New-York tribune., 1922-03-14
'loibea't Offers
Home hStslc Bill
On Miller Plan,
Aitcrna'iycNIca \ ,Crcal;us
commission 20 investigate.
denounced by Walker and
is Semi 10 a Committee
Prison Pay Acl Passed
Assembly Also Adopts Raise
for Tax commissioners
and Auto Lights Change
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ALBANY, March 13. Senator Ward
y TolbPrt, Republican,, of New York.
whose home rule amendment to the
constitution was slated for passage
until Governor Miller announced last
week that commission should be
created TO study the needs of the
cities and then prepare legislation for
the 1913 icgislature 10 consider. in
troduccd bill Tonight carrying out
the Governors idcAs
senator Tolhort said he had not
submitted the bill to the Governor.
but that it carried out the thought he
expressed. He asked for unanimous
consent to advance the bill to the or
der Of Gno rassacc without reference
Senator James J. Walker, the Demo
cratic leader, objected. and this sent
the measure 10 committee. where it
Will die unless rescued ny an cmcr-
%encY measure from the Governor.
"The only reason You are putting in
this bill at this stage of the session. .
said Senator Walker, "is Your opposi-
tion to giving the City Of New York
the right to mind its own business !
am not prepared to help YOU to hand
this sort Of bunk 20 the people OF this
state
Provides Home Rule Inquiry
The bil creates commission of
seven members, 20 hc appointed by the
Governor. They are directed to IN
vestiga.o and recommend a constitu-
flonal amendment or statute, or both.
granting local sclf-goVcrumcnt to
cities.
The sum Of $4,000 is appropriated
ior the work of thc commission, which
is ordered to report it's recommcnda-
n bo l,t 1o+ H..
February /. 1928. The measure calls
upon the commission to examine the
constitution and statutes of tho state
90 ascertain the nature and extent Of
the powers now vested in cities and
othcr municipalities; to investigate
the extent to which municipalities have
had to depend upon the Legislature
for special acts and the nature Of re-
lief obtained thereby; to inquire into
all home rule measures, constitutional
and statutory, heretofore, presented,
and to examine the constitution and
statutes of other states for the pur~
pose Of ascertaining over what phases
of local government municipalities arc
being permitted to exercise local con-
troll.
The Simpson, -McGinnics Bill. carry
ing out Governor Miller's recommended
tion that an adequate pay schedule be
allowed for prison labor, passed the
Assembly tonight without opposition.
The measure has already passed The
Senate and now goes TO the Governor.
1t provides that the State Supcrintend
cnt Of Prisons, with the approval Of the
Governor, may establish q system OF
compensation for prison labor. Con-
vcts at the present time are paid at
the rate of a few cents d day. Under
the new plan, prisoners would receive
the net earnings Of their labor from
which would be deducted the cost Of
their maintenance. The men may
either have their earnings accumulate
until they are released OF permit their
dependents to draw it.
Farrell Bill Passes
Other bills passed by the Assembly
tonight include the Farrell bill pro
vding that autos may be parked on
streets at night without lights, so long
as they are not more than fifty feet
from "a street light; the Miller bill
the workmen's law recommended by
the Knight labor committee; the Kahn
bill amending the Now York City
tenement house law by requiring lights
to be kept burning in public Railways.
The J. X Smith bill aimed at profit
ccrng thcatcr ticket scalpers passed
the Assembly without opposition. The
bill provides that ticket agents may
not charge more than so cents in ex-
cess Of the face value Of thcatcr
ticket
The Buringamc- Burchil bill iucrcas-
ing the salaries of each of the New
York City Tax commissioners $1,000
annually. passed the Assembly, 1t nov
goes TO Mayor llylan If he signs
it, as it is said he will, it will como
to the Governor for action. The meas-
urc was drawn after bipartisan con
ference in New York City where a
number of salary grab bills were
agreed upon.