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eing five per cent? _Give operation in full_. _Question_ 3. Write a promissory note to be given by J. Brown to J. Smith, for 60 days, without grace, for $500, at 5 per cent interest, and state what amount will be due at maturity of the note. _Question_ 4. James X. Young, a contractor, had the following dealings with the Treasury Department: He furnished January 4, 1882, 14 tables at $16 each; June 6, 1882, 180 desks at $18.50 each; December 7, 1882, 150 chairs at $2 each, and July 18, 1883, 14 book-cases at $90 each. He was paid cash as follows: January 31, 1882, $224; June 30, $1,800; December 18, $300; and July 31, 1883, he was allowed on settlement $75 for cartage and charged $25 for breakages. State his account and show balance due. FOURTH SUBJECT. _Question_ 1. State the meaning of tense and of mood, and explain the difference between them in the English language or grammar. _Question_ 2. Correct any errors you find in the following sentences: The boy done it, and he is as restless here as he will be if he was with you. He had did it and spoke of doing it before we come here. _Question_ 3. Write a letter to Senator Jackson answering in full his letter of September 7 to the Secretary of the Treasury in which he asks: "How must my nephew proceed to obtain a clerkship in the Treasury Department, under the Civil-Service Law, and what are the requisite qualifications of a good clerk?" FIFTH SUBJECT. _Question_ 1. Write without abbreviation the names of fifteen seaports of the Union. _Question_ 2. Name four of the principal tributaries of the Mississippi River. _Question_ 3. Bound the State in which you live. _Question_ 4. Which States are peninsular, and upon what waters are they situated? _Question_ 5. Name six of the principal railroads in the United States. _Question_ 6. Name seven of the leading agricultural products of the United States, and state in what section of the country each is most extensively cultivated. APPENDIX J. THE NEW YORK CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT OF 1890. CHAP. 94.--AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE FIVE OF THE PENAL CODE RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. Approved by the Governor April 4, 1890. Passed, three fifths being present. _The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:_ SECTION 1. Title five of the Penal Code, entitled "Of crimes against the elective franchise," is hereby
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