Show TRYING TO STOP STOPS S THE THI GRAFTERS Insurance Bills Before New York Legislature L Pass Another Stage StageS S Toward Statute Books SOME DRASTIC REFORMS MANY TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS FOUND S Albany N Y April 6 The bills proposed by the special Investigating committee passed another stage of their progress today toward the stat statute statute statute ute books in the senate committee of the whole Of the bills lills introduced by the com committee committee committee originally ten but since con consolidated consolIdated consolidated into seven four have passed the assembly and are at the stage of third reading or final passage in the senate on the way to the governor These are the bills designed 1 To restrict lobbying by requiring requiring requirIng ing registry of legislative agents 2 Relative to the acquisition of real property by life Ufe Insurance companies 3 Making contradictory statements under oath presumptive evidence of perjury and nd 4 Forbidding rebates A fifth the bill bUI further penalizing falsification or omission of ot material matters in the books and records of corporations has passed the assembly assembler but was amended In the senate today in a comparatively unimportant par particular particular and although like the others It was advanced to third reading if the senate adopts this amendment the bill must return to the assembly for concurrence Third Reading of Big Bill The big bill generally amending the insurance law and em embodying embodying embodying bodying most moat of the radical reforms in methods was advanced to third reading in the senate today but has not yet been acted upon by the as assembly assembly assembly where it Is expected to be on the third reading calendar next Mon Monday Monday Monday day night The seventh bill that forbidding campaign contributions by corpora corporations corporations corporations was temporarily laid on the ta table table table ble today with the consent of ot Its friends pending consultation of ot the committee tonight with Its counsel Charles E Hughes as to the suggestion suggestion suggestion tion that the bill was unconstitutional in Its provision relative to Immunity of witnesses testifying as to their par participation participation participation in the forbidden contributions contributions contributions The corresponding senate bill bUl was among those advanced in the sen senate senate senate ate today to third reading Several typographical errors in the bills which require their ther reprinting will probably delay the final action of the senate upon them until Tuesday or Wednes Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday day of next week |