The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05

liabilities and an estimate of revenues
for the ensuing fiscal year. The Gov
ernor, the heads OF departments and the
Comptroller hall have the right, and It
shall be their duty when requested by
either house OF the Legislature. to APP
pear and 10 answer Inquiries regarding
the budget.
The Governor may revise estimates
of appropriations needed by depart
ments except those for the Legislature
, n judiciary. When a budget has
passed the Legislature, which shall have
the power to strike out or reduce items,
II becomes a law without the further
action Of the Governor. except that the
Governor will rave the power to veto
items for the Legislature and judiciary
after they pass the Legislature. The
latter body nno pass an appropria-
ton until after the budget a%ppropria-
pms bills are out Of the way and then
only by separate bills for a single OBJ
ject, subject to the Governors action.
The fiscal year Is changed from October
/ to July / and hereafter appropriations
will lapse three months after the close
of the fiscal year Instead of two years
after.
An amendment supplemental to the
budget article provides that no public
moneys or properties shall be appropri-
ated for the construction or improve
ment Of any building. bridge, highway.
dyke, canal, feeder, waterway or other
work until the Superintendent of Public
Works has filed with the Secretary Of
State plans and estimates of the cost of
the work with a certificate as to whether
the general interests of the State require
that sue improvement shall be mad at
State expense. This is not to apply to
grade crossing eliminations or highways
constructed from the proceeds of bond
issues. Both of these amendments were
introduced by the Committee on FL
nance. of which Henry L. Stimson Is
chairman.
To Save s35,OOO,OOO
Another amendment provides for the
Issue OF serial In place OF sinking n
bonds by the State, the substitution Of
serial bonds for outstanding sinking
fund bonds and ar increase in the inter-
est rate of a quarter of l per cent. in
order to make an exchange from a sink
Ing fund to a serial bond attractive.
It IL estimated that n saving of
s35. 100000 will be effected in the retire
ment of the present State debt Of $780,
900 900 In the next forty years through
the substitution of serial for sinking fund
bonds. Existing sinking funds are con-
tinued and surrounded with constitu-
tional protection advised by banking au-
thorities, and provisions made for the
payment OF each years quota 10 the
sinking fund even though the Legisla-
ture should fail to act. The provision
In the present Constitution permitting
a bond issue of less than a million dol
lars without a referendum Is eliminated,
but the State Comptroller Is permitted to
issue bonds or other obligations for
money borrowed in anticipation of taxes
or revenues within one yea from the
! date OF issue, to make expenditures
within the amounts of appropriations by
, the Legislature heretofore made.
This Is to meet the situation such as
recently arose, where the Comptroller
had to borrow $4,000, 900 to pay sala ries
and other expenses on June 1 last in
anticipation OF revenues to come before
the cbse OF the present fiscal year. The
suggestion was introduced by the Cpm-
mittee on Finance, Chairman Stlmson.
IL Is proposed to eliminate from the
constitution the provision permitting the
Governor TO send an emergency message
10 the Legislature, thus obviating the ne
cessity of a bill being printed and placed
upon the desks OF the Legislators three
days before Its passage. This means
that an emergency message cannot be
used n longer to rush a bill through
the Legislature before 1t has been
printed.-1ntroduced by Leroy H.. Aus
tin OF Albany.
observation-disclosures to Succeed,
Provision Is made that should the
once or Governor be vacant the Lieu
tenant-Governor In to become Governor
for the balance OF the term, and II the
Governor be under impeachment or I'M
ao!e to discharge his duties or Is absent
from the state the Lieutenant Governor
snail act as Governor during the dis
ability, absence or the tendency OF such
Observation-Disclosures by Ray b.
Smith of Syracuse.
Permission is granted to the Legisla-
ture or the Assembly by another amend
ment on Its own motion to convene for
impeachment purposes. The two amend
ments are the result Of the experience
In the Sulzer Observation-Disclosures
by Ray r. Smith.
There is an amendment providing that
the temporary President of the Senate
shall become the Lieutenant-Goyernor
II the Northumberland becomes Gov
ernor and that the Assembly may
choose a temporary Speaker II the
Speaker OF the Assembly be unable TO
perform his duties or be acting Cover
nor In case the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
or temporary President OF the Senate
for any reason should be unable TO sue
coed as Governor. This also grew out
of the Sulzer impeachment. When Sen
ator wagner was temporary President
OF the Senate and became Lieutenant
Governor 1t was found the Senate could
not elect another temporary President
Introduced by Ray b. Smith.
An increase Is suggested in the salary
of the state Senators and Assemblymen
from $1,000 to $4,000 and allowing
railroad fare actually paid once a week
between Albany and their homes and
return. At present they are permitted
mileage at the rate of 10 cents n mile
but once during the entire legislative
session.-lntroduced by the Committee
on Legislative Organization, of which
Edgar T. Bracket Is chairman.
Revision OF Judiciary.
a revision OF the judiciary article de-
signed primarily TO do away with the
laws delay and ~rearranging the juris.
dictlon of the courts and cases APP
pealable Is offered. Supreme Court Jus-