Civil Government for Common Schools: Prepared as a Manual for Public Instruction in the State of New YorkNortham, Henry C.
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Civil Government for Common Schools: Prepared as a Manual for Public Instruction in the State of New York
Northam, Henry C.
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VI. Dist.
Otsego,
Delaware,
Madison,
Chenango,
Tompkins,
Broome,
Chemung,
Schuyler,
Tioga and Cortland Counties.
IV. Dep. consists of
V. Dist.
Onondaga,
Jefferson,
Oneida,
Oswego,
Herkimer and Lewis Counties.
VII. Dist.
Livingston,
Ontario,
Wayne,
Yates,
Steuben,
Seneca,
Cayuga and Monroe Counties.
VIII. Dist.
Erie,
Chautauqua,
Cattaraugus,
Orleans,
Niagara,
Genesee,
Allegany and Wyoming Counties.
Q. How many counties in each of the districts?
A. One county in the First, nine in the Second, seven in the
Third, eleven in the Fourth, six in the Fifth, ten in the Sixth,
eight in the Seventh, eight in the Eighth district.
Q. How many counties in each of the departments?
A. One in the First, nine in the Second, twenty-eight in the
Third, and twenty-two in the Fourth.
Q. How many Justices constitute the General Term Court, or the
court held in and for the department?
A. Three in each Department.
Q. Where do these Justices come from?
A. They are appointed by the Governor from the Supreme Court
Justices that have been previously elected by the people.
Q. Must these Justices be taken from their respective departments?
A. Not necessarily; they may be transferred from another
department; as for instance, a Justice from Buffalo in the Fourth
Department has been transferred to the First Department.
Q. How many Supreme Court Justices are elected in the territory
known as the First Department?
A. Five.
Q. How many Supreme Court Justices are elected in the district
known as the Second Department?
A. Five.
Q. How many Supreme Court Justices are elected in the districts
known as the Third Department?
A. Twelve.
Q. How many Supreme Court Justices are elected in the districts
known as the Fourth Department?
A. Twelve.
COURT OF APPEALS.
Q. Of what does the Court of Appeals Consist?
A. Of seven Judges, elected by the electors of the whole State for
a term of fourteen years; one of their number is called a Chief
Judge, the others are called Associate Judges; they cannot hold
the office after they are seventy years old.
Q. What jurisdiction has this court?
A. Appellate.
Q. State how appeals may be taken from one court to another?
A. The party aggrieved may appeal from a Justice Court to a County
Court; from County or Supreme Courts to Special Term; from Special
Term to General Term; from General Term to Court Of Appeals.
Q. What may these Courts do?
A. They may affirm decisions made by lower courts, or reverse
decisions, or grant new trials. The salary of the Chief Judge of
the Court of Appeals is $7,500; of his Associates, $7,000.
ILLUSTRATION.
Q. In what court must a person charged with the crime of murder be
tried?
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