Mr. Ford 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: Ahearn Davis G A Higgins Armstrong Ellsworth Brackett Elsberg Featherson La Roche Brown Coffey Coggeshall Cullen McCarren Sherwood Mitchell Norton Parsons Wagner Plunkitt White Wilcox Raines Rice The Clerk furnished a list of absentees to the Sergeant-atArms, who appeared in due time before the bar of the Senate, with Messrs. Douglas and Chahoon, each of whom, upon giving satisfactory explanation for being absent, was excused. Mr. Ford moved that all further proceedings under the call of the Senate, be suspended. Foley Ford Davis D F Havens Humphrey Krum Ahearn Donnelly Ambler Douglas Armstrong Brown Elsberg Chahoon Featherson Foley Coffey Mackey Malby Martin The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative. Havens Higgins Humphrey Krum La Roche Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Boyce and Grady. By direction of the President the Clerk called the roll, and the following Senators responded as their names were called: Mackey Martin Mitchell Munzinger Stranahan Sullivan Thornton Norton Parsons Plunkitt Raines Rice Stranahan Sullivan Thornton 44 Wagner White Wilcox Ramsperger Willis 46 The bill (No. 1102) entitled "An act to amend the Tax Law relating to the taxation of public franchises as real property " (Int. No. 205), 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: FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. Graney Higgins Ahearn Ambler Armstrong Brown Chahoon Coffey Donnelly Elsberg Foley Ford Goodsell Cullen Havens Davis D F La Roche Douglas Ahearn Chahoon Krum Malby Marshall FOR THE. NEGATIVE. Mackey Martin Mitchell Parsons Plunkitt Raines Rice Featherson Feeter Foley Sherwood Sullivan Thornton White Wilcox 11 Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The 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), having been announced for a third reading, FOR THE NEGATIVE. Norton Wagner Mr. Armstrong moved that said bill be recommitted to the committee on railroads with instructions to said committee to report the same forthwith amended by striking out the enacting clause. Malby Marshall The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. Ambler Donnelly Higgins Parsons Stranahan Humphrey Armstrong Douglas 33 La Roche Mitchell Rice Munzinger Sullivan Norton Wagner 17 Coggeshall Havens Johnson - Davis D F Krum 27 Mr. G. A. Davis moved that said bill be recommitted to the committee on railroads with instructions to said committee to report the same forthwith amended as follows: § 4. This act shall not apply to cities having according to the last state or federal enumeration a population of over ninetyfive thousand and less than one million inhabitants. § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. Ambler Donnelly Plunkitt Martin The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative. FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. Ahearn Featherson Brackett Feeter Chahoon Foley Coffey Ford Havens FOR THE NEGATIVE. Featherson Ahearn Chahoon Feeter Foley Coffey Havens [SENATE JOURNAL.] Elsberg Mackey Johnson Mitchell La Roche Malby Marshall Martin McCarren Wilcox Munzinger Norton Plunkitt Rice Sherwood Said bill was then 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: FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. Krum La Roche Malby Marshall Martin 168 Mitchell Munzinger Rice Plunkitt Wilcox Raines Willis 34 28 Ambler Donnelly Davis G A Ford FOR THE NEGATIVE. Ahearn Havens La Roche FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. 19 Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The bill (No. 565) entitled "An act to provide for the defrayal of expenses of legal proceedings paid or incurred by certain officers and officials of this State and of the cities and counties thereof” (Int. No. 516), 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 nega tive, a majority of all the Senators elected not voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths being present, as follows: Douglas Mackey Munzinger Plunkitt Martin La Roche Chahoon Ambler Brackett Davis GA Brown Stranahan Thornton FOR THE NEGATIVE. Elsberg Ford Goodsell Rice Ramsperger Willis Higgins Parsons 18 Mr. Ahearn moved that the vote by which said bill was lost be reconsidered, and that said motion be laid upon the table. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion to lay on the table, and it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Parsons moved that the Senate do now adjourn. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the negative, as follows: Ahearn Coffey Armstrong Chahoon Brown Cullen Davis D F Donnelly Coggeshall Foley Ahearn Cullen Donnelly FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. Elsberg Douglas Graney Foley Coggeshall Graney Havens La Roche FOR THE NEGATIVE. 27 Mr. Ahearn moved to take from the table the motion to reconsider the vote by which Senate bill No. 565, entitled "An act to provide for the defrayal of expenses of legal proceedings paid or incurred by certain officers and officials of this State and of the cities and counties thereof " (Int. No. 516), was lost. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion and it was decided in the affirmative. Ambler Chahoon FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. Featherson Mackey Munzinger Rice FELER Malby Plunkitt McCarren Raines Mitchell Ahearn Higgins Parsons McCarren Mitchell Mackey Munzinger Malby Martin Rice Sullivan Wagner Ramsperger Willis Norton Plunkitt Raines Featherson Mackey Malby FOR THE NEGATIVE. Elsberg Ford Sullivan Wilcox Ram'sperger Willis Goodsell Parsons 17 The President then put the question whether the Senate would agree to reconsider the vote by which said bill was lost, 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: FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. 26 |