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thereupon give notice to the District Attorneys of the proper counties, to the end that they may prosecute such delinquent Town Clerks and Assessors for the penalties incurred by them.

1 R. S. 419, § 2 (2 R. S. [8th ed.] 1160).

CHAPTER XXV.

COMPENSATION OF SUPERVISORS.

§1197. Per diem compensation, mileage, copying assessment roll. § 1198. His compensation for services rendered to his town.

§ 1199. In Onondaga County.

§ 1200. In Richmond County. §1201. In Schenectady County.

§ 1202. In Erie County.

§ 1203. In Oneida County.
§1204. In Albany County.
§ 1205. In Rensselaer County.
1206. In Kings County.

§ 1207. In Broome and Allegany Counties.

§ 1208. In Oswego County.

1197. Per diem compensation, mileage and copying assessment roll.

For the services of Supervisors, except in the Counties of New York, Albany, Rensselaer, Kings, Oneida, Erie and Broome, at the sessions of their respective Boards, each Supervisor shall receive from the county, compensation at the rate of three dollars per day for each day's actual attendance thereat, including the whole day of twenty-four hours; each Supervisor shall also receive from the county for his services in making a copy of the assessment roll of his town or ward, including the extension of the tax list, to be delivered to the Collector or Receiver of Taxes, compensation at the rate of three cents for each written line for the first one hundred written lines on said roll and list, and two cents per line as aforesaid for the second hundred written lines, and one cent per line as aforesaid for all written lines in excess of three hundred; he shall also receive mileage at the rate of eight cents per mile for once going and re. turning from his residence to the place where the sessions of the Board shall be held, by the most usual route, for each regular or special session provided for by this act.

No other compensation to be allowed-penalty.] No other compensation, fee, charge, or allowance of any kind, shall be made to any Supervisor for his services, except such as shall be by law a town charge; and any Supervisor who shall receive or vote for any allowance in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on conviction, pay for the use of the county, such penalty as the court having cognizance of such offense, shall judge, not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

Payment of certain expenses allowed.] But nothing in this section shall forbid the payment to any Supervisor of his actual expenses incurred in any investigation or other duty which may be lawfully committed to him by the Board, and which shall require his attendance at any place away from where he shall reside and five miles or more distant from the place where the Board shall hold its sessions, and all provisions of law inconsistent with this section are hereby repealed. Laws 1875, chap. 482, § 8, as amended by Laws 1886, chap. 63, § 1.

This section supersedes Laws 1849, chap. 194, § 10, which differed only slightly from this section, as to compensation.

The amendment of this section in 1886, rendered obsolete the decisions in 32 Hun, 63, and 1 Hun, 454, which were decisions under former statutes.

Supervisors are not entitled to charge for services while serving on a committee of the Board, unless during the sessions of the Board. Supervisors of Richmond Co. v. Ellis, 59 N. Y. 620.

§ 1198. His compensation for services rendered to his town. The Supervisor (except when attending the Board of Supervisors), Town Clerks, Assessors, Justices of the Peace, Overseers of the Poor, Inspectors of Elections and clerks of the polls, shall receive two dollars per day for each day's service performed by each or either of them. Laws 1870, chap. 242, § 1.

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provis

ions of this act are hereby repealed. Ibid., § 3; 1 R. S. (8th ed.) 911.

This act has sole reference to compensation for services rendered by Supervisors and other officers, rendered to the town separate and apart from services rendered as a member of the Board of Supervisors. Supervisors of Richmond Co. v. Ellis, 59 N. Y. 620.

§ 1199. In Onondaga County.

Each Supervisor elected for any town or ward in the County of Onondaga shall receive for his services, as a member of the Board of County Canvassers and as Supervisor, an annual salary of two hundred dollars, besides travel fees at the rate of eight cents per mile for each mile actually traveled in going to and from the place of meeting once at each regular or special session, on the most usual route, and besides the fees now allowed by law for copying or extending their assessment roll, payable from the treasury of said county on the last day of the annual session of said Board in each year; and no Supervisor shall receive any other or greater sum for his fees or services except when employed and actually rendering service on any committee of said Board, by its direction. When said Board is not in session he may charge for and receive at the rate of three dollars for each day's service thus actually performed, except also for services rendered in towns, which are by law a town charge. Laws 1887, chap. 30, § 1.

Audit and payment prohibited. It shall not be lawful for said Board of Supervisors to audit or allow, or for the County Treasurer to pay, any Supervisor a greater sum than is allowed by this act. Every offense against the provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not less then one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment. Ibid., § 2.

All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed, so far as the same may relate to the County of Onondaga. Ibid., § 3.

§ 1200. In Richmond County.

In all counties in the state, except the County of Rockland, where there are less than six Supervisors, the compensation of each Supervisor shall be five hundred dollars per annum, and mileage at the rate of eight cents per mile for once going and returning from his residence to the place where the sessions of the Board are held, for each regular or special session of the Board, in lieu of the per diem compensation now paid for county services, and no other compensation, fee or charge shall be made to any Supervisor for his services, except such as may be by law a town charge. Laws 1887, chap. 297, § 1.

All provisions of law inconsistent with section one of this act are hereby repealed. lbid., § 2.

Although this act refers in general terms to all counties except Rockland, it is understood to apply to Richmond County alone, at present.

1201. In Schenectady County.

Each Supervisor elected for any town or ward in the County of Schenectady shall receive for his services, as a member of the Board of County Canvassers, and as Supervisor, an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars, besides travel fees at the rate of eight cents per mile for each mile actually traveled in going to and returning from the place of meeting once at each regular or special session, on the most usual route, payable from the treasury of said county on the last day of the annual session of said Board in each year, and no Supervisor shall receive any other or greater sum for his fees or services, except for services rendered in towns which are by law a town charge. Laws 1887, chap. 722, § 1.

Restrictions imposed, violations, etc. It shall not be `lawful for said Board of Supervisors to audit or allow, or for the County Treasurer to pay, any Supervisor a greater sum than is allowed by this act. Every offense against the provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred or more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county

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