INDEX. Academies, under whose superintendence, Accessories to crime, and their punishment, Actions, causes, suits, defined, 86; how commenced, 87; within what time to be commenced, The figures refer to the page. 56 147, 148 105 Adjournment, of suit, how, and when granted, Adjutant-general, appointment and duties of, Administrators, (See Executors and Administrators.) how naturalized, Aliens, disqualifications of, 32; how entitled to hold real estate, 107, Ambassadors, their appointment, powers and duties, Amendments to Constitution of U. S. how made, Appeal, removal of causes by, from Justice's Courts, Arsenals, in whose care, Aristocracy, defined, Army, (See Standing Army.) Arson, defined, and punishment of, Assembly, members of, how apportioned, Assessors, election of, 66, their powers and duties, Attainder of treason, (See corruption of Blood.) Attorney-general, his duties and compensation, Auditors of town accounts, their duties, Bailor and Bailee, their liabilities, Banks, the nature and use of, Beggars and vagrants, regulations concerning, Betting and gaming, penalties and forfeitures in case of, Bigamy, defined, and how punished, Bill, defined, and how passed, Bill of attainder, defined, and passage of prohibited, Bill of exchange, form and nature of, Bills of credit, states may not emit, Board of supervisors, their powers and duties, Bribery, defined, and how punished, Burglary, definition and punishment of, Canal board, how constituted, Capitol, trustees of, and their duties, Capitation tax, defined, and in what cases it may not be laid, Carriers of goods, etc., their responsibilities, Certiorari, removal of causes by, Chancellor and vice-chancellor, their appointment and jurisdiction, Chancery, court of, its objects and powers, examiners, and other officers in, their duties, Chaplain, duties of, Charges des affairs, business of, Civil government, defined, Collector of taxes, powers and duties, Commissioners of land-office, their duties, Civil society, defined, Colleges. See Academies.) of highways, their powers and duties, Commencement of suits, or actions, (see Actions.) Common school fund, how constituted, Common schools, regulations concerning, Commonwealth, defined, Comptroller, his duties and salary, Concealing crime, and compounding, how punishable, Confederation, nature of, Congress, under the confederation, how constituted, under the constitution, how composed, 52 53 51 52 58 179, 180 183 94 qualifications of members, 161, 162; how apportioned and chosen, and their compensation, Contracts, when to be in writing, 126; general laws concerning, 126, 127 treasurer, his appointment, powers and duties, superintendent of common schools, his appointment, powers and duties, superintendents of poor, Court martial, object of, and how constituted, Courts of justice of the state of N. Y., held by justices of the peace, of common pleas, their powers and jurisdiction, 179 80 63, 64, 65 180 77 77-81 78 78, 79 81 62 85, etc 94 95 Court of oyer and terminer and jail delivery, its jurisdiction, power, etc., supreme, how constituted, and jurisdiction, of chancery, (see Chancery.) 96 96, 97 for the correction of errors, of whom composed, its power and 99 100 for the trial of impeachments, how constituted, its object etc., 99, 100 district, organization and jurisdiction of, supreme, of whom composed, its power, etc., Customs, defined, 169, 170 169, 170 170 170 171 Declaration, process, 101 Deed, defined, its nature and effect, 109, 110; how proved and record- Descent of property, in what order, by inheritance, 107-109 Devise, property how acquired by, 107 District Attorney, how appointed, his powers and duties, 80 District courts, (see Courts.) District of Columbia, power of congress to legislate over, 177 Disorderly persons and practices, Distraining or distress, in what cases, Disturbance of religious meetings, how and in what cases punishable, Duty, defined, 24, 171; specific and ad valorem, etc., 174, 175 Election, general, when held, 31; inspectors of, when chosen, 72; 1 their powers and duties, 72, 73 Electors of president and vice-president, how chosen, 163, 164 Escape from confinement, aiding escapes, etc., penalty for, Excise, commissioners of, their powers and duties, 74; definition of, Execution, collection of judgment by, Executive department of state of N. Y., 43; of U.S. Executors and administrators, how appointed, their powers and duties. 145 74, 171, 172 92 163 115-117 Ex post facto law, defined, and passage of prohibited, Franking of letters, etc, how and by whom done, Forgery and counterfeiting, defined, and how punished, Freeholder, defined, Funds, etc., of the state. General fund, of what composed. 75,76 168 143, 144 33 50 Habitual drunkards, (see Drunkards.) Highways, money for improvement of, how raised, 68 Homicide, different kinds of, defined, 142 Husband and wife, relations between, 120 Idiots and lunatics, cannot contract marriage, 118 Imposts, meaning of, licenses to, how granted, Impeachment, not pardonable, 44; trial and punishment of, Incest, what, and how punished, Indictment, what, and how made, Innkeepers, their liabilities for losses of property of their guests, 133; Inspectors of election, how chosen, their powers and duties, 100 171 146 103 74 72, 73 Judgment, what, and when granted, 88; confession and collection of, Justices of the peace, how elected, 67; their powers and duties, Larceny, grand, defined, and how punished, 144; petit, defined, and how punished, 147 Law, defined, 14; of nature and revelation, 15, 16 Laws, civil or municipal and political, distinguished, Legislature of New York, how composed, and time of meeting, 116 Lieutenant-governor, general duties of and salary, Manslaughter, different degrees of, and how punishable, Marriage, laws concerning, Marque, and reprisal, letters of, and how granted, 56, 57 142 Military duty, who exempt from, Ministers abroad, business of, 61, 62 Money, power of congress to coin, &c., Montezuma, salt springs at, Mortgage, nature and effect of, and how discharged, 178 Minors, or infants, rights and responsibilities of, 122, 123 176 Monarchy, defined, 17 176 61 110, 111 Murder, defined, 141 175, 176 Navy, what, and the object of, 167 41, 42 27 91, 92 36 Naturalization defined, 32; law of, Navigation laws, power to make, where vested, Negative, or veto, what, and the object of, New York history of government of colony, Non-suit, judgment for, in what cases granted, Oath of office, and object of, Offenders, arrest and examination of, Onondaga salt springs, management of, &c., Overseers of highways, powers and duties of, Pardon, in what cases and by whom granted, Parliament, how composed, Partnerships, common and limited, Patents and copy-rights, power of congress concerning, Paupers, who liable for their support, Poor, (see Overseers of Poor and Superintendents of Poor) Postmasters, appointment of, their duties, President, and vice-president, their election, qualification, and pensation, Principal and agent, or factor, rights and responsibilities of, 107 167, 168 76, 77 171 174 com- 163-165 49 59 87 134, 135 57-61 36 151 151 107, 108 115 56 19 |