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. Walton 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: Brown A P Brown ER Dunnigan Argetsinger Cullen Graves Lawson Fowler Hewitt Lockwood Marshall Mullan Newton Nicoll 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. Hewitt, Hill, Knight, Murphy, Walters and Wellington, each of whom was excused. Mr. Walton 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. Farrenkopf Foley Ottinger The Assembly bill (No. 67, Senate Reprint No. 1736, Rec. No. 332) entitled “An act to amend the Highway Law, in relation to the construction or improvements of State or county highways," was read the third time. Sage Slater Stivers The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, the have 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: Whitney Wicks Thompson G FYelverton Thompson GL Towner Wagner Walton Mr. Walton moved to reconsider the vote by which said bill was lost, and that this motion lie upon the table. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion to lay upon the table, and it was decided in the affirmative. The Senate bill (No. 1728, Int. No. 1227) entitled “An act authorizing any new corporation constituted by the consolidation of Cliff Electrical Distributing Company, The Niagara Falls Power Company and Hydraulic Power Company of Niagara Falls, efficiently to utilize any water by it lawfully diverted from the Niagara river," 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: Boylan Carroll Carson Cotillo Cromwell Dowling Dunnigan Emerson Farrenkopf Foley Gibbs Hewitt FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE Hill Knight Lawson Mullan Murphy Nicoll Gilchrist Ottinger Wagner Walters Walton Sage Wellington Thompson G LYelverton FOR THE NEGATIVE Graves 49 Argetsinger Slater 4 Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly and request their concurrence therein. The Senate bill (No. 1729, Int. No. 1228) entitled "An act to authorize the consolidation of Cliff Electrical Distributing Company, The Niagara Falls Power Company and Hydraulic Power Company of Niagara Falls," 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: Gilchrist FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE Koenig Lawson Mullan Murphy Nicoll Boylan Ottinger Argetsinger Dowling Downing Emerson Sage Stivers Wellington Whitney Thompson G F Wicks FOR THE NEGATIVE Graves Argetsinger Slater 4 Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly and request their concurrence therein. The Assembly returned the bill (No. 1443, Assembly Reprint No. 1722, Int. No. 1125) entitled "An act for the relief of the city of New York in financing its obligations during the period of the war and one year thereafter in reference to the issuance of corporate stock and serial bonds," with a message that they have concurred in the passage of the same, with the following amend ments: Wagner Walters Walton Page 3, make lines 20, 21 and 22 read as follows: "provided however, that no authority is conferred by this act upon such city to make any improvement which it is not now authorized by law to make or to use the proceeds of any such corporate stock or serial bonds to acquire any public utility or any property used in connection with a public utility ". Mr. Wagner moved that the Senate concur in said amendments. The President put the question whether the Senate would concur in said amendments, and it was decided in the affirmative. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill as amended, 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: 44 Burlingame Carson Cotillo Cullen Farrenkopf Gibbs Argetsinger Brown A P Brown ER Burlingame Carroll Carson Cotillo Cullen Lawson Marshall Mullan Murphy 49 Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Asembly, with a message that the Senate has concurred in the amendments thereto. The Assembly bill (No. 1707, Rec. No. 482) entitled “An act making an appropriation for the payment of the principal and interest on the debt for the Saratoga Springs State Reservation, for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and eighteen, contracted under chapter five hundred and sixty-nine of the Laws of nineteen hundred and nine, as amended by chapter three hundred and ninety-four of the Laws of nineteen hundred and eleven," was read the third time. Dowling Downing Farrenkopf Fowler Gibbs 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: Walton Thompson G FYelverton Sage Slater Stivers FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE Hewitt Hill Knight Koenig Lawson Lockwood Marshall Mullan Murphy Nicoll Ramsperger Towner Walker Walters Walton Sage Wellington Slater Whitney 49 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. 1709, Rec. No. 480) entitled "An act making appropriations from the sinking funds of the State for the payment of the interest on the State debt," 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, two-thirds of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, as follows: Argetsinger Brown A P Carroll Carson Cotillo Cullen Dowling Farrenkopf Gibbs Argetsinger Carson Cromwell Emerson Boylan Cotillo FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE Hewitt Hill Knight Koenig Lawson Fowler Gilchrist Graves Hewitt Hill Knight Lockwood Marshall Mullan Murphy Newton 49 Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate has concurred in the passage of the Cullen Dowling Downing Nicoll same. The Assembly bill (No. 1708, Rec. No. 481) entitled "An act to provide means for the support of government,” 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, two-thirds. of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, as follows: Sage Slater Wellington Stivers Towner Walker FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE Lawson Lockwood Marshall Mullan Murphy Nicoll Walters Walton Ottinger Sage Slater Stivers FOR THE NEGATIVE Dunnigan Towner Wellington Koenig 35 14 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. 1673, Int. No. 228) entitled "An act to amend the General Municipal Law, in relation to local boards of child welfare," was read the third time. |