OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. HON. THEODORE E. HANCOCK, ATTORNEY-GENERAL. -- TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE JANUARY 2, 1895. ALBANY : JAMES B. LYON, STATE PRINTER. No. 32. IN SENATE, JANUARY 2, 1895. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. STATE OF NEW YORK: ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, ALBANY, January 2, 1895. The Honorable CHARLES T. SAXTON, Lieutenant-Governor: } Dear Sir.-In obedience to the provisions of the Executive Very respectfully. T. E. HANCOCK, Attorney-General. REPORT. STATE OF NEW YORK: ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, ALBANY, January 2, 1895. To the Legislature of the State of New York: } By section 56 of the Executive Law (chapter 683 of the Laws of 1892), the Attorney-General is required to report to the Legislature annually, on or before the 1st day of February: First. As to all moneys belonging to the State received by him during the preceding year by way of costs, damages or otherwise. Second. The title and subject-matter of all actions on appeal, pending and undetermined, and the condition thereof at the date of such report. Third. What actions, if any, have been brought by him during the year for the recovery of real property claimed to be owned by the State, and the condition of such actions at the date of said report. Fourth. The title of every action brought by him during the year against a corporation to vacate its charter or annul its existence, and the condition thereof at the date of such report, with a brief statement of the cause for which such action was brought, and the proceedings during the year in such actions previously brought. Fifth. Copies of his opinions during the preceding year, which are deemed by him to be of general public interest. In compliance with that statute I have prepared, and hereto append, five schedules, marked respectively, A, B, C, D and E, which contain in detail the required information. It is assumed that, in addition to the matters included in those schedules, a brief account of the various duties of this |