Message of the Governor

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State of New York., 1903

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Página 15 - The more modern methods of treatment of insanity, the consequent increase in requirements have brought us to an anomalous condition. Notwithstanding the additional space in hospitals, we apparently have not added to the dormitory capacity of our institutions. This to the uninformed seems like overcrowding and unwise economies. During the past three years appropriations amounting to $3,170,000 have been made to meet these growing demands. In 1898 the capacity was rated at 20,656 and in 1901 it was...
Página 18 - I would recommend the adoption of a concurrent resolution providing for the reimposition of limited tolls, which would perhaps produce revenue enough to provide for the maintenance of the canal, believing that the lowering of the freight rates would be so great that a tollage could be easily met without interfering with the results which it is hoped to accomplish under this plan.
Página 24 - At the last session of the Legislature a commission was authorized and empowered to select a new site for the State Industrial School at Rochester, where farming could be engaged in and the inmates given a more wholesome life than is possible under the present arrangement.
Página 28 - ... which cherishes a reputation for integrity and fair dealing. . . " 12 Ja 04, p.9-10 c NY Odell. " It is suggested that the insurance law be so amended as to provide that cooperative insurance companies' certificates be filed in the Insurance Department, instead of in the secretary of state's office ... It is also recommended that certificates of corporations, incorporated under the insurance law, shall, be filed with the Insurance Department alone. . . " 6 Ja 04, p.30 d O. Nash, amendments to...
Página 34 - Other commonwealths have contributed largely in support of agricultural education, and it is important that we should also make adequate provision for this necessary instruction. There have been many applications from the agricultural interests for such recognition. Without making any specific recommendations as to the line which you should follow, I do desire to impress upon you the necessity for complying with these demands, which I believe to be reasonable and in the interest of New...
Página 11 - Its operations had for their object the substitution for so-called worthless timber valuable growths, but this has resulted in the practical destruction of all trees upon the lands where the experiment was in progress. No compensating benefits seem possible to the present generation. The preservation of the forests is primarily for the protection of the water supply, and this is not possible through the denudation of the lands. Therefore this school failed of its object, as understood by its founders,...
Página 25 - York a magnificent system of highways. Some changes are necessary in the good roads laws in order to protect and repair these roadways. These necessities can be met by amendment of the existing statute. While it is not contemplated that the repairs to these roads shall be the State's duty, except in so far as provided under the so-called Plank Law, yet there should be supervision by the State in order to insure the maintenance of these improved roads. With this end in view...
Página 23 - Ja 04, p.l6 2138 Boycotts. Interference a NY Odell. "... Stringent laws which will protect the employer against blackmailing designs are as important as the protection of the workingman in his rights. I believe the time has come when every sensible man recognizes the propriety of legislation which will accomplish these results.
Página 30 - ... Inasmuch as typhoid fever is very frequently caused by polluted supplies of potable water, it is now classed as a preventable disease. The general acceptance of this view resulted in the passage of chapter 468 of the laws of 1903, entitled 'An act to amend the public health law relative to the discharge of sewage and other waste matter into the waters of the state.
Página 15 - In his message to the Legislature on January 7, 1903, Governor Odell said: "I have endeavored to give this subject the consideration which its importance demands and have heretofore expressed myself and now reaffirm my belief in the thousand-ton barge plan. I cannot urge too strongly upon the Legislature the necessity for immediate attention to this important problem...

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