Law Indexes: New York

As part of efforts to expand the Local Geohistory Project, which aims to educate users and disseminate information concerning the geographic history and structure of political subdivisions and local government, this repository has been created to disseminate law index data for the State of New York. This index currently covers unconsolidated laws from 1778 through 1919. The unconsolidated laws contain private, special, and local laws, which often concern one or several individuals, entities, or localities, unlike consolidated laws, which often apply to all similarly situated individuals, entities, and localities within a jurisdiction. Prior to the 20th century, unconsolidated laws were often the primary method used to alter municipal and county boundaries and forms of government in New York. The data is released as individual tab-separated values (TSV) files by volume. The Detail column may contain additional Prefix information that is repeated from prior entries. The Source Works omit amendatory acts, and were intended to be used in conjunction with the chronological Statutory Record of the Unconsolidated Laws. This repository does not contain the full text of the laws, nor does it currently contain links to the full text. Because the index was created using OCR technology, it may contain uncaptured errors. This is not an official publication of the State of New York or any of its instrumentalities, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency at any level.为拓展旨在向用户普及并传播有关行政区划与地方政府的地理历史及结构相关信息的地方地理历史项目（Local Geohistory Project），本代码仓库应运而生，用于发布纽约州的法律索引数据。目前该索引涵盖了1778年至1919年间的非汇编法律（unconsolidated laws）。 非汇编法律包含私法、特别法与地方法，此类法律通常仅针对单个或数个个体、实体或特定地区；与之相对的汇编法律（consolidated laws）则普遍适用于辖区内所有处于类似境况的个体、实体与地区。在20世纪之前，非汇编法律往往是纽约州调整市镇与郡县边界以及政府组织形式的主要手段。 该数据按卷册以制表符分隔值（TSV）格式的单个文件形式发布。详情列可能包含与先前条目重复的前缀补充信息。 本索引所依托的源资料未收录修正法案，且旨在与按时间顺序编排的《非汇编法律法定记录》配合使用。 本代码仓库未收录法律全文，目前亦未提供全文链接。由于该索引通过光学字符识别（OCR）技术生成，可能存在未被识别的错误。 本项目并非纽约州及其任何下属机构的官方出版物，亦未与任何层级的政府机构存在附属关系，亦未获得其官方背书。