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Hon. HENRY S. RANDALL,

Secretary of State:

Albany, January 14, 1852.

Dear Sir-In answer to your favor just received, we state that we delivered at Hoffman's bindery, as directed by the late deputy Secretary of State, two thousand copies Laws of New-York for 1851, at the contract price.

(Signed,)

Yours respectfully,

GOULD BANKS & Co.

· Hon. HENRY S. RANDALL,

Secretary of State:

Albany, January 14, 1852.

Dear Sir-As printers of the Session Laws of 1851, the late Deputy Secretary of State gave us a written order for 1,700 copies, which were delivered at Hoffman's bindery, as stated in our previous letter. He then claimed that we should supply an addition of 500 copies after the entire edition was printed, and which he had not previously ordered, we represented to him the injustice of this demand, after the book was completed and the type distributed. He then stated if we would supply 300 additional copies, it would be all they would require, which we delivered at the same price and place of the 1,700 copies; making in all delivered, 2,000 copies, at the contract price.

(Signed,)

H. S. RANDALL, Esq.:

Yours, respectfully,

GOULD, BANKS & Co.

Albany, January 14, 1852.

Dear Sir-In reply to yours of this date, I would say that I received twenty-one hundred and forty-five (2,145) volumes of the Laws of New-York for 1851, to be bound, and that I have

bonnd the same, and delivered them according to directions received from the Secretary of State's office. They were bound and delivered as follows: 1,741 volumes half-bound delivered at Secretary's office, and 44 volumes full bound, also delivered at Secretary's office; and for which half and full bound volumes I have the proper vouchers. The balance were full-bound, and delivered to Messrs. Little & Co., Booksellers, of this city, by order of Mr. Johnson, deputy Secretary of State, in exchange for copies of the Laws N. Y., of the previous year, as I was informed. The binding of all copies delivered to Little & Co., were paid for by said Little & Co., except for 32 volumes, which were charged and paid for by the State. Trusting this will be deemed a full and satisfactory reply, I remain

Respectfully yours,

H. R. HOFFMAN,

No. 12.

IN ASSEMBLY, JAN. 16, 1852.

RULES AND ORDERS OF THE ASSEMBLY.

(AS AMENDED JANUARY 16, 1852.)

1. Upon the appearance of a quorum, the speaker having taken the chair, and the members being called to order, the journal of the preceding day shall be read, to the end that any mistakes therein may be corrected by the House; and in all cases of the absence of a quorum, the members present may take such measures as shall be necessary to procure the attendance of absent members; and the Speaker, with the consent of the majority of the members present, may adjourn from day to day until a quorum shall appear.

2. After the reading and approving of the journal, the order of business, which shall not in any case be departed from, except by the unanimous consent of the House, shall be as follows:

1. The presentation of petitions.
2. Reports of standing committees.

3. Reports of select committees.

4. Messages from the Governor.

5. Communications from the State officers.

6. Messages from the Senate.

7. Third reading of bills.

8. Motions, resolutions, notices, and introduction of bills.

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9. Unfinished business.

10. Special orders of the day.

11. General orders of the day.

But messages from the Governor, communications from State officers, and messages from the Senate, may be received at any time.

3. Motions for reference to different committees shall be put in the following order:

1. To the committee of the whole.

2. To a standing committee.

3. To a select committee.

But no bill or other matter, shall be considered in committe of the whole until the same is printed.

4. No bill shall be ordered to a third reading without having been acted on in committee of the whole.

5. The speaker shall cause the Clerk to make a list of all bills, resolutions and reports of committees, and other proceedings of the House which are committed to a committee of the whole, and not made a special order of the day for any particular day; which list shall be called "The general orders of the day."

6. All questions relating to the priority of business; that is the priority of one question or subject matter over another, under the same order of business, shall be decided without debate.

7. The speaker shall preserve order and decorum, and shall decide all questions of order, which decision shall be final unless an appeal is taken to the House. On every appeal from the decision of the Speaker, he shall have the right in his place to assign his reasons for his decision. He shall also have the right to substitute any member to perform the duties of the chair, but such a substitution shall not extend beyond one day, unless by leave of the House.

8. When the House shall be equally divided, including the Speaker's vote, the question shall be lost.

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9. When the Speaker is putting the question no member shall walk across or out of the House.

10. When the House adjourns, the members shall keep their seats until the Speaker leaves the chair.

11. Every member previous to his speaking, shall rise from his seat and address himself to the Speaker.

12. When two or more members rise at once, the Speaker shall name the member who is first to speak.

13. No member shall speak more than twice to the same general question without leave of the House; nor more than once in any case, until every member choosing to speak on the question pending, shall have spoken.

14. While a member is speaking, no member shall entertain any private discourse, or pass between him and the chair.

15. A member called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain.

16. Every member who shall be within the bar of the House when a question is stated from the chair, shall vote thereon, unless he be excused by the House, or unless he be directly interested in the question, in which case he shall not vote. No member shall be permitted to vote on any question, unless within the bar when his name is called in regular order. The bar of the House shall be deemed to include only the Assembly Chamber within the rails, including the cloak-room.

17. Petitions, memorials, and other papers addressed to the House shall be presented by the Speaker, or by a member in his place.

18. Every member previous to presenting a petition or memorial shall endorse on the same the substance thereof, and add his name; the clerk shall then read the endorsement; after whic the Speaker shall put the question on the reference of said petition or memorial.

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