N.Y. Highway Law § 100: Appointment and salary of county superintendent

§ 100. Appointment and salary of county superintendent. The board of

supervisors of any county may appoint a county superintendent, determine

the amount of the bond which he shall give, fix his salary, and provide

for the payment of all the necessary expenses incurred while in the

performance of his duties, which salary and expenses shall be a charge

against the county road fund, and may remove such county superintendent

for malfeasance or misfeasance in office, upon written charges, after an

opportunity to be heard, not less than five days after the service upon

such superintendent of a copy of such charges. The term of office of

each superintendent or county engineer appointed by any other law to

perform the duties of county superintendent shall be four years unless

sooner removed by the board of supervisors as above provided.