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Official New York, from Cleveland to Hughes ^^ '^W-^ OFFICIAL N E W YORK FROM CLEVELAND TO HUGHES IN FOUR VOLUMES Editor CHARLES ELLIOTT FITCH, L. H. D. ^ VOLUME II HURD PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK AND BUFFALO 1911 ,...,',,.. 4 ».»),**.»*. 1 > ) trt<^ > 'J Copyright, 1911, by HURD PUBLISHING COMPANY ilEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Joseph H. Choate, LL.D.,D.C.L. Hon. John Woodward, LL.D. James S. Sherman, LL.D. De Alva S. Alexander, LL. D. Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss Henry W. Hill, LL. D. Horace Porter, LL.D. William C. Morey, LL.D. Andrew D. White, LL.D.,D.C.L. Pliny T. Sexton, LL.D. David J. Hill, LL.D. M. Woolsey Stryker, D.D.,LL.D. Chauncey M. Depew, LL. D. Charles S. Symonds Hon. Horace White Hon. J. Bloat Fassett Charles Andrews, LL. D. Hon. John B. Stanchfield A. Judd Northrup, LL. D. Morgan J. O'Brien, LL.D. T. Guilford Smith, LL.D. Hon. William F. Sheehan Daniel Beach, LL. D. Hon. S. N. D. North CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE Governor 13 CHAPTER n Lieutenant Governor 17 CHAPTER III Secretary of State 21 CHAPTER IV Comptroller 27 CHAPTER V State Treasurer 31 CHAPTER VI Attorney General 35 CHAPTER VII State Engineer and Surveyor 39 CHAPTER VIII Education Department 43 CHAPTER IX Origin and Construction of the Barge Canals . 89 CHAPTER X Banking Dkpartment 131 CHAPTER XI Insurance Depaht:ment 151 CHAPTER XII PAGE Superintendent of Public Works .... 163 CHAPTER XIII State Prisons 177 CHAPTER XIV State Charities 187 CHAPTER XV Railroad Commission 209 CHAPTER XVI Public Service Commissions 211 CHAPTER XVII Civil Service Commission 223 CHAPTER XVIII State Commission in Lunacy 229 CHAPTER XIX State Tax Commission 239 CHAPTER XX Miscellaneous .... .... 261 CHAPTER XXI Constitutional Convention of 1894 .... 271 CHAPTER XXII The Judiciary 311 CHAP r E R 1 Governor Constitution of the State vests tlie executive THEpower in the Governor. He is elected by the people and no person is eligible to the office except a citizen of the United States, of the age of not less than thirty years, vi^ho shall have been five years, next preceding his election, a resident of the State. The Governor is Commander-in-Chief of the military and naval forces of the State, a trustee of certain of its public buildings, a trustee of the Soldiers' Home and of Union, Cornell and Syracuse Universities. He is required to communicate, by message to the Legislature, at every session, the condition of the State, and recommend such matters to it as he shall judge expedient. He is also required to transact all necessary business with the officers of government, civil and military, and expedite all such measures as may he resolved upon by the Legis- lature, and take care that the laws are faithfully executed. The Governor may convene the Legislature, or Senate only, in extraordinary session, and may grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment. He appoints (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) certain officers connected with the government 13 OFFICIAL XEW YORK FROM CLEVELAND TO HUGHES of the State, not elective by the people, and fills vacan- cies occurriiio; therein during the recess of the Senate, lie also may suspend or remove many officers under certain restrictions prescribed by statute. During the session of the Legislature he has the power to veto any Ijill passed by the Senate and Assembly. In the event of two-thirds of the members elected to each House agree- ing to pass a vetoed bill, the same becomes a law, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor. After the final adjournment of the Legislature, no bill becomes a law unless approved by the Governor within thirty days, and he has power to disapprove items in any bill appropriating money. The Governor receives an annual salary of $10,000 and the use of a furnished executive residence. He is authorized to appoint a private secretary, clerks and messengers, and, to a limited degree, the Executive Chamber is an office of record. The privy seal is the Arms of the State surrounded by " the inscription: State of New York — Executive Privy Seal." Under the first Constitution, the Governor was chosen triennially. The Constitution of 1821 changed the terra from three to two years, and it so remained under the Constitution of 1846. By an amendment in 1874, it was restored to three years; and again, by the Constitution of 1894, it was fixed at two years. A plurality of votes has always been sufficient for an election. 14 OFFICIAL NEW YORK FROM CLEVELAND TO HUGHES The foUowino; is a list of the Governors of New York since it became a State: Party Name Residence Elected Anti-Fcd...rxeorsc Clinton, Ulster Co., July 9, 1777 Fed John Jay, New York, April, 1795 Anti-Fed... George Clinton, Ulster Co., April, 1801 1804 Dem.-Rep. l\ror{;an Lewis, Dutchess Co.. April, Rep Daniel D. Tompkins, Richmond Co., April, 1807 Rep.i John Tayler, Albany. March, 1817 Clintonian.DeWitt Clinton, New York, 1817 Dem.2 Joseph C. Yates, Schenectady, Nov. C, 18^22 Clintonian . DeWitt Clinton, New York, Nov. 3, 1824 Nat. Rep.i Nathaniel Pitcher, Sandy Hill, Feb. 11,1828 Dem Martin Van Buren, Kinderhook, Nov. 5, 1829 Fed.-Dem.3Enos T. Throop, Auburn, March 12, 1829 Dem William L. Marcy, Troy, Nov. 7, 1832 Whig William H. Seward, Auburn, Nov. 7, 1838 Dem William C. Bouck, Fultonham, Nov. 8, 1842 Dem Silas Wright. Canton, Nov. 5, 1844 Whig John Young, Geneseo, Nov. 3, 1846 Whig . Hamilton Fish, New York, Nov. 7, 1848 Whig Washington Hunt, Lockport, Nov. 5, 1850 Dem Horatio Seymour Deerfield, Nov. 2, 1852 Rep Myron H. Clark, Canandaigua, Nov. 7, 1854 Rep John A. King, Queens Co., Nov. 4, 1856 Rep Edwin D. Morgan, New York, Nov. 2, 1858 Dem Horatio Seymour, Deerfield, Nov. 4, 1802 Rep Reuben E. Fenton, Frewsburg, Nov. 8, 1864 Dem John T. Hoffman, New York, Nov. 3, 1868 Rep John A. Dix, New York, Nov. 5, 1872 Dem Samuel J. Tilden. New York, Nov. 3, 1874 Dem Lucius Robinson, Elmira, Nov. 7, 1876 1 Lieutenant Governor; Acting Governor. 2 I'he Constitution of 1821 provided that the Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall, on and after the year 1823, enter on their respective duties on the first of January. ^Lieutenant Governor; became Governor upon resignation of Martin Van Buren, March 12, 1829. Elected November, 1830, for a full term. 15 OFFICIAL NEW YORK FROM CLEVELAND TO HUGHES Party Name Residence Elected Rep Vlonzo B. Cornell, New York, Nov. 4, 1879 Dem Grover Cleveland, Buffalo, Nov. 7, 1882 Dem.i David B. Hill, Elmira, Jan. 6, 1885 Dcm Iloswell P. Flower, New York, Nov. 3, 1891 Rep Levi P. Morton, Rhinecliff, Nov. 6, 1894 Rep Frank S. Black, Troy, Nov. 3, 1896 Rep Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay. Nov. 8, 1898 B. Nov. 1900 Rep Benjamin Odell, jr., Newburg, 6, Rep Frank W. Higgins, Olean, Nov. 8, 1904 Rep Charles E. Hughes, New York. Nov. 6. 1906 Rep.- Horace White, Syracuse, Oct. 5, 1910 Dem John A. Dix, Thomson, Nov. 8, 1910 ' Lieutenant Governor; became Governor upon resignation of Grover Cleveland, President-elect of the United States. Elected November 6, 1885, for a full term and re-i-lected in 1888. -Lieutenant Governor; became (Governor upon the resignation of Charles E. Hughes, who w.is appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. 16 CHAPTER II Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor is elected by the THEpeople in the same manner and for the same term as the Governor. No person is eligibTe to the office except a citizen of the United States, of the age of not less than thirty years, who shall have been five years next preceding his election a resident of the State. In case of the impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, resignation, or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor for the residue of the term, or until the disability shall cease. But when the Governor, with the consent of the Legislature, shall be out of the State in time of war, at the head of a military force there- of, he continues Commander-in-Chief of all the military forces of the State. If during a vacancy of the office of Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the State, the President of the Senate acts as Governor until the vacancy is filled or the disability shall cease. The Lieutenant Governor is Pi-esident of the Senate, but has only a cast- ing vote therein. By virtue of that office he is a member 17 OKKICIM, NKW YORK FROM CLEVELAND TO HUGHES of tlu' (\>url tor the Trial of Impeachments, but is pro- hibited from acting on the trial of an impeachment against the Governor. He is also a commissioner of the Canal Fund, Land Office, a member of the Canal Board, a trustee of Union College, Cornell University, a trustee of the finished portion of the new Capitol and trustee of several of the other public buildings of the State and a member of the State Board of Equalization of Assess- ments. He has an annual salary of $5,000, and is prohibited from receiving any other compensation, fee or perquisite for any duty or service he may be required to perform by the Constitution or by law.
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