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within the State at the time of such representation, 

 or who has in his or her possession a credential, 

 certificate, or letter of introduction bearing a fraud- 

 ulent seal, or bearing the seal of a labor organiza- 

 tion which has ceased to exist, and does not exist 

 at the time of such representation, and attempts to 

 gain admission, by the use of said credential, certifi- 

 cate, or letter of introduction, as a member of any 

 convention, or meeting of representatives of labor 

 organizations of the State, shall be guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor. 



Providing that any firm, person, corporation, or 

 association of persons, or any employee of such or 

 any of such, who in the newspapers or other period- 

 icals of this State, or in public advertisements, or 

 in communications intended for a large number of 

 persons, knowingly makes or disseminates any 

 statements or assertions of facts with respect to his, 

 its, or their business affairs concerning the quan- 

 tity, the quality, the value, the price, the method of 

 production or manufacture, or the fixing of the 

 price of his, its, or their merchandise or professional 

 work ; or the manner or source of purchase of such 

 merchandise ; or the possession of awards, prizes, 

 or distinctions ; or the motive or purpose of a sale, 

 intended to have the appearance of an advanta- 

 geous offer, which is or are untrue or calculated to 

 mislead, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Providing that no printing or photo-engraving 

 shall be done in any State Prison, Penitentiary, or 

 reformatory for the State or any political division 

 thereof, or for any public institution owned or 

 managed and controlled by the State or any such 

 political division, except such printing as may be 

 required for or used in the penal and State chari- 

 table institutions, and the reports of the State Com- 

 mission of Prisons and the Superintendent of Pris- 

 ons, and all printing required in their offices. 



Erecting the new County of Nassau out of the 

 three eastern towns of Queens County not included 

 in the borough of Queens. 



Authorizing Cornell University to establish 

 branch departments in any part of the State. 



Authorizing the establishment of a college of 

 forestry at Cornell University and appropriating 

 $10,000 therefor. The trustees of the university 

 are authorized to purchase, with the consent of the 

 State Forest Preserve Board, not more than 30,000 

 acres in the State park in the Adirondacks, for the 

 purpose of establishing the proposed college. 



Requiring school authorities to purchase a United 

 States flag and display it on every school building, 

 and directing the State Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction to prepare a salute to the flag for the 

 opening of each day. 



Changing the corporate name of the Trustees of 

 Scenic and Historic Places and Objects to the So- 

 ciety for the Preservation of Scenic and Historical 

 Places and Objects, and changing the number of 

 trustees. 



Appropriating $55,000 of money collected from 

 racing associations for distribution among agricul- 

 tural societies. 



Providing that if it is not practicable to change 

 a railroad crossing within a city from grade, or to 

 close and discontinue the same, the opening of an 

 additional crossing for the division of travel going 

 from the grade crossing is permitted. 



Authorizing the New York Central, Delaware 

 and Hudson, West Shore, and Boston and Albany 

 railroads to construct a union railway station in 

 Albany, to cost more than $1,000,000. 



Compelling all bicycles and similar vehicles to 

 have a lighted lamp in use in any public highway 

 or street between the hours from sunset to sunrise, 

 limiting the rate of speed to eight miles an hour, 

 and forbidding riding upon sidewalks or footpaths. 



Placing the limit on the size of bass at 10 inches 

 instead of 8, and restricting the number that one or 

 more persons may take in a day. 



Prohibiting the killing of deer for three years in 

 the counties of Ulster, Greene, Delaware, and Sul- 

 livan. 



Shortening the season for the killing of quail 

 fifteen days, and the possession after they are killed 

 to thirty days. 



Making it a misdemeanor to spray fruit trees, 

 while in blossom, with any poisonous substance. 



Providing that all carcasses of calves shall be 

 tagged with the age of calf when killed, owner's 

 name, etc. 



Making it a misdemeanor to place the words 

 " sterling silver " on an article containing less than 

 925 one thousandth parts of pure silver. 



Amending the penal code in relation to the man- 

 ufacture or sale of spurious silverware. 



The following laws pertaining to New York city 

 were signed by the Governor: 



Making Charter Day, May 4, a legal holiday in 

 the Greater New York. 



Authorizing New York city to appropriate $10,- 

 000 for the relief of indigent sailors and soldiers 

 and the families of those deceased. 



Authorizing the city of New York to devote 

 public-school houses to recreation and other public 

 uses. 



Providing that 5 per cent, of the excise moneys 

 collected in New Y 7 ork city shall be paid into the 

 Teachers' Retirement fund, and that the same shall 

 be apportioned by the Board of Education among 

 the several boroughs of the city of New York, as 

 now constituted, in proportion to the number of 

 teachers employed and the amount of salaries paid 

 to them. 



Authorizing Bellevue Hospital Medical College 

 to hold real and personal property to an amount 

 not exceeding $1,000,000, and providing that it 

 may mortgage, sell, and convey its property. 



Authorizing the Board of Estimate and Appor- 

 tionment to include annually, upon the requisition 

 of the Department of Parks, in addition to the sum 

 now provided, for the American Museum of Natural 

 History, a further sum not exceeding $30,000. 



Allowing the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory to take and hold by gift, devise, bequest, or 

 purchase any real or personal property. 



Compelling street surface railroads in Manhattan 

 operating cars by cable or electricity to assign 2 

 conductors to each car between 6 and 9 A. M. and 12 

 to 2 and 4 to 8 in the afternoon. Nine hours are 

 specified as a day's work. 



Prohibiting the use of nets in the territory re- 

 cently embraced in the Greater New York along 

 the Harlem river. 



A resolution was passed by the Legislature cen- 

 suring Senator Murphy for his vote in favor of the 

 free-silver resolution introduced by Senator Teller 

 in the United States Senate. 



Gov. Black convened an extra session of the Legis- 

 lature for July 11, at 8 o'clock in the evening, when 

 a message from him was presented, as follow : 



l> Unusual events have made it necessary to con- 

 vene the Legislature in extra session. There are 

 three subjects which demand attention, and 1 rec- 

 ommend them for legislative action : First, an ap- 

 propriation to meet the expense of providing New 

 York's share of troops required in the war with 

 Spain. Second, a plan to enable voters absent from 

 their homes in the military service to vote at the 

 coming elections. Third, a provision which will 

 better protect citizens who would vote according 

 to law, and more certainly prevent and punish those 

 who would vote otherwise.' 



The sessions were continued until July 16, during 



