CONTAINING THE TEXT, CAREFULLY COMPARED WITH THE ORIGINAL, AND CERTIFIED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OF ALL THE GENERAL STATUTORY LAW OF THE STATE IN FORCE ON JANUARY IST, 1897, INCLUDING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE, THE REVISED STATUTES,

THE GENERAL LAWS AND STATUTES, THE CODES OF CIVIL

AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, AND THE PENAL CODE,
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED BY SUBJECTS, WITH
FULL REFERENCES TO THE DECISIONS, AND
WITH HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY
NOTES, AND A COMPLETE SYSTEM

OF CROSS-REFERENCES, SUPPLE-
MENTED BY A FULL ANALYTI-
CAL INDEX AND TABLE

OF THE STATUTES

CONTAINED
HEREIN.

Certified by the Secretary of State, under Section 932 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as Amended by Laws of 1895, Chapter 594.

SECOND EDITION.

BY

CLARENCE F. BIRDSEYE,

OF THE NEW YORK Bar.

York."

Author of "Birdseye's Chronological Table of the Statutes of New York."

VOLUME ONE.

NEW YORK:

BAKER, VOORS & COMPANY.

1896.