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affirmative, two-thirds of all the members elected to this House voting in favor thereof, as follows, to wit:

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Mr. Griswold
Mr. A. Hascall

Mr. Powers

Mr. Preston

Mr. Beecher
Mr. Bennet
Mr. Blatchly
Mr. Brooks
Mr. A. Brown
Mr. G. Brown
Mr. Burhans
Mr. Burke
Mr. Barnum
Mr. Burr
Mr. Cadwell
Mr. Carpenter
Mr. Cash
Mr. A. Clark
Mr. C. Clark
Mr. J. Clark
Mr. Clinch
Mr. Coe
Mr. Conklin
Mr. Crain

Mr. Crary
Mr. Crosby
Mr. Crowell
Mr. Cuykendall
Mr. Davis

Mr. Denniston
Mr. Eldred
Mr. Farwell

Mr. Finch

Mr. J. Haskell
Mr. Hendee
Mr. Hicks
Mr. Hildreth
Mr. Hiller
Mr. Hillyer
Mr. Horton
Mr. Hough
Mr. Judd
Mr. Krum
Mr. J. W. Lewis
Mr. T. Lewis
Mr. Livingston
Mr. Lockwood

Mr. Lytle
Mr. Mallory
Mr. M'Cluer
Mr. M'Neil
Mr. Moore
Mr. Moseley
Mr. Niles

Mr. Odell

Mr. Ostrom

Mr. P. W. Paddock
Mr. W. S. Paddock
Mr. Patterson
Mr. Peck

Mr. Pettit

Mr. Ringgold
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Seger
Mr. Shafer
Mr. Shepard
Mr. D. Sibley
Mr. M. H. Sibley
Mr. Simmons
Mr. Speaker
Mr. Springer
Mr. Stetson
Mr. Stevens
Mr. C. Strong
Mr. E. Strong
Mr. Suffern
Mr. Tillinghast
Mr. Tomlinson
Mr. Tyrrel
Mr. Van Bergen
Mr. Wager
Mr. Waldron
Mr. Wheeler

Mr. Wilcoxson

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Mr. W. Woodworth

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

The engrossed bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act in relation to the Albany Burgesses corps,' passed May the 6th, 1834," 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 negative, there not being two-thirds of all the members elected to this House voting in favor thereof, as follows, to wit:

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Two several messages from the Senate were read, informing that they have rejected 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;" and the bill entitled "An act relative to the laws and ordinances of the common council of the city of NewYork."

Three several messages from the Senate were read, informing that they have passed the bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Sag-Harbor and Bull's Head

turnpike company,' passed April 29th, 1833;" the bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the NewWindsor and Cornwall turnpike company,' passed March 30th, 1809;" and the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Dover and Union turnpike company," 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 amend the act entitled 'An act to prohibit the circulation of small bills."" The said bill was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time.

Thereupon,

Mr. Wilkinson made a motion that the House should agree to order the said bill to a third reading.

Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to the said motion of Mr. Wilkinson, and it was unanimously determined in the affirmative.

Thereupon,

By the unanimous csnsent of the House, the said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That the bill do pass.

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

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

FOUR O'CLOCK P. M.

The House met pursuant to adjournment.

The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the resolution to amend the Constitution relative to the Canal fund, and the revenues arising from the canals, &c.; and after some time spent thereon, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Burhans, from the said committee, reported, that the committee had gone through the said bill, made an amendinent thereto, and agreed to the same; 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.

Thereupon,

Mr. Wilkinson made a motion that the House should agree to amend the said report, by striking from the resolution the amendment adopted in committee of the whole, which was read, in the words following, to wit:

"But in no case shall the Legislature reduce the rates of toll below the rate now established by the Constitution, except by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each branch of the Legislature."

Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to

the said motion of Mr. Wilkinson, and it was determined in the

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The ayes and noes being required by ten members,

Those who voted in the negative are

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

Thereupon,

The said resolution was ordered to a third reading.

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

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1835.

The House met pursuant to adjournment.

The petition of the trustees of the Masonic Hall Association of the city of New-York, praying for authority to dissolve the association and dispose of its property, was read, and referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Wetmore, Mr. D. Sibley and Mr. Roosevelt.

The remonstrance of Hugh White, president of the Cohoes Bridge Company, against the passage of the bill amending the charter of said company, was read, and ordered to be laid on the table.

The remonstrance of sundry inhabitants of the city of Utica, against the proposed tax for the change of the termination of the Chenango canal, was read, and committed to the committee of the whole when on the bill upon that subject.

Mr. Burke, 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 extending further privileges to the firemen of the respective cities within this State;" the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Napanock company;" the bill entitled "An act to revive and amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Eddyville bridge company,' passed April 22d, 1831;" the bill entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to incorporate the village of Brockport;'" the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Fishkill education society;" the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Watertown academy;" the bill entitled "An act in relation to the measurement and inspection of lumber," and the bill entitled "An act authorising Felix Tracy to build a dam across the Genesce river."

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 extending further privileges to the firemen of the respective cities within this State," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Livingston, Mr. Herttell and Mr. Springer; that the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Napanock company," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Davis, Mr. W. Woodworth and Mr. Cash; that the bill entitled "An act to revive and amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Eddyville bridge company,' passed April 22d, 1831," be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. W. Woodworth, Mr. Davis and Mr. Lockwood; that the bill entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to incorporate the village of Brockport,'" be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. D. Sibley, Mr. Patterson and

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