STATE COURTS.

All JUDICIAL officers, except Justices of the Peace, are appointed by the Senate, on the nomination of the Governor.

COURT OF ERRORS.

The Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors, consists of the President of the Senate, the Senators, the Chancellor, and the Justices of the Supreme Court, or the major part of them.

If the Chancellor, or a Judge of the Supreme Court, be impeached, he shall be suspended from office until his acquittal.

On an appeal from a decree in chancery, the Chancellor shall assign the reasons for his decree; and on a writ of error brought on a judgment of the Supreme Court, the Justices shall give the reasons for their judgment; but neither shall have any voice in the decision of the case on trial. The reasons so to be assigned by the Chancellor, or Justices of the Supreme Court, shall be submitted in writing, before the argument of the appeal, or writ of error, as the case may be.

On any interlocutory or other question, either on appeal or writ of error, not affecting the merits of the cause, or point decided in the Court of Chancery, or Supreme Court, the chancellor or justices may vote.

The President of the Senate presides in the Court of Errors.

This court has full power to correct and redress all errors that may happen in the Court of Chancery, or in the Supreme Court.

The writs and process of the court shall be signed by the clerk, and tested in the name of the president of the

senate.

Sessions of the court may be holden at the capitol, in the city of ALBANY, at such times as the court shall, from time to time, direct; but not more than two such sessions shall be holden during the recess of the legislature in any one year; and when so holden, during the

recess of the legislature, the president of the senate and the senators shall receive the same compensation for travelling and attendance, as for attending a meeting of the senate.

The Clerk shall receive the same daily compensation for his attendance, at any term during the recess, as is allowed to members of the senate.

Appointed

1823 John Savage, Albany, CHIEF JUSTICE. 1823 Jacob Sutherland, Albany,

1829 William L. Marcy, Albany,

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JUSTICES.

Elected.

SENATORS.

1827 John I. Schenck.
1828 Stephen Allen.
1829 Alpheus Sherman.
1829 Jonathan S. Conklin.
1826 Benjamin Woodward.
1827 Walker Todd.
1828 Samuel Rexford,
1829 Nathaniel P. Tallmadge.
1826 John M'Carty,
1827 Moses Warren.
1828 Lewis Eaton.
1829 William Deitz.
1826 Duncan M'Martin, jr.
1827 Reuben Sanford.
1828 John M'Lean, jr.
1829 Isaac Gere.

Elected.

1827 Truman Enos.

1827 Nathaniel L. Benton.
1828 Wm. H. Maynard.
1829 Alvin Bronson.
1826 Thos. G. Waterman.
1827 Grattan H. Wheeler:
1828 John F. Hubbard.
1829 Levi Beardsley.
1826 William M. Oliver.
1827 George B. Throop.
1828 Hiram F. Mather.
1829 Thomas Armstrong.
1827 Timothy H. Porter.
1828 Geo. H. Boughton.
1828 Moses Hayden.
1829 Albert H. Tracy.

1816 John F. Bacon, Albany, ex officio, CLERK,

James Livingston, Greenbush, Sergeant at Arms
James D. Wasson, Albany, Crier.

The residence of each senator having been given on page 112, it is thought unnecessary to repeat it here.

COURT OF CHANCERY.

The powers of the Court of Chancery are vested in the CHANCELLOR, who holds his office during good behaviour, or until he attains the age of sixty years. His salary is $2000. This court was organized under the constitution of the state in March, 1778, though from the earliest judicial history distinct from a court of law. The Chancellor appoints the Register and Assistant Register, and Clerks in Chancery, who hold their offices during his pleasure. He also appoints the REPORTER IN CHANCERY, and licenses all Solicitors and Counsellors to practise in the Courts of Chancery. He may appoint Commissioners to take Affidavits to be read in the Courts of Chancery, at his discretion.

[The office of Assistant Register in Chancery was established at New-York, in the year 1804, and Isaac L. Kip, Esq. was appointed Assistant Register, November 22, 1804, by the Hon. JOHN LANSING, jun. then Chancellor. He was the first person who held the office of Assistant Register under the law of the state of New. York. Mr. Kip was appointed one of the Clerks of the Court of Chancery by the Hon. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON, then Chancellor, March 7th, 1795, in the place of JOHN W. WATKINS, Esq. resigned. He resigned his office as Assistant Register, July 31, 1823, the same day on which the constitutional term of service of the Hon. JAMES KENT as Chancellor of the state expired, and was succeeded by JOHN L. LAWRENCE, who was ap. pointed by Chancellor SANFORD, August 2d, 1823, and entered on the duties of his office, August 11, 1823, which he continued to perform until February, 1829, when the present incumbent was appointed.]

MASTERS and EXAMINERS in Chancery are appointed by the Senate, on the nomination of the Governor, and hold their offices for three years. Masters must be of the degree of Counsellor at Law, or Solicitor, or Coun sellor in Chancery.

In the year 1752 the officers of the Court of Equity were, two Masters, two Clerks, one Examiner, a Register, and a Sergeant at Arms.

The salary of the Reporter is $500; that of the Chancellor's Clerk is $600.

STATED TERMS.-On the fourth Mondays of Januáry and August, at the Capitol in the city of Albany; and on the fourth Mondays of May and October, at the CityHall, in the city of New-York.

The stated Terms are appointed by the Chancellor, and may be altered by him as the public convenience may require. Every stated Term shall be held eight days, at least, and longer, if necessary.

MOTION DAYS.-The first and third Tuesdays of every month during vacations are assigned for hearing motions and petitions before the CHANCELLOR, at the Capitol in the city of Albany. Motions and petitions shall have a preference over Calendar causes on the first day of the Term, and on Monday of every week thereafter during the Term, but on no other day, without a special order.

SUPREME COURT.

The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and two Justices, any of whom may hold the court.

The JUSTICES of the SUPREME COURT hold their offices during good behaviour, or until they attain the age of sixty years. Their salary is $2000 each.

The JUSTICES of this court may appoint as many Commissioners to take Affidavits to be read in the Su. preme Court in this state, as they may deem necessary. There are four Clerks of this court, each of whom is required by law to appoint some proper person to be his deputy.

The Reporter's salary is $500.

[The Clerk's office at Albany was established April 24th, 1797, and FRANCIS BLOODGOOD, Esq. of Albany, was appointed first Clerk. The Clerk's office at

Utica was established in the year 1807, and ARTHUR BREESE was appointed first Clerk. The Clerk's office at Canandaigua was established June 1, 1829, and the Hon. WILLIAM M. OLIVER was appointed first Clerk.]

STATED TERMS.-At Albany, on the first Monday of January, and third Monday of October; at New-York on the first Monday of May; and at Utica, on the first Monday of July. They are called the January, May, July, and October Terms.

The several Terms may be continued and held from the commencement thereof, until and including the fifth Saturday after the commencement of each Term; but no argument of any cause shall be heard during the fifth week of any Term, unless by consent of parties, or their counsel.

CIRCUIT.COURTS.

The state is divided, by law, into eight Judicial Circuits, corresponding with the eight Senate Districts, which may be altered from time to time, by the Legislature, as the public good may require.