LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PASSED AT THE NINETY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, BEGUN JANUARY THIRD, AND ENDED APRIL TWENTY-FIRST, 1871, VOL. I. EXCELSIOR ALBANY: THE ARGUS COMPANY, PRINTERS. CERTIFICATE. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ALBANY, July 14th, 1871. Pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An act relative to the publication of the Laws," passed April 12th, 1843, I hereby certify that the following volume of the Laws of this State, was printed under my direction. HOMER A. NELSON, Secretary of State. In this volume, every act which received the assent of a majority of all the members of the Legislature, "three-fifths of all the members elected to either House" thereof, being present, pursuant to Section 14, of Article 7, of the Constitution of this State, is designated under its title by the words "Three-fifths being present." [See Laws of 1847, Vol. 1, Chap. 253.] And every act which received "the assent of two-thirds of all the members elected to each branch of the Legislature,” pursuant to Section 9, of Article 1, of the State Constitution, is designated under its title by the words "By a twothird vote." [See Laws of 1842, Chap. 306.] |