OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AT THEIR ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH SESSION BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL IN THE CITY OF ALBANY VOLUME I EXCELSIOR ALBANY THE ARGUS COMPANY, PRINTERS 1912 Dup 13 UNIVERSITY CHICAGO LIBRARIES MARCH 1980 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE. STATE OF NEW YORK. SENATE CHAMBER IN THE CITY OF ALBANY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1912. Pursuant to the sixth section of the tenth article of the Constitution of the State of New York, designating the first Wednesday in January of each year for the time of the meeting of the Legislature, the Senate convened, Hon. Thomas F. Conway, LieutenantGovernor, presiding. . Prayer by Rt. Rev. William Croswell Doane. The Clerk called the roll, and the following Senators responded: Lieutenant-Governor Conway addressed the Senate as follows: In opening the second session of this Senate it is pleasing to note that nearly every Senator is present and doubtless prepared to do his full duty in the high position of trust in which the people of his district has placed him. When we consider that the State of New York contains about one-tenth of the population of the nation, and that wealth, business enterprise and its natural resources here exist even in greater proportion, the dignity and responsibility attaching to the office of Senator can be readily appreciated. Business and political problems in great variety and of great complexity press upon the attention for solution. Because the welfare and progress of the State and its people depend so much upon safe and progressive legislation, the need and the framing of new laws should be given the best thought and most carefully considered action of each legislator. |