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ALBANY POLICE FORCE .- The sum of $114,000 was designated as the sum required to defray the expenses of the Police force of the City of Albany for the year ending November 30, 1875, pursuant to the provision of Sec. 37, Chap. 77 of the Laws of 1870.
The Special Committee appointed to make the apportionment of Grand Jurors for the different cities and towns reported as follows :
ALBANY CITY.
First Ward, 8; Second Ward, 10; Third Ward, 10; Fourth Ward, 14; Fifth Ward, 10; Sixth Ward, 11; Seventh Ward, 7; Eighth Ward, 13; Ninth Ward, 9; Tenth Ward, II; Eleventh Ward, 13; Twelfth Ward, 10; Thirteenth Ward, II; Fourteenth Ward, 11 ; Fifteenth Ward, 10; Sixteenth Ward, II.
TOWNS.
Bethlehem, 11; New Scotland 8; Guilderland, 10; Coey- mans, 9; Berne, 6; Rensselaer, 7; Westerlo, 6; Knox, 5.
COHOES CITY.
First Ward, 9; Second Ward, 8; Third Ward, 9; Fourth Ward, 5; Green Island, 5; West Troy, 21; Watervliet, 12.
ASSESSMENT ROLLS. City of Albany, for 1875.
Value of real property . $30,386,889 00
66 personal property 4,284,050 00
Total. $34,670,939 00
City of Cohoes.
Value of real property $3,182,069 00
personal property 425,909 00
Total. $3,607,968 00
Towns.
Value of real property . $11,734,174 60
personal property 1, 128,038 60
Total
$12,862,212 20
Grand total of real and personal property . $51, 140, 110 20 ALBANY COUNTY WAR LOAN BONDS.
A Tabular Statement of Principal and Interest coming due yearly from 1875 to 1886, inclusive. Principal pay- able March I. Interest payable semi-annually on the first days of March and September.
1875 .*
1876.
Principal.
Interest.
Principal.
Interest.
$174,900 00 71,600 00
$71,600 00
$126,000 00 70,000 00
$70,000 00
$246,500 00
$196,000 00
1877.
1878.
Principal.
Interest.
Principal.
Interest.
$150,000 00 61,200 00
$61,200 00
$250,000 00 50,700 00
$50,700 00
$211,200 00
$300,700 00
1879.
1880.
Principal.
Interest.
Principal.
Interest.
$87,000 00 33,000 00
$33,000 00
$87,000 00 27,000 00
$27,000 00
$120,000 00
$114,000 00
* Leaving $1,000,000 outstanding after those due in 1875 are paid.
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1881.
1882.
Principal.
Interest.
Principal.
Interest.
$50,000 00 21,000 00
$21,000 00
$50,000 00 17,500 00
$17,500 00
$71,000 00
$67,500 00
1883.
1884.
Principal.
Interest.
Principal.
Interest.
$50,000 00 14,000 00
$14,000 00
$50,000 00 10,500 00
$10,500 00
$64,000 00
$60,500 00
1885.
1886.
Principal.
Interest.
Principal.
Interest.
$50,000 00 7,000 00
$7,000 00
$50,000 00 3,500 00
$3,500 00
$57,000 00
$53,500 00
1875 .- ANNUAL SPRING SESSION.
The Board met at their rooms in the City Hall, Tuesday, May 11, 1875. Supervisors present:
ALBANY.
First Ward. Charles Kirchner; Second Ward, Peter Lasch; Third Ward, Samuel J. Mec; Fourth Ward, James Macfarlane; Fifth Ward, Peter Kennear; Sixth Ward, E. C. Koonze; Seventh Ward, H. R. Haskins; Eighth Ward, William Dwyer; Ninth Ward, John Kirkpatrick; Tenth Ward, James Rooney; Eleventh Ward, Edward Kays; Twelfth Ward, William J. Carroll, Charles Gaus; Thirteenth Ward, Charles H. Gaus; Fourteenth Ward, William H. Haskell ; Fifteenth Ward, Charles L. Pease; Sixteenth Ward, Warren S. Low, Jr.
COHOES.
First Ward, Thomas O'Dea; Second Ward, Frank Brown, Jr .; Third Ward, Thomas B. Golden; Fourth Ward, Solomon Dotter.
TOWNS.
Berne, George H. Reinhart; Bethlehem, John Wemple; Coeymans, Nelson Schemerhorn; Knox, James M. Chesebro; Guilderland, Hiram Griggs; New Scotland, Tunis Slinger- land; Rensselaerville, Horace T. Devereux; Westerlo, Daniel M. Wooster; Watervliet, Jesse C. Dayton.
OFFICERS.
President, Henry R. Haskins; Clerk, M. J. Powers; County Physician, Dr. D. V. O'Leary; Doorkeeper, John McGrath, Jr.
After drawing seats and the appointment of pages the Board adjourned until the next day, when the President named the Standing Committees.
JAIL AT WEST TROY .- After the announcement of the Standing Committees Dr. Buffington was ap- pointed Physician at West Troy.
The several justices of the peace of the county were on motion directed to forward to the Board, by the 15th of November, their next report of the names of all persons sentenced to confinement in the Albany jail since January 1, 1875.
EXTRA SESSION .- An extra session of the Board convened August 3, 1875, for the purpose of con- sidering the census claims. All the members were present. After full consideration and settlement of this matter the Board adjourned until the fall session.
FALL SESSION .- This session convened Tuesday, November 9, 1875, all the members present except President Haskins, whereupon Hiram Griggs was elected president pro tem.
CITY BUDGET .- On November 30 the city budget was received from Martin Delehanty, Clerk of the Common Council, which amounted in gross to $599,050.46. Under a recent act the adoption of the report of the budgets required a vote of two- thirds of all the members. As two-thirds of the members present voted in favor of the budget, it was adopted.
COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT .- On December 2 the County Treasurer submitted the annual report, showing that the money received by him during the year from all sources amounted to $1, 146,128.92; disbursements, $1, 146, 128.92. This report was submitted to the Finance Com- mittee.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. - On a formal ballot J. D. Burger was elected sealer of weights and measures for the then ensuing year.
JUVENILE DELINQUENTS .- By the laws of 1874, page 570, section 29, boards of supervisors, as we have seen, in the several counties, are empowered to determine the compensation of officers conduct- ing juvenile delinquents to the House of Refuge, and of lunatics to the Lunatic Asylum. A resolu- tion was therefore presented to the Board fixing the compensation fees for such services as follows:
For conveying one prisoner. $20 00
Two prisoners on one day 35
COUNTY BUDGET .- On December 7, 1875, the county budget was presented and adopted, which amounted in gross to $739,667.40; this sum was less amount funded $100,000. The following was adopted:
Resolved, That there be levied upon the taxable property of the city of Albany the sum of $839,367.40, less one hun- dred thousand dollars ordered funded by the Board, and that the same be applied according to the amounts named in the said budget.
PHYSICIANS AND CORONERS AGAIN. - The difficulty and embarrassment connected with the fees of phy- sicians and coroners continued, notwithstanding strenuous efforts to adjust the difficulties, until De- cember 23, 1875, when the Board went into Com- mittee of the Whole, Mr. Haskell in the chair, on the following resolution:
Resolved, That all physicians of this county shall receive for their services, when attending post mortem examinations by order of a coroner, the following fees :
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For viewing the body and external examinations, and a certificate given to show cause of death, three dollars.
For viewing a body as to external appearances, with de- scription of bruises, cuts, etc., five dollars.
Post mortem examination of thoracic cavity and dissection of heart and lungs, seven dollars.
Post mortem examination of thoracic and abdominal cavi- ties, with dissection of their respective organs, ten dollars.
Post mortem examination of thoracic and abdominal organs and dissection of brain, fifteen dollars.
Examination as to sanity, five dollars.
Examination microscopically of the muscular tissues, as in trichinosis, by order of the Board of Health, twenty-five dollars.
The title was fixed, " Regulating the fees of physicians of Albany County." This resolution was ordered to a third reading.
On January 6, 1876, the Board went into Com- mittee of the Whole on the following:
Resolved, That no coroner of the county shall hereafter order a post mortem examination of any case unless there is a suspicion that death has been caused by foul play or other mysterious cause, nor until he shall have consulted with the District Attorney of the county or his deputy, and received tbe opinion of those officers as to the propriety of such ex- amination.
No claim for post mortem examination shall be hereafter audited unless bearing the affidavit of the coroner that the services therein charged were in fact rendered, and the certificate of the County Physician and District Attorney or his deputy that such examination was, in their opinion, necessary. Hereafter the coroner shall be allowed no fee for mileage while attending an inquest within the limits of the city in which the coroner resides.
The title was fixed, "An act providing for the manner of holding post mortem examinations," and was ordered to a third reading.
The Annual Spring Session of the Board of Su- pervisors was held at the City Hall, in the City of Albany, May 9, 1876.
The following members present:
ALBANY CITY.
First Ward, Angustus Whitman; Second Ward, John Lyons; Third Ward, Robert J. McCormick; Fourth Ward, Edward A. Maher; Fifth Ward, Wm. J. Flynn; Sixth Ward, E. C. Koonz; Seventh Ward, James Young; Eighth Ward, Wm, Dwyer; Ninth Ward, John Kirkpatrick; Tenth Ward, Thomas Hyde; Eleventh Ward, Edward Keays; Twelfth Ward, William A. Carroll; Thirteenth Ward, Charles H. Gaus; Fourteenth Ward, Wm. H. Haskell; Fifteenth Ward, Patrick H. Daly; Sixteenth Ward, D. J. Norton.
COHOES.
First Ward, Thomas Murphy; Second Ward, Frank Brown, Jr .; Third Ward, Thomas B. Golden; Fourth Ward, Joseph Stewart; Fifth Ward, George E. Simmons.
TOWNS.
Berne, T. J. Wood; Bethlehem, John Wemple; Coey- mans, James N. Powell; Guilderland, Hiram Griggs; Knox, James M. Cheseboro; New Scotland, D. J. Raynsford; Rensselaerville, Albert T. Moore; Westerlo, I). M. Wooster; Watervliet, J. C. Dayton.
The calling of the roll of members proceeded until Wm. Dwyer, of the Eighth Ward, was called, when Mr. Wm. Rahill presented a protest against calling the name of any person from the Eighth Ward, as Supervisor, except his own, and sub- mitted a certificate of that office from the Common Council of the City, and also the certificate of the County Clerk that he had duly qualified as required by law.
The Board adjourned till afternoon, when a somewhat bitter contest ensued over the matter. A motion to adjourn was lost; but after more argu- ment an adjournment until evening was agreed to.
At five o'clock, there being no quorum, the Board adjourned.
In formal session, November 20, 1876, the Board convened; the Board was present with the excep- tion of Messrs. Brown and Moore.
The Board assembled to take action in regard to the death of Michael J. Powers, late Clerk of the Board.
Appropriate resolutions expressive of esteem were presented by the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Wm. J. Flynn, which were adopted.
At a meeting held November 21, 1876, the Board proceeded to ballot for officers, which re- sulted as follows:
President, Wm. H. Haskell.
Clerk, Daniel Fitzpatrick.
Journal Clerk, John Marcellus.
Doorkeeper, George Carroll.
County Physician, John M. Bigelow.
The President announced as pages Charles Sands and John Arthur.
At the afternoon session the President announced the list of Standing Committees.
At a meeting of the Board December 4, 1876, THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNTY TREASURER, showing receipts and disbursements of the office for the year ending November 30, 1876 :
Balance on hand at last report $1,700 03
Total receipts $1,081,008 16
DISBURSEMENTS :
State general tax
$327,817 40
Rejected taxes 784 33
$328,601 73
City of Albany.
School fund
$45,864 00
Aims house.
20,000 00
District Attorney's office . 2,500 00
Water rents, 1875
11,519 55
$79,383 55
City of Cohoes.
School funds
$9,723 44
County Towns.
School funds
$27,058 87
Audited accounts
140,807 65
Asylum accounts.
51,627 99
Court expenses.
41,969 92
Salary account.
35,763 97
Balance
44,646 26
Other items not here included which make up a total. $1,081,008 16
Estimate of disbursements for December. 50,000 00
The Chairman presented the following resolu- tion :
Resolved, That the Board of Supervisors of the County be and are hereby requested to cause to be raised, assessed and collected by tax upon the taxable property in the City of Albany, in the manner provided by law, the following sum: $609,409.25.
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Then follows a table setting fortli the different uses for which the sum is to be expended.
The Mayor, Hon. A. Bleecker Banks, presented the following amendment, which was accepted :
I approve all the items in the foregoing, except the follow- ing, to which I object :
Homeopathic hospital $2,000
Albany hospital and dispensary . 3,000
St. Peter's hospital and dispensary. 3,000
$8,000
Leaving the sum to be raised by tax at $601,409.25.
The sum of $t,ooo was apportioned to the Committee on Roads and Bridges for the different towns in the county.
At a meeting of the Board Friday, December 8, the Committee on Finance reported favorably on the adoption of the following :
Resolved, That the Finance Committee be and they are hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of the county the sum of $100,000, to pay a portion of the bonds maturing during the year 1877, and to issue therefor county bonds with interest at six per cent., payable semi-annually, and the principal payable March 1, 1889 and 1890, $50,000 each; and that each bond be signed by the Chairman of this Board and the County Treasurer; and that such bonds be issued in the sum of $1,000 each; and that the bonds be sold at public auction on the 15th of February, 1877, the sale to be advertised for two weeks in the official county papers; and that the Finance Committee receive proposals for engrav- ing and printing such bonds, and let the same to the lowest responsible bidder; and that the Finance Committee pay to the County Treasurer the proceeds of the sale of said bonds.
The Finance Committee were also directed lo apply to the next Legislature for a law authorizing this County to issue bonds to the amount of $100, - ooo, to replace in part the amount coming due March 1, 1877.
The following is a STATEMENT of the REAL AND PERSONAL property of Albany COUNTY as assessed in 1876:
City of Albany.
Total real estate. $31,759,294 00
Total personal. 3,857,850 00
Grand total $35,617,144 00
City of Cohoes.
Total ..
$3,273,913 00 Total personal 420,200 00
Grand total
$3,694, 113 00
Towns.
Total real estate $12,006,691 00
Total personal
1,022,100 68
Grand total.
13,028,791 68
The grand total of Albany, Cohoes and towns : Real estate. $47,039,898 00 Personal. 5,300,150 68
Grand total $52,340,048 68
REPORT ON EQUALIZED VALUATION of real estate per acre in the towns of the. County are as follows:
Berne, $17.45; Bethlehem, $65.20; Coeymans, $40; Guilderland, $28.35; Knox, $16; New Scotland, $39.50; Rensselaerville, $18.25; Westerlo, $19.77; Watervliet, $15-7372-
It was also adopted that the rates of taxation be fixed as follows:
City of Albany, for that portion added to the city in 1870, $2.18; portion west of Allen street, $2.38; remainder of the city, $3.38.
On each $100 of the assessed valuation for city and county purposes:
For the town of Berne, $2.74; for the town of Bethlehem, $1.53; for the town of Guilderland, $1.60; for the town of Knox, $1.66; for the town of Rensselaerville, $1.96; for the town of Westerlo, $2.04; for the town of Cocymans, $1 50; for the town of Cohoes, $1.36; for the town of Watervliet, $2.08; for the town of New Scotland, $1.36.
At a meeting of the Board, December 13, the balloting for papers to publish the audits at $60 per paper. The following were the papers designated: Argus, Cohoes Daily News, Evening Journal, Rensselaerville Press, Cohoes Democrat, Evening Times, Morning Express and Albany Herald.
The death of Warren S. Low, a former member of the Board of Supervisors, was announced by Mr. Norton, who offered a preamble and resolu- tions, which were copied and transmitted to the family of the deceased.
The proceedings of the annual spring session of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Albany, held May 8, 1877.
Members of new Board:
ALBANY CITY.
First Ward, Jacob Steigleman; Second Ward, Thomas Powers; Third Ward, Edward H. Long; Fourth Ward, Edward A. Maher; Fifth Ward, Wm. J. Flynn; Sixth Ward, James A. Shattuck; Seventh Ward, James Young; Eighth Ward, Michael J. McDonald; Ninth Ward, Mathew J. Tiernan; Tenth Ward, John Hedrick; Eleventh Ward, Isaac N. Lansing; Twelfth Ward, William H. McCall; Thirteenth Ward, Charles H. Smith; Fourteenth Ward, Charles R. Knowles; Fifteenth Ward, Patrick H. Daly; Sixteenth Ward, Wm. H. Murray.
COHOES.
First Ward, Thomas Murphy; Second Ward, Frank C. Reavy; Third Ward, Frank Tessier; Fourth Ward, John P. Weber; Fifth Ward, George E. Simmons.
TOWNS.
Berne, Frederick W. Conger; Bethlehem, W. C. Hotal- ing; Coeymans, J. H. Powell; Guilderland, J. C. Grant; Knox, J. M. Chesebro; New Scotland, D. V. S. Raynesford; Rensselaerville, Albert T. Moore; Watervliet, Jesse C. Dayton; Westerlo, D. M. Wooster. President, J. C. Day- ton; Clerk, Thomas H. Craven; County Physician, William Geoghegan, Jr .; Journal Clerk, Wm. E. Murphy; Sealer of Weights and Measures, Philip Madden; Doorkeeper, James Nolan.
The Board adjourned till May 8.
The Supervisors convened at 2.50 o'clock on Wednesday, May 8; the minutes of the former meeting read and approved, after which the Presi- dent made the announcement of standing com- mittees for the ensuing year.
Mr. Daly offered the following, which was adopted:
Whereas, At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors held December 8, 1874, a resolution was adopted authorizing the governors of the Albany Hospital to execute a mort- gage on the hospital lot and buildings in this city to the ex- tent of $30,000;
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Whereas, The said hospital is in an embarrassed condi- tion, judgments are recorded against the hospital, and the property is advertised to be sold at sheriff's sale; therefore,
Resolved, That a committee of three members be ap- pointed, together with the District Attorney, to look after the interest of the County.
Messrs. Flynn, Daly and Knowles were appointed such committee.
BALLOTING FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNTY PAPERS.
The Argus and Times were chosen as County papers.
Board adjourned.
FALL SESSION .- November 13, 1877, the Board convened. All members present. On motion of Mr. Maher the Board adjourned as a Board of Supervisors, and agreed to meet as a Board of Canvassers November 14.
TROUBLE WITH NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS.
By the provisions of chapter 215 of the laws of 1870, it was made the duty of each supervisor in the State, at the annual meeting of the boards, to appoint printers for publishing the laws of their respective counties. The act provides that the act shall be made as follows :
Each member of the Board shall designate by ballot one newspaper printed in the county to publish the laws, and the paper having the highest number of votes, and the paper having the next highest number of votes, shall be the papers designated for printing the laws; provided such papers be of the opposite politics and fairly represent the two political parties into which the people of the county are divided; and if said papers so balloted for and chosen are not of oppo- site politics, and do not fairly represent the two principal political parties into which the people of the county are divided, such balloting and such choice shall be of no effect, and the balloting shall continue until two papers, if there be such in the county, are chosen that meet the requirements above set forth.
It was claimed that the Board and each member thereof entirely neglected the said law and its in- structions, whereupon a mandamus was served upon the Chairman of the Board to compel obedi- ence to the said law in the case of The People ex rel. Jacob .C. Culyer vs. The Board of Supervisors of Albany County, Peckham and Tremain, attor- neys for relator.
After the reading of the mandamus Mr. Flynn said it was quite clear that the Board must pro- ceed to a designation of papers, and he presumed the matter would be satisfactorily disposed of at their next meeting.
At a meeting of the Board, held November 20, on motion of Mr. Shattuck, the Board proceeded to ballot for county papers, which ballot resulted in the election of the Argus and Express as county papers for the ensuing year, thus ending all further difficulty in the matter.
At the meeting of the Board December 4, the Chairman presented the
TREASURER'S REPORT OF RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand at last report. $44,646 26
Total amount of receipts. $1,071,547 25
Disbursements. $1,071,547 25
Balance on hand $78,796 49
December 6, 1877, the Chairman presented the following communication from the citizens of Albany :
To Hon. Jesse C. Dayton, Chairman of the Board of Super- visors of Albany County.
DEAR SIR : The undersigned citizens and taxpayers of the City of Albany have been pleased to see that your Board has disallowed the large claims presented by various news- paper proprietors for the unauthorized publication of laws, proceedings, etc. The allowance of such illegal charges has been a great grievance and is becoming absolutely intoler- able. We trust that your Board will firmly adhere to its de- cision in spite of any clamor and denunciation in which the disappointed parties may indulge. We trust, too, that it will in a like manner discountenance and disallow all im- proper and illegal charges from whatever source they may come. By so doing, although you may incur the ill-will of baffled raiders on the county treasury, you will receive the support and praise of all good citizens.
Dated December 5, 1877.
This communication was signed by twenty-one of the first citizens of Albany, and was ordered filed.
Also the following communication from Mr. Nathan D. Wendell, County Treasurer :
The following is a statement of the balance due the county from the several cities and towns at this date, November 30, I877:
City of Albany. $17,734 87
City of Cohoes. 2,216 09
Town of Berne. 2,566 77
Town of Bethlehem. 1,058 57
Town of Coeymans
61 91
Town of Guilderland.
213 92
Town of Knox
93 83
Town of New Scotland
31 93
Town of Rensselaerville.
2, 191 92
Town of Westerlo 489 33
Town of Watervliet 715 58
Total $27,469 72
The report of the Committee on Assessment Rolls presented the following report :
The assessed value of the real and personal property in the county as assessed in 1877 is as follows :
Total assessed value of real and personal property :
City of Albany. $36, 164,284 00
City of Cohoes. 3,641,494 00
Towns 12,773, 362 40
Grand total $52,580, 135 40
On the 7th of December Mr. Lansing offered the following, which was adopted :
Whereas, The term of office of Supervisors is fixed by law at one year; and
Whereas, The duties of said officers are onerous and of grave responsibility, and members of the Board are held to a strict accountability by their immediate constituency, and it is impossible for a Supervisor to learn the whole duties in one term; and
Whereas, The said Board of Supervisors should be a con- tinuous body, and the members thereof should be elected for a term of three years, similar to the Senate of the United States, one-third expiring every year; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Committee on Application to the Leg- islature petition that body on behalf of this Board, at the next session, for an act making the election of Supervisors of this county for a term of three years, and one-third there- of expiring and electing yearly.
On December 8 the President from the Com- mittee on Equalization presented the following statement :
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The equalized valuation of real and personal
property in the City of Albany amounts to. . $34, 357, 310 90 City of Cohoes amounts to .. 4,041,494 00
Towns, 14, 181,330 50
Total $52,580, 135 40
On December 27 Mr. McDonald called up a resolution naming the following papers as papers designated to publish county audits : Argus, Times, Freie Blatter, Albany County Democrat, Morning Ex- press, Rensselaer Press, Coeymans Herald, Albany Evening Post, Albany Herald, Cohoes Daily News.
Mr. Smith moved to amend by making the amount to be paid for the same $60 per paper.
Adopted.
Adjourned December 28, sine die.
ANNUAL SESSION, MAY 14, 1878.
Supervisors present.
ALBANY.
First Ward, Frederick U. Bresler; Second Ward, Thomas Powers; Third Ward, John Bowe; Fourth Ward, Timothy J. Sullivan ; Sixth Ward, Ignatius Wiley; Seventh Ward, James Young; Eighth Ward, Michael J. McDonald; Ninth Ward, William Wright; Tenth Ward, Herbert R. Stark- weather; . Eleventh Ward, Isaac N. Lansing; Twelfth Ward, William H. McCall ; Thirteenth Ward, Charles R. Smith; Fourteenth Ward, Charles K. Knowles; Fifteenth Ward, Patrick H. Daly; Sixteenth Ward, James Stackhousc.
.COHOES CITY.
First Ward, William O'Brien; Second Ward, Truman W. Reynolds; Third Ward, Danicl Sullivan; Fourth Ward, Lucius Alexander ; Fifth Ward, George E. Simmons.
TOWNS.
Berne, Frederick W. Conger; Bethlehem, William Flag- ler; Coeymans, John A. Hunt; Guilderland, John C. Grant; Knox, William J. Haverley; New Scotland, D. V. S. Rayns- tord; Rensselaerville, Albert T. Moore; Watervliet, Jesse C. Dayton; Westerlo, Danicl W. Wooster.
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