Mr. Livingston gave notice that he would hereafter ask leave to bring in a bill to reduce the rate of interest, as now established by law in this State.

On motion of Mr. Lytle,

Resolved, That the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Manlius academy," be referred to a select committee to report complete.

Thereupon,

Ordered, That Mr. Lytle, Mr. Pettit and Mr. Wilkinson, be the said committee.

On motion of Mr. Cash,

Resolved, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to vest certain powers in the frecholders and inhabitants of the village of Montgomery in the county of Orange,' and that the same be referred to a select committee to report complete.

Thereupon,

Ordered, That Mr. Cash, Mr. Tomlinson and Mr. Patterson, be the said committee.

Mr. Roosevelt gave notice of his intention to ask leave to introduce a bill in relation to the partition of lands.

Mr. Phillips gave notice that he would, at some future day, ask leave to introduce a bill for the protection of grouse or heath hens in the counties of Queens and Suffolk.

Mr. Gray gave notice that he would, on some future day, ask leave to introduce a bill, making the affidavits of publication of printers of notices, such as by any law of this State are required to be published in a public newspaper, prima facie evidence of such publication, and authorising the same to be read in evidence in courts of justice.

On motion of Mr. Barnum,

Resolved, That the bill entitled "An act to amend an act to incorporate the village of Waterloo," be referred to a select committee to report complete.

Thereupon,

Ordered, That Mr. Barnum, Mr. Benjamin and Mr. Coe, be the said committce.

On motion of Mr. M'Cluer,

Resolved, That the bill authorising the appointment of a Supreme Court commissioner in the counties of Onondaga and Chautauque, be taken from the general orders, and referred to a select committee to report complete.

Thereupon,

Ordered, That Mr. M'Cluer, Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Woodward, be the said committee.

Ordered, That Mr. Healy and Mr. Phillips have leave of absence for twelve days each, and Mr. Thorn for ten days.

Mr. M. H. Sibley gave notice that he would introduce a resolution to-morrow, to suspend the eighth joint rule of the Senate and Assembly, so far as to the introduction and passage of a bill prohibiting all the monied incorporations in this State, having banking powers, from taking or receiving more than six per cent per annum upon loans or discounts.

Mr. M. H. Sibley gave notice that he would hereafter ask leave to introduce bills to reduce the rate of interest which the several monied incorporations having banking powers in this State, shall have a right to receive.

On motion of Mr. Davis,

Resolved, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill to incorporate the Kingston steam-boat company, and that the petitioners have leave to withdraw their petition and papers.

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

Resolved, That the notes of the Safety fund banks of this State ought to be esteemed, taken and received at their nominal amount by all the Safety fund banks in this State; and inasmuch as they are authorised to be circulated by the Legislature, the holders of those notes should not be subjected to the loss of the discount now made and exacted by some of the banks, in receiving the notes of others:

Therefore,

Resolved, That the committee on the incorporation and alteration of the charters of banking and insurance companies, be, and they are hereby instructed to bring in a bill, requiring each of the Safety fund banks in this State to receive at par, in payment of any debt due to or at such bank, the notes of any other solvent Safety fund bank in this State, upon pain of forfeiting their char

ter.

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

The House then again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to abolish imprisonment for debt, and to punish fraudulent debtors,' passed April 26th, 1831;" and after some time spent thereon, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Wager, from the said committee, reported progress, and asked for and obtained leave to sit again.

Mr. Peck, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported, that the committee had examined the engrossed bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Kingston turnpike and rail-road company;" the engrossed bill entitled "An act in relation to the parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes;" the engrossed bill entitled "An act for the relief of Gilbert D. Dillon;" the engrossed bill entitled "An act for the sale and conveyance to Solomon Davis, of lot number thirty-one in the Two-mile tract in the county of Oneida;" and the engrossed bill entitled "An act to settle the claims of Nathan Bumpus and others," and find the said bills severally correctly engrossed.

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

And then the House adjourned till four o'clock this afternoon.

FOUR O'CLOCK P. M.

The House met pursuant to adjournment.

The House then again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill entitled "An act for the relief of Paisley Laing;" and after some time spent thereon, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Pettit, from the said committee, 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.

The House then again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill entitled "An act for the relief of Ephraim Bogardus;" and after some time spent thereon, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Pettit, from the said committee, 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.

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1835.

The House met pursuant to adjournment.

The memorial of the superintendents of the poor of the county of Schenectady, relative to supplying vacancies in the office of superintendents of the poor, was read, and referred to the committee on the judiciary.

The memorial of the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of Schenectady, relative to an amendment of the law relative to said city, was read, and referred to the committee on the incorporation of cities and villages.

The memorial of sundry colored inhabitants of the city of NewYork, praying for the incorporation of the African Washington Free School Society, was read, and referred to the committee on the incorporation of charitable and religious societies.

The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Rockland, praying for the establishment of a fire company in the village of Sampsondale in the town of Haverstraw in said county, was read, and referred to a select committée, consisting of Mr. Suffern, Mr. Cash and Mr. Coe.

The petition of John C. Ball of the city of New-York, praying for a divorce, was read, and referred to the committee on the judiciary.

The petition of the directors of the Zoological Institute of the city of New-York, praying for an act of incorporation, was read, and referred to the committee on the incorporation and alteration of the charters of banking and insurance companies.

The petition of John A. Ferrel of the county of Oneida, praying for the sale of a lot of land to him by the State, at the appraised value, was read, and referred to the committee on public lands.

The remonstrance of sundry inhabitants of the county of Ulster, against any alteration of the exclusive privileges of the Poughkeepsie and New-Paltz Ferry Company, was read, and committed to the committee of the whole when on the bill upon that subject.

The petition of Daniel B. Persons of the county of Tioga, praying for damages in consequence of the overflowing of the Chemung canal, was read, and referred to the committee on grievances.

The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Cortland,

praying for an alteration of the law relative to the manner of choosing town officers, was read, and referred to the committee on privileges and elections.

Mr. Stetson, 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 concerning the appointment of superintendents of the county poor-house in Warren county;" the bill entitled "An act relative to the court of general sessions of the county of Chautauque;" the bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Oneida and Jefferson turnpike company,' passed May 3d, 1834;" the bill entitled "An act in relation to Salmon river in the county of Oswego;" the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Oneonta and Franklin turnpike company;" the bill entitled "An act authorising Marcus B. Osborne to erect and maintain a wharf and dock at Sag-Harbor in the county of Suffolk;" the bill entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of an additional special justice for preserving the peace in the city of New-York;" the bill entitled "An act authorising William H. Spencer to build a dam across the Genesee river;" and the bill entitled "An act concerning the assessment of taxes on incorporated companies."

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 concerning the appointment of superintendents of the county poor-house in Warren county," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Hicks, Mr. Tomlinson and Mr. Springer; that the bill entitled "An act relative to the court of general sessions of the county of Chautauque," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. M'Cluer, Mr. Burr and Mr. Livingston; that the bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Oneida and Jefferson turnpike company,' passed May 3d, 1834," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. A. Woodworth, Mr. Crowell and Mr. Wager; that the bill entitled "An act in relation to Salmon river in the county of Oswego," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Crowell, Mr. Dayan and Mr. C. Clark; that the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Oneonta and Franklin turnpike company," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Harvey, Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Patterson; that the bill entitled "An act authorising Marcus B. Osborne to erect and maintain a wharf and dock at Sag-Harbor in the county of Suffolk," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Phillips, Mr. Suffern and Mr. Roosevelt; that the bill entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of an additional special justice for preserving the peace in the city of New-York," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Hall, Mr. Wetmore and Mr. M. H. Sibley; that the bill entitled [ASSEMBLY Journal.]

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