LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

VOLUME II.

PASSED AT THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, BEGUN THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY, 1907, AND ENDING THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF JUNE, 1907, AT THE CITY OF ALBANY, AND INCLUDING EXTRAORDINARY SESSION, BEGUN JULY. EIGHTH, 1907, AND ENDING JULY TWENTY-SIXTH, 1907.

Chap. 576.

AN ACT to provide for the construction of a stone or concrete retaining wall on the northerly side of Oneida creek in the village of Oneida Castle, and making an appropriation therefor.

Became a law, July 12, 1907, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a two-thirds vote.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The superintendent of public works is hereby authorized to construct, or cause to be constructed, a wall or dyke on the northerly side of Oneida creek in the village of Oneida Castle, for the purpose of protecting the embankment and roadway along said creek.

§ 2. The sum of four thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction of such wall or dyke payable by the treasurer upon the warrant of the comptroller to be issued upon the requisition of the superintendent of public works. No part of such appropriation shall be available, except for necessary advertising and engineering work, until after the superintendent of public works shall have entered into a contract with some responsible party or parties for the performance of such work within the amount of this appropriation and such contract filed in the office of the comptroller; unless the superintendent of public works shall decide that such work can be more economically done by state employees under his supervision.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 577.

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of government. Became a law, July 12, 1907, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The several amounts named in this act are hereby appropriated and authorized to be paid from the several funda indicated, to the respective public officers, and for the several purposes specified, for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of October, in the year nineteen hundred seven, namely:

FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

For the salaries:

of the governor, ten thousand dollars ($10,000);

lieutenant-governor, five thousand dollars ($5,000); secretary to the governor, four thousand dollars ($4,000);

counsel to the governor, five thousand dollars ($5,000): and for his actual and necessary traveling expenses in the performance of his official duties, five hundred dollars ($500), or so much thereof as may be necessary..

military secretary, two thousand dollars ($2,000); keeper and recorder of legislative bills, to which position the military secretary may be assigned, fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500);

pardon clerk, three thousand dollars ($3,000);

executive stenographer, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500);

of the employees according to grade:

seventh grade, one employee thirteen hundred dollars ($1,300); sixth grade, three employees eleven hundred dollars each,

($3,300);

and for temporary and other servicos, one thousand dollars ($1,000), or so much thereof as may be neces

sary.

For furniture, books, binding, blanks, printing, messages and other necessary incidental office expenses, three thousand dollars ($3,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For postage and transportation of letters, official documents, and other matter sent by express or freight, including boxes or covering for same, five hundred dollars ($500), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For incidental expenses of the executive mansion, rent of stable and equipage three thousand dollars ($3,000) to be paid by the comptroller on the certificate of the governor.

For the salaries:

NOTARIAL BUreau.

of the appointment clerk, twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500), of the employees according to grade:

ninth grade, engrossing clerk, two thousand dollars ($2,000);

seventh grade, two employees, fifteen hundred dollars each ($3,000);

and for temporary and other services and expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or so much thereof as may be

of the judges of the court of appeals, seventy thousand five hundred dollars ($70,500); for their necessary expenses, as provided by chapter seven hundred eighteen, laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, fourteen thousand dollars ($14,000); for their additional expense allowance as provided by chapter six hundred six, laws of eighteen hundred ninety-eight, eleven thousand nine. hundred dollars ($11,900).

of the justices of the supreme court serving as associate judges of the court of appeals, thirty thousand dollars ($30,000); for their necessary expenses, as provided by chapter seven hundred eighteen, laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, six thousand dollars ($6,000); for their additional expense allowance as provided by chapter six hundred six, laws of eighteen hundred ninety-eight, five thousand one hundred dollars ($5,100);

of clerks of judges of the court of appeals, appointed pursuant to section two hundred two of the code of civil procedure, and for