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eral, including care of insane, 1.26; school, 0.81; 

 canal maintenance, 0.18; canal, payment of debt, 

 0.13; canal, new work, 0.04; canal, extraordinary 

 expenses, 0.07 ; total tax levy, 2.49 mills. This 

 tax is on an estimated valuation of $5,070,396,824, 

 and will realize the following sums: General pur- 

 poses, including care of the insane, $6,396,260; 

 for free schools, $4,111,881; maintenance and ordi- 

 nary repairs of the canals, $913,751 ; new work 

 on the canals, $203,055; canal debt, $059,931; ex- 

 traordinary canal expenses, $355,347 ; total, $12,- 

 640,228. The revenues from indirect sources for 

 the year are estimated at $14,600,312. 



Valuation. According to a report issued by 

 the Comptroller, showing the assessed valuation 

 of real and personal property in the counties of 

 the State, as returned to his office by boards of 

 supervisors for 1899, the total valuation of real 

 and personal property was $5,562,204,198, as com- 

 pared with $5,186,635,964 in 1898, an increase of 

 $375,568,234. The total value of real property 

 was $4,813,779,260, as compared with $4,419,918,- 

 435 in 1898, an increase of $393,860,825. The 

 total personal property was $748,424,938, as com- 

 pared with $766,617,529 in 1898, a decrease of 

 $18,192,591. The total valuation of real estate 

 in New York County was $2,178,605,905, an in- 

 crease of $322,137.982. The personal property was 

 $490,482,930, a decrease of $18,539,519. In Kings 

 County the value of the real estate was $669,- 

 822,267, an increase of $99,714,525, and of per- 

 sonal property $45,270,713, an increase of $11,581,- 

 992. In Nassau County the real estate was $21,- 

 176,703, an increase of $1,356,041, and the per- 

 sonal property $1,536,260, a decrease of $44,620. 

 In Richmond County the real estate was $40,- 

 264,692, an increase of $15,893,141, and the per- 

 sonal property $3,838,890, an increase of $2,210,- 

 181. The other larger counties of the State show 

 the following: Queens, valuation of real estate, 

 $103,752,600, an increase of $21,162,057; valuation 

 of personal property, $6,314,032, an increase of 

 $4,306,232. Albany, valuation of real, $91,066,- 

 799, a decrease of $46,068: personal, $9,562,940, a 

 decrease of $295,880. Rensselaer, valuation of 

 real, $71,302,808, a decrease of $45,899; personal, 

 $7,551,432, a decrease of $405,499. Monroe, valu- 

 ation of real estate, $137,058,462, an increase of 

 $355,977; personal, $10,217,432, a decrease of $3,- 

 030,068. Onondaga, valuation of real, $103,248,- 

 842, an increase of $1,002,462; personal, $15,124,- 

 626, an increase of $1,239,609. Oneida, valuation 

 of real estate, $56,815,559, a decrease of $5,169,- 

 032; personal, $13,163,598, a decrease of $92,739. 



Legislative Session. The one hundred and 

 twenty-third session of the Legislature began on 

 Jan. 4, 1899, and continued until April 28. As 

 elected, the Senate consisted of 27 Republicans 

 and 23 Democrats, and the Assembly of 87 Re- 

 publicans and 63 Democrats. 



Timothy E. Ellsworth was continued as Presi- 

 dent pro tern, of the Senate, and Samuel F. Nixon 

 was chosen as Speaker of the Assembly. The 

 Legislature passed 900 bills, of which 471 were 

 approved by the Governor. 



Among the more important measures enacted 

 were the following, which were approved by the 

 Governor : 



Changing the title of the office of Capitol com- 

 missioner to State architect. 



Providing that the highest rank on the Gov- 

 ernor's staff shall be colonel. 



Amending the insurance law by providing that 

 the provisions of that act pertaining to the mak- 

 ing of special deposits by domestic life insurance 

 companies with the State Superintendent of In- 

 surance and the registration of insurance com- 



panies and annuity bonds of such corporations by 

 the State Insurance Department shall apply to 

 life insurance corporations organized on the stipu- 

 lated premium plan. 



Amending the insurance law by providing that 

 companies operating on the stipulated premium 

 plan shall maintain upon all their outstanding 

 policies or certificates a reserve fund of not less 

 than one annual net premium for a one-year term 

 insurance computed upon the actuaries' table of 

 mortality, with interest at 4 per cent, per annum, 

 at the last age attained prior to the date of the 

 valuation. 



Permitting casualty insurance companies to en- 

 gage in the business of insuring mercantile credits. 



Providing for the appointment of an additional 

 State race-track inspector to superintend the col- 

 lection of the racing fees required by law from 

 the trotting clubs that conduct race meets in the 

 eastern district of the State. 



Authorizing the levy of a State tax of 0.07 of 

 a mill for extraordinary repairs to the canals, 

 and authorizing the Comptroller, in anticipation 

 of that tax, to borrow $350,000. 



Extending the period from two weeks to one 

 month for the service of notices of tax collectors. 



Amending the act taxing the transfers of prop- 

 erty by providing that an appraisal of such prop- 

 erty shall be made at its market value at the 

 time of the transfer. 



Providing that a certificate of a United States 

 census officer as to the population of any political 

 division of the United States shall be received as 

 prima facie evidence in the courts of this State. 



Prohibiting justices of the peace from holding 

 court in a room where liquor is sold or in an 

 adjoining apartment. The present law prohibits 

 holding such courts in a building where liquor is 

 sold. 



Amending the State factory law providing for 

 50 deputy factory inspectors, of whom 10 shall 

 be women, and for the better protection of em- 

 ployees in buildings used for manufacturing. 



Providing that the filing of a certificate of con- 

 solidation of two companies with the Secretary 

 of State shall be prima facie evidence in certain 

 actions. 



Exempting from jury duty licensed engineers 

 of steam boilers. 



Authorizing the Governor to remove county 

 treasurers on charges, after due hearing has been 

 given to the accused. 



Amending the civil code relative to the dis- 

 charge of a judgment against a bankrupt dis- 

 charged from his debts. 



Amending the penal code making it a misde- 

 meanor for any person to sell air or spring guns 

 to any person under twelve years of age. 



Amending the code of civil procedure to allow 

 corespondents in divorce suits to appear and de- 

 fend themselves. 



Providing that all moneys and jurors' fees for- 

 feited shall be transferred and 'applied to the 

 fund of the city or county from which they were 

 taken on or before March 1. 



Providing that justices of the peace shall keep 

 docket books. 



Amending the transportation corporation law 

 to allow any company organized for the purpose 

 of using electricity in cities, except in cities of 

 the first class, to acquire its additional power 

 of supplying steam to consumers from a central 

 station or stations through pipes laid in the pub- 

 lic streets of the cities, towns, and villages within 

 this State. 



Providing that no person shall be eligible to 

 the office of justice of the municipal court after 



