4 tle of the St. Andrew's society of the city of Schenectady, shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding and conveying any real and personal estate, for the use of the incorporation: Provided, That the value of such real and personal estate shall not at any time exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. II. And be it further enacted, For the better carrying into effect the objects of this society, that it consist of one president, one chaplain, one vice-president, one physician, one treasurer and one secre5 tary or clerk, with not less than nine managers, who shall be annually elected by ballot, by a majority of the society, and hold their offices for one year; all, or any six of the said officers and managers, the chaplain and physician excepted, shall be a quorum competent to admit new members, loan money, apply it to charitable purposes, and to transact any business which belongs to the society, agreeably to the constitution and bye-laws thereof. 6 III. And be it further enacted, That the following persons shall be constituted and appointed the first officers, viz. James Murdock, president, George M'Gowan, vice-president, John Banks, chaplain, John Brown, physician, Charles Adair, treasurer, and James Walker, secretary or clerk; and Lewis Farquharson, George Leslie, Andrew Gowan, Peter M'Dougall, William Gardner, Daniel Shields, 7 Thomas Kearkre, Patrick D. Blan, John Anderson, managers; and that the said corporation and their successors, shall have power from time to time, to make and establish such bye-laws, and to alter and amend the same, as they from time to time shall judge proper; Provided always, That such bye-laws and the penalties imposed for violating any of them, be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States or of this state. 8 IV. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be favourably and benignly construed for every beneficial purpose therein mentioned, and shall continue in force for the term of ten years, that is to say, from the first Tuesday of April, one thousand eight hundred and seven, to the first Tuesday of April, one thousand eight hundred and seven9 teen; Provided, That in case the said society, shall at any time divert from, or appropriate their funds, or any part thereof, to any purpose or purposes, other than those intended and contemplated by this act, and shall be thereof convicted by due course of law, that thenceforth the said corporation shall cease and determine, and all the estate, both real and personal, whereof they may then be possessed, shall vest in and become the property of the people of this state; And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the legislature, at any time in their discretion, within the period aforesaid, from altering or repealing this act. CHA P. LXVIII. CONTENTS. 1. Road, route of, may be altered-2. Time extended for commencing the work on: 3. Toll-bridges-4. Where to be erected-5. Time for completing extended. AN ACT to amend an Act, entitled," An Act to establish a Turnpike Corporation for improving and making a Road from the Village of Oxford, in the County of Chenango, to intersect the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike Road, and for other Purposes." Passed March 27, 1807. W Chenango turnpike road company, have, by their petition, THEREAS the president and directors of the Newburgh and represented to the legislature, that the commissioners named in the act of incorporation, together with a committee from the board of the said president and directors, have explored and fully examined the route designated by the said act of incorporation, and have, from such examination, found that the said route is altogether circuitous, and calculated more for the accommodation of certain individuals than for public utility and convenience, and have prayed that the said act of incorporation may be so altered and amended as to authorize the commissioners, by the said act directed to be appointed, to locate and establish the said road on the most direct and eligible route, according to their reasonable and prudent discretion, without regarding any of the intermediate points mentioned in the said act of incorporation. Therefore, I. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre- 1 sented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners, by the act aforesaid directed to be appointed, or any two of them, to lay out the said road from the village of Oxford, in the county of Chenango, by the most direct and practicable route, to intersect the Newburgh and Cochecton turnpike road, without having any regard to the other intermediate points in the said act of incorporation mentioned; and the said commissioners shall, in all other respects, conform to the regulations and stipulations in the said act of incorporation mentioned. II. And be it further enacted, That the time limited for the said corporation to commence their operations on the said road shall be and hereby is extended until the first day of July next. III. And whereas the president and directors of the Delaware bridge company have, by their petition, presented to the legislature, prayed that the said before recited act may be amended in such manner as to meet the alteration by this act contemplated in the route of the aforesaid turnpike road. Therefore, Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the president and directors of the Delaware bridge company to erect the said toll-bridges, in the said act mentioned, over and across the east and west branches of the Delaware-river respectively, at such place and places as shall best meet and accommodate the said turnpike road, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, under the same 2 3 5 rules, regulations and stipulations contained in the act hereby amended. IV. And be it further enacted, That the time for erecting and completing the said bridges be and is hereby extended until the expiration of two years from and after the passing of this act. CHA P. LXIX. 1. Terms of the common pleas-2. Of the general sessions. AN ACT to alter the Terms of the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in and for the County of Onondaga. 1 I. 2 BE Passed March 27, 1807. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the court of common pleas, in and for the county of Onondaga, shall hereafter be held at the three several terms following, to wit: on the first Tuesday of January, and the fourth Tuesday of May and September, in each year; and that the said several terms of the said court may be continued and held from the time of the commencement thereof until the Saturday following, inclusive; which said terms shall be called by the name of the months in which the same shall respectively be held as aforesaid. II. And be it further enacted, That the courts of general sessions of the peace, in and for said county, shall be holden on the said first Tuesday of January, and the fourth Tuesday of May and September, in each year, and may continue and be held for the same time as the said courts of common pleas respectively. 3 III. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not take effect until the termination of the next April term of the said courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace, in and for the said county, at which time the said court of common pleas, and all matters therein depending or being, shall be deemed and taken to be continued unto the fourth Tuesday of September next, with the like effect, to all intents and purposes, as the same would have been continued to the first Tuesday of July next, if this act had not been passed; and all suits and matters then depending in the said court of general sessions of the peace, shall in like manner be deemed and taken to be continued unto the said fourth Tuesday of September next, with the like effect as the same would have been continued to the first Tuesday of July next, if this act had not been passed. IV. And be it further enacted, That the act, entitled "An act to alter the courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace, in and for the county of Onondaga," passed the twenty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and six, be and the same is hereby repealed. 4 I. AN ACT for the Relief of Moses Cook, and others. Passed March 27, 1807. 1. Bent That E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre ful for Moses Cook, and all such other persons who now are in possession of any of the unappropriated lands belonging to this state, on a certain tract in the county of Madison, in the town of Sullivan, lying on and north of the Seneca turnpike road, and who have made actual improvements thereon to the value of twenty-five dollars, to continue in possession thereof, unmolested, until after the expiration of one year from the first of May next, giving them the preemptive right of the same, and none of the lands so possessed, shall in the mean time be located upon, sold, or granted to any other person or persons. II. And be it further enacted, That if the said Moses Cook, and the other persons, occupants and possessors as aforesaid, or their heirs or devisees, or either of them, shall within one year from the first of May next, apply to the commissioners of the land-office, to purchase the lots by them respectively occupied and possessed, the said commissioners shall grant the same to such applicant or applicants, his or their heirs or assigns, he or they paying or securing to be paid for the same, the appraised value thereof; which payment shall be made and secured in the manner prescribed in and by an act, entitled "An act for the sale of the unappropriated lands, and for other purposes," passed the sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and three. CHA P. LXXI. CONTENTS. 1. Artillery, a third regiment the governor may organize within the first brigade. 3. Time of service of artillerists in the city of New-York, extended to 7 years. AN ACT to organize a third Regiment within the first Brigade of Artillery of the State. Passed March 27, 1807. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre- 1 sented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the commander in chief, whenever he shall deem it expedient, to organize a third regiment of artillery within the first brigade of artillery of the state; the officers and privates, of which said regiment shall be entitled to the same privileges, and subject to the same duties,, as those of the first and second regiments of the said brigade, except as to the time of service, which shall be seven years. II. And be it further enacted, That no person, who shall hereaf ter enlist in either of the first or second regiments of artillery, with in the city of New-York, shall be entitled to, exemption from military duty until they shall have served seven years in said corps. 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 CHA P. LXXII. CONTENTS. 9. Annuities to Indians, under late treaty, how paid. 1. Cayuga Indians, contract made by the governor with their agents, recited. 4..... Reservation, how allotted and sold. 10. Ferry at Black-Rock, to whom granted-11. On what terms. 12. .... A. Ray, discharged from liability respecting lease of. 8. Lands to be granted to A. D. Ferrier and Z. P. Gellet. 2. Monies to be paid the governer, to fulfil the said contract-3. And to Jasper Parish. 5, 7..... Arising from the sale of reservations, subject to legislative disposition. 6. Oneida reservation, how surveyed and sold. AN ACT relative to the Purchase of the Cayuga Reservation anḍ Part of the Reservation belonging to the Christian Party of the Oneida Nation of Indians, and for other Purposes. W Passed March 27, 1807. HEREAS his excellency the governor has made a contract with the agents of the Cayuga nation of Indians, for the purchase of their reservation of land on the east side of the CayugaJake, containing three thousand two hundred acres, for the sum of four thousand eight hundred dollars, to be paid to the said nation on or about the first of June next ensuing, at Canandarqua, on his being previously notified that the deed for the conveying the said land to the people of this state is duly executed by the sachems and chief warriors of the said nation, according to their usual customs, and ready to be delivered on the payment of the sum above mentioned. Therefore, I. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre- . sented in Senate and Assembly, That the treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay unto his excellency the governor, or his order, the aforesaid sum of four thousand eight hundred dollars, for the purpose above mentioned. II. And be it further enacted, That that the treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay unto Jasper Parish, or his order, the sum of one hundred dollars, for his services in attending at the seat of government as interpreter to the said agents in making the said contract. III. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the said conveyance shall be received and recorded in the secretary's office, it shall be the duty of the commissioners of the landoffice to direct that the said Cayuga reservation be allotted in such manner as the surveyor-general shall judge best calculated to command the highest price, and to be sold on the terms directed for the sale of unappropriated lands. IV. And be it further enacted, That the monies arising from the sale of the said reservation shall be paid into the treasury, subject to the future disposition of the legislature. V. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor-general shall, as soon as may be, cause the lands ceded to the people of this state, at a late treaty, by the christian party of the Oneida nation of Indians, to be surveyed, and proceed to the sale thereof in the manner described by the act, entitled "An act for the sale of the un |