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The Board of Equalization consists of the Commissioners of the Land Office, and the State Assessors. It meets at Albany on the first Tuesday of September of each year, for the pur- pose of equalizing the taxes, &c.
be maintained and employed at the county chargo, and that children at suitable ages should be put out to some useful trado. An act was accordingly passed Nov. 27, 1824, authorizing the establishment of county poorhouses. In most of the counties such institutions were established withiu a few years. They were located npon farms, which were designed to be worked, as far as practicable, by the inmates. The towns in Queens and Suffolk connties hs ve mostly town poorhouses, and in these there are no county establishunents of this kind. The county of Albany supports its poor at the city almshouse.
In most counties a distinction is made between town and county poor. the former including those who have gained a resi- dence; and this distinction may be made or not, at the option of the Board of Supervisors. Temporary relief may be extended in cases where the pauper cannot be removed, or for other causes satisfactory to the Superintendents. Towns may vote at town meetings the sum estimated to be necessary for the support of their own poor.
The following tables and summaries are from the last annual Report of the Secretary of State :-
Statistics of Poorhouses and of the Support of the Poor, for the year ending Dec. 1, 1858.
COUNTIES.
Aeres of land at-
183
$10,000 00
$250 00
$1 02
243
223
223
$5,879 68
$2,675 41
$8.555 09
Broome ..
130
8,000 00
200 00
59
1,335
.......
1,178
3,727 01
8,250 01
11.977 02
Cattaraugus ..
200
6,500 00
200 00
1 12
160
219
271
2,725 44
6,136 14
8.861 58
Cayuga ..
96
20,000 00
800 00
83
2,778
3,725
5.094 65
5,846 58
10.941 23
Chenango ..
172
5,000 00
449 76
72
109
151
103 2,585
3.076 02
6,362 84
9.438 86
Columbia
2041
35,000 00
1,000 00
1 09
565
172
2.950 52
2.422 61
5,373 13
Delaware
200
5,000 00
250 00
90
136
312
386
3.096 93
2.948 62
6,045 55
Erie
154
49.091 00
3,500 00
70
1,292
5.915
5,915
35.02$ 73
20,474 90
55.503 €3
Essex
100
4,500 00
200 00
1 00
44
223
136
2.695 47
2.273 45
4.968 92
Franklin
162
4.639 75
200 00
42
84
56
1.315 79
1.489 11
2.804 90
Fulton
86
8.000 00
8,000 00
500 00
662
175
66
3.079 68
2.192 46
5.272 14
Grecue
130
10,000 00
600 00
685
97
117
66
3,178 46
250 00
3.428 46
Hamilton
65
10,000 00
742 90
1 10
4.908
4,656
7.399 10
15.219 04
22.618 14
Jefferson ..
107
14,000 00
500 00
76
1.464
1.015
6.440 95
11.960 67
13.401 12
Kings
...
400,000 00
1,500 00
2 22
37.730
29.881
146,499 G6
32,110 47
178,610 13
Lewis ....
59
3.500 00
200 00
93
126
48
70
3.564 41
561 26
4.125 67
Livingston.
118
18,000 00
700 00
74
286
4.630 62
11,781 23
18.735 60
Monroe
134
40,375 16
350 00
1 035 70
2.858
2.817
4,614
18,432 62
28,815 88
47.248 50
Montgomery ..
150
7,500 00
400 00
1 637
1,063
110.822
351.152 10
139.731 54
490.883 64
Niagara.
120
12.000 00
1,000 00
81
3.980
3,687
5,322 80
7.552 98
12.875 78
Oneidla ...
150
8,100 00
1 00
8,102
7,062
13,271 67
31.298 65
44.570 32
Ouondaga
361
16.000 00
1,380 00
915
2.460
1.733
3.538
10.159 82
40,384 84 7.065 80
13.861 73
Orange ...
267
25.000 00
1,500 00
985
1,679
1.330
9.288 35
10.755 09
20.043 44
Oswego ...
60
4,350 00
500 00
1 14
747
2,830
3,330
5.126 74
43.199 99
48.326 73
Putnam.
196
10,000 00
300 00
58
...
555
351
36
22,303 15
2.287 75
24.590 90
Rensselaer
144
29.000 00
500 00
1 48
966
3,578
16,172 00
30.754 00
46.926 00
Rockland
47
11,000 00
700 00
805
384
449
636
3.099 07
2,417 21
5.516 29
St. Lawrence .
130
7,200 00
500 00
737
2,931
2,499
6.990 24
13,944 33
20.943 62
Saratoga ..
200
6,000 00
300 00
94
505
206
868
7,174 72
2.156 49
9.331 21
Schoharie.
110
5,000 00
100 00
57
359
297
2.471 70
1.400 00
4 947 87
Seneca.
1264 200
16,000 00
300 00
855
1.535
1.164
3,918 89
4.019 73
7.00$ 02 :
Steuben.
10,000 00
275 00
1 00
1.175
870
4,420 89
5.729 07
10.149 98
Tioga ..
60
6,000 00
750 00
84
240
417
657
3.046 81
6.452 06
9.49% 87
Tompkins ...
100
6.000 00
500 00
72
99
49
148
3,271 15
6-47 5.1
Ulster.
140
9.000 00
500 00
70
1.260
1,191
2.047
6.721 72
9.791 30
16.513 08
Warren.
200
2.500 00
100 00
49
82
2.332
4.051 40
1: 301 49
10.412 80
Wayne ..
193
7,620 00
325 00
1 275
1.335
666
8.557 78
S.280 ##:
17.1. 14
Westchester .. 165
35.500 00
1.150 00
1 018
1.312
61
15.981 09
149 98 1
16.1.11 07
Wyoming
111
5,000 00
150 00
801
170
70
89
3.416 02
620 22
4.03361 24
Yates ....
123
5.500 00
200 00
90
65
66
3.1+2 80
112 19
3.275 49 :
Total
7,208,8
$1.059,339 66
$29.454 66 |
£ 90.5 | 103.499 . 23.205 | 207.207
$$84.119 78
$007.271 50 $1.491.291 2>
...
175
13,000 00
894
245
2.850 48
6,513 53
9.304 01
Clinton
90
3,000 00
250 00
89
2,738
12,158 15
12.158 15
Cortland
118
6,800 00
180 00
72
250
Dutchess
106
15.000 00
1 00
1,771
15.965 09
300 00
26.361 ES
Chautauqua ...
171.8
12,000 00
2,524 00
787
4,106
paupers relieved
Number of per-
sons temporarily
Expenses connect-
ed with the county
Expenses of ad-
ministering tem-
Whole expense of support of county
pers for the year
1, 1858.
Allegany .
tached to Poor-
Estimated value
of Poorhouse es-
tablishments.
Value of labor of
paupers.
Weekly expenses
Number of county
paupers relieveil
Number of toron
or supported.
relieved.
Poorhouses.
porary relief.
and toin pau-
ending December
During the year 1858, 38.582 were admitted, 38,400 were dis- charged, 1,00; abscouded, 849 were boru, 2,584 died, and 646 were bound out.
Supported in Pourhouse .- Males. 6,219; Females. 7.203; total. 13.422. Foreigners, 6,503; Lunatics. 1.838: Idiots. 437 : Mut,. 36. Temporarily Relieved .- Foreigners, 55,709; Lunatics, 2,408; Idiots, 595; Mutes, 52.
6.96 14
Schuyler.
Suffolk
453
225
12,008 79
4.260 00
16,2.8 79
Sullivan.
100
1.500 00
200 00
83
350
296
3.357 03
4.132 93
7.489 0G
Ontario.
212
21,200 00
700 00
68
2,753
2.402
6,795 93
Orleans
107
10,113 75
375 00
1 07
865
510
3,781 97
4,140 10
7,922 07
Otsego
170
15,350 00
42
63
492
342
4.702 40
3.974 70
8.677 10
Richmond
125
21,000 00
800 00
1 45
1.8$1
1.642
9,457 82
3,496 42
12.954 24
Schenectady ..
113
8.000 00
128 00
94
403
144
113
160
3,547 87
1.241 75
2.568 92.
Washington ...
174
12.000 00
755 00
50
2.629
17
400 00
100 00
500 00 .
Madison
172
16,500 00
6,954 37
9,680 76
13.330 00
23.010 76
New York ..
1,388 84
2.590 53
3.979 37
Queens.
3,986
7.460 42
4.094 01
8.724 63
Genesee.
134
3.701 44
922 00
4.623 44
Chemung ...
3.997 33
1.078 19
5.075 52
9,393 21
16,968 47
16,265 09
112
21
Herkimer
7.400 42
...
1 00
56
-...
1.163
4,510 44
50.544 66 |*
........
of each person.
of supported.
house.
38
NEW YORK STATE GAZETTEER.
Loan Commissioners1 are appointed in each county by the Governor and Senate, exeept in Onondaga, where they are elceted. They are paid } to 2 of one per eent. on all moneys loaned, and are obliged to give bonds and report annually to the Comptroller.
School Commissioners are elected one in each Assembly Distriet, and under certain eireumstanees another may be added. They are required to examine and grant certificates to teachers, visit sehools, apportion the publie moneys, and report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Board of Supervisors in the counties have the power of arranging the several commissioner distriets and of increasing the salary of the commissioners above $500. All eities, and many villages, are under special laws with regard to sehools, and are more or less exempt from the jurisdietion of County School Commissioners.2
Sealers of Weights and Measures are appointed for the State and for each county and town. The State Superintendent has an office at Albany, and he furnishes to the several counties and towns standard sets of weights and measures.3 The County Sealer keeps the Standards
Children under 16 .- Males, 2,776; Females, 3,045. Total, 5,821. Number of children iustructed, 3,219. Average 8 months in the year.
Nativities of Persons relieved in 1858.
Males.
Females.
Total.
United States.
45.174
59.570
104.744
Ireland
42,212
50.504
92.716
Germany.
12,601
16,173
25,774
England
4.183
3,371
7.554
Canada
1,995
2,013
4,008
France ..
1,094
1,995
3.089
Scotland ..
1,268
1,068
2.336
Total
108,527
134,694
243,221
Causes of Pauperism, as far as ascertained.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Intemperance dircct ..
16.669
9.164
25.833
Children of intemperate parents ..
5,133
3,140
8,273
Wives with intemperate hus- bands ..
3.140
3,140
Total intemperance.
21.802
15.444
37.246
Debauchery
543
622
1,165
Debauchery of parents ..
392
375
767
Idleness.
5,582
4,080 904
2,321
Idiocy
431
441
872
Lunacy.
1,206 353
165
518
Lameness
1,329
662
1.991
Sickness
12,667
10,167
22.834
Decrepitude.
668
447
1,115
Old age ..
1,948
2,077
4,025
Total from all causcs reported ..
48,338
36,917
85.255
1 The first State loan was made by an act passed April 18, 1786, creating bills of credit to the amount of $500.000, the most of which was apportioned among the counties iu propor- tion to their supposed wants, and loaned by officers appointed for the purpose. These bills were of convenient denominations and circulated as money. They were receivable in payment of taxes. and for some purposes were legal tender. This loan was distributed among the counties then existing. as follows :-
Albany ....... $55,000
New York .. $80.000 | Suffolk ...... $25.000
Dutchess ..... 42.500
Orange ...... 25,000
Ulster 31,000
Queens ...... 28,750 Washington 7.500 Kings ......... 11,250
Montgomery 30,000 Richiniond .. 11.250 Westchester 23.750 The sum of $79,447.53 remained due on the loan of 1786 at the beginning of 1810, and the whole was finally called in in 1830.
By an act of March 14. 1792. another loan of $500.000 was made and distributed among the counties, as follows :-
Albany ....... $41,000
New York .. $48.250
Saratoga .... $26.000
Clinton ... 3.500
Ontario ..... 3.000
Suffolk ... 24.000
Columbia ..... 40.750
Orange ..... 27.250
Tioga ... 6.500
Initchess ... 65.000
Otsego 7.500
Ulster ...... 40.500
Herkimer ..... 7.000
Orleans ...... 21.500
Washington
33.500
Kings .....
4.750
Rensselaer. 33.500 | Westchester
Montgomery .23.500 Richmond .. 4.750
A third loan of $400,000 was anthorized to the several countica. excepting New York Kings, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk. and Westchester. in proportion to the number of their electors. In case the Supervisors of these counties applied for a share. a further wum of $50.000 was anthorized to be issued. In 1819 the above loan was transferred to the Common School Fund. In 1850 the office of Loan Commissioner for the loans of 1792 and 1808 was abolished. and the loans remaining in their hands were transferred to the custody of the commissioners for loauing the U S. Deposit Fund.
The U. S. Deposit Fund originated as follows: An Act of Congress, passed June 23. 1836, directed the surplus in the trea- sury on the 1st day of Jan. 1837, excepting $5.000.000, to be deposited with the several States in proportion to their repre- sentation. The amount thus deposited was $37.468.859.97. of which N. Y. received $5.352,694.28. This was apportioned to the several counties according to population, as follows :-
Albany ..
$147,107.48
Oneida.
$33.858.70
Allegany
86.681.22
Onondaga.
40.699.36
Broome.
49,698.81
Ontario.
93,558.80
Cattaraugus
61.504.43
Orange
98.363.76
Cayuga
121,113.45
Orleans
29.622.36
Chautauqua.
110.447.53
Oswego.
96,803.13
Chemung
42,991.07
Otsego
93.017.26
Chenango.
100,337.93
Putnam
95.483.74
Clinton.
51,057.58
Queens.
48.728.95
Coluuibia
100.298.54
Rensselaer.
130.679.06
Cortland ..
59.491.87
Richmond
78.910.08
Delaware
84,165.51
Rockland
39.613.81
Dutchess.
124.810.71
St. Lawrence ...
Erie ..
141.770.83
Saratoga
102.747.79
Essex
50.951.74 30.771.91
Schoharie
119.038.36
Genesec ..
144.217.61
Seneca.
004.839.06 65.206.61
llerkiner
89.110.77
Suffolk
190.814.86
Jefferson.
18.921.82
Sullivan.
149.928.42
Kings
23,867.24
Tioga
100.603.77
lewis
103,501,02
Tompkins.
111.006.31
Livingston.
93,568.65
Ulster
56.352.39
Madison ...
39.951.05
Warren
94.142.19
Monroe ...
70.174.02
Washington
124.131.32
Montgomery ...
55.697.62
Wayne.
28.433.43
New York.
101.994.55 69,598.02
Yates
136.653.25
2 In Utica and Schenectady the carc of schools is intrusted to "Commissioners of Common Schools;" in Buffalo and Hudsou the Common Councils are er officio Commissioners of Schools; and in Albany, Astoria. Auburn. Brooklyn, Castleton, and Southfield. (Clifton.) College Point, East Chester. Finshing, Jamaica. Lockport. Medina, Newburgh, New York. Oswego, Port Byron. Poughkeepsie, Pulaski, Rochester, Salem. Syracuse, Troy, Waterford, Westfarms, and Whitestown. schools are under a Board of Education, usually elected, but in some of the cities appointed by the Common Council. In most cities a Superintendent, who is clerk of the Board. is appointed by the Board of Education for the more immediate supervision of schools and inspection of teachers. In Buffalo the Enperiu- tendent is elected.
3 A County Standard consists of-
1. A large balance, comprising a brass beam and scales, with stand and lever.
2. A small balance, with a drawer stand for small weights.
3. A set of large brass weights. namely. 501b., 201b .. lolh .. 51b.
4. A set of small brass weights, avoirdupois, namely. 41b., 2lb .. 11b .. Soz .. 4oz., 2oz .. loz., joz .. joz.
5. A brass yard measure, graduated to feet and inches, and the first graduated to eighths of an inch, and also decimally ; with a graduation to cloth measure on the other side; in n case.
35.250 6. A set of liquid measures made of copper. namely, 1 gallon, ¿ gullon. 1 quart. 1 pint. ¿ pint. 1 gill; in a case.
7. A set of dry measures of copper, namely, { bushel. ] peck, ¿ pork. 2 quarts. 1 quart; in a case.
There are also cases to contain the large brass wrights and the necessary packing boxes included, etc. The cost of the set is $500.
.I Ten Standard differs in some particulars, as consisting of but one medium sized balance. the large weights lwing of iron in place of brass; the yard measure being a cast metallic square rod. without decimal graduation, etc .; and likewise with- out cases, in general. The cost of the set is $125.
Schenectady
142.979.45
Franklin
Greene
74.272.51
Steuben
9.662
Vagrancy.
1,417
1,533
2,739
Blindness
Westebester ...
61.858.89
Niagara. ...
76.534.68
39
STATE GOVERNMENT.
furnished by the State, and is required to have them compared with the State Standard once in 3 years. The Town Sealer is required to examine all weights and measures in use once a year.1
The Mayors of cities are administrative officers of State laws and executive officers of city ordinances. They are elected annually, except in Albany and New York, where they hold their offices for two years.
The Supervisors of towns are administrators of the general laws relating to towns.
The President and Trustees of villages havecharge of every thing pertaining to the welfare of their respective localities within the limits of the charter of incorporation.
Trustees of School Districts are the officers recognized by law to whom is intrusted the administration of the school laws within their districts.
Turnpike Inspectors are appointed in every county in which there are turnpikes, the acts of incorporation of which do not require the appointment of special inspectors. They are 3 to 5 in number, and must have no interest in any turnpike in the State.
Plank Road Inspectors are appointed in every county having plank roads. Their duties are analogous to those of the inspeetors of turnpikes ; and they are chiefly intended to protect the publie against the collection of tolls when plank roads are unsafe or difficult to travel from negleet or other cause.
Commissioners of Highways have the power of directing repairs, laying out and altering roads, discontinuing old roads, and of ordering new bridges to be built and kept in repair.2 They must annually divide the towns into road districts, and assign such inhabitants to work upon them as they may deem proper ; and they must deposit an accurate description of all new roads in the Town Clerk's office for record.
Overseers of Highways, or "Pathmasters," have charge of road districts.3
1 The statute defines the State Standard of Weights and Mea- surcs to be the same as that approved by Congress June 14. 1836, and furnished by the U. S. to the States in 1842. The set fur- nished consisted of a yard, sets of Troy and avoirdupois weights, the wine gallon and the half bushel and their subdivisions. The unit of length and surface, from which all other measures of extension aro derived. whether linear. superficial. or solid. Is the yard, which is divided into 3 feet of 12 inches cach. except for clothes or other articles sold by the yard. when it may be divided into halves, eighths, and sixteenths. The rod contains 54 yards. and the mile 1.760 yards: the aerr is 160 square rods; tho chain for land surveying is 22 yards long and subdivided into 100 links; the Troy pound is to the avoirdupois as 5.760 to 7,000, the one containing 12 aml the other 16 ounces: 100thx. avoirdupois form a Inmidredweight. and 2.000jhs. a ton. All measures of capacity not liquid are derived frion the half bushel. the subdivisions of which are obtained by dividing repeatedly by 2. Coal, aslies, marl, manure, corn in the ear, fruit, and roots, are sold by heap measure.
The Standards now in use do not vary essentially from those establislied by the State Government before standards were fur- nished by the U. S. As formerly defined. the unit of linear mea- sure was the yard, which bore the ratio of 1.000.000 to 1,086.140, to a pendulum beating seconds in a vacuum at the tempera- ture of melting ice at Columbia College. A cubic foot of water at its maximum density in vacuo was declared equal to 1000 ounces avoirdupois. The liquid gallon to contain SIbs., and the dry gallon 10lbs., of distilled water at its greatest density and mean pressure at sea level.
Weights of articles per bushel as fixed by Standard.
ARTICLES.
LBS
ARTICLES.
LBS.
ARTICLES.
LBS.
Beans
62
Flaxseed.
55
Rve
56
Cloverseed.
60
Oats
32
Salt
56
Corn
58
Peas
60
Timothy ....
41
Buckwheat
49
Potatoes
60
Wheat.
60
Barley
48
2 Roads extending through several towns may be laid out by commissioners appointed by the Supervisors: and thuse extend- ing through several conntir- arr usually laid ont by special com- missioners appointed by law. The commissioners of highways are required to report annually. at town meeting. their receipts and expenditures. and a statement of what improvements are. necessary, and the cost of obtaining them. These estimates are referred to the Board of Supervisors. and assessed as other town charges. They may summon jurors and witnesses in mening and closing roads, Roads through improved lands must becer- tified as necessary by the oath of twelve respectable frechobiens : und a like certificate to the contrary is required in chosing roads. Every owner may obtain n road to bis land.
New roads cannot be laid through orchards or gardens of more than four years' growth or nse. or through buildings of yards. and inclosures of mitts and fartories, withont the owner's consent. The law requires the commissioners of highways to orect milelwards along the line. and guideboards at the crossing of post and such other important roads as they may deeru
proper; and the defacing of these is punishable as a misde- meanor. Every owner or occupant of lands in any town. and every male inhabitant above the age of 21. must be assessed for highway labor. The whole number of days' labor annually ex- penden in the town must be at least three times the number of taxable inhabitants: and every male inhabitant over 21. except ministers. paupers, idiots, and lunatics. must be assessed at least one day. The residue is assessed upon the property of in- dividuals and corporations. Labor may be computed at the rate of 62; ets. per day ; and the moneys so paid must be ex- pended in the district.
3 Overseers of Highways are required by law to warn ont to work all persons assessed for highway labor in their respectivo districts; keep their roads in order ; superintend work : receive and ajgdy commutation moneys: cause the noxious weeds non the wayside to be ent down or destroyed once before July and once before Sept. of each year ; remove obstructions, and collect all fines, whether for neglect of work. idleness. or putting up of gates contrary to law. They may require additional lahor, to the amount of one-third of the first tax. All roads must be fenced by the owners of adjacent lands, unless lialde to be over- flowed by streams, when the overseers of highways must erect, and keep in repair. good swinging gates at the expense of the lands benefitted : and persons leaving such gates open are liable to triple damages. All rivers where the tide ebbs and flows are public highways, withont special law. Many other streams have been so declared by acts, and alstructions in such streams and in highways are punished by fine, notwithstanding a plea of title. Such obstructions may be alated as nuisances; and the persans cansing them are lialde to actions for damage. Persons owning lands npon roads 3 rods wide, or more, may plant trees on the roadside adjacent to their line, and may proscente for damages to such trees. They may also construct a sidewalk, with n railing. Trees falling into the road from inclosed lande must be rentuved by the occupant within 2 days, after notice by any person. under a fine of 50 cts. a day. Assessors and com- missioners of highways are ex officio fence viewers in their sev- eral towns. In case of fires in the woods of any town. it is the duty of the supervisor. justices, and commissioners of highways to order such and so many inhabitants, lialde tu work upon the roads. as may be deemed necessary. and reside near. to assist in checking the fires, under penalty of $50. and liability to prose- cution for misdemeanor, and further fine not over $100 or im- jorisonment not more than 60 days.
Persona aggrieved at the decision of commissioners may ap peal to referees appointed by the county judge or justices of sessions. Kings, Queens, and Suffolk cos. have from an carly colonial period had a road law peculiar to themselves. It differs by fixing the number of days at twice the number of persons assessed. in granting private roads fir lonited periods. in allow- ing roads through gardens and orchards of less than ten years' use or growth. by allowing appeals to the county judge. and in a few other minor details. Richmond co. bas also a special law, which requires assessments in money only, to lee coffeeted with the general tas. and the repairs of roads to lo' let ant at jaildic anction by districts from year to year and to the lowest bidder. There are many other special laws. chiefis uppdicalde to cities and villages, but too numerous to mention here.
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NEW YORK STATE GAZETTEER.
SUMMARY OF THE SEVERAL STATE, COUNTY, AND TOWN OFFICERS.
Total No. in State.
Years in Office.
Commence- ment of term of Office.
How filled.
Vacancies how filled.
Compensation.
United States Senators. Representatives in Congress ....
2 33
6
Marclı 4.
Legislature. Election.
Governor. Special election.
$3,000 and mileage.
STATE OFFICERS.
LEGISLATIVE- State Senators
32 128
2 21
January 1.
$3 per day and mileage.
Members of Assembly
EXECUTIVE-
Governor.
1
Lieutenant Governor.
1
Secretary of State
1
2
"
Comptroller
1
Treasurer
1
2
Attorney General
1
2
State Engineer and Surveyor ...
1
2
JUDICIAL ---
Judges of the Court of Appealsa
8
8
$2,500 before 1857; $3,500 since. Ditto. $2,000.
Justices of the Supreme Court Clerk of the Court of Appeals ..
33
8
2
State Reporter.
1
2
Date of appt.
[ Gov., Lt. Gov., & Atty. Gen.
Gov., Lt. Gov., & Atty. Gen.
ADMINISTRATIVE-
1
3
66
Legislature. 16
Governor. Legislature. Governor. 66
$2.500. None. $5,000.
§ Supt. of Public Instruction ... Regents of the Universityb ... Supt. of Banking Department .. Inspectors of State Prisons ...... Canal Commissioners ..
19
...
66
Gov. & Senate. Election.
66
$2.000.
Auditor of Canal Department .. Canal Appraisers
1
3
Date of appt. 66
Gov. & Senate.
$2,500.
Enpt. of Weights and Measures
1
Indef.
66
Gov., Lt. Gov., & Sec. of State. Gov. & Senate.
66 Gov., Lt. Gov., & Sec. of State.
$500.
State Assessors ..
3
3
66
COUNTY OFFICERS.
1
4 4
January 1. 66
Election.
Governor. 66
Sal. fixed by Supervisors.
1
1
1
1
3
"
16
66
Per diem. Fees or salary. Fees.
Coroners
1
3
66
6.
66 Supervisors. Governor.
l'er diem. Percentage. Fees.
Commissioners for loaning moneys of the U. S.
2
2
Date of Appt. January 1. 66
Gov. & Senate. Election.
66 County Judge. Supervisors.
Percentage. Not less than $500. Per diem or salary. Per diem.
County Sealer of Weights and Measures
1 Indef.
Date of Appt.
Supervisors. Gov. & Senate.
Governor.
Fees.
Turnpike Iuspectorse ..
2
Supervisors. 66
Supervisors. 66
Per diem. 46
TOWN OFFICERS.
No. in ea. lowon. 1
1 1
Date of Elec.
Election. 06
Specl. town meet.
Per diem. Fees and per diem.
Towu Clerk
1
1
See note j.
( Superv. town } 1 clerk, & jus. f Governor. .4
Fees. Fees.
Constablesh
Assessorsi
1 to 5 3 1 1 or 2 I or 3
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