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Creator:
New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Abstract:
This list of petitions to the Canal Commissioners provides the number and date of petition; name of petitioner; and "nature of the petition and action had." Petitions are numbered 1 through 120 and concern location of the Erie Canal enlargement; construction of bridges, culverts, docks, and other structures; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Common Schools
Abstract:
The judicial power to interpret school laws was vested in the Superintendent of Common Schools (later with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and beginning in 1904 with the Commissioner of Education). Any person can appeal the official actions of any local school official to the commissioner, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives