STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Senate bill No. 763, introduced by Senator Ford, entitled "An Act to amend the tax law in relation to the taxation of public franchises as real property" Not approved This bill is not now favored by the introducer, and the State Board of Assessors has not yet decided that it would be a wise measure. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Senate bill No. 1315, introduced by Senator Ford, entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction upon the court of claims to hear, audit and determine the alleged claim of Martin F. Monahan, and fourteen others against the State" - Not approved This bill is not approved by the Attorney General. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 1909, introduced by Mr. Marson, entitled "An Act to amend chapter nine hundred and eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six known as the tax law in relation to fees of tax collectors"-Not approved This bill intends to amend the tax law in relation to fees of collectors and provides that the collector shall be entitled to receive from the county treasurer two per centum as fees for all taxes assessed as non-resident, returned to the county treasurer as unpaid. By far the largest amount of unpaid taxes are from those who are residents of the county. Should this bill become a law the collector would receive no percentage whatever for the return of unpaid taxes from the residents of the county. This provision is manifestly unjust and should not receive Executive approval. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 1539, introduced by Mr. Metzler, entitled "An Act to amend the penal code, relating to loan, use or sale of personal credit security taking usury" - Not approved This bill was intended to be a step in the right direction, but was made too broad. If this bill had provided against usurious loan on money advances for labor "to be performed" there could have been no objection to the bill, but as the bill is drawn, it is for "labor which has already been performed, or to be performed ". THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Senate bill No. 1342, introduced by Senator Elsberg, entitled "An Act to provide for the sup ply of teachers in the city of New York" - Not approved This bill was disapproved by the department of education. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Senate bill No. 681, introduced by This bill was disapproved by the Medical Societies. - THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 1002, introduced by Mr. Wissel, entitled “An Act authorizing the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of New York to pay to certain persons, compensation for services actu ally rendered to the city of New York in the department of finance and in the city magistrate's court in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine"- Not approved This bill proposes to permit payments to C. J. DILLON, a clerk in the Finance Department, and to J. H. EATJEN and HERBERT S. HARVEY as assistant clerks in the city magistrate's courts, the civil service commission having refused to audit the salaries of both these persons. In this case the claim is not even made that eligible lists did not exist. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 1279, introduced by Mr. Trainor, entitled “An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the court of claims to hear, audit and determine the claim of Frank Fleck against the State of New York, and to make an award therefor" - Not approved This bill is opposed by the Attorney General. The claim itself is now pending in the court. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 1974, introduced by Mr. Miller, entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction upon the court of claims to hear, audit and determine the claims of owners of lands actually used for spoil banks in the work of improving the western division of the Erie canal, done pursuant to chapter seventy-nine of the laws of New York, passed in eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and chapter seven hundred and ninety-four of the laws of New York passed in eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and to render judgment therefor” — Not approved The court of claims already has jurisdiction to act upon this case under the canal act, and a special act is not needed. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 2237, introduced by Mr. W. J. Sullivan, entitled "An Act to authorize the adjutant general of the State of New York to award a long service medal for service in the National Guard to George T. Hollingworth of the city of Utica" - Not approved If this bill becomes a law the number of those seeking such medals for service would be enormous. It would be |