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S4. The said corporation shall make a good and sufficient turnpike road, to commence at the village of Salina, in the county of Onondaga, and proceeding from thence, by the way of the villages of Liverpool, Phoenix and Fulton, to the village of Oswego in the county of Oswego, on the east side of the Oswego river.

$5. The said corporation are hereby authorised to erect three gates on the said road, at each of which they shall be entitled to exact and receive from all persons passing the same, tolls not exceeding the following rates, that is to say: for every wagon drawn by two horses, twelve and an half cents, and for every additional horse, three cents; for every one horse wagon or cart drawn by one horse, six and a quarter cents, and for every additional horse, three cents; for every coach or four wheeled pleasure wagon, or other four wheeled pleasure carriage drawn by two horses, twenty-five cents, and for every additional horse, three cents; for every stage, wagon or other carriage, for the transportation of passengers, drawn by two horses, eighteen and three quarter cents, and for every additional horse, three cents; for every chair, chaise or other pleasure carriage, drawn by one horse, twelve and an half cents; for every cart drawn by two oxen, nine cents, and for every additional ox or horse, three cents; for every horse and rider, four cents, and for every horse led by such rider, two cents; for every sled or sleigh drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, six cents, and for every additional horse, ox or mule, three cents; for every sled or sleigh, drawn by one horse, three cents; for every score of cattle, horses or mules, ten cents; for every score of hogs or sheep, three cents, and in like proportion for any greater or less number of cattle, horses, mules, hogs or sheep. And it shall be lawful for the said company, if they shall deem it expedient, to erect, instead of two of the three above mentioned gates, four half toll gates; or, instead of one of the said three gates, to erect two half toll gates on the said turnpike road, at each of which said half toll gates, it shall and may be lawful for the said company to exact and receive one half of the tolls above mentioned.

$6. The number of directors shall be nine, of whom five shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. And the directors shall have all the rights and powers which are given and granted in and by the aforesaid eighteenth chapter of the Revised Statutes, and shall be subject to all the conditions and reservations contained therein.

CHAP. 211.

AN ACT authorising money to be raised by tax on certain towns of the county of Erie, for improving the roads passing through the Indian reservation, in said county.

Passed April 24, 1833.

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

S1. The supervisors of the county of Erie are hereby Tax. authorised, at their next annual meeting, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, to raise by tax, to be assessed on the real and personal estate of the towns of Buffalo, Aurora, Wales, Holland, Colden, Sardinia, Concord, Boston, Collins, Eden, Evans and Hamburgh, the sum of two thousand dollars, to be appropriated, laid out and expended in improving, repairing and amending, so much of the roads leading from Seneca-street, in Buffalo, to Hamburgh and Aurora, as lies between the north and south line of the Buffalo creek Indian reservation, as now established.

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S2. The said supervisors shall fix and determine the Proportion proportion and amount of said tax to be assessed on each on each of the aforesaid towns, having in view the relative taxable property of each, and the benefits the inhabitants thereof may derive from the improved condition of said roads.

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S3. The supervisors of said county, at each of their Tax to be annual meetings in the ten years next succeeding the raised for ten year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, are authorised to raise by tax on the towns aforesaid, in manner aforesaid, the sum of five hundred dollars annually, to be appropriated, laid out and expended on said roads leading through said Indian reservation, within the limits aforesaid, for the purpose of keeping the same in repair.

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$ 4. Squire S. Case, William Hamilton and Joseph CommissionHoward junior, and the survivor or survivors of them, are, and the same are hereby appointed, commissioners to superintend the expenditure of the said sum of two thousand dollars on said roads, within the limits aforesaid; and the said commissioners, before entering upon the performance of their duties under this act, shall take an oath or affirmation well and faithfully to discharge the duties of their trust; and shall each enter into a bond to the board of supervisors of the county of Erie, with one or more sureties to be approved by the first judge of the county or the clerk thereof, in the sum of four thousand

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dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties under this act; and shall have power, and are hereby authorised to draw upon the treasurer of said county for said sum of two thousand dollars. And the said commissioners shall account to the supervisors of said county, whenever thereunto required by them, for the faithful expenditure of the said sum of two thousand dollars, or for all such moneys as may come into their hands as such commissioners; and shall receive, for their services as such commissioners, such compensation as said supervisors shall deem proper and allow; and shall hold their office from and after the passing of this act, until the first Tuesday of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.

S5. The supervisors of the county of Erie, at their annual meeting in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and also at their annual meeting in each of the succeeding nine years, are authorised to appoint one or more commissioners whose duty it shall be to superintend the expenditure of the moneys herein authorised to be raised in each of said years, with power to draw upon the treasurer of the county for the same, each of which commissioners shall, before entering upon their duties, execute a bond, with one or more sureties to be approved by the first judge, or the clerk of the county, conditioned for the faithful performance thereof; and shall account to the supervisons of said county, as in the preceding section required, and shall receive for their services, as such commissioners, such reasonable compensation as the supervisors of said county shall allow,

S6. If any vacancy shall occur in the office of said commissioners, by death or otherwise, except as the same shall, by the provisions of this act, expire and become vacant, it shall be the duty of the first judge of the county of Erie, and he is hereby required immediately to appoint a proper person or persons to fill the same; who shall give such security for the faithful discharge of their duty as is required of the commissioners appointed by the supervisors, in the preceding section, and shall account to them in like manner.

$7. One half of the moneys, authorised to be raised by this act, shall be expended under the direction of the commissioners herein appointed and authorised to be appointed, on that portion of said road leading from Buffalo to Sackett's tavern house; one-fourth on the road leading from the forks of the road, near Sackett's tavern, to the west village of Aurora; and one-fourth on the road lead

ing from Sackett's tavern to Whipple's tavern, in Hamburgh.

$8. All monies hereby authorised to be raised shall, when collected, be paid to the treasurer of the county of Erie, and by him be paid to the order of the commissioners herein appointed, or authorised to be appointed.

CHAP. 212.

AN ACT relating to sales at public auction in the village of Brooklyn.

Passed April 24, 1833.

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

$1. So much of the sixth section of the first title of the seventeenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes, as relates to sales at public auction in the city of New-York, is hereby extended to the village of Brooklyn. $2. This act shall take effect on the passage thereof.

CHAP. 213.

AN ACT to incorporate the village of Morrisville, in the county of Madison.

Passed April 24, 1833.

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

Treasurer.

$ 1. All that part of the town of Eaton, in the county Boundaries. of Madison, contained within the following bounds, to wit: Beginning at the Presbyterian meeting-house in the village of Morrisville, and extending thence one-half mile. due north, one-half mile due east, one-half mile due south, and one-half mile due west, and thus containing one square mile, with the meeting-house in the centre, shall be known and distinguished by the name of the village of Morrisville: and the freeholders and inhabitants residing within the same, qualified to vote at town-meetings, may, on the first Tuesday of May next, meet at some proper place within the said village, to be appointed by any justice residing in said village, public notice of such meeting having been given at least one week previous thereto, and then and there proceed to elect five freeholders of said village to be trustees thereof; and that the said justice

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shall preside at such meeting, and declare the several persons having a majority of votes duly chosen as trustees: and on every first Tuesday of May thereafter, there shall, in like manner, be a new election of trustees for said village; and the trustees for the time being shall preside at such election, and shall in like manner give notice of the time and place of holding the same.

$ 2. The freeholders and inhabitants aforesaid, are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Trustees and Inhabitants of the Village of Morrisville;" and by that name they and their successors may have perpetual succession, and be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, and of defending and being defended, in all courts of justice, and in all actions and causes and complaints whatsoever; and may have a common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure: and shall be in law capable of holding, purchasing and conveying any estate real or personal, for the public use of said village; and of erecting any public buildings, aqueducts, and digging any reservoirs for water, for the use of said village, and keeping in repair such buildings, aqueducts and reservoirs; of purchasing and keeping in repair fire-engines, ladders, buckets, and other instruments for extinguishing fire; of making a reasonable compensation to the officers of the corporation; of making any necessary repairs or improvements in said village; of preventing and removing nuisances; and of raising money by tax for the above purposes; which money so raised, shall be assessed upon the freeholders and inhabitants of said village, in proportion to the relative value of their property therein, to be assessed by three judicious assessors, to be chosen from among the freeholders in said village at the regular annual meeting of said village, and collected by a collector to be appointed by the trustees aforesaid for the time being, or a majority of them, in like manner as the taxes of towns and counties are collected, by virtue of a warrant to him directed by a majority of the trus tees: provided nevertheless, that no taxes shall be levied, or moneys assessed, raised or collected, for the purposes aforesaid; nor any purchase or sale of any real or personal estate be made, or public buildings erected or disposed of, without the consent of the freeholders and inhabitants aforesaid, or a major part of them, who shall attend at a public meeting duly notified by the trustees as aforesaid: and provided further, that every assessment made for the raising, levelling or repairing any streets, alleys or highways, shall be assessed on and collected from the lots and grounds next adjacent to such street, alley or highway, in proportion to their relative value, and advantages to be