HON. JOHN V. SIMON Attorney General of New York — Opinion Dated: April 12, 1976 NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION, Article IX, §§ 1 (h) (1) and 2 (c)(1); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §§ 2 (5), 10(1) (a) and 33 (3) (b);COUNTY LAW, § 500(1); NIAGARA COUNTY CHARTER, Article XVI, § 1601and Article XXIII, § 2303. […]