Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 565, Laws of 1867, entitled 'An act to incorporate the Buffalo City Railway Company,'" having been announced for a third reading, On motion of Mr. Nichols and by unanimous consent, said bill was amended as follows: Section 1, line 21, reference being had to printed bill, after the word "along" insert the words "Eleventh avenue and." In sec. 4, strike out all after the word "authorized" in line 8, down to and including the word "law" in the 13th line. Said bill, as amended, 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 authorize additional facilities for the interment of the pauper dead 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, 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 for the relief of Theodocia Wall, Amasa P. Hart, Oliver Breed, Joseph J. Glass, Edwin P. Hopkins, Geo. G. Breed, Edmund Merry and Daniel Hubbard," 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 negative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate not voting in favor thereof, as follows: Mr. Kennedy moved to reconsider the vote jnst taken, and that that motion be laid upon 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 affirmative. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to alter the commissioners' map of the city of Brooklyn,' passed April 22, 1867," 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, with amendments. The bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the village of Port Jervis,' passed March 30, 1866," 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 to incorporate the Brooklyn Trust Company,' passed April 14, 1866," 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 amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Turnverein of the city of Brooklyn, eastern district,' passed April 16, 1858," 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, without amendment. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Ithaca Waterworks 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, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. 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, without amendment. The bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Clinton Savings Bank, 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 Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 286 of Laws of 1863, entitled 'An act for the better support of the poor in the city of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess,' passed April 29, 1863," 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: 21 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, without amendment. The bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Syracuse Savings Institution,' passed March 30, 1849," 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 amend an act entitled 'An act to make school district No. 9, in the town of Pomfret, a union free school district,' passed March 17, 1858," 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. Beach moved to take from the table the motion to concur in the amendments of the Assembly to the bill entitled "An act in relation to the Wallkill Valley Railroad Company." The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion to take from the table, and it was decided in the affirmative. The President then put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion to concur, 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 their amendments. The Assembly returned the bill entitled "An act to authorize the Utica and Waterville Railroad Company to alter its name," with a message that they had passed the same, with the following amendment: Strike out all after the word "belong" in line 3, section 2 of engrossed [SENATE JOURNAL.] 38 bill, and insert the following: "to it under its present name, and all the acts and proceedings of the towns along the route of said road in preparing for and in taking stock and issuing bonds in aid for the construction thereof, shall be as valid and effectual as if the same had been done for said company under the name of the Utica, Clinton and Binghamton Railroad Company. But nothing in this act contained shall have the effect to render valid and effectual any of the acts or proceedings of the said towns had or taken before the passage of this act, and which would not have been valid or effectual if this act had not been passed, nor shall such acts or proceedings be rendered invalid by reason of anything herein contained, if the same would have been valid, without the passage of this act; and no action already commenced touching the taking stock or issuing bonds in aid of the construction of such road, shall abate in consequence of the change of name effected by this act, but the same may be construed in favor of or against said corporation by its present name, or by the name conferred upon it by this act." Mr. Campbell moved to concur in said amendment. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion to concur, 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: 1 Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in their amendment. The Assembly returned the bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to create a board of trustees for the town of Morrisania, in the county of Westchester, and to define their powers,' passed April 22, 1864, and the several acts amending the same," with a message that they had passed the same, with the following amendment: SEC. 3. Section seventy-three of said act as amended July twentysixth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and June tenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: "The said board are hereby authorized, whenever they shall deem proper, to erect or cause to be erected a bridge or causeway over and across Cromwell's creek, in said town, at such point as they shall deem best, and of such material as they shall determine, the cost of such bridge and causeway shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. Such bridge and causeway shall be built by contract. The said board shall cause specifications of the work to be done to be made and filed with the clerk to said board. They shall then cauɛe a notice to be published in a newspaper published in said town, once in each week for three weeks successively, stating the filing of such specifications and the time and place when and where such board will meet to receive sealed proposals for constructing such bridge and causeway. time and place stated in such notice or at such time as the said board At the shall adjourn to for that purpose, such sealed proposals as shall be presented shall be publicly opened by the president of said board. The said board shall thereupon determine which is the most favorable proposal, and may then enter into a contract for building such bridge or cause |