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tion requires the Legislature "to provide by law for the election of delegates to such Convention." This leaves it within the discretion of the Legislature to regulate the method of conducting the election and of determining the result, so long as it does not infringe upon the powers properly pertaining to the Convention. In the exercise of this authority the Legislature, in the act of 1893, providing for the election of delegates, declared that the Convention should have the power to judge the elections and qualifications of its members. This was a legitimate exercise of the power conferred upon the Legislature by the Constitution. The election provided for was an election subject to the power of the Convention, to pass upon the qualifications and elections of the persons claiming to be elected.

The provision was, moreover, ratified and adopted by the people in electing delegates to exercise the powers so provided for. The election of delegates under this law was the election of officers to exercise this specific power among others. In the words of Judges Bronson, Beardsley and Jewett, above quoted, "The people have not only decided in favor of a Convention, but they have determined that it shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the act."

LOUIS MARSHALL,

CHARLES H. TRUAX,

ELIHU ROOT,

Sub-Committee.

14. Assessed taxable value, 1859 to 1893, inclusive.

15. General revenue fund.

16. Bank balances in favor of the State.

17. Detail of State income in 1893.

18. Detail of expenditures for 1893.

19. Payments made to new officers each year since 1880.. Financial statement of State prisons.

20.

21.

Notaries' fees by counties.

Contributions to State tax by counties, 1893.

23. Receipts from corporation tax.

24. Inheritance tax by counties, 1885 to 1893, inclusive.

25. Receipts from pool tax in detail.

26. Taxes on lands of non-residents.

27. Taxable value of State lands, by towns.

28. Rate of State tax from 1816 to 1893, inclusive.

29. Amount of several taxes by counties for 1893, as fixed by the Board of Equalization.

30. Valuation of real and personal property of 1893, by counties. 31. Same, from 1846 to 1893, inclusive.

32. Transactions of Comptroller's office for first quarter of 1894. 33. Summary of money transactions for 1893.

34. Condition of treasury, October 1, 1893.

The Canals.

1. Superintendent sections.

2. List of places on the canal and distances as adopted by Canal Board.

3. Tonnage in detail for 1893, compared with 1892.

4. Ordinary repairs and operating expenses for 1893.

5. Tonnage of canals and railways competing since abolition of toll.

6. Weekly reports of property carried in 1892.

7.

Total value of property carried in 1892.

8. Property cleared at Buffalo, 1892.

Value of articles left at Buffalo during 1892.

10. Same, for Oswego.

11. Same, for Black river.

12. Same, for Cayuga.

13. Same, for Whitehall.

14. Lake and canal rates in 1892.

15. Average on wheat and corn since 1880.

16. Tonnage of railroads and canals compared since 1853.

17. Total tons carried to tide-water since 1853.

18. Total number of all articles on canals from 1837 to 1892, inclusive.

19. Total coming to Hudson from Erie and Champlain, from 1837 to 1893.

20. Exports of wheat, flour and corn from 1880 to 1892 from all ports.

21. Receipts by all routes in New York, January 1 to November 30, 1892.

22.

1892.

Total tons of property moved on all canals from 1837 to

23. Value of same from 1837 to 1893.

24. Movement of flour and grain from 1861 to 1892.

25. Exports of same, from 1861 to 1892.

26. Clearances issued on all canals from 1833 to 1892.

27.

Boats registered by years, 1844 to 1892.

28. Total tonnage and value moved from 1837 to 1893, inclusive. 29. Date of opening and closing of canals since 1824, with opening and closing of the Hudson and the lakes.

30. General statistics of canal traffic from 1830 to 1891.

31. Table showing total cost of construction and operation of all the canals.

32. Total amount expended by the State in improving the Hudson.

33. Schedule of laws affecting the canals from 1768 to 1891, inclusive.

State Prisons.

I. Convicts in prisons for ten years.

2. Detailed financial statements of Sing Sing, with industries, receipts and expenditures, crime for which convicted, length of servitude, education and habits of convicts, etc.

3. Same statistics for Clinton prison.

4. Same for Auburn and Women's prison.

5. Same for Matteawan Asylum for Insane Criminals.

Factories.

1. Summary of work done by factory inspectors in 1893.

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3. Detail of factories in the several districts in 1892, with number, sex and ages of employes.

Labor and Industries.

I. Population of State by counties, with increase or decrease between 1880 and 1890.

2. Population of villages of over 4,000 for 1880 and 1890. Increase or decrease of urban or rural population between 1880 and 1890.

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5. Size of farms in New York at 1870 and 1880. Number of farms in 1880 and 1890, with increase or decrease.

6. Farm wages per man by the year.

7. Farm wages in harvest.

8. Average day wages.

9. Wages in trucking districts.

IO.

II.

Net increase from leading varieties of vegetables.

Tobacco production by counties from 1859 to 1869, 1879 and 1889.

12. Hop production.

13. Wheat crop compared with total for United States from 1867 to 1892, inclusive.

14. Corn crop compared with total for United States from 1867 to 1892, inclusive.

15. Potato crop compared with total for United States from 1867 to 1892, inclusive.

16. Hay crop compared with total for United States from 1867 to 1892, inclusive.

17. Tobacco crop compared with total for United States from 1867 to 1892, inclusive.

18. Farm animals compared with total for United States from 1867 to 1892, inclusive.

19. Comparison of textile industries in New York State, compared with total for United States, from 1850 to 1890. Capital and wages.

20.

Cotton industries in New York State, compared with total for United States, from 1850 to 1890. Capital and wages.

21. Wool industries in New York State, compared with total for United States, from 1850 to 1890. Capital and wages.

22. Silk industries in New York State, compared with total for United States, from 1850 to 1890. Capital and wages.

23. Production of pig iron for State and United States, from 1880 to 1890.

to 1890.

Production of steel for State and United States, from 1880

25. Number of employes, capital and wages paid in metal industries in New York and other States.

26. Number of strikes in the State in 1892. Establishments affected and number engaged.

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