The Senate bill entitled "An act to amend 'An act to provide for a supply of water in the city of Poughkeepsie, and for sewers therein,' passed April 12, 1867, and also to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend an act entitled An act to provide for a supply of water in the city of Poughkeepsie and for sewers therein, passed April 12, 1867, passed April 9, 1870, and also to amend an act entitled An act to amend an act entitled An act to provide for a supply of water in the city of Poughkeepsie, and for sewers therein,' passed April 12, 1867, passed April 19, 1871,” was read a third time.

Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was determined in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present.

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Senate, with a message informing that the Assembly have passed the same.

Mr. Lott, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported as correctly engrossed the bills entitled as follows:

"An act to establish a department of police and health in and for the city of Brooklyn."

"An act to create a department of city works in the city of Brooklyn, and to abolish the permanent board of water and sewerage commissioners in said city."

"An act in relation to the fire department of the city of Brooklyn, and to reorganize the same."

Also, that they have compared with the original, the bill entitled "An act to authorize the city of Buffalo to borrow money and to subscribe to the capital stock of the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad Company," passed by unanimous consent, March 19, and find the same correctly engrossed. The bill entitled "An act to confer upon Horace C. Tracy and Peter Fish the right to establish a ferry across Cayuga lake, and to extend in their behalf an act to establish such ferry, passed April 5, 1844, and extended by chapter 31, Laws of 1858, to Horace C. Tracy and Isaac A. Brokaw, for the term of fourteen years from the 5th day of April, 1858," was read a third time.

Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was determined in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof.

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

The bill entitled "An act to amend 'An act to enable Ezra Cornell to found a public library and literary institution in the village of Ithaca, and to incorporate the same,' passed April 5, 1864," was read a third time.

Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was determined in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present.

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

On motion of Mr. Shepardson,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 354, entitled "An act to legalize and confirm the official acts of Gaylord S. Graves, a justice of the peace of the town of Bainbridge, in the county of Chenango," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Ray,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 487, entitled "An act to provide for supplying the city of Hudson, Columbia county, New York, with pure and wholesome water," be referred to the sub-committee

of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Knapp,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 265, entitled "An act to prevent frauds in the sale of patent rights," be referred to the subcommittee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Knapp,

Resolved, That the Senate bill, general order 578, entitled "An act to incorporate the Batavia Library Association, and appropriating certain money thereto," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

Ön motion of Mr. Roche,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 470, entitled "An act to enable Mary Conlan to take and hold real estate, and to release to her the interest and title in lands escheated to the State," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Roche,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 581, entitled "An act to release the interest of the people of the State of New York in certain real estate to Elizabeth Hanley," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Lippitt,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 391, entitled "An act to incorporate the trustees of the home for the destitute children of Madison county," " be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

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On motion of Mr. Campbell,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 474, entitled "An act for the relief of the heirs of Daniel Early, deceased, late of the city of New York," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. I. H. Babcock,

Resolved, That Assembly bill No. 299, general order 334, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the St. Joseph's Academy and Industrial Female School of Lockport,' passed February 19, 1866," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Hungerford,

Resolved, That the Senate bill, general order 496, entitled "An act to release and convey the interest of the State of New York in certain real estate in the city of Utica, of which Owen J. Owens died possessed, to Owen Griffith, his nephew," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Beckwith,

Resolved, That the Senate bill, general order 346, entitled "An act to amend chapter 92, Laws of 1869, entitled 'An act to provide for the compensation of members of the board of supervisors of the county of Oneida,' and to fix the place of the annual sessions thereof," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Oakley,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 453, entitled "An act supplemental to an act entitled 'An act to regulate and protect the planting of oysters in the public waters of the towns of Jamaica and Hempstead, in the county of Queens,' passed April 20, 1871," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Oakley,.

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 440, entitled "An act to repeal chapter 928 of the Laws of 1871, entitled 'An act in relation to the laying out, opening and construction of a public highway, in the town of Hempstead, Queens county," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Oakley,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 384, entitled "An act to provide for reopening West avenue, in Long Island city, Queens county," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

Mr. Oakley offered for the consideration of the House a resolution, in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 59, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize the drainage of marsh lands,' passed June 9, 1868, and the acts amendatory thereof, passed April 22, 1869," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to said resolution, and it was determined in the negative.

On motion of Mr. Houghton,

Resolved, That Assembly bill 415, general order 459, authorizing Saratoga Springs to elect a receiver of taxes and assessments," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Murdock,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 332, entitled "An act to limit the amount of money to be paid to the Hornell Library Association to $500, and to amend chapter 549 of the Laws of 1869," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Hollister,

Resolved, That the Senate bill 119, general order 335, entitled "An act to enable the board of education of the village of Salem to borrow or raise by tax money for school purposes, and to provide for the payment thereof, with interest, if borrowed, by tax on said village," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Wells,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 308, entitled "An act to authorize the election of an additional justice of the peace in the town of Sodus, in the county of Wayne," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Wells,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 475, entitled "An act to release to George Buerckel and Magdalena Stell, the brother and sister of Henry Buerckel, deceased, all the right, title and interest of the people of the State of New York in and to a certain house and lot of land in the village of Lyons, county of Wayne, and State of New York," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

Ón motion of Mr. Badeau,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 344, entitled "An act to compel the commissioners appointed to build a town hall in the town of New Rochelle under chapter 88 of the Laws of 1868, and all acts amendatory thereof to account," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Badeau,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 342, entitled "An act to repeal an act entitled 'An act to provide for the erection of a town hall in the village of Mount Vernon, town of East Chester, county of Westchester," passed April 4, 1871," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Badeau,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 331, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to establish free schools in school district No. 4, in the town of East Chester, Westchester county, passed June 8, 1853," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Husted,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general order 546, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to enable the several highway districts in the town of Greenbergh, Westchester county, west of or through which the highway known as the late Highland turnpike runs, to macadamize and otherwise improve the public highway within their respec tive district,' passed April 22, 1867," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Husted,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, genéral order 377, entitled "An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over Sing Sing kill, in the village of Sing Sing," be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Husted,

Resolved, That the Assembly bill, general orders 450, entitled "An act to amend chapter 534, of the Laws of 1871, entitled 'An act relative to the improvement of certain portions of the counties of Westchester and New York, including provisions for communication between said counties, and for improving the navigation of Harlem river and Spnyten Duyvil creek,'" be referred to the sub-committee of the whole.