The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Foote moved to concur in the amendment. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in their amendment. On motion of Mr. Halsted, and by unanimous consent, the Assembly bill entitled "An act to provide for the supply of the city of Brooklyn with water," was amended, as follows: Section 5, line 6, strike out "fifty" and insert "twenty;" same section, line 12, strike out "common council and a justice of the supreme court of the 2d judicial district." 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 return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, with amendments. The Assembly bill entitled "An act in relation to the Colonial History 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 return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, with amendments. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend the poor laws of the county of Herkimer," 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 passed the same, with amend ments. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to increase the pay of jurors in Herkimer county," 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 passed the same, with amendments. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act in relation to sewerage and drainage in the city of Brooklyn,' passed April 15, 1857," 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 passed the same, with amendments. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Peekskill Savings Bank," 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 Wetmore W. A. Wheeler 22 Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, without amendments. Mr. Boardman moved to recommit the Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend an act to enforce the responsibility of stockholders in certain banking associations, passed April 15, 1849," with instructions to strike out the first six lines of the first section. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: Mr. Mather moved to reconsider the vote just taken. 22 The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: The President then put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion to reconsider, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: Mr. Mather moved to recommit said bill with instructions to strike out lines 6 and 7 of the first section. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. Boardman Brandreth Ely Mather 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: Mr. Ely moved to reconsider the vote just taken, and that that motion lay on the table. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion to lay on the table, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: The President then put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion to reconsider, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, without amendment. Mr. Brandreth moved to take from the table the Assembly bill entitled "An act incorporating the village of Sing Sing, in the county of Westchester, passed April 9, 1853, and the acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof." The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: On a question of privilege, Mr. Diven called for the consideration of the following preamble and resolution: Whereas, it appears from the Assembly proceedings of the 13th instant, that Assembly bill No. 169, passed in the Assembly on the 28th March, transmitted to the Senate on the 28th March, amended in Senate on the 8th of April, and returned to the Assembly with amendments on the 12th instant, was acted upon in the Assembly on the 13th instant, and the amendments of the Senate non-concurred in. And whereas, no communication has been received by the Senate communicating to the Senate the fact of such non-concurrence ; therefore, Resolved, That the Assembly be respectfully solicited to communicate without delay, to the Senate, notice of their non-concurrence, to the end that the Senate may recede from their amendments or adhere to the same and invite a committee of conference. Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate communicate these resolutions to the Assembly, and await an answer. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to adopt said resolutions, and it was decided in the affirmative, as follows: Mr. Mather moved to reconsider the vote just taken, and that that motion lay on the table. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion to lay on the table, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: The President then put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion to reconsider, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: Sloan Smith |