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withstanding such recommendation by the President, we are in favor of positive and speedy action by Congress on the subject, and are decidedly opposed to waiting the silent effect of causes independent of the action of Congress," to settle a subject which "excites such painful sensations in the county."

Mr. Mann moved that said resolutions be laid upon the table. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Mann then moved that said resolutions be printed.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Schoonmaker,

Resolved, That the committee on claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Henry Wager and Ward Hunt, and that the same be referred to the canal commissioners, and that they be requested to report to the Senate the facts in relation to the matters set forth in said petition.

On motion of Mr. Snyder,

Resolved, That the bill from the Assembly entitled, "An act authorising the supervisors of Dutchess county to remove the poor house of said county," together with the report thereon of the committee of the Senate on internal affairs of towns and counties, be taken from the table and recommitted to said committee for further consideration.

The bill entitled, "An act further to amend the charter of the Attica and Hornellsville railroad company, passed May 14, 1845," was read the third time and passed, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows:

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Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein.

On motion of Mr. Crolius,

The Senate then adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1850.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Davenport.

The journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Mr. Beekman presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of N. Y. city, for a law to prevent city interments, which was referred to the committee on the incorporation of cities and villages.

Mr. Dimmick presented the petition of the president and trustees of the village of Binghamton, for an amendment of the charter of said village, which was referred to the committee on the incorporation of cities and villages.

Mr. Snyder presented the petition of Alexander Hubbard, for a law authorising the payment of certain rewards offered in the proclamation of the Governor of April 26, 1815, for the apprehension and conviction of persons engaged in the commission of certain offences, which was referred to the committee on claims.

Mr. Beach presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of Cayuga co., against the consolidation of the Auburn and Syracuse and Auburn and Rochester railroad companies, which was referred to the committee on railroads.

Mr. Colt presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of Chautauque, for a law allowing the supervisors to fix the salary of the clerk of said county, which was referred to the committee on the internal affairs of towns and counties.

Mr. Robinson presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of Allegany co., for a law compelling the N. Y. and Erie railroad company, to construct their road to Lake Erie on the original route, which was referred to the committee on railroads.

Messrs. Upham, Beach and Stanton presented four several petitions of sundry inhabitants of Niagara, Seneca and Wayne counties, for an appropriation to the Genesee College, which were referred to to the committee on finance.

Mr. Owen, from the committee on railroads, to which was referred the petition for that purpose, reported a bill entitled, "An act in relation to the location of the New-York and Erie railroad through the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauque," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Babcock, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the bill from the Assembly entitled, "An act to authorise the holding of a county court and court of sessions in the county of Schoharie," reported in favor of the passage of the same with amendments, which was committed to the committee of the whole. Mr. Babcock, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the petition of David Tomlinson for repeal of the law

taxing leases, reported adverse to the prayer of the petitioner, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration thereof.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree the said report, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Babcock, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred a petition for that purpose, reported a bill entitled, "An act to release the interest of the State in certain real estate of which Hugh Hamel died seised, to Mary Hamel, his widow," which was read the first time, and by unanimons consent was also read the second time, and committed to the committee of the whole. Mr. Babcock, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Cypress Hill cemetery for a law allowing deeds for burial plats to be recorded without proof or acknowledgment, reported in writing, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration thereof

(See Doc. No 31.)

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the said report, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Babcock, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Andrew Yates and others for relief as stockholders of the Caughnawaga bridge company, reported in writing, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration of said petition.

(See Doc. No. 28.)

Mr. Johnson moved that said report be laid on the table.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Miller, from the committee on roads and bridges, to which was referred the bill entitled, "An act to amend the charter of the Lewiston suspension bridge company," reported in favor of the passage of the same without amendment, which was committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Cross, from the committee on the incorporation of cities and villages, to which was referred the petition for that purpose, reported a bill entitled, "An act to amend the act incorporating the village of Waterloo," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Schoonmaker, from the committee on claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Richard J. Wilson for compensation for services, in lieu of military bounty lands, reported adverse to the prayer of the petitioners, and offered the following resolution, to wit:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted.

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The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Schoonmaker, from the committee on claims, reported in relation to the evidence, &c., on petitions for claims referred to them, in writing, which report was laid upon the table.

(See Doc. No. 27)

Mr. Mann, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the bill entitled, "An act to obviate difficulties in certain powers of sale," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which was committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Curtis, from a majority of the committee on grievances, to which was referred the petition for that purpose, reported in writing, and introduced a bill entitled, "An act authorising the appraisement and payment of canal damages to the Florida bridge company," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole.

Mr. Colt, from the committee on the internal affairs of towns and counties, to which was referred the bill from the Assembly entitled, "An act authorising the supervisors of Dutchess county to remove the poor house of said county," reported said bill to the Senate for its consideration, which was committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Cook, from the joint committee to revise the joint rules and orders of the Senate and Assembly, reported said rules amended so as to read as follows:

1st. Each House shall transmit to the other all papers on which any bill or resolution shall be founded.

2d. When a bill or resolution which shall have passed in one House, is rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the House in which the same may have passed.

3d. Messages from one House to the other, shall be communicated by the respective clerks of each House, unless the House transmitting the message shall especially direct otherwise.

4th. It shall be in the power of either House to amend any amendment made by the other to any bill or resolution.

5th. In every case of difference between the two Houses, upon any subject of legislation, either House may request a conference, and appoint a committee for that purpose, and the other shall also appoint a committee to confer. The committee shall meet at such hour and place as shall be appointed by the chairman of the committee on the part of the House requesting such conference. The conferees shall state to each other verbally or in writing, as either shall choose, the reasons of their respective Houses, and confer freely thereon. The committee shall report in writing, and shall be authorized to report such modifications or amendments as they think advisable. The papers shall be left with the conferees of the House assenting to such conference; and they shall present the report of the committee to their House. When such House shall have acted thereon, they shall

transmit the same, and the papers relating thereto, to the other, with a message certifying its action thereon.

6th. It shall be in order for either House to recede from any subject matter of difference, subsisting between the two Houses at any time previous to conference, whether the papers on which such difference arose, are before the House receding, formally or informally; and on such vote to recede, the same number shall be required to constitute a quorum to act thereon, and to assent to such receding, as was required on the original question out of which the difference arose.

7th. After each House shall have adhered to their disagreement, the bill which is the subject of difference shall be deemed lost, and shall not be again revived during the same session in either House.

8th. All joint committees of the two Houses, and all committees of conference, shall consist of three Senators and five members of Assembly, unless otherwise specially ordered by concurrent resolution.

9th. Whenever ten or more bills shall be in readiness for final reading in either House, such House shall assign a day for the final reading of such bills, which day shall be within one week thereafter. At the time appointed, such House shall proceed to the final reading of bills, and continue the same from day to day, until all bills then in readiness for final reading shall have been read, except as herein provided. All bills shall have their last reading in each House, in the order in which the same shall have been ordered to a final reading in such House; but either House may assign a day certain, for the final reading of a particular bill; or it may, by a majority of all the members present, order any bill when reached to lie on the table. In all cases where a bill shall be so ordered to lie on the table, it shall retain its place in the order of the final reading of bills, but shall not be called up for consideration unless by the vote of a ma jority of the members present.

10th. No bill which shall have passed one House, shall have its final reading in the other, in less than two days thereafter, without the consent of two-thirds of the members thereof present.

11th. The same bill shall not, specially or by name, create, renew or continue more than one incorporation, nor contain any provisions in relation to the altering of more than one incorporation by name, but this rule shall not be construed to apply to corporations to be formed under general laws according to the eighth article of the constitution.

12th. Whenever there shall be an election of officers by the two Houses, the result shall be certified by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the Assembly, and shall be reported by the presiding officer of each House, to their respective Houses, and be entered on the journals of each, and shall be communicated to the Governor by the clerks of the two Houses.

13th. There shall be printed, of course, and without order, 380 copies of all original bills reported by committees of either House; and 800 copies of all messages from the Governor, (except messages certifying his approval of bills,) all reports of standing or select

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