New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
FAVORS MERCHANT LICENSES
Assembly Passes Bill to Control
Commission Men.
~ Tclegrnph 10 Tho Trihun'

Albany. March 2l--Alter q long DEBATE
to-day the Assembly. with three votes 10
snare. passed the bill Of Assemolyhah
John l.. Sullivan. OF Chautauqua County.
placing commission merchants under the
jurisdiction OF the State Commissioner ot
Agriculture. The Commissioner is to license
them and To require a bond of 5000 from
each. TO sell iarm produce on commission
without such a license Is made a mlSde-
moanor This measure takes on added I'M
portanor because the commission merchants
have been held by many to be largely re-
sponsiJle for the high cost OF living
The Assembly also passed two bilIs ot
Assemblyman Jones TO encourage the plant
ing and conserving of trees. one provides
that when tho owner OF a wood lot or from
one acre to one hundred acres shall plant the
same for forestry purposes the land shal'
be exempt from taxation for thirty-ilve
years. The second bill provides that where
owners maintain the trees on their lots, not
exceeding nifty acres, they shall be assessor
Mt a valuation Of not exceeding $40 an acre
regardless Of tho value Of the trees on
them In order to enjoy this privilege
however. the lands shall not be situated
within twenty miles Of a city of the hrSt
class, ten miles OF a city Of the second
class, FIVE miles Of city of the third class
or one mile of an incorporated village.
The short" ballot bill of Assemolyman
Dana, providing that all state officers eN-
cept Governor, Lieutenant Governor ana
legislators be appointed by the chief ex-
ccutiye. was virtually killed by the Assem-
bly,, when the introduCcr called 1t from
the desk. Both the majority and minority
leaders requested their followers not to
vote for il. and II was sent to the Rules
Committee whore 1t will remain
The Assembly passed the bill Of 4. F.
Smith giving the Board Of Claims jursdc-
tion to hear the claims FOR counsel fees and
expenses incurred during the Senate inves-
ugatlon into the charges against former
Senator Aids. Governor Dix vetoed an ap-
preparation last year to reimburse Allds ana
CoHgcr for these expenses.
\ constitutional amendment was intro
duced to-day by Assemblyman Wilmott pro-
yidng for Il referendum vote by the people
OF cities of the first class on all franchises,
| grants or acts for the construction, oper-
alton or extension of street railways before
| they shall become effective.
\ bill by Senator Griffin establishes Il
/ court Of arbitration, with power TO hear
and determine all differences between EN-
! ployers and employees. The Governor Is
! To- appoint three judges to compose court
OF arbitration within thirty days. The pre-
| siding Judge is to receive "A salary OF $4,000
a year and his expenses and the others
are 10 receive a salary of $500 year ana
per diem allowance of SO for every
! day actually engaged. They are also 10 be
allowed expenses not to exceed $500 year.
There are to be a clerk Of the court, at a
salary of $4,000 a year. deputy clerk,
| g. 900 a stenographer, $1,000 and mar
shal, $1,000.
| Senator Loomis created "a furry when he
announced he would object to the advance
| mcnt of all bills until date had been fixed
! for considering the long" primary bill
! Senator r D. Sullivan, whose bill had been
! the first victim Of this programme, made a
violent protest This Is just little bit
/ of blackmail," he exclaimed.
Senator Brackctt pleaded with Senator
I.oomis to rclent. and Senator Wagner
threatened to call "A meeting of the Rules
Committee to formulate plan TO eXtricata
/ the leaders from tho parliamentary net
Senator Loomis finally withdrew his obJec-
| tion