Year: 1876


inquiry Of the day before addressed TO the Committee
on Rules TO the utility Of several Of the standing
committees, promptly answered. the effect that
had become obsolete by OF the change
in legislation produced by the passage Of the consttu
tional amendments Mr.. Prince has not yet quite
covered from the slight put upon him by the trainers
OF the committee list who left him in their reckonings
out in the cold. The words Of Woodin were anything
but balm to his wounded spirit when he said yeser
day that he would rather increase the number of com
mittees that every Senator might be .made chair
and all heartburnings and nervous uneasness be
avoided.


THE COURT GENERAL SESSIONS.


To place Judge Gildersleeve's Court in proper work.
ing order bill was introduced by Senator Bixby
thorzing the Board of Apportionment to set aside
appropriation pay the salares OF the necessary o-
GERS attached to the Court Of General Sessions.


STRIKING AT TAMMANY.


clumsy roundabout bill said to be aimed at the
extinction OF Tammany Hall and emanatng from the
combined wisdom OF the Union League Club, was in
troduced to-day by Senator Woodin The simple alb
rogation Of the Tammany Society charter the
grounds of violating the terms of Its incorporation
heretofore contemplated in a bill Senator Bixby in
tended TO introduce, and had for its object the
rendering impossible OF any one power in
the organization The present bill strikes out
wildly ana cuts both ways 1t forbids under penalty
any chartered society nominating any person to any
office designating any delegate to any political con-
vention In indirect way the Union League and the
Manhattan clubs nominate candidates for Office and de-
signate delegates conventions The bill also orbids
the removal OF any person from any Office the securing
distributing OF any political patronage and the i'm
posing of assessments for political purposes on any
officer clerk employs of the city, State or national
government In It's present shape the bill is loo vague
n n a
the Tammany General Committee who are
not members Of the Tammany Society may
do all the things prohibited in the bill and
be liable to legal penalties II the members OF the
society should violate the proposed law they simply in
line and the charter remains intact. Any judge
OF the Supreme Court shall have power to grant In
functions TO restrain the violation OF this act but how
shall the Judge discriminate between what is done by
members of the Tammany General Committee and tho
Som OF the Columbian OrderY IL is quite possible TO so
amend the bill to accomplish without peril OF fail
ure the obvious purpose the minds OF its trainers
For the violation of the provisions Of the bill it should
be provided that the society forfets its charter


JACOBS SEAT IN THE SENATE


The Senate Committee Privileges and Elections
entered order that Colonel James Cavanagh be
qured TO make his specifications Of his claim 10 the
OF Senator Jacobs definite in every case except
ing the Second district Of the Twelfth ward Brooklyn
IL he fails comply with this order the committee will
not proceed. with the investigation


RAILROAD MORTGAGES


Mr. Tobey bill provides that the ofany
municipal corporation. appointed pursuant TO the
provisions chapter 907 of the laws OF 1869 and
amendatory thereof, may agree with any railroad
corporation holding any bonds OF said municipal
corporation for the bonds or stock of SAID railroad
corporation and upon such terms shall be agreed
upon by sad Commissioners and said railroad corpora
ton and said persons company may agree that any
lesser amount of SAID bonds Of said corporation may be
exchanged.


THE ERA OF INVESTIGATION.


The Assembly this year. even il 1t results in no bene
ht to the people, Is certainly bent on distinguishing
itself in the matter OF Investigations The Committee
State Prisons have already been authorized to in
vestgate the condition of the State prisons and to-day
Hanson introduced ordering
road Committee to investigate alleged irregularities in
the management of the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company the part OF the directors and the Execu
tive Committee The resolution laid over under
the rules, but will be called up on Monday


THE CIVIL COURTS


The bill introduced to-day, by Mr.. A. J. Campbell
reduces the Civil District Courts in New York from
ten SIX, those retained being numbered the first
second, third, fourth fifth and SIKH The First dis
trict to comprise the First Second Third, Fourth
Finh, Sixth ana Fourteenth wards The Second is TO
be composed OF the Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, Thir
teenth and Seventeenth wards the Third Of the
Eighth, Ninth, Fifteenth. Sixteenth and Twentieth;
the Fourth the the Eighteenth Nineteenth Twenty
first and the Fifth OF the Twelfth ward
the Sixth of TIE Twenty third and Twenty fourth
wards In each of the districts two justices hold
court with the exception OF the Fifth and Sixth where
there is but The Offices OF deputy clerks,
ographers attendants and antors abolished by the
bill and the interpreter is 10 perform all the duties of
deputy clerk aten tant and jantor The salary Of the
justices and clerks is TO be IS, 900 year.


SUFFRAGE


The women's suffrage people greatly disap-
pointed to-day, as the judiciary Committee asked leave
to be discharged from further consideration of the
petition presented to them and TO have referred to
the Committee Grievances The whole subject was
finally laid on the table.


OYSTER INSPECTION


Mr. Carty's oyster bill provides for the appointment
by the County Clerk OF New York of two inspectors OF
oysters, aud divides the city into two districts, all
broadway the other district When not sold by actual
count oysters must be measured In wooden tubs hold
ing bushe each The inspectors are TO hold Office
for two years


The Bergh bill attacked again to-day by the
black horse cavalry, who have not yet been fixed by
the CITY railroad companies who do not want the salt
section passed so that II will interfere with them
the winter Strahan cut the wind out OF their sails
the day previous by his amendment giving companies
the right TO sprinkle salt on crossings well in
the and switches and so to-day the black horse
amer a determined fight, had the bill recommited TO
;he Committee Of the Whole II they find that the com
panes will their terms with the amendments
they stand the bill will be passed without trouble,
but IL the companies won't come down with the dust
unless the bill is killed altogether IL will be killed
cordngly This was made evident oday by the action
of some members who suspected Of being among
the cavalry. Mr. Schiedeln created quite laugh dur
ing the debate by asking n certain member who asked
for time TO look into the merits and dement's Of
the BILL II he would be willing to vote for II the
section relative TO the throwing OF nails and glass in
TIE streets stricken out There only two
tions the bill and II the first section the
only left in the bill would be the conditional
prohibition against sprnklng salt In the streets
The member after some hesitation said he
wasn't prepared to vote the bill as yet
II should not be taken for granted however that all
those who voted TO recommit the bill to the Committee
OF the Whole were aciuated by bad motves for hap
ply yet at least the black horse men compare
tively few. Many voted TO recommit 10 show their
dsapproval OF M strahan Who after borating rather
soundly tho member who the most active in advo-
eating the motion 10 recommit moved the previous
question: which, II carried would have cut of anybody
who wanted TO from replying TO him. In order that
the bill IN It's present shape may be thoroughly under
stood, herewith append it In full, the amendments
that have been made to 1t beng in italics:-


AN ACT TO prevent injury animals city New York
The people Of she state York in Senate
and Assembly do enact as follows:-


livery person who trilf1y shall throw,
pose place who shall procure be thrown,
exposed placed In upon any street highway public
place In the city of New York for the passage Of ami
mails any nails pieces Of metal glass other substance
thing which might main, wound, lame otherwise
injue any animal shall be guilty Of misdeme pro
tted however that IL shall that any such act
wiul malicious. the punishment thereof shall be
limited 20 a fine not exceeding $50


SEC. 2-Bvery person who shall throw expose place,
Who shall 20 be thrown exposed placed
In or upon any such highway public place. except
upon ne ecitJs of ,d,ton trucks any
salt sapetre other substance for the Of dissov
Whi hear dan