III.  Surrogate.

I. Takes proof of wills of real or personal property.

II.  Grants letters testamentary of administrative.

III.  Attends generally to the settlement of the estates of deceased persons.

IV.  COUNTY CLERK

I. He is the clerk of the courts held in and for the county, namely:  Circuit, Oyer and Terminer, County Court and Court of Sessions, and the Special Term.

II.  Administers the oath to jurors and witnesses.

III.  Records the judgments of the courts.

IV.  Draws the grand and petit juries and makes a return of the same.

V. Records mortgages, deeds, satisfaction papers, &c.

V. Treasurer.

I. Receives the moneys collected by the several town collectors for county and state taxes.

II.  Pays over to the comptroller the amount going to the state.

III.  Pays out the amount due the county, as directed by law.

IV.  Receives from the comptroller the school money due the county, and pays the same over to the several supervisors, as directed by the school commissioner’s certificate.

V. Makes a general statement of the financial affairs of his office to the board of supervisors, annually.

VI.  District attorney.

I. He is the attorney for the county.

II.  Presents complaints made to him accusing parties of crime, to the grand jury.

III.  Draws “bills of indictment” when found by the grand jury.

IV.  Tries indicted parties in the Oyer and Terminer, and Court of
Sessions.

VII.  Coroners.

I. Look after and inquire into all matters concerning persons slain, or who have died mysteriously.

II.  Summon a jury, subpoena witnesses, and ascertain as far as possible all the facts in regard to the death.

III.  In case of a vacancy in the office of sheriff, and there being no under sheriff, one of the coroners designated by the county judge, performs the duties of sheriff until said vacancy be filled by election or appointment.

IV.  Have power to arrest the sheriff upon criminal processes.

VIII.  Superintendents of the poor.

Have the general care of the county poor house; appoint persons to take charge of the same; and render an account annually to the “board of supervisors” of their doings.

IX.  Justices of sessions.

I. Sit upon the bench with the county judge in the Court of Sessions and with the Supreme Court judge in the Oyer and Terminer, for the trial of such criminals as have been indicted by a grand jury.

II.  The law gives them just as much power in the decision of questions as the judge.

X. School commissioners.

I. Apportion the school moneys among the several districts in the county.