The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said-resolution to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein..

The Assembly returned the above resolution, with a message that they have concurred in the passage of the same.

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said resolution to the Gover

nor.

The Assembly sent for concurrence a resolution, in the words following:

Resolved (if the Senate concur), That a respectful message be sent to the Governor, requesting the return to the Assembly of Assembly bill No. 647, entitled "An act for the relief of the Isabella Heimath" (Rec. No. 548), for the purpose of transmitting to the mayor of the city of New York.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk return said resolution to the Assembly, with a message that the Senate have concurred in the pas sage of the same.

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

"An act to amend chapter 378 of the Laws of 1897, entitled 'An act to unite into one municipality, under the corporate name of the city of New York, the various communities lying in and about New York harbor, including the city and county 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 department of education." (No. 1367, Int. No. 914.)

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

"An act to authorize the city of Buffalo to issue bonds for the purpose of abating all nuisance existing in the Main and Hamburg street canal, and to fill the prism of said canal with solid material." (No. 1354, Int. No. 977.)

"An act to amend subdivision 7 of section 17 of chapter 105 of the Laws of 1891, entitled 'An act to revise the charter of the

city of Buffalo,' relating to licensing stationary engineers." (No. 1369, Int. No. 875.)

“An act to authorize the city of Buffalo to sell and convey the Main and Hamburg, street canal and the lands and premises included therein and connected therewith, or any part or parts. thereof." (No. 1353, Int. No. 976.)

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

“An act to amend section 894 of chapter 378 of the Laws of 1897, commonly known as the Greater New York Charter, relative to taxation on personal property." (No. 1382, Int. No. 989.)

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

"An act to amend chapter 425 of the Laws of 1896, entitled 'An act to amend the charter of the city of Poughkeepsie,' as amended by chapter 232 of the Laws of 1898." (No. 1341, Int. No. 974.)

Ordered, That the Clerk transmit said bill to the mayor of the city of Poughkeepsie, for a hearing pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution.

"An act to protect the interest of owners of farm lands and fruit growers." (No. 1361, Int. No. 762.)

"An act to amend section 1627 of the Code of Civil Procedure with respect to parties in an action for the foreclosure of a mortgage." (No. 923, Int. No. 618.)

"An act to amend the Fisheries, Game and Forest Law in relation to taking deleterious fish from public waters." (No. 1236, Int. No. 925.)

"An act making an appropriation for the New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, at Bath." (No. 1251, Int. No. 890.)

"An act authorizing the State Engineer and Surveyor to make a survey of the Seneca lake and the outlet thereof, and making an appropriation therefor." (No. 1207, Int. No. 786.)

"An act to regulate the use of lands forming a part of the right of way of any railroad company, the road of which has been removed from the surface in, or adjacent to, streets and highways

in all cities of the first class in this State." (No. 137, Int. No. 137.)

"An act to extend the time of the New York State Title Guarantee Company to pay in the remaining two-thirds of its capital stock." (No. 938, Int. No. 787.)

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

"An act providing that the police commissioners of the city of New York, in their discretion, may reappoint George Curtis Du Bois, an ex-policeman of the city of New York, who resigned from said police department October 6, 1897." (No. 1262, Int. No. 941.)

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 amend the State Finance Law, relative to the disposition of the surplus moneys arising from the foreclosure of loan office mortgages." (No. 666, Int. No. 598.)

"An act to amend chapter 556 of the Laws of 1894, entitled 'An act to revise, amend and consolidate the general acts relating to public instruction,' in relation to the collector's notice to taxpayers." (No. 628, Int. No. 575.)

"An act to confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, audit and determine the alleged claims of the counties of Westchester and Orange against the State for a refund of taxes paid on erroneous valuations of property in said counties for the years 1896 and 1897." (No. 1227, Int. No. 742.)

"An act for the consolidation of the Italian Hospital of the city of New York with the Columbus Hospital of the city of New York." (No. 1398, Int. No. 973.)

"An act to authorize the police board of the city of New York to inquire into the dismissal from the police force of Patrick Ginley, a patrolman, and in its discretion to reinstate him.” (No. 1281, Int. No. 947.)

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 increase the number of managers of the Brooklyn Home for Aged Men from thirty to sixty." (No. 1261, Int. No. 940.)

"An act to amend an act entitled 'An act relating to real property,' constituting chapter 46 of the general laws, relating to acknowledgments of deeds." (No. 1294, Int. No. 952.)

"An act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, audit and determine the alleged claim of Banks & Brothers against the State of New York, for law books furnished to the said State, and to render judgment therefor." (No. 1134, Int. No. 489.)

"An act to authorize and empower the town board of the town of Tonawanda, in Erie county, to refund the indebtedness created for improving the Delaware road in said town, and to provide for the payment thereof." (No. 1277, Int. No. 943.)

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'An act to provide for the incorporation of the Salvation Army." (No. 1255, Int. No. 814.)

"An act to amend chapter 273 of the Laws of 1866, entitled 'An act authorizing the incorporation of associations to erect monuments to perpetuate the memory of soldiers who fell in the defense of the Union,' as amended and supplemented by chapter 35 of the Laws of 1875, chapter 136 of the Laws of 1877 and chapter 299 of the Laws of 1888." (No. 1264, Int. No. 858.)

"An act to provide for the construction and erection of a boiler house, dynamo room, coalhouse, chimney and conduit for the Dannemora State Hospital for Insane Convicts, and for heating, lighting and ventilating systems for the east wing, kitchen and dining room thereof, and for plumbing and draining the same." (No. 1396, Int. No. 444.)

"An act to amend chapter 908 of the Laws of 1896, entitled 'An act in relation to taxation, constituting chapter 24 of the general laws,' as amended." (No. 1138, Int. No. 659.)

“An act relating to acknowledgment and proof of the execution of instruments in writing and to facilitate the taking of oaths and affirmations by persons within the islands of Cuba, Porto Rico, Guam, the Philippine islands and the islands of Hawaii." (No. 793, Int. No. 693.)

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bills to the Governor. The Assembly returned the concurrent resolution (No. 631) entitled "Concurrent resolution of the Senate and Assembly pro

posing an amendment to article 8, section 10 of the Constitution, in relation to counties, cities, towns and villages, giving or loaning money or credit and limitation of their indebtedness" (Int. No. 357), in the words following, with a message that they have concurred in the passage of the same:

Whereas, the legislature at its regular session in eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, duly adopted a resolution providing for an amendment to the constitution, in relation to counties, cities, towns and villages giving or loaning money or credit and limitation of their indebtedness; 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 accordance with law and the constitution and referred to this legis lature for action; therefore,

Section 1. Resolved, (if the assembly concur), that section ten, article eight, of the constitution be amended so as to read as follows:

§ 10. Counties, cities and towns not to give or loan money or credit; limitation of indebtedness.-No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in. or bonds of, any association or corporation; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to incur any indebtedness except for county, city, town or village purposes. This section shall not prevent such county, city, town or village from making such provision for the aid or support of its poor as may be authorized by law. No county or city shall be allowed to become indebted for any purpose or in any manner to an amount which, including existing indebtedness, shall exceed ten per centum of the assessed valuation of the real estate of such county or city subject to taxation, as it appeared by the assessment-rolls of said county or city on the last assessment for state or county taxes prior to the incurring of such indebtedness; and all indebtedness in excess of such limitation, except such as may now exist, shall be absolutely void, except as herein otherwise provided. No county or city whose present indebtedness exceeds ten per centum of the assessed valuation of its real estate subject to taxation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any further amount until such indebtedness shall be reduced within such limit. This section shall not be construed to prevent the issuing of certificates of indebtedness or revenue bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes for amounts actually contained, or to be contained in the taxes for