The New York herald., 1922-03-23

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Albany. March 22. !
Gov. Miller smothered the criticism
of Mayor Hylan and the city ad-
fninistration-tha the Legislature is
,meddling unnecessarily in metropoli-
Tan affairs-by sending to the Mayor
to-day long list of bills calling for
salary increases of county officers.
Tackling the great stacks of meas
ures piled on his desk the Governor
first turned his attention to the New
York bills, paused long enough to say
that most of the people who talked
about home rule amendments were
unable to explain what they meant; !;
approved a score or more of measures
and announced that he would stay at
his desk until the thirty day period
has ended
All bills left by the Legislature in the
hands OF the Governor at the time of
It's adjournment must be disposed of in
thirty days. If not acted on in that time
they automatically die.
First Such Dcfcrelcc.
This is the first time on record that
Governor has sent salary bills to u
Mayor of New York voluntarily for an
oppression of opinion. Among those re-
we're many that deal with county Of
n.:cs and do not require the Mayors ap-
S-oval to become law. Writing to Mr..
Bylan. the Governor said:
while there is no warrant now in
tho Constitution for submitting these
bills to you and while in the last analy-
sis ! must under the law take the re-
sponsibility OF action on them. / am
now sending them to you for such COM
ment you wish to make. which | assure
will he given full consideration by me
in the final disposition of the bills"
The Governor explained that the sal
nries of county officers and other county
expenses within New York fall on the
city as a whole and therefore 1t was
particularly appropriate that bills at
fcctinG such salaries, charges and ex-
penses, should be submitted to the
Mayor the same as special bills relating
10 the property or government of cities
and required under the Constitution to
be so submitted
Many salary Raises Provided.
Among the eighteen bills which went
to the Mayor were the following:
Authorizing the District Attorney of
New York county to increase his staff
OF assistants from fourteen to twenty
with salaries from $500 to $4,000
and increasing salaries of minor en-
ployees: authorizing the District Attor-
ncy to provide an unlimited number Of
deputy District Attorneys with salaries
of $4,000 to $4,000 and increasing the
sala ries of several grades of clerks: CIV
ing the Court of General Sessions au-
thority to determine a salary schedule
for clerks and employees and fixing
salaries in the public administrator s
office.
other measures provide for an in
crease in the salary of the District At
torney of Bronx county from $4,000 to
$4,000 and allow for numerous depu-
ties and clerks. with salaries ranking
from $4,000 to $500; giving the Clerk
of Bronx county the right to name as
! sistants with salaries from $4,000 TO
$4,000: increasing salaries of clerks
and other employees of the Bronx
courts. jumping the salary of a Bronx
surrogate from $4,000 to $17,500. and
other measures increasing salaries or
creating new positions in the District
Attorneys and Surrogate's offices in
Kings county.
Finds Action Appropriate.
Commenting further on his action,
the Governor said
"a resolution was introduced and 7
had supposed was adopted by the
Legislature. to amend the Constitution.
requiring that such county salary bills
should be submitted like local special
bills to a Mayor. | can't find that the
resolution was adopted. but in view of
tho fact that such city charges are now
made. II seems to me only appropriate
TO send them to the Mayor
The Governor was asked TO state his
position regarding the Tolbert-Ullman
home rule proposition adopted by the
Legislature amending the Constitution
TO give cities and other localities full
control over their local affairs except
in cases Of emergency. He said:
There were a great many different
proposals submitted to me for a nome
rule amendment TO the Constitution.
was unable 70 get from any of the
people who talked with me an explana-
tion Of precisely how their amendments
would operate. This resolution tha. was
adopted as I understand It. provides
for doing away with the present classi-
1cation OF cities and restricts the Legis-
lature, except in the manner provided
10 general acts affecting the property
affairs or government of cities. ] do
not know precisely how that might
operate. and | should want time to re-
fleet upon the subject before either
approving II or disapproving IT,"
Two Hearings Arranged.
A railroad law amendment on which
hearing will be held March 81. per-
nlits street surface railroad having
franchise to operate In any city by I'M
dcrground electric power TO use tracks
cf other railroads for not more than
$500 feet.
Ticket speculator bills will have a
hearing March 80. They license persons
selling theater tickets and prohibit them
from charging more than so cents above
>hc box office price. On Monday the
Governor will give hearing on the bill
SECURING taxicab and motor bus owners
IN New York Buffalo and Rochester to
se indemnity bonds or insurance poll.
cies for s2.500 with tho state Tax Com
mission. Arguments on the bill lncreas-
ing the registration fee OF motorcycles
from $3.50 to IS will be heard thurs
day.
Tho Governor will give hearing OF
Wednesday on the Bloomfield bill
strengthening the medical practice act.
The measure is bitterly opposed by Chi
ropractics.