of government. His compensation shall be fixed by law and paid out of the public treasury. 21.-FEES. No judicial officer, except justices of the peace, shall receive to his own use any fees or perquisites of office; nor shall any judge of the court of appeals, justice of the supreme court, or judge of a court of record in the cities of New York, Brooklyn or Buffalo, practice as an attorney or counselor in any court of record in this state, or act as referee. 22.-JUDGMENTS. The legislature may authorize the judgments, decrees and decisions of any court of record of original civil jurisdiction, established in a city, to be removed for review, directly into the court of appeals. 23. THE LEGISLATURE shall provide for the speedy publication of all statutes, and also for the appointment, by the justices of the supreme court designated to hold general terms, of a reporter of the decisions of that court. All laws and judicial decisions shall be free for publication by any person. 24. THE FIRST ELECTION of the judges of the court of appeals, and of the three additional Judges of the court of common pleas for the city and county of New York, shall take place on such day, between the first Tuesday in April and the second Tuesday in June, next after the adoption of this article, as may be provided by law. The court of appeals, the commissioners of appeals, and the addi tional judges of the said court of common pleas, shall respectively enter upon their duties on the first Monday of July thereafter. 25.-SURROGATES, justices of the peace, and local and judicial officers provided for in section 16, in office when this article shall take effect, shall hold their respective offices until the expiration of their terms. 26.-COURTS OF SPECIAL SESSIONS Shall have such jurisdiction of offenses of the grade of misdemeanors as may be prescribed by law. 27.-SURROGATES' COURTS. For the relief of surrogates' courts, the legislature may confer upon courts of record, in any county having a population exceeding four hundred thousand, the powers and jurisdiction of surrogates, with authority to try issues of fact by jury in probate causes. INDEX. ABATE: when action not to,.... ABSCONDING DEBTOR. See Debtor. ABSENCE: from state, effect on limitation, of party, trial in,.............................................. ABSENT DEBTOR. See Debtor. ACCOUNT: jurisdiction of, manner of pleading, when cause of action accrues,..... 43 110 103, 117 of property of corporation, ............................................................................ 193 guardian to render,.... ACT: divided into two parts,............ first part relates to courts,..... second part relates to civil actions, how far applicable to justices' courts,... construction of,......... when to take effect, 2228 199, 200, 201 201 against foreign corporations, 197 in place of scire facias, quo warranto, etc.,..... 188 to vacate charter of corporation,.. to recover property forfeited to state, of writ of nuisance, ........ affecting real property,..................... .............. offer to compromise, 188 194 195 195 25, 196 145 30, 161, 166, 173, 174 action pending. See Lis Pendens. See Cause of Action; Civil Action; Crim- and oyer and terminer, of supreme court, circuit court, county court, of justices' court.......... 139 6 8 10 30 |