He is a member of the Canal
Board, a commissioner of the Land Office and of the Canal Fund, a
member of the Board of State Canvassers, a trustee of the Capitol,
the State Hall and the Idiot Asylum, and a member of the State
Board of Charities.
Q. What are some of the duties of the Treasurer?
A. He has charge of all the moneys paid into the State Treasury,
pays drafts upon the warrants of the Comptroller, the Auditor of
the Canal Department and Superintendent of the Bank Department,
and keeps the State's Bank account. He is commissioner of the Land
Office, and of the Canal Fund, a member of the Canal Board, and
Board of State Canvassers.
Q. What are some of the duties of the Attorney General?
A. He defends and prosecutes all suits in which the State is
interested, receives costs adjudged to the State, prepares drafts
of contracts, etc, for State officers, and prosecutes in their
behalf persons violating the laws in regard to their departments,
prosecutes criminals in the Oyer and Terminer when required by the
Governor or Justices of the Supreme Court. He is commissioner of
the Land Office and of the Canal Fund, a member of the Canal
Board, the Board of State Canvassers, the Board of State Charities
and a trustee of the Capitol and State Hall.
Q. What are some of the duties of the State Engineer and Surveyor?
A. He prescribes the duties of, and assigns divisions of canals to
engineers, visits and inspects canals, prescribes surveys, maps,
plans, estimates, etc.
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