SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. [For the term of three years, commencing January 1, 1876.] 1212 Wesley Mason... B. B. Snow (Sec. B'd Ed'n).. Chautauqua...1 Thomas J. Pratt. Chemung ..... 2 Lucius M. Robertson Robert P. Bush.. M. M. Merrell (City Supt.). Cyrus Macy (City Supt.). George W. Miller.. Andrew Y. Freeman. 2 David G. Barber.. Clinton... John B. Riley. 2 Charles W. Clark Columbia.. Richard M. Whitbeck. 2 Isaac Van Valkenburgh Cortland .1 2 Jerome J. Woodruff James H. McIntosh.. Dutchess.. .1 George W. Draper.. 2 Martin W. Collins.. Alexander C Montgomery. Edward Burgess (City Supt.). 2 George W. Holmes... Mark Whiting.. Christ'r G Fox (City Supt.) John T. Heald. Luther B. Newell Sylvester S. Willard Essex........ 1 2 Franklin......1 2 David D. D. Dewey. Fulton.... James H. Foote.. Genesee. Charles V. Hooper.. Greene.. Hamilton 2 Hiram M. Bouton Daniel Cochran. Clarence E. Bloodgood. Richburg. Binghamton. Mayville. Prattsville. Wells. *Elected Nov., 1876, vice Kerr, resigned. Post-office. Newport. Carthage. East New York. Springwater. Tonawanda. Suspension Br'ge. Lockport. Utica. Deansville. Rome. Trenton. Onondaga A. McMillan (City Supt.) Robert Van Keuren. Richard W. McKinley. James W. Hooper.... Edward Smith (City Supt.).. George V. Chapin.. 2 Lucius L. Pierpont.. Charles W. Gedney. Oliver N. Goldsmith 2 123 12 12 R.V.K.Montfort (City Supt.) Edward Posson Robert Simpson, Jr. Fowler H. Berry John W. Ladd. V. C. Douglass (City Supt.).. Otsego Putnam.. Queens Rensselaer....1 Albert G. Tuthill.. Edward E. Beals Thomas H. Reed Brewster's Stat'n Andrew J. Provost Whitestone. Isaac G. Fosdick Jamaica. Amos H. Allen.. Alanson Palmer (City Supt.) Long Island City. David Beattie (City Supt.).. Richmond. James Brownlee Port Richmond. Rockland Spencer Wood... Clarkstown. St. Lawrence .1 Erwin S. Barnes.. 2 Albert L. Cole.. Gouverneur. Hermon. 3 Lucius L. Goodale Potsdam. N. W. Howard (City Supt.)..] Ogdensburg. UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Instituted by the Legislature in 1784; Reorganized in 1787. The University of the State of New York consists of twenty-three Colleges of Literature and Science, thirteen Medical Colleges, and about two hundred and forty Academical Institutions in various parts of the State, all reporting to and subject to the visitation of the Regents of the University. This body consists of nineteen persons, together with the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction, as ex officio members. These nineteen members are chosen by the Legislature in the same manner as Senators in Congress, and may be removed by a concurrent resolution of the Senate and Assembly. Vacancies may occur by resignation, removal from the State, neglect to attend at least one meeting of the Board in a year, without excuse, or acceptance of some office inconsistent with its tenure. They receive no salaries. They are required to visit and inspect the Academies of the State, prescribe rules for their returns and reports, apportion the moneys annually distributed among them, and report to the Legislature an abstract of the returns of Colleges and Academies, with such other information and recommendations as they may deem proper. By an act passed May 4, 1844, they were made Trustees, ex officio, of the State Library, and by that of May 10, 1845, they are made Trustees, ex officio, of the State Cabinet (now Museum) of Natural History. In conjunction with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, they appoint the Executive Committee of the State Normal School at Albany. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is, by virtue of his office, chairman of the committee. They may annually confer the degree of M. D. upon four persons recommended by the State Medical Society, and may confer any degree above that of A. M., at their discretion. This power is occasionally exercised. They have established uniform rules for Academies desiring incorporation and a participation in the income of |