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 conferring jurisdiction upon the Board of Claims to hear, audit and determine certain private claims against the State 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, 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. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend section 1 of title 3 of chapter 290 of the Laws of 1870, entitled 'An act to incorporate the village of Oneonta, Otsego county, 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, 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. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to provide for the disposition of certain portions of the Chenango canal not necessary for future purposes," 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. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 341 of the Laws of 1882, entitled 'An act to create a board of commissioners of sewers of the city of Buffalo, to define their powers and duties, and to provide means for the construction and maintenance of certain sewers in the city of Buffalo,' as amended by chapter 292 of the Laws of 1883," 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. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to regulate and provide for the disposition to be made of aged and infirm vagrants committed to and imprisoned in the Kings county penitentiary," 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. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 140 of the Laws of 1853, entitled 'An act to consolidate and amend the several acts relating to the village of Batavia, to alter the bounds and to enlarge the powers of the corporation of said village,' and the several 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 preaent, 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 authorize the town of Philadelphia, Jefferson county, to sell their railroad stock and pay their indebtedness," 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 an act entitled 'An act to secure the completion of the Seventh regiment new armory in the city of New York,' passed March 1, 1873," 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. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to regulate the practice of pharmacy, the licensing of persons to carry on such practice, and the sale of poisons in the county of Erie," 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 150 of the Laws of 1872, entitled 'An act to incorporate the city of Kingston,'' 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. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to repeal chapter 343 of the Laws of 1871, entitled 'An act to create a separate road district in the village of Starkville, Herkimer county," 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. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 200 of the Laws of 1873, entitled 'An act to amend the charter of the village of Addison, in the county of Steuben," having been announced for a third reading,

On motion of Mr. Fassett, and by unanimous consent, said bill was amended as follows:

Add to section 1 the following:

"Excepting therefrom the lands of G. B. Brewster, lying west of the west line of the highway known as the plank road.'

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 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 authorize the town of Morristown, St. Lawrence county, to sell their railroad stock and pay their indebtedness," 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. The Assembly bill entitled "An act supplementary to chapter 252 of the Laws of 1857, entitled 'An act to incorporate the Genesee Camp Ground Association," 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 bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 851 of the Laws of 1868, entitled 'An act to incorporate the St. Francis Monastery of the city of Brooklyn," having been announced for a third reading,

On motion of Mr. Kiernan, and by unanimous consent, said bill was amended as follows:

Add at the end of section 1 the following:

"And no devise or bequest thereto shall be valid in any will which shall not have been made and executed at least two months before the death of the testator."

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,