SENATE AND ASSEMBLY APPORTIONMENTS. XLII. Wayne, Ontario and Senate. XXXIII. Clinton, Essex and Warren107,886. XXXIV. St. Lawrence and Franklin127,796. XXXV. Jefferson and Oswego-143,527. XXXVIII. Onondaga-169.732. XLI. Tompkins, Chemung, Tioga and 116,803. Yates Counties Having 1 Member.-Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex. Franklin, Fulton and Hamilton, Genesee, Greene, Herkimer, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Nassau, Ontario, Orleans, Uswego, Otsego. Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates. Two Members.-Chautauqua, Dutchess, Jefferson, Niagara, Orange, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Suffolk and Ulster. Three Members.-Albany, Oneida and Onondaga. Four Members.-Queens Five Members.-Monroe. and West Twenty-three Members.-Kings. GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK STATE. .........Federal...1795-1801 Name. The following table gives the names and politics of the Governors of New York State and the terms which they have served since the first election. Those marked with an asterisk were elected for three-year terms and the others for two-year terms Name. Politics. Years served. *George Clinton.......D. R......1777-1795 John Jay.. *George Clinton.......D. R......1801-1804 *Morgan Lewis..........D. R................1804-1807 *D. D. Tompkins.....D. R......1808-1817 (John Taylor, Lieutenant-Governor, succeeded D. D. Tompkins when the latter became Vice-President, March 4, 1817. Name. Politics. Years served. *De Witt Clinton.....D. R......1817-1823 *Joseph C. Yates......D. R......1823-1826 De Witt Clinton......D. R..............1826-1828 (Nathaniel Pitcher, Lieutenant-Governor, succeeded Gov. Clinton February 11, 1828. Name. Politics. Years served. Martin Van Buren....D.........1829 (Enos T. Throop, Lieutenant-Governor, succeeded Gov. Van Buren March 12, 1829. Politics. Years served. Enos T. Throop.......D.........1831-1833 William L. Marcy....D.........1833-1839 William H. Seward... Whig. William C. Bouck....D.. Name. .1839-1843 Politics. Years served. STATE CENSUS OF 1905. The population of the State of New York on June 1, 1905, as shown by the enumeration taken on that date under the direction of the state authorities, was 8,066,672, compared with a population shown by the federal census of 1900 of 7,268,894 and one shown by the federal census of 1890 of 6,003,174, including Indians and other persons on Indian reservations. The increase in population between 1900 and 1905 was 797,778, or 11 per cent, against an increase during the preceding decade of 1,265,720, or 21.1 per cent. The population of the State in 1905 and 1900, re spectively, was distributed by counties as follows: The plan of distributing the population of public institutions is not observed in the United States Census, and the gains and losses due to this cause should be borne in mind in making comparisons with the results of the last Federal Census. NEW YORK STATE COMMITTEES. Republican, Chairman, Timothy L. Woodruff, Brooklyn; secretary, Lafayette B. Gleason, New York; treasurer, Luther B. Little, New York. street, New York. District. 1-John J. Bartlett, Greenport. 8-George Cromwell, New Brighton, S. I. 10-Samuel S. Koenig, New York. 14-Jos. H. De Bragga, Evergreen, L. I. 17-Moses M. McKee, New York. 18-W. H. Ten Eyck, New York. 19-W. L. Ward, Port Chester. District. Headquarters, No. 43 West 39th 20 B. B. Odell, jr., Newburg. Additional member, C. W. Anderson, N. Y. THE REVISED CITY CHARTER. A revision of the charter of the city of New York, which was drawn up by the Charter Revision Commission and passed in an amended form April 4, 1901, by the Legislature, was subsequently approved by Governor Odell, and therefore is now a law. After its passage several supplementary acts were passed by the Legislature, and these also are laws. The legislative power of the city was vested in two houses, known respectively as the Council and the Board of Aldermen, The charter revision conferred all legislative The Board of power upon a Board of Aldermen. The Aldermen were to be elected in November, 1901, and every two years thereafter. The president of the Board of Aldermen is elected every four years by the city at large. There are seventy-three aldermanic districts. The president of the Board of Aldermen possesses all the powers of the Mayor during his disability or absence. The Aldermen receive salaries of $2,000 a year. " No ordinance can be passed except by a vote of a majority of all the members of the Board of Aldermen. The act says that "in case the ordinance or resolution involves the expenditure of money, the creation of a debt, or the Powers of the Board laying of an assessment, it shall require a vote of threeof Aldermen. fourths of all the members of the Board of Aldermen to pass it over the Mayor's veto; and if it involves the grant of a franchise the Mayor's veto shall be final." It declares that "the Board of Aldermen shall have power to make, establish, alter, modify, amend and repeal all ordi-| hances, rules, and police, health, park, fire and building regulations." Also that "the Board of Aldermen is authorized to grant from time to time to any corporation thereunto duly authorized the franchise or right to construct and operate railways in, upon, over, under and along streets, avenues, waters, rivers, public places, parkways or highways of the city, but no such grant shall be made except upon the limitations and' conditions of this act elsewhere provided in respect of the grant by the Board of Alder-|| men of franchises and rights in or under the streets, avenues, waters, rivers, public| places, parkways and highways of the city.' The Board of Aldermen is given authority to pass ordinances in regard to theatres, the markets, the hotels, the fire imits, use of vaults, and to fix the annual fee, not exceeding $20, for each streetcar used in the city. The act further says: "It shall be the duty of the Board of, Aldermen, upon the recommendation of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, i to fix the salary of every officer or person whose compensation is paid out of the city reasury other than day laborers and teachers, examiners and members of the superising staff of the Department of Education, irrespective of the amount fixed by this ct, except that no change shall be made in the salary of an elected officer or head of department during his tenure of office. The Board of Aldermen may reduce, but nay not increase, any salary recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionnent; but the action of the Board of Aldermen on reducing any salary so recomnended shall be subject to the veto power of the Mayor, as provided in Section 40 of his act. In case the Board of Aldermen shall vote to reduce more than one salary, he Mayor may approve the reduction of one or more salaries, and may disapprove the eduction of others. In such case the reductions he shall approve shall become efective; and as to those which he shall not approve, the recommendations of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment shall become effective unless the reductions be gain passed by a three-fourths vote of the Board of Aldermen." The Mayor of the city, the charter revision provided, should be elected in Novemer, 1901, for a term of two years, and every two years thereafter for a like period. In 1905 the charter was amended so as to extend the mayoralty term Powers of the to four years. The salary of the Mayor is $15.000 a year. The layor. Mayor may, whenever in his judgment the public interests shall so require, remove from office any public officer holding office by apointment from him, except members of the Board of Education, Aqueduct Commisioners, trustees of the College of the City of New York, trustees of Bellevue and llied Hospitals, "and except also judicial officers for whose removal other provision made by this constitution." The administrative departments are as follows: Department of Finance, Law Deartment, Police Department, Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, Department of Street Cleaning, Department of Bridges, Departdministrative ment of Parks, Department of Public Charities, Department Departments. of Correction, Fire Department, Department of Docks and Ferries, Department of Taxes and Assessments, Department of ducation, Department of Health, Tenement House Department. The head of he Department of Finance is the Controller, who is to be elected at the same me with the Mayor, and is to have like him a term of two-since 1905, four-years. ll of the departments are single headed commissions, except the Park Department, hich_has_three commissioners; the Department of Taxes and Assessments, which has ve; the Department of Education, forty-six members of a Board of Education, and Department of Health, which has three commissioners (two ex-officio). The Mayor must at least once a year submit to the Board of Aldermen a general atement of the finances, government and improvements of the city, keep himself informed as to the doings of the several departments and uties of the Mayor. be vigilant in enforcing the ordinances of the city and the laws of the State. The Mayor appoints besides those ready named all members of any board authorized to superintend the erection or re pair of any building belonging to the city, inspectors of weights and measures, two commissioners of accounts and five Civil Service commissioners. The Controller has control of the fiscal concerns of the corporation. accounts of every department are subject to his inspection and revision. Controller, Chamberlain, Sinking Fund. The claims against the city, except certain specified ones, are subject to his audit. The assent of the Controller is necessary to all agreements for the acquisition of real estate. He receives a salary of $15,000 a year. He has charge of the Wallabout Market. The Mayor appoints the Chamberlain of the city, who receives all moneys paid into the treasury of the city. His salary is $12,000 a year. The Sinking Fund Commissioners consist of the Mayor, Controller, Chamberlain, president of the Board of Aldermen and chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen. This board administers the various sinking funds. The Board of The Board of Estimate and Apportionment consists of the Mayor, the Controller, the president of the Board of Aldermen, and the presidents of the bor oughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond. Except as specifically provided by the charter, every act of the board must be adopted, if adopted, by a "majority of the whole number of votes authorized by this section to be cast by said board. The Mayor, Controller and the president of the Board of Aldermen shall each be entitled to cast three votes, the presidents of the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn shall each be entitled to cast two votes, and the presidents of the boroughs of The Bronx, Queens and Richmond shall each be entitled to cast one vote. A quorum of said board shall consist of a sufficient number of the members thereof to cast nine votes, of whom at least two of the members hereby authorized to cast three votes each shall be present." It is provided that this board shall annually "make a budget of the amounts estimated to be required to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of New York and of the counties of New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond for the next ensuing year. Such budget shall be prepared in such detail as to the titles of appropriations, the terms and conditions not inconsistent with law under which the same may be expended, the aggregate sum and the items thereof allowed to each department, bureau, office, board or commission, as the said Board of Estimate and Apportionment shall deem advisable.' The budget is submitted to the Board of Aldermen. The act then says: "The Board of Aldermen may reduce the said several amounts fixed by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, except such amounts as are now or may hereafter be fixed by law, and except such amounts as may be inserted by the said Board of Estimate and Apportionment for the payment of State taxes and payment of interest and principal of the city debt, but the Board of Aldermen may not increase such amounts nor vary the terms and conditions thereof, nor insert any new items. Such action of the Board of Aldermen on reducing any item or amount fixed by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment shall be subject to the veto power of the Mayor, as elsewhere provided in this act, and unless such veto is overridden by a three-fourths vote of the Board of Aldermen, the item or amount as fixed by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment shall stand as part of the budget." The Board of Estimate and Apportionment also is directed to include in its final estimate money for the support of a large number of charitable institutions, which are named. the The Corporation Counsel, who is the head of the Law Department, receives $15,000 a year. He has charge of all the law business of the corporation, all legal proceedings in opening, widening and closing streets, in Law Department. acquiring property for the city by condemnation proceedings and the preparation of all leases and contracts. He is the legal adviser of the Mayor, the presidents of the boroughs, the Board of Aldermen and every department. The head of the Police Department is the Police Commissioner, whose term of office is five years. The act then says: "The said commissioner may, whenever in the judgment of the Mayor of said city or Police Department. Governor, the public interests shall so require, be removed from office by either, and shall be ineligible for reappoint ment thereto. The successor in office of the said commissioner shall also be appointed by the Mayor of the city within ten days after any vacancy shall occur, and shall be removed by either the Mayor or Governor whenever the public interests so require The salary of said Police Commissioner shall be $7,500 a year. The said commissione I shall have the power to appoint, from citizens of the United States and residents o the said city, and at pleasure remove, three deputies, to be known as first deput commissioner, second deputy commissioner and third deputy commissioner. The Polic Department consists also of fifteen inspectors, one captain to each fifty of the tota number of patrolmen, except in the rural part of the city, sergeants of police, no exceeding four in number to each fifty of the total number of patrolmen; roundsmer not exceeding four in number to each fifty patrolmen; detective sergeants to the num ber authorized by law; the members of the telegraph force as specified in Section 27 of this act; the superintendent and inspectors of boilers as specified in Section 342 © this act; doormen of police, not exceeding two in number to each fifty of the tots number of patrolmen; surgeons of police, not exceeding forty in number, one of who shall be chief surgeon, and patrolmen to the number of 6,382." The president of each borough is elected for four years. He has the follow ing powers: "He may appoint and at pleasure remove a Commissioner of Publi Borough Officers. Works for his borough, who may discharge all the administra tive powers of the president of the borough relating to streets sewers, public buildings and supplies conferred upon |