Increase in appropriation for new educa- Increase in appropriation for new prison... Increase in appropriations to meet judgments Increase in appropriation to meet excise rebates (1906, $400,000; 1907, $600,000).... Increase in appropriation for abolition of grade crossings (1906, $250,000; 1907, $300, 000) Making a total of..... $1,100,000 125,000 100,000 197,500 200,000 50,000 $1,772,500 Great credit for this result is due to those members of the Legislature who have been primarily charged with the shaping of the appropriation bills. They have had the unpleasant duty of resisting the importunate demands of the many who are naturally solicitous for the extension and improvement of government service and they have labored unremittingly to provide for all urgent needs while at the same time striving to keep within necessary limits. (Signed) CHARLES E. HUGHES VI EMERGENCY MESSAGES Messages certifying the necessity of the immediate passage of specified Senate and Assembly bills, in compliance with section 15 of Article III of the Constitution, were sent to the Legislature of 1907 from time to time by Governor Hughes. The measures to which the messages applied were as follows: May 22.- Senate bill No. 1738, entitled "An act to establish the public service commissions and prescribing their powers and duties, and to provide for the regulation and control of certain public service corporations and making an appropriation therefor." May 23. Senate bill, Introductory No. 517, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Binghamton," as amended in the Assembly. June 5-Assembly bill, Introductory No. 1964, Printed No. 2879, entitled "An act to amend the legislative law, generally." June 5.- Assembly bill, Introductory No. 710, Printed No. 2887, entitled "An act making appropriation for the support of government." June 5- Senate bill, Introductory No. 1176, Printed No. 1830, entitled "An act to amend the public lands law, in relation to escheats." June 5- Assembly bill, Introductory No. 1968, entitled "An act to legalize the proceedings of the board of trustees and of the qualified electors of the village of Brewster, Putnam county, New York, relative to the submission and adoption of propositions to establish a system of water works and to borrow fifty thousand dollars upon the bonds of the said village for the purpose of purchasing, constructing and maintaining a system of water works for supplying the village of Brewster and its inhabitants with water." June 6.- Assembly bill No. 2353 (Senate Reprint No. 1812), entitled "An act to amend the labor law, relative to children working in streets and public places in cities of the first or second class." June 6.- Assembly bill No. 2387 (Senate Reprint No. 1836), entitled "An act to amend the labor law, relative to the employment of women and minors." June 6.- Senate bill, Introductory No. 995, entitled "An act to amend chapter ninety-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred, entitled 'An act making the office of treasurer of Oneida county a salaried office, and regulating the management thereof.' June 6.- Senate bill No. 1834, entitled "An act to amend chapter three hundred and twenty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled 'An act to make the office of sheriff of Oneida county a salaried office, and to regulate the management thereof,' relative to the appointment and compensation of an office deputy." June 6.- Senate bill No. 1828, entitled "An act to amend the insurance law, relating to the certificate of authority of agents and to the election of directors." June 6. Senate bill, Introductory No. 1175, Printed No. 1829, entitled "An act to amend chapter one hundred and twenty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and six, entitled 'An act providing for the election of directors in mutual life insurance corporations,' relative to biennial elections." June 6.- Assembly bill, Introductory No. 775 (Reprint No. 2890), entitled "An act to amend the election law in relation to the publicity of contributions to, and expenditures of campaign funds, and providing for judicial inquiries relative thereto." June 6.- Senate bill, Introductory No. 1178, Printed No. 1832, entitled "An act to organize the senate districts and for the apportionment of the members of assembly of this state." June 11. Assembly bill, Introductory No. 696, Printed No. entitled "An act making appropriations for repairs. re |