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were, David Allen, Stephen Bates, Bennet Bicknell, Moses I. Can tine, James 
Cochran, Ralph Hascall, Ephraim Hart, Parley Keyes, John Knox, William 
Mallory, John I. Prendergast, William Ross, Farrand Stranahan, Samuel 
Stewart, Peter Swart, George Tibbits, Martin Van Buren and Abraham Van 
Vechten; and in the negative, Henry Bloom, Walter Bowne, Darius Crosby, 
Jonathan Dayton, John D. Ditmis, Lucas Elmendorf, Peter R. Livingston, John 
Noyes and Isaac Ogden. 
The geographical classification of members voting for and against the law 
was as follows: 
Southern district, 
Middle “ 
In the Senate. 
Affirmative. Negative. 
5 
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Eastern district, 
Western “ 
Affirmative. Negative. 
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.. 5 1 
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In the Assembly. 
Suffolk,- 
1 
Schenectady,_ 
1 
Queens,_ _ 
3 
Schoharie,_ 
2 
Richmond,_ 
1 
Montgomery,_ 
4 
New-York,_ 
7 
Herkimer,_ 
3 
Westchester,_ 
3 
Lewis and Jefferson,_ 
3 
Rockland,_ 
1 
Otsego,_ 
5 
Putnam,_ __ _ 
1 
Chenango, Broome and Tioga,. . 
2 
1 
Dutchess, _ 
.. 2 
2 
Madison,_ _ 
3 
Orange,_ 
.. 3 
1 
Oneida,_ 
4 
Ulster and Sullivan,_ 
.. 1 
1 
Onondaga,__ 
3 
1 
Greene,_ 
2 
Cortland,_ 
1 
Columbia,_ 
.. 4 
Cayuga,.. 
3 
1 
Rensselaer,__ 
.. 5 
Seneca,_ 
2 
Albany,_ 
.. 4 
Ontario,.. _ 
3 
Washington and Warren,_ 
.. 2 
3 
Genesee,_ 
2 
1 
Saratoga,_ _ 
.. 1 
1 
Steuben and Allegany,_ 
2 
Essex,_ . 
1 
Niagara, Cattaraugus and Chau- 
Clinton and Franklin,_ 
. 1 
tauque,_ 
2 
St. Lawrence,_ 
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