such committee, if they deem it necessary, visit said asylum at Binghamton, and be authorized to send for persons and papers, and that they report at an early day during the present session of the legisla ture. STATE OF NEW YORK, IN ASSEMBLY, February 9th, 1867. The foregoing resolution was duly passed. STATE OF NEW YORK, Clerk. IN SENATE, February 14th, 1867. The foregoing resolution was duly concurred in without amendment. By order of the Senate. JAS. TERWILLIGER, Clerk. In ASSEMBLY, February 26th, 1867. ORDERED: That Messrs. Vandenburg, Travis, Hoyt, Weed and Prince be appointed a committee on the part of the Assembly in pursuance of the foregoing resolution. By order of the Assembly. LUTHER CALDWELL, Clerk. In SENATE, February 27th, 1867. ORDERED: That Messrs. E. Cornell, O'Donnell and Chambers, be appointed a committee on part of the Senate in pursuance of the foregoing resolution. By order of the Senate. JAS. TERWILLIGER, Clerk. to CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relative printing extra copies of the Annual Report of the Trustees of the New York State Institution for the Blind. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That five hundred extra copies of the Annual Report of the trustees of the New York State institution for the blind be printed for the use of the officers of that institution. STATE OF NEW YORK, 867.} IN ASSEMBLY, February 15th, 1867.) The foregoing resolution was duly passed. By order of the Assembly. LUTHER CALDWELL, Clerk. STATE OF NEW YORK, IN SENATE, February 28th, 1867. The foregoing resolution was duly concurred in without amendment. By order of the Senate. JAS. TERWILLIGER, Clerk. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relative to pensions for soldiers of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That our senators and representatives in congress be requested to urge the enactment of a law granting a reasonable pension to the surviving soldiers of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, as some recognition of the faithful services rendered by them to their country in that contest. STATE OF NEW YORK, IN SENATE, January 18th, 1867. The foregoing resolution was duly passed. } JAS. TERWILLIGER, Clerk. STATE OF NEW YORK, IN ASSEMBLY, February 25th, 1867. The foregoing resolution was duly passed. } LUTHER CALDWELL, Clerk. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relative to the Erie canal between Albany and Troy. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the Canal Commissioner in charge of the eastern division of the Erie canal be, and he is hereby, directed to require the contractor in charge of the canal between Albany and Troy, to bottom out, according to the terms of his contract for repairs, said canal to its original depth and to the width on the bottom required by law. The same to be done forthwith, so as to be ready for use on the opening of navigation the present season, and that the Canal Commissioner in charge of the eastern division be required to discharge his duties. STATE OF NEW YORK, IN ASSEMBLY, March 2d, 1867. The foregoing resolution was duly passed. LUTHER CALDWELL, Clerk. STATE OF NEW YORK, IN SENATE, April 16th, 1867. } The foregoing resolution was duly passed. JAS. TERWILLIGER, Clerk. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relative to the publishing of the State census for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the concurrent resolution of the legislature of February 6th, 1866, providing for the publishing of the State census for 1865, be amended so as to provide that the "usual number" therein mentioned be distributed as follows, to wit: One copy to each officer and reporter of the present legislature, and the balance thereof equally among the members of the present legislature. STATE OF NEW YORK, IN ASSEMBLY, March 6th, 1867. The foregoing resolution was duly passed. LUTHER CALDWELL, Clerk. IN SENATE, March 7th, 1867. The foregoing resolution was duly passed. By order of the Senate. } JAS. TERWILLIGER, Clerk. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION authorizing the Governor to confer Brevet Commission in certain cases. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the Governor be, and he is hereby, authorized to confer on any officer of the National Guard of the State of New York, who has been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States, a brevet commission corresponding in rank to the commission of highest grade which such officer may have received from the President of the United States, or from the Governor of this State. STATE OF NEW YORK, 37. } IN ASSEMBLY, March 13th, 1867. The foregoing resolution was duly passed. LUTHER CALDWELL, Clerk. STATE OF NEW YORK, IN SENATE, April 17th, 1867. The foregoing resolution was duly concurred in. JAS. TERWILLIGER, Clerk. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relative to the loan authorized by chapter two hundred and ninety-six of the Laws of eighteen hundred and forty. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the Comptroller require the payment of the loan authorized by chapter two hundred and ninety-six of the Laws of eighteen hundred and forty, within three months after notice, and in default thereof that all requisite legal proceedings be resorted to for its collection. 57.} STATE OF NEW YORK, The foregoing resolution was duly passed. LUTHER CALDWELL, Clerk. STATE OF NEW YORK, IN SENATE, April 16th, 1867.} The foregoing resolution was duly concurred in. JAS. TERWILLIGER, Clerk. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION for examination into affairs of Savings Banks. WHEREAS, The large and rapidly increasing sums on deposit in the savings banks of this State render it an object of special importance, that these investments should be properly secured and the control and management of the institutions holding this trust should be carefully guarded by clear, consistent, and uniform provisions of law; and WHEREAS, The report of the Superintendent of the Banking Department, relative to savings banks, discloses many defects, and many conflicting and incongruous provisions in existing laws relating to these institutions; therefore, Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the Superintendent of the Banking Department be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revise and consolidate the laws relating to savings banks, and institutions for savings in this State, with such amendments thereto, as he may deem important, and report the same in the form of one complete and general act, together with such facts and suggestions in relation thereto as he may find it desirable and expedient to communicate to the legislature at the commencement of its annual session in eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. And for the purpose of enabling him more thoroughly and intelligently to perform the duty hereby imposed, he is further authorized and empowered, and it shall be his duty, to make himself, or cause to be made by his deputy, an examination of such and so many of the savings banks and institutions for savings in this State as he shall find it necessary or expedient to visit and examine, and he shall possess all the authority in relation to such examination of savings banks and institutions for |