MELVIL DEWEY Director

YEARBOOK OF LEGISLATION 1904

EDITED BY

Robert H. Whitten Sociology Librarian

LEGISLATION BULLETIN 23, DIGEST OF GOVERNORS MESSAGES 1904
24, SUMMARY AND INDEX OF LEGISLATION 1904

25, REVIEW OF LEGISLATION 1904

ALBANY

NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

1905

Price $1

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Regents of the University

With years when terms expire

1913 WHITELAW REID M.A. LL.D. Chancellor

1906 ST CLAIR MCKELWAY M.A. L.H.D. LL.D. D.C.L.

Vice Chancellor

1908 DANIEL BEACH Ph.D. LL.D.

1914 PLINY T. SEXTON LL.B. LL.D.
1912 T. GUILFORD SMITH M.A. C.E. LL.D.
1905 ALBERT VANDER VEER M.D. M.A. Ph.D. LL.D.
1907 WILLIAM NOTTINGHAM M.A. Ph.D. LL.D. -
1910 CHARLES A. GARDINER Ph.D. L.H.D. LL.D. D.C.L.
1915 CHARLES S. FRANCIS B.S.

1911 EDWARD LAUTERBACH M.A.
1909 EUGENE A. PHILBIN LL.B. LL.D.

1916 LUCIAN L. SHEDDEN LL.B.

New York

Brooklyn
Watkins
Palmyra
Buffalo

Albany
Syracuse
New York
Troy

New York

Commissioner of Education

ANDREW S. DRAPER LL.D.

Assistant Commissioners

HOWARD J. ROGERS M.A. LL.D. First Assistant Commissioner EDWARD J. GOODWIN Lit.D. L.H.D. Second Assistant Commissioner AUGUSTUS S. DOWNING M.A. Third Assistant Commissioner

Secretary to the Commissioner

HARLAN H. HORNER B.A.

Director of Libraries and Home Education
Melvil DewEY LL.D.

Director of Science Work and State Museum

JOHN M. CLARKE LL.D.

Chiefs of Divisions

Accounts, WILLIAM MASON

Attendance, JAMES D. SULLIVAN

Examinations, CHARLES F. WHEELOCK B.S. LL.D.

Inspections, FRANK H. WOOD M.A.

Law, THOMAS E. FINEGAN M.A.
Records, CHARLES E. FITCH L.H.D.
Statistics, HIRAM C. CASE

LEADING CONTENTS

Full contents are at the beginning and an index at the end of each bulletin.
A general index to the three bulletins will be found at the end of the volume.

DIGEST OF GOVERNORS MESSAGES 1904

INCLUDING RELATED TOPICS IN THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE