§ 115. Registration vests ownership. The registration of bonds, as provided for in the last section, shall vest the ownership thereof, both principal and interest, in the person in whose name the last registration is made; and the state treasurer shall remit in current exchange on New York City to the person in whose name the last registration is made the interest on such bonds as it from time to time becomes due, and the principal thereof at maturity.
§ 116. Fee for registry. For each registration of ownership or transfer of ownership made as herein provided the treasurer shall be entitled to receive a fee of fifty cents for each bond so registered; provided, that all fees so received shall be covered into the general fund of the state.
§ 117. Salary of. The annual salary of the state treasurer, to include all services rendered ex officio as member of any board or commission as now required, or which may hereafter be required of him by law, is two thousand dollars.
§ 118. Official bond. The state treasurer must execute an official bond in the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Article 6.–The Attorney General.
§ 119. Duties of. The duties of the attorney general shall be:
1. To appear for and represent the state before the supreme court in all cases in which the state is interested as a party.
2. To institute and prosecute all actions and proceedings in favor of or for the use of the state, which may be necessary in the execution of the duties of any state officer.
3. To appear and defend all actions and proceedings against any state officer in his official capacity in any of the courts of this state or of the United States.
4. To consult with and advise the several state's attorneys in matters relating to the duties their office; and when in his judgment the interests of the state require it, he shall attend the trial of any party accused of crime and assist in the prosecution.
5. To consult with and advise the governor and all other state officers, and give, when requested, written opinions upon all legal or constitutional questions relating to the duties of such officers respectively.
6. To prepare, when necessary, proper drafts for contracts and other writings relating to subjects in which the state is interested.
7. To give written opinions, when requested by either branch of the legislative assembly, upon legal questions.
8. To enforce the proper application of funds appropriated to the public institutions of the state, prosecute breaches of trust in the administration of such funds, and when necessary prosecute corporations for failure or refusal to make the reports required by law.
9. To keep in proper books a register of all cases prosecuted or defended by him in behalf of this state or its officers, and of all proceedings had in relation thereto, and to deliver the same to his successor in office.
10. To keep in his office a book in which he shall record all the official opinions given by him during his term of office, which book shall be by him delivered to his successor in office.
11. To pay into the state treasury all moneys received by him for the use of the state.
