66 "§ 9. In case the supervisors of said county locate the court-house in any village or town in said county in which, in their opinion, is now erecred a suitable public building for holding courts, the said supervisors may purchase such building for the purpose of the board of town auditors of such town upon such terms as may be agreed upon, and may also purchase lands adjoining or adjacent thereto for the purpose of erecting a jail thereon; and, in case of such purchase, then the commissioners named in this act shall improve and enlarge such buildings, if necessary, and erect such jail; and, in case the supervisors agree with the town auditors of any town to purchase such public building as aforesaid, the supervisor and town clerk of such town shall, under a resolution of the board of town auditors, execute a conveyance to the county of Queens for such public building, and the lands upon which it stands; and connected therewith the authority conferred upon the commissioners by the fifth section of this act to issue bonds as in said section prescribed, and the provisions for the payment of the same shall apply to this section the same as if they had erected a new building. "§ 10. This act shall take effect immediately." Mr. Cock moved that the Senate concur in said amendments. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in their amendments. The Assembly returned the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Buffalo," with a message that they had concurred in the passage of the same, with the following amend ments: Section 2, line 5, engrossed bill, after the word "mortgages," insert the word "unencumbered." Same section, line 8, after the words "New York," insert the words "worth double the amount loaned thereon.' Same section, line 9, after the word "State," strike out all down to and including the word "stock," in line 12. Section 3, line 8, strike out the word "one," and insert in lieu thereof the word two." Section 4, line 15, strike out the word "one," and insert in lieu thereof the word "two." Mr. Lewis moved that the Senate concur in said amendments. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in their amendments. The Assembly returned the bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the National Trust Company of the city of New York,' passed April 19, 1867," with a message that they had passed the same, with the following amendments: Section 1, line 1, strike out the letters "th" from the word “eighteenth." Section 18, strike out all from the word " company," in line 6, down to and including the word "stocks," in line 7. Add to section 18 the following words: "said company shall not invest in such dividend-paying stocks to an amount exceeding fifty thousand dollars in any one corporation or company. In making loans secured by dividend-paying stocks of any corporation or company, which stocks shall not be taken as collateral at a less margin than twenty per cent of the market value thereof at the time of making such loan." Strike out section 19, and insert the following: "§ 19. The amount of money which the said corporation shall have in trust, in deposit or loan, at any time, shall not exceed fifteen millions of dollars, and the amount of its outstanding loans shall not exceed sixteen millions of dollars; but the said company may, at any time, receive on deposit and loan out any money which may be deposited with them by any of the courts of this State, including the surrogates' courts notwithstanding the limitation contained in this act, unless the capital stock thereof shall be increased; and, in the event of such increase, the amount in trust, deposit or loan, or outstanding loans may be increased in exact proportions with such increase of capital." The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to concur in said amendments, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in their amendments. On motion of Mr. Allen, the Senate adjourned. FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1872. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Selkirk. The reading of the journal of yesterday was dispensed with. "An act to authorize the towns of Portland, Chautauqua, Sherman, Clymer or adjoining towns in the county of Chautauqua to issue bonds in aid of the Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, and to take the bonds of said company therefor," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time. On motion of Mr. Allen, and by unanimous consent, said bill was ordered to a third reading. "An act to incorporate the New York Coal Exchange and to confer certain powers upon it," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the affairs of cities. "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the safe custody and care of insane criminals,' passed May 17, 1869; also, to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize judicial inquiry as to the sanity of persons indicted for capital offenses,' passed April 21, 1871," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the judiciary. "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to enable the mayor and common council of Long Island City to borrow money,' passed April 13, 1871," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the affairs of cities. "An act to legalize the official acts and proceedings of Samuel F. Powell, a justice of the peace of the town of Coeymans, in the county of Albany," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the judiciary. "An act to incorporate the Buffalo and New York Oil Tankage and Transportation Company," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the judiciary. "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend an act entitled An act to incorporate the Tontine Mutual Savings Bank of the city of New York,' passed May 11, 1869, passed May 10, 1871," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on banks. "An act to amend chapter 80 of the Laws of 1870, entitled 'An act to provide for the enrollment of the militia, for the organization of the National Guard of the State of New York, and for the public defense, and entitled the Military Code," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the militia. "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the laying out of streets, avenues, roads, and parks in Long Island City,' passed April 26, 1871," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the affairs of cities. "An act to incorporate the Staten Island and New Jersey Suspension Bridge and Railroad Company," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on commerce and navigation. "An act relative to the medical laws of the State of New York," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on public health. The Assembly returned the bill entitled "An act relating to the examination of candidates for the degree of doctor of medicine," with a message that they had passed the same with the following amendments: 66 Section 5, line 5, after the word "he," last occurring, insert the words or she." Same section, line 7, after the word "State" insert the word 'and," and in same line after the word "Latin" insert the word "language. Also in same section, lines 7 and 8, strike out all of the word Latin," down to and including the word "language." Section 7, line 2, strike out the word "fifteen" and insert the word "ten." The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to concur in said amendments, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in their amendments. The Assembly returned the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Washington Park Association," with a message that they had concurred in the passage of the same with the following amendments: Add the following names in section 4: "E. B. Nash, John A. Russell, Z. P. Ruggles, Geo. Clements, Michael Morey, Thomas Flood." Strike out the name of "Thomas J. Strong.' The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to concur in said amendments, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in their amendments. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend section 2 of chapter 203 of Laws of 1863, relating to the village of Niagara City in the county of Niagara," was read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same. Mr. Woodin, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported as correctly engrossed the bill entitled as follows: "An act to authorize the common council of the city of New York to fix and regulate the wages of mechanics and laboring men employed upon the public works or in any of the departments of the city government of the said city of New York." The bill entitled "An act to release to Frederick Schleuter all the right, title and interest of the people of the State of New York in and to certain premises in the town of Northfield, in the county of Richmond, and to confirm the title to said premises," was read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, twothirds of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. By unanimous consent, Mr. Madden asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Industrial Exhibition Company, and to authorize said company to purchase real estate in the city of New York, and to erect a building or buildings which shall be used as an industrial exhibition," passed April 21, 1870." On motion of Mr. Madden, and by unanimous consent, said bill was read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors,' passed April 11, 1870," was read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: |
