PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS.

For the use of the public service commissions in the first and second districts, pursuant to the public service commissions law, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

RAILROAD COMMISSION.

The sum of one hundred sixty-six thousand four hundred forty-seven dollars and ninety-nine cents (re. $166,447.99), being the unexpended balance of an appropriation made by chapter seven hundred, laws of nineteen hundred five, and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars (re. $100,000), being the unexpended balance of an appropriation made by chapter seven hundred one, laws of nineteen hundred five, for the abolition of grade crossings, are hereby reappropriated for the same purpose.

The sum of seventy-five thousand dollars (re. $75,000), being the unexpended balance of an appropriation made by chapter seven hundred, laws of nineteen hundred five, to apply toward the abolition of grade crossings in the city of Schenectady, pursuant to chapter three hundred seventy-six, laws of nineteen hundred two, is hereby reappropriated for the same purpose.

For the abolition of grade crossings pursuant to chapter seven hundred fifty-four, laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, and the acts amendatory thereof, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000), to become available immediately, * * * much thereof as may be necessary.

or so

STATE BOARD OF TAX COMMISSIONERS.

For salaries of special agents, one thousand nine hundred. thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents ($1,933.75), for expenses of special agents, six hundred fifty-one dollars and fiftyfive cents ($651.55), and for salaries and expenses of expert appraisers, one thousand dollars ($1,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, in addition to any other appropriation made

therefor.

STATE WATER SUPPLY COMMISSION.

For the salaries of the state water supply commissioners and the consulting engineer of said commission, for August and Sep

tember, nineteen hundred six, five thousand eight hundred thirty-three dollars and thirty-four cents ($5,833.34).

For expenses and disbursements incurred at the instance of the river improvement commission, or its representatives, for making and preparing maps, plans, assessments and estimates, in connection with the proposed improvement of the Chenango river at Binghamton, four hundred forty dollars ($440), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For making preliminary surveys and investigations as provided by sections three and four of chapter seven hundred thirty-four, laws of nineteen hundred four, fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).

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The last three items, amounting to forty-one thousand dollars, shall be returned to the treasury of the state by the state comp troller when the same shall be paid on assessments on the property benefited.

DEPARTMENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

For the salary of the state superintendent of weights and measures, to June first, nineteen hundred seven, one hundred fifty dollars ($150), for his salary for one year from June first, nineteen hundred seven, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), and for his actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of his official duty, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For stationery, postage, printing, messages, stenographic services and other office expenses, one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For repairing existing state weights and measures and fo the expenses of sending the same to the national bureau of stand ards for comparison and correction and returning the same, includ ing packing and transportation, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

FISCAL SUPERVISOR OF STATE CHARITIES. For deficiency in the appropriation for postage and transportation of letters, official documents and other matter sent by express or freight including boxes or covering for same, three hundred fifty dollars ($350), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

*Two items erased.

STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

REFUNDS.

The following sums shall be paid from the money paid into the treasury of the state under section thirty-seven of the state finance law, as added by chapter five hundred eighty, laws of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, and the amendments thereto :

For the New York state school for the blind at Batavia, two thousand dollars ($2,000); for the New York state institution for feeble-minded children at Syracuse, thirteen thousand eighty-nine dollars and thirty-four cents ($13,089.34); for the New York state reformatory at Elmira, thirty thousand dollars ($30,000); for the Craig colony for epileptics at Sonyca, thirtyfour thousand eighty-eight dollars and twenty-nine cents ($34,088.29).

The amount so paid into the state treasury under the provision of such section on account of clothing furnished to inmates, miscellaneous sales and from other sources, excepting the proceeds of the products of industries and farms, shall be expended for maintenance; the amount so paid from the proceeds of the products of the industries and farms of such institutions shall be expended for the development, maintaining and extending of the agricultural and industrial departments thereof.

NEW YORK STATE REFORMATORY, ELMIRA.

For deficiency in maintenance for the fiscal year ending September thirtieth, nineteen hundred seven, made necessary by the increase of salaries of guards, five thousand dollars ($5,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

NEW YORK STATE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOME, BATH. To reimburse the maintenance fund for the fiscal year ending September thirtieth, nineteen hundred seven, for expenditures from it for equipment made necessary by increase of population, nine hundred six dollars and seventy-five cents ($906.75).

EASTERN NEW YORK REFORMATORY, NAPANOCH.

For furnishings for the superintendent's residence, one thousand dollars ($1,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

THOMAS INDIAN SCHOOL, IROquois.

To reimburse the maintenance fund for the fiscal year ending September thirtieth, nineteen hundred seven, for expenditures from it for a boiler and the setting of the same, one thousand four hundred eighty dollars ($1,480).

NEW YORK STATE HOSPITAL FOR TUBERCULOSIS, RAY BROOK.

For the New York state hospital for the treatment of incipient pulmonary tuberculosis at Ray Brook, for sanitary floorings in toilet and bathrooms and scullery, one thousand four hundred seventy-five dollars and eighty-six cents ($1,475.86), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.

For the salary of a custodian at the state industrial school in Rochester which is about to be vacated by its present occupants, one thousand dollars ($1,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

STATE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, RUSH.

For concrete foundation in trades and laundry building and superintendent's barn, five thousand dollars ($5,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

CRAIG COLONY FOR EPILEPTICS, SONYEA.

For a pavilion or pavilions for contagious diseases at Craig colony for epileptics at Sonyea to replace one recently destroyed by fire, three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

REAPPROPRIATIONS.

The unexpended balances of former appropriations are hereby reappropriated for the same purposes, as follows:

For the Western house of refuge for women at Albion, by chapter seven hundred three, laws of nineteen hundred five, for two cottages, eight hundred forty-nine dollars and twenty cents (re. $849.20); for assembly hall, two thousand four hundred sixtyone dollars and nine cents (re. $2,461.09); for repairs and equipment, seven hundred sixty-two dollars and seventy-six cents (re. $762.76).

For the New York state school for the blind at Batavia, by chapter seven hundred, laws of nineteen hundred five, for laundry equipment, two hundred twenty-nine dollars and seventy-seven cents (re. $229.77).

For the New York state soldiers' and sailors' home at Bath, by chapter seven hundred three, laws of nineteen hundred five, for alterations in engineering department, including eightinch exhaust, traps, drips and water-line in basement of mess hall and icehouse, one hundred seventy-five dollars and six cents (re. $175.06).

For the New York state reformatory for women at Bedford, by chapter seven hundred three, laws of nineteen hundred five, for two cottages for inmates, twelve thousand one hundred. ten dollars and forty cents (re. $12,110.40); for furnishing and equipment for two cottages, one thousand six hundred fifty-one dollars and sixteen cents (re. $1,651.16); for cottage for employees, two thousand three hundred twenty-four dollars (re. $2,324); for duplicate dynamo and engine, one hundred ninetyfour dollars and seventy-five cents (re. $194.75); for repairs and equipment, one hundred eight dollars and eighty-two cents (re. $108.82).

For the New York state reformatory at Elmira, by chapter seven hundred, laws of nineteen hundred five, for electric cables, wires, et cetera, two hundred sixty-seven dollars (re. $267); for plumbing, sewage repairs and reconstruction, one thousand three hundred eighty-three dollars and sixty-one cents (re. $1,383.61); for repairs to electric plant, two hundred forty dollars and twenty-two cents (re. $240.22); for plumbing in cell blocks, one hundred seventy dollars and eleven cents (re. $170.11); by chapter seven hundred three, laws of nineteen hundred five, for steam heating plant and conduits, five hundred eighteen dollars and sixty-eight cents (re. $518.68); for repairs and equipment, one thousand six hundred seventy-one dollars and thirty-four cents (re. $1,671.34).

For the New York state training school for girls at Hudson, by chapter seven hundred three, laws of nineteen hundred five, for contact bed for sewage disposal plant, one thousand dollars (re. $1,000).

For Thomas Indian school at Iroquois, by chapter seven hundred three, laws of nineteen hundred five, for plumbing in employees' cottages, one hundred twenty dollars and fifty-five cents (re. $120.55).