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III. The salary shall not be increased nor diminished during his term of
office.
VI. DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
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 entitled to a reasonable compensation
to be audited and allowed by the board of supervisors.
II. For performing sheriff's duties, they are entitled 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 Constitution 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, Essex, Genesee, Schoharie,
$2,500 Salary
Tioga, Tompkins, Wyoming, Montgomery,
$1,500 Salary
Putnam, Schuyler, Yates,
$1,750 Salary
Allegany,
$2,250 Salary
Fulton,
$1,200 Salary
Sullivan, Lewis,
$1,000 Salary
Seneca,
$800 Salary
Hamilton,

V.--THE CITY.
Q. What is a city?
Q. By what authority organized?
A. By an act of the legislative.
Q. What instrument defines its powers?
A. A charter.
Q. What are the divisions of a city called?
A. Wards.
Q. Name the cities in New York State, when incorporated, and the
number of wards in each?
Answer:
Pop. in 1800 New York, 1680, has 24 wards, 1,206,590 Brooklyn, 1834,
has 25 wards, 566,689 Buffalo, 1832, has 13 wards, 155,137 Albany,
1832, has 16 wards, 90,903 Rochester, 1686, has 16 wards, 89,363
Troy, 1816, has 13 wards, 56,747 Syracuse, 1847, has 8 wards, 51,791
Utica, 1832, has 12 wards, 33,913 Auburn, 1848, has 7 wards, 21,924
Oswego, 1848, has 8 wards, 21,117 Elmira, 1864, has 7 wards, 20,541
Poughkeepsie 1854, has 6 wards, 20,207 Cohoes, 1869, has 4 wards,
19,417 Yonkers, 1872, has 4 wards, 18,892 Kingston, 1872, has 9

wards, 18,342 Newburg, 1865, has 4 wards, 18,050 Binghamton, 1867,
has 5 wards, 17,315 L. I. City, 1870, has 5 wards, 17,117 Schenectady,
1798, has 5 wards, 13,675 Lockport, 1865, has 4 wards, 13,522 Rome,
1870, has 5 wards, 12,045 Watertown, 1869, has 4 wards, 10,697
Ogdensburg, 1868, has 4 wards, 10,340 Hudson, 1785, has 4 wards,
8,828
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