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ANOTHEB BILL INTRODUCED NEW YORK ASSEMBLYMAN CUVILLIER PRESENTS MEASURE TO DEFINE BOOKMAKING. Feel.-; Confident That Both Bills Will Be Enacted Into Law During Present Session of Legislature at Albany. Albany, . v.. February 23.— Senator Gittias bill nf last year, which proposed to unnd tin penal law by rtefiliing bo- k making without Writing to moan tin-laying or publishing ol odds p all comers or t« the I n! , al i ic meetings, was introduced in the Aa ! by Louis A. » i:illi--r yesterday. !..-t week Mr. tuvillier reintroduced the Gittios 1111 designed i" relieve directors of race track and i-otintj fair aasociations from liability for gambling .ii their premises without their knowledge. Mr. Cuvlllier declared today thai be felt sure both hilla would |..i He has addressed .1 letter t Cal in .1. Husoa. Commissioner "I Agriculture; William II. Vary, president f the State Grange, and George W. Sissoa. president of lit*- State Agriculturt • lety, ssklng them to consider the directors liability bill and suggest any amendments. Assemblyman Cuvlllier in his communication says: •J :mi creditably Informed thai the agricultural societies and State Grange arc in favor of some amendment to the . istim; drastic statute relieving owners and directors of the criminal liabilltj of the violation of the law, of which they bare no personal knowledge. 1 desire to state that in handling this legislation 1 an well acquainted with its past history, as i have I. ••.-11 .1 neather o the Codes Committee, to which tin- leglalathiii has been referred in the past, aad 1 have always fell that the agriculturist ami farmer should Im ill- ones to be consulted in reference to horse breeding and horse racing in this state and in promoting this legislation 1 want everything ■ 1 net-ted with ii t.i be in the open, ni that the people ..1 the state maj know the real Interest behind it. ! ln n.it desire and will nol tolerate aay secrecy or I bbylng connected ii!i aaj legislation thai bears a, nj name."
