upon the certificate of the governor and attorney-general, the amount thereof to be audited and allowed by them or may be paid by the attorney-general out of the costs recovered by him. (As amended by chap. 821 of 1895, § 2.)

$56. Annual report. The attorney-general shall annually, on or before the first day of February, report to the legislature :

1. As to all moneys belonging to the state received by him during the preceding year by way of costs, damages or otherwise; 2. The title and subject-matter of all actions on appeal, pending and undetermined, and the condition thereof at the date of such report ;

3. What actions, if any, have been brought by him during the year for the recovery of real property claimed to be owned by the state, and the condition of such actions at the date of such report;

4. The title of every action brought by him during the year against a corporation to vacate its charter or annual* its existence, and the condition thereof at the date of such report, with a brief statement of the cause for which such action was brought; and the proceedings during such year in such actions previ ously brought.

5. Copies of his official opinions during the preceding year, which are deemed by him of general publlc interest.

57. Deputy attorney-general to act as special district attorney. Whenever the governor shall advise the attorney. general that he has reason to doubt whether in any county the law relating to crimes against the elective franchise is properly enforced, the attorney-general shall require from the district attorney of such county, and it shall be the duty of such district attorney forthwith to make to the attorney-general a report of all prosecutions and complaints within his county during the year then last past for offenses under title five of the penal code and of the action had thereon. If such county shall be one of the counties included within the metropolitan elections district described in chapter six hundred and seventy-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the attorney-general may require from the state superintendent of elections, and it shall be that officer's duty forthwith to make a report of all prosecutions within such county during the year then last past for such offenses upon complaints made by said superintendent, or his deputy *So in the original.

superintendents of elections, and of the action had thereon. The attorney-general shall assign one or more of his deputies to act as counsel for the state superintendent of elections and to take charge of prosecutions arising in any county included within the metropolitan elections district as described in chapter six hundred and seventy-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight under said chapter and title five of the penal code. Such deputy shall represent the people of this state in all such prosecutions before all magistrates and in all courts and before any grand jury having cognizance thereof; and shall act as special counsel and adviser to said state superintendent of elections in the performance of his duties. The deputies so assigned shall be appointed pursuant to section fifty-one of this act. They may be specially appointed thereunder for the purpose of such assignment and for the performance of the duties herein described. Whenever the attorneygeneral shall advise the governor that there is occasion for an extraordinary term in any such county to inquire into and try cases arising under said title five of the penal code, the governor may appoint an extraordinary term of the supreme court to be constituted and held for the trial of criminal cases in such county, pursuant to section two hundred and thirty-four of the code of civil procedure. Grand and petit juries shall be drawn and summoned for said term in the manner provided by law, and such cases shall be brought before such inquest and court as the attorney-general shall direct. All the provisions of sections fifty-two and fifty-five of this act shall apply to such extraordinary term; and it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the county, and of the assistants, clerks and employees in his office, and of all police authorities, officers and men, within any such county to render to the attorney-general and his deputy, whenever requested, all aid and assistance within their power in such prosecutions and in the conduct of such cases. (Added by chap. 302 of 1899, and amended by chap. 737 of 1900.)

§ 60. Salary and expenses.-The state engineer and surveyor may be known as the state engineer, and shall be paid an annual salary of five thousand dollars, and shall be authorized to incur expenditures to be paid by the state:

1. Not exceeding nine thousand two hundred dollars for the employment of clerks, stenographers and messengers in his office; 2. Not exceeding two thousand dollars for furniture, books, binding, blanks, printing and other necessary incidental expenses of his office.

§ 61. Deputy.-The state engineer shall appoint a deputy, who shall be paid an annual salary of four thousand dollars. and who may perform all the duties of the state engineer and surveyor, except as commissioner, trustee or member of any board.

§ 62. General duties. The state engineer shall,

1. Superintend the surveys and sales of lands belonging to the state, in the manner required by law and according to the directions of the commissioners of the land office, when such directions shall have been given;

2. Retain in his office a map of the state, and delineate thereon all changes in the bounds thereof, or of the counties therein;

3. Collect and preserve all maps, plans, drawings, field notes, levels and surveys of every description made for the use of the state, and all engineering instruments belonging to the state; 4. Pay into the treasury all moneys received by him in behalf of the state;

5. Appoint and fix the compensation of such engineers and other assistants as may be necessary to execute such duties as shall be confided to him by statute.

§ 63. Documents may be inspected by public. The maps, drawings and other documents deposited in the office of the state

engineer shall be open for inspection of the public at all reasonable hours, but shall not be removed or taken from the office.

§ 64. Use of official seal.--All certificates of the sale of state lands, copies of maps, surveys, field books, official papers, reports or records certified by the state engineer or his deputy, shall be sealed with the seal of his office.

§ 65. Fees.-The state engineer shall collect the following fees:

1. For filing every paper, six cents;

2. For all original drafts, twenty-five cents;

3. For drawing original papers, ten cents per folio;

4. For recording papers, ten cents per folio;

5. For copies of papers on file, ten cents per folio;

6. For every search, ten cents;

7. For copies of maps, the sum usually charged therefor;

8. For surveys, at the rate of three dollars per day for the surveyor, exclusive of the reasonable expenses for the hire of men, horses, and for provisions.

§ 66. Bridge designers and inspectors.-The state engineer and surveyor may appoint and at pleasure remove a chief designer and inspector of bridges, two assistant designers and inspectors of bridges, and needed draughtsmen. It shall be the duty of the designers and inspectors of bridges to design and inspect, under the direction of the state engineer and surveyor, all bridges built under his supervision, and also inspect any bridge whose plans are subject to his approval. The persons appointed under this section shall perform any duty connected with the department work required of them by the state engineer and surveyor; and he shall fix their compensation, which shall be paid monthly by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller, and shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum annually appropriated for that purpose by the legislature. (Added by chap. 476 of 1899.)

Provisions Applicable to Two or More Executive Officers. §§ 70-72

ARTICLE VII.

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TWO OR MORE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

SECTION 70. Special reports to legislature.

71. Quarterly account of fees.

72. Public printing other than legislative.

73. Publication at Albany of certain public notices.

74. Publication of notices required to be published in state paper.

§ 70. Special reports to legislature.--The secretary of state, the comptroller, the treasurer, the attorney-general and the state engineer shall report upon all matters referred to them by the legislature or by either house.

8 71. Quarterly account of fees.-The secretary of state, the comptroller and the state engineer shall, on the first days of January, April, July and October, file with the treasurer an account in writing of all fees by them respectively received during the preceding quarter, and pay the amount thereof into the treasury.

§ 72. Public printing other than legislative. The public printing payable by the state, other than legislative printing, shall be done as follows: On or before the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and of each alternate year thereafter, the secretary of state and comptroller shall give at least twenty days notice in two newspapers published in each senatorial district of the state, that on or before a day specified therein they will receive sealed proposals for the public printing, other than legislative, and the printing of examination question papers required by the University of the State of New York in conducting examinations authorized by law, for two years, the work to be performed in the same style of type, paper and execution as heretofore, and that they will receive separate bids for the printing to be done for the public offices or any portion thereof. Such printing of examination question papers shall be done in the rooms of the University of the State of New York and by its employees. To every such bid there shall be annexed the guaranty of a guarantor of sufficient ability, that the person making such bid will, if the same is accepted, enter into a contract according to the terms thereof, and give the security required within the time specified in the notice; and to every such guaranty there shall be annexed a certificate of the county judge of the county where the guarantor resides, that the guarantor is a freeholder and able to make good his guaranty. At the expiration of such time they shall open the proposals and enter into a contract with the person or firm who shall make the lowest bid and shall give