OF THE

SENATE

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK:

AT THEIR

EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION,

BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF ALBANY, on the SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1862.

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EXCELSIOR

ALBANY :

CHARLES VAN BENTHUYSEN, PRINTER TO THE LEGISLATURE,

JOURNAL OF THE SENATE.

STATE OF NEW YORK:

SENATE CHAMBER, IN THE CITY OF ALBANY,

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1862.

Pursuant to the sixth section of the tenth article of the Constitution of the State of New York, designating the first Tuesday in January, in each year, for the time of meeting of the Legislature, the Hon. Robert Campbell, Lieutenant Governor, and the following Senators ftom the several districts of the State, appeared in the Senate, to wit:

Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Selkirk.

The Senators having taken and subscribed the constitutional oath of office, the President declared the Senate organized and ready to proceed to business.

Mr. Munroe offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That James Terwilliger be, and he is hereby appointed Clerk of the Senate.

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

Mr. Bailey offered the following resolution :

Resolved, That Richard U. Owens be, and he is hereby appointed Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.

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

Mr. Robertson offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That Caleb S. Babcock be, and he is hereby appointed Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.

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

Mr. Richards offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That Orville Griffin be, and he is hereby appointed Doorkeeper of the Senate.

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

Mr. Hardin offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That Charles Johnson be, and he is hereby appointed First Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate.

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

Mr. Montgomery offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That Sanders Wilson be, and he is hereby appointed Second Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate.

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

Mr. Hutchinson offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That Giles H. Holden be, and he is hereby appointed Third Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate.

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

Mr. Bell offered the following resolution :

Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed by the President to wait upon the Governor and inform his Excellency that the Senate is now organized and ready to proceed to business.

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

Ordered, That Messrs. Bell and Murphy be said committee.

Mr. Angel offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed to wait upon the Honorable the Assembly, and inform that body that the Senate is organized and ready to proceed to business.

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

Ordered, That Messrs. Angel and Willard be such committee.

Mr. Hutchinson offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate be directed to invite the Clergymen of the city of Albany, who have charge of religious congregations, to