other conveyance, are hereby declared valid and in as full force as though said Kemp were a native or naturalized citizen.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 59.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the People's College, incorporated under chapter one hundred and ninety-three, of the Laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-three.

Passed March 25, 1859.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Seven trustees, regularly convened, shall hereafter form a quorum of the trustees of "The People's College," and all acts and things heretofore done and transacted by the said board of trustees, at which a quorum of thirteen, as required by the charter, was not present, but at which seven at least of the said trustees were present, are hereby affirmed and shall be held as valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes, as though a quorum had been present.

$2. The said college shall be, and the same is hereby made subject to the visitation of the regents of the university, in like manner with the other colleges in this

state.

S3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Chap. 60.

AN ACT for the relief of Jemima Webb.

Passed March 25, 1859; by a two-third vote. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. All the estate, interest and property of the people of this state, acquired at the death of Joseph Webb by escheat, of, in, and to the lands whereof he died seised or possessed, and known as a certain piece or parcel of land with the appurtenances thereof, situate on Ninetieth street, between the Eighth and Ninth avenues, in the city of New York, conveyed by Thomas Garrison and wife, to said Joseph Webb, by deed dated the twentyninth day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and recorded in the office of the register of the city and county of New York, in book five hundred and twenty-five of conveyances, page twenty-one, are hereby assigned and released to and vested in Jemima Webb, the widow of the said Joseph Webb, her heirs and assigns, forever.

SECTION 2. Nothing in this act shall affect the right of any devisee or purchaser, or of any creditor of said Joseph Webb, deceased, by mortgage, judgment or otherwise.

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Chap. 61.

AN ACT to authorize the levying a tax to purchase or erect a town house in the town of Lewiston, in Niagara county.

Passed March 25, 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 electors of the town of Lewiston, in the county of Niagara, at the next anuual town meeting, may, by resolution, vote a sum of money, not exceeding

fifteen hundred dollars, for the purchase of a site for, and the erection of a town-house in said town: provided, that a notice of intention to propose such a resolution shall have been posted within fifteen days of, and not less than seven days preceding said town meeting, in five of the most public places in said town.

$2. The board of supervisors of said county of Niagara are hereby authorized and required, at their next annual meeting, to cause to be assessed, levied and collected, by tax upon all the taxable property of said town, the sum so voted, which sum shall be in addition to, and assessed, levied and collected in the same manner as ordinary town charges and expenses.

$3. Such sum, so raised, shall be paid over by the collector of said town, to the county treasurer, to be drawn therefrom on the order of the supervisor, the justices of the peace and the town clerk of said town, or a majority of such officers, of which the supervisor shall be one, to be expended by them in the purchase of a town-house, or for the purchase of a site and the erection of a town-house thereon.

S4. The provisions of chapter one hundred and ninetyseven of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-seven, providing for the "erection of town-houses," so far as inconsistent with this act, are declared inoperative and inapplicable in this case, but in all other respects to be in full force and effect.

5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Chap. 62.

AN ACT to consolidate and amend the several acts relating to the village of Peekskill, to alter the bounds and to enlarge the powers of the corporation of said village.

Passed March 25, 1859, three-fifths being present.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. All that part of the town of Cortlandt, in the county of Westchester, embraced within the following bounds, that is to say: Beginning at the middle of Hudson's river, at a point due west from the mouth of a small brook which crosses the post road at the foot of the hill, south of the dwelling-house of Frederick W. Requa; thence running in a line due east to a point at which said last mentioned line would be crossed by a line drawn due south from the northeast corner of Thomas Southard's land on the Peekskill turnpike, and near where McGregory's brook crosses said turnpike; thence northerly along the west side of Washington S. Whitney's land, formerly Dr. Samuel Strang's land, to a point in a line with the northern boundary of the land of James Hawes; thence in a line due west to the middle of Hudson's river; thence southerly by a line running down the middle of Hudson's river until it comes to the place of beginning, shall hereafter be known by the name of "The village of Peekskill," and the territory, together with the inhabitants residing therein, shall be a municipal corporation by the name of the "Trustees of the village of Peekskill," and by that name they and their successors shall have perpetual succession; and said corporation is hereby declared to be vested with and in possession of all the estate, real and personal, rights, privileges and immunities, which (at the time of passing this act) appertain and belong to the said village of Peekskill. The said corporation shall be capable of suing and being sued, complaining and defending in any court, make and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and shall

have power to hold, purchase, and convey such real and personal estate as the purposes of the corporation may require. The said village shall be divided into five districts, as follows, which may be altered from time to time. by the trustees, who shall at once thereafter publish in a village newspaper, any such alteration, provided that said trustees shall have no power to make the number of said districts greater or less, and shall only have power to alter the boundaries thereof:

District number one: All that portion of the corpora- Districts. tion lying north of the Peekskill turnpike and east of the road formerly known as the Westchester and Dutchess turnpike. District number two: All that portion of the corporation lying south of the Peekskill turnpike, east of Division street and north of the Crum pond road. District number three: All that portion of the corporation lying southerly of said Crum pond road, west of Division street and south of Centre street. District number four: All that portion of said corporation lying west of the road formerly known as the Westchester and Dutchess turnpike, and Division street, north of Centre street and east of Union street. District number five: All that portion of the said corporation lying north of Centre street and west of Union street.

$ 2. The officers of the corporation shall consist of five trustees (one of whom shall be a resident of each of the districts aforesaid), three assessors, one clerk, one officers. treasurer, and one collector of taxes and assessments, to be elected by the people of the corporation qualified to vote at the annual state election for member of Assembly; and the trustees shall appoint one police constable, one pound master, one highway commissioner, and such other appointive officers as shall be authorized by this act. No person shall be eligible to any office, unless he shall be, at the time, a resident and elector in said village, and of the district for which he is elected; and when any officer of said village shall not have been at the time of his election, or shall afterwards cease to be a resident of the village, or of the district for which he was elected, his office shall thereby become vacant.

$3. An election of the officers of corporation shall be held annually, on the second Tuesday of April, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and continue until sunset of Election.