in such case whenever it shall be necessary to serve any notice upon plaintiffs, according to the provisions of this title, the same may be served on the attorney-general, who shall, in all proceedings under this title, represent the state. S2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 3. AN ACT to authorize John N. Hungerford to sell and convey his stock and interest in the Geo. Washington Bank. Passed January 21, 1859. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for John N. Hungerford to sell and convey to George W. Patterson, Jr., all his stock and interest in the Geo. Washington Bank; and the said Patterson is hereby authorized to continue the business of banking under the name of the Geo. Washington Bank. $2. The said John N. Hungerford and George W. Patterson, Jr., shall continue to be jointly and severally liable for the payment of all debts due from the said bank, contracted prior to the passage of this act. $3. This act shall take effect immediately. 2 Chap. 4. AN ACT to legalize the acts of the assessors of the village of Wolcott, in making and completing the assessment roll of said village, May 25th, 1858.Passed January 27, 1859; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The assessment of property in the village of Wolcott, in the county of Wayne, and the completion of the assessment roll of said village, on the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, shall be of the same force and validity as if the assessors of said village had complied, in all respects, with the provisions of law respecting the assessment and collection of taxes. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 5. AN ACT in relation to the town meeting in the town of Cicero, in the county of Onondaga. Passed February 3, 1859. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The next town meeting of the town of Cicero, in the county of Onondaga, to be held for the election of town officers shall be held on the third Tuesday in February next, at the house of N. C. Frary, in Cicero village. SECTION 2. The place for holding such town meetings shall hereafter be determined by vote of the electors of the town, such vote to be by ballot. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 6. AN ACT in relation to the Oneida county poorhouse. Passed February 9th, 1859; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The board of supervisors of Oneida county are hereby authorized, by a vote of two-thirds of all the supervisors elected, to change the location of the poorhouse, in said county, from its present site to such other location as they may deem proper. SECTION 2. The said board of supervisors, by a vote of two-thirds of all the supervisors elected, are authorized to sell and dispose of all and singular, the poor-house farm and its appurtenances, situate near the village of Rome, upon such terms as they shall deem advisable in case they shall. decide to change the site thereof. SECTION 3. The said board of supervisors, by a vote of two-thirds of all the supervisors elected, are hereby authorized to purchase a farm in some suitable locality within the county of Oneida, on which they may cause to be erected buildings and structures for the accommodation of the poor of said county. Chap. 7. AN ACT to change the name of Clarissa Sadler to Clarissa Woodford. Passed February 9th, 1859. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The name of Clarissa Sadler, of the town of Bennington, county of Wyoming, is hereby changed to Clarissa Woodford, by which name she shall hereafter designated and known. be SECTION 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 8. AN ACT to amend the articles of association of the Mutual Bank, Troy. Passed February 11th, 1859. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : SECTION 1. The board of directors of the Mutual Bank, Troy, shall not consist of less than nine, as now, nor more than thirteen, to be determined and fixed by the present board of directors, and to be filled by it in the manner provided in case of vacancy, and thereafter to be elected as provided by the articles of association of said Mutual Bank, and a majority of such directors, to be determined and fixed, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 9. AN ACT to change the name of Margaret Skivington to Winnie Alida Ostrander. Passed February 12th, 1859. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The name of Margaret Skivington is hereby changed to Winnie Alida Ostrander, by which name she shall be hereafter designated and known. S2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 10. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to Passed February 12th, 1859; three-fifths being present. TITLE I. OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE. SECTION 1. All that part of the town of Whitestown, Boundaries. in the county of Oneida, which is contained in the following bounds, to wit: Beginning on the south bank of the Mohawk river, at the mouth of the Sadaquada creek; thence running southerly up the said creek, as the same winds and turns, to a point where the same intersects the southerly bound of said village; thence northwesterly along said southerly bound of said village, to the southeast corner of the house lot of Arthur Breeze; thence northerly to the intersection of the road leading from the house of Jesse Dodge to the old Genesee road; thence northerly until the line strikes a point on the west side of the main road leading from said village of Whitesborough to Rome, where the west line of the Sadaquada patent intersects said road; thence northerly on the line of said patent to the Mohawk river; thence down said river, as it winds and turns, to the place of beginning, shall be hereafter known and distinguished by the name of "the village of Whitesborough;" and the inhabitants residing within the bounds aforesaid shall be a body politic and corporate by the name aforesaid, the bounds aforesaid being the same, and containing within them the same territory as existed and was contained therein and in said village prior to the passage of this act. Nothing in this section, or in this act contained, shall compel the said village to construct or maintain the highway bridges within the bounds aforesaid, but they shall continue to |