In this volume, the laws which were certified as having been passed by a vote of two-thirds of each House, are specified. The others are not so certified. LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, PASSED AT THE SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLA AN ACT to establish a common jail for the county of Otsego. § 1. That portion of the east end of the main building of the Part of poor- poorhouse of Otsego county, now used for the confinement of used as jail. lunatics, shall be and remain the common jail of said county until a common jail for said county shall have been erected and § 2. If in the opinion of the sheriff and district attorney of Prisoners said county, the jail above designated shall be deemed insuffi- may be con- of the common jail of the county of Montgomery, and the said keeper shall receive and confine such prisoner in the same manner and under the same liability, as if such prisoner had been prosecuted and apprehended in said county of Montgo- mery; which said jail shall thereupon, to all intents and pur- poses, become the jail of the county of Otsego for such pri- soner. The expense of such confinement to be paid by the § 3. If any person shall be imprisoned at the place first Jail limits. above designated as the common jail of said county of Otsego, who shall become entitled to the liberty of the jail limits, the conveying him by the sheriff of said county to or from such limits as are now established, shall not be deemed an escape. Certain taxes of 1839 to. CHAP. 2. AN ACT authorizing the Comptroller to credit the county of Greene with unpaid taxes of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, the same as if returned in due season. [Passed January 16, 1841.] The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 1. The Comptroller is hereby authorized and required to be receivel. receive and admit the returns of unpaid taxes of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, from the towns of Athens, Cairo, Catskill, Hunter and Lexington, in the county of Greene, and to credit said county therewith, or such parts thereof as by law ought to be credited, in the same manner as if such returns had been made in due season; except that in making up the list or book of unpaid taxes, said return of taxes shall now be made up in the list or book of the year one thousand eight hundred and forty. Acts of L. Gurnee con firmed. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately after its passage. CHAP. 3. AN ACT for the relief of Louis Joseph Amédée Papineau dit [Passed January 16, 1841.] The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 1. The several courts of record in this state, are hereby authorized to admit Louis Joseph Amédée Papineau dit Montigny to practise as an attorney, counsellor, or solicitor in such courts, in like manner as if he was a citizen of the United States. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 4. AN ACT to confirm the official acts of Leonard Gurnee, u [Passed January 16, 1841.] The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. All the proceedings which have been had by and before Leonard Gurnee, as a justice of the peace of the town of Haverstraw, in the county of Rockland, and all official acts done by him since the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty, shall be held to be of the same force and validity, as if the said Leonard Gurnee had duly taken the oath of office in the manner and within the time prescribed by law. and forfei § 2. All liabilities and forfeitures incurred by the said Leo- Liabilities nard Gurnee, for having executed any of the duties of the said tures remitoffice of justice of the peace, without having taken the oath ted. of office in the manner and within the time prescribed by law, are hereby remitted. clause § 3. This act shall not affect the right of any party to any Saving suit or legal proceedings, which may have been had or commenced in consequence of the invalidity of any proceedings before the said justice previous to its passage. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 5. AN ACT to confirm the official acts of Arad Joy, as county treasurer for the county of Seneca. [Passed January 16, 1841.] The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. All the official acts of Arad Joy, by him performed as county treasurer for the county of Seneca, since the eighth day of October last, shall be held to be of the same force and validity as if the said Arad Joy had, before performing such official acts, taken and filed an oath of office at the time and in the manner prescribed by law. Acts confir med. and forfei § 2. All liabilities and forfeitures incurred by the said Arad Liabilities Joy, for having entered upon the performance of the duties tures remitof the said office without having taken and filed such oath of ted. office and for omitting to do so within the time prescribed by law are hereby remitted. §3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 6. AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the town of Williamsburg. [Passed January 16, 1841.] The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ded. 1. If the several collectors of taxes of the town of Wil- Time extenliamsburg in the county of Kings, or either of them, shall renew his security to the satisfaction of the supervisor of said Hawley and others confirmed. town, and pay over the moneys already collected, the time for the collection and final return of taxes in said town shall be extended to the second Tuesday of March next. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 7. AN ACT authorizing the appointment of commissioners of deeds for the city of Buffalo, and for other purposes. [Passed January 18, 1841.] The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Acts of E. S. § 1. All the acts of Elias S. Hawley, Hezekiah A. Salisbury, William Galligan, Ira Hall jr. and David C. Bailey, as commissioners of deeds in the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, are hereby declared to be of the same force, effect and validity as though the appointment of said Elias S. Hawley, Hezekiah A. Salisbury, William Galligan, Ira Hall jr. and David C. Bailey to the office of commissioners of deeds had been legal. Liabilities and forfei ted. § 2. All liabilities, penalties, and forfeitures incurred by the tures remit persons in the first section of this act named, or either of them, for having exercised any of the duties and functions, or received any of the emoluments of the said office of commissioners of deeds, are hereby remitted, except in those cases in which suits have been commenced; and no suit or legal proceeding now pending, which may have been had or commenced previous to the passage of this act, in consequence of the invalidity of any official acts of said persons as such commissioners, shall be affected by this act. commission ers to be pointed. ap Number of § 3. There shall hereafter be seven commissioners of deeds for the city of Buffalo, who shall be appointed in the same manner and hold their office for the same time, and by the same tenure as other commissioners of deeds appointed for other cities in the state; but the number of commissioners of deeds for said city, may be hereafter increased or diminished under the provisions of the next section of this act; said commissioners of deeds, when so appointed, to be entitled to the same compensation for services performed, as are now allowed to justices of the peace of towns in like cases. Number of § 4. On or before the first day of January in the year eighcommission- teen hundred and forty-two, and once in every two years theretaries to be after, the common council of said city of Buffalo shall, by re ers and no limited. solution of the board, determine and limit the number of commissioners of deeds and notaries public to be next appointed in said city; and after such determination and limitation shall be made, the provisions of the second, third and fourth sections of |