or the defence thereof before the court, as if such evidence had been taken or proceedings had before the court.

[Section 16 is omitted as temporary.]

L. 1877, Chap. 11- An act to extend the powers of county judges while in counties other than their own for the purpose of holding courts therein.

Powers and duties in other counties. SECTION 1. During the period that any county judge shall be in a county other than his own, for the purpose of holding courts therein, he may exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the county judge of such other county, which said last-mentioned judge is by law authorized to exercise and perform out of court or in vacation; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall empower him to perform the duties of surrogate in such other county.

94 N. Y., 387.

L. 1880, Chap. 480~ An act to amend chapter four hundred and sixtyseven of the laws of 1870, entitled "An act in relation to the county courts."*

Amendment. SECTION 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and sixty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled "An act in relation to the county courts," is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Courts to have jurisdiction in actions not to exceed $3,000. § 1. The county courts, in addition to the powers they now possess, shall have jurisdiction in civil actions where the relief demanded is the recovery of a sum of money not exceeding three thousand dollars, or the recovery of personal property not exceeding in value three thousand dollars, and in which all the defendants are residents of the county in which the action is brought at the time of its commencement, subject to the right of the supreme court upon special motion, for good cause shown, to remove any such action into the supreme court before trial, and also, on such removal being made, to change the venue or place of trial. They shall have such appellate jurisdiction as is now provided by law.

28 Hun, 484.

[The section (L. 1870, ch. 467, § 1), amended as above, was repealed by L. 1877, ch. 417.]

L. 1838, Chap. 297 – An act in relation to the criminal courts in the city of New York.

Courts, where to be held. SECTION 1. It shall and may be lawful for the common council of the city of New York to assign such place in the said city, as may to them seem most conducive to the public convenience, for the holding of the courts of general or special sessions and of oyer and terminer and jail delivery, to be held in and for the said city and county. But such alteration of the place of holding such courts shall, before the same takes effect, be notified in one or more of the public newspapers printed in the said city, for the period of not less than four weeks.

As to the constitutionality of this act, see Const., art. VI, § 15.

L. 1855, Chap. 337 – An act to enlarge the jurisdiction of the courts of general and special sessions of the peace, in and for the city and county of New York.

[Section 1 repealed by L. 1886, ch. 593.]

Application of laws. § 2. All the provisions of law whatsoever now existing, relating to courts of oyer and terminer, and regarding trials of indictments for capital offences, and for offences punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life, and regarding sentences thereupon, and writs of error, bills of exceptions, certioraris, and writs of habeas corpus, arising upon trials of such indictments, are hereby applied to the said court of general sessions of the peace in and for the city and county of New York.

[Section 3 was repealed by L. 1886, ch. 593.]

Transfer of indictments. § 4. The court of oyer and terminer in and for the city and county of New York, may, by an order to be entered in its minutes, send all indictments for any crimes (including crimes punishable with death or imprisonment in the state prison for life) that may hereafter be in any way brought before the said court to the court of general sessions of the peace in and for the city and county of New York, to be there heard, tried and determined, according to law.

[Section 5 repealed by L. 1886, ch. 593.]

Contempts. §6. The court of general sessions of the peace in and for the city and county of New York, shall have power at all times to make rules and regulations for its government and conduct, and to enforce the same by imprisonment for contempt, or by fine, or by both.

Fines. § 7. All fines imposed by the courts of oyer and terminer, and general and special sessions, in the city and county of New York, may be at any time remitted by the judge imposing the same, and in addition to such remissions, the court may, in its discretion, substitute imprisonment. All such fines shall be collected by and paid to the clerk of said courts, and by him accounted for to the chamberlain of said city and county of New York, with a statement under oath.

Repeal. 8. All acts, statutes, parts of acts and parts of statutes, or provisions of law, conflicting with any of the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

L. 1874, Chap. 566 – An act in relation to the general interpreter of the criminal courts of the county of New York.

[Local.]

L. 1864, Chap. 510– An act for the appointment of an interpreter in the courts of Kings county.

Appointment of interpreter; his duties; his compensation. SECTION 1. The board of supervisors of the county of Kings are authorized and empowered to designate and appoint some suitable person as interpreter, whose duty it shall be to attend the courts of record in said county, at which witnesses are sworn and testify, and who shall be paid the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum, during the good behavior of the said interpreter. [Thus amended by L. 1869, ch. 249.]

L. 1876, Chap. 338 – An act to authorize the county judge of the county of Kings and the surrogate of said county to appoint an interpreter for their courts and to provide for his compensation therefor.

[Sections 1 and 2 were repealed by L. 1880, ch. 245.]

Salary. § 3. Such interpreter shall receive as compensation for his services, the sum of four dollars per day, for every day actually employed in said courts, to be certified to by the clerk of said courts respectively, and shall be paid monthly by the treasurer of the county of Kings.

L. 1881, Chap. 659- An act in relation to the appointment and dismissal of court officers in each of the courts of record of Kings county, and to fix the salary of the official stenographer of the supreme court of said county.

Officers, appointment and removal of. SECTION 1. All court officers, other than those provided for by the Constitution, attendants or messengers, shall be appointed or removed at the pleasure of the judges of the courts of Kings county in which they shall be employed respectively.

Stenographer, salary of. § 2. The official stenographer of the supreme court of Kings county shall receive the sum of five thousand dollars per annum, to be raised with the annual tax levy as a county charge. He shall provide a stenographer for each trial term of the court, and the compensation of his assistants shall be paid by the said official stenographer. There shall be no other compensation allowed to him or his assistants as a county charge.

L. 1848, Chap. 58- An act in relation to the seal of Broome county. Seal to be used. SECTION 1. The seal of the county of Broome, as used by the clerk of said county, before the passage of the act entitled "An act in relation to the judiciary," passed May 12, 1847, shall continue to be the seal of the said county, to be used by the said clerk for the time being, for all purposes for which a county seal may be required; and the provisions of section seventy-two of said act, so far as relates to the seal of the supreme and circuit courts and the court of oyer and terminer of the counties, shall not be applicable to the county of Broome.

L. 1848, Chap. 210 – An act in relation to courts of record in Oswego county. [Local.]

L. 1851, Chap. 232 – An act to authorize the clerk of Chautauque county to procure a new seal for said county.

County clerk may procure seal. SECTION 1. The county clerk of the county of Chautauque is hereby authorized to procure a new seal for said county, with such device as shall be approved by the county judge of said county, the same to be the seal of the supreme court in said county, and the seal of the circuit court and court of oyer and terminer and county courts of said county.

Description to be filed. § 2. Before using the said new seal, a description of the same shall be deposited on record in the office of the secretary of state, accompanied with a certificate of approval of the county judge of said county, which description shall remain of record.

Former seal to be destroyed. § 3. It shall be the duty of the county clerk of said county, before using the new seal to destroy the seal now in use.

L. 1865, Chap. 296- An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the county judges of the several counties in this state to appoint a crier for the courts of record to be held in and for said counties," passed April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.

[Section 1 was repealed by L. 1877, ch. 417.]

Supreme court crier to be appointed. § 2. The justices of the supreme court of the first judicial district, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to appoint from time to time, as shall be necessary, a suitable person to discharge the duties of crier of the supreme court in the city and county of New York; such person to be paid such compensation and in such manner as the board of supervisors of said county shall determine.

L. 1877, Chap, 191–An act to authorize the appointment and provide for the compensation of a stenographer of the special terms of the supreme court held in the county of Westchester.

Authorizing appointment of a stenographer, etc.; compensation. SECTION 1. A justice of the supreme court holding a special term in the county of Westchester, may appoint, and at pleasure remove, a stenographer for such special term, who must attend and perform his duties as directed by the justice appointing him. The said justice shall fix the compensation of the stenographer so appointed and of any stenographer heretofore appointed by him for attending any special term of said court held in said county before the passage of this act

Payment of same provided for. § 2. The board of supervisors of said county shall annually levy and collect, as a county charge, the amount so fixed by said justice, in the same manner as other county charges are paid.

L. 1878, Chap. 21 - An act authorizing the appointment of a person to perform clerical duties, in the supreme court in Kings county. Appointment; oath of office; powers and duties. SECTION 1. The justices of the supreme court, residing in Kings county, are hereby authorized by an instrument in writing, to appoint and at pleasure remove a person to perform clerical duties, in the supreme court in Kings county. The person so appointed shall subscribe and file in the clerk's office the constitutional oath of office, and, in the absence of the county clerk of Kings county, shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties, in respect to the business of the supreme court, which shall be prescribed by the justices, or any justice thereof; and shall have power to employ all necessary assistance in the duties required of him.

Salary. § 2. The board of supervisors of Kings county shall fix the salary of the person so appointed and provide for the payment thereof, from the first day of September, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, in monthly payments during his service. The sum so fixed as salary shall be in full for such service and for all clerical assistance furnished by him. The amount so fixed shall be a county charge, to be raised with the annual taxes of said county.

L. 1886, Chap. 401 - An act to authorize the appointment of stenographers by the justices of the supreme court, holding special terms in the fourth judicial district, and to provide for the compensation of such stenographers.

Stenographers for special terms in fourth judicial district; duties. SECTION 1. Each of the justices of the supreme court assigned to hold special terms in the fourth judicial district, for the hearing of contested motions and the trial of issues of fact and law, may appoint and at pleasure remove a stenographer, who must attend and perform all such services as may be required of him in reporting, writing out, copying and otherwise assisting in all judicial proceedings before the justices appointing him, and also in transmitting papers to the county clerks' office in said district for filing and entry therein.

Salary and expenses, how fixed and paid; to be levied from the counties composing the §2. Each stenographer so appointed shall receive a salary fixed by said justice, not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and also a reasonable sum for actual necessary expenses while travelling to and from said terms and while attending court, including stationery, and the same shall be payable by the comptroller in equal quarterly payments, upon the certificate of said justice. To provide the means for paying said salaries and expenses, each of said justices shall, on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and eightysix, and annually thereafter, fix and transmit to the comptroller the amount thereof, and the comptroller shall on the first day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and in each and every year thereafter, fix and transmit to the clerk of each board of supervisors, in said district, a statement of the sum to be raised by the board of supervisors of each of the counties within said district, in accordance with the amount of taxable real and personal property in each of said counties, as shown by the last assessment-roll therein. Said board of supervisors must annually levy and cause to be collected, as a county charge, and paid over to the several county treasurers the several sums fixed by the comptroller, and such county treasurers shall pay over the sum so collected to the comptroller of the state for the payment of such salaries and expenses.

[Section 3 temporary.]

L. 1883, Chap. 215-An act fixing the salaries of the stenographers of the supreme court in the eighth judicial district.

Salaries of stenographers and fees for transcripts; their duties. SECTION 1. Each of the stenographers of the supreme court in the eighth judicial district whose appointment is provided for in section two hundred and fifty-eight of the Code of Civil Procedure shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars a year; the salaries to be paid as prescribed in section two hundred and fifty-nine of the Code of Civil Procedure, and such stenographers shall report and transcribe opinions for the justices of the supreme court, when required, without additional compensation, and shall within twenty days after notice by a party that he intends to appeal, make a case and exceptions or bill of exceptions in a criminal or civil action or that briefs are to be made or arguments prepared in an action tried before the court without a jury, file with the clerk of the county in which such trial took place a transcript of the minutes taken by him on such trial. The stenographer shall be entitled to six cents for each one hundred words of such transcript, which transcript shall be certified to by the justice holding the court at which the trial took place. Such sum shall be paid with the stenographer's salary in the manner prescribed in section two hundred and fifty-nine of the Code of Civil Procedure. [Thus amended by L. 1888, ch. 554.]