PUBLIC PAPERS

OF

FRANK S. BLACK

GOVERNOR

1897-1898

Two VOLUMES IN ONE

VOL. I

ALBANY

PRESS OF BRANDOW PRINTING CO.

1898

DESIGNATION OF JUSTICE GOODRICH AS PRESIDING JUSTICE OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION FOR THE SECOND DEPARTMENT

STATE OF NEW YORK

Executive Chamber

In accordance with section two of article six of the Constitution and the statute in such case made and provided, the

Honorable WILLIAM W. GOODRICH

of the city of Brooklyn, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Second Judicial District, is hereby designated as a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in and for the Second Judicial Department and as Presiding Justice thereof for the term ending December thirty-first 1903.

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Given under my hand and the Privy Seal of the

State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. FRANK S. BLACK

By the Governor:

WILLIAM M. GRIFFITH

Private Secretary

ASSIGNMENT OF RETIRED JUSTICE DYKMAN

TO DUTY IN THE SUPREME COURT

STATE OF NEW YORK

Executive Chamber

Whereas the term of office of the Honorable Jackson O. Dykman as Justice of the Supreme Court in and for the Second Judicial District having been abridged on the 31st day of December 1896 by the limitation of age prescribed by section 12 of article VI of the Constitution and he prior to said date having served ten years as such Justice and having thereby become entitled to receive the compensation established by law for the remainder of the term for which he was elected, to wit until the 31st day of December 1903, which said compensation is now being received by him; and

Whereas he having consented to be assigned by the Governor to any duty in the Supreme Court while his compensation is so continued; and it appearing to my satisfaction that the public interest requires it;

Therefore By virtue of the power conferred upon me by section 12 of article VI of the Constitution and upon filing his written consent thereto, I do hereby appoint the

Honorable JACKSON O. DYKMAN

to any duty in the Supreme Court which he might lawfully have performed if his term of office had not been

abridged as aforesaid, for and during the term ending December 31, 1897.

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Given under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. FRANK S. BLACK

By the Governor:

WILLIAM M. GRIFFITH

Private Secretary

ANNUAL MESSAGE

STATE OF NEW YORK

TO THE LEGISLATURE:

Executive Chamber

Albany, January 6, 1897

The message of the Governor is a constitutional requirement, and the facts and recommendations herein submitted are in compliance therewith.

FINANCIAL CONDITION

The finances of the State are satisfactory in spite of the hard times. The total valuation of property is $4,368,712,903. The State tax for the fiscal year is $11,751,837.71, and the total funded debt was on September 30, $2,320,660. The revenues received during the last year from corporations, inheritance tax and the Raines Liquor