State of New York Budget Highlights From Governor Hughes
Governor Hughes presents a comprehensive financial and policy message outlining 1907 receipts and gains, canal and highway funding, tax structure, and recommended reforms. He calls for stronger bank and trust safeguards, highway expansion, public utilities regulation, tax simplification, and a planned rapid transit build, plus governance and education enhancements.
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Albany
Jean
Hughes
State of New York
Executive Chamber
Treasury
New York State Considers Sites for Custodial Institutions
Commissions named by last session will pick sites for a New York State Training School for Boys on Randall's Island and an eastern custodial asylum for epileptic and feeble minded persons. Reports soon go to the Legislature. prompt appropriations for site purchase and improvements urged. The system lacks uniform laws on managers and superintendents, with varied provisions on appointments, qualifications, and removals. Some institutions must report to the Legislature.
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City of
New York
Public Service Commission
1St District
Charter Revision Commission
State Board of Charities
Ward's Island
Manhattan State Hospital
New York City
Parole Board
Sing Sing
Hudson River
Board of Parole
Racing Will Go On Despite Abolition Betting Push
Governor Hughes urges abolition of racetrack betting amid legislative debate. Turf leaders and poolroom interests split on impact, saying betting will continue regardless. State tax shifts to agricultural societies, with racing commissions detailing tax sums and vast funds invested in thoroughbreds and breeding programs.
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Hughes
State Racing Commission
James W. Wadsworth
John Sanford
H. K. Knapp
Westchester Racing Association
Coney Island
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Brightor Leach Racing Association
Saratoza Racing Association
Queens County Jockey Cub
TIS
Metropolitan Jockey Club
Butaio Racing Association
United Half Assoc Empire
Tty
Buffaco Assoc
Jockey Club
Whipple Fears For State Forests
Albany January 1 Commissioner James S Whipple of the State Forest Fish and Game Department reports to the Legislature that timber harvests threaten the state lands He warns that in about twenty two or twenty three years there will be no timber left if current cutting continues He urges action and backs a bill to obtain compensation for the use of state property by oyster culture interests.
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A. Barton Hepburn
Edwin S. Moreton
Edward W. Sheldon
Algernon S. Frissell
Stephen Baker
Court of Appeals
Cullen
People
Stedeker
N. Y
Forest, Fish and Game
Port of
New York
Hoffman and
Swinburne Islands
National Guard
Naval Militia
War Department
Congress
Lake Champlain
Hudson River
Vermont
Dominion of Canada
Republic of France
Fulton
Charles E. Hughes
Albany
James S. Whipple
State
Fish and Game Department
Jamestown Exposition Exhibit To Stay On Site
W M Geddes federal court receiver says Washington ordered the government exhibit kept intact for fifteen days. The reopening committee will seek time to present a plan to Congress. Government costs run between 3000 and 4000 dollars monthly to maintain the exhibit.
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Arrivane
Norfolk
W. M. Geddes
Jamestown
Washington
Geddes
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Ack Park
Padirendack
Sewe
TSE
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Anal Board
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Cornell University
Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva
Ithaca
Alfred University
LABOR
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Boards of Health
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Forest Preserves and
Land Purchasing Board
Adirondacks
Catskills
Aimicult
Water Powers
Water Supply Commission
Commissioner of Health
Hell Gate
Board of Port Wardens
Board of Commissioners of Pilots
Sandy Hook
Supreme Court
Westchester
Putnam
Dutchess
Ee Rockland
Monroe County
Appellate Division
Champlain and
Hudson-Hulton
Whipple
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