and fixing the salaries of the mayor and aldermen thereof," with a message that said bill had been transmitted to the mayor of the city of Oneida for a hearing, and has been returned by said mayor with a message that the same was not accepted but said bill was not returned within the time prescribed by the Constitution, and that said bill had been again duly passed by the Assembly.

Mr. A. P. Brown moved that said bill be again passed notwithstanding that said bill was not returned within the time prescribed by the constitution.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, notwithstanding the objection of the city, the same having been printed and upon the desks of the members in its final form for three calendar legislative days, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate has concurred in the re-passage of the

same.

The Assembly returned the Assembly bill (No. 809, Senate Reprint No. 1076, Rec. No. 73) entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Watervliet," with a message that said bill had been transmitted to the mayor of the city of Watervliet for a hearing, and has been returned by said mayor with a message that the same was not accepted, and that said bill had been again duly passed by the Assembly.

Mr. Sage moved that said bill be again passed notwithstanding the objection of the city thereto.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, notwithstanding the objection of the city, the same having been printed and upon the desks of the members in its final form for three calendar legislative days,

and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate has concurred in the passage of the same. The Assembly bill (No. 633, Rec. No. 483) entitled "An act to amend the County Law, in relation to the location and construction of bridges," was read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree. to the final passage of said bill, the same having been printed and upon the desks of the members in its final form for three calendar legislative days, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate has concurred in the passage of the same. Mr. Ottinger moved a call of the Senate.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree

to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative.

By direction of the President, the Clerk called the roll, when the following Senators responded:

The Clerk furnished a list of the absentees to the sergeant-atarms, who appeared in due time before the bar of the Senate with Messrs. Burlingame, Gilchrist and Graves, each of whom was excused.

Mr. Ottinger moved that all further proceeding under the call of the Senate be suspended.

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

Mr. Ottinger moved to reconsider the vote by which Assembly hill (No. 399, Senate Reprint No. 1595, Rec. No. 310) entitled “An act to repeal article twenty-two of the General Business Law, relating to monopolies and contracts in restraint of trade," was lost.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion to reconsider, and it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:

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Said bill was again read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, the same having been printed and upon the desks of the members in its final form for three calendar legislative days, and it was decided in the negative, a majority of all the Senators elected not voting in favor thereof, as follows:

The Assembly bill (No. 307, Rec. No. 487) entitled "An act authorizing the police commissioner of the city of New York to rehear the charges upon which John J. Donnelly, formerly a patrolman in the police department of said city, was dismissed from said department in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, and to reinstate him in the position formerly held by him," was read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree. to the final passage of said bill, the same having been printed and upon the desks of the members in its final form for three calendar legislative days, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate has concurred in the passage of the

same.

The Assembly bill (No. 1021, Rec. No. 134) entitled "An act to amend the Conservation Law, in relation to the number and

designation of game protectors and their powers and duties," was read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, the same having been printed and upon the desks of the members in its final form for three calendar legislative days, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate has concurred in the passage of the

same.

The Senate bill (No. 1721, Int. No. 1132) entitled “An act to amend the Membership Corporations Law, in relation to the formation and powers of co-operative agricultural, dairy or horticultural associations," was read the third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, the same having been printed and upon the desks of the members in its final form for three calendar legislative days, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly and

request their concurrence therein.