L. 1909, Ch. 23. "An Act in relation to executive officers, constituting chapter eighteen of the Consolidated Laws." (In effect February 17, 1909.) CHAPTER 18 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS [Formerly L. 1892, Ch. 683, being chapter 9 of the General Laws.] Article 1. Short title (§ 1). 2. Governor (§§ 2-9). 3. Secretary of state (§§ 20-34). 4. Comptroller (§§ 40-44). 6. Attorney-general (§§ 60-67). 7. State engineer (§§ 70-76). 8. Provisions applicable to two or more executive officers (§§ 80-84). 9. State historian (§§ 90, 91). 10. Miscellaneous officers (§§ 100-109). 11. Laws repealed; when to take effect (§§ 120, 121). Explanation. For location and disposition of former sections of the Executive Law see L. 1892, Ch. 683, in "Consolidated Schedule of Repeals," Vol. 7. §§ 2-6 Governor. Art. 2 Section 8. Examinations and inspections by the governor. 9. Limiting operation of holiday. § 2. Office and residence of governor. The office of the governor shall be known as the executive chamber, and his residence, as the executive mansion. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 1 part. § 3. Acting governor. Every provision of law relating to the governor shall extend to the lieutenant-governor, and to the president of the senate, respectively, while acting as governor in pursuance of law. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 2. A § 4. Secretary and counsel to the governor. secretary to the governor shall be appointed by the governor, and shall be paid an annual salary of four thousand dollars. The governor may also appoint and at pleasure remove a counsel to the governor, who shall be paid an annual salary of not exceeding five thousand dollars. It shall be the duty of such counsel to advise the governor in regard to the constitutionality, consistency and legal effect of bills presented to the governor for his approval. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 3, as am'd by L. 1899, ch. 11, § 1, and L. 1900, ch. 664, § 2. § 5. Annual expenditures of governor. There shall be annually appropriated to be expended by the governor, 1. Not exceeding ten thousand five hundred dollars for the employment of such clerks, counsels, stenographers, messengers and doorkeepers in the executive chamber as may be necessary. 2. Not exceeding two thousand dollars for rewards which may be offered by him and necessary expenses in the apprehension of criminals and fugitives from justice. 3. Not exceeding one thousand dollars for compensation, expenses and fees of witnesses and sheriffs upon applications for executive clemency. 4. Not exceeding four thousand dollars for other incidental expenses of the executive chamber and the administration of his office. 5. Not exceeding two thousand dollars for repairs, furniture and incidental expenses of the executive mansion. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 4. § 6. Executive records. The governor shall cause to be kept in the executive chamber, 1. Journals of the daily transactions of his office. 2. Registers, containing classified statements of such transactions. Art. 2 Governor. §§ 7-9 3. Separate registers containing classified statements of all applications for pardon, commutation or other executive clemency, and of his action thereon. 4. An account of his official expenses and disbursements, including the incidental expenses of his department, and of all rewards offered by him for the apprehension of criminals, and also the expense incurred by him in sending the reports and copies of the laws of this state to other states. 5. Files of all official records upon which applications for executive clemency are founded; of statements made by judges to him; of sentences to death and of the testimony in capital cases; and of such other papers relating to the transactions of his office as are deemed by him of sufficient value for preservation. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 5. § 7. Petitions on behalf of state. The governor of the state may sign any petition required by law for any change or improvement to be made to a street, avenue or public place on behalf of the state, the people of the state or any other officer, commission, department or trustee for the state where the title of any property fronting upon any street, avenue or public place in a city, is vested in or held by the people of the state, or is vested in or held by any officer, commission or department of or on behalf of the state. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 6. § 8. Examinations and inspections by the governor. The governor is authorized at any time, either in person or by one or more persons appointed by him for the purpose, to examine and investigate the management and affairs of any department, board, bureau or commission of the state. The governor and the persons so appointed by him are empowered to subpoena and enforce the attendance of witnesses, to administer oaths and examine witnesses under oath and to require the production of any books or papers deemed relevant or material. Whenever any person so appointed shall not be regularly in the service of the state his compensation for such services shall be fixed by the governor, and said compensation and all necessary expenses of such examinations and investigations shall be paid by the treasurer out of any appropriations made for the purpose upon the order of the governor and the warrant of the comptroller. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 7, as added by L. 1907, ch. 539, § 1. § 9. Limiting operation of holiday. The governor in issuing any proclamation appointing any day as a day of thanks $$ 20, 21 Secretary of State. Art. 3 giving or fasting and prayer, or other religious observance, under section twenty-four of the general construction law is authorized, in his discretion, to limit or restrict the effect and operation of such proclamation to any city or county to be designated by him in such proclamation, and the day so appointed for the purposes aforesaid shall be deemed to be a public holiday for the purposes mentioned in said section only within the city or county so specified in such proclamation. Formerly L. 1889, ch. 198, § 1. ARTICLE 3 Secretary of State Section 20. Salary and expenses. 21. Deputies. 22. Custody of records. 23. Distribution of acts of congress. 24. Supplying statutes to new counties and towns. 26. Fees. 27. Exchange of laws and reports with other states. 29. Record of terms of judges of courts of record. 30. Copies of amendments to rules for admission of at torneys. 31. Copyright of notes prepared by court reporters. 33. Publication of appointments of terms of appellate 34. Publication of statement of names changed. § 20. Salary and expenses. The secretary of state shall be paid an annual salary of five thousand dollars. There shall be annually appropriated to be expended by the secretary of state: 1. Not exceeding twenty thousand three hundred dollars for the employment of clerks and messengers in his office; 2. Not exceeding two thousand dollars for furniture, books, binding, blanks, printing and the other necessary incidental expenses of his office. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 20. § 21. Deputies. The secretary of state shall appoint a deputy who shall be paid an annual salary of four thousand dollars Art. 3 Secretary of State. §§ 22-25 and who may perform all the duties of the secretary of state, except as commissioner of the canal fund and state canvasser. The secretary of state is authorized, whenever he may deem it necessary, to appoint one of his clerks as second deputy secretary of state, who shall have power to perform any and all of the duties of the deputy secretary of state excepting the duties of such deputy as clerk of the commissioners of the land office, and such second deputy secretary of state shall not receive any extra salary by reason of such appointment. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 21. L. 1895, ch. 107, § 2, incorporated. § 22. Custody of records. The secretary of state shall have the custody of all laws and concurrent resolutions of the legis lature, all documents issued under the great seal, all books, records, deeds, parchments, maps and papers deposited or kept in his office, and shall properly arrange and preserve them. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 22. § 23. Distribution of acts of congress. The secretary of state shall distribute the acts of congress received at his office in the same manner as the laws of this state. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 23. § 24. Supplying statutes to new counties and towns. The secretary of state shall, at the expense of the state, transmit to the clerk of every new county and town, the latest legislative revision of the general laws of the state, and, if practicable, a complete set of the volumes of the session laws, passed since the session of eighteen hundred and thirty. Whenever the revision of the general laws of the state, or any of the volumes of the session laws passed since eighteen hundred and thirty, belonging to any town, shall be destroyed by fire, the secretary of state shall, if practicable, replace them at the expense of the state. Formerly L. 1892, ch. 683, § 24. § 25. Legislative manual. The secretary of state, at the expense of the state, shall annually prepare and publish the legislative manual, and a map of the state, exhibiting the route of all railroads and canals that are completed or in course of construction. The manual shall contain the constitutions of the United States and of the state of New York, diagrams of the senate and assembly chambers, and such other information of the nature heretofore published therein, as he may consider useful, and shall be printed and bound in substantially the same style as heretofore. Within two weeks after the commencement of each regular ses |