CHAPTER VII.

THE PUBLIC OFFICERS Law.

Article I. Appointment and qualification of public officers

(§§ 1-15)....

II. Creation and filling of vacancies (§§ 20-31)..

III. Powers and duties of public officers (§§ 40–44).

THE LEGISLATIVE LAW.

CHAPTER VIII.

Article I. Members, officers, and employees of the legislature

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457

463

(§§ 1-23)..

500

II. The enactment and publication of laws (§§ 40–49)..

III. Legislative committees; testimony in legislative pro-

ceedings (§§ 60-65)......

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512

VII. Provisions applicable to two or more executive officers

III. Canal fund and canal debt sinking fund (§§ 60–66).

IV. Education funds (§§ 80–96)..

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617

630

631

V. Miscellaneous funds (§§ 100-102).

VI. Laws repealed; when to take effect (§§ 110-111)......

Article II. Canal board (§§ 10-15)..............

III. Superintendent of public works (§§ 20–38).

IV. State engineer; department of canals (§§ 50–58).

V. Appropriation of lands and water (§§ 70–78)

VI. Surplus waters (§§ 90–101)......

VII. Highways and bridges (§§ 110–118).

VIII. Contracts (§§ 130-144)..

IX. Navigation (§§ 160–182).

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705

715

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727

731

737

CHAPTER XIII.

THE SALT SPRINGS LAW (§§ 1-42)......

CHAPTER XIV.

THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS LAW.

Article I. Trustees and superintendent of public buildings; state

architect (§§ 1-8)....

II. Washington's headquarters (§§ 20–25).

III. Senate House at Kingston (§§ 30-32). .

IV. New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home (§§ 40-46)

THE PRISON LAW.

CHAPTER XV.

[Not yet enacted. See Appendix, Vol. IV.]

THE MILITARY CODE.

CHAPTER XVI.

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850

854

855

856

Article I. The militia of the state (§§ 1-19)....

II. The national guard of the state (§§ 21-35).

III. The naval militia of the state (§§ 41-47)...

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1063

1068

IV. Commissioned officers of the national guard and naval

militia (§§ 51-66)........

1071

V. Enlisted men of the national guard and naval militia

(§§ 71-79)....

1080

VI. Service of the national guard and naval militia

(§§ 81-90)....

1085

VII. Military courts (§§ 91-118)..

1088

VIII. Arms, uniforms, and equipments for the national

XI. Privileges, prohibitions, and penalties (§§ 171–177)...

XII. Miscellaneous provisions (§§ 181-191)...

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Article III. Clerks of boards of supervisors (§§ 50–54)..

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IV. Duties of boards of supervisors relating to highways

XII. County judge, surrogate, special county judge, special

surrogate, and justice of sessions (§§ 220–223)..

XIII. Miscellaneous (§§ 230–239).....

1255

....

1258

THE HIGHWAY LAW.

CHAPTER XIX.

Article I. Highway officers, their general powers and duties

(§§ 1-26)...

1300

II. Assessment for highway labor (§§ 30-59a) .

III. The duties of overseers of highways, and the perform-

ance of highway labor (§§ 60–74).......

1313

.....

1323

IV. Laying out, altering, and discontinuing highway and

laying out private roads (§§ 80-123).

1329

II. Town meetings and the election and tenure of town

VI. Strays and chattels doing damage, floating timbers

and wrecks (SS 120-150).

......

1431

VII. The town board (§§ 160-189).

1440

VIII. Town-houses, lock-ups, and burial grounds (§§ 190–195) 1452

IX. The municipal debt law (§§ 210-214)....

X. Town business in counties containing more than six

hundred thousand inhabitants (§§ 220-236)...

XI. Repealing and other clauses (§§ 240-243)..

III. General duties and compensation of officers; ordi-

nances (§§ 80–94)..

1522

IV. Finances (SS 100-133)...

1534

V. Streets, sidewalks and public grounds (§§ 140-169).. 1548

XII. Re-incorporation under this chapter (§§ 300-304)... 1585

XIII. Miscellaneous provisions (§§ 310-335)..

XIV. Effect of chapter; repeal (§§ 340-343)

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1596

CHAPTER XXII.

THE GENERAL CITY LAW.

Article I. General Provisions (§§ 1-14)....

II. Hearing on city bills (§§ 30-35)..

III. Plumbing and drainage (§§ 40-57).

IV. Bridges (§§ 70-80)..

V. Police matrons (§§ 90-97)..

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1654

1656

......

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1665

X. Protection of purchasers of coal (§§ 150-161).
XI. Effect of chapter; laws repealed (§§ 170-173)..

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1676

CHAPTER XXIII.

THE EDUCATION LAW.

[Not yet enacted. In lieu thereof are given the University
Law and the Consolidated School Law, which
are the existing statutes on this subject. See
Appendix, Vol. IV.]

THE UNIVERSITY LAW. (§§ 1-55)..

THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL LAW.

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Title I. State superintendent of public instruction, his elec-
tion, and general powers and duties... . . . .
II. State and other school moneys, their apportion-

.........

ment and distribution; and trusts and gifts
for the benefit of common schools......
Art. 1. Of the state school moneys, and their appor-
tionment by the superintendent of public
instruction, and payment to county and
city treasurers

.....

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1727

2. Of the apportionment of state school moneys, and

of other school moneys, by the school com-

missioners and their payment to the

supervisors ..

3. Of trusts for the benefit of common schools, and

town school funds, fines, penalties, and

other moneys held or given for their

benefit

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1735

Title III. Supervisors, disbursement of school moneys by,
and some of their special powers and duties
under this act..

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1738

IV. Town clerks; their duties under this act...

V. School commissioners, their election, powers and

1740

duties.

1741

....

.....

VI. School districts; formation, alteration and dissolu-

tion thereof

VII. Meetings in common school districts, the election

of school district officers, and their powers and

1747

duties ..

1751

Art. 1. Of common school district meetings; who are
voters, and their powers...........

1751

2. Of district school houses and sites..

1759

3. Of qualification, election and terms of office of

district officers, and of vacancies in such

offices

.....

1762

4. Of the duties of district clerk and treasurer...

5. Of pupils and teachers......

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1767

6. Of trustees, their powers and duties; and of

school taxes and annual reports...........

7. Of the assessment of district taxes, and the col-

lection of such taxes; and of the collector,

his powers, duties and liabilities......

Title VIII. Union free schools; how established, who are
voters at meetings and their powers; election
and terms of office of members of boards of
education, and powers of such boards..........
Art. 1. Of the proceedings for the establishment of
union free schools; powers of voters at
meetings; classification of terms of office
and election of members of boards of edu-
cation; certified copies of proceedings of
meetings to be filed; board of education to
elect a president and appoint a treasurer
and collector

2. Of the qualifications of voters in union free

school districts; and of meetings of such

voters and their powers......

3. Of annual and special meetings, and of election

of members of boards of education, and

clerks in districts where the number of

children exceeds three hundred.........

4. Of the powers and duties of boards of educa-

cation . .

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1790

5. Of the alteration of union free school districts;

the increase or diminution of number of

members of boards of education, and of

dissolution of union free school districts...

Title IX. Acquisition of school-house sites....
X. Teachers' institutes

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