Mr. Westall, from the committee on affairs of villages, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Mastick (No. 1384, Int. No. 1254) entitled "An act to amend chapter two hundred and thirty-one of the Laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled 'An act to provide for supplying the village of Peekskill with water, and authorizing the issue of bonds therefor, and to create a board of water commissioners,' and acts amendatory thereof, in relation to the appointment of water commissioners, reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Westall, from the committee on affairs of cities, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Ferris (No. 1463, Int. No. 1316) entitled "An act authorizing the board of trustees of the village of Port Henry, in the county of Essex, to license and regulate the hawking and peddling of fruit and farm products within the village," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Westall, from the committee on affairs of villages, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Westall (No. 1393, Int. No. 1263) entitled "An act to amend the Village Law, in relation to licensing certain occupations," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Westall, from the committee on affairs of villages, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Westall (No. 1392, Int. No. 1262) entitled "An act to amend the Village Law, in relation to licensing certain occupations," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Cole (No. 861, Int. No. 815) entitled "An act making an appropriation for the supervision and inspection of summer and evening high schools and for holding regents 'examinations therein," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. H. D. Williams (No. 1389, Int. No. 1259) entitled "An act making an appropriation for repairing the Delta dam, on the Mohawk river," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Thayer (No. 1351, Int. No. 49) entitled "An act making an appropriation for the extension and improvement of existing State parks and the establishment of new State parks and parkways in order to create a comprehensive and unified State park system for the promotion of the recreation, instruction and health of the people, to carry

out the provisions of chapter six hundred and two of the Laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and providing the methods for the acquisition of land for such purposes," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Hewitt (No. 1464, Int. No. 1317) entitled "An act making appropriations from the sinking funds of the State for the payment of interest on the State debt, reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Fearon (No. 1084, Int. No. 1022) entitled "An act making appropriation to the State Fair Commission for expenditures incurred for materials and supplies during the year ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Hewitt, and by unanimous consent, the rules were suspended and said bill ordered to a third reading.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Walker (No. 1445, Int. No. 1298) entitled "An act to repeal a reappropriation of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four for carrying out the provisions of chapter four hundred and fifty-nine of the Laws of nineteen hundred and nineteen, relating to war contracts, to the extent of the unexpended, unobligated balance of such reappropriation,” reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Baumes (No. 1294, Int. No. 1187) entitled "An act to authorize the Attorney-General to employ counsel to recover from the United States the cost of maintenance and care of alien immigrants," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Assembly bill introduced by Mr. Cooke (No. 446, Rec. No. 211) entitled "An act to authorize the Commissioners of the Land Office to grant and convey to the city of Buffalo all the right, title and interest of the people of the State of New York in and to the lands heretofore set aside by the Commissioners of the Land Office for the third division of the third battalion of the naval militia at Buffalo, New York, in exchange for lands of approximately similiar area at Buffalo, New York, to be set aside for the use of said third division of the third battalion of the naval militia upon the approval of the State Board of Armory Commissioners," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Webb (No. 297, Int. No. 293) entitled "An act to amend the Conservation Law and the Public Lands Law, in relation to the membership of the State Council of Parks, determining the jurisdiction, control and management of certain State parks and parkways, and creating the central New York State Parks Commission and the Taconic State Park Commission," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Thompson (No. 1486, Int. No. 276) entitled "An act to amend the Conservation Law, in relation to the taking of shellfish from the waters of the marine district," reported in favor of the passage of the same with amendments, which report was agreed to and said bill ordered reprinted and committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Wales (No. 982, Int. No. 933) entitled "An act providing for the sale of certain lands belonging to the State in the city of Cortland, held for the use of the Cortland State Normal and Training School," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Sheridan (No. 911, Int. No. 865) entitled "An act to provide for the payment to Dorothy Donnelly and Nora McCall, of the balance of compensation payable to Thomas F. Donnelly, late justice of the Supreme Court, in the First Judicial Department, for the calendar year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, by the city of New York," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Cole (No. 307, Int. No. 303) entitled "An act to amend the Education Law, relating to the schedule of salaries of teachers in the State college for teachers and the State normal schools," reported in favor of the passage of the same with amendments, which report was agreed to and said bill ordered reprinted and committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Assembly bill introduced by Mr. Goodrich (No. 421, Rec. No. 166) entitled "An act authorizing the Commissioners of the Land Office to grant and convey to Collin Kemper certain lands of the State in the town of Cortlandt, Westchester county,' reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Assembly bill introduced by Mr. Hutchinson (No. 1374, Rec.

No. 239) entitled "An act to amend chapter one hundred and forty-four of the Laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled 'An act to provide for the construction by the State of buildings for a hospital unit at Kings Park, exclusively for the care and treatment of discharged soldiers, sailors and marines of the World War from the State of New York who suffer from mental diseases, and making an appropriation therefor, in relation to changing the name of such hospital," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Bouton (No. 993, Int. No. 942) entitled "An act to amend the Mental Deficiency Law, in relation to the compensation of guards, storekeeper and instructors in the institution for defective delinquents at Napanoch, and making an appropriation therefor," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Hewitt (No. 1454, Int. No. 1307) entitled "An act to transfer the jurisdiction and control of certain abandoned canal lands in the village of Newark, Wayne county, to the Board of Managers of the Newark State School for Mental Defectives," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Brown (No. 471, Int. No. 454) entitled "An act authorizing the Commissioners of the Land Office to grant and convey to Susie M. Nichols, certain lands in the town of Waterford, Saratoga county, heretofore conveyed. by her to the State," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Baumes (No. 884, Int. No. 838) entitled "An act to amend chapter one hundred and seventy of the Laws of nineteen hundred, in relation to powers and duties of the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park,' reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Hewitt (No. 1455, Int. No. 1308) entitled "An act to authorize the Commissioners of the Land Office to sell or exchange lands of the State at Spuyten Duyvil, New York, acquired from Isaac G. Johnson and Company, reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Cole (No. 142, Int. No.

142) entitled "An act to amend the Public Buildings Law, in relation to powers of trustees," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Assembly bill introduced by Mr. Skinner (No. 435, Rec. No. 227) entitled "An act to amend the Public Lands Law, in relation to the use for State parks and parkways of lands acquired for the Black River canal and abandoned for canal purposes," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Hewitt (No. 1453, Int. No. 1306) entitled "An act to amend the Public Lands Law, in relation to grants of land under water," reported in favor of the passage of the same with amendments, which report was agreed to and said bill ordered reprinted and committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Campbell (No. 1468, Int. No. 1321) entitled "An act to amend the Public Lands Law, in relation to sale and conveyance by the State of certain easements in abandoned canal lands," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Assembly bill introduced by Mr. Fay (No. 905, Rec. No. 215) entitled "An act authorizing the Commissioners of the Land Office to grant and convey to Joannes M. Thomson, Sarah Reed, Henry R. Reed, Mary Eva Read, William S. Read, Caroline Clark, Alvin Lincoln Reed. Margaretta M. Reed, Harold I. Reed, Lucy Reed and William Hilbig certain lands in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, escheated to the State upon the death without heirs of one Alicia Laura Reed Case, late of the borough of Brooklyn and city of New York," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Dick (No. 1174, Int. No. 1090) entitled "An act authorizing the transfer of certain lands now occupied by the Rochester State Hospital to the county of Monroe in exchange for lands now owned by said county, reported in favor of the passage of the same with amendments, which report was agreed to and said bill ordered reprinted and committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Assembly bill introduced by Mr. Skinner (No. 1446, Rec. No. 196) entitled "An act authorizing the Commissioners of the Land Office to quit-claim to the city of Rome for street