Malcolm Smith, the present County Clerk, who.se term of office is about to expire, they have made a thorough investigation ae to the present condition of the books, papers and records of the office, and find the minutes of all the Courts duly recorded ; the Registers of Actions and Special Proceedings written up to date and properly inde.\ed ; the Judgments docketed in the most plain and neat manner; the Lis Pendens, Sherifl""8 Certificates, Assignments, &c., all recorded and plainly indexed ; and everything relating to the papers and records of the olfice showing that regularity and order i)revail throughout, and that no unfinished business will be left to he performed by Mr. Smith's successor in office.

'•Mr. Smith has always been a Democrat, and for twenty years prior to his retirement from office held a prominent position iu the councils of his party."

Since his retirement he has been engaged in the practice of law in White Plains, devoting himself more especially to examination of titles and matters of law pertaining to real estate. He has been for forty years connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, aud is well known as an active and influential member, largely aiding financially and by judicious counsel in the erection of churches, both in Sing Sing and White Plains. He has been an extensive traveler in various portions of the United States and few men in this county have a wider circle of acquaintance. He married Hannah, daughter oi James McCord, of Sing Sing. They have one child.