jurisdiction on and after the day last mentioned, of all indictments and proceedings then pending in the present courts of Oyer and Terminer, and also of all indictments and proceedings then pending in the present courts of general sessions of the peace, except in the city of New-York, and except in cases of which the courts of sessions hereby established may lawfully, take cognisance; and of such indictments and proceedings as the courts of sessions hereby established shall have jurisdiction on and after the day last mentioned. and supreme Section 6. The Chancellor and the present Supreme Chancellor Court shall, respectively, have power to hear and determine court. any of such suits and proceedings ready on the first Monday of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, for hearing or decision, and shall, for their services therein, be entitled to their present rates of compensation until the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, or until all such suits and proceedings shall be sooner heard and determined. Masters in chancery may continue to exercise Masters in the functions of their office in the Court of Chancery, so long as the Chancellor shall continue to exercise the functions of his office under the provisions of this Constitution. And the Supreme Court hereby established, shall also have power to hear and determine such of said suits and proceedings as may be prescribed by law. chancery. office of or justices of present su how filled. Section 7. In case any vacancy shall occur in the office of Vacancy in Chancellor or Justice of the present Supreme Court, pre- chancellor, viously to the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, the Governor may nominate, and by and preme court with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a proper . person to fill such vacancy. Any judge of the Court of Appeals or justice of the Supreme Court, elected under this. Constitution, may receive and hold such appointment. abolished. Section 8. The offices of Chancellor, justice of the exist- Offices ing Supreme Court, circuit judge, vice-chancellor, assistant vice-chancellor, judge of the existing county courts of each county, Supreme Court commissioner, master in chancery, examiner in chancery, and surrogate, except as herein otherwise provided,) are abolished from and after the first Monday of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, (1847.) and justices court eligi ble. Section 9. The Chancellor, the justices of the present Su- Chancellor preme Court, and the circuit judges, are hereby declared to of present be severally eligible to any office at the first election under supreme this Constitution. Section 10. Sheriffs, clerks of counties, (including the re- Officers to gister and clerk of the city and county of New-York) and expiration of justices of the peace, and coroners, in office, when this Con- term. hold until Judicial offi cers may re stitution shall take effect, shall hold their respective offices until the expiration of the term for which they were respectively elected. Section 11. Judicial officers in office when this Constituceive fees. tion shall take effect, may continue to receive such fees and perquisites of office as are now authorized by law, until the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fortyseven, notwithstanding the provisions of the twentieth section of the sixth article of this Constitution. Local courts to remain until &c. Constitution goes into operation. Section 12. All local courts established in any city or village, including the Superior Court, Common Pleas, Sessions and Surrogate's Courts of the city and county of New-York shall remain, until otherwise directed by the Legislature, with their present powers and jurisdictions; and the judges of such courts and any clerks thereof in office on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, shall continue in office until the expiration of their terms of office, or until the Legislature shall otherwise direct. Section 13. This Constitution shall be in force from and including the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, except as is herein otherwise provided. DONE, in Convention, at the Capitol, in the City of Albany, the ninth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the seventy-first. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names. JOHN TRACY, President, JAMES F. STARBUCK, H. W. STRONG, FR. SEGER, Secretaries. LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. PASSED AT THE SECOND MEETING OF THE SEVENTIETH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF ALBANY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1847. CHAP. 291. AN ACT to provide for filling the vacancies in the offices of Justice of the Superior Court in the city of New-York, and Recorder in the city of Albany. Passed September 13, 1847. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: the superior § 1. The governor shall nominate, and with the consent Justice of of the senate appoint, a suitable person to fill the vacancy in court to be the office of justice of the superior court in the city of New- appointed. York, occasioned by the resignation of Samuel Jones; and the person so appointed shall have the same powers and jurisdiction and receive the same compensation from the time of his appointment to the close of the present year, which the said Samuel Jones would have had and been entitled to receive for his services during the same period, if he had continued in the said office until the end of his term. The justices of the superior court shall designate one of their number to be the chief justice thereof during the present year. Albany to be § 2. A suitable person shall in like manner be appointed to Recorder of fill the vacancy in the office of recorder of the city of Alba- the city of ny, occasioned by the death of James McKown; and shall appointed. hold his office until the end of the present year. §3. This act shall take effect immediately. Amount to be paid. Notice of payment to 3 months. CHAP. 292. AN ACT to provide for the payment of money for the education of the children of Indians residing on the Oneida Reservation, in the counties of Oneida and Madison. Passed September 13, 1847, "three-fifths being present." The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. There shall be paid from the treasury on the warrant of the comptroller out of the revenue of the United States deposit fund, for the education of the children of the Indians of the Oneida reservation, the sum of one hundred dollars a year, for the years eighteen hundred and forty-seven and eighteen hundred and forty-eight. §2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 293. AN ACT in relation to the loans of seventeen hundred and ninety-two, in the county of Suffolk. Passed September 18, 1847. The People of the State of Mew-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. The loan officer of the county of Suffolk under the act be given for entitled "An act for loaning moneys belonging to this state,” 'passed March 14, 1792, is hereby authorized to give timely notice, not less than three months, to the present holders of the moneys loaned under and by virtue of said act in the county of Suffolk, to pay the same at the times hereinafter mentioned; and said holders are hereby authorized to pay the same as follows: One fourth part thereof on the third Tuesday in June, one thousand eight hundred and fortyeight, and the remaining three-fourths, on the same day of the same month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. §2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 294. AN ACT in relation to the insurance of public buildings. Passed September 18, 1847. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: be insured. § 1. The public officers having by law the care and custo- Buildings to dy of town, village, city or county buildings, are hereby authorized to insure the same at the expense and for the benefit of the town, village, city or county owning the same. CHAP. 295. AN ACT authorizing the transcribing of Book R, of the record of Deeds in the Clerk's office of the county of Seneca. Passed September 21, 1847. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ca county to book. § 1. The clerk of the county of Seneca is hereby authori- Clerk of Sezed to transcribe the records contained in book "R" of the transcribe a records of deeds in said office, into a new book, to be designated book "R" of deeds. When the same shall be transcribed, the said clerk and the surrogate of the county of Seneca, or the officer discharging the duties of said office for said county, shall compare the same with the original book "R" and when the same shall be found to be a correct transcript, the said officers shall make and sign a certificate of such fact in such new book, which thereafter shall have the same validity as evidence, as the original record, and exemplifications and transcripts therefrom, shall be of the same validity as if made from the original book of records. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 3 |