Opinion
February, 1927.
Present — Kelly, P.J., Manning, Young, Lazansky and Hagarty, JJ.
Motion to direct city chamberlain to pay award denied, with leave to renew upon papers showing that a proper hearing was had at the corporation counsel's office, at which the necessary proof was introduced and the testimony sworn to before a notary public at the corporation counsel's office. The papers submitted on this application are entirely insufficient to warrant a change in the final order. We allow these hearings at the corporation counsel's office to save the parties the expense of a reference, but the proceedings must be conducted with the same formality as if the hearing was had in court. The final order, when presented, must be approved by the corporation counsel.