Mr. Speaker presented the annual report of the Conservation Commission, which was laid upon the table and ordered printed. (See Document.)

Also, the annual report of the Superintendent of Banks, which was laid upon the table and ordered printed.

(See Document.)

Also, the annual report of the managers and officers of Craig Colony, which was laid upon the table and ordered printed. (See Document.)

The Speaker announced the appointment of Mr. Adler of Monroe, majority leader for the Session of 1924.

Mr. Speaker announced the following appointments: Speaker's clerk, Ralph L. Reid; Speaker's stenographer, Kathryn Cullen; Speaker's messenger, Henry L. Spencer.

The Senate returned the concurrent resolution in relation to adjournment until January 7th, with a message that they have concurred in the passage of the same without amendment. On motion of Mr. Adler, the House adjourned.

MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1924

The House met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by Rev. Creighton R. Storey.

On motion of Mr. Adler, the reading of the journal of yesterday was dispensed with, and the same was approved.

Mr. Adler offered for the consideration of the House a resolution, in the words following:

Resolved, That the daily sessions of the Assembly be as follows: Mondays at 8:30 o'clock P. M., Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at eleven o'clock A. M.

Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to said resolution, and it was determined in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof.

Mr. Speaker announced the following appointments:

(See Appendix No. 1)

The Clerk announced the following appointments:

(See Appendix No. 2)

Mr. Speaker announced the following standing committees for the session of 1924:

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Messrs. McGinnies of Chautauqua; Yale of Putnam; Hutchinson of Fulton-Hamilton; Steinberg of New York; Moore of Westchester; Clayton of Kings; Porter of Essex; Lord of Chenango; Lattin of Orleans; Laidlaw of St. Lawrence; Cooke of Erie; Hamill of New York; Boyle of Albany; Kennedy of Queens; McDonald of Bronx.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Messrs. Jenks of Broome; Moran of Lewis; Dunmore of Oneida; Hickey of Erie; Shonk of Westchester; Johnson of Chautauqua ; Stone of Onondaga; Kaufmann of New York; Flynn of Kings; Cuvillier of New York; Evans of Kings; Galgano of New York; Patterson of Bronx.

COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS

Messrs. Hackett of Dutchess; Davison of Nassau; Wheatley of Steuben; Ricca of Kings; Austin of Monroe; Borkowski of Erie; Flynn of Kings; Phelps of New York; Gavagan of New York; Alterman of New York; Bungard of Kings; Franklin of Kings; Kammerer of New York.

COMMITTEE ON CODES

Messrs. Esmond of Saratoga; Robinson of Tompkins; Hutt of Erie Moore of Franklin; Gedney of Rockland; Wallace of Nassau; Skinner of Oneida; Garnjost of Westchester; Nicoll of Schenectady; Hackenburg of New York; Kahan of New York, Schofel of Bronx; Rosenman of New York.

COMMITTEE ON CITIES

Messrs. Murphy of Monroe; Whitcomb of Broome; Clayton of Kings; Hackett of Dutchess; Freiberg of Erie; Lewis of Oswego; Smith of Onondaga; Devereux of Oneida; Phelps of New York; Garnjost of Westchester; Kiernan of New York; McArdle of Kings; Meegan of Erie.

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

Messrs. Witter of Tioga; Rice of Cortland; Porter of Essex; Brooke of Madison; Kirkland of Cattaraugus; Laidlaw of St. Lawrence; Joiner of Wyoming; Fake of Schoharie; Allen of Dutchess; Loomis of Delaware; Wickham of Schuyler; Meurs of Rensselaer; Snyder of Albany.

COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Messrs. Van Wagenen of Ulster; Bartholomew of Washington; Smith of Otsego; Robinson of Tompkins; Bentley of Greene; Boyle of Suffolk; Underwood of Yates; Congdon of Allegany; Messer of Steuben; Skinner of Oneida; Cross of Sullivan; Westbrook of Rensselaer; Wilson of Albany.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE

Messrs. Yale of Putnam; Mead of Orange; Whitcomb of Broome; Sackett of Ontario; Hickey of Erie; Hall of Niagara; › Griffith of Monroe; Kaufmann of New York; Dayton of Queens; Burchill of New York; Taylor of Kings; Weinfeld of New York; Brunner of Queens.

COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE

Messrs. Hutchinson of Fulton-Hamilton; Wheatley of Steuben; Eldridge of Warren; Dunmore of Oneida; Kirkland of Cattaraugus; Freiberg of Erie; Stone of Onondaga; Dayton of Queens; Merriam of Schenectady; Conroy of New York; Eberhard of Bronx; Steingut of Kings; Tonry of Kings.

COMMITTEE ON BANKS

Messrs. Cheney of Erie; McCleary of Montgomery; Moran of Lewis; Eldridge of Warren; Hackett of Dutchess; Murphy of Monroe; Wheatley of Steuben; Mead of Orange; Van Cleef of Seneca; Dever of Queens; Nugent of New York; Miller of Kings; Vaughan of Richmond.

COMMITTEE ON TAXATION AND RETRENCHMENT

Messrs. Davison of Nassau; Moore of Westchester; Van Wagenen of Ulster; Sackett of Ontario; Ricca of Kings; Pratt of St. Lawrence; Allen of Dutchess; Borkowski of Erie; Smith of Onondaga; Gray of Kings; Kinsley of Bronx; Shields of New York; Ruttenberg of New York.

COMMITTEE ON MOTOR VEHICLES

Messrs. Stapley of Livingston; Lord of Chenango; Miller of Genesee; Johnson of Chautauqua; Goodrich of Westchester; Griffith of Monroe: Hutt of Erie; Harder of Columbia; Copley of Chemung; Phelps of New York; Burchill of New York; Reilly of Kings; Brunner of Queens.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION

Messrs. Cole of Herkimer; Peck of Suffolk; Brooks of Madison; Hall of Niagara; Griffith of Monroe; Johnson of Wayne; Lyon of Cayuga; Smith of Orange; Copley of Chemung; Wickham of Schuyler; Mandelbaum of New York; Carlin of New York; Reich of Kings.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH

Messrs. Lattin of Orleans; Smith of Otsego; Bartholomew of Washington; Esmond of Saratoga; Austin of Monroe; Smith of Orange; Lyon of Cayuga; Loomis of Delaware; Van Cleef of Seneca: Berg of Bronx; Gallagher of Queens; Ruger of Kings; Male of New York.

COMMITTEE ON AFFAIRS OF VILLAGES

Messrs. Rice of Cortland; Smith of Otsego; Lewis of Monroe; Joiner of Wyoming; Wallace of Nassau; Nicoll of Schenectady; Messer of Steuben; Gedney of Rockland; Harder of Columbia; Boyle of Suffolk; Haight of Onondaga; Westbrook of Rensselaer; Cross of Sullivan.

COMMITTEE ON CANALS

Messrs. Bartholomew of Washington; Cooke of Erie; Lewis of Oswego; Merriam of Schenectady; Van Cleef of Seneca; Meurs of Rensselaer; Lambert of Niagara; Devereux of Oneida; Stickney of Erie Carlin of New York; Howard of Kings; Samberg of Bronx; Meegan of Erie.

COMMITTEE ON EXCISE

Messrs. Kirkland of Cattaraugus; Witter of Tioga; Porter of Essex; Johnson of Wayne; Bentley of Greene; Lord of Chenango; Wickham of Schuyler; Underwood of Yates; Stickney of Erie; Miller of Kings; Vaughan of Richmond, Kahan of New York; Brunner of Queens.

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIES

Messrs. Miller of Genesee; McCleary of Montgomery; Stapley of Livingston; Lewis of Monroe; Goodrich of Westchester; Gilbert of Clinton; Fake of Schoharie; Boyle of Suffolk; Lambert of Niagara; Howard of Kings; Hackenburg of New York; Hart of Richmond; Westbrook of Rensselaer.

COMMITTEE ON REVISION

Messrs. Sackett of Ontario; Rice of Cortland; Witter of Tioga; Stapley of Livingston; Johnson of Chautauqua; Copley of Chemung; Meurs of Rensselaer; Boyle of Albany; Bungard of Kings; Galgano of New York; Patterson of Bronx; Reilly of Kings; Steingut of Kings.

COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION

Messrs. Peck of Suffolk; Cole of Herkimer; Pratt of St. Lawrence; Bentley of Greene; Shonk of Westchester; Gilbert of Clinton; Cooke of Erie; Moore of Franklin; Lambert of Niagara; Congdon of Allegany; Cross of Sullivan; Miller of Westchester; Haight of Onondaga.

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION Messrs. Moore of Westchester; Hutchinson of Fulton-Hamilton; Wallace of Nassau; Stickney of Erie; Dayton of Queens; Flynn of Kings; Gedney of Rockland; Moore of Franklin; Dever of Queens; Donnelly of Kings; Kinsley of Bronx; McArdle of Kings; Tonry of Kings.

COMMITTEE ON CHARITABLE AND RELIGIOUS

SOCIETIES

Messrs. Clayton of Kings; Laidlaw of St. Lawrence; Eldridge of Warren; Allen of Dutchess; Austin of Monroe; Nicoll of Schenectady; Garnjost of Westchester; Franklin of Kings; Ruttenberg of New York; Hearn of Kings; Cline of Kings; Kammerer of New York; Dietz of Queens.

COMMITTEE ON PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Messrs. Goodrich of Westchester; Moran of Lewis; Murphy of Monroe; Peck of Suffolk; Gilbert of Clinton; Freiberg of Erie; Lyon of Cayuga; Blake of Kings; Donnelly of Kings; Eberhard of Bronx; Ruger of Kings; Nugent of New York; Hart of Richmond.

COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS

Messrs. Kaufmann of New York; Steinberg of New York; Ricca of Kings; Austin of Monroe; Borkowski of Erie; Loomis of Delaware; Devereux of Oneida; Underwood of Yates; Coughlin of Kings; Cuvillier of New York; McCarthy of Kings; Reidy of Bronx; Samberg of Bronx.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PRINTING

Messrs. McCleary of Montgomery; Hutt of Erie; Johnson of Wayne; McGinnies of Chautauqua; Joiner of Wyoming; Skinner of Oneida; Smith of Onondaga; Lewis of Oswego; Howard of Kings; Kennedy of Queens; Kiernan of New York; McDonald of Bronx; Snyder of Albany.

COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS

Messrs. Dunmore of Oneida; Hickey of Erie; Ricca of Kings; Lewis of Monroe; Stone of Onondaga; Jenks of Broome; Merriam of Schenectady; Dietz of Queens; Evans of Kings; Gray of Kings; Wilson of Albany; Miller of Westchester; Shields of New York.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

Messrs. Mead of Orange; Brooks of Madison; Cheney of Erie; Robinson of Tompkins; Shonk of Westchester; Pratt of St. Lawrence; Esmond of Saratoga; Alterman of New York; Blake of Kings; Gavagan of New York; McCarthy of Kings; Weinfield of New York; Schoffel of Bronx.

COMMITTEE ON SOLDIERS' HOME

Messrs. Whitcomb of Broome; Sackett of Ontario; Lewis of Monroe; Joiner of Wyoming; Johnson of Wayne; Messer of Steuben; Congdon of Allegany; Berg of Bronx; Conroy of New York; Coughlin of Kings; Gallagher of Queens; Reidy of Bronx; Reich of Kings.