the canals, after complying with the provisions of the first two sections of this article, for paying the interest and extinguishing the principal of the canal and general fund debt; but the sum thus appropriated from the surplus revenues of the canals shall not exceed annually three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, including the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, provided for by this section for the expenses of the government, until the general fund debt shall be extinguished, or until the Erie canal enlargement and Genesee Valley and Black River canals shall be completed, and after that debt shall be paid, or the said canals shall be completed, then the sum of six hundred and seventytwo thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, may be annually appropriated to defray the expenses of the government.

1 As Tryon; changed April 2, 1784.

2 Parts of Montgomery, Herkimer and Oneida, provisionally

annexed.

NEW CITIES AND TOWNS.

Erected since April 1, 1865.

CITIES-Binghamton, Broome county (with five wards). April 9, 1867.
Cohoes, Albany county (with four wards), May 19, 1869.
Lockport, Niagara county (with four wards), April 11, 1865.
Newburgh, Orange county (with four wards), April 22, 1865.
Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence county (with three wards), April 27, 1868.
Rome, Oneida county (with five wards), February 23, 1870.
Watertown, Jefferson county (with four wards), May 8, 1869.
Kingston, Ulster county (with nine wards), March 29, 1872.
Yonkers, Westchester county (with four wards), June 1, 1872.

NEW WARDS-Auburn, Cayuga county, three new wards erected April 22 and 30, 1869.

Brooklyn, Kings county, 21st and 22d wards erected May 12,
1868.

Utica, Oneida county, two new wards erected Feb. 25, 1870.
Albany, six additional wards erected March 16, 1870.
Elmira, seventh ward erected May 15, 1872.

TOWNS-Ashland, Chemung county, April 25, 1867.

Clifton, St. Lawrence county, April 21, 1868.

Delaware, Sullivan county, by Supervisors, March 1, 1869.
Forestport, Oneida county, by Supervisors, February 28, 1870.
Red House, Cattaraugus county, by Supervisors, November, 1868.
Babylon, Suffolk county, March 13, 1872.

Geneva, Ontario county, by Supervisors, November 15, 1872.
Kingsbridge, Westchester county, by Supervisors, Dec. 19, 1872.

NAMES CHANGED-China, Wyoming county, name changed to Arcade,
January 19, 1866.

Port Crane, Broome county, name changed to Fenton,
March 26, 1867.

CENSUS

OF

1840, 1845, 1850, 1855, 1860, 1865 & 1870.

Total Albany c'y. 33,721 42, 139 50,763 57,333 62,367 62,613

69,422

Amity

1,354

1,485 1,792

2,655 2,268

2,073

2,087

Andover

848

Angelica

1,251

Belfast

1,070 1,476
1,329 1,592 1,832 1,708 1,663 1,643
1,646 1,417 1,679 2,130 1,827 1,689

1,775 1,724

1,812

1,873

1,488

Six additional wards erected March 16, 1870.
† City of Cohoes, erected from part of, May 19, 1869.