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number of marshals for the like terms. Any person appointed
after the commencement of the term, as herein prescribed, shall
hold only until the expiration of the term and until a successor is
duly appointed and has qualified.

Id. J marshals for the boroughs of Queens and Eichm,ond.

§ 1426. Six of said marshals so to be appointed shall be residents
of the borough of Queens, and four residents of the borough of
Richmond; and said marshals shall be assigned by the mayor to
such duty within the boroughs wherein they reside respectively as
is or may be provided by law.

Successors to present marshals of New York City.

§ 1427. On the expiration of the terms of said marshals of The
City of New York mentioned in the last clause of section fourteen
hundred and twenty-four of this act, the said mayor shall appoint
their successors for terms of six years respectively.

.Powers, duties and fees.

§ 1428. In so far as consistent with this act, the provisions of law
relating to the bonds, duties, powers and fees of marshals, and
all other matters concerning marshals in The City of New York, in
force on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven, .shall apply to. the marshals appointed or continued
in office pursuant to this title, provided, however, that the bonds
of said marshals so appointed pursuant to this title shall be filed
in the office of the city clerk, and that in the prosecution of the
official bonds of all marshals, application for leave to prosecute the
same shall be made to a justice of the supreme court at chambers
in the judicial department wherein the borough for which such
marshal shall have been appointed is situated, and such leave shall
not be granted unless it appears that a transcript of the judgment
against such marshal has been filed in the office of the clerk of the
county within which such borough is situated, and such justice may
order such bond to be prosecuted in the municipal court of The City
of New York, or in the city court of The City of New York if such
borough be within the county of New York or in the county court
■of the county wherein such borough lies, if in any other county.

See L. 1882, eh. 410, §§ 1699-1711, in appendix.

Ilemoval of marshals.

§ T429. The mayor may remove any marshal, after giving him
an opportunity to be heard, upon charges in writing preferred
against such marshal, and filed with the mayor.

See L. 1882, ch. 410, § 1706.