MEMBERS AND OFFICERS COMPOSING THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE Districts, Classes, and Places of Residence. Hon. JOHN TRACY, President, Congress Hall. John G. McDowell, .... John G. Stower,.. Myndert Van Schaick, Samuel Young, JAMES LIVINGSTON, ... 1 third, 7 fourth, 2 first, 6 first, Mansion House. 5 third, Congress Hall. 4 second, Mansion House. JOHN F. BACON, Clerk, Mrs. Lockwood's. Sergeant-at-Arms, No. 22 Fayette-street. JAMES D. WASSON, Doorkeeper, No. 22 Fayette-street. No. 3. IN SENATE, January 9, 1835. ANNUAL REPORT Of the Trustees of the State Library. The Trustees of the State Library, in obedience to the eighth title of chapter nine of the first part of the Revised Statutes, respectfully submit the following REPORT: The sum remaining in the hands of their Treasurer, on the 18th day of December, 1833, (when the account of the Trustees for the last year was closed,) as appears from their last Annual Report," was .... The Trustees have received since that time, the annual Making a total of......... The payments made by their Treasurer, and for which satisfactory vouchers have been rendered, from the 18th December, 1833, to the 31st December, 1834, the day when the account of the Trustees for the present year was closed, have been as follows: Carried forward,... $1,785 17 Brought forward,.... 81,785 17 For books, maps, book-binding, freight and other charges on books, and for preparing a new catalogue and description of a part of the Library, $1,240 93 For cleaning the Library rooms and stoves, 25 03 Leaving in the hands of the Treasurer of the Trustees, on the 31st December, 1834, 1,265 96 $519 21 This balance will be sufficient to satisfy all the outstanding bills against the Library, which have not yet been presented for pay ment. Since the last Annual Report, the Trustees have received the second volume of Audubon's Ornithology, for which the sum of two hundred and twenty dollars has been paid from the Treasury, pursuant to the 15th section of the act, chapter 320 of the laws of 1833. (Laws of 1833, p. 510.) The payments from the Treasury for the contingent expenses of the Library, during the fiscal year ending on the 30th day of September last, have been as follows: For wood, .... $49 62 12 21 $61 83 The Librarian has managed the contingent expenses of the Library with great economy; and all his other duties have been discharged with a proper regard to the public interests, and the convenience of those who have had occasion to visit the Library. The Trustees submit herewith a Catalogue of all the books, maps and charts in the Library. The Catalogue has been improved, by adding to the alphabetical list, a catalogue of the law books arranged according to the various subjects. This arrangement brings into one view all the works upon each branch of the law; and while it will be convenient for all, it will be particularly so to those who are not of the legal profession. The table marked A. contains a list of all the books added to the Library since the last Annual Report, except those received from the British Government, which are mentioned in another place. The rules and regulations for the government of the Library, are marked B. They have not been altered for several years. The number of law books now belonging to the Library, amounts to two thousand seven hundred and forty-nine volumes. The law library, so far as relates to American reports and elementary treatises, is nearly complete, and will be made entirely so, as soon as the works published in distant States can be procured.Although less perfect in the English Reports and legal treatises, the library contains nearly all of those publications, except such as are of a very early or a very recent period. It is the intention of the Trustees to supply the latter defect in the course of the ensuing year, and to do as much as may be practicable towards procuring the old books which are now wanting. This must necessarily be a work of time, for the reason that most of the law books of an early period are out of print, and cannot be procured with the same facility as modern publications. The miscellaneous works in the library amount to two thousand three hundred and six volumes. Taking into consideration the recent period at which the collection was commenced, and the limited amount of the annual appropriation, this department of the li brary is as extensive as could reasonably have been expected.Without the means of making it as large as many other libraries in this country, the Trustees have, for the most part, selected standard works on American history, politics and legislation, with such foreign publications of general interest as are not usually found in our society and individual libraries. The collection in both its legal and miscellaneous departments is already very respectable, and the present standing appropriation will enable the Trustees to render it still more useful to the mem. bers of the Legislature, the Judiciary, and all others who may wish to resort to the library. The Trustees respectfully invite the attention of the Legislature to the rooms in which the library is kept, which are too small for the convenient arrangement of the books, maps and charts, and the accommodation of those who use them. There are no other va |