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about New York harbor, including the city of New York, the city of Brooklyn and the county of Kings, the county of Richmond and part of the county of Queens, and to provide for the government thereof,' relative to the legislative department" (No. 1457), reported in favor of the passage of the same, which report was agreed to, and said bill restored to its place on the order of third reading.

Mr. Stranahan offered the following:

Resolved, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of Senate bill No. 654, entitled "An act to amend chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, entitled 'An act to provide for rapid transit railways in cities of over 1,000,000 inhabitants,' and the acts amendatory thereof " (Int. No. 585), and that said bill be recommitted to the committee on affairs of cities, retaining its place on general orders.

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

Mr. Stranahan, from the committee on affairs of cities, to which was referred the bill introduced by Mr. Stranahan, Int. No. 585, entitled "An act to amend chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, entitled 'An act to provide for rapid transit railways in cities of over 1,000,000 inhabitants,' and the acts amendatory thereof " (No. 654), reported in favor of the passage of the same, with some amendments, which report was agreed to, and said bill restored to the committee of the whole.

The Assembly returned the following entitled bills, with a message that they have concurred in the passage of the same.

"An act to authorize the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of New York to provide for the payment for the services rendered to the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings (now forming part of the city of New York, under and by virtue of chapter 378 of the Laws of 1894), by the volunteer firemen of the towns of Flatbush, Flatlands, New Utrecht and Gravesend, respectively annexed to said former city of Brooklyn, by chapters 356, 450, 451 and 449 of the Laws of 1894, after such respective annexation." (No. 866, Int. No. 223.)

"An act to authorize the board of estimate and apportionment

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of the city of New York to audit and allow the interest on awards to owners and persons interested in the land acquired by said city within the lines of the Eastern parkway and Buffalo avenue, in the city of New York." (No. 564, Int. No. 515.)

"An act providing that the police commissioners of the city of New York, in their discretion, may reappoint Archibald Hamilton, an ex-policeman of the city of New York, who resigned from said police department September 5, 1882." (No. 1022, Int. No. 754.)

"An act to authorize the common council of the city of Yonkers to appropriate money towards the expenses of the entertainment of the convention of the New York State Firemen's Association to be held in said city during the year 1899." (No. 589, Int. No. 537.)

Ordered, That the Clerk transmit said bills to the mayor of the city of New York for a hearing, pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution.

"An act to authorize the board of trustees of the village of Catskill to issue bonds and sell the same and with the proceeds to purchase land and erect thereon a building or buildings for the use of said village." (No. 800, Int. No. 700.)

"An act to amend chapter 151 of the Laws of 1844, entitled 'An act to authorize the construction of a timber, plank or hard road from Salina, in the county of Onondaga, to Central Square, in the county of Oswego," chapter 342 of the Laws of 1867, entitled 'An act to amend an act entitled An act to authorize the construction of a timber, plank or hard road from Salina, in the county of Onondaga, to Central Square, in the county of Oswego,' relating to the continuance of its corporate existence." (No. 646, Int. No. 589.)

"An act to amend the Executive Law, in relation to the fees of the Secretary of State for registering a mining claim." (No. 601, Int. No. 555.)

"An act authorizing the Orange County Agricultural Society to hold real and personal property, and to issue stock to raise money for the use of the society." (No. 863, Int. No. 750.)

"An act to facilitate the proving of the incorporation of new

corporations formed by the consolidation of two or more corporations." (No. 574, Int. No. 525.)

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bills to the Governor.

Mr. Coffey offered the following:

Resolved, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of Assembly bill No. 1723, entitled "An act to amend the Greater New York Charter, of chapter 378 of the Laws of 1897, in relation to the municipal courts in the borough of Brooklyn" (Rec. No. 389), and that said bill be recommitted to the committee on affairs of cities with instructions to said committee to report the same forthwith amended as follows: Make new section 7 to read as follows:

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"§ 7. The clerks, assistant clerks, stenographers interpreters and attendants of said courts in the several districts of the borough of Brooklyn as now constituted shall be and continue as such officers of said courts for the same districts as renumbered and rearranged by this act until the expiration of their respective terms."

Make section 7 to read section 8 and section 8 to read section 9.

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

Mr. Stranahan, from the committee on affairs of cities, reported said bill amended as directed and the same was ordered reprinted. Mr. Coffey moved that said bill be ordered to a third reading. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Willis gave notice that at some future day he would move to suspend Senate rules Nos. 1, 4, 9, 12, 15, 19, 31 and 45, for the purpose of reading, passing and transmitting to the Assembly out of its order Senate bill No. 1225, entitled "An act to promote the safety of pedestrians by compelling the equipment of street surface railroad cars with automatic fenders." (Int. No. 98.)

Mr. Plunkitt offered the following:

Resolved, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill No. 1186, entitled (6 An act to amend chapter 469 of the Laws of 1898, entitled 'An act to protect navigation in certain tide-waters within the State of New York,' relative to providing for the cost of doing the work therein required, and in other respects" (Int. No. 903), and that the same be ordered to a third reading.

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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 the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the concurrent resolution (No. 301) entitled "Concurrent resolution of the Senate and Assembly proposing an amendment to article 6, section 7 of the Constitution, relating to the Court of Appeals " (Int. No. 294), and that the same be ordered to a third reading, in the words following: Concurrent resolution of the senate and assembly, proposing an amendment to article six, section seven of the constitution, relating to the court of appeals.

Whereas, the legislature at its regular session in eighteen hundred and ninety-eight duly adopted resolutions providing for an amendment to the constitution relating to the court of appeals, and which resolutions were referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election of senators, and directed to be published in accordance with section one of article fourteen of the constitution; and

Whereas, said resolutions have been duly published in accordance with law and the constitution, and referred to this legislature for action; therefore,

Section 1. Resolved (if the assembly concur), That section seven of article six of the constitution be amended to read as follows:

§ 7. The court of appeals is continued. It shall consist of the chief judge and associate judges now in office, who shall hold their offices until the expiration of their respective terms, and their successors, who shall be chosen by the electors of the state. The official terms of the chief judge and associate judges shall be fourteen years from and including the first day of January next after their election. Five members of the court shall form a quorum, and the concurrence of four shall be necessary to a decision. The court shall have power to appoint and to remove its reporter, clerk and attendants. Whenever and as often as a majority of the judges of the court of appeals shall certify to the governor that said court is unable, by reason of the accumulation of causes pending therein, to hear and dispose of the same with reasonable speed, the governor shall designate not more than four justices of the supreme court to serve as associate judges of the court of appeals. The justices so designated shall be relieved from their duties as justices of the supreme court and shall serve as associate judges of the court of ap peals until the causes undisposed of in said court are reduced to

two hundred, when they shall return to the supreme court. The governor may designate justices of the supreme court to fill vacancies. No justice shall serve as associate judge of the court of appeals except while holding the office of justice of the supreme court, and no more than seven judges shall sit in any

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§ 2. Resolved (if the assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment be submitted to the people for approval at the next general election in accordance with the provisions of the elec tion law.

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

Mr. Grady offered the following:

Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the concurrent resolution (No. 1213) entitled "Concurrent resolution of the Senate and Assembly proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 6 of the Constitution, relating to temporary designations by the governor of justices to the Appellate Division" (Int. No. 919), and that the same be ordered to a third reading, in the words following:

Concurrent resolution of the senate and assembly proposing an amendment to section two of article six of the constitution, relating to temporary designations by the governor of justices to the appellate division.

Whereas, the legislature at its regular session in eighteen hundred and ninety-eight duly adopted resolutions providing for an amendment to the constitution, relating to temporary designations by the governor, of justices to the appellate division; and which resolution was referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election of senators, and directed to be published in accordance with section one of article fourteen of the constitution; and

Whereas, such resolutions have been duly published in ac cordance with law and the constitution and referred to this legis. lature for action; therefore

Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), that section two - of article six of the constitution be amended so as to read as follows:

§ 2. The legislature shall divide the state into four judicial departments. The first department shall consist of the county of New York; the others shall be bounded by county lines, and be compact and equal in population as nearly as may be. Once every ten years the legislature may alter the judicial departments,

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