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 registrar of arrears of the city of Brooklyn to accept certificates of sales for taxes in said city, made since the year 1862, in payment of certain taxes,” 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 the official acts and proceedings of William H. H. Davis, a justice of the peace of the town of Bolton, Warren county," having been announced for a third reading,

Mr. Ellsworth moved to recommit said bill to the committee of the whole.

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

The Assembly bill entitled "An act in relation to certified copies of documents in the office of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, the fees to be charged therefor, and providing for a seal for the use of the board," 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 3 of title 10 of chapter 298 of the Laws of 1883, entitled 'An act to provide for the government of the city of Albany,' passed April 23, 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 amend chapter 331, Laws of 1879, entitled 'An act to facilitate the transaction of public business by authorizing the administration of oaths in matters pertaining to canal business,' 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 a commission to investigate and report upon the subject of prison labor, and to make. an appropriation for the expense thereof," having been announced for a third reading,

Mr. Lansing moved that the third reading be made the special order for to-morrow after reading of journal.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative, two-thirds of all the Senators present voting in favor thereof.

The Assembly bill entitled "An act to extend the operation and effect of chapter 40 of the Laws of 1848, entitled 'An act to authorize the formation of corporations for manufacturing, mining, mechanical or chemical purposes,' passed February 17, 1848, and the amendments made thereto," 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 providing for the appointment of commissioners to inquire into the practicability of storing the head waters of the Hudson river," 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 threefifths 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 bill entitled "An act in relation to cases for damages appealed from the late Board of Canal Appraisers to the Canal Board, and now pending and undetermined by said board," 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 incorporate the United States Transfer and Exchange 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 deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein.

The bill entitled "An act to authorize and direct the Comptroller of the city of New York to pay the salary of John A. Stemmler as justice of the district court in the city of New York for the seventh judicial district," 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 negative, a majority of all the Senators elected not voting in favor thereof, 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 certain fees and compensation of the sheriff of the county of Albany," 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 re-appropriating an unexpended balance of a sum appropriated by chapter 133 of the Laws of 1883, for the purpose of providing for the premiums and other expenses of investment of certain funds of the State," 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.

On motion of Mr. Jacobs, and by unanimous consent, the committee of the whole was discharged from the further consideration of Assembly bill, printed No. 343, entitled "An act for the better security of mechanics, laborers and others, who perform labor or furnish materials for building and other improvements on lands in the cities of this State, and in Kings and Queens counties, and the same ordered to a third reading.

The Assembly bill entitled "An act to extend the length of the pier in the North or Hudson river between West Forty-first and Fortysecond streets, New York city," 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 threefifths 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 766 of the Laws of 1870, entitled 'An act to improve and keep in repair the highway from Wilmington to North Elba, in the county of Essex,' and to repeal chapter 732 of the Laws of 1871, entitled An act to amend section 3 of chapter 766 of the Laws of 1870, entitled An act to improve and keep in repair the highway from Wilmington to North Elba, in the county of Essex," 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 raising of taxes for extraordinary expenditures in the corporation of the village of Union Springs, in the county of Cayuga," 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: