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Certain executive officers elected.

County treasurer.

State Superintendent of

public instruction.

SECTION 75. Port-wardens and officers of health of New York.
76. Officers appointed by the governor.

77. Their terms of office.

78. Inspectors of damaged goods.

79. Commissioners of excise.

80. Inspectors of plank and turnpike roads.
81. Sealers of weights and measures.

82. Commissioners of the St. Regis Indians.

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§ 66. The mode of election of the governor, lieutenant-governor, the secretary of state, the comptroller, the treasurer, the attorney-general, the state engineer and surveyor, the canal commissioners and the inspectors of state prisons, is prescribed by the Constitution.

Const., arts. V, XIV.

§ 67. The county treasurer in each county is elected at a general election, enters upon the duties of his office on the first day of January next after his election, and holds his office for three years.

1 R. S., 326, § 17.

1 R. S., 326, § 17. In the county of Kings, by § 19, Ib., and in the county of Monroe, by Laws of 1859, ch. 26, the county treasurer enters upon his office at a different time; but the rule, it is supposed, ought to be uniform.

§ 68. The state superintendent of public instruction is chosen by joint ballot of the senate and assembly, on the first Tuesday in April, in the year 1860, and in every third year thereafter.

School Laws; 1 R. S., Laws of 1854, ch. 97.

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sity.

§ 69. The governor, the Heutenant-governor, the Regents of secretary of state and the state superintendent of public instruction are regents of the university by right of office. The other regents are chosen by the joint ballot of the senate and assembly, and may be removed by joint resolution.

1 R. S., 863, § 4; Laws of 1854, ch. 97.

70. The state superintendent of weights and measures is appointed by the governor, lieutenantgovernor and secretary of state, or any two of them, at a meeting called for that purpose by the secretary of state.

2 R. S., 4, §§ 16, 18.

71. The following executive officers are appointed by the governor with the consent of

senate:

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The bank superintendent;' the insurance superintendent; the canal appraisers;' the state assessors;* the inspector of gas meters; the loan commissioners for the several counties; the superintendent of the Onondaga salt springs; the harbor-masters for the ports of New York and Albany; the port-wardens and special wardens of the port of New York; the five commissioners of police for the metropolitan police district; the health officer; the resident physician, and the health commissioner for the city and county of New York; the agent for the

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State assessors.

Qualifica tions and term of office of

police com. missioners.

Onondaga tribe of Indians; the superintendent of the Brothertown Indians, and bank directors.' During the recess of the senate, the governor may appoint, subject to its subsequent consent.

72. The officers enumerated in the last section hold their respective offices for two years, except the inspector of gas meters, who holds his office for five years, the bank superintendent, the insurance superintendent, the state assessors and the commissioners of the metropolitan police district, and the port-wardens and special wardens of the port of New York, who hold their respective offices for three years; the superintendent of Onondaga salt springs and bank directors, who hold their offices for one year, and the port-warden of Albany, who holds his office during the governor's pleasure.

1 R. S., 325; Ib., 1168, 262; Laws of 1857, ch. 569; 1 R. S., 1062, § 10; Laws of 1859, chs. 311, 312, 366.

§ 73. One of the state assessors is appointed in each year, and their terms of office commence on the first day of April.

Laws of 1859, ch. 312.

74. Two of the commissioners of the metropolitan police district are appointed from the city of New York, in the year 1862, and every third year thereafter. One is appointed from the same city, one from the county of Kings, and one from

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the county of Richmond or Westchester, in the year 1861, and every third year thereafter.

Laws of 1857, ch. 569, § 2.

dens and officers of

New York.

75. One of the wardens of the port of New Port-warYork must be a resident of Brooklyn. Three of health of them must be nautical men. The terms of office of those now in office are fixed by designation pursuant to special statute. No person but a licensed physician shall be appointed to the office of resident physician, health commissioner or health officer of the city of New York.'

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$76. The following executive officers are ap- Officers appointed by the governor alone:

Wreck masters; health officers of the cities of Albany and Hudson; the peacemakers of the Brothertown Indians; the receiver of the profits of the state pier at Sag Harbor; the private secretary governor.

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1 R. S., 326, § 24; Ib., 310, § 6.

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of office.

§ 77. The officers enumerated in the last section Their terms hold their respective offices for two years, except the governor's private secretary, who holds his office during the governor's pleasure.

1 R. S., 326, § 24; Ib., 310, § 6.

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§ 78. The inspectors of damaged goods, when- Inspectors ever their appointment is necessary, are appointed goods. in the cities of Albany, Troy and Hudson, by the

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Commissioners of

excise.

Inspectors of plank

and turn

mayor or recorder of those cities respectively; and in every other county, except that of New York, Kings and Richmond, by the county judge.

1 R. S., 1070, § 14.

§ 79. One of the commissioners of excise in each county is appointed on the second Tuesday of May, in the year 1860 and each alternate year thereafter, by the county judge and the two justices of the sessions, or a majority of them, of which the county judge is to be one, at the place where the county courts are required to be held. In case of a vacan cy in the office of county judge the appointment is made by the justices of the sessions. In the city and county of New York the appointment is made by the chief justice of the superior court, the first judge of the common pleas, and the recorder, or any two of them. Their terms of office commence on the first of January next after the appointment; and all hereafter appointed hold their offices for six years. The terms of those first appointed expire according to a determination made by lot, pursuant to a special statute.

Laws of 1857, ch. 628, § 1.

§ 80. The inspectors of plank and turnpike roads

pike roads. are appointed by the boards of supervisors of their

Sealers of

respective counties. Those only are to be appointed who are not interested in any such roads in the county.

1 R. S., 1104, § 98.

§ 81. County sealers of weights and measures are

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