banking;" the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to amend the act for the relief of the Chenango canal contractors;" and after some time spent thereon, Mr. President resumed the chair, and Mr. Willes, on behalf of Mr. Seger, from the said committee, reported progress, and asked for and obtained leave to sit again. Then the Senate adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. WEDNESDAY, 10 O'CLOCK, A. M.-APRIL 26, 1837. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Loomis presented the proceedings of a public meeting of the citizens of the village of Penn-Yan and vicinity, remonstrating against the passage of the act authorizing the Canal Commissioners to deepen the upper level of the Crooked Lake canal; which was read, and referred to the committee of the whole, when on the bill on that subject. Mr. Sterling presented the remonstrance of sundry citizens of Oneida county, against a repeal of the charter of the Oneida Bank; which was read, and referred to the committee of the whole, when on the bill on that subject. Mr. Seger presented the remonstrance of sundry citizens of Oneida county, against a repeal of the charter of the Oneida Bank; which was read, and referred to the committee of the whole, when on the bill on that subject. Mr. Willes, from the committee on roads and bridges, reported without amendment, the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to authorize the supervisors of the county of Orleans, to raise money to complete the building of a bridge across the Oak Orchard creek, at or near the head of still water, in the town of Castleton;" which was agreed to by the Senate, and the bill ordered to a third reading. Mr. Willes, from the committee on roads and bridges, reported with amendments, the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to incorporate the Chemung Bridge Company;" which was agreed to by the Senate, the amendments ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to a third reading. Mr. Willes, from the committee on roads and bridges, to whom was referred the petition of the commissioners of highways of Greenwich, Washington county, for a loan of money, brought in a bill, entitled "An act to provide for loaning money to the town of Greenwich ;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and the bill ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Mr. Seger, from the committee on the incorporation of cities and villages, reported with amendments, the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to incorporate the village of Penn-Yan, in the county of Yates,' passed April 29, 1833;" which was agreed to by the Senate, the amendments ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to a third reading. Mr. Loomis, from the committee on manufactures, reported against the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to change the name and location of the Poughkeepsie Stock-frame and Cotton Manufacturing Company;" which was committed to a committee of the whole. Mr. Loomis, from the committee on manufactures, reported without amendment, the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to authorize the superintendent of the salt springs, to procure a supply of water to carry a pump at Liverpool;" which was agreed to by the Senate, and the bill ordered to a third reading. A copy of a resolution was received from the Assembly, and read, in the words following, to wit: Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That the Canal Commissioners be, and hereby are directed to make an estimate of the expense of the enlargement of the Oswego canal, to the same dimensions as the contemplated enlargement of the Erie canal, and report the same to the next Legislature. Ordered, That said resolution be referred to the committee on canals. The bill entitled "An act further to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the city of Brooklyn, and for other purposes," was received by the Assembly, with a message informing that they had passed the same without amendment; which was presented to his excellency the Governor by the clerk. Two several bills were received from the Assembly, with a message informing that they had concurred in the amendments of the Senate to the same, and had amended the same accordingly, of the following titles, to wit: "An act to incorporate the Neatmoose Turnpike Company:" "An act to revive and amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Deposite Bridge Company:"" The said amended bills having been examined, Ordered, That the clerk return the same to the Assembly. Two several bills were received from the Assembly for concurrence, of the following titles, to wit: "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to divide the town of Murray, in the county of Orleans,' passed April 7, 1837 :" "An act authorizing the board of supervisors of the county of Rensselaer, to raise money to build a bridge in the town of Hoosick, in said County :" Which were read the first time, and by unanimous consent were also read a second time, and ordered to a third reading. A bill was received from the Assembly for concurrence, entitled "An act relative to the police of the city of New-York;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and referred to a select committee, consisting of the senators attending the Senate from the first senate district. A bill was received from the Assembly for concurrence, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled An act to create a fund for the benefit of the creditors of certain monied corporations, and for other purposes,' [SENATE JOURNAL.] Y 2 passed April 2, 1829;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and referred to the committee on banks and insurance companies. A bill was received from the Assembly for concurrence, entitled "An act relating to assistant justices' courts in the city of New-York;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Tallmadge moved the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, from various causes the monetary affairs of the United States are in a condition of unexampled embarrassment, threatening, if unrelieved, incalculable pecuniary loss to all classes of industry: And whereas, a prominent cause of the existing distress is the operation of the treasury order, requiring specie payments for the public lands, thus producing undue, unnecessary and pernicious accumulation of specie in places remote from the sea board: Therefore, Resolved, (if the Assembly concur,) As the sense of this Legislature, that a repeal of the treasury order, the wisdom and expediency of which has been indicated by a strong vote in both houses of the late Congress of the United States, ordering the same; and which measure of repeal was defeated in consequence of the late President of the United States refusing his signature to said bill, and not returning the same for the further action of Congress. Resolved, That inasmuch as immediate relief is loudly called for by the critical condition of the currency, and the wide spread pecuniary embarrassments that pervade all classes of our fellow-citizens, that the President of the United States be requested to cause an immediate repeal of the treasury order, above referred to. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested to transmit without delay, a copy of the preceding preamble and resolutions to the President of the United States. Ordered, That said preambe and resolutions be referred to the committee on finance. Ordered, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill, entitled "An act to erect the town of Greenport, in the county of Columbia," and that the same be referred to a select committee, consisting of the senators attending the Senate from the sixth senate district. Mr. Willes moved the following resolution : Resolved, That whenever the Senate shall adjourn for want of a quorum, the clerk shall call the roll and shall note the names of such members as shall be absent without the leave of the Senate, and that the State printer publish such names with the proceedings of the day. Ordered, That the said resolution be laid on the table. Ordered, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to incorporate the Clinton and Utica McAdam Turnpike Company," and that the same be ordered to a third read. Mr. Maison moved that the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to change the name and location of the Poughkeepsie Stock-frame and Cotton Manufacturing company," be ordered to a third reading. Mr. President put the question on agreeing to said motion, and it was decided in the negative. The yeas and nays being moved and seconded, were as follows, to wit: Ordered, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to incorporate the Globe Fire Insurance Company," and that the same be referred to a select committee, consisting of the senators attending the Senate from the first senate district. Ordered, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the NewYork Shamrock Benevolent Society," and that the same be engrossed for a third reading. Mr. Huntington, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported as correctly engrossed, the bill entitled "An act confirming the classification and official acts of certain justices of the peace in the county of Lewis." Thereupon, The said engrossed bill was read the third time and passed. The engrossed bill, entitled "An act further to amend the act to incorporate the village of Ithaca," was read the third time and passed; two-thirds of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows, to wit: FOR THE NEGATIVE. Mr. Lacy Mr. Loomis Mr. Van Dyck 3 The engrossed bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the Salmon River Harbor Canal Company," was read the third time and passed; twothirds of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows, to wit: Ordered, That the clerk deliver the said bills to the Assembly, and request their concurrence to the same. The bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act authorizing the board of supervisors of the county of Rensselaer, to raise money to build a bridge in the town of Hoosick, in said county," was read the third time and passed. The bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to divide the town of Murray, in the county of Orleans,' passed April 7, 1837," was read the third time and passed. The bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to authorize the superinetndent of the salt springs to procure a supply of water to carry a pump at Liverpool," was read the third time and passed. The bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to authorize the supervisors of the county of Orleans, to raise money to complete the building of a bridge across the Oak Orchard creek, at or near the head of still water, in the town of Castleton," was read the third time and passed. The bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to amend the charter of the Aurora and Buffalo Rail-Road Company," was read the third time and passed; two-thirds of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows, to wit: FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. Mr. Armstrong Mr. Livingston Mr. Sterling |