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N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 166 Consolidation of separate proceedings
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§ 166. Consolidation of separate proceedings. Two or more persons may\nunite in commencing and prosecuting the proceedings to vacate or modify\nassessments; and when two or more persons have commenced separate\nproceedings to vacate or modify assessments for the same improvement…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 167 State lands
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§ 167. State lands. Nothing herein contained shall affect any\nassessment upon lands owned by the state nor be deemed to repeal or\nmodify any of the provisions of section twenty-one of the public lands\nlaw.\n
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 17 Additional fees or compensation not to be paid
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§ 17. Additional fees or compensation not to be paid. No officer of\nthe city, except corporation counsel, a justice of a city court, acting\nas clerk of said court, city marshal, marshal of a city or municipal\ncourt, commissioners of deeds and city officers acting as commissio…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 170 Commissioner; deputy
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§ 170. Commissioner; deputy. The commissioner of public welfare may\nappoint one or more deputies, and such other subordinates as may be\nprescribed by the board of estimate and apportionment. In case of the\nabsence or disability of the commissioner or of a vacancy in the offic…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 171 Powers and duties of commissioner
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§ 171. Powers and duties of commissioner. The commissioner of\ncharities shall have the general care, management, administration and\nsupervision of the charities, almshouses, hospitals, houses of\ncorrection, orphan asylums and all other similar institutions, the\ncontrol or go…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 173 City owner of supplies
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§ 173. City owner of supplies. The city shall continue to be the owner\nof supplies furnished to any poor person or applicant for relief until\nthe same are consumed. If any person to whom the same shall be furnished\nshall sell or exchange the same for money or intoxicating liq…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 174 Liability of city
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§ 174. Liability of city. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be\ndeemed to make the city liable for the support or relief of any poor\nperson when it is not otherwise so liable.\n
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 18 Official undertakings
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§ 18. Official undertakings. No person elected or appointed to a city\noffice shall enter upon or continue in the discharge of the duties of\nhis office until he shall have executed and filed with the city clerk\nthe official undertaking, if any, required to be given and the sam…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 180 Jurisdiction of police court
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§ 180. Jurisdiction of police court. If, under the general or local\nlaws, there now exists or shall hereafter be established in the city a\ncourt of criminal jurisdiction known as the police court, it shall have\nthe jurisdiction and powers hereinafter provided.\n
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 181 Police justice
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§ 181. Police justice. There shall be one justice of the court to be\nknown as the police justice. Said office shall be filled by election by\nthe electors of the city at the city election. The term of the police\njustice shall be six years and he shall receive an annual salary,…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 182 Vacancy, how filled
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§ 182. Vacancy, how filled. When a vacancy shall occur, otherwise than\nby expiration of term, in the office of police justice, the same shall\nbe filled, for the balance of the unexpired term, at the next city\nelection happening not less than thirty days after such vacancy occ…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 183 Jurisdiction and powers
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§ 183. Jurisdiction and powers. The police court shall have, in the\nfirst instance, exclusive jurisdiction to try and determine all charges\nof misdemeanor, committed within the city and shall also have exclusive\njurisdiction to try and determine all complaints and charges for…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 184 Further jurisdiction
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§ 184. Further jurisdiction. The police justice shall also possess all\nthe powers and jurisdiction of a magistrate, which are or may be\nconferred by law upon justices of the peace, concerning offenses\ncommitted within the city. He shall possess such other powers and\nperform …
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 186 Office hours
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§ 186. Office hours. It shall be the duty of the police justice to be\npresent at the police court rooms at such times and during such hours as\nthe public interest may require, unless necessarily detained therefrom.\n
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 187 Clerk
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§ 187. Clerk. The police justice shall have a clerk of the court, who\nshall be the confidential appointee of said justice, and who shall have\nthe power to take informations upon which warrants for the arrest of\npersons charged with the commission of crimes may be issued by sa…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 188 Trial by jury
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§ 188. Trial by jury. In the police court, at the time of interposing\nany plea which forms an issue of fact, the defendant may demand a trial\nby jury, and unless so demanded then a trial by jury is waived.\n
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 189 Jurors and juries
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§ 189. Jurors and juries. Jurors for the trial of an action in which a\njury has been demanded shall be drawn and summoned and a trial jury\nshall be procured in all respects in accordance with the provisions of\nthe justice court act. A police officer shall have all the powers …
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 19 Holding more than one office
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§ 19. Holding more than one office. No person shall, at the same time,\nhold more than one city office. Upon the acceptance by a city officer\nof a second office the office first held by him shall thereupon become\nvacant. The term "city officer" as used herein, however, shall n…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 191 Pay of jurors
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§ 191. Pay of jurors. Jurors in the police court shall receive the\nsame compensation as jurors in justice's court held by justices of the\npeace except that in the police court of the city of Albany jurors shall\nreceive such compensation as may be provided by the board of esti…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 2 Term city defined
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§ 2. Term city defined. The term "city," when used in this chapter,\nmeans a city of the second class.\n
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 20 Charges against city officers
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§ 20. Charges against city officers. Whenever it is provided herein,\nor otherwise by law, that an officer of the city shall hold office\nduring good behavior or shall be removed only upon charges, such charges\nshall be for disability for service or neglect or dereliction of\no…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 200 Corporation counsel
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§ 200. Corporation counsel. The corporation counsel shall be the head\nof the department of law. He may appoint, to hold office during his\npleasure, a first assistant and such other subordinates as may be\nprescribed by the board of estimate and apportionment. In case of the\na…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 201 Duties of the corporation counsel
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§ 201. Duties of the corporation counsel. The corporation counsel\nshall be and act as the legal adviser of the common council and of the\nseveral officers, boards and departments of the city. He shall appear\nfor and protect the rights and interests of the city in all actions,\…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 202 Costs
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§ 202. Costs. Neither the corporation counsel, deputy, clerk, or any\nother subordinate or assistant, shall receive any fee or compensation of\nany kind, other than the salary fixed by law or by the board of estimate\nand apportionment.\n
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 203 Account of moneys collected
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§ 203. Account of moneys collected. The corporation counsel shall pay\nover at once to the city treasurer, for and on behalf of the city, all\nmoneys collected by him for and on behalf of the city, including fines\nand penalties.\n
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 204 Certification and approval of contracts and conveyances
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§ 204. Certification and approval of contracts and conveyances. No\nwritten contract providing for the payment of two hundred dollars or\nmore, entered into by the city or any of its officers, boards or\ndepartments, shall become effective or be acted under until there shall\nbe…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 205 Compromise of claims
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§ 205. Compromise of claims. The corporation counsel shall, whenever\nhe considers that the interests of the city will be subserved thereby,\nenter into an agreement in writing, subject to the approval of the board\nof estimate and apportionment, to compromise and settle any cla…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 206 Judgments against the city
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§ 206. Judgments against the city. The amount of any judgment\nrecovered against the city and payable by it, remaining unpaid, with the\ninterest due thereon, in case the time to appeal therefrom has expired\nand no appeal has been taken, or a certificate of no appeal therefrom\…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 21 Office hours
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§ 21. Office hours. Unless otherwise provided by law, the city offices\nshall be kept open for the transaction of business each day in the year,\nSundays and legal holidays excepted, from ten o'clock in the forenoon\nuntil four o'clock in the afternoon, except that the offices o…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 210 Supervisors
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§ 210. Supervisors. Supervisors shall have the powers and perform the\nduties of supervisors of towns under the general laws of the state, and\nother laws applicable thereto.\n
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 211 Sealer of weights and measures
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§ 211. Sealer of weights and measures. The sealer of weights and\nmeasures shall, within the city, have the powers and perform the duties\nof sealers of weights and measures of towns under the general laws of\nthe state. He shall supervise the weighing of coal and perform such\n…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 22 Officers, trustees of public property
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§ 22. Officers, trustees of public property. The common council and\nthe several members thereof, and all officers and employees of the city\nare hereby declared trustees of the property, funds and effects of said\ncity respectively, so far as such property, funds and effects ar…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 23 Annual reports of departments
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§ 23. Annual reports of departments. The several heads of departments\nshall present to the mayor annually, on or before the first Monday of\nDecember, a report of their proceedings during the preceding year. The\nmayor shall transmit the same to the common council with any\nrec…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 240 Additional allowances
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§ 240. Additional allowances. No allowance or compensation, in\naddition to the salary or compensation prescribed by law or authorized\nby this chapter or otherwise by law, shall be paid to any officer or\nemployee of the city or to any person paid out of the city funds, nor\nsh…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 241 Books and papers to be public records
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§ 241. Books and papers to be public records. All books, papers and\ndocuments filed with or constituting a part of the records or\nproceedings of any officer, board or department of the city, shall be\ndeemed to be public records and shall, during office hours, be open to\npubl…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 242 Inhabitants not incompetent; place of trial of actions and proceedings
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§ 242. Inhabitants not incompetent; place of trial of actions and\nproceedings. Upon the trial of any issue or the prosecution of any\nproceeding, or upon the taking or making of any inquisition, appraisal\nor award, or upon the judicial investigation of any facts whatever, to\n…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 243 Witnesses not to be excused from testifying
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§ 243. Witnesses not to be excused from testifying. In any criminal\nproceeding before a court or grand jury or in any investigation or\ninquiry before the common council, or any committee thereof, or before\nany officer conducting an investigation, touching the knowledge of suc…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 244 Liability of city in certain actions; commencement of actions
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§ 244. Liability of city in certain actions; commencement of actions.\nNo civil action shall be maintained against the city for damages or\ninjuries to person or property sustained in consequence of any street,\nhighway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk being defective, ou…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 245 Definition of words
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§ 245. Definition of words. The word "his," as used in this chapter\nshall, in all proper cases, be held to include and be co-extensive with\nthe words "her," "it" and "their;" the word "person," shall be held to\ninclude and be co-extensive with the words "persons," "company,"\…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 250 Construction
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§ 250. Construction. The provisions of this chapter have reference\nonly to a city of the second class. This chapter is intended to be and\nshall be deemed and held in all courts and jurisdictions to be a public\nact of which the courts shall take judicial notice. This chapter s…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 251 Saving clause
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§ 251. Saving clause. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be\nconstrued to repeal any statute of the state or ordinance of the city or\nrule or regulation of the board of health, not inconsistent with the\nprovisions of this chapter, and the same shall remain in full force a…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 252 Laws repealed
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§ 252. Laws repealed. The following acts and parts of acts are hereby\nrepealed:\n 1. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule annexed, that portion\nthereof specified in the last column.\n 2. All acts or parts of acts and ordinances of the city, in so far as\ninconsistent with th…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 253 When to take effect
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§ 253. When to take effect. This chapter shall take effect\nimmediately.\n
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 3 Corporate powers
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§ 3. Corporate powers. The citizens of the state of New York, from\ntime to time inhabitants of the territory comprised within the\nboundaries of the city, shall continue to be a municipal corporation in\nperpetuity under its corporate name, and the same shall in that name be\na…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 30 Legislative power
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§ 30. Legislative power. The legislative power of the city is vested\nin the common council thereof, and it has authority to enact ordinances,\nnot inconsistent with law, for the government of the city and the\nmanagement of its business, for the preservation of good order, peac…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 31 Members; president; organization of council
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§ 31. Members; president; organization of council. The aldermen of the\ncity shall constitute the common council thereof. The members of the\ncommon council shall meet in the room provided for the purpose on the\nsecond day of January after their election, or if that be Sunday, …
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 32 City clerk
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§ 32. City clerk. The common council shall choose a clerk to hold\noffice during the term for which its members were elected, unless sooner\nremoved by a vote of three-fourths of all the members of the common\ncouncil. He shall be the city clerk and shall attend the meetings of …
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 33 Meetings
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§ 33. Meetings. The common council shall hold regular meetings at\ntimes to be determined by it from time to time. The president of the\ncommon council, or a majority of its members, may call a special meeting\nof the common council by causing a written notice thereof, specifyin…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 34 Powers
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§ 34. Powers. The common council shall determine the rules of its own\nproceedings and be the judge of the election, returns and qualifications\nof its members. Its meetings shall be public and its records open to\npublic inspection, and a majority of all its members shall const…
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 35 Legislative acts
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§ 35. Legislative acts. All the legislative acts of the common council\nshall be by ordinances, and on the passage of every ordinance, the yeas\nand nays of the members voting thereon shall be entered in full upon the\njournal. The passage of an ordinance shall require the affir…