14 - Effect of consolidation on terms of office. - New York Statutes

§ 14. Effect of consolidation on terms of office. If an office be continued by the consolidated laws constituting the consolidation of which this chapter is a part, the person lawfully holding such office at the time of the taking effect of such consolidated laws shall, subject to the provisions of such consolidated laws, continue therein for the term for which he was chosen, or if holding over after the expiration of his term, until his successor shall be chosen and shall have qualified.