Civil Government for Common Schools Part 6

I. A salary fixed by the board of supervisors, when they resolve so to do.

II. Can try civil causes, when not engaged officially, receiving as his own the fees for the same.

VII. CORONERS.

I. For holding inquests they are ent.i.tled to a reasonable compensation to be audited and allowed by the board of supervisors.

II. For performing sheriff's duties, they are ent.i.tled to same fees as sheriff.

VIII. SUPERINTENDENT OF THE POOR.

Paid by the day.

IX. JUSTICES OF SESSIONS.

Three dollars a day.

X. SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

I. A salary of eight hundred dollars a year, established by law.

II. Supervisors are required to audit and allow two hundred dollars extra for expenses.

III. A majority of the supervisors of any school commissioner district may increase the salary of said school commissioner; the increased salary must be levied upon the towns composing such commissioner district.

Q What must county officers do, before entering upon the duties of their office?

A. Take the oath prescribed by State Const.i.tution in Art. XII, Sec. I.

Q. What county officers are required in addition to the oath prescribed to execute a bond for the faithful performance of their duties?

A. Sheriff, county treasurer, surrogate and county superintendents of the poor.

Q. Who administers the "oath of office" to the county officers?

A. The county clerk.

Q. In case of the re-election of the county clerk, before whom can he qualify?

A. The county judge.

Q. Where are these oaths of office and bonds recorded?

A. In the county clerk's office.

Q. Who is the sheriff of this county?

Q. Who is the present judge and what is his salary?

Q. Is there a separate officer as surrogate, and why?

Q. Who is the county clerk?

Q. Who is the county treasurer?

Q. Who is the district attorney?

Q. Who are the coroners?

Q. Who are the superintendents of the poor?

Q: Who are the justices of sessions?

Q. Who are the school commissioners?

TOWN AUDITORS.

By laws of 1878, 1879 and 1880, the following-named counties are exempt from electing "town auditors," as prescribed on page 13: Wayne, Delaware, Allegany, Oneida, Cayuga, Erie, St. Lawrence, Schuyler, Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, Columbia, Broome, Lewis, Madison, Wyoming, Queens, Jefferson, Fulton, Oswego, Suffolk, Onondaga, Saratoga, Ontario, Yates, Rensselaer, Genesee, Schenectady, Monroe, Livingston, Otsego, Schoharie, Niagara and Orleans.

A TABLE

Showing the salaries of the several county judges and surrogates of the State of New York at the present time, as established by the statutes of 1877 and 1880:

COUNTIES. JUDGE. SURROGATE.

New York, ------- $12,000 Kings, $10,000 10,000 Erie, 5,000 4,000 Albany, 4,500 4,000 Westchester, 4,500 4,000 Onondaga, 4,000 4,000 Oneida, 4,000 4,000 Monroe, 4,000 4,000 Rensselaer, 3,500 3,500 Saratoga, 3,000 2,500 Ulster, 3,000 3,000 Dutchess, 3,000 3,000 Queens, 2,500 3,000 Chautauqua, 2,000 1,600 Cayuga, 2,000 2,000 Columbia, 2,000 2,500 Ontario, 2,000 1,500 Cattaraugus, 1,500 1,500 Oswego, 1,500 1,500 Jefferson, 1,500 1,500 Niagara, 1,500 1,500 Orange, 1,500 2,500 Otsego, 1,800 1,500 St. Lawrence, 1,750 1,750 Washington, 1,200 1,500 Suffolk, 1,000 1,500

The following are counties in which county judges act as surrogates, receiving the one salary for both offices;

$2,000 Salary

Franklin, Greene, Rockland, Schenectady, Warren, Wayne, Delaware Orleans,

$3,000 Salary

Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Herkimer, Livingston, Madison, Clinton,

$3,500 Salary

Richmond, Steuben,

$2,500 Salary

Cortland, Ess.e.x, Genesee, Schoharie,

$2,500 Salary

Tioga, Tompkins, Wyoming, Montgomery,