35 N.Y.S. 222 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1895
The defendant is a state officer. As such the legislature has imposed upon him certain duties. So far as concerns the present application, these are to transmit to each county clerk in the state, at least sixty days before any general election, a sufficient number of copies of the Election Law to furnish one copy to each such county clerk and one to each town, village and city clerk and each inspector of election in the county (Laws of 1892, chap. 680, § 19); to cause to he prepared a sufficient number of suitable blank books for lists and registers of voters, containing blank certificates and brief instructions for registry, and transmit a sufficient number thereof to furnish 'four to each board of inspectors in each county, except in the cities of Mew York and Brooklyn (Laws of 1892, chap. 680, § 40); to cause to be published title 10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, relating to Criminal statistics, with forms and instructions for the execution of the duties therein prescribed, and to furnish copies annually to each county clerk for distribution among the officers therein mentioned. Code Grim. Proe. § 946. He is also required, in connection with the comptroller, to give in
The writ should issue as prayed for, except as to the" forms. and instructions required by section 946,of the Code of Crimi-l
Ordered accordingly.