Ordered, That the Clerk deliver the said several bills to the Senate, and request their concurrence in the same. Ordered, That the bill entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to continue in force the act passed February 24th, 1809, authorising Jonas C. Baldwin to erect a dam across the Seneca river,' passed April 7th, 1827," be recommitted to a committee of the whole house. Mr. Burke offered for the consideration of the House, a resolution, in the words following, to wit: Resolved, That the question on the final passage of the bill to amend the charter of the Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank, be reconsidered. Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to the said resolution, 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: Mr. Ostrom Mr. P. W. Paddock Mr. M'Neil Mr. Thorn Mr. Crary Mr. Davis Mr. Dayan Mr. Murphy Mr. Ogden Mr. Peck, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported, that the committee had examined the engrossed bill entitled "An act to reorganize the chancery circuits, and to provide for the appointment of additional vice-chancellors," and find the same correctly engrossed. Ordered, That the said bill be laid upon the table. Ordered, That the select committee be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Abraham Waggoner and others, praying remuneration for damages sustained in consequence of the construction of the Crooked lake canal. Ordered, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill entitled "An act to divide the town of Buffalo in the county of Erie," and that the same be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Plumb, Mr. Moseley and Mr. M'Neil, to report complete. Ordered, That the engrossed bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to incorporate the Dover academy," be ordered to a third reading. Ordered, That Obadiah Jackson be permitted to withdraw from the files of the Clerk of this House, his petition and documents, upon which he founded an application for the passage of a law authorising the building of wharves in the East river. On motion of Mr. Judd, Resolved, That when this House meets this afternoon, they will continue the third reading of bills. And then the House adjourned till four o'clock this afternoon. FOUR O'CLOCK P. M. The House met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Plumb, from the select committee to which was referred the bill entitled "An act to divide the town of Buffalo in the county of Erie," 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. Ordered, That the bill entitled "An act for the relief of James L'Amoureux," be engrossed. The engrossed bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act in relation to the superintendents of the poor of the several counties of this State,' passed April 25th, 1832," was read the third time. Resolved, That the bill do pass. The engrossed bill entitled "An act respecting costs in certain proceedings and actions," 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. A copy of a resolution of the Senate was received and read, informing that they had concurred with this House in its amendments to the resolution of the Senate of the eighteenth of April last, fixing upon Saturday next for the choice of a Regent of the University and a Canal Commissioner. Mr. Plumb, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported, that the committee have examined the engrossed bill entitled "An act for the relief of James L'Amoureux," and the engrossed bill entitled "An act to divide the town of Buffalo in the county of Erie," and find the said bills severally correctly engrossed. Ordered, That the said bills be laid upon the table. The engrossed bill entitled "An act to satisfy the claim of the heirs of Henry Satterly, a soldier of the revolution, to bounty lands," was read the third time. Resolved, That the bill do pass. The engrossed bill entitled "An act to provide for the payment of Jacob Trumpbour for surveying the canals of this State," 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. The ayes and nays being required by ten members, The engrossed bill entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of the damages sustained by John M'Intyre and others, on the Champlain canal," 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. The engrossed bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to abolish public executions," was read the third time. Debates were had thereon; and the question being put whether the House would agree to the final passage of the said bill, it was determined in the affirmative. The ayes and nays being required by ten members, Ordered, That the clerk return the said bill to the Senate, and inform them that this House have passed the same without amendment. The engrossed bill entitled "An act to regulate the taxation of the accounts of district attornies," was read the third time. Resolved, That the bill do pass. The engrossed bill entitled "An act to create and regulate a standard for measuring bran and shorts," 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. Peck, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported, that the committee have examined the engrossed bill entitled "An act to annex a part of the town of Davenport, and a part of the town of Franklin in the county of Delaware, to the town of Oneonta in the county of Otsego, and to annex a part of the town of Davenport to the town of Meredith in Delaware county;" and find the same correctly engrossed. Ordered, That the said bill be laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. M. H. Sibley, Resolved, That the Clerk of this House cause to be collected and transcribed in a fair hand into separate books, all reports, proceedings and doings of the committee on claims and grievances, (including reports of the canal board, canal commissioners, commissioners of the land-office, and attorney-general,) with reference to private claims, and of the committee on privileges and elections of the Legislature of this State, during the year 1835, together with a regular and correct reference to the Journal in every case, and an index to the same, with the name of every applicant or petitioner arranged in alphabetical order; and that he have the same prepared previous to the opening of the next session of the Legislature, for the use of the Senate and Assembly. |