JOHN A. KING, GOVERNOR. 1-63.

1857, January-1.

State finances, 1; canals, 3; extension of State debt period, 7; beneficial

results of internal improvements, banks, deficiencies caused by

failure of appropriations in 1856, 8; census statistics, 9; sources

of population, 10; militia, 11; common schools, 12; inadequate com-

pensation of teachers, 13; school supervision, 14; instruction of

teachers, 15; State Agricultural College, 16; Dudley Observatory,

department reports, 17; houses of refuge, charitable institutions,

18; revision of excise laws, 19; salt, 20; New York harbor encroach-

ments, 21; quarantine establishment in New York, 22; immigration,

23; settlement of northern wilderness, 24; New York city affairs,

25; metropolitan police district, 27; removal of quarantine estab-

lishment, no extension of slavery, 28; Kansas troubles, 32; relief

of Kansas sufferers, 33, 34; New Jersey complains of violation

of quarantine regulations, 35; sale of Indian land for taxes, veto,

deficiency appropriation bill, 36; Hudson river improvement, 40;

veto, compensation for services to State, veto appropriation, extra

compensation of members of Legislature, 41.

1858, January-42.

Controversy over organization of Assembly, financial panic, 42; suspen-

sion and resumption of specie payments, 43; banks, 45; reserved

deposits of coin, 46; reimposition of railroad tolls, 47; salt, canals,

48; common schools, militia, 51; registration of voters, 53; removal

of quarantine establishment, constitutional amendments overlooked,

fire at Utica Lunatic Asylum, 54; care of insane poor, 55; Hudson

river improvement, New York harbor encroachments, improvident

injunctions, 56; evidence of election of judges, 58; more judicial

discretion in imposing punishments, medals to Arctic explorers,

Kansas troubles, 59; resolutions relating to admission of Kansas,

Lemmon slave case, 61; New York city school legislation, 62; loan

commissioners, veto, New York and Harlem Railroad Company, 63.

EDWIN D. MORGAN, GOVERNOR. 64-444.

1859, January-64.

Funded debt, 64; canals, 65; estimated cost of completing canals, 68;

Buffalo basin, general fund, 71; education funds, 74; results of

panic of 1857; Banking Law amendments, insurance, department

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established, 75; railroad statistics, 76; prisons, 77; prison system

too expensive, proposed prison department with single head, 78;

destruction of quarantine property on Staten Island, 79, 100;

change of location of quarantine establishment, 79, 109; revision

of New York health laws, public school expenses, 81; salt, 83; ex-

tending Chenango canal to Pennsylvania for coal transportation, de-

crease of immigration, 84; houses of refuge, 85; fire at Utica

Lunatic Asylum, 86; Binghamton Inebriate Asylum, 86, 107; char-

itable institutions, 87; militia, protecting quarantine property, 88;

metropolitan police district, 89; aliens holding real estate, 90; equali-

zation of taxes, 91; Connecticut boundary, 91, 111; extending time

for collection of taxes, 91; registration of voters, 92; pardoning

power, 93; new Excise Law approved, postponing appropriation

bills, 94; New York pilots, 95; coast survey, 95, 109; lobbying, 95;

New York's attitude toward slavery, 96; documents relating to quar-

antine, 99; New York city schools, 108; report of metropolitan

police commissioners, 110; acknowledgments taken in foreign coun-

tries, 111; St. Clair river improvement, reports of pardons and

reprieves, 115; veto, extending time for collection of taxes in cer-

tain towns, 116; State Agricultural College, 118; memorandum ap-

proving general bill for extension of taxes, veto, Sennett and

Auburn Plankroad Company, 119; national monument at Philadel-

phia, 121; veto, New Utrecht fisheries, 123; veto, Protestant Re-

formed Dutch Church of Duanesburgh, changing name, 125; veto,

changing boundaries, towns of Italy and Naples, 126; veto, North

Protestant Dutch Church, Gowanus, changing name, 127; returning

for amendment, canal improvement bill and canal debt bill, 128;

veto, Sherburne Philomathian Society, 129; returning for amend-

ment, bill relating to militia claims, War of 1812, 131; New York

Historical Society presents manuscript copy of Assembly journal,

1780, 132; veto, Mamaroneck and New Rochelle Steam Navigation

Company, 133; return for amendment, bill amending Sun Mutual

Insurance Company charter, 136; return for amendment, bill in-

corporating Corpus Christi Ship Channel Company, return for

amendment, Lansingburgh charter bill, 137; veto, Albany and Sus-

quehanna railroad, 138; veto, canal commissioners' certificates, 143;

veto, Port Byron and Conquest Turnpike Road and Bridge Com-

pany, 146; Governor recalls Port Byron veto, bill approved, 148;

veto, New York police court clerks, veto, Church relief bill, 149;

veto, Cambria First Congregational Society, sale of property, 150.

State finances, 151; authorizing payment of unconstitutional debt, canal

revenues and expenses, 153; reimposition of railroad tolls, 161;

prisons, 163; care of female prisoners, 165; enlarging Clinton prison,

Auburn Asylum for Insane Convicts, 166; Kingsland claim, 167;

Chittenden claim, cost of transporting convicts, 168; services of

Attorney-General in criminal cases, procedure in pardon cases, 169;

filing minutes of testimony in criminal cases, revision of Criminal Law,

171; classifying murder, banks, 172; public schools, 173; academies,

militia, 174; arsenals and armories, militia claims, War of 1812,

increase of taxable property, 175; salt, Utica Lunatic Asylum, 176;

Syracuse Idiot Asylum, promotion of agriculture, State Agricultural

College, 177; People's College at Havana, 178; houses of refuge,

178, 179; charitable institutions, 180; metropolitan police, 181;

Central park, 183; floating hospital at quarantine station, 184;

New York pilot commissioners, 185; harbor commissioners' map,

inadequate defense of New York, 186; port wardens, 187; captain

of the port, alien passenger tax, 188; additional railroad facilities

in New York, public health, Connecticut boundary, 189; truants,

punishment for defalcations, Governor's power of suspension, 190;

aliens holding real estate, powers of boards of supervisors, village

charters, defaulting railroad companies, 191; supervision of rail-

roads, increase of pauperism, 192; excise legislation, constitutional

amendments, judiciary and suffrage, 193; Albany and Susquehanna

railroad, lobbying, 194; registration of voters, 195; election day a

holiday, comments on slavery, 196; removal of quarantine station,

198; status of Tonawanda Indians, 199; invitation to Governors

and Legislatures of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio to visit Albany,

203; increasing revenue from public works, 204; protest of France

against act to provide for foreign acknowledgments, 212; veto, ex-

tending time for collection of taxes, 215; veto, Society for the

Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, 219; veto, New York city

taxes, 221; relief of New York pilot commissioners, veto, erecting

Canisteo county, 223; veto, Minstrel Fund Association, 231; veto,

Delaware and Susquehanna Plankroad Company, assessments, 233;

veto, New York city to purchase certain State lands, 235; vetoes,

railroads in certain streets in New York, five bills, 238; veto,

Albany and Susquehanna railroad, 242; veto, New York city,

legalizing act, 246; veto, erecting Conhocton county, 249.

1861, January - 249.

Brief legislative session, 251; too much special legislation, State finances,

252; canal debt, 253; canal claims, 254; canal improvement, canal

revenues, 255; reimposition of railroad tolls, 259; economy in ap-

propriations, 262; early passage of appropriation and supply

bills, extension of time for payment of taxes, 263; death penalty,

crime of murder classified, 264, 265; pardoning power, 266; com-

mission to examine prison system, 268; earnings of State prisons,

269; insane convicts, Kingsland claim, 272; education, 273; banks,

274; Superintendent of Insurance, 275; salt springs, 276; immigra-

tion, 277; quarantine, 278; damages resulting from destruction of

quarantine property, State Board of Equalization, 280; militia, 281;

arsenals and armories, metropolitan police, 282; pilot commissioners,

283; New York, department of charities and corrections, 284; harbor

masters, 285; Central park, Connecticut boundary, 286; charitable

institutions, 287; houses of refuge, agriculture, 289; State Agri-

cultural College, People's College, 290; judicial reform, rights of

married women, cost of transporting convicts, fugitives from jus-

tice, 291; proposed Insolvent Law, counsel for defendants in crim-

inal cases, 292; registration of voters, reducing expenses of Legis-

lature, renewal of former suggestions, 293; proposed Commission

to Revise New York Charter, proposed Continental railway, 295;

Federal census of 1860, 296; first embassy from Japan, visit of

Prince of Wales, 297; secession agitation, 298, 302; influence of

slave-holding States, 300; trial of fugitive slaves, 301; State tenders

aid to Federal government, 306; letter from President Buchanan,

Federal government must maintain its authority, Ohio resolutions,

307; proposed convention to consider national affairs, Virginia

resolutions, 309, 311, 328, 331, 342; report of Cooper Union, 313;

protest against New York resolutions tendering aid to Federal govern-

ment, Tennessee and Virginia, Georgia approves seizure of Fort

Pulaski, 314; proposed convention of slave-holding States, Tennes-

see resolutions, 315; continuing postal arrangements, Alabama reso-

lutions, Georgia secession ordinance, 318; tendering aid to govern-

ment, Wisconsin, 319; Massachusetts, 320; Pennsylvania, 321;

Maine resolutions, uniform decimal system, 323; tendering aid to

government, New Jersey, 324; Minnesota, 326; Kentucky proposes

Federal Constitutional Convention, 328; North Carolina returns

New York resolution tendering aid to government, 330; letter from

John A. Dix, Secretary of the Treasury, United States deposit

fund, 330; return for amendment, New York Mills Fire Company

bill, 332; Thurlow Weed declines appointment as commissioner to

Convention proposed by Virginia, 333; letter from President-elect

Abraham Lincoln accepting tender of New York's hospitality, 333,

334; reception and speech of President-elect Lincoln, 334; veto,

Onondaga penitentiary, 336; veto, Poughkeepsie borrowing money,

338; Michigan tenders aid to government, 340; Louisiana secession

ordinance, navigation of Mississippi, Louisiana resolutions, 341;

Texas denies power of Federal government to coerce State, veto, ex-