whereas, in the opinion of the legislature, no sufficient compensation has been made to the militia and volunteers of the several states, and especially of the state of New York, for losses sustained, perils encountered and services rendered in vindicating the rights and maintaining the honor and independence of the United States in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, therefore Resolved, (If the senate concur,) That the senators in congress from the state of New York be instructed, and the representatives from this state be requested to propose and advocate an amendment to the bounty act, passed by congress on the twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, so as to give to each officer and soldier, and to the widows of such as are deceased and their heirs at law, one hundred and sixty acres of land, in lieu of a less quantity, and also to extend the present pension laws to the officers and soldiers, and the widows of those deceased of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, who died in service or were honorably discharged therefrom. By order of the Assembly, RICHARD U. SHERMAN, Clerk. IN SENATE, January 26, 1855. Resolved, That the Senate do concur in the foregoing resolution. Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That Ogden Hoffman, the present attorney general, be and hereby is authorised and directed, together with such counsel as the governor may deem proper to associate with him, to defend the interests of this state, involved in an appeal brought on or prosecuted by direction of the legislature of Virginia, from a decision by one of the justices of the supreme court of this state, in the Lemmon slave case. By order. RICHARD U. SHERMAN, Clerk. IN SENATE, February 24th, 1855. Resolved, That the Senate do concur in the passage of the foregoing resolution. H. J. HASTINGS, Clerk. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. IN ASSEMBLY. March 23, 1855. Resolved, (if the Senate concur) that fifty copies of the Annual Report of the American Institute be printed for each member, officer and reporter of the legislature; seven hundred and fifty copies for the use of the institute, and twenty copies for each county agricultural society of the state, and five hundred for the use of the State Agricultural Society. By order, R. U. SHERMAN, Clerk. IN SENATE, March 28, 1855. Resolved (if the Senate concur) That fifty copies of the report of the New-York State Agricural Society be printed for the use of each member, officer and reporter of the Legislature, one thousand copies for the use of the society, and forty copies for each county in the state, for the use of the agricultural societies in said counties; and that the same be printed and bound under the direction of the execcutive committee of the New-York State Agricultural So ciety, in a manner similar to the reports of previous years. By order, R. U. SHERMAN, Clerk. March 28, 1855. Concurred in without amendment. By order, H. J. HASTINGS, Clerk. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. IN ASSEMBLY. February 23, 1855. Resolved, (if the Senate concur) that the Secretary of State furnish to each member, officer and reporter of the present legislature, one copy of the New-York civil list, prepared by Franklin B. Hough, known as the "Green Book." By order of the Assembly, R. U. SHERMAN, Clerk. Concurred in without amendment. H. J. HASTINGS, Clerk. CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS. IN ASSEMBLY. April 12, 1855. Resolved, (If the senate concur,) That the resolution passed by the senate and assembly on the fourteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, instructing the attorney general, if in his judgment there was a cause of action to commence an action forthwith against George W. Newell, late auditor canal department, to recover to the state any money advanced by said Newell to certain alleged canal commissioners without authority of law, as reported to the senate on the second day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, by the then auditor, be and is hereby rescinded. Resolved, (If the senate concur,) That the attorney general be and he is hereby authorised to discontinue the suit commenced by him against, under and by virtue of said IN SENATE. April 10, 1855. CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS IN RELATION TO SLAVERY, ETC. Whereas, The passage of the bill organizing the territory of Kansas and Nebraska, and repealing that portion of the Missouri compromise which prohibited the existence of slavery within their limits, for the purpose of permitting its establishment upon their soil, was a gross violation of good faith, and inflicted grievous wrong upon free labor and free principles throughout the Union; and Whereas, This act, and the spirit in which it was consummated, demonstrate the determination of the slaveholding interest to use the power of the federal government to promote the indefinite extension and permanent. establishment of slavery; and Whereas, Congress having no power or right to interfere with slavery as it may exist in any state, is expressly commanded by the federal constitution to make all needful rules and regulations concerning the territories of the United States; therefore Resolved, (if the Assembly concur,) That the people of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, demand of congress the enactment of a law declaring that slavery shall not exist except where it is established by the local law of a state, thus restoring, by positive statute, the prohibition of slavery from the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Resolved, (if the Assembly concur,) That the people of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assem bly, will not consent to the admission into the Union of any state that may be formed out of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, unless its constitution shall prohibit the existence of slavery within its limits. Whereas, The repeal of the Missouri compromise and the repudiation of a solemn legislative compact, by the slaveholding interest, for the extension of slavery, has released the free states from all obligations that may be expressed or implied in any compromise on the subject of slavery, outside of the federal constitution; therefore be it Resolved, (if the Assembly concur,) That while the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and |