New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
BETTER FIRE PROTECTION
Governor Signs Eight Bills,
Drawn as Result of AsCh Fire.
SALARY GRABS APPROVED
Supreme Court Justices May Be-
come Official Referees After
Age of Ga Years.
LRr Telegraph 70 The Tribune

Albany April 16-Governor DIX is work
ing day and night in his hurry to dispose
of all the bills before him. so that he may
sail for Europe on Saturday. lie sisned
seventv-four bills to-day. including eight
recommended by the commission appolntF
as q result of the Asch Building hre IN
New York. They are as follows: That all
factories shall be provided with properly
covered fireproof receptacles that hre
drill shall be conducted at least once eVerJ
three months in every factory where more
than twenty-five persons are employed
above the main floor; that every factorP
building over seven stories or ninety feet IN
height shall be equipped with an automau'
sprinkler system; that before minors are
employed they shall have a certificate as 10
their physical fitness from the department
of health that the State Labor Commls-
sioner shall label "unClean' articles manu-
factured in a factory where evidence OF
contagious disease is found; that all rae
tories shall be registered with the StaIf
Commissioner of Labor; making restrlcuonS
In factories where poisonous substances oi
noxious fumes are present, and prohiDltina
the employment of women within 1ou'
weeks after giving birth to a child.
Two more New York salary grabs were
signed. one is the bill Of Senator BlacN
10 permit Supreme Court justices OF 'h'
1st and Cd districts who have served four'
teen years on the bench and are slXty-iou'
years old. to become official referees at Sl-''
800 year. 1t is expected that under TINS
h,I number of New York County justices
will soon come under its provisions. III
New York County now there is law pro-
,iding that justices siXty-five years ''.
who have served twenty years may pecoh'
official referees
Another grab bill signed to-day is that o
Assemblvman Ebbets, OF Kings County
nroviding that veterinarians in the New
York CITY Fire Department shall be mem
bers Of the uniformed force, with the rant
of deputy chiefs This means that the,
will receive a salary Of $4,000 year, ina
,hav may be pensioned at S2,100 yea
without paying any contributions out
their salary and that they cannot be re
moved except after a trial on charges VIII
the right of a court review. The Governor
has several other salary measures 10 act OF
which accounts for the activities of certaiF
New York politicians about the eXecu'N
chamber.
The Governor also slSned tHe hd'''sP''S -
bill. appropriating s12,OOOOOo for barge
canal terminals. and the Bayne bill. per
mitting the formation Of certain corpora
tions having shares Of stock without nom
inal or par value
Governor Dix vetoed the A. r. Smitr
bill, limiting the number Of employees on
floors of factories. and the Brown BILL CIV
ing local boards of health the power wher
necessary to employ experts In sanitary
matters and assistants TO the health officer
on the nomination of the health offcer anC
TO fix their compensation.
The Smith bill was vetoed. the Govern'l
saws. because IT was imperfectly drawn anc
contained contradictory provisions whlci
might cause friction between the STATE
Labor Commissioner and State Fire Mar
shall