INDEX
 

ERRATUM
Page 22, tenth line;   for Van Hoist,  read von Hoist.
 

Abolition—Aaron Burr champions, 39.

Adams, Henry—History of United
States,   332,   note.

Age limit—effect of,  on judiciary,   31.

Albany Gazette—articles on the action
of the council of appointment in
the, 49.

Albany Regency,  int.   ii.

Albany Register—^urges Clinton for
president,   59,

Alexander, De Alva Stantvood, Int., i.

Amendment of Constitution—mode of,
provided by convention of 1821, 98 ;
by  convention  of  1846,   156.

Anderson, Martin B.—member of com¬
mission  of  1875,   254.

Andrews, George H,—on tax on per¬
sonalty,   296.

Andros, Edmund—colonial governor of
New York, administration of, 11.

Anti-Rent party—attitude of, towards
a new convention, 143 ; influence
of, upon convention of 1846, 161;
origin of,  161.

Appointments—change in system of,
by constitution of 1846, 153; prac¬
tice of making, in different States,
85.

Appropriation bills—power to veto
parts   of,   225.

Appropriations—for school  system,  42.

"Aristides"—nom de plume of William
P. Van Ness, 56, 57.

Articles of Capitulation by the Dutch
to the English—9, 41.

Articles of Confederation—approved
by State legislature, 35; signed on
behalf  of   State,   36.
 

Assembly, the—Governor Hoffman's
views upon, 217; how first con¬
stituted, 27; how constituted in
1821, 93, 94; method of election
of members of, 263 ; report of con¬
vention of  1894  upon,   344.

Assembly districts—discussion about,
203;    constitution  of,   154,   202.

Attorney General—as to appointing,
204-5.

Attorneys—required to produce certifi¬
cate of loyality, 39, 40; required
to  take test oath,   40.
 

Baltimore and Ohio Railway—when
organized,   272.

Bank of Albany, the—incorporated In
1792, 100.

Bank of New York, the—incorporated
in 1791, 99.

Banks—applications for charters for,
151, note; entry of, into politics and
results, 99-102; tax on stock of,
recommended by committee of
1S99,  303.

Banking laws—act of 1804 and its re¬
sults,   100.

Barge canal—approved by the people,
287;     recommended,    285.

Barnard, D. D.—on Chief Justice Spen¬
cer,   324,  note.

Barnburners—policy of,   139.

BelJomont, Lord—on grants by Eng¬
lish governors,   162.

Benson, Egbert—and the Supreme
Court, 48-49; becomes attorney
general,   34.
 

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