IN SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE,
March, 13, 1877.

Mr. Graham, from the Sub-Committee of the Whole, to which was referred the Assembly bill No. 147, introductory No. 391, G. O. 125, entitled "An act authorizing the trustees of the village of Ballston Spa to issue bonds, to be known as the 'Extended Water Bonds,' to pay a portion of the water bonds now outstanding of said village, maturing in the year 1877, and thereafter," 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. 124, introductory No. 344, G. O. 96, entitled "An act to cancel and annul a bond executed and delivered to "the city of Watertown" by Byron D. Adsit, with sureties, dated January 6, 1874, and to release and discharge the said Byron D. Adsit and his sureties from all liability thereon," reported in favor of the passage of the same with the following amendments: Strike out section 1, and insert the following:

"Section 1. The common council of the city of Watertown are hereby authorized and empowered, by a two-third vote of all the members to said common council (if after examination they shall deem proper) to cancel and annul the bond executed and delivered to the city of Watertown by Byron D. Adsit and his sureties, as chamberlain of said city, dated January 6, 1874, and filed in the clerk's office in the county of Jefferson, January 9, 1874."

Strike out section 2, and insert the following:

"Section 2. The said Byron D. Adsit and his sureties on said bond, referred to in section one of this act, and each of them, shall from and after such canceling and annulling of said bond by the common council of the city of Watertown, and each of them be fully released and discharged from all liability thereon."

Amend title by prefixing following:

"An act to authorize the common council of the city of Watertown."

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. 119, intoductory No. 242, G. O. 89, entitled "An act to legalize and confirm the proceedings of the board of trustees of the village of Andes, in the county of Delaware, in relation to the purchase of hydrants for the use of said village and the creation of a debt for that purpose and to provide for the payment thereof," 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. 113, introductory No. 262, G. O. 83, entitled "An act to amend chapter 335 of the laws of 1871, entitled 'An act to authorize the appointment of a person to be

public administrator in the county of Kings, and to determine the powers and duties of such officer,'" 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. 95, introductory No. 55, G. O. 268, entitled "An act to amend chapter 361 of the laws of 1852, entitled 'An act to facilitate the dissolution of manufacturing corporations in the county of Herkimer, and to secure the payment of their debts without preference,'" 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. 93, introductory No. 184, G. O. 63, entitled "An act regulating the practice in the surrogate's court in the county of New York, respecting testimony taken in contested matters, and as to the issue of letters of guardianship to testamentary guardians," 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. 285, intoductory No. 285, G. O. 293, entitled "An act to incorporate the Horseheads fire department," reported in favor of the passage of the same without amendment.

The bill was ordered to be reported by the following vote: