Dist.

and Martin J. Kecgh..
Joseph Morschauser.

Isaac N. Mills..

Jamestown.. Rep

Lockport..

Rep... Dec. 31, 1920

31, 1920

Buffalo

Buffalo.
Belmont...

Rep..

Newburg. Rep...
N. Rochelle. Dem..
Po'keepsie.. Rep..
Mt. Vernon. Rep..

Arthur S. Tompkins.... Nyack...... Rep..

NEW-YORK STATE SENATE, 1907-'08.

LEWIS S. CHANLER, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Republicans, 31; Democrats, 19; Independent Republican, 1. Total, 51.

1-Carll S. Burr, fr. (R.), Commack, 2-Dennis J. Harte (D.), Astoria. 3-Thomas H. Cullen (D.), Brooklyn. 4-Otto G. Foelker (R.), Brooklyn. 5-James A. Thompson (D.), Brooklyn. 6-Eugene M. Travis (R.), Brooklyn. 7-Patrick H. McCarren (D.), Brooklyn. 8-Charles H. Fuller (D.), Brooklyn. 9-Conrad Hasenflug (D.), Brooklyn. 10-Alfred J. Gilchrist (R.), Brooklyn. 11-D. F. Mullaney (D.), New-York. 12-William Sohmer (D), New-York. 13-C. D. Sullivan (D.), New-York. 14-Thomas F. Grady (D.), New-York. 15-Thos. J. McManus (D.), New-York. 16-John T. McCall (D.), New-York. 17-George B. Agnew (R.), New-York. 18-Martin Saxe (R.), New-York. 19 Alfred R. Page (R.), New-York. 20-James J. Frawley (D.), New-York. 21-James Owens (D.), New-York, 22-John P. Cohalan (D.), New York. 23-Francis M. Carpenter (R.), Mt, Kisco. 24-J. C. R. Taylor (D.), Middletown. 25-Sanford W. Smith (R.), Chatham. 26-John N. Cordts (R.), Kingston.

Dist.

Dist.
Name.
Address.
27-Jotham P. Allds (R.), Norwich.
28-William J. Grattan (R.), Cohoes.
29-Frank M. Boyce (D.), East Shodack.
30-H. Wallace Knapp (R.), Plattsburg.
31-Wm. W. Wemple (R.), Schenectady.
32-James A. Emerson (R.), Warrensburg.
33-Seth G. Heacock (R.), Ilion.
34-Wm. T. O'Neil (R.), Waterville.
35-George H. Cobb (R.), Watertown.

36-Joseph Ackroyd (D.), New York Mills.
37-Francis H. Gates (Ind R.),

39-Harvey D. Hinman (R.), Binghamton. 40-Owen Cassidy (R.), Montour Falls. 41-Benj. M. Wilcox (R.), Auburn. 42-John Raines (R.), Canandaigua, 43-Wm. J. Tully (R.), Corning. 44 S. Percy Hooker (R.), Le Roy. 45-Thos. B. Dunn (R.), Rochester. 46-Wm. W. Armstrong (R.), Rochester. 47-S. P. Franchot (R.), Niagara Falls. 48-Henry Wayland Hill (R.), Buffalo. 49-Samuel J. Ramsperger (D.), Buffalo. 50-George A. Davis (R.), Buffalo. 51-Albert T. Fancher (R), Salamanca. ASSEMBLY OF 1908. Republican majority, 40.

NEW YORK STATE Republicans, 95; Democrats, 55.

1. Ellis J. Staley (R.). Albany.

2. William E. Nolan (R.).. Albany.

3. Robert B. Waters (R.)... Green Island.

Allegany.

Jesse S. Philipps (R.).... Andover.

Broome.

Harry C. Perkins (R.).. Binghamton.

Labor Department
Remodelled.

LEGISLATION OF 1907.

Chapter 505 amends the labor law and generally reorganizes the Department of Labor. The Commissioner of Labor is continued, at a salary of $5,000, to hold office for four years. He shall employes of the department. appoint all officers and The titles of Factory Inspector and of Commissioner of Labor Statistics are abolished. Two deputy commissioners shall be appointed at salaries not to exceed $3,000, who may not appoint any officers or employes in the department. Three bureaus are created-factory inspection, labor statistics and arbitration and mediation. The Commissioner, his deputies, assistants and special agents and deputy factory inspectors may administer oaths and take affidavits, and all persons are forbidden to obstruct them in the performance of their duties, refuse properly to answer questions, or refuse admittance to any place where and when labor is being performed which is affected by the provisions of the labor law. All notices and orders of deputies and other assistants are subject to the approval of the Commissioner, and all orders, permits and directions by any of the subordinate officials of the department may be given in the name of the Commissioner and by his authorization.

The Commissioner shall have all necessary expenses, and the reasonable and necessary travelling and other expenses of the deputy commissioners, their assistants, the special agents and statisticians, deputy factory inspectors and other field officers of the department are allowed while engaged in the performance of their duties. The Commissioner may establish a sub-office in any city of the first class, if necessary, and may designate subordinates to manage such office. The expenses shall be paid by the state. The Commissioner shall report annually. All statistics and other documentary matter may be destroyed by the Commissioner six years after the time of its receipt. The Commissioner may employ counsel to represent the department or to assist in the prosecution of actions brought under the provisions of this chapter. Such counsel shall receive compensation as may be provided by law. The bureau of labor statistics shall be in charge of a chief statistician.

The Commissioner of Labor shall collect, assort, systematize and present in annual reports to the Legislature statistical details in relation to all departments of labor in the state, especially in relation to the commercial, industrial, social and sanitary condition of workingmen and to the productive industries of the state. He may subpoena witnesses, take and hear testimony, take or cause to be taken depositions and administer oaths. Proprietors or employes of any establishment coming under the jurisdiction of the department shall furnish informa

tion which he is authorized to require whenever requested by the Commissioner, and any person refusing to admit the Commissioner or any person authorized by him to any such establishment or to furnish information requested, or who refuses to answer or untruthfully answers questions put to him, in a circular or otherwise, shall forfeit $100 for each refusal or untruthful answer given. There shall be a bureau of factory inspection in charge of the First Deputy Commissioner of Labor, subject to the supervision of the Commissioner.

The Commissioner may appoint from time to time not more than sixty persons as deputy factory inspectors, not more than ten of whom shall be women, and who may be removed by him at any time. The deputy factory inspectors may be divided into three grades, but not more than five shall be of the third grade. Each deputy inspector of the first grade shall receive an annual salary of $1,000, each of the second grade an annual salary of $1,200, and each of the third grade an annual salary of $1,500.

The state may be divided into districts for the inspection of factories, and the Commissioner shall have general authority to appoint and transfer inspectors to the various districts. He may assign any of them to inspect any Inspectors. special class of factories, or to enforce any special provisions, or to act as clerks in any office of the department. The Commissioner shall visit and inspect, or cause to be inspected, factories during reasonable hours as often as practicable, and shall cause the provisions of this chapter to be enforced therein. Any lawful municipal ordinance or regulation relating to factories in addition to the provisions of this chapter, and not in conflict therewith, may be enforced and observed by the Commissioner. He shall enforce the provisions of the domestic relations law relative to indenture of apprentices and prosecute employers under the act. Abstracts of this chapter shall be kept posted in all factories affected thereby.

There shall be a bureau of mediation and arbitration in charge of the Second Deputy Commissioner of Labor, who shall be chief mediator of the state, but subject to the supervision of the Commissioner. Whenever a strike Mediation. or lockout, occurs or is seriously threatened an officer or agent of this bureau shall, if practicable, promptly proceed to the locality thereof and endeavor to effect an amicable settlement of the controversy, or the board of mediation may inquire into the cause of the controversy, in which case it shall have the same powers as if the case had been submitted to it for arbitration. The State Board of Mediation and Arbitration shall consist of the chief mediator and two other officers of the Department of Labor, to be from time to time designated by the Commissioner. Any grievance or dispute between employers and employes may be submitted in writing, and the board shall have full powers to investigate through witnesses and documents. Within ten days of the completion of every arbitration the board shall make a decision, stating full details. A dispute may be submitted to a board of local arbitrators, who shall take oath to administer the duty faithfully; this board shall have full power to investigate, and shall, within ten days of the close of the hearing, render a written decision.

Chapter 286 provides that no minor under the age of sixteen' shall be employed or permitted to remain inside any factory before 8 a. m. or after 5 p. m., or for more than eight hours in any one day. No minor under eighteen Minors in and no female shall be employed or permitted to work in any factory Factories. before 6 a. m. or after 9 p. m., or for more than ten hours any one day, except to make a shorter workday the last day of the week; or for more than sixty hours in any one week. The presence of such persons in the factory at any other hours than those stated in a printed notice from the Commissioner of Labor, specifying the legal hours of work, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this law.

Chapter 381 reorganizes the State Commission of Prisons, providing for seven members appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall hold office for four years-the first comPrison Legislation. missioners to be appointed two for one year, two for two, two for three, and one for four years. No commissioner may take office while holding administrative office in any institution subject to the visitation of the commission. The commission shall elect a president and vicepresident from its members, and appoint a secretary at $3,000 a year. Each commissioner shall receive $10 for each day's attendance at meetings, not to exceed $500 in any one year, and his actual expenses. The commission shall hold meetings at least once a month, and failure to attend three consecutive meetings shall be treated as a resignation. The commission shall visit and investigate all institutions used for the detention of sane adults charged with crime or detained as witnesses or debtors save reformatories under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Charities.

On visits the commissioners shall have complete access to institutions and their records. If after investigation evils are disclosed the commission may order the officers in charge to correct them. The rights and powers conferred on the commission may be enforced by order of the Supreme Court or indictment by the grand jury of the county, or both.

Chapter 430 creates a State Probation Commission of seven members, to serve without compensation, to supervise the work of the probation officers of the state. Four members shall be appointed by the Governor, to serve one, two, three and four years, respectively, for the first board, and the State Board of Charities and the State Commission of Prisons

Probation
Commission.

as

member

shall respectively once each year designate a member of their bodies to act of the commission, and the Commissioner of Education shall serve as member ex officio. At expiration of the terms of the appointed members the Governor shall, within thirty days, appoint their successors for the full terin of four years. Any appointed member may be removed by the Governor for cause, after a hearing. The commission shall meet at least every two months, shall collect and publish statistical and other information as to the operation of the probation system, supervise the work of all probation officers, inquiring as to conduct and efficiency. It shall endeavor to secure the effective application of the probation system and enforcement of the probation law in all parts of the state. It shall make an annual report to the Legislature. While the commission shall have access to all offices and records of probation officers, societies for the prevention of cruelty to children or humane societies are to be exempted from this inspection. The commission may direct investigation by committee of one or more of its members into the work of any probation officer, and the committee is empowered to summon witnesses and compel the production of papers and exercise such other powers as belong to referees of the Supreme Court. It shall have a secretary at $3,500 and other necessary employes, and the Legislature shall provide for the necessary travelling expenses of the members.

Chapter 467 creates a Board of Parole for state prisons, consisting of the Superintendent of State Prisons and two members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The board shall have Parole Board. all the powers and duties now devolving on the Board of Commissioners for Paroled Prisoners for the state prisons. It shall adopt a uniform system of marking prisoners to determine the number of marks or credits to be earned by each prisoner as a condition of release by parole. It shall examine and report to the Governor with its recommendations all applications for pardon referred to it by the Governor. The two appointed members shall receive $10 a day during the actual discharge of their duties and shall hold office for five years. Necessary expenses shall be paid.

The Superintendent of Prisons may depute his chief clerk to represent him at the meeting of the board. Each warden shall appoint a parole officer for the prison of which he is in charge. It shall be that officer's duty to aid paroled prisoners in securing employment and generally to supervise them while on parole. Their salaries shall not exceed $1,200 a year, with travelling expenses, which shall be paid from the maintenance fund of the prisons. Each prisoner confined in a state prison may one month prior to the expiration of the minimum term of his sentence make application to the board for his release on parole or for an absolute discharge, and the board is prohibited from entertaining any other form of application for release upon parole or absolute discharge of any prisoner. Primary Laws Chapter 296 provides that the primary laws shall apply to all Extended. political parties.

Chapter 344 prohibits any person from practising medicine unless registered and licensed by the Regents, and no person convicted of a felony may practise. It creates a State Board of Medical Examiners of nine memRegulating bers, appointed by the Regents, to hold office for three years Medical Practice. from August 1 of the year of appointment; but the first board shall consist of three members, designated by the Regents, to serve one year from August 1, 1907, three for two years, and three for the full term of three years. No member shall be appointed not eligible to receive a license from the Regents to practise; all members shall be subject to removal for misconduct or neglect of duty. The board may make rules and bylaws, subject to the Regents' approval. They shall elect a president and vice-president, and hold meetings pursuant to the call of the Regents. Fees shall be paid to the State Treasury and appropriated by the Legislature for the Education Depart

ment.

The practice of medicine is defined as follows: A person practises medicine within the meaning of this act, except as hereinafter stated, who holds himself out as being able to diagnose, treat, operate or prescribe for any human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition, and who shall either offer undertake, by any means or method, to diagnose, treat, operate or prescribe for any human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition. Physician means a practitioner of medicine.

or

The Regents shall admit to examination any candidate who pays a fee of $25 and swears that he is more than twenty-one, of good moral character, had prior to beginning the second year of medical study a general education required, has studied medicine four years in a medical school registered as maintaining a standard satisfactory to the Regents; they may accept evidence of five or more years' reputable practice for the four years' study, noting that in the license. A man having received a degree of bachelor or doctor of medicine from a registered medical school or a license to practise in a foreign country may be admitted to examination.

Where the application be for a license to practise osteopathy the applicant shall produce evidence that he has studied osteopathy not less than three years, including three satisfactory courses of not less than nine months Osteopathy. each in three different calendar years in a college of osteopathy maintaining at the time a standard satisfactory to the Regents. After 1910 the applicant for a license to practise under this act shall produce evidence that he has studied not less than four years, including four satisfactory