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OF THE

SENATE

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK

AT THEIR

ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINTH SESSION

Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Albany,
on Wednesday, the Sixth Day of January, 1926

VOLUME I

ALBANY

J. B. LYON COMPANY, PRINTERS

1926

New York

State Library

JOURNAL OF THE SENATE

STATE OF NEW YORK

SENATE CHAMBER IN THE CITY OF ALBANY

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1926

Pursuant to the sixth section of the tenth article of the Constitution of the State of New York, designating the first Wednesday in January in each year for the time of the meeting of the Legislature, the Senate convened. Hon. Seymour Lowman, LieutenantGovernor presiding.

Prayer by the Rev. Richard H. Nelson.

The members of the Senate being as follows:

First Senate District.

Second Senate District.

Third Senate District..

Fourth Senate District.. Fifth Senate District. Sixth Senate District. Seventh Senate District. Eighth Senate District. Tenth Senate District... Eleventh Senate District. Thirteenth Senate District... Fourteenth Senate District. Fifteenth Senate District.. Sixteenth Senate District.. Seventeenth Senate District... Eighteenth Senate District.. Nineteenth Senate District... Twentieth Senate District.. Twenty-first Senate District.. Twenty-second Senate District. Twenty-third Senate District.. Twenty-fourth Senate District. Twenty-fifth Senate District... Twenty-sixth Senate District... Twenty-seventh Senate District. Twenty-eighth Senate District. Twenty-ninth Senate District.. Thirtieth Senate District..... Thirty-first Senate District. Thirty-second Senate District.. Thirty-third Senate District...

George L. Thompson.

John L. Karle.
Peter J. McGarry.
Philip M. Kleinfeld.
Daniel F. Farrell.
James A. Higgins.
John A. Hastings.
William Lathrop Love.
Jeremiah F. Twomey.
Daniel J. Carroll.
Thomas F. Burchill.
Bernard Downing.
Nathan Straus, Jr.
Thomas I. Sheridan.
Cortlandt Nicoll.
Martin J. Kennedy.
Duncan T. O'Brien.
Michael E. Reiburn.
Henry G. Schackno.
Benjamin Antin.
John J. Dunnigan.
Thomas J. Walsh.
Walter W. Westall.
Seabury C. Mastick.
Caleb H. Baumes.
J. Griswold Webb.
Arthur F. Bouton.
William T. Byrne.
John F. Williams.
Thomas C. Brown.
Mortimer Y. Ferris.

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Thirty-fourth Senate District..
Thirty-fifth Senate District....
Thirty-sixth Senate District...
Thirty-seventh Senate District.
Thirty-eighth Senate District..
Thirty-ninth Senate District...
Fortieth Senate District...
Forty-first Senate District.....
Forty-second Senate District..
Forty-third Senate District.
Forty-fourth Senate District..
Forty-fifth Senate District....
Forty-sixth Senate District....
Forty-seventh Senate District..
Forty-eighth Senate District..
Forty-ninth Senate District.
Fiftieth Senate District...
Fifty-first Senate District.....

Warren T. Thayer.
Jeremiah Keck.

Henry D. Williams.
Perley A. Pitcher.
George R. Fearon.
Willis Wendell,
B. Roger Wales.
James S. Truman.
Charles J. Hewitt.
Ernest E. Cole.
John Knight.
James L. Whitley.
Homer E. A. Dick.
William W. Campbell.
William J. Hickey.
Leonard R. Lipowicz.
Leonard W. H. Gibbs.
Leigh G. Kirkland.

The Clerk called the roll and the following Senators responded:

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The President presented the following communications:

I herewith tender my resignation as a member of the New York State Senate, effective Monday, November 9, 1925.

Also:

(Signed) JAMES J. WALKER.

I herewith tender my resignation as State Senator for the 9th District to take effect on December 4, 1925.

(Signed) FRANK E. JOHNSON.

Mr. Gibbs offered a resolution, in the words following: Resolved, That C. R. Hotaling be, and he hereby is, elected Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate for the year 1926.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. J. F. Williams offered a resolution, in the words following: Resolved, That Henry Whitbeck be, and he hereby is, elected Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate for the year 1926.

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

Mr. Baumes offered a resolution, in the words following: Resolved, That Lee V. Gardner be, and he hereby is, elected principal doorkeeper of the Senate for the year 1926.

The President put the question whether the Senate would ag.cd to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Brown offered a resolution, in the words following:

Resolved, That C. F. Brown be, and he hereby is, elected assistant doorkeeper of the Senate for the year 1926.

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

Mr. Westall offered a resolution, in the words following: Resolved, That John K. Marshall be, and he hereby is, elected stenographer of the Senate for the year 1926.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Nicoll offered a resolution, in the words following:

Resolved That a committee of two be appointed to inform the Governor that the Senate is organized and ready to proceed to business.

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

The President appointed as such committee Messrs. Nicoll and Straus.

The above named committee returned and reported that they have performed their respective duty.

Mr. Hickey offered a resolution, in the words following:

Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed to inform the Assembly that the Senate is organized and ready to proceed to busi

ness.

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

The President appointed as such committee Messrs. Hickey and McGarry.

The above named committee returned and reported they have performed their respective duty.

Mr. Webb introduced a bill (Int. No. 1) entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a State debt and making an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of chapter nine hundred of the Laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, as amended, providing for a bridge across the Hudson river, and approaches, at Poughkeepsie," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on finance.

Also, a bill (Int. No. 2) entitled "An act granting the consent of the State of New York to the acquisition by the United States of certain land for lighthouse purposes, lying and being in the town of Hyde Park, Dutchess county, State of New York, and ceding jurisdiction over the same," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was 'also read the second time. and referred to the committee on finance.

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