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and punish the misconduct, as if it had occurred at a special term of the supreme court, held in the same county, or with respect to a mandate returnable at such a special term, or a special proceeding pending in the supreme court.

Id., 33,

TITLE IV.

Proceedings to collect a fine.

SEC. 2293. Clerk to make schedule of fines imposed.
2294. Warrant to be issued by him.

2295. Id.; when delinquent resides in another county.
2296. Execution of warrant.

2297. Return thereof.

2298. Proceedings if fine not collected.
2299. Who to be included in schedule.
2300. Liability of sheriff.

2301. Application of this title.

§ 2293. Clerk to make schedule of fines imposed. -Where a fine has been imposed by a court of record, upon a grand or trial juror, or upon any officer or other person, without being accompanied with an order for the immediate commitment of the person so fined, until the fine is paid, the clerk of the court, immediately after the close of the term at which the fine was im posed, must prepare a schedule, containing, in separate columns, the following matters:

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1. The name of each person fined.

2. His place of residence, where it appears, from the papers on file, or before the court, to be within the county.

3. The amount of the fine imposed upon him.

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4. The cause for which the fine was imposed. The clerk must subjoin to the schedule a certificate, to the effect, that it contains a true abstract of the orders imposing fines, and must annex it to the warrant specified in the next section.

2 R. S. 484,22 22,-24 (2 Edm. 506). See Roseboom v. Van Vechten; 5 Denio, 414.

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§ 2294. Warrant to be issued by him. must immediately issue a warrant, under the seal of the court, directed to the sheriff of the county, and com

manding him to collect from each of the persons, named in the schedule annexed to the warrant, the sum therein set opposite that person's name; and to pay over the sum collected, to the treasurer of the county. The warrant is the process of the court, by which the fines were imposed.

Id., 23,

§ 2295. Id.; when delinquent resides in another county.If a delinquent resides in another county, a separate warrant, for the collection of the fine, imposed upon him, with an appropriate schedule annexed thereto, must be issued, in like manner, to the sheriff of the county where he resides,

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§ 2296. Execution of warrant. The sheriff, to whom a warrant is issued, must collect each fine out of the personal property of the person fined, as prescribed in chapter thirteenth of this act, for the collection, by levy upon and sale of personal property, of an execution issued out of a court of record; and he is entitled to like fees thereupon, If sufficient personal property of a delinquent cannot be found to pay the fine and the fees, the sheriff must arrest the delinquent, and detain him in custody, until he pays the same, as upon an execution against the person, issued in an action, out of the supreme court; and he is, entitled to, like fees thereupon.

Id., 25.

§ 2297. Return thereon. The sheriff must return the warrant, with his proceeding thereupon, at the term of the court; or, where the fine was imposed, in any county except New-York, by the supreme court, the circuit court, the court of oyer and terminer, or the court of sessions, at the term of the county court; held next after the expiration of sixty days from the receipt thereof. If he fails so to do, the district-attorney must take the same proceedings to compel a return, as may be taken by a judgment creditor, where a sheriff omits to return an execution, issued out of the supreme court. Id., 26.

§ 2298. Proceedings if fine not collected. Where it appears, by return, that a fine remains uncollected, and

it does not appear that the sheriff has the delinquent in custody, the district-attorney must, if he has good reason to believe that the sheriff might, with due diligence, have collected the fine, or arrested and detained the delinquent, commence an action against the sheriff, in the name of the people. Otherwise he must direct the clerk to issue a new warrant, or to include the fine in the schedule, annexed to the next warrant, to be issued by him. A new warrant may, from time to time, be issued, or the fine may be included in the schedule annexed to a subsequent warrant, until it is collected.

Id., 27.

§ 2299. Who to be included in schedule.-Where the clerk issues a warrant, as prescribed in this title, he must include in the schedule thereto annexed, the name of each person who has been fined, prior to the issuing thereof, and whose fine remains then wholly or partly unpaid, and not remitted by the court.

Id., 28.

$2300. Liability of sheriff. - An action may be maintained, in behalf of the people, against a sheriff, to whom a warrant is directed and delivered, as prescribed in this title, to recover damages for any omission of duty with respect to the same, in a case where a judg ment creditor might maintain an action against a sher iff, to whom an execution issued out of the supreme court is directed and delivered. In such an action, the people are entitled to recover the same damages, which a judgment creditor would be entitled to recover, if the order imposing the fine was a judgment of the supreme

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§ 2301. Applications of this title. This title does not apply to a case, where special provision for the col lection of a fine is otherwise made by law.

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TITLE V.

Proceedings to discover the death of a tenant for life.

Bro. 2302. Petition for production of tenant for life.

2303. Contents of petition.

SEC. 2304. Service of petition and notice.

2305. Proceedings upon presentation of petition.

2306. Service of order; powers, etc., of referee.

2307. Habeas corpus.

2308. Report of referee.

2309. Dismissal of petition when order complied with.

2310. When life-tenant deemed dead, and petitioner let into posses sion.

2311. Commission to be issued if life-tenant is without the State. 2312. General provisions respecting the commission.

2313. Petitioner to give notice of its execution.

2314. Execution thereof.

2315. Proceedings on return of commission.

2316. Costs.

2317. Property; when restored.

2318. Remedy of person evicted for profits, etc.
2319. Order not conclusive in ejectment.

§ 2302. Petition for production of tenant for life.A person entitled to claim real property, after the death. of another who has a prior estate therein, may, not oftener than once in each calendar year, apply by petition to the supreme court, at a special term thereof, held within the judicial district, wherein the property, or a part thereof, is situated, for an order, directing the production of the tenant for life, as prescribed in this title, by a person, named in the petition, against whom an action of ejectment to recover the real property can be maintained, if the tenant for life is dead; or, where there is no such person, by the guardian, husband, trustee, or other person, who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person of the tenant for life, or the care of his estate.

2 R. S. 343, 21 (2 Edm. 354).

§ 2303. Contents of petition.-The petition must be in writing, and verified by the affidavit of the petitioner, to the effect, that the matters of fact therein set forth are true. It must contain:

1. A description of the real property, and a statement of the petitioner's interest therein, and of such other facts as show that the case is within the provisions of the last section.

2. An averment that the petitioner believes that the person, upon whose life the prior estate depends, is dead, together with a statement of the grounds upon which the petitioner's belief is founded.

Id., 2 and part of § 3.

§ 2304. Service of petition and notice.

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the petition, including the affidavit, together with notice of the time and place at which the petition will be presented, must be personally served, at least fourteen days before its presentation, upon the person required, by the prayer thereof, to produce the tenant for life.

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§2305. Proceedings upon presentation of petition. -Upon the presentation of the petition and affidavit, with due proof, by affidavit, of service of a copy thereof, and of the notice, if sufficient cause to the contrary is not shown by the adverse party, the court must either issue a commission, as prescribed in the following sections of this title; or make an order, directing the adverse party, at a time and place therein specified, before the court, or a referee therein designated, to produce the person upon whose life the prior estate depends, or, in default thereof, to prove that he is living.

Id., 84.

§ 2306. Service of order; powers, etc., of referee. Where an order, requiring the production of the tenant for life, or proof that he is living, is made as prescribed in the last section, a certified copy thereof must be served, at least fourteen days before the time therein specified, upon the person required to make the production of the proof, or upon his attorney. Upon presentation of proof of service, by affidavit, the court or the referee, must, at the time and place specified in the order, or at the time and place to which the hearing may be adjourned, hear the allegations and proofs of the parties, respecting the identity of any person produced, with the person whose death is in question; or, if the latter person is not produced, respecting the rea sons for the failure to produce him, and whether he is living. Where a referee is appointed, he has the same powers, and is entitled to the same compensation, as a referee appointed for the trial of an issue in an action. Id., 5.

§ 2307. Habeas corpus.-If it appears, by affidavit, to the satisfaction of the court, that the person required to be produced is imprisoned within the State, for any cause, except upon a sentence for a felony, or is kept or detained, within the State, by any person, the court may, either before or after making the order for production,

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