IV.  To see that order is preserved in the community.

V. To attend the higher courts in their official capacity when directed by the sheriff.

IX.  Game constable.

To look after and prosecute for the violation of the game laws.

X. Town auditors.

To examine the accounts of the town officers and pass upon the same.

XI.  Excise commissioners.

To meet and act upon petitions asking for the privilege of selling spirituous liquors.

XII.  Inspectors of election.

I. To preside at the annual election, receive the votes legally presented, and deposit them in boxes prepared for that purpose.

II.  To count the ballots at the close of the election, make a true statement thereof and transmit it to the “board of canvassers.”

Q. How are these officers paid?

A. I. Supervisors receive three dollars per day for county services, and two dollars per day for town services, and are entitled to extras for copying assessment roll and paying out school money.

II.  Town clerks are paid by the day for services; also a fee for recording and filing papers.

III.  Justices, mostly paid by fees; as officers of the town meeting they are paid by the day.

IV.  Collectors receive a percentage for collecting the money.

V. Constables receive a fee, a percentage, and for some services are paid by the day.

VI.  Game constables receive a portion of the fine money collected by reason of their prosecutions.

VII.  All the remaining officers are paid for their services by the day.

Q. What must all these officers do before entering upon their duties?

A. They must qualify; that is, take the oath of office.

Q. What is the oath of office?

A. See state constitution, art.  XII, sec.  I.

Q. Who can administer the oath of office?

A. I. The county clerk administers the oath to the justices of the peace.

II.  A justice of the peace administers the oath to all other town officers, except inspectors of election.

III.  The chairman of the inspectors of election administers the oath to the other inspectors, and one of the others in turn administers it to the chairman.

Q. How many supervisors in the towns of the state?

Q. How many supervisors in the cities of the state?

Q. How many justices of the peace in the state?

IV.—­THE COUNTY.

Q. What is a county?

Q. By what authority organized?

Q. How many counties in the state?

Q. When was the colony of New York first divided into counties?

A. In 1683.

Q. How many counties were established in 1683 and their names?

A. Ten:  viz, Kings, Queens, Suffolk, New York, Richmond,
Westchester, Dutchess, Albany, Ulster and Orange.