state, of all the matters contained in the statements filed with such clerks by the district attorney of such county after October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four; and of the name of each person shown to be convicted by a court of special sessions by the certificate of conviction filed with him by magistrates holding courts of special sessions after October thirtyfirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and since the date of the closing of each last preceding quarterly report made after October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and showing the offense for which each person was so convicted; whether the conviction was upon a trial or upon a plea of guilty; the sentence imposed, whether the sentence was suspended, and whether the defendant was placed on probation. Said certified statement shall also contain the names of all probation officers appointed by said courts of special sessions, with their address and the date of their appointment.

946. The secretary of state shall cause this title to be published with forms and instructions for the execution of the duties therein prescribed, and copies thereof to be furnished annually to each county clerk. The forms furnished by the secretary of state as herein provided, shall contain in tabulated form, the nature of every offense upon which conviction was had, the court before which the defendant was convicted, the character of the sentence imposed, the cases where defendant had been previously convicted, the cases where sentence was suspended, the cases where the defendant was placed upon probation, and the cases where probation was revoked, together with the age, sex, nativity and residence of the defendant. And a sufficient number of the copies of this title, and of such instructions, and of the forms to be used by the district attorney, or clerk or deputy clerk of the court of special sessions of the city and county of New York, shall also be furnished to each clerk to enable him to furnish at least one copy thereof annually to the district attorney, and the clerk of the court of special sessions of the city and county of New York and the county clerk shall distribute the copies of this title and of such forms and instructions accordingly, and when said county clerk is not a salaried officer his disburse

ments and compensation for his services under this act shall be a county charge. The expense of the secretary of state in publishing this title and distributing copies thereof, and of such forms and instructions as are herein required, shall be paid by the treasurer of the state, upon the warrant of the comptroller, from moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a female probation officer in the court of special sessions of the first division of the city of New York, and to compensate her for such services. Chapter 382, Laws of 1902.

Section 1. The justices of the court of special sessions of the first division of the city of New York are hereby empowered to appoint a female probation officer in that court.

§ 2. By and with the consent and concurrence of the board of estimate and apportionment, the justices of this court may fix the compensation of such probation officer at a sum not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly installments.

PROBATION OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO. AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and five of the laws of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Buffalo," in relation to the police justice.

Chapter 627, Laws of 1901.

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and five of the laws of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Buffalo," is hereby amended by adding therein after section three hundred and eighty-four-a two new sections to be known as sections three hundred and eighty-four-b and three hundred and eighty-four-c, to read as follows:

384-b. Probation officers. The police justice shall have authority to appoint or designate not more than five discreet persons of good character to serve as probation officers during the pleasure of the police justice; said probation officers to receive no compensation from the public treasury. Whenever any child

under or apparently under the age of sixteen years shall have been arrested, it shall be the duty of said probation officer to make such investigation as may be required by the court, to be present in court in order to represent the interests of the child; when the case is heard to furnish to the police justice such information and assistance as he may require, and to take charge of any child before and after trial as may be directed by the court.

§ 384-c. Whenever any such child is found guilty or pleads guilty to the commission of any crime or misdemeanor before the police justice, the said police justice may in his discretion suspend sentence during the good behavior of the child so convicted. The child so convicted may be placed in the care of said probation officer for such time not to exceed three months and upon such conditions as may seem proper. Said probation officers shall have the power to bring the child so convicted before the police justice at any time within three months from the date of conviction for such disposition as may be just. When practicable said child shall be placed with a probation officer of the same religious faith as that of the child's parents.

CHILDREN'S COURT AND PROBATION OFFICERS,
ROCHESTER.

AN ACT to amend chapter fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An act to further amend chapter one hundred and forty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled 'An act to amend and consolidate the several acts in relation to the charter of the city of Rochester,' and to consolidate therewith the several acts in relation to the charter of said city."

Chapter 543, Laws of 1905.

Section 1. Section two hundred and sixty-five of chapter fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, as amended by chapter five hundred and sixty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 265. All cases involving the commitment or trial of children actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years for any violation of law or ordinance before the police justice or police court

of the city of Rochester, shall be heard and determined in a separate courtroom, to be known as the children's courtroom, and separate and apart from the trial of other criminal cases, of which session a separate docket and record shall be kept. Whenever a child actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years is taken into custody in the city of Rochester, such child shall be arraigned in the children's courtroom and shall not be taken knowingly to that part of the police court where other criminal trials are had; and if through an inadvertence any such child shall be brought before that part of the police court, as soon as the age of such child is discovered the hearing of the case shall be transferred to, and the case shall be heard and determined in, the children's courtroom. The police justice and the police court of the city of Rochester shall have power to impose or suspend sentence or to remit to probation pursuant to law. The commissioner of public safety of the city of Rochester may appoint such number of probation officers, to hold office during his pleasure, at a salary fixed by the board of estimate and apportionment, as may be prescribed by the said board of estimate and apportionment, which number may be increased or diminished at any time by said board of estimate and apportionment, and may include one or more female probation officers if so determined by said board of estimate and apportionment. The said police justice may appoint from time to time, to serve at his pleasure and without compensation, such additional number of probation officers as he may deem desirable. Whenever the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of Rochester shall so determine, there shall be an additional police justice of said city, to be known as judge of the children's court, whose term of office shall be six years, and who shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the board of estimate and apportionment at not less than twenty-five hundred dollars per annum. Immediately after such determination by the board of estimate and apportionment, the mayor shall appoint a judge of the children's court to serve until the first day of January following the next city election, at which election a judge of the children's court shall be elected. The judge of the children's court shall have all the powers and jurisdiction. now or hereafter conferred upon the police justice of the city

of Rochester, and the court held by him shall be a part of the police court of said city, with all the powers and jurisdiction now or hereafter conferred upon said court. It shall be the duty of the judge of the children's court to preside over and to hold the children's part of the police court of the city of Rochester, and to be present at the children's courtroom at such times and for such hours as the public interests may require, and he shall perform such other duties now or hereafter imposed upon the police justice of said city as may be directed by the common council. (As amended by chapter 317 of the Laws of 1906.)

Section 12. Prohibitions on officers.- No director or other officer of a membership corporation hereafter created shall receive, directly or indirectly, any salary, compensation or emolument from such corporation, either as such officer or director or in any other capacity, unless authorized by the by-laws of the corporation, or by the concurring vote of two-thirds of the directors. No director or other officer of a membership corporation hereafter created shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract relating to the operations conducted by the corporation, nor in any contract for furnishing supplies thereto, unless expressly authorized by the by-laws of the corporation, and by the concurring vote of all the directors. The foregoing provisions of this section shall also apply after January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, to every membership corporation now existing and heretofore created under any law repealed by this chapter, and until such date the restrictions of law now existing as to such compensation and contracts shall continue applicable to the directors and other officers of such corporation.