Ordering a Special Election in the Forty-Seventh STATE OF NEW YORK - EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. WHEREAS, a vacancy exists in the office of Senator for the Forty-seventh Senate District of the State of New York, composed of the counties of Niagara and Orleans, caused by the death on the twenty-fourth day of March, 1908, of Honorable Stanislaus P. Franchot, Senator from said district; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Charles E. Hughes, Governor of the State of New York, in pursuance of the provisions of section 4 of chapter 909 of the Laws of 1896, known as the Election Law, do hereby order and proclaim that an election for State Senator in the place of the said Stanislaus P. Franchot, be held in the Forty-seventh Senate District, composed of the counties of Niagara and Orleans, on Tuesday, the twelfth day of May, 1908, such election to be conducted in the mode prescribed by law for the election of State Senators. [L.S.] GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State (Signed) By the Governor : ROBERT H. FULLER, CHARLES E. HUGHES. Secretary to the Governor. Convening the Legislature in Extraordinary Session Pursuant to the power vested in me by section 4 of Article on Monday, the eleventh day of May, 1908, at half-past eight o'clock, post meridian. [L.S.] GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State CHARLES E. HUGHES. By the Governor: ROBERT H. FULLER, Secretary to the Governor. In Relation to the Law Prohibiting Political Assessments STATE OF NEW YORK - EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. Albany, October 19, 1908. To All Public Officers and Employees: Your attention is hereby 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." This statute embodies a sound and important policy and should be faithfully observed. All public officers and employees are hereby warned against any violation of its provisions. (Signed) CHARLES E. HUGHES. Appointing a Day of General Thanksgiving STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. With grateful recognition of our unity as a people; of our enjoyment of peace and tranquillity; of the wealth of our material and moral resources; of increasing opportunities for industry; of educational advantages and social improvement; and of our peaceful progress toward the realization of the ideals of free society: And with profound appreciation of the obligations of liberty and of our dependence for the maintenance of our institutions upon a proper sense of the responsibilities of citizen ship and upon the cultivation of those qualities of character which will enable us to discharge them: And with a common desire to uplift our hearts in praise for the blessings we enjoy: Let each of us give thanks to Almighty God for our privileges, and with wholesome resolution and with reverent spirit in His name let us devote our lives to the attainment of the best of which we are capable in all good works, delighting in our fellowship and in the joyous service of brotherhood: Now, THEREFORE, to this end, I, Charles E. Hughes, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws of the State, do hereby appoint Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of November in the year nineteen hundred and eight, as a day of general thanksgiving. Done at the Capitol in the city of Albany this twelfth day of November in the year nineteen hundred and eight. [L.S.] (Signed) ROBERT H. FULLER, By the Governor : CHARLES E. HUGHES. Secretary to the Governor. Concerning the Disaster Caused by Earthquake in Italy STATE OF NEW YORK- - EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. To the People of the State of New York: The calamity which has visited Southern Italy and Sicily must not only excite our deep sympathy with those so suddenly stricken, but our desire to aid in the relief of their pressing necessities. To this we are prompted by humane impulse and by our friendly interest in the people so largely represented among our citizens. I recommend that contributions be made through the New York State Branch of the American National Red Cross which is in communication with the Italian Red Cross and has undertaken to receive and forward funds offered for relief. It may be hoped that the generosity of our people which has had such beneficent illustration in the past may again have abundant expression. [L.S.] GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight. (Signed) ROBERT H. FULLER, By the Governor : CHARLES E. HUGHES. Secretary to the Governor. |