Excerpt from The Centralization of Administration in New York State The government first established over the early settle ments within the present limits of New York State centralized all power in the hands of the Governor. The Directors General appointed by the Dutch West India Company and the first Governors sent over by the Duke of York possessed supreme legislative, judicial and executive powers; and these were exercised at first not merely in matters concern ing the colony as a whole, but also over the purely local affairs Of the various settlements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.