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IX. Finances, 483 ; complaints concerning the 

 management of canals, 483 ; legislation in ref- 

 erence to canals, 483 ; railroad statistics, 483 ; 

 earnings and payments, 484 ; proposed aid to 

 railroads, 484 ; veto by Governor Hoffman, 484 ; 

 railroad legislation, 484 ; the Susquehanna Rail- 

 road war, 484; salt- springs, 484; insurance 

 companies, 484 ; banks, 484 ; school statistics, 

 485 ; public institutions, 485 ; home for disa- 

 bled volunteer soldiers, 485 ; new Capitol build- 

 ing at Albany, 485 ; militia, 485 ; meeting of 

 the Legislature, 485 ; business of the session, 

 486 ; charges of bribery and corruption against 

 members of the Legislature, 486 ; report of 

 the Investigating Committee, 486 ; law for the 

 suppression of bribery, 486 ; vote on the fif- 

 teenth amendment, 486 ; irregularity in the 

 action of the Legislature, 486 ; letter of Gov- 

 ernor Hoffman concerning the same, 486 ; adop- 

 tion of a resolution rescinding the vote on the 

 fifteenth amendment, 487 ; annual meeting of 

 the State Temperance Society, 487; resolu- 

 tions, 487; assembling of the State Temper- 

 ance Convention, 487 ; resolutions, 487 ; con- 

 vention of the "Woman's Suffrage Association, 

 487 ; resolutions, 487 ; Democratic Conven- 

 tion, 488 ; nominations, 488 ; resolutions, 488 ; 

 Republican Convention, 489 ; nominations, 

 489 ; resolutions, 489 ; vote on the new State 

 constitution, 489 ; its provisions, 489 ; results 

 of the election, 490 ; Legislature for 1870, 490. 



X. Political complexion of the Legislature, 

 543 ; repeal of the ratification of the fifteenth 

 amendment, 543 ; new excise law, 543 ; pro- 

 visions of New York City charter, 543 ; rapid 

 transit through New York City, 544 ; public 

 instruction, 544 ; finances of same, 544 ; ca- 

 nals, 544; resolutions concerning management 

 of canals, 545 ; contracting board abolished, 

 545 ; length of canal, 545 ; tonnage of canals 

 and railroads compared, 545 ; work on canals, 

 545 ; Republican Judicial Convention, 545 ; 

 resolutions and nominations, 545 ; Democrat- 

 ic do., 546 ; do. Regular Convention, 546 ; do. 

 Republican, 546; election, 547; funded debt, 

 547 ; taxable property, 548 ; insurance compa- 

 nies, 548 ; banks, 548 ; immigration, 548 ; cen- 

 sus, 549. 



XI. Session of the Legislature, 549 ; amount 

 of work, 549 ; subjects of legislation, 550 ; di- 

 vision of the House, 550 ; action of Republi- 

 cans, 550; action of Democrats, 550; Demo- 

 cratic measures, 550 ; bills vetoed, 551 ; debt 



of the State, 651 ; tax, 551 ; report of revisera 

 of tax and assessment laws, 551 ; new Capitol 

 built, 552 ; banks, 552 ; insurance companies, 

 552; schools, 553; insane asylums 553; sys- 

 tem of prison-labor, 554 ; canal-tolls, 553 ; cen- 

 sus details, 554 ; riot in New York, 555 ; Re- 

 publican Convention, 555; resolutions, etc., 

 555 ; action of Temperance Committee, 656 ; 

 Democratic Convention, 556 ; resolutions, etc., 

 556 ; results of election, 557 ; municipal frauds 

 in New York, 658 ; action of reformers, 568 ; 

 Committee of Seventy, 558 ; city and county 

 debt, 559 ; valuation of real estate, 559 ; 

 amendment to the Federal Constitution pro- 

 posed, 559. 



XII. Session of the Legislature, 581 ; pro- 

 visions of a new charter for New York City, 

 581 ; vetoed by the Governor, 581 ; his objec- 

 tions, 582 ; rapid- transit charters, 582 ; veto 

 of the bill for the payment of claims against 

 New York City created in 1871, 583 ; passage 

 of an act for the protection of tax-payers 

 against frauds, 583 ; opinion of the judges of 

 the Court of 'Appeals on the legal bearing of 

 the act, 583; creation of a canal debt, 583; 

 amendment of the constitution relative to the 

 Court of Appeals, 583 ; appointment of a com- 

 mission for proposing amendments to the con- 

 stitution, 584 ; investigation of charges against 

 the insurance commissioner, 584 ; impeach- 

 ment of Judge Barnard, 584 ; charges against 

 Judge McCunn, 584 ; the withdrawal by Judge 

 McCunn's counsel, 584; their reasons for so 

 doing, 584; removal and death of Judge 

 McCunn, 585 ; proceedings against Judge 

 Prindle, 585 ; impeachment and acquittal of 

 Judge Curtis, 585 ; convention of colored 

 Republicans, 585; resolutions, 585; Demo- 

 cratic Convention for choosing delegates to 

 the National Convention, 585; resolutions, 

 585 ; appointment of Republican delegates to 

 National Convention, 585 ; convention of sol- 

 diers and sailors, 585, 586; Republican Con- 

 vention for nominating State officers, 586 ; 

 platform, 586; ticket, 586; conventions of 

 Democrats and Liberal Republicans, 586; 

 ticket and platform, 586, 587; results of the 

 election, 587; state of proceeding against the 

 alleged corrupt officials of New York City, 

 588 ; appeal of the Committee of Seventy for 

 reform in municipal affairs, 588; strike of 

 laborers in New York City, 589 ; trouble in 

 the public schools of Long Island City, 589 ; 



