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 members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, without amendment. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to confirm and legalize certain acts of the board of supervisors of Fulton county," was read a 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 members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, with amendments. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to release the interest of the State in certain lands of which Charles Lester died possessed, to Sarah Lester his widow," was read a 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 members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, without amendment. The Assembly bill entitled "An act legalizing the conveyance of lands held by William Clark, an alien of Lewis county," was read a 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 members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, without amendment. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to provide for the payment of the arrears of salary due the superintendent of schools in the village of Ogdensburgh," was read a 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 members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, with amendments. The Assembly bill entitled "An act in relation to the village of Delhi," was read a 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 members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, without amendment. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend the charter of the village of Ogdensburgh," was read a 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 members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows; Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the s..me, with amendments. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to erect the village of Middleburgh into a separate road district," was read a 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 members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, without amendment. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to provide for the payment of certain claims against the city of Brooklyn," was read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree tɔ the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, without amendment. Mr. Brandreth moved to recommit the Assembly bill entitled "An act in relation to the Bank Department," to the committee on banks, with instructions to insert the first two sections of the bill which were stricken out by the committee on banks. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: Said bill was then read a 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 members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, with amendments. Mr. Paterson moved to recommit the Assembly bill entitled "An act in relation to the publication of legal notices," with instructions to make the first publication "sixty cents per folio, and subsequent publications twenty-five cents." The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative. Mr. Noxon moved to recommit said bill to the committee on public printing, with instructions to substitute the Senate bill. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative. Said bill was then read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill. Pending the call on the above, the President directed the Clerk to call the roll; when the following Senators answered to their When the name of Mr. Lamont was called on the question of the passage of the above bill, Mr. Paterson objected, as Mr. Lamont was not within the bar of the Senate when the question was stated. The President decided that Mr. Lamont could not vote. From this decision Mr. Spinola appealed. The President put the question "Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the Senate ?" and it was decided in the negative, as follows: When the name of Mr. Wetmore was called, that gentleman asked to be excused from voting. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to excuse Mr. Wetmore, and it was decided in the affirmative, The vote on the passage of said bill was as follows: Mr. Mather moved to reconsider the vote just taken, and that that motion lay on the table. 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 to amend the charter of the village of Horseheads, and to provide for a lock-up in said village," was read a 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 members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: Laflin 22 Darling Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have passed the same, without amendment. Mr. Diven, from the committee on finance, to which was recommitted the bill entitled "An act to submit to the people a law authorising a loan of $3,000,000, to provide for the payment of the floating debt of the State," with power to report complete, reported that they had substituted in lieu thereof a bill entitled "An act to submit to the people a law authorizing a loan of $2,500,000, to provide for the payment of the floating debt of the State," and in favor of the passage of the same, with amendments, which report was agreed to, and said bill ordered engrossed for a third reading. A message was received from His Excellency the Governor, in the words following: ALBANY, April 4, 1859. To the Senate-A bill has this day been presented to me for my approval, entitled "An act to amend an act passed April 15, 1857, |