New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-03
Assembly Bill Reduces
Their Duties and Mum
her al the Polls.
PLEA IS MADE FOR
CHARITY GAMBLING
Laws Also Are Asked for PlattS-
burg Camp. Motion Pictures
and Gun SilenCers.


Albany. Feb. .. Political activities
of New York City policemen at polling
places on Election Day will be greatly
curtailed il bill Of Assemblyman
Flamman Is enacted Ii provides tina;
policemen detailed TO service for the
Board Of Elections shall do only 20
lice duty. including the examination
or inspection of polling places. Police
men will be cut of from tabulating the
vote and gathering other information
IN connection with the election, as IL
now the custom The bill would also
reduce from two 20 one the number OF
patrolmen detailed 20 each polling
place. Commissioner Woods is said 20
favor the measure.
The Codes Committee of the Assem-
bly, to-day gave hearing on the bill
Of Assemblyman William A. Server TO
legalize the playing Of such games as
country store, paddle wheel and fish
pond If the proceeds 80 70 religious
or fraternal institutions Miss Ella \.
Boole. president of the State Woman
Christian Temperance Association. led
the opposition. declaring that the bill
would break down the gambling laws
Of the state. L. /. Fallon, represent
ing twenty-five fraternal societies Of
Westchester County, and others talked
for the measure.
An appropriation Of $4,000 20 in
crease the size and facilities OF th'
military training camp az PlattSbuIT
is asked in a bill introduced by As
sombivman " R. Weaver The bill.
REQUIRES that the additional land pur-
chased be turned over TO the United
States government
Would Censor Motion Pictures.
bill by Assemblyman Fred VI.
Ahern would give the Governor au.
thority 20 appoint a commission OF
three 20 censor all motion pictures.
Picture producers would be required
20 exhibit their films. those found OBJ
iectionable being prohibited. The MIN
examination fee would be $50 and
thealnembers Of the commission are 10
receive a salary OF $4,000 each
Clearing houses for mental detectives
are called for In Il bill introduced to-
dav By Senator Whitney and Assembly
man II. F. Wheeler They are TO be
established in different parts Of the
state, and persons suspected OF being
mentally defective can be sent to them
for examination and proper recon-
mendation as TO their future care. As
semblyman Wheeler believes that at
present. mental detectives are often
sent 10 wrong institutions.
The bill calls for the appointment
Of board OF seven managers TO draw
up the plans for the system Of clear
ing houses
To Curb Use of Gun Silencers.
4 bill designed TO prohibit the manu-
facture. sale or use Of a silencing de-
vice on firearms. except in the case Of
military or civic authorities, under
penalty OF imprisonment for not more
than FIVE years, was introduced in tho
Senate to-day by Senator joseph. OF
Kings County. following the confes-
sion of Harold Severy that in attack
ing persons in Albany last Friday
night, he had used a rife equipped
with a silencer.
The matter OF respportioning the
Senatorial districts of the state on the
basis Of last summers census was con-
sidered by the Senate Committee on
Reapportionmcnt to-day. u was de-
cided that the Senate and Assembly
committees should meet separately for
while. and later attempt TO report
an agreement in Joint committee