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  2. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYSDMV or DMV) is the department of the New York state government [1] responsible for vehicle registration, vehicle inspections, driver's licenses, learner's permits, photo ID cards, and adjudicating traffic violations. Its regulations are compiled in title 15 of the New York Codes, Rules and ...

  3. Electric chair - Wikipedia

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    Electric chair at the Florida State Prison. The electric chair is a specialized device used for capital punishment through electrocution. The condemned is strapped to a custom wooden chair and electrocuted via electrodes attached to the head and leg. Alfred P. Southwick, a Buffalo, New York dentist, conceived this execution method in 1881.

  4. Capital punishment in New York - Wikipedia

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    In 1886, newly elected New York State governor David B. Hill set up a three-member "New York Commission" to determine a new, more humane system of execution to replace hanging. The commission included the human rights advocate and reformer Elbridge Thomas Gerry , New York lawyer and politician Matthew Hale , and Buffalo dentist and experimenter ...

  5. Old Sparky - Wikipedia

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    Old Sparky is the nickname of the electric chairs in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Old Smokey is the nickname of the electric chairs used in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. [1] "Old Sparky" is sometimes used to refer ...

  6. State electrician - Wikipedia

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    The official title of "state electrician" was given to some American state executioners in states using the electric chair during the early 20th century, including the New York State electrician. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The title itself is somewhat of a euphemism , while the persons appointed were electricians by trade, the title on its own did not give ...

  7. Motor vehicle registration - Wikipedia

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    Vehicle registration laws vary from state-to-state. There are different types of vehicle registration including: Antique, Combo, Apportioned, Commercial, and SUB. In most U.S. states, a liability insurance policy that meets the state's auto insurance requirements must be purchased before a vehicle may be registered through the department of ...

  8. Department of motor vehicles - Wikipedia

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    Duties of the DMV include enforcement of state and federal laws regarding motor vehicles. Many departments have sworn law enforcement officers who enforce DMV regulations that are codified in state law. In North Carolina, for example, the DMV contains an element known as "License and Theft." Stolen motor vehicles are tracked down by "Inspectors ...

  9. Edwin Davis (executioner) - Wikipedia

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    Edwin F. Davis (May 28, 1846 – May 26, 1923), of Corning, Steuben County, New York, was the first "state electrical engineer” (executioner) for the state of New York. In 1890, Davis finalized many features of the first electric chair used. [ 1 ]