ience, any knowledge and information which he may have in his possession as to the performance of the duties of the captain of the port and harbor masters of the port of New York, by the dock department or its subordinates, since the 24th day of May, 1883.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Arkell offered the following:

Resolved, That the Superintendent of the Bank Department be, and is hereby, requested to make a statement to the Senate, as early as practicable, showing as follows, viz.:

First. How many private banks or bankers in the State have failed. since January 1, 1871; how much each one owed depositors; how much each one paid depositors, and what the total loss has been to depositors on account of each failure.

Second. How many banking associations, trust companies, banks and savings banks, incorporated under the laws of the State and which were under the supervision of the Bank Department, have failed since. January 1, 1873, with the names of each one; the amount due from each to its depositors; the sum paid by each to its depositors; the loss by each of such failures to depositors, and the total loss by all of such failures to depositors.

Third. Whether, in the case of any insolvent bank or banking association, assessments have been made on the stockholders to pay the liabilities due depositors of any such institutions, and whether there is any personal liability of the stockholders of State banking associations to pay the debts of such association, in the event of the assets being insufficient.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree. to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative.

The bill entitled "An act to alter the map of the city of New York, by changing the name of a public place heretofore laid out thereon from Stuyvesant square to Cooper park," was read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Sentors elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly and ro quest their concurrence therein.

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The bill entitled "An act to legalize the official acts of certain justices of the peace and authorizing justices of the peace to execute and file official bonds, and to take and subscribe the official oath," was read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative,

a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly and request their concurrence therein.

The bill entitled "An act in relation to the examination of the accounts of the Surrogate's Court and the transfer of the moneys and securities to the county treasurers," having been announced for a third reading,

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On motion of Mr. Titus, and by unanimous consent, said bill was amended by adding the following as an additional section:

"S5. The county of Kings is hereby excepted from the provisions of this act."

Change section 5 to section 6.

Said bill, as amended, was then read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly and request their concurrence therein.

The bill entitled "An act to amend article 3, title 3, chapter 6, part 1 of the Revised Statutes, entitled "Of elections in cities and towns; of the notices to be given to city and town officers; the formation of election districts, and the appointment of inspectors of election thereof,' as amended by chapter 137 of the Laws of 1881," was read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly and request their concurrence therein.

The bill entitled "An act to alter the map of the city of New York by laying out thereon a public park at Coenties slip, and to provide for the regulation and control thereof," was read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly and request their concurrence therein.

The Assembly bill entitled "An act giving the consent of the State of New York to the purchase by the United States of America of a piece of land for light-house purposes at Hallett's Point, Hell Gate, in Queens county, and ceding jurisdiction over the same," was read the

third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, two-thirds of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend section 955 of title 5 of chapter 16 of chapter 410 of the Laws of 1882, entitled 'An act to consolidate into one act and to declare the special and local laws affecting public interests in the city of New York,' passed July 1, 1882, and the acts amendatory thereof," was read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Daly

Plunkitt

FOR THE NEGATIVE.

2 Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to prohibit the laying of any railroad in, on or under, or the building upon, or excavation or tunneling of, any public park north of Amity or West Third street, west of Broadway, and south of Thirty-fourth street, in the city of New York," was read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 275 of the Laws of 1882, entitled 'An act to amend section 78 of part 2, chapter 1, title 2, article 2 of the Revised Statutes, being in relation to uses and trusts," was read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same, with amendments.

The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 294 of the Laws of 1869, entitled 'An act to incorporate the fire department of the city of Binghamton,' was read the third time,

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same. Mr. McCarthy offered the following:

Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the Capitol Commissioner be directed to appoint and employ, as deputy commissioner or superintendent under him, a suitable person who shall be skilled in the construction of building and architectural plans.

Ordered, That said resolution be laid upon the table under the rule. Mr. Gilbert, from the committee on literature, to which was referred the bill introduced by Mr. McCarthy, Int. No. 94, entitled "An act to authorize the board of education of the Baldwinsville Union Free School District to borrow money," 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. Lansing, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the bill introduced by Mr. Esty, Int. No. 221, entitled "An act authorizing the trustees of Willard Asylum for the Insane to purchase additional land," 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. Lansing offered the following:

Resolved, That the committee on finance be, and they are hereby, authorized to have their proceedings and the testimony taken by them in the investigation of matters connected with work on the Capitol printed and bound from time to time, for the use of the committee and the Senate.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, as follows:

The Senate, in open executive session, confirmed the nominations of certain persons as notaries public, after which legislative business was resumed.

The Senate then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and proceeded to the consideration of general orders, being the bills entitled as follows:

"An act to amend chapter 303 of the Laws of 1881, entitled 'An act to amend and consolidate the charter of the village of Johnstown' and the several acts amendatory thereof."

"An act to amend chapter 205 of the Laws of 1883, entitled 'An act to abolish the office of Canal Appraiser and the State Board of Audit, and to establish a Board of Claims, and define its powers and duties.""

Assembly, "An act to provide for a commission to examine into the operation of the contract labor system in the prisons, penitentiaries and reformatories of this State."

After some time spent therein, the President resumed the chair, and Mr. Robb, from said committee, reported progress on the first-named bill, and asked leave to sit again.