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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