it might be well to have a general law to such effect, special legislation in a single case would be of very doubtful policy. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 1618, introduced by Mr. Burnett, entitled "An Act to amend the forest, fish and game law relative to the use of set lines in Canandaigua and Honeoye lakes and the taking of certain fish by spears in the inlets of Canandaigua lake "- Not approved This bill is not approved by the Fish, Forest and Game Commission. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 2366, introduced by Mr. Roche, entitled "An Act to amend section seven hundred and ninety-one of the code of civil procedure relating to preference among civil actions" - Not approved This bill amends section 791 of the code of civil procedure relating to preference among civil actions. It seeks to make a person who is a non-resident of the State a sole defendant, or where the defendant is so aged or infirm that there is a reasonable probability that the action cannot be reached for trial and tried without a preference on the calendar. There are already many preferred cases and if this bill were to become a law, it would only open the way for hundreds of similar cases. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 1370 introduced by Mr. O'Connor, entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction upon the court of claims to hear, audit and determine the alleged claim of Michael O'Keefe against the State of New York for damages alleged to have been sustained while in the employ of the State" - Not approved This bill is very strongly opposed by the Attorney General. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Senate bill No. 1027, introduced by Senator Wilcox, entitled "An Act to amend an act entitled 'An Act to amend and consolidate the charter of the village of Waterloo, Seneca county, New York""— Not approved This bill is fatally defective as drawn. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Senate bill No. 1403, introduced by Senator Brown, entitled "An Act to amend the forest, fish and game law relative to fishing in Chautauqua lake " A bill similar to this in every respect introduced by Mr. FOWLER has been signed and become a law. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Senate bill No. 1058, introduced by Senator White, entitled "An Act to permit examination of dental students engaged in the study of dentistry under private preceptorship on May 12, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, who failed to file the certificate required by chapter five hundred and twenty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two under the same conditions as if such certificate had been filed"-Not approved This bill is disapproved by the State Dental Society. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Senate bill No. 1084, introduced by Senator White, entitled "An Act to amend the fish, forest and game law relative to fishing in Skaneateles lake' Not approved This bill is disapproved by the Fish, Forest and Game Commission. THEODORE ROOSEVELT State of New York Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 2061, introduced by Mr. Ryttenberg, entitled "An Act to authorize and direct the clerk of the court of appeals to file the regents' certificate of B. Benjamin Schiff nunc pro tunc as of the twenty-sixth day of February eighteen hundred and ninety-eight"-Not approved The Court of Appeals now has the power to do, upon application, what this bill provides. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 645, introduced by Mr. Babcock, entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of a purchasing committee of the board of supervisors of the county of St. Lawrence and to prescribe its duties"-Not approved Jefferson and St. Lawrence have a bill like this which has been already signed. THEODORE ROOSEVELT |