Delaware.-Every male citizen, one year in the State, one month in the county, twenty-one years of age, who has, if twenty-two years or upward, paid a county tax assessed six months previous to election.

Florida.-Every male citizen of the United States, every person who has declared his intention, one year in the State, six months in the county, and twenty-one years of age.

Georgia.—Every male person born or naturalized in the United States, such as have declared intention, six months in the State, thirty days in the county, twenty-one years of age, and who has paid all taxes for year preceding.

Illinois. Every male citizen of the United States, residence one year in the State, ninety days in the county, thirty days in the district, etc., and twenty-one years of age.

Indiana.-Every male citizen of the United States, every one who has declared his intention, residence in the United States one year, and in the State six months, in township sixty days, ward thirty days, and is twenty-one years of age.

Iowa.-Every male citizen of the United States, six months in the State, sixty days in the county, and twenty-one years of age.

Kansas.-Every male citizen of the United States, every person who has declared his intention, residence in the State six months, thirty days in district, and twenty-one years of age.

Kentucky.-Every male citizen who has resided in the State for two years, in the county one year, in the district sixty days, and is twenty-one years of age.

Louisiana.-Every male citizen of the United States, born or naturalized, who has been one year in the State, six months in the parish, thirty days in the district, and is twenty-one years of age.

Maine.-Every male citizen of the United States who has resided in the State three months, and is twenty-one years of age.

Maryland.-Every male citizen of the United States who has resided one year in the State, six months in the county, and is twenty-one years of age.

Massachusetts.-Every male citizen who has been one year in the State, six months in the district, is twenty-one years of age, shall have paid any State or county tax within two years preceding election assessed upon him in any town or district, and who shall be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name.

Michigan.-Every male citizen and civilized male inhabitant of Indian descent, a native of the United States and not a member of any tribe, who shall have resided three months in the State, ten days in the district, and is twenty-one years of age.

Minnesota.-Every male citizen of the United States, and persons of mixed white and Indian blood, or of Indian blood who have adopted the language, customs and habits of civilization, and shall have been pronounced, by any District Court in the State, capable of enjoying the rights of citizenship, also, such as have declared intention and shall have resided in the United States for one year, in the State four months, ten days in the district, and is twenty-one years of age.

Mississippi.-All male inhabitants of the State who are citizens of the United States, or naturalized, who have resided in the State for six months, in the county one month, and are twentyone years of age.

Missouri.-Every male citizen of the United States, those who have declared intention not less than one year nor more than five years, have resided in the State for one year, in the county sixty days, in the district sixty days, are twenty-one years of age, and who shall be able to read and write. Nebraska.-Every male citizen of the United States, such as have declared intention, six months' residence in the State, term in county and town as provided by law, and twenty-one years of age.

Nevada.-Every male citizen of the United States, residence six months in the State, thirty days in the county, thirty days in town or district, and twenty-one years of age.

New Hampshire.-Every male inhabitant twenty-one years of age.

New Jersey.-Every male citizen of the United States, residence in State of one year, in county five months, and twenty-one years of age.

New York.-Every male citizen who shall have been a citizen for ten days, residence in the State one year, in county four months, in election district, town or ward thirty days, and twenty-one years of age.

North Carolina.-Every male person born or naturalized in the United States, residence in State twelve months, in county ninety days, and twenty-one years of age.

Ohio.-Every male citizen of the United States, residence in the State one year, in county and district such time as may be provided by law, and twenty-one years of age.

Oregon.-Every male citizen of the United States, such as have declared intention one year previous to election, residence in State six months, and twenty-one years of age.

Pennsylvania.-Every male citizen of the United States for one month, residence in the State one year, district two months, twenty-one years of age, and who shall have paid within two years a State or county tax assessed two months, and paid one month before election.

Rhode Island.-Every male citizen of the United States, residence in State one year, in district six months, twenty-one years of age, and who, in his own right, is possessed of real estate of the clear value of $134, or which shall rent for $7 a year clear; also, every male native citizen, two years resident in the State, six months in district or town, twenty-one years of age, who has paid taxes within a year amounting to $1, or has been enrolled and done military service one year, or paid taxes within one year of $1.

South Carolina.-Every male citizen of the United States, residence in the State one year, in the county sixty days, twenty-one years of age.

Tennessee.-Every male citizen of the United States, residence in the State twelve months, in county six months, twenty-one years of age, and who has paid the poll taxes assessed against him for such preceding period as the Legislature may prescribe.

Texas.-Every male citizen of the United States, all who have declared their intentions, residence in State one year, in county six months, and twenty-one years of age.

Vermont.-Every male native or naturalized citizen of the United States, one year in the State, twenty-one years of age, and "who is of quiet and peaceable behavior."

Virginia.-Every male citizen of the United States, residence in State twelve months, in county three months, in town or district three months, and twenty-one years of age.

West Virginia.-Male citizens of the State, residence in State one year, in county sixty days,

in town or district three months, and twenty-one years of age.

Wisconsin.-Every male citizen of the United States, and persons of Indian blood who have once been declared by the law of Congress to be citizens of the United States, and civilized persons of Indian descent not members of any tribe; also, such as have declared intentions, residence in State one year, and twenty-one years of age.

Notes. In all cases where the mere declaration of intention is given, without qualification, reference is had to a male person of foreign birth who shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the naturalization laws of the United States.

In California it is provided that no native of China shall ever exercise the privileges of an elector.

In Colorado it is provided that no person shall be denied the right to vote at any school district election, or to hold any school district office, on account of sex.

In Minnesota the Legislature may provide by law that any woman of the age of twenty-one years and upward may vote at any election for the purpose of choosing officers of schools, or upon any measure relating to schools, and may also provide that any such woman shall be eligible to hold any office pertaining solely to the management of the schools.

DIRECTIONS FOR VOTERS.

Every male citizen of the age of twenty-one years on election day, who has been duly registered according to the Registration laws governing the locality where he resides, will be qualified to vote at any election, provided he shall have been on election day

Ten days a citizen of the United States;
One year an inhabitant of this State;

Four months a resident of the county, and thirty days a resident of the election district in which he may offer his vote. (Amend. Const., N. Y.)

If any person fails to possess any one of the foregoing qualifications he is not entitled to vote.

To be enabled to vote at any election for one officer, the voter must be qualified to vote for all who are to be chosen.

INHABITANT-RESIDENT.

An inhabitant of the State is understood to be one having a settled, permanent position as a citizen thereof. He is a member of the body of the people of the State, having a substantial interest in the affairs of the State.

A resident in the county or district is one having a fixed abode and dwelling-place therein. If a man has a family, his residence is with them, unless habitually separated from them. His residence is understood to be the place where he sleeps, where his home interests are, where he is, for the time at least, definitely settled.

No person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary for learning, nor while kept in any almshouse or other asylum, at public expense, nor while confined in any public prison. (Amend. Const., N. Y.)

FORFEITURE OF RIGHT TO VOTE.

A person forfeits his right to vote

1. By removing from one election district to another within thirty days of the election, even though he be registered.

2. By accepting or receiving, or offering to receive, any money or other valuable thing as compensation or reward for voting or refraining from voting.

3. By paying or contributing to another, or offering or promising so to do, any money or valuable thing for a like purpose.

4. By making any promise to influence the giving or withholding a vote.

5. By making or becoming directly or indi

rectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of the election.

6. By conviction for bribery or any infamous crime, unless pardoned and restored to all the rights of a citizen.

CITIZENSHIP.

All persons born in the allegiance of the United States (except children of foreign ambassadors) are citizens. (U. S. R. S., Sections 1,992, 1,993.)

Deserters from the U. S. Army or Navy, except those who served until April 19, 1865, forfeit all rights of citizenship. (U. S. R. S., Sections 1,996, 7, 8.)

NATURALIZED CITIZENS.

An alien, who arrives in the United States under eighteen may, when twenty-one, both declare his intentions and at the same time be admitted to citizenship upon declaring on oath and proving to the court that for the last two years it has been his bona fide intention to become a citizen, and provided he has then resided in the United States five years. (U. S. R. S., Section, 2,167.)

An alien, who arrived in the United States when eighteen or over, must, at first step, declare his intentions before a competent court, and, at any future time not less than two years thereafter he may be admitted to citizenship upon taking the oath of allegiance and proving to the court, by the oaths of United States citizens, that he has continuously resided in the United States for the five years next preceding his application, and one year in the State where the court is held. (U. S. R. S., Section 2,165.)

The naturalization of a parent admits to citizenship all children at that time under twentyone, who are then dwelling in the United States, and all children at that time under twenty-one, then dwelling abroad, whenever they come to dwell in the United States. (U. S. R. S., Section 1,172.)

If an alien who has declared his intentions dies before being actually naturalized his children will be entitled to the rights of citizens, upon taking the oaths prescribed by law. (Ú. S. R. S., Section 2,168.)

Children of persons who are or have been citizens, shall, though born outside of the United States, be considered citizens thereof. (U. S. R. S., Section 2,172.)

An alien, honorably discharged from the regular or volunteer United States forces, may be admitted to citizenship, without previous declaration of intentions, on furnishing to the court competent proof of such discharge and of one year's residence in the United States. (U. S. R. S., Section 2,174.)

An alien seaman who has declared his intentions and has afterward served three years

on board a U. S. merchant vessel, may be admitted to citizenship on production of his certificate of discharge and good conduct, and his certificate of previous declaration of intentions. (U. S. R. S., Section 2,174.)

PENALTIES.

The following is a brief summary of the penalties prescribed by the United States statutes for violation of the laws relating to the elective franchise, naturalization, etc.

Voting or attempting to vote when not duly qualified, aiding and abetting another in so doing, and committing any unlawful act to enable a person to vote, are criminal offenses, and render the offender liable to fine and imprisonment.

Similar penalties are prescribed for voting more than once at the same election; interfering with a voter in his exercise of the right of suffrage; inducing an election officer to do an unlawful act; receiving, as such officer, a vote from the person not a qualified voter; commit

ting unlawful acts of like character in relation to registration, and, generally, for committing, attempting, aiding, procuring or advising the committal of any violation of the laws relating to the elective franchise.

Like penalties are imposed upon those who represent themselves to be citizens without having been properly admitted to citizenship, or who use or attempt to use certificates of naturalization to which they are not entitled, or which were obtained unlawfully, or issued upon false evidence, or without the appearance of the applicant in court, or which are counterfeit or antedated, whether such certificate is made the basis of the holder's registration or his attempt to vote.

Aiding or advising the commission of any of the last named offenses is also similarly punished.

False swearing, personating another person, using a fictitious name and doing any act in violation of the laws relating to naturalization render the offender liable to like penalties.

THE WORLD.

State of New York-Niagara Reservation, Niagara Falls, 107 acres, of which 82 are in islands and 25 in main shore.

PUBLIC PARKS THROUGHOUT Brooklyn-Prospect Park, 515 acres; Parade Ground, 40; Washington Park (Fort Greene), 30; Tompkins Park, 7%; City Park, 7; Carroll Park, 2; City Hall Park, 1%; small enclosures, 4; Ocean Parkway (5% miles long, 270 feet wide), 180; Coney Island Concourse (2,750 feet long, 100 feet wide), 70; Eastern Parkway (2 miles long, 270 feet wide), 82. Total, 93934 acres.

New York-Central Park, 864 acres; Riverside Park, 89; Morningside Park, 314; Mount Morris Park, 20; High Bridge Park, 23; Battery Park, 21; Tompkins Square, 10; City Hall Park, 8% Washington Square, 8; Union Square, 3; Madison Square, 6; Reservoir Park, 43⁄4; Stuyvesant Park, 44. Total, 1,094 acres.

Boston-Common and Public Gardens, 72 acres; small squares and parks, 60%; Chestnut Hill, Parker Hill and Eagle Hill Reservoirs, 2224; Franklin, 561; Bussy Park and Arnold Arboretum, 567; Brighton Park, 160; Jamaica Park, 122; Muddy River Improvement, 110; Back Bay Park, 106; Wood Island Park, 80; City Point Park, 50; Charles River Embankment, 60; Connecting Parkways, 70; South Bay Park, 35; Savin Hill Park, 13. Total, 2,289 acres.

Washington-Capitol Grounds, 51 acres ; Presidential Mansion Grounds, 81; the Botanical Garden, 10; Smithsonian Institute Grounds, 50; Washington Monument Park, 45; Soldiers' Home, 500; Zoological Garden, 20; Propagating Garden, 8. Total area of grounds, squares, places and reservations, about 1,000 acres.

Philadelphia - Fairmount Park, 2,648 acres; Hunting Park, 40; Washington Square, 7; Franklin Square, 8; Logan Square, 8; Independence Square, 5; Rittenhouse Square, 7, and others, aggregating about 3,000 acres.

Chicago-Jackson Park, 586 acres; Washington Park, 371; Gage Park, 20; Midway Plaisance, 90; Lincoln Park, 250; Humboldt Park, 200; Garfield Park, 185; Douglass Park, 180; South Park, 372; Lake Shore, 593, and eleven smaller parks. Total, 3,000 acres.

St. Louis-Forest Park, 1,372 acres; Carondelet, 180; O'Fallon, 158; Tower Grove, 267; Lafayette, 30; the Fair Grounds, 83; Missouri Botanical Gardens, 50, and a number of smaller places, varying from one to twelve acres. Total, 2,232 acres.

Baltimore-Druid Hill Park, 700 acres: Patterson Park, 50; Riverside Park, 174; Federal Hill Park, 8. Total, 775 acres.

Buffalo-The Park, 310 acres; State Asylum Grounds, 200; Forest Lawn Cemetery, 230; The Front, 50; Fort Porter, 17; Parade Ground, 50; also, about 40 acres in eight public squares or places. Total, about 900 acres.

San Francisco-Golden Gate City Park, 1,040 acres ; local parks, squares, botanic and zoological gardens, 141. Total, 1,181 acres.

The Yellowstone National ParkAbout 3,000 square miles, in the Territory of Wyoming. It includes Yellowstone Lake, about 338 square miles, with numerous geysers and rugged mountains, forests, meadows, rivers and other beautiful scenery. Its formation was authorized by Congress in March, 1872.

London-Epping Forest, 6,000 acres; Richmond Park, 2,253; Windsor Park, 8,800; Hampton Court and Bushy Park, 684; Kew Park and Gardens, 300; Wimbledon Common, 628; Hyde Park, 400; St. James' Green and Regent's Park, 450; Hampstead Heath, 240; Kensington_Gardens, 290; Alexandra Park, 192; Finsbury Park, 115; Southwark Park, 63; Blackheath, 267; Hackney Downs, 50; Tooting Beck Common, 144; Tooting Graveny Common, 63; Clapham Common, 220; Burnham Beeches, 374; Bostall Heath, 55; West Ham Park, 80; Plumstead Common, 110; Wormwood Scrubs, 194; Peckham Rye, 64, and others, Total, 22,000 acres.

Paris-Forest of Fontainebleau, 42,000 acres; Forest of St. Germain, 8,000; the Bois de Boulogne, 2,200; the Bois de Vincennes, 2,500; Park of St. Cloud, 1,000; Park of Buttes Chaumont, 62; Park of Monceau, 22; Park of Montsouris, 40; Garden of the Tuilleries, 50; Garden of the Luxembourg, 40; Garden of Plants, 22, and other smaller grounds. Total, 172,000 acres.

Vienna-The Prater, 1,500 acres; the Volksgarten, 20; the Hofgarten, 20; the Glacis, 500; Augarten, Brigittenau, the Stadt Park, Botanical Gardens, Belvedere Gardens, and many smaller grounds; also pleasure grounds within easy reach of the city, aggregating about 8,000 acres.

Berlin-The Thiergarten, 650 acres; also about sixty smaller parks and squares, of from half an acre to 500 acres; Frederick's Park, Humboldt Park, the South East Park and the Little Thiergarten combined, about 650 acres. The total is about 5,000 acres.

Dublin-Phoenix Park, 1,753 acres; St. Stephen's Green, 23; also sinaller tracts and squares, aggregating about 1,900 acres.

Brussels-Bois de Cambre, 300 acres; Parc de Bruxelles, 30; Parc Leopold, 25; and about forty others, varying in area from one to twelve acres. Total, 1,000 acres.

Amsterdam-Voudel Park, 150 acres; also twenty-three squares and parks, aggregating about 800 acres.

Tokio-The Wooyeno, 2,500 acres; the Shiba, 1,200; the Mookojima, 550; the Asakusa, 500; the Fukagawa (seaside park), 400; the Asukayama, 300; the Imperial Palace grounds, over 2,000; also one hundred and forty local parks and squares, varying in area from one to six acres. Total, nearly 6,000 acres.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

First District.-Queens, Richmond and Suffolk Counties.

Second District.-Towns of New Lots, Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend and New Utrecht, and the Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth, Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Wards of Brooklyn.

Third District.-Seventh, Thirteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty-third Wards of Brooklyn.

Fourth District.-First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth and Eleventh Wards of Brooklyn.

Fifth District.-Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Wards of Brooklyn.

SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.

First District.-Counties of Queens and Suffolk.

Second District. First, Second, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth and Twentysecond Wards of Brooklyn, and the towns of Flatbush, Gravesend and New Utrecht, County of Kings.

Third District. Third, Fourth, Seventh, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty-third Wards of Brooklyn.

Fourth District.-Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twentyfourth and Twenty-fifth Wards of Brooklyn, and the towns of New Lots and Flatlands, County of Kings.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS.

First District.-First and Sixth Wards.

Second District.-Second and Fourth Wards.

Third District.-Third and Tenth Wards.

Fourth District.-Fifth and Eleventh Wards.

Fifth District.-Twelfth Ward.

Sixth District.-Fourteenth and Fifteenth Wards.

Seventh District.-Sixteenth Ward.

Eighth District.-Seventeenth and Eighteenth Wards.

Ninth District.-Thirteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Wards.

Tenth District.-Eighth, Ninth and Twenty-second Wards.

Eleventh District.-Seventh, Twenty-first, Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards. Twelfth District.-Towns of New Utrecht, Flatbush, New Lots, Gravesend and Flatlands, and the Twenty-fifth Ward of Brooklyn.

WARD BOUNDARIES.

The First Ward is bounded by the East River, Fulton street, Boerum place and Atlantic street.

The Second Ward is bounded by the East River, Fulton street, Sands street and Bridge street.

The Third Ward is bounded by Boerum place, Fulton street, Flatbush avenue, Fourth avenue, Bergen street, Court street and Atlantic street.

The Fourth Ward is bounded by Sands street, Fulton street and Bridge street.

The Fifth Ward is bounded by Bridge street, Johnson street, Navy street, Nassau street and the East River.

The Sixth Ward is bounded by the East River, Atlantic street, Court street, Fourth place, Henry street, Coles street and Hamilton avenue.

The Seventh Ward is bounded by Bedford avenue, Flushing avenue, Washington avenue and Atlantic avenue.

The Eighth Ward is bounded by Prospect avenue, Gowanus Bay, the Flatbush and New Utrecht lines and Sixtieth street to New York Bay.

The Ninth Ward is bounded by Flatbush avenue, Atlantic avenue, the City line at Flatbush, and Franklin avenue.

The Tenth Ward is bounded by Bergen street, Fourth street, First street, Second avenue, Fifth street, Fourth place and Court street.

The Eleventh Ward is bounded by Fulton street, Bridge street, Johnson street, Navy street, Nassau street, the United States Navy Yard to the East River, Wallabout Bay, Portland avenue, Atlantic avenue and Flatbush avenue.

The Twelfth Ward is bounded by the East River, Hamilton avenue, Coles street, Henry street, Fourth place, Smith street, Fifth street, First avenue, Gowanus Bay and East River.

The Thirteenth Ward is bounded by the East River, Division avenue, Ninth street and Grand street.

The Fourteenth Ward is bounded by the East River, Grand street, Union avenue and North Fourteenth street.

The Fifteenth Ward is bounded by Union avenue, Ten Eyck street, Humboldt street and Bushwick avenue, Meeker avenue, Leonard street and Fifth street.

The Sixteenth Ward is bounded by Ninth street, Division avenue, Broadway, Flushing avenue, Bushwick avenue, Ten Eyck street and South Second street.

The Seventeenth Ward is bounded by the East River, North Fourteenth street, Leonard street, Meeker avenue and Newtown Creek.

The Eighteenth Ward is bounded by Broadway, the City line at New Lots, the City line of Newtown, Queens County, Newtown Creek, Meeker avenue, Humboldt street, Bushwick avenue and Flushing avenue.

The Nineteenth Ward is bounded by Flushing avenue, Broadway, Division avenue and Wallabout Bay.

The Twentieth Ward is bounded by Washington avenue, Atlantic avenue, Portland avenue and Flushing avenue.

The Twenty-first Ward is bounded by Bedford avenue, Flushing avenue, Broadway and Lafayette avenue.

The Twenty-second Ward is bounded by Flatbush avenue, Ninth avenue, Fifteenth street to City line at Flatbush, Prospect avenue, Hamilton avenue, Gowanus Canal, Fourth place, Second avenue, First street and Fourth avenue.

The Twenty-third Ward is bounded by Bedford avenue, Atlantic avenue, Albany avenue, Fulton street, Sumner avenue and Lafayette avenue.

The Twenty-fourth Ward is bounded by Franklin avenue, Atlantic avenue, and the City line at New Lots and Flatbush.

The Twenty-fifth Ward is bounded by Atlantic avenue, Sumner avenue, Lafayette avenue, Broadway and the City line at New Lots.

ALTITUDES.

The following table_indicates various points in the City of Brooklyn, and their height in feet above tide-water in the East River, according to the survey made by the City Works Department:

The highest point in the city is at Twentieth street and Ninth avenue, being 175 feet above tidewater.

The locations of Revolutionary forts in Brooklyn | Cork Screw Fort was on a high, conical hill, called are given as follows: Fort Stirling, about Pierre pont and Hicks streets; Fort Putnam, a wooded hill near the Wallabout (now Fort Greene); Fort Greene, near the intersection of Nevins and Dean streets, on the land of Debevoise and Van Brunt; a small redoubt, a little eastward of Fort Putnam, near the Jamaica road; Fort Box, a small redoubt of four guns, upon the slope of Bergen Hill (also called Boerum's Hill), west of Smith street, not far from the termination of Hoyt and Carroll streets;

Poukiesberg and Cobble Hill, occupying the space now bounded by Atlantic, Pacific, Court and Clinton streets; Fort Defiance, at Red Hook, and the oblong redoubt which extended from Fort Putnam to Fort Greene. In 1812 Fort Box was called Fort Fireman; Fort Greene was called Fort Masonic; the oblong redoubt was called Fort Cummings; Fort Putnam was changed to Fort Greene and Cork Screw Fort was called Fort Swift.