manner that they do on other roads and bridges in said towns. $2. This act shall take effect from and after the passage thereof. CHAP. 124. AN ACT authorising the board of supervisors of the county of Washington, and the trustees of the village of Whitehall, to raise certain additional monies to defray the expenses of rebuilding the bridges in the village of Whitehall. Passed April 9, 1833. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: $1. It shall and may be lawful for the board of supervisors of the county of Washington, and they are required, at their next annual meeting, to raise by tax the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to the amount required to be raised by them by an act, entitled "An act authorising the board of supervisors of the county of Washington, and the trustees of the village of Whitehall, to raise certain monies to defray the expenses of rebuilding bridges in the village of Whitehall," passed April 11, 1832, to be levied and raised in the same manner and paid to the same officers and for the like purpose specified in the said last mentioned act. $ 2. It shall and may be lawful for the trustees of the village of Whitehall, and they are required to raise by tax the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to the amount required to be raised by them, by the act mentioned in the preceding section; to be levied and raised in the same manner and paid to the same officers, and for the like purpose mentioned in the said act. Commis. sioners. Their duties. Damages. Pay of commissioners. Vacancies. CHAP. 125. AN ACT to appoint commissioners to lay out a road from Passed April 9, 1833. The People of the State of New-York represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: $1. Lawrence J. Woodruff, Nathan M. Mann and Robert Earl jun. or any two of them, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a public highway of the width of four rods, from the Big-Tree road, in the town of Wales, in the county of Erie, to Attica in the county of Genesee, on the most eligible and direct route. $ 2. The said commissioners, before they enter upon the duties aforesaid, shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by the constitution of this state, before a justice of the peace; and after laying out the said road, shall cause an accurate description from actual survey, by courses and distances, of so much thereof as shall be in each and every town, to be drawn up, which they shall subscribe and file in the office of the town clerk in which such point of the said road shall lie; whose duty shall be to record the same in like manner as he is by law required to record the orders of highway commissioners in laying out public highways. $ 3. The damages sustained by any owner or occupant of inclosed, improved or cultivated land, through which such highway shall pass, shall be ascertained, levied and paid; and the said road shall be districted, opened and improved, in the manner prescribed in title first of the sixteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes. $ 4. The said commissioners shall be allowed two dollars per day for every day actually employed in the performance of the duties aforesaid, besides the necessary charges of a surveyor and chain bearers, which said allowance and expenses shall be apportioned upon the several towns through which said highway shall pass, in proportion to the length of the highway in each town, to be levied and collected as other contingent charges of such towns are by law directed to be levied and collected. S 5. If either of said commissioners shall die or neglect or refuse to perform the duties aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the first judge of the court of common pleas of the county of Erie to appoint from time to time, as often as may be necessary, some fit and proper person in his or their place, who shall have the same powers, take the same oath, and perform the same duties, and receive the like compensation as the commissioners above named. CHAP. 126. AN ACT to incorporate the Blenheim, Jefferson and Harpersfield turnpike road company. Passed April 9, 1833. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: created. S 1. All persons who shall become stockholders pursu- Corporation ant to this act, are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of "The Blenheim, Jefferson and Harpersfield Turnpike Road Company." powers. S2. The corporation hereby created, shall possess the General general powers and privileges, and be subject to the general liabilities of turnpike incorporations, as prescribed in the first title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes of this state, except so far as the same shall be altered by this act. S3. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist Stock. of four hundred shares, of twenty-five dollars each; and that John B. Morehouse, Reuben Merchant and Lyman Hakes shall be commissioners to open books and receive subscriptions. road. S4. The said corporation may construct a turnpike Route of road from the town of Blenheim, commencing at the, southwest end of the bridge which crosses the West kill, near the house of the widow Freegift Patchin, in the said town of Blenheim, to the road leading from the Charlotte river to the turnpike in the town of Harpersfield, following as near as may be the track of the present travelled road, formerly surveyed as the Albany and Delaware turnpike road. S5. The said road may be constructed of such mate- Materials. rials as the natural surface of the ground may afford, and of a width not less than twenty feet. S6. As soon as the said road shall be completed and Rates of toll. approved according to law, the said corporation shall be authorised to erect one toll-gate and one half toll-gate, or three half toll-gates, on said turnpike road, and receive the following rates of toll for passing said toll-gate, and at the half gate or gates, if three should be erected, half of such tolls at each gate: For every wagon or cart To take effect. drawn by one horse, mule or ox, six and a quarter cents; for every wagon or cart drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, twelve and a half cents; for every additional horse, mule or ox, attached to such wagon or cart, three cents; for every stage-waggon, chariot, coach, coachee, or other pleasure carriage drawn by two or more horses, twenty-five cents; for every sulkey, chair or chaise drawn by one horse, twelve and a half cents; for every sleigh or sled drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, six and a quarter cents, and for every additional horse or mule, three cents; for every sleigh or sled drawn by one horse, mule or ox, four cents; for every horse and rider four cents; for every horse led or driven, two cents; for every score of cattle or mules, twelve and a half cents; for every score of sheep or hogs, six cents, and so in proportion for a greater or less number. $ 7. This act shall take effect immediately after its passage. CHAP. 127. AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act regulating the inspection of green hides and skins in the city of New-York;" passed April 20, 1830. Passed April 9, 1833. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: $ 1. Instead of the fees now allowed by law to the inspector of green hides and skins in the city of New-York, he shall receive for inspecting each hide, four and a half cents, and for each calf skin, one and a half cents, and no more; to be paid as directed by the act hereby amended. S2. This act shall take effect immediately after the passage thereof. CHAP. 128. AN ACT for the relief of Frances Anderson. Passed April 9, 1833. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: $1. Frances Anderson of the city of New-York, wife of Henry I. Anderson of said city, is hereby authorised hereafter to take by descent, devise, gift, grant or by operation of law, or in right of dower, or in any other way in which a native citizen of the United States may, any estate, real or personal, and to hold, lease, mortgage, sell, devise, dispose of and convey the same in the same manner as a native citizen of the United States may, subject during her marriage to the same liabilities and to the same forms of conveyance as are required in other cases as to married women. Provided however, that nothing herein contained shall in any way affect the right already acquired by any persons to any property derived from her or her said husband, or from any other person what ever. S2. This act shall take effect immediately after the passage thereof. CHAP. 129. AN ACT incorporating the Oaksville manufactory. Passed April 9, 1833. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: notice. $1. James Steere, Abner Cook, junior, Alanson Pier- Corporation son and James Clark, and such other persons as may be associated with them, are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of "The Oaksville Manufactory," for the purpose of manufacturing cotton cloths and printing calico, or either, at Oaksville, in the town and county of Otsego. $ 2. The capital stock of the corporation shall be fifty stock. thousand dollars, which shall be divided into five hundred shares of one hundred dollars each. S3. Subscriptions to the capital stock of said corpora- Subscriptions tion shall be opened under the direction of the trustees hereafter named; and it shall be the duty of the trustees for the time being, to call for and demand of the stockholders respectively, all sums of money by them subscribed, at such times and in such proportions as they shall see fit, under the penalty of the forfeiture of their shares and all previous payments made thereon to the said corporation, always giving thirty days notice, to be given in such manner as the said trustees shall direct, of such call or demand. |