$345. He receives for his services, a compensation established by special statutes, which cannot be increased or diminished during his continuance in office, and is prohibited from receiving to his own use, any fees or perquisites of office or other compensation.

§ 346. He may be removed from office by the court for the trial of impeachments, upon an impeachment by the assembly, for wilful and corrupt misconduct in office.

§ 347. The attorney general has power and it is his duty,

1. To prosecute and defend all civil actions or special proceedings of a civil nature, to which the people of this state are a party, or in which they are interested:

2. To collect, if possible, costs adjudged to the people of this state, in an action prosecuted by him, to which they are a party or in which they are interested, and when collected, to pay them into the state treasury, deducting his legal disbursements in the prosecution or defence of the action:

3. Upon the requisition of the comptroller, or the state engineer and surveyor, to prepare the draft of a contract, obligation or other instrument required for the use of the state:

4. Upon the requisition of the governor, to attend a court of oyer and terminer or sessions, for the purpose

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5. Upon the requisition of the governor, of state, the comptroller, the treasurer, or the state engineer and surveyor, to prosecute a person charged with the commission of a public offence, in violation of statutes which either of those officers is specially required to execute, or in relation to matters connected with the department of either of them:

6. To cause a person indicted for corrupting, or attempting to corrupt a member, or a member elect of the legislature, or a commissioner of the land office, or for an offence against the statutes for the prevention of duelling, to be brought to trial without delay; and to attend in person to the discharge of this duty:

7. When he ascertains that real property, mortgaged to the people of this state is encumbered by prior mortges or judgments, to discharge those liens and take an assignment thereof to the people, with the consent of the comptroller; and to receive the necessary moneys for this purpose, out of the state treasury:

8. With the consent of the comptroller, to redeem, in the manner provided in this code, real property mortgaged to the people of this state, or purchased for them on the foreclosure of a mortgage, when sold upon a prior judgment:

9. To acknowledge satisfaction of a judgment in favor of the people of this state, when it is satisfied by payment, or when he is directed by the legislature:

10. To attend the legislature during its session, and to report on all matters referred to him by the legislature, or by the senate or assembly:

11. To administer oaths, in all matters relating to his office, in respect to which he may legally require proof: 12. To exercise any other power conferred upon by the constitution, or by this code or by special sta

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§ 348. When money is due to the people of this state, by several mortgages or contracts of the same nature, and executed by the same person, one action only can be commenced by the attorney general, for the recovery thereof.

§ 349. When separate actions are instituted by the attorney general, in behalf of the people of this state, against several persons on the same mortgage or contract, or who claim under the same title, he must, upon the request of the defendants, consent to a consolidation of the actions into one.

§ 350. All moneys received by the attorney general, for debts due or penalties forfeited to the people of this state, must be paid by him, immediately after the receipt thereof, into the treasury.

§ 351. The attorney general cannot act as attorney, in a civil action or in a special proceeding of a civil nature, unless the people of this state are a party or interested therein; nor can he act as counsel in such action or proceeding, for a private party against whom a criminal action for a felony is pending, or who is the prosecutor therein.

§ 352. He must keep, in suitable books provided at the expense of the state, a register of all civil actions and special proceedings of a civil nature, prosecuted or defended by him in behalf of the people, and of the proceedings in relation thereto; and must deliver the same to his successor in office.

§ 353. There must be kept in the office of the attorney general a record of the statistics of litigation in the state, comprehending in tabular form;

1. The number of general terms held, with the time when the term commenced and the place where it was held:

In the court of appeals:

In the supreme court:

In the superior court of the city of New-York:

In the court of common pleas of the city of New-
York:

And showing in respect to each term,

The number of judges present:

The number of days actual session of the court

The whole number of hours of actual session of

the court:

The number of cases on the calender:

The number of cases contested, argued or submitted:

The number not reached on the calandar for want of time:

The number decided by the court during the term which were submitted or argued at the same term:

The number decided by the court which were argued or submitted at a preceding term.

2. The number of circuits and courts of oyer and terminer in each county:

The number of trial terms in the superior court and

court of common pleas of the city of New-York: The number of days' actual session of the court: The average number of hours' session of the court daily:

The number of civil cases on the calendar for trial at each term :

The number actually tried and contested, excluding judgments upon failure to answer:

The number not reached on the calendar for want of time:

3. The number of criminal actions tried, including convictions by confession in each county:

The whole number of convictions: