missioner. They may examine and open any package, can or vessel containing or believed to contain, any article or product which may be manufactured, sold or exposed for sale in violation of law. COMMISSSIONER OF STATISTICS OF LABOR. (Fourth Floor, Capitol.) THOMAS J. DOWLING, Albany, appointed January 25, 1893. CORNELIUS HALEY.... .Chief Clerk. The State Bureau of Statistics of Labor was established by chapter 356 of the Laws of 1883. The Commissioner is appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, triennially, on the first Wednesday of April. He receives a salary of $3,000, and has an office in the Capitol. It is the duty of the Commissioner to collect, assort, systematize and present, in annual reports to the Legislature, statistical details relating to all departments of labor in the State. FOREST COMMISSIONERS. (Fourth Floor, Capitol.) FRANCIS G. BABCOCK, Hornellsville, appointed April 10, 1893. C. O. MCCREEDY... .Secretary. The Forest Commission was established by chapter 283, Laws of 1885, under which three commissioners were appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of six years. The Commission was reorganized under the provisions of chapter 332, Laws of 1893, providing for the appointment of five Commissioners. The Commissioners serve without compensation, except the payment of reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. They have control of the forest lands owned by the State and may employ a superintendent, assistant superintendent, two forest inspectors, twelve foresters and such clerical force and agents as they may deem necessary, and have an office in the Capitol. COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES. (Second Floor, Capitol.) LAWRENCE D. HUNTINGTON, President, New Rochelle, appointed May 6, 1892. A. SYLVESTER JOLINE, Tottenville, appointed May 6, 1892. EDWARD P. DOYLE, 53 Broadway, New York city...... Secretary. The Governor appoints five Commissioners of Fisheries, who have charge of the State fish hatching establishments, and it is under their supervision that the lakes and streams of the State are restocked with artificially propagated fish. They also appoint the Game and Fish Protectors, who enforce the laws for the protection of game and fish. The Chief Protector receives $2,000 and the subordinates $500 per annum. The Commissioners of Fisheries serve without compensation. They appoint a Superintendent, employ necessary help and report their proceedings to the Legislature annually. FACTORY INSPECTOR. JAMES CONNELLY, New York, appointed April 11, 1893. JOHN FRANEY, Buffalo..... .Assistant Inspector. By the provisions of chapter 409, Laws of 1886, a Factory Inspector and an Assistant Factory Inspector are appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of three years. They receive salaries of $2,000 and $1,500, respectively, and necessary traveling expenses, not exceeding $2,500. These officers are empowered to visit and inspect factories, workshops and other establishments in the State where goods are manufactured, and to enforce all of the provisions of the law under which they are appointed. Chapter 462, Laws of 1887, further provides that the Inspector may appoint eight Deputy Inspectors, who have the same powers as the Inspector; and by chapter 398, Laws of 1890, he is further empowered to appoint eight women as additional deputies. STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES. Commissioners Appointed by Governor and Senate. WILLIAM R. STEWART, New York city, First District. J. H. VAN ANTWERP, Albany, Third District. Officers. W. R. STEWART. J. H. VAN ANTWERP. CHARLES S. HOYT... JAMES O. FANNING.. .President, ... Secretary, Albany. Assistant Secretary, Albany. The Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate), appoints eleven Commissioners of Charities, who hold office for the term of eight years. The Commissioners, together with the Lieutenant-Gov ex officio members, constitute the State Board of Charities. The Commissioners annually visit and inspect all charitable, eleemosynary. correctional and reformatory institutions of the State, excepting prisons, and examine into matters pertaining to their usefulness and good management. They also inspect county poor-houses and city alms-houses, at least once in two years, and the Board makes the contracts for maintenance of State paupers. The Commissioners serve without compensation, but are reimbursed expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties. They are allowed a secretary and necessary clerks, and the Board reports to the Legislature annually. The seal of the office is the Arms of the State surrounded by the inscription, State of New York - The State Board of Charities." 44 STATE ARBITRATORS. (Fourth Floor, Capitol.) WILLIAM PURCELL, Rochester, appointed March 16, 1893. CHARLES J. MADDEN.. Secretary. A State Board of Arbitration was created by chapter 410, Laws of 1886, providing for the appointment of three State Arbitrators for a term of one year. By chapter 63, Laws of 1887, the name was changed to "State Board of Mediation and Arbitration," and the term was made three years. The State Arbitrators are appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and must be selected, one from each of the two leading political parties, and one from a bona fide labor organization. The Board has power to appoint a secretary, and it has an office in the Capitol. It is the duty of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration to hear and consider appeals from the decisions of local boards, and to investigate such cases. The decision of the Board thereon is final and conclusive in the premises upon both parties to the arbitration. Whenever a strike or lock-out shall occur, or is seriously threatened in any part of the State, and shall come to the knowledge of the Board, it is its duty to endeavor by mediation to effect an amicable settlement of such controversy; and if, in the judgment of the Board, it is deemed best to inquire into the cause or causes of the controversy; and to that end the Board is authorized to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, and send for persons and papers. The salary of each Arbitrator is $3,000 a year, and of the Secretary $2,000 a year. STATE ASSESSORS. WILLIAM H. WOOD, Poughkeepsie, appointed January 10, 1893. Under the provisions of chapter 312, Laws of 1859, three State Assessors are appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of three years from the first day of April in each year. Each assessor receives an annual salary of $2,500, with $500 for expenses. In case of vacancy, a recess appointment may be made by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate at its next session thereafter, for the balance of the term. The State Assessors must visit, officially, every county in the State, at least once in two years, and prepare a written digest of such facts as they may deem most important for aiding the Board of Equalization of Assessments in the discharge of its duties. Appeals from the decision of boards of supervisors in the equalization of assessments and the correction of assessment-rolls are made to the State Assessors by filing a notice of appeal in the office of the Secretary of State. The State Assessors and the Commissioners of the Land Office constitute a State Board of Equalization, the duty of which is to equalize the State tax among the several counties of the State and fix the amount of real and personal estate on which the State tax shall be levied in each county. The State Board of Equalization meets at the office of the Secretary of State, in Albany, on the first Tuesday in September in each year. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT. (Annual meeting, first Tuesday in September, at Albany.) The State Assessors and the Commissioners of the Land Office constitute the Board of Equalization, charged with the duty of equalizing the State tax among the several counties of the State, and fixing the amount of assessment of real and personal estate on which the State tax is levied. The Board is composed of: The Lieutenant-Governor. The Secretary of State. The Comptroller. The State Treasurer. The Attorney-General. The Speaker of the Assembly. The State Engineer and Surveyor and the three State Assessors. COMMISSIONERS OF THE LAND OFFICE. (Meetings held in the office of the Secretary of State.) The power to grant the waste and unappropriated lands belonging to the State, was conferred upon the Commissioners of the Land Office in 1784. In 1885, the powers previously vested in the Commissioners so far as they related to wild lands set aside for a forest preserve, were transferred to the Forest Commission. The Deputy Secretary of State is ex officio clerk of the Land Office. The Commissioners are: The Lieutenant-Governor. The Secretary of State. The Comptroller. The State Treasurer. The Attorney-General. The Speaker of the Assembly. The State Engineer and Surveyor. BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS. (Meetings held in the office of the Secretary of State.) The Board of State Canvassers is composed of five State officers, any three of whom form a quorum. The Secretary of State is required to on or before the fifteenth of December after a general election, and within forty days after a special election. If a majority of the Board are unable to attend, the Secretary of State notifies the Mayor and Recorder of Albany of the fact, and require their attendance. The members of the Board are: PETER J. BRUMELKAMP, Syracuse, appointed January 19, 1893. The Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) appoints the Superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs, who holds office for the term of three years. He establishes rules and regulations respecting the manufacture and inspection of salt and the collection of duties thereon, and has general supervision of the salt works on the Salt Springs Reservation. He receives an annual salary of $1,500, is allowed a deputy, inspectors, clerks and other necessary help, and renders yearly reports to the Comptroller and the Legislature. The revenue derived from the manufacture of salt is paid into the State treasury. STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. ALFRED B. HUESTED, President, Albany, appointed August 31, 1888. EDWARD S. DAWSON, Jr., Secretary, Syracuse, appointed August 13, 1889. CURTIS H. HASKIN, Treasurer, Rochester, appointed July 26, 1892. The members of the State Board of Pharmacy are appointed by the Governor from five pharmacists nominated at an annual meeting of the New York State Pharmaceutical Association, and hold office for the term of five years. The Board, consisting of five members, holds quarterly meetings, examines persons applying for licenses as pharmacists and grants licenses to those entitled thereto. The Board renders annual reports to the Governor and the State Pharmaceutical Association. Its expenses are paid from the fees received for licenses. STATE RESERVATION AT NIAGARA. Commissioners. ANDREW H. GREEN, New York, appointed March 22, 1893. HENRY E. GREGORY. The Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) appoints the Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara. The |