Sessions of the Peace, or of Oyer and Terminer, in any of the counties of this State. In 1857 (Laws of 1857, ch. 723), amendments were made to the following sections of the Code, viz.: 11, 114, 121, 132, 153, 227, 229, 241, 244 (subd. 5), 265, 272, 300, 307, 308, 309, 311, 315, 331, 333, 352, 354, 362, 369. In the same year (Laws 1857, ch. 353) was amended section 399 of the Code. Laws of 1857, ch. 344, consolidating the laws relating to District Courts in New York City (and Laws of 1851, ch. 147, 196, 514; Laws of 1852, ch. 54, 324), in effect repealed section 66 of the Code. Laws of 1857, ch. 295; Laws of 1858, ch. 617; Laws of 1852, ch. 389; Laws of 1849, ch. 144, abrogate section 65 of the Code. In 1858 (Laws of 1858, ch. 306), amendments were made to the following sections of the Code, viz.: 13, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 132, 135 (subd. 3), 204, 244 (subd. 1, 4), 246 (subd. 1), 256, 284, 292, 307 (subd. 5, 6, 7), 309, 328, 331, 344, 354, 399, 401 (subd. 3, 4, 5), 460. In 1859 (Laws 1859, ch. 428), amendments were made to the following sections of the Code, viz.: 13, 134 (subd. 1), 172, 237 (subd. 4), 256, 272, 292, 307 (subd. 1), 309, 348, 399, 401 (subd. 3), 412. In 1860 (Laws 1860, ch. 131), amendment was made to section 53 of the Code, and in the same year (Laws of 1860, ch. 459), amendments were made to the following sections of the Code, viz.: 30 (subd. 13), 62, 64, 135, 153, 229, 256, 267, 268, 272, 344, 399. In 1861 (Laws of 1861, ch. 158), amendment was made to section 53 of the Code. In the same year (Laws 1861, ch. 288), it was enacted that appeals might be brought by the people, or any State officer or board of State officers, without security, and that such appeals, then pending or thereafter brought, should operate as a stay of proceed ings on the judgment or order appealed from. Also in the same year (Laws of 1861, ch. 86), provision was made for the transfer of actions from the City Court of Brooklyn to the Supreme Court in certain cases. Also in the same year (Laws of 1861, ch. 8), provision was made for the attendance of petit jurors at county courts and courts of sessions. In 1862 (Laws of 1862, ch. 460), amendments were made to the following sections of the Code, viz.: 11 (subd. 2), 13, 24, 53 (subd. 2), 111, 116, 121, 132, 183, 230, 240, 241, 244 (subd. 4), 273, 274, 286, 287, 298, 304 (subd. 3, 4), 307 (subd. 3, 5, 7), 308, 309, 311, 318, 335, 348, 349, 352, 360, 364, 366, 371, 399, 401, 471; and the same law which made these amendments also repealed 2 R. S., 173, s. 37, which required the Court of Chancery to dismiss suits concerning property, where the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, did not exceed $100. In 1863 (Laws of 1863, ch. 392), amendments were made to the following sections of the Code, viz.: 13, 104, 116, 154, 166 (subd. 7), 179 (subd. 4), 256, 273, 292, 294, 298, 307, 328, 335, 352, 355, 364, 371, 395, 399, 471. By the same law, section 37, art. second, title second, chapter first, part third, of the Revised Statutes in relation to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery was repealed, and chapter 416 of the Laws of 1862 were amended by striking out the characters and figures "§ 28, § 29, § 30." In 1864 (Laws of 1864, chapters 000 and 414), amendments were made to sections 307, 352 and 371. By ch. 219, section 3 of title 2 of ch. 5 of part 3 of the Rev. Stat., relating to proceedings to compel the determination f of claims to real property in certain cases, was amended and applied to the Code of Procedure. In addition to the statutes above mentioned, the jurisdiction and practice of the courts of this State, in civil actions, are affected by, among others, the statutes referred to below: Actions, Against heirs-at-law for debts of ancestor, 1859, ch. 110. 288. Against Mayor, &c., of New York, 1860, ch. 379. Albany, 66 joint-stock companies and associations, 1851, ch. 455. Mayor's Court of, 1848, ch. 24; 1851, ch. 483. Brooklyn, Buffalo, City Court of, 1849, ch. 125; 1861, ch. 86. Recorder's Court of, 1848, ch. 363; 1850, ch. 138. Corporation, Courts Railroad, service of process on, 1854, ch. 282, s. 14. Insurance and others, service of process on, 1855, ch. 279. costs against, 1859, ch. 262. Collection of debts against, 1860, ch. 403. Of New York City, actions against, 1860, ch. 379. Of Oyer and Terminer, additional powers to, 1854, ch. 73. Of Session, out of New York City, 1851, ch. 444. Of Common Pleas, New York City, 1852, ch. 44; 1854, ch. 198. Marine, New York City, 1853, ch. 617. Places for holding in New York City, 1861, ch. 42. District, in New York City, 1857, ch. 344; 1862, ch, 389, 484. Of Appeals, preferred causes in, 1860, ch. 167. Of Chancery, the late enrollment of decrees of, 1853, ch. 421. County Courts, Jurisdiction of appeals in proceedings to recover possession of demised premises, 1849, ch. 193. Powers of, as to jail liberties, 1851, ch. 21. Evidence Of records in public offices of foreign kingdoms, &c., 1858, ch. 308, s. 8. Of service of notices by affidavit, in certain cases, 1858, ch. 244. Executors, assignees, receivers, and other trustees, Powers of, extended, 1858, ch. 314. Exempt property, Fees Accoutrements of militia men, 1855, ch. 536, s. 72. On judgment in favor of domestic servant, 1858, ch. 107. Of sheriffs, 1850, ch. 225. Of county judges abolished, 1857, ch. 564. Of justices of the peace, 1860, ch. 493; 1861, ch. 11. Injunctions Against State officers, 1851, ch. 488. Jail liberties, 1851, ch. 21. Parties not entitled to, 1857, ch. 627. Erie county, 1861, ch. 61. Dutchess county, 1861, ch. 73. Judgment, Satisfaction of, 1860, ch. 6. In ejectment, 1861, ch. 221. Kings county, Printing calendars in, 1859, ch. 212. Recording notices of lis pendens in, 1859, ch. 212. Manorial titles, Concurrent resolution as to, 1848, p. 582. Metropolitan police Exempt from military and jury duty and arrest on civil process and service of subpœna in civil actions, while on duty, 1860, ch 259, s. 34. New York City, Notices District Courts in, 1857, ch. 344; 1862, ch. 389, 484; and see 1852, ch. 324. Marine Court of, 1853, ch. 617. Superior Court of, 1849, ch. 124, 337; 1851, ch. 2; 1852, ch. 44. Common Pleas, 1852, ch. 44; 1854, ch. 198. Places for holding courts in, 1861, ch. 42. Published in Albany Evening Journal legalized, 1860, ch. 174. ral publication of, in Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1860, 95, 297. 374; 1849, ch. 134. 282, s. 14; 1855, ch. ch. 50; 1854, ch. 4, ch. 219. |