THE

REVISED STATUTES

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK,

AS ALTERED BY SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION ;

TOGETHER WITH THE

Other Statutory Provisions of a General and Permanent Nature,

(Except the Code of Civil Procedure, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Penal Code,)

PASSED FROM THE YEAR 1978

TO FEBRUARY 1, 1889,

And Now in Force ;

ARRANGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAME OR KINDRED SUBJECTS IN THE REVISED STATUTES,

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

AN ANALYSIS OF THE ENTIRE WORK; REFERENCES TO JUDICIAL DECISIONS UPON

THE DIFFERENT ENACTMENTS; EXPLANATORY NOTES; A FULL AND COM.

PLETE ALPHABETICAL INDEX; AND AN INDEXED TABLE OF THE

STATUTES CONTAINED IN THE WORK.

EDITED BY
MONTGOMERY H. THROOP,

COUNSELLOR AT Law,
EDITOR OF THE SEVENTH EDITION.

EIGHTH EDITION.

VOLUME I.

CONTAINING THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, AND THE CONSTITUTION, AS NOW IN FORCE, OF THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA; THE SEVERAL SUCCESSIVE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITH THE AMENDMENTS

THERETO; THE ACTS RELATING TO THE REVISED STATUTES AND THE FIRST NINE

CHAPTERS OF THE FIRST PART OF THE REVISED STATUTES, AND

THE GENERAL LAWS CONNECTED THEREWITH.

1889.

BANKS & BROTHERS, LAW BOOK PUBLISHERS,

ALBANY, N. Y.

NEW YORK.