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 authorizing the town of Westchester to borrow money to improve therein highways," 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 release the right, title and interest of the people of the State of New York in and to certain real estate in the town of Clayton, and county of Jefferson, to Robert Forsyth," 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 all the th Senators elected voting in favor thereof, as fol

lows:

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 incorporate the New York Cancer Hospital," having been announced for a third reading,

On motion of Mr. Daly, and by unanimous consent, said bill was amended by adding the following as section 6:

"The corporation is authorized to take by purchase, devise, bequest or otherwise for its purposes any real or personal property, and to hold, transfer and convey the same. The property of the corporation, used for its purposes, and from which no income is derived, shall be exempt from taxation so long, and only so long, as it is used exclusively for charitable purposes, and so long as it affords gratuitous treatment to those who comply with its rules, but are unable to pay for such treatment."

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 Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 569 of the Laws of 1875, being an act entitled 'An act authorizing the city of Buffalo to take certain lands for a public park, and to provide for the payment 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 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 fix the toll at the bridge of the Middleburgh Bridge Company, at the village of Middleburgh, in Schoharie 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 legalize and confirm the purchases, sales, leases, mortgages and conveyances made in the name of the Chautauqua Lake Sunday School Assembly, and in the name of the Chautauqua Assembly, and relieve the said corporation from the embarrassment created by section 3 of chapter 319 of the Laws of 1848, as amended by chapter 487 of the Laws of the State of New York, passed June 30, 1853," 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 encourage the erection of street lamps along public highways other than in cities and unincorporated villages, and provide for the application of highway labor thereto," having been announced for a third reading.

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

Section 1, line 3, after the word "State," insert "except in the county of Kings."

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, with an amendment.

The Assembly bill entitled "An act for the relief of Bernard A. Collins, as administrator with the will annexed of the goods, chattels and credits of Jerome J. Collins, deceased, who perished in the Arctic with DeLong," having been announced for a third reading,

On motion of Mr. Ellsworth, and by unanimous consent, said bill was amended by inserting the enacting clause after the title and before the preamble.

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, 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 release the right, title and interest of the people of the State of New York of, in and to certain real estate situate in the town of Onondaga, Onondaga county, to the St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church of Onondaga Valley," 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 in relation to the appointment of bridge tenders on swing or lift bridges in the city of Rochester," 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 age that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same. The Assembly bill entitled "An act relative to the Quinn and Nolan Ale Brewing Company, the shares thereof, and the conveyance and transfer thereto of certain real and personal property of the minor children of Terrence J. Quinn, deceased," 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. Gilbert, from the committee on literature, to which was referred the Assembly bill entitled "An act to provide for the [investment of certain funds realized from the commutation of glebe rents in Newburgh in the county of Orange," reported in favor of the passage of the same, with amendments, which report was agreed to, and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Gibbs, from the committee on cities, to which was referred the bill introduced by Mr. Thacher, Int. No. 284, entitled "An act to provide for the care, transportation and commitment and the payment therefor of lunatics, idiots, persons of unsound mind, deaf-mutes, orphans and paupers, the expense of whose maintenance and transportation is a charge upon the county of Albany, and to define the duties of the superintendent of the alms-house in the city of Albany," reported in favor of the passage of the same, with amendments, which report was agreed to, and,

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

The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to further amend chapter 143 of the Laws of 1861, entitled An act to amend and consolidate the several acts in relation to the charter of the city of Rochester, and to consolidate therewith the several acts in relation to the charter of said city,' passed February 19, 1880," 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 establishing the lines of Mott avenue and Trinity avenue, or Delmonico place, in the twenty-third ward 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, 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.