G. O. ment of the city of New York,' passed April thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-three," passed May twenty-one, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. 455. An act to authorize the mayor and common council of the city of Buffalo to make an appropriation to reimburse claimants for advances made to construct building for Taylor Hose Company Number One, of Buffalo. 456. An act to provide for the creation of a board of charities, and for a better administration of the public charities in the county of Kings. 457. An act to amend "An act to provide for a uniform system for the repavement of streets, avenues and publie places in the city of New York," passed May twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. 458. An act relating to the payment of assessments for local improvements in the city of New York. 459. (Senate. Printed No. 128.) An act to amend chapter four hundred and ninety-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled "An act to amend the charter of the city of Poughkeepsie, and to consolidate with it other acts relating to said city." 460. An act to amend chapter one hundred and thirty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled "An act to annex parts of the towns of Bethlehem and Watervliet, in the county of Albany, to the city of Albany, and to exempt such parts thereof from certain taxes, and to annex a part of the city of Albany to the town of Watervliet," passed April six, eighteen hundred and seventy. 461. (Senate. Printed No. 131.) An act to amend chapter six hundred and eighty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled "An act amending, revising and consolidating the several acts in relation to the village of Greenbush," passed March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. 462. (Senate. Printed No. 144.) An act to amend chapter five hundred and sixty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act to amend the charter of the village of Carthage, Jefferson county." G. O. 463. (Senate. Printed No. 125.) An act further to amend chapter five hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixtynine, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend an act entitled An act to incorporate the village of Flushing, passed April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and the several acts amendatory thereof,' passed March twentieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven." 464. (Senate. Printed No. 146.) An act to release to Edward Kennedy and others the right, title and interest of the people of the State of New York to certain real estate in the city of New York. 465. (Senate. Printed No. 173.) An act to release to Margery Farren the right, title and interest of the people of the state of New York in and to certain real estate in the city of Brooklyn. 466. (Senate. Printed No. 152.) An act to confirm the title of certain persons to real estate questioned by reason of alienage of former owners. No. 91. IN ASSEMBLY, March 28, 1877. REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. IN SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, Mr. Graham, from the Sub-Committee of the Whole, to which was referred the Senate bill No. 62, introductory No. 58, G. O. 299, entitled "An act to amend chapter 440 of the Laws of 1873, entitled 'An act requiring commissioners of highways to act as inspectors of plank-roads and turnpikes.'" reported in favor of the passage of the same without amendment. The bill was ordered to be reported by the following vote: Mr. Graham, from the Sub-Committee of the Whole, to which was referred the Senate bill No. 36, intoductory No. 80, G. O. 375, entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of a librarian to take charge of the law library in the fifth judicial district, located at Utica," reported in favor of the passage of the same without amendment. The bill was ordered to be reported by the following vote: Mr. Graham, from the Sub-Committee of the Whole, to which was referred the Assembly bill No. 234, introductory No. 593, G. O. 234, entitled "An act to authorize the county clerk of the county of Chenango to certify defective records and enter certain orders and judgments, omitted to be entered by his predecessors in office," reported in favor of the passage of the same with the following amendment: Amend by inserting the following as section 1: SECTION 1. The clerk of Chenango county is hereby authorized to sign the certificates of the record of all deeds, mortgages and papers recorded or filed in the clerk's office of Chenango county which were not signed by any former clerk of said county; provided that the record or the certificate of record which is to be thus signed by said clerk is a lawful, complete and perfect record, with the exception of the signature of the clerk thereto, and the signature of the said clerk thereto shall have the same force and effect as though said deeds, mortgages, documents, papers, records and certificates had been signed by any former clerk of said county. The bill was ordered to be reported by the following vote: Mr. Graham, from the Sub-Committee of the Whole, to which was referred the Assembly bill No. 347, introductory No. 226, G. O. 360, entitled "An act to provide for the filing of security for the payment of damages and costs by the plaintiff in actions of proceedings against physicians, surgeons and dentists for damages or punishment for malpractice," reported in favor of the passage of the same without amendment. The bill was ordered to be reported by the following vote: AYES, 12) Mr. Graham, from the Sub-Committee of the Whole, to which was referred the Assembly bill No. 310, introductory No. 622, G. O. 318, entitled "An act to provide better facilities for the election of town officers in the town of Watervliet, Albany county," reported in favor of the passage of the same without amendment. The bill was ordered to be reported by the following vote: Mr. Graham, from the Sub-Committee of the Whole, to which was referred the Assembly bill No. 339, introductory No. 415, G. O. 349, entitled "An act to amend chapter 68 of the laws of 1860, entitled 'An act to consolidate and amend the several acts relating to the village of Catskill," passed March 14, 1860, reported in favor of the passage of the same with the following amendment: Insert as section 2 the following: § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 16 of said act is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: And to compel all persons to keep the sidewalks in front of premises owned or occupied by them clear from snow within twenty-four hours after the fall thereof, and also ice, dirt or other obstruction; and in case of refusal or neglect, to make the expense of the removal thereof a charge and lien on the premises in default. The bill was ordered to be reported by the following vote: Mr. Graham, from the Sub-Committee of the Whole, to which was referred the Assembly Bill No. 293, introductory No. 633, G. O. 302, entitled "An act to authorize the First Presbyterian Church of Kortright, Delaware county, to change its corporate name, and to legalize the acts of the trustees of said church heretofore done under |