a vacancy occurs in the office of justice of the children's court, whether by the expiration of a term or from any other cause, the mayor shall designate a justice of the court of special sessions to fill such vacancy within thirty days after it occurs. Such designation shall be for a term of five years, except that when the vacancy occurs otherwise than by expiration of a term the designation shall be for the unexpired residue of the term. If from any disability any of the justices so designated shall be temporarily unable to perform his duty the board of justices may assign any other justice to sit in the children's court for a period not exceeding one month. If such disability shall continue for more than one month the mayor may assign any other justice of the court of special sessions to take the place of such justice of the children's court during such disability. Whenever a justice designated for service in the children's court shall cease to be a justice of the court of special sessions, whether from the expiration of his term or otherwise, he shall thereupon cease to be a justice of the children's court.

§ 34-e. Additional justices. Upon a certificate signed by three-fifths of the justices of the children's court that in their opinion the business of the children's court is such as to require an increase in the number of justices of such court, the mayor may make one or more additional designations from among the justices of the court of special sessions, each such designation to be for a term of five years, or may make temporary designations for terms of not exceeding six months.

§ 34-f. Duties of justices. The justices of the children's court shall during such service be relieved of all duties imposed upon them other than those required of them by this article. At least once in each year it shall be the duty of such justices to cause each institution to which a child shall have been committed by the children's court during the year to be visited and inspected by at least one of the justices.

§ 34-g. Duties of presiding justice. The presiding justice, in addition to his other duties as a justice of the children's court shall have the general superintendence of the business of the court, and shall preside and be entitled to vote at all meetings of

the justices. He shall assign the justices to duty in the several parts of the court from time to time as he may deem necessary for the prompt disposition of the business thereof. He shall, so far as practicable, make such assignments so that one justice shall be assigned to each of the parts of the court located in the counties of New York and Kings for at least six months during the year. The presiding justice shall prescribe the hour for the opening of the various parts of the court, and for the attendance of the justices, clerks and employees thereat, and shall establish and supervise a system for keeping the records of the said court.

§ 34-h. Meetings. It shall be the duty of the presiding justice and the justices to meet together at least once in each month, except the months of July and August in each year, at such hour and place as may be designated by the presiding justice, for the consideration of such matters concerning the administration of justice in the court as may be brought before them. At such meetings they shall receive and investigate, or cause to be investigated, all complaints presented to them pertaining to the court, or to the justices, officers or employees thereof, and shall take such steps as they may deem necessary or proper in respect thereof, and they shall have power, and it shall be their duty, at such meetings, from time to time to make, alter and amend rules regulating the practice and procedure of the court which shall be uniform, so far as practicable, in all parts of the court. All rules shall be printed within a reasonable time after their adoption. All ap pointments which the majority of the justices have power to make shall be made at such meetings. The term "majority of the justices" shall be deemed to mean a majority of all the justices of the children's court then in office, including the presiding justice. In the year nineteen hundred and fifteen it shall be the duty of the justices to meet for the purposes herein before set forth, at a time and place designated by the presiding justice, within ten days after his appointment.

§ 34-i. Chief clerk, employees and probation officers; appointment. There shall be a chief clerk and at least four clerks of the children's court, and such additional clerks, deputy clerks, stenographers, interpreters, attendants, a chief pro

bation officer, deputy chief probation officers, and probation officers, and other employees as the majority of the justices of the court may deem necessary, and as may be authorized by the board of aldermen on the recommendation of the board of estimate and apportionment. The term of office of the chief clerk, clerks and deputy clerks shall be four years. The clerk, deputy clerks, stenographers, interpreters, attendants, and probation officers, and other cmployees serving on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and fifteen, in the parts of the court of special sessions then known as the children's court, shall be continued in office in like capacity as officers and employees of the children's court during good behavior. Their successors, the chief clerk, the chief probation officer, the deputy chief probation officers, and all other officers and employees shall be appointed by the majority of the justices. Upon the appointment of the chief clerk, or any clerk, or deputy clerk, the presiding justice shall issue three certificates of appointment to be signed by him, each of which shall state the term for which the appointment is made and when it will expire, and shall deliver one of such certificates to the person so appointed and shall cause the other certificate to be filed, one in the office of the city clerk and one in the office of the clerk of the county in which the person so appointed resides.

§ 34-j. Duties of chief clerk; reports, custody of records and seal. The chief clerk of the children's court shall cause to be kept a complete and accurate record of all the proceedings in said court and of all moneys received or fines imposed, in the manner and to the extent directed by the presiding justice, and shall prepare such other records and perform such other and further duties as the presiding justice may direct. The chief clerk shall report in writing to the presiding justice each month the number of days each part of said court was open for the transaction of business, the hours at which each part opened and closed each day, the number of cases disposed of, and the character thereof, and such other information as the presiding justice may require; the chief clerk shall require each clerk to file with him such report or reports as may be necessary. The presiding justice shall cause suitable blanks to be prepared and furnished to the chief clerk and clerks for such purpose. On or before the twentieth day of Janu

ary of each year the chief clerk shall prepare an annual report to the presiding justice of the business of the court and the attendance and proceedings of the justices thereat in such form as the presiding justice may prescribe. Upon the approval of such annual report by the presiding justice, duly authenticated copies thereof shall be filed, on or before the first day of February in each year, with the secretary of state, and with the mayor, comp troller and board of aldermen of the city of New York, and the report shall be printed promptly. It shall also be the duty of the chief clerk to keep the seal of the court, and affix it, or cause it to be affixed, to the certificate of the transcript of the docket of a judgment, or to any other certificate when required so to do. He shall file papers delivered to him for that purpose in any action or proceeding and safely keep them and shall authenticate by a certificate of exemplification, as may be required, the records of proceedings of the court, or any other paper pertaining thereto filed with him. The records of the children's court shall be evidence in the courts of the state to the same extent as now provided by law concerning courts of special sessions.

§ 34-k. Clerks' offices. The chief clerk of the children's court shall maintain a principal office and such branch offices as the presiding justice may require, where he shall keep such records as the presiding justice may direct, and each office shall be kept open for the transaction of business for such hours and during such days as the presiding justice shall order. There shall be maintained in the principal office a bureau of information for the public, conducted in accordance with such rules as the presiding justice may prescribe.

§ 34-1. Duties of clerks. Except as otherwise provided by the rules of the children's court the clerk of each part of such court shall be required to keep a complete and accurate record concerning every child brought before the court, which record shall contain, so far as possible, (a) a complete identification of the child, including its name, date and place of birth, address, names and addresses of parents and of guardians, if any, race, and religion; (b) any previous court record of the child or of members of its immediate family, except such portion thereof as the jus

tice before whom the case is heard may, in the interests of the future of the child, order eliminated from the record; (c) the school record of such child, and its employment record, if any; (d) a brief statement of the home conditions and environment of the child; (e) a report of the medical examination of such child, if any, and (f) such other facts as the court may require. The probation officers hereinafter provided for shall, so far as possible, furnish each clerk with such information as he may require for the completion of such records. Each clerk of the children's court shall keep an accurate minute of all fines imposed and received at the time of receiving the same. He shall report in writing to the chief clerk at least once in each month the fines imposed and received. Each clerk shall pay over the amount of all fines received by him to the chamberlain of the city of New York, on or before the fifth day of each month, and at the same time file with the chamberlain and the comptroller of the city of New York a copy of such statement of fines received.

§ 34-m. Service of subpoenas. The chief clerk shall cause to be served all subpoenas on behalf of the people for appearance before the children's court.

§ 34-n. Duties of probation officers. The chief probation officer is a probation officer. The probation officers of the children's court shall be subject to rules prescribed by the majority of the justices. The presiding justice shall assign the various probation officers to the various parts of the court and to such territorial districts within the jurisdiction of any part of the court as may be designated by a majority of the justices, provided that when a probation officer has once been assigned to a certain part he shall continue to serve in the said part until by a vote of a majority of the justices he is transferred to another part. One of the probation officers in each of the parts of the court shall be designated as the probation officer in charge of that part of the court and shall exercise a general supervision over the probation service in that district.

§ 34-0. Removal of clerks and employees. A majority of the justices of the children's court may remove for cause the