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Laws of the State of New-York, of a General Nature, Passed From 1828 to 1842, Inclusive
Laws of the State of NewYork of a General Nature Passed From 1828 to 1842 Inclusive Author:New York Subtitle: Selected and Arranged With References to Judicial Decisions by a Counsellor at Law General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1842 Original Publisher: David Hoyt Subjects: Law Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you... more » buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: An Act concerning the election of Justice of the Peace. Passed May 4, 1829. Chap. 356, p. 545. § 1. Justices of the peace shall hereafter be elected by ? k'cw'(iu b" the people of the several towns of this state, at the times and in the manner prescribed by the eleventh chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes, for the election of supervisors and other town officers required to be elected by ballot. §2. The clerk of every town-meeting, at which an elee- 'to'k.''"i tion for justice of the peace shall have be§n had, shall, within ten days thereafter, transmit to the. clerk of his county, a certificate of the result of such election, under his hand, which shall be evidence of the facts therein certified. i'i'. iM? § 3 he persons so elected justices of the peace, shall u'iii'iitda-' enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first day of January next succeeding their election; and in case more than one justice shall be elected in any town at ths same election, their term of office shall be determined by lot, in the manner provided by law, before the commencement of such term. § 4. This act shall take effect on the second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. Ay Act to amend an act entitled " An act concerning the election of Justices of the Peace" passed May 4th, 1829. Passed April 20, 1830. Chap. 290, p. 349. § 1. Whenever one or more justices of the peace shall be elected in any town in this state, to supply a vacancy or...« less