Civil Government for Common Schools Part 13

A. He has charge of the Public Works, of the construction of new ca.n.a.ls, the certificate of the proper local authorities, and he visits and inquires into the condition and management of these inst.i.tutions; is chairman of the committee of the State Normal Schools, and apportions among the counties the number of pupils which each is ent.i.tled; has charge of the Indian, schools; he is, ex-officio, a Regent of the University; compiles the commissioners' abstracts of school districts in the State setting forth their condition and the account of receipts and expenses for each year, and makes an annual report to the Legislature. Q. Of what officers is the Ca.n.a.l Board composed?

A. The Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General, State Engineer and Surveyor, and Ca.n.a.l Superintendent.

SALARIES.

Governor $10,000 Lieutenant Governor 5,000 Secretary of State 5,000 Comptroller 6,000 Treasurer 5,000 State Engineer and Surveyor 5,000 Superintendent of Banking 5,000 Superintendent of Insurance 7,000 Ca.n.a.l Auditor 5,000 Superintendent of Prisons 6,000 Superintendent of Public Works 6,000 Ca.n.a.l Appraisers 5,000 Superintendent of Public Instruc'n, 5,000

Q. Who are the State Canva.s.sers?

A. Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General and State Engineer and Surveyor.

Q. Who are the Regents at the present time, January 1, 1881, and when elected?

The Governor, ex-officio.

The Lieutenant-Governor, ex-offixo.

The Secretary of State, ex-officio.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex officio.

1856. George W. Clinton ....... Buffalo.

1858. Lorenzo Burrows ......... Albion.

1859. Robert S. Hale ..... Elizabethtown.

1861. Elias W. Leavenworth .... Syracuse.

1861. J. Carson Brevoort ...... Brooklyn.

1864. Geo. Wm. Curtis, W. New Brighton.

1870. Francis Kernan .......... Utica.

1871. John L. Lewis ........... Penn Yan.

1872. Henry R. Pierson ........ Albany.

1873. Martin I. Townsend .......... Troy.

1874. Anson J. Upson ........... Auburn.

1876. Wm. L. Bostwick ......... Ithaca.

1877. Orris H. Warren ....... Syracuse.

1877. Chauncey M. Depew ...... New York.

1877. Charles E. Fitch ....... Rochester.

1878. Whitelaw Reid ........ New York.

1878. Leslie W. Russell ....... Canton.

1881. Wm. H. Watson ............. Utica.

1881. Henry E. Turner ......... Lowville.

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.

Henry R. Pierson, Chancellor. George W. Clinton, Vice-Chancellor.

David Murray, Secretary. Daniel J. Pratt, a.s.sistant Secretary.

IX.--JUDICIARY.

A tabular view of the judiciary of the State, commencing with the lowest courts and showing them in their regular order, leaving out such as are established for particular localities.

I. Justice Court

II. County Court.

1. County Court 2. Sessions.

III. Supreme 1. Circuit.

2. Oyer and Terminer.

3. Special Term.

4. General Term.

IV. Court of Appeals.

JUSTICE COURT.

Q. What is the lowest court in the State?

A. A Justice's Court, held in each town by one of the justices of the Peace.

Q. What jurisdiction has this court?

A. Original; that is, suits can be commenced in it, and tried in it.

Q. In a civil action how large a judgment can be obtained?

A. Not to exceed two hundred dollars.

Q. Can criminal suits be tried in a Justice Court?

A. Some can be tried in it; but usually the parties give bail for their appearance at a higher court to await the action of the Grand Jury.

COUNTY COURT.

Q. What is the next higher court?

A. The County Court.

Q. What are the divisions of the County Court?

A. County Court and Court of Sessions.

Q. For what causes are each designed?

A. The County Court is for the trial of civil causes, the Sessions for the trial of criminal causes, but not of the higher crimes.

Q. What jurisdiction has the County Court?

A. Original and Appellate, that is a suit may be commenced in it, or it may be appealed from a lower court.