Statutes at Large of the State of New York

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General fund.

pedlers.

CHAP. IX.

Of the Funds, Revenue, Expenditures and Property of the State; and the Administration thereof.

(Took effect January 1, 1828.)

TITLE 1. Of the general fund, and the expenditures chargeable thereon.

TITLE 2.
TITLE 3.

TITLE 4.

Of the canal fund, and the administration thereof.
Of the literature fund.

- Of the common school fund.

TITLE 5. Of the public lands, and the superintendence and dispo

sition thereof.

TITLE 6. Of mortgages to the people of this state, and the foreclosure thereof.

TITLE 7.-Of the public buildings and erections.

OF THE GENERAL FUND, AND THE EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE
THEREON.

SEC. 1. Designation and description of the general fund.

2. Duties on pedlers to belong to general fund.

3. Fees of secretary of state, comptroller and surveyor-general.

4. Monies recovered for certain penalties to go to general fund.

5. Salaries of officers of government.

6. Salaries, when and how payable.

7. Treasurer may retain his salary.

8 & 9. Pay of lieutenant-governor.

10. Sums allowed for clerk hire, and how and when paid.

11. Furniture, stationery, &c., of certain officers, to be paid out of the treasury. 12. Stationery, &c., and postage of adjutant-general and judge-advocate-general. 13. Rent and taxes of governor's house.

14. Incidental expenses of the governor.

15. Allowance to governor, to defray expenses of apprehending criminals.

16. Additional expenditures chargeable upon general fund.

17. Deficiency in common school fund, how supplied.

S 1. The stocks, debts, and other property heretofore known as the general fund of this state, shall continue, together with the increase and revenue thereof, and the additions which may be made thereto, to be known and denominated as the "General Fund."

Duties on § 2. All monies paid into the treasury for duties imposed upon hawkers, pedlers, and petty chapmen, shall be deemed a part of the general fund.

Fees of cer- $ 3. The fees of office which may be received by the secretain officers tary of state, the comptroller, and the surveyor-general, shall

be deemed a part of the general fund. The rate of such fees shall be as follows:

1. Fees of the Secretary of State.

For entering a caveat, twelve and a half cents, Searching the records in his office for any one year, twelve and a half cents, and for every other year in which such search is actually made on request, six cents.

Copies of records, ten cents for each folio containing one hundred words.

Recording, for every folio containing one hundred words, fifteen cents.

Engrossing exemplifications of records, for each folio containing one hundred words, fifteen cents.

Affixing the seal to exemplifications, one dollar.

Each certificate of the secretary, to be read in a court of justice, one dollar.

Every certificate of the secretary, for other purposes, nine

teen cents.

For every patent for lands, for a single lot, the sum of one dollar; for each patent for more than one and less than four lots, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents; for each patent for more than three and less than nine lots, the sum of two dollars; for each patent for more than eight lots, the sum of three dollars; and for each patent for lands lying under water, five dollars. For each license granted to a pedler, hawker, or petty chapman, two dollars.

For recording the depositions of resident aliens fifty cents each; and for a certified copy of each deposition, fifty cents. 2 R. L., 29; Ib., 228, §2; Laws of 1825, 427, § 3. 2. Fees of the Comptroller.

ler's fees.

For opening a new account, for part of the consideration Comptrol due on any lot or piece of land, or for a discharge for any such part, in cases in which no new account shall have been opened, two dollars.

For a deed of lands sold for taxes, containing the description of only one piece, fifty cents; and for every additional piece described in the same deed, ten cents.

1 R. L., 476, § 6; Laws of 1827, 4, § 5.

3. Fees of the Surveyor-General.

For filing every paper, six cents.

For all original drafts, twenty-five cents.

For drawing all original papers, for each folio of one hundred words, ten cents; for recording, when requisite, for each folio, ten cents; and for copies of all papers on file, for each folio, ten cents.

For every search, ten cents.

For copies of maps, such sum as is usually charged for the like business.

For surveys to be performed. at the rate of three dollars for

Surveyor general's fees.

TITLE 1. the surveyor, per day, exclusive of the reasonable expenses for the hire of men and horses, and for provisions.

Certain penalties.

Charges on the general fuud. Salaries.

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When payable.

Ib., treasurer.

1 R. L., 483, § 5.

$ 4. All monies recovered by any public officer, for penalties or forfeitures given by law to the people of this state, and not specially appropriated to any other fund, shall also be deemed a part of the general fund.

$5. There shall be allowed to the several officers of government, and persons hereinafter mentioned, the following annual salaries, to be paid quarterly out of any monies in the treasury belonging to the general fund, and not otherwise specially appropriated by law, that is to say:

1. To the governor, four thousand dollars; and to his private secretary, six hundred dollars.

2. To the secretary of state, and as superintendent of common schools, one thousand five hundred dollars; and to the deputy-secretary, and as clerk of the commissioners of the land-office, one thousand five hundred dollars.

3. To the comptroller, two thousand five hundred dollars; and to his deputy, one thousand five hundred dollars.

4. To the treasurer, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; and to the treasurer's clerk, eight hundred dollars. 5. To the attorney-general, one thousand dollars.

6. To the surveyor-general, eight hundred dollars.

7. To the chancellor, and each of the justices of the supreme court, two thousand dollars.

8. To the chancellor's clerk, six hundred dollars.

9. To each of the circuit judges, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

10. To the state reporter, and chancery reporter, five hundred dollars each.

11. To the commissary-general, seven hundred dollars.
12. To the adjutant-general, eight hundred dollars.

13. To the judge-advocate general, one hundred and fifty dollars.

14. To the state librarian, three hundred and fifty dollars. 15. To each of the acting canal commissioners, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Compiled from the statutes in force in September, 1827.

S 6. The salaries above specified shall be payable in equal quarterly payments at the treasury, on the first days of January, April, July and October, in every year, and shall be computed as becoming due to the several officers above named, in proportion to the times for which they shall hold their respective offices.

1 R. L., 528, § 1.

$7. The sums which shall from time to time, become due to the treasurer, for his salary, may be retained by him in quarterly payments, on the warrant of the comptroller.

1 R. L., 528, § 1.

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S8. There shall be allowed and paid to the lieutenant- Allowance governor, six dollars for every day's attendance as president to lieuteof the senate, or president of the court for the trial of impeach- ernor. ments and the correction of errors; or as commissioner of the canal fund, or land-office; but he shall not be entitled to compensation as such commissioner, for attending any meeting of the canal board, or the land-office, held during the session of the senate, or of the court for the trial of impeachments and correction of errors.

Laws of 1823, 419, § 2.

S9. The like compensation shall be allowed to the lieuten- Ib. ant-governor, for every twenty miles travelling, in going to and returning from the place of meeting, in the discharge of such duties.

Laws of 1823, 419, § 2.

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$10. There shall be annually allowed to the several officers Clerk hire herein after named, such sum as shall be actually and necessa- officers. rily expended in their respective offices for clerk hire, not exceeding the sums herein after named, to be paid quarterly, in the same manner that the salaries of the respective officers are paid.

1. To the secretary of state, eight hundred dollars.

2. To the comptroller, not exceeding six thousand dollars, to be drawn for by him in case he finds it necessary; and he shall report to the legislature each year, the names of the clerks employed by him, and the amount paid to each.

3. To the treasurer, two hundred and fifty dollars. 4. To the attorney-general, six hundred dollars.

5. To the surveyor-general, five hundred and fifty dollars. [192] 6. To the adjutant-general, two hundred dollars.