He presides over the senate, is commissioner of the canal fund and land office, member of the canal board, trustee of the idiot asylum, regent of the university, trustee of the capitol and new state hall, and acts as governor in case of a vacancy occurring in that office.

What is his compensation?
Six dollars per day.

What are the general duties of the secretary of state?

He shall have custody of all books, deeds, records, and papers that belong to his office; provide books for recording, and record in them all matters belonging to the functions of his office; attend legislature for the purpose of receiving bills that become laws; transmit to various officers copies of the session laws; cause the session laws to be bound; and administer the constitutional oath to the members of assembly.

What other positions does he hold by virtue of his office?

He is regent of the university, commissioner of the land office and canal fund, member of the canal board and board of state canvass

ers, trustee of the capitol, new state hall, and of the idiot asylum.

What is his salary?

Two thousand five hundred dollars per year.

May he employ clerks?

He may.

By whom are they paid?

By the state, to the amount of four thousand two hundred dollars per year.

What are the general duties of the comptroller? To require persons receiving public money to account to him, give directions concerning the transmission to him of public money, pay the of such transmission, cause perexpense sons presenting accounts to make oath to them, keep an account between the state and treasurer; he is auditor of public accounts, except those payable from the canal and bank funds.

What other positions does he hold by virtue of his office?

Commissioner of the land office and canal funds, member of the canal board, trustee of

the capitol, idiot asylum, and the new state hall.

What is his salary?

Two thousand five hundred dollars per

year.

What assistance is he allowed?

A deputy, an accountant, and eleven clerks.

What are the general duties of the state treasurer? He receives the state moneys, pays drafts on the warrants of the comptroller; he is auditor of the canal department, superintend ent of the bank department, and the superintendent of public instruction.

What positions does he hold by virtue of his office? Commissioner of the land office and canal fund, member of the canal board, and board of state canvassers.

What is his salary?

One thousand five hundred dollars per year.

What assistance is he allowed?

A deputy, book-keeper, and clerk.

To what amount must he execute a bond?

In the sum of fifty thousand dollars.

How often, and to whom must he report?
Annually, to the legislature.

What are the general duties of the attorney-general?

any

To defend and prosecute all suits in which the state is interested; receive all costs in actions which shall have been adjudged to the state; prepare drafts for the comptroller and surveyor-general; attend the sessions. of the legislature; attend courts of oyer and terminer, when directed to by the governor, or judge of the supreme court; keep a register of suits; and he may employ additional counsel if necessary.

What positions does he occupy by virtue of his office?

Commissioner of the land office and canal fund, member of the canal board and of the state canvassers, and trustee of the capitol and new state hall.

What is his salary?

Two thousand dollars per year.

What are the general duties of the state engineer and surveyor?

To superintend surveys and sales of state lands; keep in his office a map of the state; order a resurvey of town lines where they are lost; resurvey where there is a dispute, and settle the dispute; see that the determination be filed in the office of the secretary of state; and account to the comptroller for all moneys received by him.

What position does he hold by virtue of his office? Trustee of state hall, commissioner of the land office, member of the canal board, and board of state canvassers.

What is his salary?

Two thousand five hundred dollars.

Must he be a practical engineer?

He must.

How much is he allowed for clerk hire?

Any sum not exceeding fifteen hundred

dollars.

How many canal commissioners in the state?
Three.