Q. What are some of the duties of the Superintendent of Public
Works?
A. He has charge of the Public Works, of the construction of new canals, the certificate of the proper local authorities, and he visits and inquires into the condition and management of these institutions; is chairman of the committee of the State Normal Schools, and apportions among the counties the number of pupils which each is entitled; has charge of the Indian, schools; he is, ex-officio, a Regent of the University; compiles the commissioners' abstracts of school districts in the State setting forth their condition and the account of receipts and expenses for each year, and makes an annual report to the Legislature. Q. Of what officers is the Canal Board composed?
A. The Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller,
Treasurer, Attorney General, State Engineer and Surveyor, and
Canal Superintendent.
SALARIES.
Governor $10,000
Lieutenant Governor 5,000
Secretary of State 5,000
Comptroller 6,000
Treasurer 5,000
State Engineer and Surveyor 5,000
Superintendent of Banking 5,000
Superintendent of Insurance 7,000
Canal Auditor 5,000
Superintendent of Prisons 6,000
Superintendent of Public Works 6,000
Canal Appraisers 5,000
Superintendent of Public Instruc'n, 5,000
Q. Who are the State Canvassers?
A. Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General and State Engineer and Surveyor.
Q. Who are the Regents at the present time, January 1, 1881, and when elected?
The Governor, ex-officio.
The Lieutenant-Governor, ex-offixo.
The Secretary of State, ex-officio.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex officio.
1856. George W. Clinton ……. Buffalo. 1858. Lorenzo Burrows ……… Albion. 1859. Robert S. Hale ….. Elizabethtown. 1861. Elias W. Leavenworth …. Syracuse. 1861. J. Carson Brevoort …… Brooklyn. 1864. Geo. Wm. Curtis, W. New Brighton. 1870. Francis Kernan ………. Utica. 1871. John L. Lewis ……….. Penn Yan. 1872. Henry R. Pierson …….. Albany. 1873. Martin I. Townsend ………. Troy. 1874. Anson J. Upson ……….. Auburn. 1876. Wm. L. Bostwick ……… Ithaca. 1877. Orris H. Warren ……. Syracuse. 1877. Chauncey M. Depew …… New York. 1877. Charles E. Fitch ……. Rochester. 1878. Whitelaw Reid …….. New York. 1878. Leslie W. Russell ……. Canton. 1881. Wm. H. Watson …………. Utica. 1881. Henry E. Turner ……… Lowville.