draft of the plop'
charter. and that 1t would carry out tiie
main features Of the charter as staten 4"
sie report of the committee. Ihis 10 ~
FORM the working basis for the final draft
L UT the purpose of facilitating the "oIN
OF perfecting this tentative draft the
committee states, 'It is proposed to nave
these separate articles. as drawn, intro
duced as separate bills, so that the mem
ocrs OF the committee. the Legislature ana
the public may have a sufficient number
of printed copies for consideration and dis
cussIon, and thus secure the widest dis
cusslon and criticisrt before formulating
the maj draft OF the charter. II Is the
purpose OF the committee after having had
the benefit of such criticism and discussion
to perfect and segregate the various arti-
cles so introduced as separate bills into a
document which shall represent the final
conclusion Of the committee, and will be
introduced as one bill
1T is understood that in the introduction
of these separate bills neither the commit
tee nor the members introducing theus are
in any wise committed TO the form or sub
ject matter contained therein, but that the
same are introduced merely as "A matter Of
convenience for the purpose of facilitating
the work of the committee as above
stated"
Following out the committees plan, eight
separate bills which it had prepared were
introduced in the Assembly to-day. One
put in by Assemblyman Lee creates the
departments of public hospitals. The head
of the department. Is TO be the commits
sioner of hospitals. appointed presumably
by the Mayor. thoughathe bill does not so
state. on a recommendation of board of
trustees of nine members. three of whom
shall be women. These trustees must in
clude three from Manhattan. three from
Brooklyn and one from each OF the other
three boroughs Their term of office is to
be for six years, and they are 20 be ap-
pointed from lists submitted by the New
York Association for Improving the Con-
dition Of the Poor, the United Hebrew
Charftfcs and the Society of St Vincent
de Paul. Among new provisions is one for
the temporary care by the department of
persons alleged 10 be insane and prisoners
awaiting trial who are seriously injured or
dangerously i'll.
bill by -Assemblyman Wilsnack makes
the Park Commissioner head of the De-
partment of Parks, instead of the Park
Board. az al present. The Park Commits
sioner is to appoint deputy from each
borough. and subject TO resolution of the
Board of Estimate and AppOrtionmept the
commissioner IS to have control of all
structures and works of art under the
Jurisdiction of the department. and no
structure of any kind is to he placed in
any park. parkway or park street without
the Joint approval of the Commissioner of
Parks. the Art Commission and the Board
OF Estimate and Apportionment.
The other bills, which were introduced by
Assemblymen Toombs, Green, Short and