PUBLIC PAPERS OF FRANK S. BLACK GOVERNOR 1897-1898 Two VOLUMES IN ONE VOL. I ALBANY PRESS OF BRANDOW PRINTING CO. 1898 DESIGNATION OF JUSTICE GOODRICH AS PRESIDING JUSTICE OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION FOR THE SECOND DEPARTMENT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber In accordance with section two of article six of the Constitution and the statute in such case made and provided, the Honorable WILLIAM W. GOODRICH of the city of Brooklyn, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Second Judicial District, is hereby designated as a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in and for the Second Judicial Department and as Presiding Justice thereof for the term ending December thirty-first 1903. [LS] Given under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. FRANK S. BLACK By the Governor: WILLIAM M. GRIFFITH Private Secretary ASSIGNMENT OF RETIRED JUSTICE DYKMAN TO DUTY IN THE SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber Whereas the term of office of the Honorable Jackson O. Dykman as Justice of the Supreme Court in and for the Second Judicial District having been abridged on the 31st day of December 1896 by the limitation of age prescribed by section 12 of article VI of the Constitution and he prior to said date having served ten years as such Justice and having thereby become entitled to receive the compensation established by law for the remainder of the term for which he was elected, to wit until the 31st day of December 1903, which said compensation is now being received by him; and Whereas he having consented to be assigned by the Governor to any duty in the Supreme Court while his compensation is so continued; and it appearing to my satisfaction that the public interest requires it; Therefore By virtue of the power conferred upon me by section 12 of article VI of the Constitution and upon filing his written consent thereto, I do hereby appoint the Honorable JACKSON O. DYKMAN to any duty in the Supreme Court which he might lawfully have performed if his term of office had not been abridged as aforesaid, for and during the term ending December 31, 1897. [LS] Given under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. FRANK S. BLACK By the Governor: WILLIAM M. GRIFFITH Private Secretary ANNUAL MESSAGE STATE OF NEW YORK TO THE LEGISLATURE: Executive Chamber Albany, January 6, 1897 The message of the Governor is a constitutional requirement, and the facts and recommendations herein submitted are in compliance therewith. FINANCIAL CONDITION The finances of the State are satisfactory in spite of the hard times. The total valuation of property is $4,368,712,903. The State tax for the fiscal year is $11,751,837.71, and the total funded debt was on September 30, $2,320,660. The revenues received during the last year from corporations, inheritance tax and the Raines Liquor |