Votes and Proceedings

No. 516) entitled "An act making an appropriation for the purpose of defraying the expenses incidental to the moving of the New York offices of the Public Service Commission," 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. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Hewitt (No. 586, Int. No. 550) entitled "An act making an appropriation for the contributions of the State for the repair and improvement of town highways, in accordance with the requirements of section one hundred and one of the Highway Law, maintenance and repair of county roads, to meet the requirements of chapter one hundred and thirty-seven of the Laws of nineteen hundred and eleven," 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. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Hewitt (No. 587, Int. No. 551) entitled "An act making an appropriation for the contributions of the State to the counties for the construction and improvement of certain highways and county roads, in accordance with section three hundred and twenty-b of the Highway Law," 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. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Joint Committee on Elimination of Grade Crossings (No. 642, Int. No. 417) entitled "An act to provide for elimination of highway-railroad crossings at grade, outside of the cities of New York, Buffalo and Syracuse,' 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. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Hewitt (No. 538, Int. No. 515) entitled "An act reappropriating unexpended balances for the purposes of the construction and improvement of public highways; the payment by the State in the first instance of the Federal government's share of the cost of construction and improvement of rural post roads within the State as provided by an act of Congress, entitled 'An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads and for other purposes,' construction of State and county highways as designated in sections one hundred and twenty and one hundred and twenty-one of the Highway Law, also elimination or alteration of railroad crossings on State or county highways, and the maintenance and repair of improved State and county highways," 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. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Webb (No. 579, Int. No. 327) entitled "An act to amend chapter nine hundred of the Laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled 'An act to provide

for the construction of a highway bridge across the Hudson river at Poughkeepsie, between the counties of Dutchess and Ulster, and for the construction of approaches thereto, and making an appropriation therefor,' in relation to improvements in South Water street in the city of Poughkeepsie, beneath and in the vicinity of such bridge," 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. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Hewitt (No. 611, Int. No. 155) entitled "An act to establish a new State hospital for the insane in the county of Rockland, to be known as the Rockland State Hospital, to provide for the construction and equipment of buildings therefor, and making an appropriation for the maintenance and care of real property heretofore acquired for the purposes of such a hospital," 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. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. J. F. Williams (No. 96, Int. No. 96) entitled "An act to amend section eight of chapter nine hundred and seven of the Laws of nineteen hundred and twenty, entitled 'An act providing for the reconstruction and rebuilding of the bridge crossing the Hudson river and Barge canal and connecting the cities of Troy and Cohoes between the counties of Albany and Rensselaer; apportioning the expense thereof to the State of New York, the counties of Albany and Rensselaer and the cities of Troy and Cohoes; making an appropriation for the share of such expense to be paid by the State and otherwise providing for the payment of such expense,' in relation to the apportionment of the expense of operation of such bridge," 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. Hewitt, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Hewitt (No. 620, Int. No. 583) entitled "An act in relation to the Wassaic State School for Mental Defectives in the town of Amenia, Dutchess county, and making an appropriation for the maintenance and operation thereof including personal service," 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. Baumes, from the committee on codes, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Kirkland (No. 290, Int. No. 285) entitled "An act to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, in relation to jurisdiction of courts of special sessions," 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. Baumes, from the committee on codes, to which was referred the Assembly bill introduced by Mr. Slater (No. 451, Rec. No. 36) entitled "An act to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, in re

lation to the jurisdiction of the county court of Monroe county,” 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. Baumes, from the committee on codes, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Kirkland (No. 37, Int. No. 37) entitled "An act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to public. health," 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. Baumes, from the committee on codes, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Webb (No. 599, Int. No. 563) entitled "An act to amend Penal Law, in relation to regulating the operation of motor boats on Lake Mahopac," 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. Baumes, from the committee on codes, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Schackno (No. 177, Int. No. 177) entitled "An act to amend the Surrogate's Court Act, in relation to the annual accounts of guardians," 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. Baumes, from the committee on codes, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Kirkland (No. 372. Int. No. 366) entitled "An act to amend the Surrogate's Court Act, in relation to fees of stenographers of the surrogate's court of Chautauqua county," reported in favor of the passage of the same with amendments, which report was agreed to, and said bill ordered reprinted and committed to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Brown, from the committee on penal institutions, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Brown (No. 491, Int. No. 473) entitled "An act to amend the Interior Criminal Courts Act of the City of New York, in relation to supervision of segregated prisoners," 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. Brown, from the committee on penal institutions, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Brown (No. 612, Int. No. 575) entitled "An act to amend the Prison Law, in relation to paroles and commutation," 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. Brown, from the committee on penal institutions, to which was referred the Senate bill introduced by Mr. Brown (No. 381, Int. No. 375) entitled "An act to amend the Prison Law, in relation to the duties of physicians in county jails," 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. Dick moved that the committee on finance be discharged from the consideration of Senate bill (No. 31, Int. No. 31) en

titled "An act to amend the Judiciary Law, in relation to salaries of confidential clerks to Supreme Court justices in the Seventh Judicial District, and making an appropriation therefor," and that said bill be amended, reprinted and recommitted to the committee on finance.