SCHENECTADY. Glafs windows, penalty for breaking or defacing them, Page 426 ibid. ibid. ibid. Defcriptions thereof, and of feals of certain courts, to be depofited and recorded in the fecretary's office, 19, 149, 201, 365. Of court for trial of impeachments and correction of errors, Of Exchequer court, Of furrogates, how provided, SECRETARY, To record all acts paffed by the legislature, To attend the legiflature to receive the laws, To be ex officio clerk of the council of appointment, papers, To deliver to furveyor-general certain records and papers, SENATE, To confift of 24 members, elected for four years, Senators, how divided, and what part to be annually chofen, Not to adjourn for above two days without confent of the assembly, Senators, how to be proportioned after cenfus is taken, To hold conferences with the aflembly when they difa gree, To keep their doors open, To publish their proceedings, Their number not to exceed one hundred, Lieutenant-governor to be prefident thereof, 149 201 365 17 24 ნი 70 ibid. 208 324 8 ibid. 18, 323 to 325 9 ibid. ibid. ibid. ibid. ibid. 10 fbid. 6 17 290 317 323 32-5 19, 20, 299, 306, 307 57 299 300 365 In what cafes to chufe a prefident, To enter objections of council of revifion in their minutes, Prefident to deliver to the fecretary fuch bills objected to by the council of revifion as pafs laft in the fenate, Freedom of speech, debate and proceedings, not to be impeached, SESSIONS of the PEACE, When and where to be held, Proceedings not to be difcontinued by a new cominiffion, To punish offences concerning veffels and goods caft on fhore; SHERIFFS, To be annually appointed of fubftantial freeholders, Not to hold their office above four years fucceffively, To prevent private lotteries and games of chance, When and how to account, No execution to iffue against his body while in office, To make returns to circuit court, How to impanel and return juries, To fummon juries fix days before trial, 265 To deliver copies of panels to parties five days before trial, ibid. To procure a lift of perfons qualified to ferve as jurors, 266 Not to return any perfon, except on ftruck juries and in mayors courts, who has ferved within a year, 266 Penalty for excufing any man for reward, ibid. To return book for ftriking juries, 268 To give fecurity for the faithful difcharge of their office, 351 Not to hold pleas of admeasurement of dower or pasture, 294 299 To hold courts for demanding defendants upon exigents, To pronounce outlawries, To give notice of chufing governors and fenators, His duty relating to ballots for governors and fenators, Panalty for neglect, or corrupt conduct as to elections, How to be punished for concealing or neglecting to arreft felons, In what cafes, and how to let prifoners to bail, How to take bail-bonds, Not to carry piifoners to taverns without their confent, To take no fees but fuch as are allowed by law, 341, 352 Not to exact any reward for keeping any perfon out of prison, 341 To permit prifoners to fend for neceflaries, ibid. Not to keep debtors and felons in one room, 345, 342 Not to make warrants for arrefts without having writs, Penalty for offending against the act to prevent oppreffion by arrests, Pleadings in actions against them concerning their offices, 342 ibid, 343 Their duty concerning veflels and goods caft on fhore, 345 350 Manner of proceeding against them and their fecurities, To give certificates of receiving writs, if required, 351, 352 852 ibid. ibid. 352, 353 Damages for not returning writs, how to be affeffed, To fign their names to returns, To receive felons from conftables and other officers, To acquit debtors for monies received on exchequer proces, 353 354 354 ibid. ibid. 367 How to keep prifoners for debt, Penalty for voluntary escapes, Liable to debts of prifoners in execution, if they efcape, When and in what cafes re-taking may be given in evidence, SLAVE S. Owners of flaves entitled to bounty lands on their service, And fuch flave after the service to be free, Of perfons whofe eftates are forfeited, how to be maintained, SMITH, BENJAMIN, Page 399 405 408 408, 410 408 410 42 ibid. 143, 278 Commiffioners of fequeftration of Ulfter county, indemnified for felling his effects, SOLDIERS, Perfons purchafing of them arms, accoutrements or clothing, to forfeit treble the value, Not to be billetted on citizens without their confent, 278 50 63 SOLICITORS, How to be appointed, licenfed and regulated, What perfons to be admitted, To take an oath, Thofe found in default to be put out of the roll, Penalty for deceiving the court or party, Not to bring fuits for fees until eight days after bill delivered, What perfons not to act as folicitors, STABBING. Killing by ftabbing declared to be murder, STAGE. SQUIBS. See Fire-works. New-York. Right of erecting and driving ftage-waggons between the cities of New- STATE AGENT, Accounts of him and his deputies, how to be fettled, His deputies allowed a commiffion inftead of pay, SUFFOLK COUNTY, Courts of feffions and common pleas when and where to be held, Town-meetings, when to be held in Huntington, 306 67 and iflands, may be feized, Horfes, cattle, fheep or hogs, running or feeding on certain beaches Trustees of Southampton may fence up certain roads, Penalty for burning the old grafs or cutting the timber on certain beach- 103 ibid. 157 SUMMONS, In real actions to be proclaimed, 495 SUPERVISORS, To be chofen by the people, Their clerk how to be appointed, With judges of the common pleas infpect accounts of loan-officers, 249, 250 To caufe deficiencies, if any, to be raised, 250 Penalty for non-attendance and for neglect of duty, ibid. How penalties are to be recovered and applied, ibid. And town clerk and affeffors to be inspectors of elections, 317 SUPREME COURT. 326 II Judges thereof, how long to hold their office, To caufe a feal to be devised and made for the court, ibid. 18 18, 19 19, 178, 179 To charge grand juries to prefent offences against the act to prevent pri- Justices thereof and chancellor in what cafes to canvass votes for go- vernors and fenators, Suits for debts not exceeding 100l. not to be brought therein, 324 429, to 431 SURROGATES, On removal from office, records to be delivered to fucceffor, Perfons aggrieved by them may appeal to court of probates, To grant letters teftamentary or adminiftration without fee if the estate Manner of their proceeding, Empowered to procure maps, papers and records, How to fell lands, and when and how purchafe money is to be paid, 281, 282 366 368 ibid. 42 69, 70 280 281 ibid. To run out lines of lands fold by the state, 282 82, 283 286, 287 287 462 NO tax to be levied without the affent of the legislature, TENANTS, Of forfeited eftates, how relieved, In what cafes entitled to pre-emption, Page 290 33, 135 Leffees who left tenements by reaon of the invafion by the British ar- mics, difcharged of rent while out ofpofition, How to proceed if judgment is obtained, Leffors to have remedy against the occupiers, Leffees may falfify recoveries, TEN POUNDS, 135 Actions to that amount, cognizable before jufices of the peace, 445 to 454 Firft procefs, in what cafes to be by fummons,. Juftice, how to proceed, Summons, how to be ferved, Juftice, when to proceed to trial, if defendant does not appear, In what cafes a warrant or new fummons fhall be iflued, In what cafes a warrant to be iffued, In what cafes either party is entitled to an adjournment, ibid. ibid. Summons, where not to be iffued, ibid. Action, at the request of either party, to be tried by a jury, ibid. Executions, how and when to be awarded and executed, 449,450 Proceedings where defendant pleads title, 450,454 Penalties not exceeding rol. cognizable before a juftice, 451 In what cafes process to iffue to conftable of next town, ibid. ibid, In what cafes juftice may depute perfons to ferve process, ibid, 451, 452 Affit Writs of certiorari, how obtained, Execution not stayed by certiorari, if party gives fecurity, In cafes trial to be postponed, ftices to be appointed in New-York, Juftice keing a tavern, not to try any caufe, Conftables, where to ferve process in any part of the county, Attornies to plead without fee, |