§ 900. Devolution of powers and duties on the county of Bronx. 1. The county of Bronx shall possess all the rights and be subject to all the obligations of the counties now included within the city of New York, except as otherwise provided by law. 2. All acts and parts of acts specially applicable […]
§ 901. Office of the sheriff. 1. The commissioner of correction of the city of New York shall have custody of the civil jails and persons lawfully committed to his custody and such jails shall be kept by him, or by keepers appointed by him, for whose acts he shall be responsible. 2. The provisions […]
§ 902. Certain office hours. 1. The offices of the county clerk in the counties constituting the city of New York shall remain open for the transaction of business from nine o’clock in the forenoon to four o’clock in the afternoon every day except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays and except in the months of July […]
§ 903. Official seals and signatures. 1. The seals heretofore kept by the respective county clerks of the counties comprising the city of New York shall continue to be the seals of said counties. The seal kept by the county clerk as prescribed in the judiciary law, shall continue to be the seal of the […]
§ 904. Court and trust fund register and liability of officers. The county clerks of the counties comprising the city of New York shall perform the same duties and shall be subject to the same penalties imposed by the provisions of this chapter upon other county clerks of the state with relation to court and […]
§ 905. Liability of commissioner of finance and surety for loss of court and trust funds. The commissioner of finance of the city of New York and his surety or sureties shall be liable in the same manner as county treasurers are made liable under the provisions of this chapter for the loss of court […]
§ 906. Liability of city of New York for loss of court and trust funds. The city of New York shall be responsible for all property or moneys deposited with the commissioner of finance by virtue of any judgment, decree or order of a court of record in this state provided, however, that the city […]
§ 907. Certain publications in county of Bronx. Every citation, order, proclamation, summons or notice, except a notice required to be published by the provisions of the public lands law, which is required by any provision of law to be published in any newspaper published in a county shall, where such publication is required or […]
§ 908. Appointment and salary of county clerks. 1. The county clerks of the counties comprising the city of New York shall be appointed and removable in pursuance of section thirteen of article thirteen of the constitution. 2. Each of the county clerks of the counties comprising the city of New York shall receive an […]
§ 909. Additional general duties of county clerks. The county clerk of each of the counties within the city of New York shall be clerk of the supreme court within his respective county, and shall have power to select, draw, summon and empanel grand and petit jurors in the manner and under the conditions now […]
§ 910. Official undertakings of county clerks. Each county clerk shall before entering upon or assuming the duties of his office, give a bond to the people of the state of New York in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, with not less than two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the comptroller of the […]
§ 911. Appointment and salaries of counsel to the county clerks. The clerk of each of the counties within the city of New York may appoint a counsel who shall be an attorney and counselor-at-law with not less than ten years’ experience, and who shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the county […]
§ 912. Subordinate employees in offices of county clerks; salaries. In counties within the city of New York, the appointment of every deputy, assistant, clerk, employee or subordinate shall be made in writing and filed in the office of the clerk making the appointment before such deputy, assistant or other person shall enter upon the […]
§ 913. Official undertakings of subordinates in offices of county clerks. The county clerk of each such county may in his discretion require any deputy, assistant, clerk, employee or subordinate appointed by him to give a bond and may determine the amount thereof.
§ 914. Duties of deputy county clerks. The deputy county clerks of each of the counties comprising the city of New York shall, subject to the provisions of the public officers law, have all the powers and fulfill all the duties of the county clerk in his absence and shall be subject to the same […]
§ 915. Fees of county clerks. All moneys to which the clerks of the counties comprising the city of New York are entitled, by virtue of their office, or which they may receive for any and all official services rendered by them, or by any of their assistants, clerks, employees, or subordinates shall belong to […]
§ 916. Accounts of money to be kept in offices of county clerks. It shall be the duty of clerks of the counties comprising the city of New York to keep an exact and detailed account of all moneys actually received by them or their subordinates for any services rendered in their official capacity, and […]
§ 917. Transcripts of accounts in offices of county clerks; violations. 1. A transcript of the account shall be made in such form as shall be prescribed by the comptroller of the city of New York. Such transcript shall contain a statement of all moneys either received by such clerks and their subordinates or which […]
§ 918. General provisions pertaining to records in offices of county clerks. 1. The clerk of each of the counties within the city of New York is authorized and empowered to do such further acts for rearrangement, care, repair, restoration, preservation, indexing and convenient examination of the records, documents, maps and papers filed or recorded […]
§ 919. Block indices in offices of county clerks. 1. New York, Bronx, Kings and Queens counties. a. The county clerks of the counties of New York, Bronx, Kings and Queens shall continue to index under the proper block numbers all instruments now required by law to be recorded in the books of notices of […]
