in an election district. It appears that it will be practically impossible to have such numbers vote in the time prescribed by law. In view of these facts and in order that no one entitled to vote may be disfranchised, I recommend to the Legislature that provision be made, where necessary, to extend the election over two days in the cities holding local option elections. Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of section 15 of article III of the Constitution and by virtue of the authority thereby conferred upon me, I hereby certify to the necessity of the immediate passage of Assembly bill (Int. No. 1289, Printed No. 1693, Senate Reprint No. 1708, Rec. No. 382) entitled "An act in relation to city local option elections in the year 1918, in certain cities of the second class." Given under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this eighth day of [L. S.] April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. By the Governor: WM. A. ORR, CHARLES S. WHITMAN. Secretary to the Governor. A message from the Governor, at the hands of his secretary, was received and read in the words following: STATE OF NEW YORK - EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, To the Senate: ALBANY, April 10, 1918. I hereby nominate as a trustee of the State School of Agriculture at Morrisville Rt. Rev. John Grimes of Syracuse, whose term of office as such trustee will expire on the sixteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and eighteen. (Signed) CHARLES S. WHITMAN. Mr. Sage moved that the said nomination be confirmed. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative. A message from the Governor, at the hands of his secretary, was received and read in the words following: STATE OF NEW YORK - EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, To the Senate: ALBANY, April 10, 1918. I hereby nominate as Port Wardens of the Port of New York Louis Jacobson of New York city, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Irving Hanshe; Charles W. Ferry of New York city to succeed Madison Marshal Jones, whose term of office will expire May 13, 1918; Thomas Rock of New York city, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph E. Najedly. (Signed) CHARLES S. WHITMAN. Said nominations were referred to the committee on finance. A message from the Governor, at the hands of his secretary, was received and read in the words following: STATE OF NEW YORK - EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, To the Legislature: Yesterday in an emergency message I called your attention to the necessity of making provision to extend the local option elections over two days. I am informed that the bill introduced, and to which this emergency message applied, provided only for election in cities having an election district of which the number of voters exceeds seven hundred. It would seem wiser, and I am informed that it is your intention, to provide that the election be extended over two days in all cities holding local option elections. Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of section 15 of article III of the Constitution and by virtue of the authority thereby conferred upon me, I do hereby certify to the necessity of the immediate passage of Assembly bill (Int. No. 1289, Printed No. 1693) as amended, entitled "An act in relation to city local option elections in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen." Given under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this ninth day of [L. S.] April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. By the Governor: (Signed) (Signed) WM. A. ORR, CHARLES S. WHITMAN. Secretary to the Governor. A message from the Governor, at the hands of his secretary, was received and read in the words following: STATE OF NEW YORK - EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, To the Legislature: ALBANY. I am informed that Senate bill (Int. No. 435, Printed No. 1087) would provide for the enrollment of women in cities and villages of five thousand inhabitants on the third Saturday of May, in the year 1918, which is the 18th day of May. I am also informed that the 18th and 19th days of May are the Jewish Holy Days of the Feast of Weeks. I understand it is the intention of your Honorable Body to amend the bill so as to provide that the registration shall occur on another day. In view of the fact that the bill would have to be amended and can not be upon the desks of the members in its final form for three calendar days; Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of section 15 of article III of the Constitution and by virtue of the authority thereby conferred upon me, I do hereby certify to the necessity of the immediate passage of Senate bill (Int. No. 435, Printed No. 1087) as amended, entitled "An act to amend the Election Law, generally, and to make special provisions for the year nineteen hundred and eighteen." Given under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this tenth day of [L. S.] April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. By the Governor: (Signed) (Signed) WM. A. ORR, CHARLES S. WHITMAN. Secretary to the Governor. A message from the Governor, at the hands of his secretary, was received and read in the words following: STATE OF NEW YORK - EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, To the Senate: ALBANY, April 11, 1918. I hereby nominate as a manager of the Kings Park State Hospital Ann W. Wheeler of the borough of Brooklyn, to succeed Albert E. Kleinert, whose term of office as such manager has expired. (Signed) CHARLES S. WHITΜΑΝ. Mr. Cullen moved that the said nomination be confirmed. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative. A message from the Governor, at the hands of his secretary, was received and read in the words following: STATE OF NEW YORK - EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, To the Senate: ALBANY, April 11, 1918. I hereby nominate as a member of the State Board of Managers of Reformatories Adelaide Briggs of Buffalo, to succeed Maurice M. Wall, whose term of office has expired. (Signed) CHARLES S. WHITΜΑΝ. Mr. Gibbs moved that the said nomination be confirmed. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Sage, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the nominations of Louis Jacobson of New York city, Charles W. Ferry of New York and Thomas Rock of New York city as Port Wardens of the Port of New York, reported the same to the Senate for confirmation. Mr. Sage moved that the said nominations be confirmed. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative. A message from the Governor, at the hands of his secretary, was received and read in the words following: STATE OF NEW YORK - EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, To the Senate: ALBANY, April 12, 1918. I hereby nominate as a Public Service Commissioner for the Second District, for a term to expire the first day of February, nineteen hundred and nineteen Jerome L. Cheney of Syracuse, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Temple Emmet. CHARLES S. WHITΜΑΝ. (Signed) Mr. Walters moved that the said nomination be confirmed. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative. A message from the Governor, at the hands of his secretary, was received and read in the words following: STATE OF NEW YORK To the Senate: EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, ALBANY, April 12, 1918. I hereby nominate as a Commissioner of the State Board of Charities from the Seventh Judicial District Lillie Boller Werner of Rochester, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mortimer R. Miller. (Signed) CHARLES S. WHITΜΑΝ. Mr. Argetsinger moved that the said nomination be confirmed. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative. A message from the Governor, at the hands of his secretary, was received and read in the words following: STATE OF NEW YORK - EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, To the Senate: ALBANY, April 12, 1918. I hereby nominate as a manager of the Western House of Refuge for Women, for a term to expire the first Tuesday in February, 1925, Christina L'Hommedieu of Medina, to succeed Will D. Dye, whose term of office as such manager has expired. (Signed) CHARLES S. WHITMAN. Mr. G. F. Thompson moved that the said nomination be confirmed. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative. A message from the Governor, at the hands of his secretary, was received and read in the words following: |