Annual Record of Assemblymen and Senators from the City of New York in the State Legislature

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The Club, 1892

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Page 2 - An act to consolidate into one act and to declare the special and local laws affecting public interests in the city of New York," is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 1850.
Page 32 - ... shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 52 - ... a penalty.1 Appellants in this court rely on three specifications of error, all dealing with the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, for reversal of the judgment appealed from. The question, therefore, before this court on the merits is whether the court below should have instructed a verdict in favor of the defendants on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence to support a verdict. Appellants, defendants below, moved for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's...
Page 100 - He was educated at the public schools and the College of the City of New York. He was graduated from the Columbia College Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1884.
Page 23 - ... would lose a return upon this amount. It is evident that if two per cent, were reasonable in 1898, a much larger percentage should be paid from this time on. We would call your attention to the fact that under the State Law the minimum compensation required of street railways is three per cent, of gross receipts for the first five years and five per cent, thereafter. The third tracking of the elevated roads is probably the most valuable right which the City can give to any company when compared...
Page 66 - ... several years. He afterwards became a liquor dealer, then an undertaker, then a liquor dealer again. Last year he called himself a lawyer, and this year a plumber. As a matter of fact, he has recently opened a new saloon at 35 Marion Street. He does not use tobacco nor drink intoxicating liquors. . . . He belongs to the worst class of bar-room politicians. He has engaged in street brawls, poses as a fighter, and is a typical New York 'tough.' As a legislator, he is preposterous. He is dishonest,...
Page 94 - He worked as a school teacher, and studied law at the same time. He was admitted to the bar, and became a clerk in the office of United States District Attorney Walker.
Page 87 - In 1831 he settled in Louisville, and became a clerk in an extensive mercantile house ; tiring of this, he removed to Lawrence County, Indiana...
Page 45 - SEC. 5. Licenses granted as in this act provided shall not authorize any person or persons to expose for sale, or sell, give away, or dispose of any strong or spirituous liquors, wines, ale, or beer, on any day between the hours of one and five o'clock in the morning. And all places licensed as aforesaid shall be closed and kept closed between the hours aforesaid and at all other times When such selling is not authorized by law.

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