Hudson. Albion. Improvements. Board of electrical control. light, twenty thousand dollars; for grading and improving grounds, removing and rebuilding greenhouses and laying walks, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars; for ventilation, contingent and extraordinary repairs, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars; for rebuilding icehouse, the sum of six hundred dollars; for removing and repairing the cottage now occupied by the gardener, the sum of one thousand dollars; the sum of sixteen hundred and ninety-nine dollars and seventy-two cents, being the balance of three thousand dollars appropriated by chapter seven hundred and twenty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for completing the sewerage system for said asylum, is hereby reappropriated for the purpose specified, payable upon vouchers to be approved by the comptroller. HOUSES OF REFUGE FOR WOMEN. For the House of Refuge for Women at Hudson, for extending electric-light plant to buildings not now wired, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the Western House of Refuge for Women, at Albion, one thousand dollars, for the equipment of cottages numbers three and four; two hundred dollars for constructing a pigpen and henhouse; one thousand dollars for extraordinary repairs and general equipment; and seven thousand five hundred dollars for sewerage and drainage ordered by the state board of health. NORTHERN NEW YORK INSTITUTION FOR DEAF MUTES. An aditional sum of five thousand nine hundred and fifty-one dollars and eighty-one cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid by the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller, for lighting, heating, plumbing and furnishing the kindergarten building above mentioned, and for providing the same with fire-escapes and for introducing and completing a new system of water closets in the main building of said institution. MISCELLANEOUS. For the board of electrical control in and for the city of New York, for the services and expenses of the commissioners thereof, for the fiscal year ending September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, forty-five thousand dollars, which amounts to Refunding gether with such reasonable compensation for services and expenses of clerks in the office of the comptroller as may be certi fied by him, not exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars, which is hereby appropriated for the expense of the levy and collection thereof, shall be refunded to the treasury of the state by the of amount. several companies operating electrical conductors in said city, which are or shall be required to place and operate any of their conductors underground, pursuant to the provisions of chapter four hundred and ninety-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and the acts amendatory thereof, which said company shall furnish to the comptroller the data and necessary information required to make assessments pursuant to sections seven and eight of chapter four hundred and ninety-nine, as amended, and said commissioners shall furnish to the comptroller a list of such companies. The employes of the said board of electrical control Civil sershall be subject to municipal civil service examination. The ment, how assessments of the amounts to be paid to the said board of electrical control shall be made according to law upon the several corporations and companies liable therefor by the comptroller, at such time or times, at his office in the city of Albany, as he shall designate, when they may be heard thereon, of which the comptroller shall give such corporations or companies at least one week's prior notice, to each, a written or printed copy of such notice in the usual way, by mail, directed to them at their respective places of business, postage thereon prepaid. vice assess made. For the health officers for the port of New York, for the expenses Fire island. of maintenance and repairs on Fire island, and for the salaries of the superintendent, watchman and other employes during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the sum of five thousand dol lars. Clarke. To O. P. Clarke for salary as custodian of the Grant Cottage sit- O. P. uated on Mount McGregor, Saratoga county, for the years eighteen hundred and ninety-six and eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, two thousand dollars, pursuant to the provisions of chapter six hundred and sixty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six. "Make For M. D. Makepeace, for services rendered by him as architect, M. D. preparing drawings and specifications and superintending the peace. erection of a kitchen building and other improvements at Auburn state prison, the sum of six hundred dollars, payable upon the audit of the comptroller. Clerks in office of capitol commissioner. Henry F. C. V. C. sen. Robert C. Deaf-Mute Albany Deaf. For the payment of the necessary force of clerks, draughtsmen and inspectors in the office of the capitol commissioner, for their services in the repairs, improvements and erection of state buildings other than the new capitol, the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars. For Henry F. Glisan, for balance due him for services as ste nographer to the special railroad committee appointed to investigate surface and elevated railroads, pursuant to a resolution of the assembly, session of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and fifty-five dollars and seventy cents, which has been audited and allowed by the comptroller. For Clarance V. C. Van Deusen, for services and expenses in assisting in the drafting of chapter nine hundred and nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, known as the election law, constituting chapter six of the general laws, and the amend ments thereto in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the sum of one thousand dollars. For Robert C. Chapin, the sum of one thousand four hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty cents, being the amount which has been audited and allowed by the comptroller, for his services in reporting the investigation of the management of the New York and Brooklyn bridge, for the senate committee on the affairs of cities. For supplying the Deaf-Mute Journal for the indigent deaf and dumb of this state, the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars. For the support and instruction of eight pupils at the Albany School for Home School for the Deaf during the balance of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and until October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, at an annual compensation of two hundred and sixty dollars each per year, twenty-four hundred and fifty-five dollars; a proportionate amount for a shorter period of time than one year, or for a smaller number of pupils, shall be allowed and paid by the comptroller upon certificates verified by oath of the president and secretary of such institution and upon approval of the superintendent of public instruction. S. N. For Silas N. Gallup, for his traveling and other expenses as trustee of the New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women during the years eighteen hundred and ninety-two, eighteen hundred and ninety-three and eighteen hundred and ninety-four, two hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty-six cents. To William J. Youngs, for services and disbursements as counsel W. J. Youngs. to the special committee on the investigation of the question of highway improvement, appointed by resolution of the assembly, adopted on the twenty-first day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars. For Lafayette B. Gleason, in full for services as counsel to the special committee appointed by resolution of the assembly adopted on the fourth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for his expenses and disbursements, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars. L. B. Gleason. Walsh. For William M. Walsh, for repairs and for plumbing, and for a W. M. new system of closets and drainage in the geological hall, the sum of four thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof State hall. as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for repairing the interior and exterior of the state hall, to be expended under the direction of the comptroller, superintendent of the banking department, and the state engineer and surveyor. reserva For the commissioners of the state reservation at Niagara, for Niagara grading, planting and other improvements in the reservation, the tion. sum of fifteen thousand dollars. Agriculperiment Geneva. For the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at tural exGeneva-For the expenses of bulletins and of enforcing the provis- station, ions of the law in relation to commercial fertilizers as shall be authorized by the board of control, pursuant to chapter four hundred and thirty-seven, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For deficiency in expenses of the state capitol celebration, under Capitol chapter seven hundred and forty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, three thousand dollars. celebra tion. committee rooms, For furniture, carpets, and repairs to furniture of committee Senate rooms and cartage and supplies for senate committees on finance, furniture, codes, cities, banks, taxation and retrenchment, forest, fish and etc., for. game, canals, railroads, lieutenant-governor's room, and desks, chairs and tables for senate reporters' room, as follows: To John G. Myers, the sum of three thousand three hundred and fifty-four dollars and fifty-four cents; to James Farrell, the sum of ten dollars; to H. C. Burch, the sum of seventy-nine dollars and eighty cents; to Van Husen Charles company, the sum of one hundred and five County treasurer, Albany county. Advances to clerks of assembly. dollars and eighty cents; to the Hayden furniture company, the sum of five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty-two cents. For the county treasurer of Albany county, the sum of nine hundred and twenty dollars, for the expense incurred by the county of Albany in investigating and prosecuting the charge of bribery against Eugene F. Vacheron, a member of assembly in and for the third district of Queens county for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, which charge after a trial by a jury resulted in an acquital. For advances by the comptroller to the clerks of the senate and senate and assembly to pay the expenses of receiving reports and printed documents from the several state departments, addressing and forwarding same to members of senate and assembly, forty-five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Such reports and documents shall be delivered by the printer to the document departments of the senate and assembly in the proportion to which such departments are respectively entitled. File boards, etc. For the clerks of the senate and assembly, for the use of the stationery, senate and assembly for file boards, stationery, printing, for revising the clerk's manual and books and copies of codes for the use of the senate and assembly judiciary and codes committees, twelve thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty cents. Index to session laws. Robert C. Clerical services for senate commit tees For the clerk of the assembly, three thousand dollars, for the work of preparing and compiling a general index to the session laws. For Robert C. Chapin, the sum of three thousand four hundred and ninety-seven dollars, being the amount which has been audited and allowed by the comptroller, for his services in reporting the proceedings of the special committee of the assembly appointed pursuant to the resolution adopted March sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to investigate the condition of female labor in New York city. For extra clerical service, to the committee on finance of the senate for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for the ways and means committee and committee on finance for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, payable by the comptroller to the party who performed the service, upon the audit of the chairman of the finance. committee of the senate, and the audit of the chairman of the ways and means committee of the assembly. |
