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 provide additional accommodations for the common schools in the city of New York," having been announced for a third reading,

Mr. Murphy moved that said bill be laid aside until Monday evening. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative.

The bill entitled "An act to amend section 16 of title 4 of chapter 598 of the Laws of 1870, relative to the city of Troy, as amended by chapter 248 of the Laws of 1882," having been announced for a third reading,

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

Section 1, line 50, strike out the words "with the interest thereon," and add at the end of the section, the following: "and provided also that the cost and expense of any sewer hereafter constructed in North Third street or Vail avenue in said city, be assessed as provided by chapter 248 of the Laws of 1882."

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 re

quest their concurrence therein.

[SENATE JOURNAL.]

The bill entitled "An act to establish a public place in the twenty second 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 deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein.

The Assembly bill entitled "An act to authorize the issue of certain arms and accoutrements for use at the New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home," 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. Mr. Robinson, from the committee on canals, to which was refered the bill introduced by Mr. Thacher, Int. No. 584, entitled "An act authorizing the Superintendent of Public Works to purchase certain real estate in the city of Cohoes for the use of the State," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to, and

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

Mr. Robinson, from the committee on canals, to which was referred the Assembly bill, entitled "An act to provide the means and making the appropriations to pay the expenses of superintendence, ordinary repairs and maintenance of the canals, for the fiscal year commencing on the 1st day of October, 1884," reported in favor of the passage of the same, with amendments, which report was agreed to, and said bill, by unanimous consent, referred to the first committee of the whole not full.

Mr. Robinson, from the committee on canals, to which was referred the Assembly bill entitled "An act for improving and levying a tax of thirty-four one-hundredths of a mill per dollar of valuation for the annual contribution to the sinking fund for the payment of the principal and interest of the canal debt for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1884," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to, and said bill, by unanimous consent, referred to the first committee of the whole not full.

Mr. Robinson, from the committee on canals, to which was referred the Assembly bill entitled "An act making an appropriation for the payment of the interest on the canal debt for the fiscal year commencing on the 1st day of October, 1884, and re-appropriating money for the reimbursement of the principal of said debt," reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to, and said bill, by unanimous consent, referred to the first committee of the whole not full.

Mr. Fassett, from the committee on commerce and navigation, to which was referred the bill introduced by Mr. Vedder, Int. No. 644, entitled "An act to establish a commission of navigation of Chautauqua lake and its outlet, and in relation to navigation on the same, and to repeal an act entitled 'An act in relation to the inspection and running of steamboats on Chautauqua lake,' passed May 24, 1876, and the acts amendatory thereof," 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. Coggeshall, from the committee on miscellaneous corporations, to which was referred the bill introduced by Mr. Jacobs, Int. No. 558, entitled "An act in relation to gas companies in the county of Kings, reported in favor of a substitute hereto annexed, which report was agreed to, and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Coggeshall, from the committee on miscellaneous corporations, to which was referred the bill introduced by Mr. Jacobs, Int. No. 613, entitled "An act to incorporate the Municipal Real Estate 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. Ellsworth, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the bill introduced by Mr. Kiernan, Int. No. 102, entitled "An act for supplying the city of New York, Brooklyn and other cities and villages of the Hudson river valley with pure water," reported the same for the consideration of the Senate, and said bill committed to' the committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Ellsworth, it was ordered that said bill, when printed, be recommitted to the committee on the judiciary.

Mr. Ellsworth, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 279 of the Laws of 1833, entitled 'An aet requiring mortgages of personal property to be filed in the town clerk's and other offices and to extend the provisions thereof," reported in favor of the passage of the same, with amendments, and the title amended so as to read as follows: "An act requiring contracts for the conditional sale of personal property on credit to be filed in the town clerk's and other offices," which report was agreed to, and,

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

Mr. Ellsworth, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the Assembly bill entitled "An act in relation to the stenographers of the courts of the city of New York," reported in favor of the passage of the same, with the title amended so as to read as follows: "An act in relation to the salaries of stenographers of the City Court of the city of New York," which report was agreed to, and said bill committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Campbell moved that the Senate do now adjourn.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative, as follows:

The Assembly bill entitled "An act to authorize the common council of the city of Schenectady to discontinue a portion of Liberty street in the city of Schenectady, for the purpose of a railroad depot,' 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 commitment and discharge of certain prisoners, tramps and vagrants in Albany county, and to prescribe the effect thereof, to provide for the support of the prisoners in the jail in the city of Albany, and to fix the duties and compensation of the sheriff of said county and of certain employees in the jail in said city," having been announced for a third reading,

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

Section 3, line 4, insert between the words "following" and "of," the words 66 one entry."

Strike out section 12, and insert the following:

"§ 12. No tramp or vagrant convicted or sentenced by any magistrate in the county of Albany shall, by any residence in the Albany penitentiary or jail, gain a residence in such county, nor shall the time of his residence in said penitentiary or jail be in any way considered in any case in determining his residence."

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:

Arkell
Baker

Esty

FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE.
Ellsworth Jacobs
Lansing

Newbold
Otis

Thomas
Titus

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 the votes, resolutions and acts of the annual town meeting held in and for the town of Homer, Cortland county, on the 19th day of February, 1884," 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 give the board of claims jurisdiction to hear, audit and determine the claim of James Galloway against the State, and exempting the same from the limitation contained in section 7 of chapter 205 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 relative to the drain or ditch constructed in pursuance to chapter 372 of the Laws of 1867, through certain towns in Seneca 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: