On the Surface, the State Can be Such a Strict Sugar Daddy.

It's no wonder that the little people have to sometimes sacrifice their scruples if they choose to succeed. It's all a Ponzi scheme anyhow, rigged for only the top one-percent to glean the glory returns. As for the rest of us, barring cooperative Masonry perhaps, we get war, poverty, incarceration, or just ennui. Let's make a fundamental change in this system for the better, shall we?

July 18, 1901, Wyoming County Times, Laws of New York State--By Authority.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

For painting and other incidental repairing necessary to the preservation of the buildings and premises in charge of the superintendent of public buildings, and to be expended in his discretion, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For additional new flooring, painting, concreting, furnishing and further necessary labor and expenses, for the completion of the improvement and betterment of Geological and Agricultural hail, to be expended in the discretion of the superintendent of public buildings, with the approval of the state architect, the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the repairing, improvement and renovation of the toilet room on the first floor south side of the capitol, and the ladies' toilet room adjacent thereto and for the necessary repairing of other toilet rooms in the capitol, the sum of, two thousand six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For repairing the sidewalks and driveways about the executive mansion, and for furnishings to replace those worn out or broken, the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For raking out joints and caulking and pointing up the same and for cleaning the granite work generally on the. east, north and south approaches of the state capitol, the sum of three thousand dollars or so much thereof as may b e necessary. For compensation of the secretary to the trustees of public buildings, one thousand dollars. For carpets and furnishings for the senate chamber, the lieutenant-governor's anteroom, the senate finance committee room, one passageway and three lobbies connected with the senate, the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For alterations, additions, building of cases and partitions, plumbing, decorating, furnishing, electric lighting and all other necessary labor and materials, to equip rooms in the state capitol for the state tax commission, the state commission of prisons, the fish, forest and game commission, the civil service commission, the department of labor and the state architect, made necessary by the consolidation of state departments, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For extending a mezzanine floor over the assembly elevators, in the state capitol, connected with the rear lobby of the assembly chamber, and raising the present cases therein, and all other necessary labor and materials, the sum of ten hundred and. fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

July 19, 1901, Penn Yan Democrat, State Laws, No. 4. Page 2, Column 5,
Building.

For salary of janitor, nine hundred dollars; watchman, eight hundred forty dollars; two messengers at six hundred dollars and five hundred forty dollars respectively; clerk, four hundred eighty dollars; and for services of elevator men, porters, laborers and cleaners, for the care and cleaning of the regents office, college and high school departments, state library and other rooms occupied by the university of the state of New York in the basement, on the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh floors of the capitol, eight thousand five hundred dollars; for power and for running two elevators and for necessary repairs, fittings and supplies, to be paid on vouchers duly authenticated by the regents as for their other expenses, five thousand five hundred forty dollars; for new shelving and for new card catalog case, two thousand dollars.

Column 6, State Library.

For salary of senior librarian, two thousand four hundred dollars; law librarian, two thousand one hundred dollars; education Iibrarian, two thousand one hundred dollars; reference librarian, two thousand dollars; director's assistent, one thousand eight hundred, dollars; sociology librarian, one thousand, eight hundred dollars; archivist (manuscript division), one thousand two hundred dollars; sub-librarian (reference) one thousand two hundred sixty dollars; head cataloger, one thousand two hundred dollars; head classifier, one thousand two hundred dollars; sub-librarian (accession), one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistants, nine hundred dollars each; two assistants, eight hundred forty dollars each; three assistants and one shelf clerk, seven hundred twenty dollars each; one clerk, six hundred sixty dollars; four clerks, one messenger and one page, six hundred dollars each; one clerk, five hundred forty dollars; one sub-cataloger and six clerks, four hundred eighty dollars each; seven clerks, three hundred sixty dollars each; and for temporary services and for keeping the library open evenings and holidays (except July and August), and for maintaining the duplicate department, and for fittings supplies, printing, and for other expenses pursuant to chapter three hundred seventy-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three-thousand two hundred dollars, of which sum not more than two thousand dollars shall be used for temporary services; also fees of one thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be received in this account, involving no expense to the state under section forty-nine of chapter three hundred seventy-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

For books, serials and binding, pursuant to chapter three hundred and seventy-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars, of which sum not more than thirty-six hundred dollars shall be used in paying for services of binders and other persons necessarily employed in binding books. For the state medical library, for books, serials and binding and other expenses of maintenance exclusive of salaries, pursuant to chapter three hundred seventy-seven of the laws of eighty hundred and ninety-one, two thousand dollars. For books to be lent free to the blind of the state, one thousand dollars

September 12, 1906, The Wyoming County Times, Page 6, Column 6,
Supplement, State Laws No. 4. 
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

For the compensation of the secretary to the trustees of public buildings, one thousand dollars ($1,000).
For the extraordinary repairs and ordinary maintenance of the senate house at Kingston, to be expended in the discretion of the superintendent of public buildings, three hundred dollars ($300), or as much thereof as may be necessary.
For painting and other incidental repairing and furnishings necessary to preserve and renew the buildings, premises and property in charge of the superintendent of public buildings, and to be expended in his discretion, five thousand dollars ($5,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary.
The sum of fifty thousand dollars (re. $50,000), being the unexpended balance of an appropriation made by chapter seven hundred and twenty-eight, laws of nineteen hundred and four, for lighting and necessary fixtures and appliances therefor, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby reappropriated for the same purposes.

For new carpets or other suitable covering for the floors of the senate chamber and lobbies, and the assembly chamber and lobbies, six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ($6,250).
For repairs to veranda and roof of the executive mansion, one thousand dollars ($1,000).
For replacing the water pipe system in capitol park, one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200).
For removing about thirty-two feet of masonry from the top of the main capitol tower, forty-eight thousand dollars ($48,000).
For removing the present columns and piers on the first floor of the assembly staircase and replacing—the same, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)

September 12, 1906, The Wyoming County Times, Page 6, Column 1,
Supplement, State Laws No. 4. 

For the purchase for the state library thirty-nine original muster rolls and lists of men in the service of the New York colony during the French and Indian war and prior to the Revolutionary war, five hundred dollars ($500), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

September 12, 1906, The Wyoming County Times, Page 6, Column 2,
Supplement, State Laws No. 4.
STATE ARCHITECT. 

The sum of one thousand and eight dollars and sixteen cents ($1,800.16), being a portion of the unexpended balances of the appropriations made by chapter seven hundred and two of the laws of nineteen hundred and four and chapter seven hundred of the laws of nineteen hundred and five, for services of employees of the state architect's office, is hereby reappropriated for compensation of employees in said office during the current fiscal year.

For services and expenses of expert engineer in making examination and report on ventilation of the assembly chamber, adjoining rooms and corridors of the capitol, three hundred and fifty dollars ($350), or so much thereof as may be necessary.
The sum of one thousand dollars, being a portion of the unexpended balance of appropriation made by chapter six hundred and ninety-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and five for services of assistant chief draftsman in the office of the state architect, is hereby reappropriated for draftsmen and tracers in the same office.

August 5, 1910, Auburn Weekly Bulletin, Page 8, Column 2,
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

For extending the inclosure on the west side of the entrance corridor of the State street side of the capitol, eight hundred dollars ($800), or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For the purchase and installation of one feed water filter and grease extractor in connection with the steam plant of the capitol, under the direction of the super­intendent of public buildings, six hundred dollars ($600), or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For the payment of premiums for fire insurance on the executive mansion in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the term of three years, four hundred thirty dollars ($430), or so much thereof as may be necessary.
The sum of one thousand five hundred fifty-six dollars and fifty cents (re. $1,556.50), being the unexpended balance of an appropriation made by chapter four hundred, thirty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred nine for the rewiring of the executive mansion and all incidental expenses in connection therewith, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby reapproprtated for altering, improving and enlarging the capacity of a portion of the electric wiring in the capitol including the installation of cables, to be expended in the discretion of the superintendent of public buildings.
For reimbursing the general salaries fund of the superintendent of public buildings the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500), being the amount ex­pended therefrom for the cleaning and restoring of the senate and assembly stair­cases and that part of the western stair­case above and including the fourth story level, in the capitol.

August 5, 1910, Auburn Weekly Bulletin, Page 8, Column 2 ,
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), or so much as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for continuing the construction of the state educational building at Albany, now under contract, to be expended pursuant to the provisions of chapter six hundred seventy-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred six, as amended by chapter thirty of the laws of nineteen hundred eight.
The sum of two hundred thousand dol­lars ($200,000) is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not other­wise appropriated, for the acquisition of a site and for the construction and equip­ment of a power house, coal pockets, conduits, for furnishing heat, light and power to the state capitol and state education building at Albany, to be expended pursuant to the provisions of chapter thir­teen, laws of nineteen hundred ten.
The trustees of public buildings are hereby authorized to enter into contracts for an amount not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of six hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($625,000) for furniture, equipment and decorating for the state education building at Albany, to include book-stacks, book cases, lighting fixtures, decorating, sculpture and for such other expenses incidental thereto as may be necessary, of which amount the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriat­ed, for the purposes herein mentioned, to be expended pursuant to the provisions of chapter six hundred seventy-eight, laws of nineteen hundred six, as amend­ed by chapter thirty of the laws of nine­teen hundred eight.