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The title of the office of Commissary of Military Stores was changed to that of Commissary-General in 1815, and to that of Commissary-General and Chief of Ordnance in 1570. He is ap- pointed by the Governor and Senate for two years. His office is in New York city. The office of Commissary-General of Subsistence was created by the Militia Law of 1862.
The Adjutant-General, Inspector-General and Commissary-Gen-
1 Broome died in August, 1810. 2 The Senate appointed Tayler their President, January 20, Isll.
3 Elected under a special act, February 11, 1811.
4 Clinton having died February 11, 1828, Pitelier succeeded as Governor, and Livingston and Dayan were successively elected Presidents of the Senate.
5 Throop having succeeded Van Buren as Governor, the Senate elected Stebbins their President In 1829,
and Oliver in 1830.
6 Gardiner having been elected a Judge of the Court of Appeals, in June, 1848, Fish was elected to fil the vacancy under an act passed in September of that year.
7 Became Governor January 6. 1855 rice Cleveland, resigned.
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STAFF OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
eral are constantly on duty and are allowed Assistants, who rank as Colonel. The Adjutant-General receives a salary of $3,000; As- sistant Adjutant-General, 82,500. The salary of the Chief of Ord- nance is $2,500; of his Assistant, $2,300; of General Inspector of Rifle Practice, $1,500. The Inspector-General receives $6 per day of actual service and his assistant is allowed his actual traveling expenses.
The Military Code of 1883 provides that the staff of the Commander- in-Chief, when upon actual duty under the provisions of the Code either at drills, parades, encampments, lake or seacoast defense duty, or other- wise, shall be paid such reasonable and just compensation, not ex- ceeding the full pay and allowances of officers of the same rank in the army of the United States, as the Commander-in-Chief shall deem proper. In no event shall such compensation exceed $2,500 per annum, together with necessary expenses.
The Bureau of Military Statistics was created by an act passed April 8, 1863 (ch. 113). It was conducted under the management of a Chief until 1868 (ch. 717), when it was made a department in the office of the Adjutant-General.
OFFICERS OF THE STAFF.
ADJUTANTS-GENERAL.
APPOINTED.
INSPECTORS-GENERAL.
APPOINTED.
Nicholas Flsh
Apr. 13,1781
Benjamin F. Bruce.
May 5,1851
David Van Horne ..
1793
William L. G. Smith ..
May
7.1853
Solomon Van Rensselaer
1801
Benjamin F. Bruce ...
Jan.
1,1855
William Panking, Jr.
1809
George F. Sherman
Jan. 1,1859
Solomon Van Rensselaer.
1810
William A. Jackson.
Jan.
1,1861
William Panking, Jr
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Marsena R. Patrick 7.
May
4,1861
Solomon Van Rensselaer
1-13
Chester A. Arthur & ....
April
14. 1862
William L. Marcy .
Feb. 21,1821
Cuyler Van Vechten 9 ..
July
12, 1863
William K. Fuller.
1823
Joslah 'T. Miller.
Jan.
21.1863
Charles Q. Haines .
1821
George S. Batcheller.
Jan.
2,1865
Nicholas F. Beck
1825
James McQuade
Jan.
1,1569
Matthew Henry Webster ]
1830
William 11. Morris.
Jan.
1,1873
John A. DIx ..
.lan.
4.1.831
John B. Woodward.
Jau.
1.1875
Levi Hubbell.
1833
Phillip II. Briggs 10. ..
Dec.
21,1879
Thomas W. Harman
1835
Robert S. Oliver
Jan.
1,1>=0
Allan Macdonald ...
1837
Phillip I1. Briggs
Jan.
1,1883
Rufus King
1×39
Emil Scharfer ..
Jan.
1,1886
Lyman Sanford
ENGINEERS-IN-CHIEF.
Jan.
1,1847
Robert LeRoy
July
15, 1817
Paul Nelson Spofford
Jan.
1,1849
Sammuel Stevens
Jan.
1, 1817
L. Ward Smith
JAN.
1,1:51
lohn Addison Thomas ..
Jan.
4,1853
Isaac Vanderpoel 2.
July
21,1854
Ednaind H. Schermerhorn
Jan.
1, 1856
Frederick Townsend
Jan.
1,1857
Lucius Pitkin.
Jan.
21,1857
J. Meredith Read, Jr.
Jan ..
1,1861 19, 1861
Jan.
1,1859
John T. Sprague.
Jan.
1,1863
Chester A. Arthur
Jan.
1,1861
William Irvine.
Jan.
2, 1865
Isaac Vanderpoel.
Jan.
1,1863
Selden E. Marvin :.
Jan. 1,1867
James B. Swain
Jan,
2,1565
Charles W. Darling
Jun.
1,1867
William M. Tweed, Jr
Jan.
1,1869
Franklin Townsend ...
Jan.
1,1875
N. Gano Donn
Jan.
1,1873
John B. Woodward 5.
April 7,1879
Edgar M. Cullen
Jan. 1,1875
Frederick Townsend 6 .
Jan. 1,1880
James B. Pearsall
Jan.
1.1877
John G. Farnsworth
Jan.
1.1883
Lloyd A spinwall
Jan.
1,1880
Josiah Porter
Jan.
1,1886
George S. Field
Jan.
1,1883
1 Acting Adjutant-General, vice Beck, deceased.
3 By concurrent resolution April 9, 1866
5 Appointed vice Townsend, resign d.
7 Appointed vice Jackson, resigned.
9 Appointed vice Arthur, resigned.
2 Appointed vice Temple, deceased.
1 Appointed vice Read, resigned.
6 Resigned Nov. 1, re-appointed Dec. 1, 1880.
8 Appointed vice Patrick, resigned.
10 Appointed vice Woodward, appointed Adjutant-General.
Nov.
24,1854
Joseph JJ. Chambers.
Jan.
1,1855
J. Watts DePeyster Bvt. Maj. Gen.3 Robert 11. Pruyn
March
5,1:55
Sammel C. Thompson
Nov.
18, 1856
Allen Munroe
Sept
15, 1857
Thomas Hillhouse 4
Aug.
George F. Nesbitt
Franklin Townsend John F. Rathbone.
Jan.
1,1869
Jan. 1,1873
1813
1:11
'Thomas Farrington
1515
Robert E. Temple.
1816
James Watson Webb
Jan. 1,1851
Robert E. Temple
4,1853
Francis L. Hagadorn ..
Jan.
1.1855
Archibald C. Niven
Paul Nelson Spofford
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OFFICERS OF THE STAFF.
COMMISSARIES-GENERAL.
APPOINTED.
SURGEONS-GENERAL.
APPOINTED.
Peter G. Curtenlus I
June 2, 1775
George V. Huddleston .
Jan. 1.1817
Andrew Moodie.
April
13,1751
Mason F. Cogswell .
Jan. 1,1519
Sebastain Banman
Howard Townsend ..
Jan. 1,1851
Robert Hunter
March
19, 1794
Herman Wendell.
Jan.
1,1853
Ebenezer Stevens
1798
Alexander II. Holl.
Jan. 1,1355
John Mcbean
S. Oakley Vanderpoel
Jan.
1,1837
Richard Platt
March
15, 1313
Cornelins R. Agnew
Jan.
1,1859
Anthony Lamb
April
20,1~13
Alexander M. Mnir
Feb.
12, 1521
John V. P. Quackenbush.
Jan.
1.1-63
Henry Arcularius.
Feb.
4, 1533
Sylvester D. Willard
Jan.
2, 1865
Adonirant Chandler.
Feb.
4,18339
James E. Pomfret5.
April
6,1565
Henry Storms.
leb. 7,1812
Jacob S. Mosher.
Jan.
1,1×69
John Stewart
March 7,1518
William M. Smith
Jan.
1,1873
Daniel Lee.
March 7,1952
Austin Flint, Jr .....
Jan.
1,1875
J. Il. Hobart Ward.
Feb.
22, 1-55
Benjamin Welch, Jr
Feb.
20, 1859
James A. Farrell.
April 25,1863
Joseph D. Bryant ...
Jan.
1,1583
Frank Chamberlain
April
27, 1865
George W. Palier 2.
Sept.
30, 1565
JUDGE-ADVOCATES-GENERAL.
William II. Morris ..
Jan. 4. 1:19
Garrett V. Denniston
Jacob T. B. Van Vechten .....
Robert II. Pruyn ..
Lewis Benedlet, Ir.
Lewis Benedict, Jr.
Jan.
1,1817
Isaac C. Colton
Jan.
1,1:51
Edward ES. Kendrick
March
7.1851
Nelson J. Waterbury
Jan.
1,1863
James E. Tower ..
Sept.
1.1.33
Alexander W. Harvey Jan.
2, 1865
Edward E. Kendrick
Jan.
1,1855
Campbell H. Young.
Jan.
1,1867
Robert L. Johnson
1,1557
James B. Craig ....
Jan.
1,1-69
Thomas B. Van Buren.
Jan.
1,1-61
J. Ilampden Wood
Jan.
1,1873
George Bliss, Jr .. ..
Feb.
27,1 62
Charles Hughes.
Jan.
1,1375
John D. Van Buren ..
May
26,1863
Horace Russell
Jan.
1,1830
Selden E. Marvin ...
Jan.
2. 1865
Horatio C. KIng.
Jan
1,18:3
Dudley W. Olcott .....
Jan.
1. 1.67
William M. Ivins ..
Jan.
1,1×56
George J. Magee ....
1,1-69
Rufus 11. King
Jan.
1,1873
COMMISSARIES-GEN'1. OF SUBSISTENCE
Jan.
29,163
Charles G. Halpin 6
Ang.
1, 1 -64
Charles A. Stetson ..
Jan.
1, 1 -51
Henry Ibrath.
April
21,1873
George W. Pratt ..
Jan.
1.1-53
Charles" Tracey ....
Jan.
1,1-77
Cuyler Van Vechten
Jan.
1,1861
Charles J. Langdon ...
Jan.
1, 18-0
Chester A. Arthur 3
July
27,1-62
Austin Lathrop ...
Jan :.
1, 1 %3
Ralph Brandreth ..
Jan.
1,1586
Edwin A. Merritt.
Jan.
2.1865
(. Fitch Bissell.
Jan.
1.1869
GENERAL INSPECTORS OF RIFLE
Robert Lenox Banks
Jan.
2,1871
PRACTICE. 8
May 18, 1873
S. Stewart Ellsworth
Jan.
1,1875
Robert Olyphant 9. .
Dec.
21,1579
Clarence Campbell
Jan.
1,1577
Charles P. Easton
Jan.
1,1 ~~ 0
Charles F. Robbins.
Jan.
1, 1:83
Edwin S. Jenney.
Jan.
1,1833
Myndert D. Mercer 4
Oct.
13, 1553
Frank M. Freeman
Jan.
1, 1886
Danlel D. Wylie.
Jan. 1,18:6
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The Secretary of the Province of New Netherland was Clerk of the Council and of the Courts. This officer, under the English government, was called Secretary of the Province or Secretary of the Crown. He was Clerk of the Executive and Legislative Councils, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. He held his appointment usually from the Crown. He was also Register of the Prerogative Court. His salary was £73 sterling, paid by the Crown out of its revenues in the Province, and $70 currency, allowed by the Legis-
1 Commissary of New York ; appointed by Congress.
3 Appointed vice Van Vechten, resigned.
5 Appointed vice Willard, deceased.
7 Mr. Darling's term expired December 31, Isto.
9 Appointed vice Wingate, resigned.
2 Vice Chamberlain, resigned.
I Appointed rice Jenney, resigned.
6 Appointed rice Eickhout, resigned.
8 See Laws of 17s. ch. 275, art. 10.
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Franklin Townsend
Jan. 1,1817
Theodore E. Smith
Jan.
1,1573
Charles II. Smyth
Jall.
1,1575
Jantes 1 .. Mitchell
Jan.
1, 1880
Charles W. Darling 7
Max 1,1865
Sept. 2,1-67
William Seebach
Jan.
1, 159
QUARTERMASTERS-GENERAL.
Albert Steinway
Jan.
1,1855
PAYMASTERS-GENERAL.
James Kidd
Jan.
Clarence A. Seward
Jan.
1,1597
William Henry Authon
Jan.
1,1$61
Samuel William Johnson
Jan. 12,1-71
1836
Daniel D. Wylle.
Jan.
11.1577
Joshua MI. Varian.
Jan.
1, lesů
Robert 11. Pruyn ...
Jan.
1,1551
Elijah Ward.
Jan.
1,1553
Kilburn Knox ..
Feb.
20,1:73
William F. Swahn
Juno
7, 1978
William 11. Watson
Jan.
1, 1880
G. Barrett Rich
Jan.
1,1843
Lloyd S. Bryce ..
Jan.
1, 1856
S. Vischer Talcott .
Jan.
1,1~63
John N. Knapp ...
Jan.
1,1573
George W. Wingate ....
Alfred C. Barnes
1,1-40
Hermann Uhl ...
Jan.
1,1875
Anthony Eickholl ..
Jacob W. Hoysradt ...
1, 1:55
Joseph Henry Liebenan
Jan.
1841 1816
Origen Vandenburg 1,1-17
Jan.
S. Oakley Vanderpoel
1, 1861
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
lature, with fees, which were very considerable. The duties of the office were performed most of the time by deputy.
The Secretary of State under the First Constitution derived his office from the Council of Appointment, of which he was, ex officio, Clerk. He was also a Commissioner of the Land Office,1 and of the Canal Board.2 The Secretary was paid by fees until March 10, 1795, when he received a salary of £600, and $500 for clerk hire. By an act passed March 27, 1809, he was directed to procure a seal, for the authentication of copies of records, an engraving of which is given on Plate M, No. 1. The duties of the office were materially enlarged under the Second Constitution, the Secretary being made Superin- tendent of Common Schools, a Regent of the University,3 a member of the Canal Board,4 and of the Board of State Canvassers.3 He was appointed for a term of three years by an open separate nomination, and subsequent joint ballot of the Senate and Assembly.6 His salary was 82,500 until the adoption of the constitutional amendments in 1874.
The Secretary of State is not only keeper of the State archives; but he is also charged with numerous specifie duties. He superin- tends the publication and distribution of the Laws, and issues patents for lands, commissions, pardons and licenses, and notices for clections. In his office are filed applications from companies formed under general laws, except banking institutions and insurance com- panies. He reports annually to the Legislature the statistics of pauperism and crime received from the several counties, and upon such other subjects as may be required by law or by a resolution of either branch of the Legislature. At the opening of cach session, he administers the oath of office to each member of Assembly. He is, ce ufficio, a Regent of the University, a Commissioner of the Land Office and of the Canal Fund, a member of the Canal Board and of the State Board of Equalization of Assessments and Board of State Canvassers, a Trustee of the Idiot Asylum and of Union Univer- sity, and a member of the State Board of Charities. He is elected (each odd year) for a term of two years, and receives a salary of $5,000. The fees of the office go into the Treasury. He appoints a deputy (who is ex officio clerk of the Commissioners of the Land Office), and the necessary clerks. The seal of this office in use prior to 1883 is shown on Plate M, No. 2. The scal now in use is the Arms of the State as described in chapter 190, Laws of 1882, surrounded by the inscription, "State of New York -Secretary of State."
1 Act of May 5, 1786. 2 Act of April 15, 1817.
4 Act of April 13, 1336.
5 Revised Statutes, 1828.
3 Act of April 8, 1-15. 6 Act of April 8, Is15.
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SECRETARIES OF THE PROVINCE AND STATE.
SECRETARIES OF THE PROVINCE.
SECRETARIES.
APPOINTED.
SECRETARIES.
APPOINTED.
Isaac de Rasieres.
.Inly 27, 1626
Isaac Swinton.
Dec. 3, 1636
lan van Romund
1628
lohn Knight .
Aug. 1, 16-7
Amries Andde
163-
Stephen Van Cortlandt ...
June 6, 1635
Cornelis van Tienhoven ..
Apr. 1, 1638
Frederick Phillipse ....
June 6, IGM
Adriaen Keyser
1619
Nicholas Bayard ...
June 6, 1638
Jacob hip, acting
1600
Jacob Milborne
Dec. 16, 16-9
Cornelis van Tienhoven.
Apr. - , 1651
Carel van Brugge
1652
Daniel Honan
Sept. 8, 1702
Coruchs van Ruyven
Nov. -. 1633
George Clarke
.Inly 30, 1703
Matthias Nicolls
1664
Frederick Morris
Mch. 10, 1736
Nicolas Bayard ...
Aug.20, 1673
George Clarke, Jr.
Mch. 2, 1735
Jolm West
Oct. 6, 1680
John Catherwood
.Inly 16, 1745
John Spragge
Ang.23, 1633
George Clarke, Ir
l'eb. 12, 1746
SECRETARIES OF STATE.
SECRETARIES.
APPOINTED.
SECRETARIES.
ELECTED.
John Morin Scott
Mch. 13, 177-1
Samuel Young
Feb. 7, 1542
Lewis Allalre Scott ...
Oct. 23, 17-9|
Nathaniel S. Benton
Feb. 3, 1815
Daniel Hale
Mch. 21. 1793
Christopher Morgan.
Nov. 2. 1-47
Thomas Tillotson.
Ang. 10. 1-01
Henry S. Randall.
Nov. 4. 1851
Elisha Jenkins. .
Mch. 16, 1-06
Elias W. Leavenworth.
Nov. 8, 1853
Thomas Tillotson
Feb. 16, 1807
.loel T. Headley ...
Nov. 7, 1555
Elisha Jenkins.
Feb. 1, 1805
Gideon J. Theker.
Nov. 3, 1-57
Daniel Iale
Feb. 2, 1810
David R. Floyd Jones.
Nov. 8. 1:59
Elisha Jenkins
Feb. 1, Is11
Horatio Ballard .
Nov. 5. 1-61
Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer
Feb. 23, 1813
Chauncey M. Depew
Nov. 3, 1-63
Peter B. Porter. ..
Feb. 16, 1815
Francis C. Barlow
Nov. 7, 1865
Robert R. Tillotson.
Feb. 12, 1516
Homer A. Nelson
Nov. 5. 1-67
Charles D. Cooper.
Apr. 16, 1817
G. Hilton Scribner
Nov. 7, 18/1
John Van Ness Yates
Apr. - , Ists
Diedrich Willers, Jr.
Nov. 4. 1.73
John Van Ness Yates
Feb. 13, 1523
John Bigelow
Nov. 2. 1575
Azariah C. Flagg
Feb. 11, 1-26
Allen C. Beach ..
Nov. 6, 1877
Joli A. Dix ..
Feb. 1, 1833
Joseph B. Carr ]
Nov. 4. 1$79
John C. Spencer ..
Feb. 1, 1839
Frederick Cook
Nov. 3, 1 ~~ 5
COMPTROLLER.
The Director-General and two of the Council, whereof the Receiver-General was to be one, were designated a Board of Audit under the government of the Province of New Netherland, May 25, 1658. Under the government of the Colony of New York the auditing power was vested in an Auditor-General of the Plantations, and of Deputy Auditor-General for the Colony. Joint commissioners to examine accounts were appointed by the Council and Assembly in 1701 and 1702, and in some subsequent years. Later, the General Assembly as a body were constituted Commissioners of Accounts by statute. An Auditor-General was appointed by the Provincial Convention in 1776, who held office until 1782, when the Governor and Senate were authorized to appoint an Auditor for two years. The office was continned by several aets until 1797, when it was abolished, and that of Comptroller substituted in its place, by an act passed February 17, 1797, which was continued by repeated exten- sions of two and three years, until February 28, 1812, when it was permanently organized. He was a Commissioner of the Land Office and of the Canal Fund. The Comptroller's Seal adopted on the
1 Re-elected November 8, 1851, and November 6, 1853.
Mathew Clarkson
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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
organization of the office, in 1797 (and in use until 1883), is given on Plate M, No. 3. The Comptroller, in addition to his duties as chief financial officer of the State, under the Second Constitution, was also a member of the same Boards as the Secretary of State. Salary, $2,500.
The Comptroller is now the auditor of public accounts, excepting of those payable from the Free School Fund and manages the funds of the State; loans its moneys; superintends the collection of its taxes, and the payment of current expenses of the State. Chapter 69, Laws of 1833, also devolves upon him the duties previously per- formed by the Anditor of the Canal Department, and establishes in his office a Bureau of Canal Affairs. He is, ex officio, a Commissioner of the Land Office and of the Canal Fund, a member of the Canal Board and of the Board of State Canvassers, a Trustee of the Idiot Asylum and of Union University, and a member of the State Board of Charities and of the State Board of Equalization of Assessments. HIe is elected biennially (each odd year), receives a salary of $6,000, and is allowed a deputy, an accountant and clerks. The seal now in use is the Arms of the State, as described in chapter 190, Laws of 1882, surrounded by the inscription, "State of New York - Comptroller."
COMPTROLLERS.
AUDITORS-GENERAL. 1
APPOINTED.
COMPTROLLERS.
ELECTED.
William Blathwaite ...
May 19, 16:0
Bates Cook ..
Feb. 4,1-39
Horacio Walpole.
Nov. 22, 22, 1717
Jolin A. Collier.
Jan.
27,1541
Robert Cholmondely
May, 1757
Azariah C. Flagg
Feb. 5.1:42
Millard Fillmore 3
Nov. 2.1-17
Deputy Auditors-General.
Washington Hunt 4
Feb. 17.1:49
Stephen van Cortlandt ....
Nov. 10. 16~7
Philo C. Fuller5.
Dec.
1%. 1:50
Daniel Ilough ..
Sept. 6, 1692
lolin C. Wright
Nov.
4,1851
Abraham De. Peyster
April 20, 1To1
James M. Cook.
Nov.
5.1:55
George Clarke
1702
Lorenzo, Burrows
Nov.
7,1-55
Sanford E. Church
Nov.
3. 124
·Auditors-General. 2
Robert Denniston ..
Nov.
Incins Robinson
Nov.
5. 1vil
Peter T. Curienins
April 8, 17-2
Thomas Hillhouse ..
Nov.
7,1-64
William F. Allen ..
A her P. Nichols 6.
14,1-70
Samuel Jones ....
March 15, 1795
Nelson K. Hopkins 7
7.1-71
John V. Heury
March 1:2, IN0
Lucius Robinson
Nov.
2.1.75
Elisha Jenkins.
Aug. 10,1-1
Archibaldl Melmyre.
March 20, 1800
Jobin Savage
Feb.
William L. Marcy
Feb. 13, 1-23
Silas Wright, Jr.
27.1-20
Azarlah C. Flagg
Jan.
11, 1531
TREASURER.
The Treasurer has been from the beginning the custodian of the people's moneys, selected for that purpose by themselves as now, or by their representatives as during the Colonial period and under preceding Constitutions. There was a Receiver-General under the Province of New Netherland, and a Collector, and Receiver-Gen-
1 Of the Plantations. 2 fifth . Bitte.
3 Resigned a. S. 10, upon bring elected Vier-President : 19 take effect Feb. 20, 1-1.
4 Appointed by Legislature, sworn in Feb. 20; elected November 5, 1519.
5 Appointed rice Hunt, elected Governor.
6 Appointed ro. Allen, elected Judge of the Court of Appeals, November, 1-70.
7 Re-eleeb-lin 1573. & Appointed by the Governor vice Robinson, resigned ; elected Nov. 6. 1-77.
James W. Wadsworth
Nov.
4.1:29
Ira Davenport.
Nov.
5. 1 == 1
Alfred C. Chapin 9
Nov.
6, 1853
Comfort Sands.
July 21, 1.76
Comptrollers.
Frederic P. Olcott s ..
Jal. 1, 1870
9 Re-elected Not. ". 1-5.
5
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TREASURY OF THE STATE.
eral was appointed by the Crown under the Goverment of the Colony of New York ; but these officers were practically Collectors of the Port. The Treasurer received and disbursed the taxes levied by the General Assembly, or raised under their order, notwithstand- ing the Crown had appointed an officer for the same purpose. His salary was £300, currency. The Provincial Congress continued the office, and the First State Constitution directed the appointment to be made by an act of the Legislature, to originate with the Assem- bly, no member of either branch of the Legislature being eligible. The Treasurer, under the First Constitution, was also Commissioner of the Canal Fund and the Land Office, and under the Second Constitution he was a member of the same Boards as the Secretary of State, and was appointed in the same manner. Salary, 82,500.
Under the present Constitution, the State Treasurer receives the public funds, and pays drafts upon the warrants of the Comptroller, and Superintendent of Public Instruction. He is, also, ex oficio, a Commissioner of the Land Office and of the Canal Fund, a member of the Canal Board, the State Board of Equalization of Assessments and the Board of State Canvassers, and a Trustee of the Union University. He is chosen biennially, receives a salary of $5,000, and is allowed a deputy, book-keeper, and clerks. The seal of the office, authorized by the Legislature of 1878, and in use until Janu- ary 1, 1883, is shown on Plate M, No. 4. The present seal of the office is the Arms of the State as described in chapter 190, Laws of 1882, surrounded by the inscription, "State of New York- Treasurer."
TREASURERS.
TREASURERS.
APPOINTED.
TREASURERS.
[APPOINTED.
Abraham De Peyster_
Oct. 19,1706
Benjamin Enos.
Feb. 3,1815
Abraham De Peyster, Jr.
2, 172!
Thomas Farrington ....
Feb.
2, 1816
Frederick De Peyster
Sopt.
18, 1767
Alvah Hunt ....
Nov.
2,1847
Abraham Lott.
Dec. 12,1767
James M. Cook:'
Nov.
4,1851
Peter V. B. Livingston
Sept. 17, 1776
Benjamin Welch, Jr. 2.
Nov.
20 1832
Gerardus Bancker ..
April
1,1778
Elbridge G. Spaulding
Nov.
8, 1:53
Robert MeClallen 1
March 16,1798
Stephen Clark ..
Nov.
7,1855
Abraham G. Lansing
Feb.
8,1803
Isaac V. Vanderpoel
Nov.
8, 1939
David Thomas
Feb.
18,1512
Nov.
3,1563
Charles Z. Platt .....
Feb.
10, 1813
Joseph Howland.
Nov.
7. 1865
Gerret L. Dox.
Feb.
12, 1817
Wheeler HI. Bristol .
Nov.
5. 1867
Benjamin Knower
Jan.
29, 1821
Thomas Ralnes 3 ..
Nov.
7,1:71
Abraham Keyser, Jr.
Nov.
25, 1-21
Charles N. Ross.
Nov.
2,1>75
Gamaliel 11. Barstow.
Feb.
16, 1825
James Mackin
Nov.
6,1877
Abraham Kovser
Feb.
11,1826
Nathan D. Wendell
Nov.
4,1:79
Gamahel 11. Barstow
Feb.
5,1438
Robert A. Maxwell 4
Nov.
8, 13>1
Jacob Haight
Feb.
1.1-39
Lawrence J. Fitzgerald
Nov.
3, 1555
'Thomas Farrington.
Feb.
7,1812
1 Resigned January 31. 1803.
2 Election contested . succeeded Cook on above date.
3 Reflected in 1:73. Abraham Lansing ( Albany ) appointed Acting Stato Treasurer, June 1, 1971 ( Raines having been suspended on account of illness), and served as such until September 15, 1871.
i Re-elected November 6, 1853.
William B. Lewis.
Nov
5, 1861
Abraham Q. Lansing
Feb.
8, 1$10
Philly Dorschemmer.
Nov.
3, 1857
David Thomas ....
5,1808
George W. Schuyler ..
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.
The principal law officer of the Province of New Netherland was termed the Schout-Fiscal. He acted in a double capacity -as Attor- ney-General and Sheriff. He arrested, examined and afterward prosecuted all law breakers. In grave cases, where there existed just suspicion, but no direct evidence of the prisoner's guilt, he had the latter subjected to torture, which was done in his presence and that of a magistrate, in order to elicit confession ; but in case the prisoner did not then confess his guilt, he could not be again sub- jected to that ordeal. It was also his duty to prevent all -detriment to the public jise, or treasury, by sinnggling or fraud, and to enter suits for the recovery of quit rents or other revenue. In his capacity of Sheriff, he executed the judgments of the Supreme Court both in civil and criminal cases, and then was allowed deputies. He had a voice in the enactment of all laws and ordinances, and a seat in the Council, except when he officiated as prosecuting officer.
The Attorney-General of the Colony of New York, besides the ordinary duties of public attorney, was charged with the prepara- tion of letters-patent for corporations, grants of land, etc., the fees from which were highly Inerative. He received his appointment from the Governor until 1702, after which he was commissioned by the Crown, and held the office during its pleasure. In 1693 the salary was fixed at £50 per ammin. In 1700 the office of Advocate- General, previously the title of the public attorney of the Admiralty Court, was consolidated with that of Attorney-General. In 1702 the salary was $150; in 1729, $100; in 1765, for extra services, £150; in 1774, $350 sterling from the Crown, and €150 New York currency, from the Province, for extra services.
The duties of the Attorney-General, as law officer of the State, have always been substantially the same. Under the First Constitu- tion he received his commission from the Council of Appointment. The Attorney-General was also a Commissioner of the Canal Fund and of the Land Office. Under the Second Constitution he was a member of the same Boards as the Secretary of State, and received his appointment in the same manner. Salary, $1,000.
The Attorney-General is now, ex officio, Commissioner of the Land Office and of the Canal Fund, a member of the Canal Board, the Board of State Canvassers, the State Board of Health, the State Board of Equalization of Assessments, and the State Board of Charities and a Trustee of the Union University and the New York State Soldiers and
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