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[See Document No. 248.]

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

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

Mr. Thorn, from the committee on the incorporation of charitable and religious societies, to which was referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Delaware, praying for the incorporation of the Delaware Literary and Religious Institute, to be located in the village of Franklin in said county, reported a bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the Delaware literary and religious institute;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house.

Mr. M. H. Sibley, from the committee on claims, to which was referred the petition of Lawrence Barclay, for compensation for labor done on the Cayuga and Seneca canal, reported; and asked leave to introduce a bill.

[See Document No. 247.]

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in such bill.

Mr. M. H. Sibley, according to leave, brought in the said bill, entitled "An act for the payment of the claims of Lawrence Barclay, for services on the Cayuga and Seneca canal;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house.

Mr. Ringgold, from the select committee to which was referred the memorial of the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New-York, for the passage of an act repealing the law limiting the duration of the ordinances of the common council of said city, reported; and asked leave to introduce a bill.

[See Document No. 258.]

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in such bill.

Mr. Ringgold, according to leave, brought in the said bill, entitled "An act relative to the laws and ordinances of the common council of the city of New-York;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house.

Mr. T. Lewis, from the select committee to which was referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Genesee, praying for the passage of an act authorising the supervisors of said county to raise money by tax, for the purpose of repairing certain bridges therein, reported a bill, entitled "An act to raise money in the county of Genesee, to build and repair certain bridges in the town of China;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house.

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A communication from John Walworth, assistant register in chancery, was received and read.

[See Document No. 246.]

Ordered, That the said communication be laid upon the table. A communication from the Canal Commissioners was received and read, in the words following, to wit:

The Canal Commissioners, pursuant to the directions of the act authorising the survey of a canal route from Rochester to Olean, respectfully report:

[ See Document No. 264.]

Ordered, That the said report be referred to the committee on canals and internal improvements.

Ordered, That Mr. Beecher have leave of absence for four days, and Mr. Shafer for eight days.

Ordered, That the committee on claims be discharged from the consideration of the petition of E. Smith Sweet, and that the same be referred to the Attorney-General.

The House then proceeded to the consideration of the resolution of yesterday offered by Mr. M. H. Sibley; the same was again read, in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That the House now proceed to consider an article published in the State paper of this day, headed "The Bank investigation and the Bank attorney," with a view to determine whether any action of this House is proper in relation thereto.

Thereupon,

Mr. Wager made a motion that the House should agree to amend the said resolution, by striking out all after the word "Resolved,” and insert "That no action of this House is called for in relation to the publication in the Albany Argus of yesterday, under the head of "The Bank investigation and the Bank attorney," to which the attention of the House was directed by the Hon. M. H. Sibley, a member from the county of Ontario.”

Mr. Patterson made a motion that the House should agree to amend the amendment to the said resolution, by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "That the conduct of the printer to this House, in publishing in the Albany Argus, with the apparent design of impugning the motives and conduct of a member of this House, a part of the answer of the cashier of the Bank of Ontario, to one of the interrogatories propounded to him by order of this House, when the whole of such answer was material to the proper understanding of the part so published, was improper and reprehensible."

Debates were had upon the said amendment of Mr. Patterson; and the question being put whether the House would agree thereto, it was determined in the negative.

NAYS 72

AYES 25

The ayes and nays being required by ten members,

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Those who voted in the affirmative are

Mr. Blatchly
Mr. A. Brown
Mr. G. Brown
Mr. Burke
Mr. A. Hascall

Mr. P. W. Paddock
Mr. Phillips
Mr. Preston
Mr. Quackenboss
Mr. Ringgold
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Shepard
Mr. Speaker
Mr. Springer
Mr. Stetson
Mr. Stevens
Mr. Thorn

Mr. Tillinghast

Mr. Van Benthuisen

Mr. Wager

Mr. Waldron

Mr. Warren
Mr. Wetmore
Mr. Wheeler

Mr. Wilcoxson

Mr. Wilkinson
Mr. Williams
Mr. Woodbury
Mr. Wylie

Mr. Richmond
Mr. D. Sibley
Mr. M. H. Sibley
Mr. C. Strong
Mr. E. Strong
Mr. Tomlinson
Mr. Tyrrel
Mr. Woodward

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Mr. J. Haskell

Mr. Hendee
Mr. Hildreth

Mr. Hillyer

72

25

Debates were thereupon had upon the said amendment of Mr. Wager; and the question being put whether the House would agree thereto, it was determined in the affirmative.

AYES 84
NAYS 12

The

ayes and nays being required by ten members,

Those who voted in the affirmative are

Mr. Anthony

Mr. Baker

Mr. Barnes

Mr. Bennet

Mr. Brooks

Mr. A. Brown

Mr. Burhans

Mr. Barnum

Mr. Cadwell

Mr. Carr
Mr. Cash

Mr. A. Clark
Mr. J. Clark

Mr. Clinch

Mr. Coe
Mr. Conklin
Mr. Crain
Mr. Crary
Mr. Crosby
Mr. Crowell
Mr. Cuykendall

Mr. Groom

Mr. Harvey
Mr. A. Hascall
Mr. Healy
Mr. Hendee

Mr. Hicks
Mr. Hiller
Mr. Hough
Mr. Hutchinson
Mr. Ingersoll
Mr. Jackson
Mr. Jones
Mr. Judd

Mr. Kent
Mr. King
Mr. Krum

Mr. J. W. Lewis
Mr. T. Lewis
Mr. Livingston
Mr. Lockwood

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Mr. Davis

Mr. Dayan

Mr. Loomis
Mr. Mallory
Mr. M'Cluer

Mr. Eldred

Mr. Moseley

Mr. Wetmore
Mr. Whecler
Mr. Wilcoxson
Mr. Wilkinson

Mr. Finch

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Williams

Mr. Fisher

Mr. Ogden

Mr. Woodbury

Mr. Gray

Mr. Griswold

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

And then the House adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1835.

The House met pursuant to adjournment.

The petition of three thousand four hundred and seventy-nine citizens residing in the upper wards of the city of New-York, praying for the establishment of additional ferries between that city and Long Island, was read, and committed to the committee of the whole when on the bill upon that subject.

The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Otsego, praying for relief from offensive practices by manufacturing incorporations, was read, and referred to the committee on the judiciary.

The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Monroe, praying for the incorporation of a company to construct a rail-road from Syracuse to Rochester, was read, and referred to the committee on rail-roads.

The petition of Bernardus Swartwout of the county of Saratoga, praying for the passage of an act authorising the Canal Commissioners to lease the surplus waters of the Glen's falls feeder, was read, and referred to the Canal Commissioners.

The petition of sundry inhabitants of the city of Troy, for a rail-road from said city to West-Stockbridge, was read, and referred to the committee on rail-roads.

The remonstrance of sundry inhabitants of the village of WestTroy in the county of Albany, against the building of a bridge across the Hudson river opposite the city of Albany, was read, and referred to the committee on the establishment and improvement of roads and bridges, and the incorporation of turnpike companies.

Mr. Brasher, from the select committee to which was referred the engrossed bill from the Senate, entitled "An act authorising Hezekiah Beers Pierpont to erect a dock or docks in the city of Brooklyn," reported, that the committee have examined the said bill, and see no reason why the same should not be passed into a law.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a committee of the whole house.

Mr. M. H. Sibley, from the committee on claims, to which was referred the petition of Isaac Satterly, asking for a grant of bounty lands to the heirs of Henry Satterly, for his services in the war of the revolution, reported; and asked leave to introduce a bill.

[See Document No. 253.]

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in such bill.

Mr. M. H. Sibley, according to leave, brought in the said bill, entitled "An act to satisfy the claim of the heirs of Henry Satterly, a soldier of the revolution, to bounty lands;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house.

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