§§ 4-7. Ch. 9, G. L. L. 1892, ch. 683. § 4. Annual expenditures of governor.-There shall be annually appropriated to be expended by the governor, 1. Not exceeding ten thousand five hundred dollars for the employment of such clerks, counsel, stenographers, messengers and doorkeepers in the executive chamber as may be necessary; 2. Not exceeding two thousand dollars for rewards which may be offered by him and necessary expenses in the apprehension of criminals and fugitives from justice. 3. Not exceeding one thousand dollars for compensation, expenses and fees of witnesses and sheriffs upon applications for executive clemency. 4. Not exceeding four thousand dollars for other incidental expenses of the executive chamber and the administration of his office. 5. Not exceeding two thousand dollars for repairs, furniture and incidental expenses of the executive mansion. § 5. Executive records.-The governor shall cause to be kept in the executive chamber, 1. Journals of the daily transactions of his office; 2. Registers, containing classified statements of such transactions; 3. Separate registers containing classified statements of all applications for pardon, commutation or other executive clemency, and of his action thereon; 4. An account of his official expenses and disbursements, including the incidental expenses of his department, and of all rewards offered by him for the apprehension of criminals, and also the expense incurred by him in sending the reports and copies of the laws of this state to other states. 5. Files of all official records upon which applications for executive clemency are founded; of statements made by judges to him; of sentences to death and of the testimony in capital cases; and of such other papers relating to the transactions of his office, as are deemed by him of sufficient value for preservation. 6. Petitions on behalf of state. The governor of the state. may sign any petition required by law for any change or improvement to be made to a street, avenue or public place, on behalf of the state, the people of the state or any other officer, commission, department or trustee for the state where the title of any property fronting upon any street, avenue or public place in a city, is vested in or held by the people of the state, or is vested in or held by any officer, commission or department of or on behalf of the state. § 7. Exchange of laws and reports with other states.-The L. 1892, ch. 683. Ch. 9, G. L. §§ 20-24. governor shall transmit to the executive of each state in the Union, three copies of the laws of each year and of the reports of the court of appeals, as soon as published, and request a similar transmission to be made to him of the laws and reports of the highest courts of the several states, and when the laws of another state are received, he shall cause one copy thereof to be deposited in the state library, one in the senate chamber and one in the assembly chamber; if but one copy be received, it shall be deposited in the state library. The expenses incurred thereby shall be included in the incidental expenses of the administration of his office. ARTICLE II. SECRETARY OF STATE. SECTION 20. Salary and expenses. 21. Deputy. 22. Custody of records. 23. Distribution of acts of congress. 24. Supplying statutes to new counties and towns. 25. Legislative manual. 26. Fees. § 20. Salary and expenses.-The secretary of state shall be paid an annual salary of five thousand dollars. There shall be annually appropriated to be expended by the secretary of state: 1. Not exceeding twenty thousand three hundred dollars for the employment of clerks and messengers in his office; 2. Not exceeding two thousand dollars for furniture, books, binding, blanks, printing and the other necessary incidental expenses of his office. § 21. Deputy. The secretary of state shall appoint a deputy who shall be paid an annual salary of four thousand dollars and who may perform all the duties of the secretary of state, except as commissioner of the canal fund and state canvasser. § 22. Custody of records.-The secretary of state shall have the custody of all laws and concurrent resolutions of the legislature, all documents issued under the great seal, all books, records, deeds, parchments, maps, and papers deposited or kept in his office, and shall properly arrange and preserve them. 23. Distribution of acts of congress.-The secretary of state shall distribute the acts of congress received at his office in the same manner as the laws of this state. § 24. Supplying statutes to new counties and towns.-The §§ 25, 26. Ch. 9, G. L. L. 1892, ch. 683. secretary of state shall, at the expense of the state, transmit to the clerk of every new county and town, the latest legislative revision of the general laws of the state, and if practicable, a complete set of the volumes of the session laws, passed since the session of 1830. Whenever the revision of the general laws of the state, or any of the volumes of the session laws passed since 1830, belonging to any town, shall be destroyed by fire, the secretary of state shall, if practicable, replace them at the expense of the state. § 25. Legislative manual.-The secretary of state, at the expense of the state, shall annually prepare and publish the legislative manual, and a map of the state, exhibiting the route of all railroads and canals that are completed or in course of construction. The manual shall contain the constitutions of the United States and of the state of New York, diagrams of the senate and assembly chambers, and such other information of the nature heretofore published therein, as he may consider useful, and shall be printed and bound in substantially the same style as heretofore Within two weeks after the commencement of each regular session of the legislature, and earlier if practicable, he shall deliver a copy of the manual and map to each member and officer of the legislature, and to each state officer entitled to the session laws, with the name of each officer or member lettered on the copy of the manual sent to him. 26. Fees. The secretary of state shall collect the following fees: 1. For entering a caveat, twelve and a half cents; 2. Searching the records in his office for any one year and for every other year in which such search is made, six cents; 3. For a copy of any paper or record not required to be certified or otherwise authenticated by him, ten cents per folio; 4. For a certified or exemplified copy of any law, record or paper, fifteen cents per folio; 5. For a certificate under the great seal of the state, one dollar; 6. For recording a certificate, notice or other paper required to be recorded, except as otherwise provided by this section, fifteen cents per folio; 7. For a certificate of the official character of a commissioner of deeds residing in another state or a foreign country, twenty-five cents, and for every other certificate under the seal of his office, one dollar; 8. For a certificate as to the official character of such a commis sioner, twenty-five cents; L. 1892, ch. 683. Ch. 9, G. L. §§ 30, 31. 9. For every patent for lands under water, five dollars, and for every other patent the sum of one dollar for each separate lot embraced in such patent; 10. For each license granted to a peddler, the sum of two dollars; 11. For recording the depositions of resident aliens, fifty cents, and for a certified copy of such deposition, fifty cents; 12. For filing and recording the original certificate of incorporation of a railroad corporation for the construction of a railroad in a foreign country, fifty dollars; for filing the original certificate of every other railroad corporation, twenty-five dollars; for filing the original certificate of any other stock corporation, ten dollars; 13. For filing the certificate of a foreign corporation desiring to do business in the state, ten dollars; 14. For certified copies of the evidence and proceedings of the board of audit, on appeal to the supreme court, to be paid by the appellant on serving notice of appeal, fifteen cents per folio. No fee shall be collected for copies of records furnished to public officers for use in their official capacity. ARTICLE III. COMPTROLLER. SECTION 30. Salary and expenses. 31. Deputy. 32. Fees. § 30. Salary and expenses.-The comptroller shall be paid an annual salary of six thousand dollars and his reasonable expenses when necessarily absent on public business pertaining to the duties of his office. There shall be annually appropriated to be expended by the comptroller: 1. Not exceeding eight hundred dollars for a messenger; 2. Not exceeding thirty-two thousand dollars for clerk hire; 3. Not exceeding four thousand dollars for furniture, books, binding, blanks, printing and other necessary incidental expenses in his office. § 31. Duputy*.-The comptroller shall appoint a deputy who shall be paid an annual salary of four thousand dollars and who may perform any of the duties of the comptroller, except the drawing of warrants on the treasury, the auditing of public accounts, and the So in the original. §§ 32-42. Ch. 9, G. L. L. 1892, ch. 683. duties of the comptroller as commissioner of the land office, commissioner of the canal fund, and as state canvasser. § 32. Fees. The comptroller shall collect the following fees: 1. For copies of all papers and records not required to be certified or otherwise authenticated by him, ten cents per folio; 2. For certified or exemplified copies of all records and papers, fifteen cents per folio; 3. For every certificate under the seal of his office, one dollar; 4. For opening a new account for part of the consideration due on any lot or piece of land, or for a discharge for any such part, where no new account shall have been opened, two dollars; 5. For a deed of land sold for taxes containing the description of but one piece, fifty cents; and for every additional piece described in the same, ten cents. ARTICLE IV. STATE TREASURER. SECTION 40. Salary and expenses. 41. Undertaking. 42. Deputy. § 40. Salary and expenses.-The treasurer shall be paid an annual salary of five thousand dollars. There shall be annually appropriated to be expended by the treasurer; 1. Not exceeding twelve thousand dollars for salaries of clerks and messengers in his office; 2. Not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars for furniture, books, binding, blanks, printing and other necessary incidental expenses in his office. § 41. Undertaking.-The treasurer shall give an official undertaking in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, approved by the presi dent of the senate, speaker of the assembly and comptroller. After the appointment and qualification of his successor, upon filing in the office of the secretary of state a certificate from the committee who shall have examined and settled his accounts of the preceding year, certifying that such accounts are regularly stated and balanced, and that the balance, if any, is actually in the treasury, or deposited as required by law, such undertaking shall be delivered to him for cancellation. § 42. Deputy.-The treasurer shall appoint a deputy, for whose conduct he shall be responsible, who shall be paid an annual salary |