The General Municipal Code, Etc., Etc

PREFACE.

THIS work is intended to supply a need, existing at present, of a reliable manual for county and town officers in this State. Prior manuals, however good when first written, are now misleading from the fact that the body of the text has remained unchanged, while Code amendments and recent enactments have been inserted or added. The additions and text, for this reason, are found to be contradictory and render it impossible for a person, who consults the manual, to ascertain what is really the law. But this work presents the existing laws with all subsequent amendments and acts bearing in any manner upon the subject, thus avoiding all repealed and overruled matter. Ready reference to any provision is made by both a separate and a general index. Full, complete and appropriate forms, corrected and prepared for the present law, accompany each act, when necessary. In its present form, the work is exactly adapted to the use of all county and town officers. The county, town, highway, election and excise laws, with forms fitted to meet every occasion, should be in the hands of supervisors, boards of supervisors, town boards, constables, commissioners and overseers of highways, election and excise officers, etc., as these laws define their powers and duties, and instruct them in the mode of transacting their business. The other acts contained in this work are useful for frequent reference and consultation.

A word may be necessary in reference to the arrangement. On next page will be found a table showing the order in which the parts have been adjusted. A separate index, more in detail than the general index, follows each law, and constitutes, with the law, supplemental acts, and forms, a complete unit. The forms under each law are kept separate and inserted in their appropriate connection. At the end of the book, a general index of the whole subject, and a general index of all the forms, are placed for purposes of general reference.

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