OF THE

SENATE

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK

AT THEIR

ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THIRD SESSION

Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Albany,
on Wednesday, the Seventh Day of January, 1920

New York
State Library

JOURNAL OF THE SENATE

STATE OF NEW YORK

SENATE CHAMBER IN THE CITY OF ALBANY
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1920

Pursuant to the sixth section of the tenth article of the Constitution of the State of New York, designating the first Wednesday in January of each year for the time of the meeting of the Legislature, the Senate convened, Hon. Harry C. Walker, Lieutenant-Governor, presiding.

Prayer by Rev. R. H. Nelson.

The Clerk called the roll and the following Senators

responded:

Yours respectfully,
(Signed)

Ramsperger
Russell

Sage
Schackno

Sutherland

Thompson G F
Thompson GL

Towner

Twomey

Walker

Walters

Walton

Whitley

Yelverton

The President presented the following:

STATE OF NEW YORK-SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, ALBANY, N. Y., July 28, 1919.

To the Honorable, The Senate of the State of New York: GENTLEMEN. In compliance with section 31 of the Public Officers' Law, I send you herewith notification of the resignation of the Hon. Frank F. Adel, as a member of the Senate of the State of New York, Second Senatorial District.

The foregoing resignation was received and filed in this office to-day (July 28, 1919).

FRANCIS M. HUGO.
Secretary of State.

Also the following:

STATE OF NEW YORK-SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, ALBANY, N. Y., October 14, 1919.

To the Honorable, The Senate of the State of New York, Capitol, Albany, N. Y.:

GENTLEMEN. In compliance with section 31 of the Public Officers Law, you are hereby notified of the resignation of Hon. James A. Foley as Senator of the State of New York, from the Sixteenth Senatorial District.

Yours respectfully,

(Signed) FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State.

Also the following:

STATE OF NEW YORK SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, ALBANY, N. Y., December 27, 1919. To the Honorable, The Senate of the State of New York:

GENTLEMEN. In compliance with section 31 of the Public Officers' Law, I send you herewith notification of the resignation of the Hon, Ross Graves, as a member of the Senate of the State of New York, Forty-Eighth Senatorial District.

The foregoing resignation was received and filed in this office to-day (December 27, 1919).

Yours respectfully,

(Signed) FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State.

Senator John L. Karle, elected in place of Frank F. Adel, second Senatorial District, and Senator Joseph D. Kelly, elected in place of James A. Foley, Sixteenth Senatorial District, appeared in the Senate Chamber and took their seats.

Mr. Sage offered the following:

Resolved, That Charles R. Hotaling be, and he hereby is elected sergeant-at-arms of the Senate for the year 1920.

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

Mr. Brown offered the following:

Resolved, That Henry Whitbeck, Jr., be, and hereby is, elected assistant sergeant-at-arms of the Senate for the year 1920.

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

Mr. Baumes offered the following:

Resolved, That Lee V. Gardner be, and he hereby is, elected principal doorkeeper of the Senate for the year 1920.

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

Resolved, That Frank Heilbron be, and he hereby is, elected first assistant doorkeeper of the Senate for the year 1920.

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

Resolved, That John K. Marshall be, and he hereby is, elected stenographer of the Senate for the year 1920.

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

Mr. Sage offered the 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. Sage and Boylan.

Mr. Law offered the following:

Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed to inform the Assembly 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. Law and Sutherland.

The above committees returned and reported that they had performed their respective duties.

Messrs. Machold and Taylor, a committee from the Assembly, appeared in the Senate Chamber and announced that the Assembly was organized and ready to proceed to business,