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Administrative History

The attorney general's investigation of the management and affairs of the State Bank of previous hit Binghamton next hit and resulting prosecutions were required by orders of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt dated June 8 and October 22, 1931. The investigation into the financial affairs of the City of previous hit Binghamton next hit and alleged unlawful acts of the former City Comptroller was required by orders of Governor Roosevelt dated January 25 and 26, 1932. The statute authorizing the governor's designation of the attorney general or a deputy or assistant as a special prosecutor in those cases was Executive Law section 62 (now section 63.2). The governor also appointed an extraordinary special and trial term of Supreme Court, Broome County, for an inquiry by a grand jury and trial of resulting indictments, and designated a Supreme Court justice from outside Broome County to preside. The State Comptroller's examination of the financial affairs of the City of previous hit Binghamton next hit was authorized by provisions of the General Municipal Law Article 3.