THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS ALTERED BY SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION; TOGETHER WITH THE Other Statutory Provisions of a General and Permanent Nature, (Except the Code of Civil Procedure, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Penal Code,) PASSED FROM THE YEAR 1778 TO FEBRUARY 1, 1889, And Now in Force; ARRANGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAME OR KINDRED SUBJECTS IN THE REVISED STATUTES, TO WHICH ARE ADDED AN ANALYSIS OF THE ENTIRE WORK; REFERENCES TO JUDICIAL DECISIONS UPON PLETE ALPHABETICAL INDEX; AND AN INDEXED TABLE OF THE EDITED BY MONTGOMERY H. THROOP, COUNSELLOR AT LAW, EDITOR OF THE SEVENTH EDITION. EIGHTH EDITION. VOLUME II. CONTAINING THe tenth, eleventh, twelfth, THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, AND SEVENTEENTH THE REVISED STATUTES, AND THE GENERAL LAWS CONNECTED THEREWITH. 1889. BANKS & BROTHERS, LAW BOOK PUBLISHERS, ALBANY, N. Y. NEW YORK. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, BY BANKS & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Northern District of New York. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, BY BANKS & BROTHERS, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, BY BANKS & BROTHERS, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, BY BANKS & BROTHERS, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. VALOED FIBKVBA 154145 ANALYSIS OF THE SEVERAL CHAPTERS, TITLES Title 104.-The Military Code of the State, and other pro- ......... 823 [The Military Code; L. 1883, Chap. 299].. 823 Article 1.-Persons subject to military duty. 824 Article 2.-Enrolment of persons liable to military duty. 824 New York... 825 Article 4.-Staff departments and duties.. 827 Article 5.-Election and appointment of commissioned and 830 Article 6.-Enlistment and transfer. 833 Article 7.-Discharges of commissioned officers and enlisted men Title 103.—Of the bureau of records of the war of the re- 869 CHAPTER XI. 336 of the powers, duties and privileges of towns.. 877 337 337 337 339 339 342 Title I. Of towns, as bodies corporate...................................... Title II. Of town-meetings, and the time, purposes and manner Article 1.-Of annual and special town-meetings.... 879 879 884 CHAPTER XI-Continued. 1 R. S. R. S., Part I-Continued. Title III. Of the election and qualifications of town officers, and 343 888 343 344 ...... 347 Article 1.-Of the election of town officers........ 888 ...... ...... 889 894 895 348 348 350 350 353 355 356 356 358 359 Title IV. Of the general duties of certain town officers, and of Article 1.-Duties of the supervisor.. ...... ...... ...... ........ Article 4.-Of division and other fences 901 903 906 911 912 913 927 Title 7.-Provisions relating collectively to towns, villages, Of the powers, duties and privileges of counties, and of certain Title I. Of counties as bodies corporate ............ Article 1.-Of the powers and rights of counties as bodies corporate...... .... ...... Title II. Of certain duties of county officers, and of various matters Article 1.-Of the board of supervisors. Article 2.-Of the county treasurer 364 364 365 365 365 368 371 Article 3. 375 378 382 382 384 385 Of loan officers and commissioners of loans Article 4. Of the clerks of counties..... Also of registers of deeds. .... ........... ...... ...... ..... ............ .... ....... .... Article 74.-Of the compensation of certain county officers. 1071 Title III. Of legal proceedings in favor of, and against counties... 1077 1078 |