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CHAPTER 821. 



AN ACT to amend tihe executive law^ relating to the duties and 

 powers of the attiorney-general. 



Became a law May 29, 1895, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three- 

 fifths heing present. 



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

 Assembly, do enact as follows: 



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

 executive law, is hereby amended to read as follows: 



1. Prosecute 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 of the military department bureaus or military offices, 

 of the State. 



2. Whenever required by the governor, attend in person, ov by 

 ome of his deputies^ a court of oyer and terminer or appear before 

 thegrand jury thereof for thepurposeof managingand conducting 

 in such court or before such jury such criminal actioms or proceed- 

 ings as shall be specified in such requirement; in which case the 

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

 powers and perfonn all tbe duties in respect of such actions or pro- 

 ceedings, which the district attorney would otherwise be author- 

 ized or required to exercise or perform ; and in any of such actions 

 or proceedings the district attorney sihall only exercise such powd- 

 ers and perform such duties as are required of him by the ajttorney- 

 general or the deputy attomey-general so attending. 



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

 as follo-.vs* 



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i5. Additional counsel. The governor, or attoirney-general 

 may designate and employ such additional attorneys or counsel 

 as may be necessary to assist in the transaction of any of the legal 

 business mentionied in section fifty-two of this act and such attor- 

 neys or counsel shall be paid from the treasury a reasonable fee 



