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 " - Not approved 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 STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 Memorandum filed with Assembly bill No. 1938, introduced by Mr. McKeown, entitled “An Act to amend chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-four entitled 'An Act to incorporate the Tidal Water-Way Company and to define its rights, powers and privileges'"-Not approved This is a bill which passed without the knowledge or consent of the Tidal Water-Way Company and sought to incorporate certain persons who were unknown to the original incorporators of the company with the avowed purpose of securing a majority of the stockholders. This is most vicious legislation. THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Albany, May 5, 1900 The following bills did not receive Executive approval because they were vetoed by the Mayor of the city of New York: S. 122. Release of Missionary Society of the Most Holy Redeemer from certain assessments. S. 180. Relative to railroads on Atlantic Avenue. S. 197. Relief of Adolph S. Wasserman. |