State of New York budget and banking reform message
Governor Hughes outlines 1907 fiscal results, canal and highway bonds, school building funds, and tax shifts. He calls for strengthened bank, trust, and insurance regulation, rapid transit expansion, simplified ballots, and constitutional amendment reform. He urges estate land use, forestry, health, labor, immigration study, and a comprehensive public services plan.
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State of New York
Executive Chamber
Albany
Treasury
Adirondack Park
Danais
Boursady
Catskill Preserve
Pths
Quarantine authority and island custody debated in state report
A state commission criticizes the dual control of New York Port quarantine operations. The health officer handles supervision and vessel inspections, while three quarantine commissioners manage islands Hoffman and Swinburne and island repairs. The report urges abolishing the commissioners, consolidating duties under the health officer, and reallocating island custody and funding. It also proposes trimming the port wardens to five and notes militia reorganizations and justice salaries under review.
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Port of
New York
Hoffman and
Swinburne Islands
Hell Gate
Board of Port Wardens
Board of Commissioners of Pilots
Sandy Hook
Site selection for New York State Training School for Boys and eastern asylum
Commissions formed under recent acts will propose sites for the New York State Training School for Boys on Randall's Island and an eastern custodial asylum for epileptic and feeble minded residents. Reports to the Legislature are expected soon, urging prompt appropriations for site purchase and improvements. The charitable institutions lack uniform laws governing managers, terms, qualifications, removal, and authority over subordinate officers and staff. Some institutions also must report to the Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Justices Pay and Hudson Champlain Celebrations
Charles E. Hughes outlines compensation for trial justices and Appellate Division justices, urging fixed pay and ending allowances in lieu of expenses. He proposes a constitutional amendment and discusses Champlain and Hudson Hulton celebrations, inviting Canada and France participation, while calling for careful planning, appropriations, and broader state needs across departments.
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Albany
Monroe County
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Champlain and
Hudson-Hulton
Governor Hughes Pushes Abolition of Race Track Betting
Governor Hughes urges abolition of race track betting in his message, challenging lawmakers to act this session. Turf interests claim racing will continue irrespective of betting, with supporters of the sport and rural agricultural groups amid tax shifts. State Racing Commission figures show rising taxes and large premiums, underscoring racing's economic scale and the Jockey Club's breeding efforts.
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Hughes
James R. Keene
State Racing Commission
James W. Wadsworth
John Sanford
H. K. Knapp
Westchester Racing
Coney Island Jockey Club
Nde Sidwads Sae
Brookisn Jockeylub
Ocsewceee
Stac Brizhtorn Seach Racing Association
Saratoga Racing Association
Queens County
Butalo Recitx Association
United Honts Racing Association
Empire
Ots Tretting Association
Buffalo Association
Racing Commission
Jockey Club
Whipple Fears for State Forests
Albany reports Commissioner Janes S Whipple of the State Forest Fish and Game Department warns the forest lands may be exhausted within twenty two or twenty three years if current cutting rates persist. He urges urgent action and supports a bill to secure returns from property used by individuals in oyster culture.
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Court of Appeals
Cullen
People
Stedeker
N. Y
Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner
Department
Forest, Fish and Game
Albany
Janes S Whipple
State Forest, Fish and Game Department
Jamestown Exposition Exhibit to Remain Intact Fifteen Days
Federal court receiver L W M Geddes says Washington ordered the government exhibit kept intact for fifteen days to aid the Jamestown reopening committee. The committee will be asked for its plans this week. Government maintenance costs about 5000 dollars monthly.
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the Tribune
Norfolk
W. M. Geddes
Washington
Congress
Geddes
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Governor Hughes
Camal Board
A. Barton Hepburn
Edwin S. Moreton
Edward W. Sheldon
Algernon S. Frissell
Stephen Baker
Insurance
Public Service Commissions Law
Public Service Commissions
New York City
City of
Public Service Commission
1St District
Charter Revision Commission
State Board of Charities
Ward's Island
Manhattan State Hospital
Parole Board
Sing Sing
Hudson River
Board of Parole
Agriculture
Cornell University
Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva
Ithaca
Alfred University
LABOR
Labor Department
Boards of Health
State Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statists
Forest Preserves and
Land Purchasing Board
Adirondacks
Catskills
Water Powers
Water Supply Commission
Amenae
Commissioner of Health
National Guard
War Department
Westchester
Putnam
Dutchess
Orange
Rockland
Lake Camplain
Vermont
Dominion of Canada
Republic of France
Fulton
Charles E. Hughes
Whipple
Jamestown
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