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that it would deceive the senses entirely, and were selling it for 

 cider vinegar prices. This traffic I believe is now, however, entirely 

 stopped as a traffic, and the vinegar used upon the tables of this 

 State is at least not a decefvMng one; that is, it is not manufactured 

 to resemble something which it is not. 



PROSECUTIONS BY THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 



Chapter 821 of the Laws of 1895, which took effect May 29, 

 1895,reads as follows: 



CHAPTER 821. 



AN ACT to amend the executive law, relating to the duties and 

 powers of the attorney-general. 



Became a law May 29, 1895, with tlie approv.il of the Governor. Passed, three- 



filihs bi iiig ine&eut. 



The People of the State of Neic York, represented in Senate and 

 Asscmhljj, do enact as follows: 



Section 1. Subdivisions one and two of section fifty-two of the 

 executive law, is hereby amended to read as follows: 



1. I'rosecute and defend all actions and proceedings in which the 

 State is interested, and have charge and control of all the legal 

 business of the departments and bureaus of the State, or of any 

 office thereof which requires the services of attorney or counsel, 

 in order to protect the interests of the State, but this section shall 

 not apply to any military department bureaus or military offices 

 of the State. 



2. \Yheuever required by the governor, attend in person, or by 

 one of his deputies, a court of oyer and terminer or appear before 

 the grand jury thereof for the purpose of managing and conduct- 

 ing in such court or before such jury such criminal actions or pro- 

 ceedings as shall be sj)ecified in such requirement; in which case 

 the attorney-general or his deputy so attending shall exercise all 

 the powers and perform all the duties in respect of such actions or 

 proceedings, which the district attorney would otherwise be au- 

 thori/.ed or required to exercise or perform; and in any of such 

 actions or j)roceedings the di>;trict attorney shall only exercise 

 such powers and perform such duties as are required of him by 

 the atlorney-general or the deputy attorney-general so attending. 



^ 2. Section 55 of said executive law is hereby amended to read 

 as follows: 



§ r>r>. Additional counsel. —The irovernor or attorney-general 

 may designate and em])]ny such additinml attorn(»vs or counsel as 

 may be nr cessary to assist in the transaction of any of the legal 

 business mentioned in section fifty-two of this act an,d such a^ttor- 



