THE

CONSOLIDATED LAWS

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK

1909

OF THE

PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION AND CONTROL
BOARD OF STATUTORY CONSOLIDATION, COMPOSED OF
ADOLPH J. RODENBECK, WILLIAM B. HORNBLOWER,
JOHN G. MILBURN AND ADELBERT MOOT

COMPRISED IN FIFTY-NINE CHAPTERS

AND

The Public Service Commissions Law and the Railroad Law, constituting
all the General Statutory Law of the State of New York,
except that contained in the Code of Civil Pro-

cedure and Code of Criminal Procedure

Certified by the Secretary of State as correct transcripts of the original laws

CONTAINING ALSO

The Consolidated Schedule of Repeals; the Historical Record of General
Statutes; chapters amending the Code of Civil Procedure and Code of
Criminal Procedure generally; and the Consolidators' and Revisers' Notes:
embracing all the work of the Board of Statutory Consolidation

Edited by

FREDERICK E. WADHAMS

of the Albany Bar

Secretary of the Board of Statutory Consolidation

With a Complete Analytical Index, and the Constitution of the State of New York

In Seven Volumes

VOLUME I

NEW YORK CITY

THE AMERICAN LAW BOOK COMPANY

60 WALL STREET

In pursuance of the authority vested in me by section 932 of the Code of Civil Procedure as amended by Laws of 1895, chapter 594, I, Samuel S. Koenig, Secretary of State, hereby certify that the copies of the Consolidated Laws and other statutes contained in this volume are correct transcripts of the text of the original laws and in accordance with such section are entitled to be read in evidence.

Given under my hand and the seal of office of the Secre[L. S.] tary of State, at the Capitol in the city of Albany, this 10th day of June, 1909.