Mr. Wager, from the select committee to which was referred the bill entitled "An act to amend an act to incorporate the Oneida Jake canal company," 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. Lockwood, from the select committee to which was referred the engrossed bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Croton turnpike company,' passed April 6th, 1807," reported, that the committee have examined the said bill, and see no reason why the same should not be. passed into a law, and recommend that it be ordered to a third reading.

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

Thereupon,

The said bill was read the third time.

Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to the final passage of the said bill, and it was determined in the affirmative, two-thirds of all the members elected to this House woting in favor thereof, as follows, to wit:

Ordered, That the clerk return the said bill to the Senate, and inform them that this House have passed the same without amendment.

Mr. Livingston, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the petition of S. H. Greenman, for the passage of a law authorising him to take the oath of office as a commissioner of deeds in the town of Skaneateles in the county of Onondaga, reported a bill, entitled "An act authorising Samuel H. Greenman of Onondaga county, to take the oath of office as a commissioner of deeds for said county;" 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 William B. Van Benthuisen, was received and read, in the words following, to wit:

To the Hon. CHARLES HUMPHREY,

SIR,

Albany, March 11, 1835.

Speaker of the Assembly.

Having accepted an appointment which will require my undivided attention, I consider it my duty to resign the office of member of the Assembly of this State; which resignation you will please to communicate to the House.

I have the honor to be,

Very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

W. B. VAN BENTHUISEN.

Ordered, That the said communication be laid upon the table. Mr. Suffern, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported, that the committee had examined the engrossed bill entitled "An act in relation to the boundaries of school district number two in the city of Rochester and county of Monroe;" the engrossed bill entitled

"An act to amend title second of chapter fifteenth of part first of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of common schools;'" and the engrossed bill entitled "An act to amend an act to appoint commissioners to lay out a road from the head of the Crooked lake in the county of Steuben, to the village of Angelica in the county of Allegany, passed May 1st, 1834," and find the said bills severally correctly engrossed.

Thereupon,

The said engrossed bill, entitled "An act in relation to the boundaries of school district number two in the city of Rochester and county of Monroe," was read the third time.

Resolved, That the bill do pass.

The said engrossed bill, entitled "An act to amend title second of chapter fifteenth of part first of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of common schools,"" was read the third time.

Resolved, That the bill do pass.

The said engrossed bill, entitled "An act to amend an act to appoint commissioners to lay out a road from the head of the Crooked lake in the county of Steuben, to the village of Angelica in the county of Allegany, passed May 1st, 1834," was read the third time.

Resolved, That the bill do pass.

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver the said several bills to the Senate, and request their concurrence in the same.

Mr. Farwell gave notice that he would, on some future day, ask leave to introduce a bill to incorporate the Watertown Academy or high school.

In pursuance of previous notice, Mr. Fisher asked for and obtained leave to bring in a bill, entitled "An act fixing compensation to grand and petit jurors serving in courts of record in the county of Tioga;" 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.

Three several messages from the Senate were read, informing that they have passed the bill entitled "An act relative to supplying the village of Whitehall with pure and wholesome water;" the bill entitled "An act relative to the Cayuga and Susquehannah turnpike company," and the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Young Men's association for mutual improvement in the city of Albany," severally without amendment.

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver the said bills to the Governor. The Senate sent for concurrence, a bill entitled "An act to authorise the Mattewan company to extend their capital."

The said bill was read the first time, and by unanimous consent, was also read a second time, and referred to the committee on trade and manufactures.

Three several messages from the Senate were read, informing that they have passed the bill entitled "An act to authorise the clerk of the city and county of New-York to transcribe the docket of certain judgments mes tioned therein;" the bill entitled "An act to amend title sixth, chapter third, part first of the Revised Sta

tutes;" and the bill entitled "An act extending the time for the collection of taxes in the town of Canajoharie in the county of Montgomery," severally with the amendments therewith delivered. The said bills and amendments were read; and the amendments having been again read, and concurred in,

Ordered, That the Clerk return the said bills to the Senate, and inform them that this House have concurred with them in their amendments to the said bills, and amended the same accordingly.

A message from the Senate was read, informing that they have passed the bill entitled "An act for the relief of Jacob I. Timmerman," with the amendments therewith delivered.

The said bill and amendments were read.

Ordered, That the same be laid upon the table.

The House then again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill entitled "An act to aid and expedite the construction of a rail-road from Lake Erie to New-York, through the southern tier of counties;" and after some time spent thereon, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Judd, from the said committee, reported progress, and asked for and obtained leave to sit again.

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

THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1835.

The House met pursuant to adjournment.

The petition of David M. Wescott, and sundry other inhabitants of the county of Orange, praying the aid of the State in the construction of the New-York and Erie rail-road, was read, and committed to the committee of the whole when on the bill upon that subject.

Two several petitions of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Montgomery, Cayuga, Onondaga and Saratoga, praying for a repeal of the law of last session, proscribing botanic practice, were read, and committed to the committee of the whole when on the bill upon that subject.

The remonstrance of sundry inhabitants of the county of Essex, against the erection of a toll-gate on the road between Keeseville and Elizabethtown in said county, was read, and referred to the committee on the establishment and improvement of roads and bridges, and the incorporation of turnpike companies.

Sundry documents of inhabitants of the county of Seneca, in relation to the lock dam canal navigation of the Seneca river, were read, and committed to the committee of the whole when on the bill upon that subject.

The memorial of the druggists of the city of Brooklyn, relative to the licensing apothecaries in said city, was read, and referred to the committee on medical societies and colleges.

The remonstrance of sundry inhabitants of the city of Troy, against the erection of a bridge over the Hudson river at Albany, was read, and referred to the committee on the establishment and improvement of roads and bridges, and the incorporation of turnpike companies.

The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Wayne, praying for the incorporation of a bank, to be located at Lyons in said county, was read, and referred to the committee on the incorporation and alteration of the charters of banking and insurance companies.

Two affidavits in support of the petition of Adonijah Carter for relief, were read, and committed to the committee of the whole when on the bill upon that subject.

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

The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Saratoga, praying for the extension of the act incorporating the SaratogaSprings and Schuylerville Rail-Road Company, was read, and rcferred to the committee on rail-roads.

Two several petitions of sundry inhabitants of the county of Wayne, praying for the incorporation of a rail-road company to construct a rail-road from Syracuse to Rochester, along the valley of the Erie canal, was read, and referred to the committee on railroads.

The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Genesee, praying for the incorporation of a bank, to be located in said county, was read, and referred to the committee on the incorporation and alteration of the charters of banking and insurance companies. The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Hamilton, praying for the survey of a canal route from the Sacandaga river to the Erie or Champlain canal, was read, and referred to the committee on canals and internal improvements.

The remonstrance of sundry inhabitants of the county of Madison, against annexing a part of the town of Sullivan to the county of Onondaga, was read, and referred to the committee on the erection and division of towns and counties.

Mr. Wilkinson, from the committee on the incorporation and alteration of the charters of banking and insurance companies, to which was referred the petition of sundry inhabitants, for the incorporation of a mutual insurance company, to be located in the county of Wayne, reported a bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the Wayne mutual insurance company;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and made the order of the day for the twenty-third instant.

Mr. Parker, from the committee on the manufacture of salt, to which was referred the bill entitled "An act to amend the act en