§ 140. Commissioners of deeds in the city of New York. 1. The council\nof the city of New York is hereby authorized and is empowered to appoint\ncommissioners of deeds in such city from time to time, who shall hold\ntheir offices for two years from the date of their appointment.\n 2. No person shall be appointed a commissioner of deeds except an\nattorney-at-law unless such person shall have submitted with his\napplication proof of his ability to perform the duties of the office.\nApplicants serving clerkships in the offices of attorneys, and whose\nclerkship certificate is on file with the proper officials, shall submit\nan affidavit to that effect. Other employees of attorneys shall submit\nan affidavit sworn to by a member of the firm of such attorneys that the\napplicant is a proper and competent person to perform the duties of a\ncommissioner of deeds. Every other applicant shall furnish a certificate\nof the city clerk of such city stating that he has examined the\napplicant and believes such applicant to be competent to perform the\nduties of a commissioner of deeds; provided, however, that where a\ncommissioner of deeds applies, before the expiration of his term, for a\nreappointment or where a person whose term as commissioner of deeds\nshall have expired applies within six months after such expiration for\nappointment as a commissioner of deeds, such examination shall not be\nrequired. Upon any such application for such renewal the city clerk\nshall furnish the applicant with a certificate stating that the\napplicant has theretofore qualified for appointment and indicate the\ndate of the applicant's original appointment thereon. The fee for\nissuing each such certificate shall be fifty cents.\n 3. Such appointment shall not require the approval of the mayor, and\nhereafter, at the time of subscribing or filing the oath of office, the\ncity clerk shall collect from each person appointed a commissioner of\ndeeds the sum of twenty-five dollars, and he shall not administer or\nfile such oath unless such fee has been paid.\n 4. The city clerk shall designate a commissioner of deeds clerk, whose\nduties shall be to enter the names of commissioners of deeds appointed\nin a book kept for that purpose, make out certificates of appointment\nand discharge such other duties as the city clerk may designate.\n 5. Any person hereafter appointed to the office of commissioner of\ndeeds in and for the city of New York by the council, before entering\nupon the discharge of the duties of such office and within thirty days\nafter such appointment, shall take and subscribe before the commissioner\nof deeds clerk in the office of the city clerk or before any person\nauthorized to administer oaths the following oath of office: that the\napplicant is a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the state\nof New York, the city of New York and the county of (naming the county);\nthat he will support the constitution of the United States and the\nconstitution of the state of New York and faithfully discharge the\nduties of the office of commissioner of deeds. A person regularly\nadmitted to practice as an attorney and counsellor in the courts of\nrecord of this state, whose office for the practice of law is within the\ncity of New York, may be appointed a commissioner of deeds in and for\nthe city of New York and may retain his office as such commissioner of\ndeeds although he resides in or removes to another city in this state or\nto an adjoining state. For the purposes of this and the following\nsections of this article such person shall be deemed a resident of the\ncounty where he maintains such office.\n 5-a. A person regularly admitted to practice as an attorney and\ncounsellor in the courts of record of this state, whose office for the\npractice of law is within the city of New York, may be appointed a\ncommissioner of deeds in and for the city of New York and may retain his\noffice as such commissioner of deeds although he res
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