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ing proper certificates, and preside until an or- 

 ganization is effected. The Legislature met on 

 Dec. 29, and Territorial Secretary Thomas recog- 

 nized only the certificates signed by his own 

 appointees. He therefore swore in the Repub- 

 lican candidates from Santa Fe County, and 

 they alone took part in the organization. 



Meanwhile, in the Taos County case, similar 

 proceedings had taken place. Two of the three 

 county commissioners refused to obey fully Jus- 

 tice Seeds's order of Nov. 18 to canvass every 

 precinct, and about Dec. 15 they were arrested 

 and brought before the court at Santa Fe. The 

 United States marshal having them in custody 

 was directed to imprison them if they did not 

 obey the court. After some delay, the marshal 

 returned with them to Taos County to complete 

 the canvass. This they failed to do, and the 

 marshal applied to the sheriff to receive them 

 into the county jail, according to the order of 

 the court. The sheriff refused, and thereupon 

 three justices of the peace, acting under the 

 alleged Territorial statute, issued a writ of ha- 

 beas corpus, which the sheriff attempted to serve 

 upon the United States marshal, the object 

 being to secure the liberation of the commission- 

 ers from the marshal's custody. The marshal 

 refused to recognize this order, whereupon the 

 three justices issued an order for the arrest of 

 the marshal, and the sheriff arrested him. He 

 t was afterward liberated, but two of the com- 

 missioners escaped and could not be found by the 

 officers. Thereupon Secretary Thomas issued an 

 order vacating their offices and appointing two 

 new commissioners, who were directed to com- 

 plete the canvass in company with the third. 

 This was done, and certificates were issued to 

 the Republican candidates. The Democratic 

 candidates also received certificates from the 

 absconding commissioners. On hearing the 

 story of the United States marshal, Justice 

 Seeds issued an order for the arrest of the Taos 

 County sheriff and the three justices of the 

 peace, as well as the absconding commissioners. 

 Another marshal was sent to Taos County, and 

 the sheriff and justices of the peace were ar- 

 rested and brought to Santa Fe late in Decem- 

 ber. Secretary Thomas admitted the Republican 

 candidates from Taos to seats in each House in 

 the same manner as in the Santa Fe cases. 



NEW YORK, a Middle State, one of the origi- 

 nal thirteen, ratified the Constitution July 26, 

 1788; area, 49,170 square miles. The popula- 

 tion, according to each decennial census, was 340,- 

 120 in 1790 ; 589,051 in 1800 ; 959,049 in 1810 ; 

 1,372,111 in 1820; 1,918,608 in 1830 : 2.428,921 in 

 1840 ; 3,097,394 in 1850 ; 3,880,735 in 1860 ; 4,382,- 

 759 in 1870 ; 5,082,871 in 1880 ; and 5,997,853 in 

 1890. Capital, Albany. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, David B. 

 Hill, Democrat ; Lieutenant-Governor, Edward 

 F. Jones ; Secretary of State, Frank Rice ; Comp- 

 troller, Edward Wemple ; Treasurer, Elliot Dan- 

 forth; Attorney - General, Charles F. Tabor; 

 State Engineer and Surveyor, John Bogart ; Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction, Andrew S. 

 Draper; Superintendent of Prisons, Austin La- 

 throp ; Superintendent of Insurance Department, 

 Robert A. Maxwell; Superintendent of Bank 

 Department, Charles W. Preston ; Superintend- 



ent of Public Works, Edward Hannen ; Commis- 

 sioner of Statistics of Labor, Charles F. Peck ; 

 Railroad Commissioners, William E. Rogers, J.' 

 V. Baker, Jr., Michael Rickard ; Chief Judge of 

 the Court of Appeals, William C. Ruger ; Asso- 

 ciate Judges, Robert Earl, Francis M. Finch 

 Charles Andrews, Rufus W. Peckham, John C. 

 Gray, and Denis O'Brien. 



Population. The following table shows the 

 population of the State by counties, as deter- 

 mined by the national census of this year, com- 

 pared with the population for 1880 : 



* Decrease. 



Finances. The State debt has been reduced 

 during the year by the payment of $100,000 of 

 Niagara reservation bonds, and $1,710,550 of the 

 canal debt. On Sept. 30, 1890, its amount was 

 $4,964,304.87, classified as follows : General fund 

 (Indian annuities), 122.694.87 ; canal debt, 4,341.- 

 610 ; Niagara reservation bonds, $500,000 ; total 



