Yeas.—Messrs. Chipman, Dayton, Dwight Foster, Hillhouse, Howard, Morris, Ogden, Olcott, Sheafe, and Tracy.
Nays.—Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Colhoun, Ellery, T. Foster, Franklin, Jackson, Logan, S. T. Mason, J. Mason, Nicholas, Stone, Sumter, White, and Wright.
On motion, to agree to the original resolution, amended by adding the words "or note-taker," after the words stenographer, it passed in the affirmative—yeas 16, nays 12, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Colhoun, Ellery, T. Foster, Franklin, Jackson, Logan, S. T. Mason, Nicholas, Stone, Sumter, and Wright.
Nays.—Messrs. Chipman, Dayton, Dwight Foster, Hillhouse, Howard, J. Mason, Morris, Ogden, Olcott, Sheafe, Tracy, and White.
So it was Resolved, That any stenographer, or note-taker, desirous of taking the debates of the Senate on Legislative business, may be admitted for that purpose at such place, within the area of the Senate Chamber, as the President shall allot.[63]
Wednesday, January 6.
Judiciary System.
Mr. Mason called for the reading of the Message, which was in part read; when the further reading of the whole document was suspended, and that part only read, which relates to the Judiciary System.