UNITED STATES JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

Counties of Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauque, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland, Delaware, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates.

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

Counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Kings, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester.

JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF THE STATE,

ESTABLISHED BY ACT OF LEGISLATURE, 8TH MAY, 1847.

DISTRICT I. City and county of New York.

DISTRICT II. Counties of Richmond, Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Westchester, Orange, Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess.

DISTRICT III. Counties of Columbia, Sullivan, Ulster, Greene, Albany, Schoharie and Rensselaer.

DISTRICT IV. Counties of Warren, Saratoga, Washington, Essex, Franklin. St. Lawrence, Clinton, Mont

gomery, Hamilton, Fulton and Schenectady. DISTRICT V. Counties of Onondaga, Oneida, Oswego, Herkimer, Jefferson and Lewis.

DISTRICT VI. Counties of Otsego, Delaware, Madison, Chenango, Broome, Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Cortland.

DISTRICT VII. Counties of Livingston, Wayne, Seneca, Yates, Ontario, Steuben, Monroe and Cayuga.

DISTRICT VIII. Counties of Erie, Chautauque, Cattaraugus, Orleans, Niagara, Genesee, Allegany, Wyoming.

NEW YORK STATE CANALS.

OFFICERS FOR 1859.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE CANAL FUND.

[The Fund Commissioners have the superintendence of the Canal Fund and of the Canal Debt.]

ROBERT CAMPBELL, Lieutenant-Governor.
GIDEON J. TUCKER, Secretary of State.
SANFORD E. CHURCH, Comptroller.
ISAAC V. VANDERPOEL. Treasurer.
LYMAN TREMAIN, Attorney-General.

CANAL COMMISSIONERS.

[The Canal Commissioners have the general charge of the public works, of the construction of new canals, and, through the Superintendents, of the repairs of the completed canals.}

CHARLES H. SHERRILL, Albany - In charge of Eastern Division, as follows, viz. Erie Canal. from Albany to east bank of Oneida Lake Canal; Albany Basin; Champlain Canal and Glens Falls Feeder; Black River Canal and Feeder, and Improvement of Black River Reservoir-315 miles.

JOHN R JAYCOX, Syracuse-In charge of Middle Division as follows. viz. Erie Canal, from the east of Oneida Lake Canal to the east of Wayne county; Butternut Creek Feeder; Limestone Feeder; Camillus Feeder; Oneida Lake Canal; Oswego Canal; Oneida River Improvement; Seneca River Towing Path; Baldwinsville Canal; Cayuga and Seneca Canal; Crooked Lake Canal; Chemung Canal and Feeder; Cayuga Inlet; Chenango Canal - 310 miles.

HIRAM GARDNER, Lockport-In charge of Western Division, as follows, viz. Erie Canal, from east bounds of Wayne county to Buffalo, including Basin at the latter place; Genesee Valley Canal, navigable. including Dansville Side Cut, and Genesee Valley Canal, not navigable — 273 miles.

STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR.

VAN R. RICHMOND.

[ Prescribes duties of and assigns divisions of canals to Engineers; visits and inspects canals; prescribes surveys, maps, plans, estimates, &c., in the construction or improvement of a canal.]

AUDITOR OF THE CANAL DEPARTMENT.

NATHANIEL S. BENTON.

[Invested with the powers and duties formerly belonging to the Comptroller, in relation to the canals; draws warrants on the Treasurer for all canal payments; audits all canal accounts; instructs canal collecting and distributing officers; keeps accounts of canal receipts and expenditures, &c.; ex-officio Secretary of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund and of the Canal Board.]

CANAL APPRAISERS.

They appraise the damages to individuals growing out of the construction of the canals.] HENRY H. HULL,

ASHBEL B. PARMELEE,

WILLIAM WASSON.

CANAL BOARD.

The Canal Board is composed of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund, the Canal Commissioners, and the State Engineer and Surveyor.

[Meets at the Canal Department during the sitting of the Legislature; fixes the rates of tolls; appoints the collectors of tolls. superintendents of repairs, weigh-masters and inspectors; hears appeals from Canal Appraisers; remits penalties, and regulates the police of the canals, &c.]

CANAL DEPARTMENT.

[Rooms in the State Hall, in which the business of the Fund Commissioners and the Canal Board, and the business of the Auditor of the Canal Department, is required by law to be transacted.]

Resolved, That all persons presenting claims for damages in all matters relating to the Canals, before presenting the same to the Legislature, shall obtain from the Canal Department full printed or written information in relation to such claim, so far as in the knowledge of said Department.