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company, to be located at Peekskill, was read, and referred to the committee on the incorporation and alteration of the charters of banking and insurance companies.

The petition of sundry dealers in flour in the city of New-York, praying for an alteration of the law respecting the inspection of flour in said city, was read, and committed to the committee of the whole when on the bill upon that subject.

The petition of sundry inhabitants of the city of New-York, praying for the repeal of the law which prohibits botanic practice, 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 St. Lawrence, praying that the name of the town of Hermon in said county, may be changed to De Grasse, was read, and referred to the committec on the erection and division of towns and counties.

The petition of sundry inhabitants of the city of New-York, against the passage of any law creating monopolies, was read, and referred to a select committee, consisting of the members attending this House from the city and county of New-York.

The petition of Herman Bogert of the county of Ontario, praying for remuneration for damages alleged to have been sustained by the construction of the Crooked lake canal, was read, and referred to the committee on grievances.

The petition of sundry inhabitants of the city of New-York, praying for the passage of an act authorising the appointment of commissioners to examine into the state of the public schools in said city, was read, and referred to the committee on colleges, academies and common schools.

Mr. Moseley, from the committee on Indian affairs, to which was referred the petition of certain members of the First Christian Party of the Oneida Indians, praying for additional remuneration for their lands sold the State in October, 1829, reported; and asked leave to introduce a bill.

[See Document No. 260.]

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

Mr. Moseley, according to leave, brought in the said bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the First Christian party of the Oneida Indians;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and committed to a cominittee of the whole house.

Mr. Burke, from the majority of the committee on colleges, academies and common schools, to which was referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Onondaga, praying for the incorporation of an academy in the village of Manlius in said county, reported a bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the Manlius academy;" 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. Roosevelt, from the committee on rail-roads, to which was

referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of the town of Stafford and its vicinity in the county of Genesee, praying for the incorporation of a company to construct a rail-road from the village of Stafford in said town, to intersect the Tonawanda rail-road, reported a bill, entitled "An act to construct a rail-road in the town of Stafford in the county of Genesee;" 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. Roosevelt, from the committee on rail-roads, to which was referred the petition of the president and directors of the NewYork and Albany Rail-Road Company, praying for an amendment of their charter, reported a bill, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the New-York and Albany railroad company,' passed April 17th, 1832;" 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. Roosevelt, from the committee on rail-roads, to which was referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Niagara, praying for the incorporation of a company to construct a rail-road from Lockport to Batavia, reported a bill, entitled "An act to construct a rail-road from Batavia to Lockport;" 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. Burhans, from the committee on claims, to which was referred the engrossed bill from the Senate, entitled "An act for the relief of Alexander Thney," and the engrossed bill from the Senate, entitled "An act for the relief of William M. Ireland," re-. ported, that the committee have examined the said bills, and see no reason why the same should not severally be passed into laws. Ordered, That the said bills be committed to a committee of the whole house.

Mr. Anthony, from the committee on the establishment and improvement of roads and bridges, and the incorporation of turnpike companies, to which was referred the petition of S. M. Thompson and others, praying for the passage of an act to prevent the passage of burthens greater than five tons over toll-bridges, without consent of the proprietors, reported a bill, entitled "An act to regulate transportation across toll-bridges;" 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. Phillips, from the committee on the establishment and improvement of roads and bridges, and the incorporation of turnpike companies, to which was referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Cayuga and Wayne, praying for the passage of an act to repeal the act incorporating the Montezuma Turnpike and Bridge Company, and all acts amending the same, reported a bill, entitled "An act to repeal so much of the act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Montezuma turnpike and bridge company,' passed March 31st, 1815, and an act to amend the same, passed April 2d, 1819, as relates to the turnpike leading from Palmyra to Elbridge, (except the bridge and causeway or roads over the Seneca river

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and marshes;") 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. Clinch, from the committee on colleges, academies and common schools, to which was referred, by resolution of the twentyeighth ultimo, the duty of inquiring into the propriety of so amending the laws of this State in relation to the distribution of the income of the Literature fund, as to require that the amount of such fund which may be apportioned to the Deaf and Dumb Institution in the city of New-York, shall be deducted from the total amount of such income, instead of the amount apportioned to the incorporated academies in the first senate district, reported; and concluded that it is inexpedient to make any change in the mode of distributing the income of said fund.

[ See Document No. 263.]

Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree with the committee in their said report, and it was determined in the affirmative.

Mr. Jackson, from the committee appointed in pursuance of the fifty-first rule of this House, to examine all bills committed to a committee of the whole, and to report such bills as in their unanimous opinion may with propriety be referred to select committees to report complete, reported the following bills as proper for such reference, to wit:

The bill entitled "An act to amend title second of chapter fifteenth of part first of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of common schools;'" the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the New-York India rubber cloth company;" the bill entitled "An act in relation to the boundaries of school district number two in the city of Rochester and county of Monroe;" the bill entitled "An act to extend the navigation from the head of the Chemung canal feeder to the village of Centerville in the town of Painted-Post in the county of Steuben, and for other purposes;" the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Erin fraternal benevolent association;" the bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Troy turnpike and rail-road company,' passed April 18th, 1831;" the bill entitled "An act to amend the charter of the village of Cazenovia;" the bill entitted "An act to amend part first, title first of chapter seventeenth of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of the regulation of trade in certain cases;'" and the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Clyde in the county of Wayne." Thereupon,

Ordered, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the consideration of the said several bills, and that the bill entitled "An act to amend title second of chapter fifteenth of part first of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of common schools,"" be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Clinch, Mr. King and Mr. Gray; that the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the New-York India rubber cloth company," be referred to a select committee,

consisting of Mr. Hillyer, Mr. Crosby and Mr. Conklin; that the bill entitled "An act in relation to the boundaries of school district number two in the city of Rochester and county of Monroe," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. D. Sibley, Mr. A. Clark and Mr. G. Brown; that the bill entitled "An act to extend the navigation from the head of the Chemung canal feeder to the village of Centerville in the town of Painted-Post in the county of Steuben, and for other purposes," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Baker, Mr. Crain and Mr. Fisher; that the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Erin fraternal benevolent association," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Brasher, Mr. Phillips and Mr. Rice; that the bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Troy turnpike and rail-road company,' passed April 18th, 1831," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Griswold, Mr. Livingston and Mr. M'Kie; that the bill entitled "An act to amend the charter of the village of Cazenovia," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Hough, Mr. Cadwell and Mr. Powers; that the bill entitled "An act to amend part first, title first of chapter seventeenth of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of the regulation of trade in certain cases,'" be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Hall, Mr. Livingston and Mr. D. Sibley; and that the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Clyde in the county of Wayne," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Wylie, Mr. Benjamin and Mr. Mallory, to be by the said committees severally reported complete.

Mr. Thorn, from the committee on the incorporation of charitable and religious societies, to which was referred the engrossed bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to change the title of the Presbyterian church in Cedar-street in the city of New-York," 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. Davis, from the select committee to which was referred the petition of the inhabitants of the county of Ulster, praying for an act to revive the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Eddyville bridge company," passed April 22d, 1831, reported; and asked leave to introduce a bill.

[See Document No. 261.]

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

Mr. Davis, according to leave, brought in the said bill, entitled "An act to revive and amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Eddyville bridge company,' passed April 22d, 1831;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house. Mr. Tomlinson, from the select committee to which was referred the bill entitled "An act concerning the granting of licenses," reported, that the committee had gone through the said bill, and

agreed to the same without amendment; which he was directed to report to the House, and he read the report in his place, and delivered the same in at the table, where it was again read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the bill be engrossed.

Mr. Van Bergen, from the select committee to which was referred the petition of the farmers and packers of pressed hay, and also of the dealers and purchasers of that article in the city of NewYork, reported; and asked leave to introduce a bill.

[See Document No. 265.]

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

Mr. Van Bergen, according to leave, brought in the said bill, entitled "An act to amend title third of the seventeenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes;" 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.

A communication from the Attorney-General was received and read, in the words following, to wit:

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Albany, March 6, 1835.

TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.

SIR,

I submit herewith a report on the petition of E. Smith Sweet, in pursuance of a reference from the Assembly.

I am, with much respect,

Your obedient servant,

GREENE C. BRONSON.

[See Document No. 262.]

Ordered, That the said report be referred to the committee on claims.

The engrossed bill entitled "An act to divide the town of Manlius in the county of Onondaga," was read the third time.

Resolved, That the bill do pass.

Ordered, That the clerk deliver the said bill to the Senate, and request their concurrence in the same.

Mr. Plumb, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported, that the committee have examined the engrossed bill entitled "An act to amend article sccond, title fifth, chapter sixth, part third of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of executions against property,'" and find the same correctly engrossed.

Ordered, That the said bill be laid upon the table.

Mr. Plumb, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported, that the committee have examined the engrossed bill entitled "An act authorising George Ohll to change his name;" the engrossed bill entitled "An act to amend and extend the charter of the Cairo bridge company;" the engrossed bill entitled "An act to incorpo[ASSEMBLY JOURNAL.]

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