Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year nineteen hundred and nine,
BY SAMUEL S. KOENIG, SECRETARY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
In trust for the benefit of the People of the said State, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
Governor Hill's seven years fill the eighth volume. The Governor and the Legislature were not in political accord, and there were frequent differences of opinion between them on public questions. The enumeration act of 1885 was vetoed by the Governor, and an extraordinary session called in the same year to consider this subject resulted in another disagreement between the Legislature and the Governor. There was a similar disagreement on the question of a constitutional convention which was ordered by the people in 1886. The differences between the Governor and the Legislature relative to the proper structure of a convention fully appear in the messages and other documents.
The question of labor in prisons received serious consideration during this period, and an act on this subject was passed at the extraordinary session in 1888. Ballot reform, excise legislation, and a change in the method of inflicting the death penalty received consideration during this period, resulting in the enactment of statutes relating to these subjects. The volume also contains notes on the centennial celebration of the adoption of the Federal Constitution and the inauguration of President Washington, and judicial aid in legislation.
Lieutenant-Governor Hill becomes Governor following Governor Cleve-
land's resignation, 1; numerous State departments, 3; condition of
the State, 4; banks, 6; extending superintendent's supervision, in-
surance, 7; State prisons, 8; canals, 12; National Guard, camps
of instruction, Board of Claims, 14; spring elections, 15; civil ser-
vice, 18; preference of veterans, naturalized citizens, 20; forest
preservation, 22; investigating commission, Forest Commission
created, freedom of worship, 23; legislative counsel, 25; limiting
local indebtedness, 27; new capitol, 29; advisory board created, New
Orleans Exposition, 31; agricultural interests, 32; labor interests,
35; State Board of Mediation and Arbitration, building laws, 36;
limiting preferences in assignments, 36, 37; method of inflicting
death penalty, repealing superseded criminal statutes, 37; extend-
ing Penal Code, revision of statutes, 38; dissolution of corporations,
railroad supervision, 39; State census, 40; veto, Monroe and Onon-
daga counties, additional notaries, 43; veto, New York water
supply, 45; veto, Palmyra, school district No. 1, eligibility to office
of trustee, 47; veto, Hornellsville, town auditors, 48; veto, West-
moreland, Rural Cemetery Association, reducing number of trustees,
52; veto, Lawrence relief bill, 53; veto, Greenburgh, election of
highway commissioner, 54; veto, Board of Claims, hearing claims
against certain counties, 56; census enumerators, 57; veto, Middle-
town village hall, 61; vetoes, Elmira Female College, changing
name, Rensselaer county coroners, 62; veto, Oneida and Columbia
counties, recording certain notices, 63; veto, Elmira, amending
charter, 64; veto, census, amending Act of 1855, 66; veto, record-
ing notices of pendency of action in certain counties, 70; veto,
items in appropriation bill, 71; veto, Newburgh, amending charter,
76; veto, Chautauqua county, legalizing local laws, 79; delays in
capital cases, 82; changing rule as to appeals, veto, Pomfret, creat-
ing union school district, veto, New York, compensation of surro-
gate's stenographer, 82; communication relative to enumeration, 83;
memorandums filed with bills before adjournment, 84; thirty-day
bills, 93; omnibus veto, 129.
Importance of enacting clause, 143; finances, 145; proposed abolition
of common school fund, 147; civil service, 148; taxation, 152; in-
vestigation by Senate committee, enumeration and apportionment,
155; municipal reform, 158; New York sinking fund and public
improvements, 161, 183; industrial interests, 162; arbitration, State
prisons, 165; Prison Labor Reform Commission, proposed abolition
of certain departments, Board of Regents, 168; State Board of
Charities, 171; State Board of Health, 173; surveys, 175; Con-
stitutional Convention, 177; religious liberty, 178; limiting powers
of corporations, 179; speedy enforcement of Criminal Law, 180;
registration in Brooklyn, 181; sea coast defense, 182; communi-
cation relative to New York sinking fund and public improvements,
183; death of ex-Governor Seymour, 195; veto, incorporating Retail
Grocers' Union, New York, 197; veto, Brooklyn Retail Grocers'
Association, 198; veto, superintendent of the poor, appeals, 199;
communication relative to sale of corporate franchises, 200; Broad-
way Surface Railroad Company, charter repealed, veto, Byron
Congregational Church, changing name, 205; veto, Erie canal,
bridge in Utica, 206; veto, Comptroller's report, amending Revised
Statutes, 208; veto, compensation of police captains, 211; veto, new
capitol commissioners, 213; veto, Colton lockup, veto, amending
Code of Civil Procedure, 229; veto, incorporating Ulster County
Loan and Trust Company, Kingston, 230; veto, Champlain canal
bridge at Fort Edward, 234; Senate's delay in acting on nomina-
tions, 235; veto, railroad corporations, amending act, 237; veto,
payment of teachers' wages, New York gas companies, 240; Gas
and Electricity Commission created, 244; veto, items in supply bill,
245; State survey, nomination of commissioners, 254, 255; veto,
item in appropriation bill, 255; veto, Ithaca, amending charter,
256; memorandums filed with bills before adjournment, 257; thirty-
day bills, 273; omnibus veto, 291.
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