duce a bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Depositors' Loan Institution of the city 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 banks. The bill entitled "An act relating to courts of record, and other courts, in the city and county of New York," 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. 1 The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize the village of Dunkirk to issue bonds for the purpose of supplying said village with water, and to create a board of water commissioners,' passed April 13, 1871," 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. The bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Psi Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, in the village of Clinton, in the county of Oneida, in the State of New York," 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, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The bill entitled "An act to dissolve the New York and Richmond Granite Company," 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, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The bill entitled "An act concerning the duties of assessors and collectors of taxes in the several towns and counties of the State, except in the counties of New York and Kings," 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. 2 The bill entitled "An act to repeal an act entitled 'An act to provide a further supply of pure and wholesome water for the city of New York,' passed February 27, 1871; and also an an act entitled 'An act to re-enact and amend an act entitled An act to provide a further supply of pure and wholesome water for the city of New York,' passed April 6, 1871," having been announced for a third reading, Mr. Benedict moved that the bill be recommitted to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Tiemann moved to amend by adding that the committee be instructed to so amend the same that all judicial proceedings should be had in the first and second judicial districts. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion of Mr. Tiemann to amend, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: The President then put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion of Mr. Benedict, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. Benedict Jolinson Murphy Tiemann Said bill, as amended, was then 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 to lay out, open, and grade Sixtieth street in the city of Brooklyn, and towns of New Utrecht and Gravesend, in the county of Kings,' passed April 6, 1871," 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 incorporate the National American University of Music and other liberal Arts in the city of New York," 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, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The bill entitled "An act to provide an armory in the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, for the use of the Twenty-third regiment of the National Guard of the State of New York," 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. Mr. McGowan, from the committee on agriculture, to which was referred the bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 310, Laws of 1864, being an act to incorporate the Fourier's Protective Union," reported in favor of the passage of the same, and said bill, was committed to the committee of the whole. By unanimous consent, Mr. Lord asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled "An act for the relief of J. Rowe Fanning," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the judiciary. By unanimous consent, Mr. D. P. Wood asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled "An act to amend an act to authorize the imprisonment of convicts in the penitentiaries of Syracuse and Albany, passed May 4, 1869," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on State prisons. Mr. Baker, from the committee on railroads, to which was referred the bill entitled "An act to facilitate the construction of the New York and Canada railroad, and extending thereto the provisions of certain laws relating to the Whitehall and Plattsburgh Railroad Company," reported in favor of the passage of the same, and said bill was committed to the committee of the whole. The bill entitled "An act to incorporate a railroad company to construct a street railroad in the city and town of Oswego, in the county of Oswego," 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, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to regulate the ferries running from the foot of Tenth street and Twenty-third street, in the city of New York, across the East river to Green Point, in the city of Brooklyn," 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, 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. A message from the Assembly was received and read, as follows: IN ASSEMBLY, March 20, 1872. Pursuant to a concurrent resolution of the Senate and Assembly, the Governor returned the Assembly bill entitled "An act to extend the provisions of chapter 113 of the Laws of the year 1850, entitled 'An act declaring Indian river a public highway.'' The vote upon the final passage of the said bill having been reconsidered, on motion of Mr. Enos said bill was referred to the committee on internal affairs, and amended by said committee by adding, at the end of section 1, the following words: "Provided that any and all parties before using said river as a public highway shall execute a bond, approved by a majority of the town boards of the towns of Antwerp and Wilna in Jefferson county, and Diana in Lewis county, and deliver the same at the town clerks offices of the respective aforesaid towns, and to be there filed as a good and sufficient security against any and all property, public or private; such as bridges, booms, dams, mills, machinery, etc., etc., that are now, or may hereafter be, erected on said river by using it as a public highway.' And as amended passed, and ordered sent to the Senate for concur rence. By order, C. S. UNDERWOOD, Clerk. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to reconsider the vote upon 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: The President then put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, as amended, 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: |