SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. GIDEON J. TUCKER, Secretary of State Samuel W. Morton, Deputy Secretary of State Salary. $2,500 1,500 CLERKS.-Almon N. Wakefield, Charles W. Ward, John Linsky, Diedrich Willers, Jr., George H. Harrison. COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. SANFORD E. CHURCH, Comptroller Philip Phelps, Deputy Comptroller. Peter Keyser, Accountant and Transfer Officer .$2,500 1,500 1,500 CLERKS.-Royal Chamberlain, Edgar A. Barber, Beverly R. Hasbrouck, Joseph B. Lawyer, Spence Spencer, E. Maxwell Leal, Daniel B. Cole, Edmund Sloan, Geo. M. Van Nort, Henry Evans, George B. Church, F. Bryan. TREASURER'S OFFICE. ISAAC V. VANDERPOEL, Treasurer.... CLERKS.-Louis D. Voltz, George Stannard. $2,500 1,500 ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S OFFICE. LYMAN TREMAIN, Attorney-General.. Stephen H. Hammond, Deputy Attorney-General . STATE ENGINEER'S OFFICE. VAN RENSSELAER RICHMOND, State Engineer and Surveyor.. ENGINEERS EMPLOYED ON THE STATE CANALS. .$2,000 1,500 . $2,500 2,000 First Assistant-Engineers. Norman Lyman, Fort Edward. W. B. Cooper, Schenectady. J. L. Dodge, Fultonville. S. H. Sweet, Utica. W. L. Campbell, Rome. Oscar L. Wetmore, Boonville. CANAL DEPARTMENT. .$2,500 1,500 Nathaniel S. Benton, Auditor.. CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS. Russell F. Hicks, Clerk of the Court of Appeals. George E. Baker, Deputy Clerk of the Court of Appeals. CLERKS.-Anthony T. Wood, James M. Whelpley, Henry M. Benedict. BANK DEPARTMENT. James M. Cook, Superintendent. Salary. $2,500 1,500 CLERKS IN FREE BANK DEPARTMENT.-David W. Mifls, Nathaniel D. Hare, Robert Dorlon, James Taylor, Henry R. Cone, Lorenzo E. Clark, P. Platt Williams, Joseph L. Snow, Richard J. Condon, George F. Baker. CLERKS IN INCORPORATED BANK DEPARTMENT. - Alexander H. Dennis, James Nichols, Giles K. Winne. AGENT IN NEW YORK IN CHARGE OF BANK NOTE PLATES AND PRINTING.-George D. Lyman. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Henry H. Van Dyck, Superintendent of Public Instruction Emerson W. Keys, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction CLERKS.-G. C. Burnham, John Atwood. CANAL COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE. $2,500 1,500 Samuel S. Whallon, Mayville, Chautauque county, to hold one year. CANAL APPRAISERS' OFFICE. Ashbel B. Parmelee, Canal Appraiser, Malone, Franklin county. Henry H. Hull, William Wasson, Bath, Steuben county. CLERK.-Henry W. Reynolds. INSPECTORS OF STATE PRISONS. William A. Russell, Salem, Washington county, to hold one year. TRUSTEES OF THE STATE LIBRARY. The Regents of the University are the Trustees, pursuant to chapter 255, Laws of 1844. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY, WITH THE DATES OF THEIR APPOINTMENT. Governor, John A. King, ex-officio. Lieutenant-Governor, Henry R. Selden, ex-officio. Superintendent of Public Instruction, Henry H. Van Dyck, ex-officio. 1826, January 26, Gulian C. Verplanck.. 1829, March 1833, March 31, Gerrit Y. Lansing. 4, Prosper M. Wetmore. 4, James S. Wadsworth. Lorenzo Burroughs .New York. .New York. Albany. .Troy. .Geneseo. ..Albany. . Rochester. .Albion. New York. Ezekiel Jewett, Curator State Cabinet Nat. History. TENURE, Etc., OF THE STATE OFFICERS. GOVERNOR. THE Governor is elected by the people; holds office for two years; is Commander-in-Chief of the Military and Naval Forces of the State; has power to convene the Legislature (or the Senate only) on extraordinary occasions; communicates, by Message, to the Legislature at every Session, the condition of the State, and recommends such measures as he deems expedient; transacts all necessary business with the officers of government, civil and military; expedites all measures resolved upon by the Legislature; takes care that the Laws are faithfully executed, and has the power of granting reprieves, commutations and pardons for crimes. Salary $4,000. Office in the Executive Chamber, at the Capitol. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Is elected by the people; holds office for two years; is President of the Senate, and has the casting vote therein; is a member of the Canal Board ; is one of the Commissoners of the Land Office; is one of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund; is one of the Trustees of the Capitol, one of the Trustees of the Idiot Asylum, and one of the Trustees of the State Hall, and ex-officio one of the Regents of the University. If the Governor dies, resigns, is impeached, or otherwise becomes unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, they devolve upon the Lieutenant-Governor for the residue of his term. Salary $6 for each day's attendance. SECRETARY OF STATE. Is elected by the people; holds office for two years; is the keeper of the records, books, deeds and papers belonging to the State; receives and records Laws, Pardons and other Executive and Legislative Acts, Applications from Companies under general laws, Election Returns, &c.; furnishes certified and printed copies of the laws to the U.S. State and County Officers, and other persons authorized to receive them; supervises the printing of the Laws passed each year; reports annually to the Legislature Statistics of Pauperism and Crime, and other information which it may call for. He is a Member of the Canal Board, a Commissioner of the Canal Fund, a Commissioner of the Land Office, a Member of the Board of State Canvassers, a Regent of the University, a Trustee of the Capitol, of the State Hall, and of the Idiot Asylum. Salary $2,500. Office in the State Hall, first floor. COMPTROLLER. Is elected by the people; holds office for two years; superintends and manages the fiscal concerns of the State; reports to the Legislature its Annual Revenues, Expenditures and Estimates; audits, examines and settles accounts due to or from the State; directs and superintends the collection of taxes and other moneys; draws warrants on the Treasurer for the payment of debts due by the State; negotiates temporary loans, if necessary, to meet demands against the State: countersigns and registers all Treasurer's checks and receipts. He is a Member of the Canal Board, of the Contracting Board, a Commissioner of the Land Office and of the Canal Fund, a Trustee of the Capitol, the State Hall and the Idiot Asylum. Salary $2,500. Office in the State Hall, first floor. TREASURER. Is elected by the people; holds office for two years; receives and has charge of all moneys paid into the State Treasury; pays drafts upon the warrants of the Comptroller, the Auditor of the Canal Department and the Superintendent of the Bank Department, and keeps the State's bank account. He is a Commissioner of the Land Office, and of the Canal Fund, a Member of the Canal Board, and Board of State Canvassers. Salary $1,500. Office in the State Hall, first floor. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Is elected by the people; holds office for two years; defends and prosecutes all suits in which the State is interested; receives costs adjudged to the State; prepares drafts of contracts, &c., for State officers, and prosecutes in their behalf persons violating the laws in regard to their Departments; prosecutes criminals at Oyer and Terminer, when required by the Governor or Justices of the Supreme Court. He is Commissioner of the Land Office, of the Canal Fund, a Member of the Canal Board, and of the Board of State Canvassers, a Trustee of the Capitol and State Hall. Salary $2,000. Office in the State Hall, second floor. STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR. Is elected by the people; holds office two years; prescribes the duties of and assigns the Divisions of Canals to Engineers; visits and inspects the Canals; prescribes surveys, maps, plans, estimates, &c., in the construction or improvement of a canal; is a member of the Canal Board, President of the Contracting Board, a Member of the Board of State Canvassers, and a Commissioner of the Land Office. Salary $2,500. Office in the State Hall. SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BANK DEPARTMENT. Is appointed by the Governor and Senate; holds office three years; has the general supervision of the Banks of the State, and reports their condition annually to the Legislature; issues circulating notes to Banks on their depositing securities; holds their securities, and when a Bank proves insolvent, sells them and redeems its circulation. Salary $2,500. Office in the State Hall, second floor. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Is elected by joint ballot of the Senate and Assembly; holds office three years; has general superintendence of Common Schools; visits them; inquires into their management; advises in regard to their course of instruction and discipline; reports annually to the Legislature. He is a Regent of the University. Salary $2,500. Office in the State Hall, second floor. INSPECTORS OF STATE PRISONS. One is elected annually by the people for three years; they have the general supervision of Prisons; appoint keepers and other officers therein; jointly visit each Prison four times a year; one Prison is assigned to the special charge of each at the beginning of every quarter; report annually to the Legislature. Salary $1.600. CANAL COMMISSIONERS. One is elected annually by the people; hold office three years; have general charge of the Public Works, of the construction of new Canals, and, through the Superintendents, of the repairs of the completed Canals; report annually to the Legislature. Salary $2,000. AUDITOR OF THE CANAL DEPARTMENT. Hitherto appointed by the Canal Board; hereafter to be appointed by |