DESIGNATION OF JUSTICE JAMES W. HOUGHTON TO THE APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DE- STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER It appearing to my satisfaction that the public interest requires it; THEREFORE, In accordance with section two of article six of the Constitution, the HONORABLE JAMES W. HOUGHTON of the village of Saratoga Springs, who is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Fourth Judicial District, is hereby designated as Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in and for the First Judicial Department, for the term ending October twenty-fifth, 1910, in the place of Edward W. Hatch, resigned. GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this twentyfifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five. [L. S.] By the Governor : FRANK W. HIGGINS FRANK E. PERLEY Secretary to the Governor PROCLAMATION CALLING ATTENTION ΤΟ THE PROHIBITION OF POLITICAL ASSESS- October 25, 1905. TO ALL PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES: Your attention is called to section 24 of the Civil Service Law, which reads as follows: "POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS PROHIBITED. No officer, agent, clerk, or employee under the government of the state of New York or any civil division or city thereof shall, directly or indirectly, use his authority or official influence to compel or induce any other officer, clerk, agent or employee under said government, or any civil division or city thereof, to pay or promise to pay any political assessment, subscription or contribution. Every said officer, agent, clerk or employee who may have charge or control in any building, office or room occupied for any purpose of said government, or any said division or city thereof, is hereby authorized to prohibit the entry of any person, and he shall not knowingly permit any person to enter the same for the purpose of therein making, collecting, receiving or giving notice of any political assessment, subscription or contribution; and no person shall enter or remain in any said office, building or room, or send or direct any letter or other writing thereto, for the purpose of giving notice of, demanding or collecting a political assessment, nor shall any person therein give notice of, demand, collect or receive any such assessment, subscription or contribution; and no person shall prepare or make out, or take any part in preparing or making out, any political assessment, subscription or contribution with the intent that the same shall be sent or presented to or collected of any officer, agent or employee, subject to the provisions of this act, under the government of the state of New York, or that of any civil division or city thereof, and no person shall knowingly send or present any political assessment, subscription or contribution to or request its payment of any said officer, agent or employee. Any person who shall be guilty of violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor." FRANK W. HIGGINS Governor DESIGNATION OF JUSTICE JOHN M. KELLOGG STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER WHEREAS, An order having been made and filed with the Secretary of State upon the written request of the Honorable James W. Houghton, one of the Associate Justices of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in and for the Third Judicial Department revoking the designation of the said Houghton as such Associate Justice and a vacancy thus having occurred; NOW THEREFORE, In accordance with Section 2 of Article 6 of the Constitution the HONORABLE JOHN M. KELLOGG of the city of Ogdensburg, who is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Fourth Judicial District is hereby designated as Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in and for the Third Judicial Department for the term ending November 13, 1910, such designation as Associate Justice to take effect from and after the thirteenth day of November, 1905. GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the city of Albany, this twentyfifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five. [L S] By the Governor : FRANK E. PERLEY FRANK W. HIGGINS Secretary to the Governor THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER Abundant prosperity has blessed the people of this State in the past year. No rumor of war nor threat of domestic violence has disturbed our peaceful progress. Law and order have prevailed within our borders; labor has been fully employed; all forms of industry have flourished and the future is bright with the promise of material and moral betterment; NOW THEREFORE, In conformity with our ancient custom, I, Frank W. Higgins, Governor, do hereby designate Thurs day, the thirtieth day of November, 1905, as a day of general thanksgiving to Almighty God for the great benefits that we have received at his hands. DONE at the Capitol in the city of Albany, this eighth [L S] day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five. By the Governor: FRANK W. HIGGINS FRANK E. PERLEY Secretary to the Governor MATTER OF CHARGES AGAINST FREDERICK D. KILBURN, SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS, BY DEPOSITORS OF THE GERMAN BANK OF BUFFALO-DISMISSAL OF CHARGES STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER Albany, N. Y., November 9, 1905 In the matter of the charges preferred against Frederick D. Kilburn, Superintendent of Banks, by the Organization of Depositors of the German Bank of Buffalo. DISMISSAL OF CHARGES: The organization of depositors of the German Bank of Buffalo, has preferred charges against Frederick D. Kilburn, Superintendent of Banks, alleging improper conduct on his part, (1) in relation to the official examinations of said bank by the banking department, and (2) in relation to his failure to close the bank before the morning of the 5th day of December, 1904. |