of the first part of the Revised Statutes, and the concurrent resolution of the Senate and Assembly of the 31st of January last, proceeded openly to nominate a Senator, to represent this State in the Senate of the Congress of the United States, to fill the vacancy which will occur on the fourth day of March next, by the expiration of the term of the Hon. Silas Wright junior, when each member openly nominated, as follows:

Resolved, That Silas Wright junior is nominated on the part of the Senate, a Senator to represent this State in the Senate of the Congress of the United States, to fill the vacancy which will occur on the fourth day of March next, by the expiration of the term of service of the said Silas Wright junior.

Resolved, (if the Assembly concur,) That the Senate will immediately meet the Assembly in the Assembly chamber, to compare their nomination of a Senator to represent this State in the Senate of the Congress of the United States.

Ordered, That the clerk deliver a copy of said resolution to the Assembly.

A copy of a resolution from the Assembly, delivered by their clerk, was read, informing that they had concurred in the resolution of the Senate for comparing their respective nominations of a Senator in the Congress of the United States.

Mr. President accordingly left the chair, and with the Senate, proceeded to the Assembly chamber to meet the Assembly; and on comparing their respective nominations, they were found to agree in the name of Silas Wright junior; and the President thereupon announced and declared the said Silas Wright junior to be duly appointed by the Legislature of this State, a Senator to represent this State in the Senate of the Congress of the United States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of his term of service.

Thereupon,

The Senate having returned to the Senate chamber, the President announced the said proceedings to have taken place.

The Senate then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the

bill entitled "An act to repeal the fifth subdivision of section ten of the act entitled 'An act to abolish imprisonment for debt, and to punish fraudulent debtors,' passed April 26, 1831;" and after some time spent thereon, Mr. President resumed the chair, and Mr. Lacy, from the said committee, reported the same with amendments; which was agreed to by the Senate, and the bill ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Ordered, 'That the said bill be printed.

The Senate then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill entitled "An act relative to unclaimed trunks and baggage ;" and after some time spent thereon, Mr. President resumed the chair, and Mr. Dickinson, from the said committee, reported progress.

Ordered, That said report be laid on the table.

Ordered, That the bill entitled "An act in relation to the distribution of the income of the literature fund," be made the special order of the day for Saturday next.

Then the Senate adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.

WEDNESDAY, 11 O'CLOCK, A. M.-FEBRUARY 8, 1837. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

Mr. Wager presented the memorial of Robert L. More, Samuel More and Andrew More, and of the heirs of Eber Durham, for relief in respect to the lease of certain surplus waters of the Erie canal, and for remuneration and indemnity, &c.; which was read, and referred to the committee on canals.

Mr. Wager presented the further petition of sundry inhabitants from Oneida county, praying that the Utica and Schenectady Rail-Road Company may be permitted to carry freight; which was read, and referred to the committee on rail-roads.

Mr. Wager presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of the town of Rome, in the county of Oneida, for the purchase of the Oneida Lake canal and feeder; which was read, and referred to the committee on canals.

Mr. Edwards presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of Onondaga county, on the subject of distilling grain; which was read, and referred to the committee on manufactures.

Mr.. Hunter presented the petition of Gouverneur Morris and others, for an act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Harlaem river for the use of the inhabitants of Morrisiania; which was read, and referred to the committee on roads and bridges.

Mr. Dickinson presented the resolutions of the State agricultural convention, recommending that $30,000 be appropriated for the purpose of establishing agricultural societies, &c.; which were read, and referred to the committee on agriculture.

Ordered, That the said resolutions be printed.

[See Senate Document No. 26.]

Mr. McLean presented the remonstrance of sundry inhabitants of the town of Oppenheim, against the passage of a law incorporating a company to build a bridge across the Mohawk below the foot of the Minden feeder dam; which was read, and referred to the committee on roads and bridges.

Mr. McLean presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of Oppenheim and Minden, for an act incorporating the St. Johnsville bridge company; which was read, and referred to the committee on roads and bridges.

Mr. Beckwith, from the committee on the division of towns and counties, reported without amendment, the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act in relation to the courthouse, jail and clerk's office in the county of Montgomery,' passed May 24, 1836;" which was agreed to by the Senate, and the bill ordered to a third reading.

Mr. Tracy, from the committee on claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Adam Hoops, praying for relief in relation to certain acts of the Holland Land Company, made a report thereon, which was laid on the table.

[See Senate Document No. 25.]

Mr. Livingston, from a select committee, reported without amendment, the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to provide for the erection of a new court-house, jail, clerk's and surrogate's offices in the county of Richmond; which was committed to a committee of the whole.

Two several bills were received from the Assembly for concurrence, of the following titles, to wit:

"An act to enable the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Society in the town of Pike, county of Allegany, to sell certain real estate :"

"An act to enable the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Society in the town of Fabius, county of Onondaga, to sell certain real estate :" Which were read the first time, and by unanimous consent were also read a second time, and 1eferred to the committee on the judiciary.

A bill was received from the Assembly for concurrence, entitled "An act to incorporate the Albany Exchange Company;" 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 third senate district.

Mr. McLean, in behalf of Mr. Paige, asked for, and by unanimous consent obtained leave to bring in a bill, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Saratoga and Schenectady Bridge Company,' passed April 2, 1836;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and referred to the committee on roads and bridges.

Ordered, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act confirming the official acts of Alonzo Beebe, a justice of the peace for the county of Ontario, and for other purposes," and that the same be ordered to a third reading.

Ordered, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill, entitled "An act to authorize the exe cutors of John Ireland, deceased, to become purchasers of his real estate," and that the same be engrossed for a third reading.

Órdered, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to confirm the proceedings of the village of Bath, in the county of Steuben," and that the same be ordered to a third reading.

Mr. Huntington, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported as correctly engrossed, the "Resolutions for an amendment of the Constitution," and four several bills, of the following titles, to wit:

“An act authorizing the appointment of commissioners to digest and report a judicial and equity system for the State of New-York:"

"An act to incorporate the Washington County Woollen and Cotton Manufacturing Company "

"An act for the relief of Luther Pardee, John I. Beardslee and Lavinia Beardslee :"

"An act to amend the fifth subdivision of section ten of the act entitled 'An act to abolish imprisonment for debt, and to punish fraudulent debtors,' passed April 26, 1831."

Thereupon,

The said engrossed bill, entitled "An act to amend the fifth subdivision of section ten of the act entitled "An act to abolish imprisonment for debt, and to punish fraudulent debtors,' passed April 26, 1831," was read the third time and passed.

The said engrossed bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Luther Pardee, John I. Beardslee and Lavinia Beardslee," was read the third time and passed.

The said engrossed bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the Wash ington County Woollen and Cotton Manufacturing 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:

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 to amend an act entitled 'An act in relation to the court-house, jail and clerk's office in the [SENATE JOURNAL.]

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county of Montgomery,' passed May 24, 1836," was read the third time and passed.

The bill from the Assembly, entitled "An act to confirm the proceedings of the village of Bath, in the county of Steuben," was read the third time.

Thereupon,

Mr. Livingston moved the following resolution:

Resolved, That the act to confirm the proceedings of the village of Bath, in the county of Steuben, requires the assent of two-thirds of all the senators elected to pass the same.

Mr. President put the question on agreeing to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative.

The yeas and nays being moved and seconded, were as follows, to wit:

Thereupon,

Mr. President put the question on the final passage of the said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative; two-thirds 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 inform them that the Senate have passed the same without amend

ment.