The New York herald., 1922-03-19
GOV. MILLER VICTOR
ALL ALONG THE Line
Legislature of 1922 Adopted
His Economy Budget and
Full Program.
CITY FARES FAIRLY
Mayor Is Curbed in Rapid
Transit and Port Author
ity Measures.
CUT EXPENSES S1O,OOO,OOO
During Closing Hours Scores
of Bills Were Slaughtered by
House and Senate.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany, March 18.
In addition TO its action on the Lock-
wood bills the dying Legislature killed
or barred scores of other measures in
its final hours.
The last bill which passed in the
Senate extended the hours for women
workers in restaurants from 10 o'clock
10 midnight. 1t was rushed over to
the Assembly, but arrived thirty Sec
onds after the Speakers gavel had
sounded adjournment and was lost.
The proposal authorizing the Board
of Regents to investigate all schools
was killed, and it is understood that
tEe Davenport committee, which will
continue its work of inquiring into
the cost of county and municipal
government will try to sift the cost
OF school operations. A big drive
was made in the last hours to jam
through the Davenport bill taxing all
money capital of banks and corpora
tons along the lines of the proposed
business tax. Walter Law. head of
the State Tax Commission, made a
plea in the last hour for tie bank
stock tax bill, but to no avail.
Gov. Miller gets practically all he
water power measures were passed, a
new board of control for a central pur-
Chasing agency will be established.
State departments will be reorganized
and consolidated. the old printing ring
is broken up and. a board Of control
Is authorized to distribute all State
printing through the State. To complete
the Senate highway system $21. .0C0, 900
has been made available, the election
laws are reorganiZed and some of the
old power of control over elections is
put back in the Attorney Generals
office by a measure which authorizes
the appointment of deputies to prosecute
violation OF the election law This
CARRIES an appropriation of $15o000
Cuts I'm the Budget.
&The budget measures have cut about
g.0o00o0 out Of the States expenses,
while the early adjournment of the
Legislature saves nearly 100000 in oper-
ating expenses. aside from cutting down
the list of small appropriation bills.
Additional revenue will be obtained by
Increasing the tax on automobile trucks
about 30 per cent. and about 40 per
Gent. on pleasure cars
While Mayor Hylan's legislative pro-
gram was badly cut New York comes
out better than was expected. The Port
authority act was the biggest piece
OF legislation dealing with the metropo-
MS The transit act was strengthened
by amendments and a real home rule
measure passed
Fourteen Hylan bills passed and six
teen were killed. Measures sponsored
Dy the Mayor which were passed follow:
Creating credit unions in city depart
ments to loan money to employees: per-
uniting the city to acquire title for park
purposes to land in Brooltlyn now used
Tor railroads; filling land at Beach Chan
nel drive, Jamaica Bay; providing for
opening OF streets, repairing and chang
lng assessments; permitting examining
poards OF plumbers to charge a fee of
" a year for insuring plates or signs:
conveying the States title to the Mo-
hansic State reservation In the city's
watershed to New York; amending the
law which authorizes the construction
pt the staten Island tunnel to enable the
Board OF Estimate 10 construct connec-
N,ions with railroads. piers and ferries
.8nd eonferring powers which will enable
tho city 70 work out a plan for harbor
development in connection with the
Fort Authority plan but such plan must
sbe approved by the Governor.
Bills Affecting the city.
& other Hylan bills passed provide FOR
STRENGTHENING the Harlem River shin
ieanal, but eliminating an appropriation
ici Sl,500.00O. giving the city authority
Ne issue certificates Of Indebtedness To
inject the expense. for the construction of
The Central Library, Brooklyn, under
way for ten years the erection OF
wing TO the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
knnd Sciences and for the purchase OF
furnishings and equipment OF new
schools under construction straighten-
Ing out obstacles in existing law so that
~ majority Of a board in any depart-
sment in the city government may award
~ contract. enabling the city clerk OF
New York 70 designate two instead OF
pne of his assistants TO perform mar
alisge ceremonies and providing that tho
Acost Of the proposed Kings, Queens and
ffhe city generally.
The Hylan bills killed are.
Establishing q department OF trans
portaton 10 replace the Transit Com
omission, the Walker home rule amend
ment, allowing the city TO expend
emergency funds for health purposes,
establishing Hylan bus lines, allowing
tho city TO become a party in action
dealing with all rates charged the pub
Y. lie. making franchises into contracts
(which may be amended. removing the
$elcvated railroad spur In Forty-second
street. opening Twelfth avenue between
HJorty-second and Forty-thrd streets
Requiring resignation Of architects and
Nbuilders, placing the supervision OF
buildings under tho bureau OF buildings
gNnd enabling the city 70 resume title
TO streets not used.
n Park CONFERENCE MAY ~.
The second national conference on