Duty of

county can. vassers.

Duty of secretary of state.

Certain cities

ting, and in words at full length, the whole number of votes given "For authorising the legislature to reduce the duties on salt," and the whole number of votes given "Against authorising the legislature to reduce the duties on salt," and shall certify and subscribe the same, and cause copies thereof to be made, certified and delivered, as prescribed by law in respect to the canvass of votes given at an election for governor.

$ 4. The votes so given shall be canvassed by the board of county canvassers, and statements thereof shall be made, certified, signed and recorded, in the manner required by law in respect to the canvassing the votes given at an election for governor; and certified copies of the said statements and certificates of the county canvassers shall be made, certified and transmitted by the county clerks respectively, in the manner provided by law in cases of elections for governor: and which certified copies shall be canvassed by the board of state canvassers at the same time and in the like manner as provided by law in respect to the election of senators, and in like manner shall make and file a certificate of the result of such canvass, which shall be entered of record by the secretary of state, and shall be published by him in one newspaper in each senatorial district.

$5. This act shall take effect immediately on its passage; and the secretary of state shall cause a number of copies of the same to be printed as shall be sufficient to supply the different officers of the state concerned in notifying, or holding elections, or canvassing the votes, and shall transmit the same to such officers with such forms and instructions as shali be necessary.

CHAP. 265.

AN ACT ta amend an act entitled "An act regulating the inspection of green hides and skins in certain places," passed 22d April, 1831.

Passed April 29, 1833.

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

S 1. The fifth section of the act hereby amended shall and villages apply to and be in force in the cities of Albany and Troy, and in each of the villages of Catskill, Lansingburgh and Waterford, and extend to all places within one mile of such cities and villages.

stamped on

$2. It shall be the duty of every inspector or deputy Weight to be inspector, who shall inspect any green hides or skins, at each hide. the time of making such inspection, to ascertain the weight of each such hide or skin, and stamp the weight thereof on each in some legible and durable manner.

S3. Every butcher or other person who shall sell, and Penalty. every person who shall purchase, any green hide or skin in the city of New-York, or in either of the cities or villages mentioned in the first section of this act, and deliver or receive the same without being so weighed and marked, shall be liable to the same penalties as are imposed by the said fifth section of the act hereby amended, for selling such hides and skins without being inspected, to be sued for and recovered in the same manner as specified in the said fifth section.

$4. From and after the passing this act, instead of the Fees. fees now allowed by law for inspecting green hides and skins, there shall be allowed for inspecting, weighing and marking each hide, four cents, and for each skin, two cents, to be paid by the purchaser.

Schenectady.

S 5. This act and the act hereby amended, shall apply Hudson and to and be in force in each of the cities of Hudson and Schenectady, and extend to all places within one mile of said cities respectively.

$ 6. This act shall take effect immediately on its final passage.

To take effect.

CHAP. 266.

AN ACT to incorporate the Brooklyn firemen's fire insurance company.

Passed April 29, 1833.

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

Corporatio

51. From the time this act shall commence and take effect, Robert Bach, Jeremiah Johnson, Jeremiah Wells, created. Richard Cornwell, Edward Copland, Samuel H. Moser, Abram Sutton, and all such persons as shall hereafter become stockholders in the company hereby incorporated, shall be a body politic and corporate, in name and in fact, by the name of " The Firemen's Insurance Company."

$ 2. The capital stock of the said corporation shall be stock. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which shall be divided into seven thousand five hundred shares, of twenty dollars each. The whole of the said capital stock shall

be paid in specie or current bank bills, or secured by honds and mortgages on unincumbered real estate; and it shall not be lawful for the said corporation to commence any business whatever, until the whole amount of the capital stock shall be subscribed and paid for, or secured on bond and mortgage on real estate; and in every case, the real property mortgaged to secure any investment of capital, or any loan made, shall be worth fifty per cent more than the sum charged or loaned thereon, exclusive of buildings, unless the same shall be insured.

S3. The stock, property and concerns of the said corporation shall be managed by twenty-one directors, being stockholders, seven of whom shall be a quorum capable of doing business, and one of whom shall be president thereof, and which directors shall hold their offices for one year, and until others shall be chosen, and no longer. The first directors shall be chosen at such time and place in the village of Brooklyn as the commissioners hereinafter named shall designate, and every future election shall be held on the first Monday of February in every year, at such, time of the day and at such place as the directors for the time being shall appoint; and of the first election, as well as every other election, public notice shall be given in one of the newspapers printed in the village of Brooklyn, and one in the city of New-York, at least ten days previous to said election. The first election shall be held under the direction of the commissioners as hereinafter directed, and every subsequent election shall be holden under the inspection of three stockholders, who shall not be directors, and shall be made by ballot, by a plurality of the stockholders present, allowing one vote for every share; and the stockholders not present may vote by proxy, such proxy being granted directly to the person representing them at such election, and the votes to be given by citizens of the United States, inhabiting this state.

S4. The directors so to be chosen shall meet as soon as may be after such election and shall choose out of their body one person to be president, who shall preside for one year; and in case of the death, resignation or inability to serve of the president or any director, such vacancy or vacancies may be filled for the remainder of the year by the board of directors.

$ 5. The stock in said corporation shall be assignable and transferable, according to such rules as the president and directors shall make and establish.

$6. The books of subscription of the capital stock of this corporation shall be opened under the inspection of the commissioners hereinafter named, or of any three of

them, for receiving such subscription in the village of Brooklyn, at such time and place as they shall appoint, and may be continued from day to day, until the whole capital stock shall be subscribed; notice of which shall be given in one of the newspapers printed in the village of Brooklyn, at least one week previous to opening such subscription; and one dollar on each share subscribed shall be paid to the commissioners at the time of making such subscription; and the commissioners shall be Joseph Mosier, Robert Bach, Jeremiah Johnson, Jeremiah Wells, Richard Cornwell, Edward Copland, Samuel H. Mosier, Abram Sutton, Garrit Martense, John T. Bergen and Losee Van Nostrand.

$7. The president and directors shall have the power Insurance. and authority, in the name and behalf of the said corporation, to make contracts of insurance with any person or persons, body politic or corporate, against damages or losses by fire, of any houses or buildings whatsoever, and of any goods, wares and merchandize, chattels or personal estate whatsoever, for such term or terms of time, and for such premium or consideration, and under such modification or restriction or restrictions as may be agreed upon between said corporation and the person or persons agreeing with them for such insurance: and the policies of insurance shall be subscribed by the president, or in his absence by an assistant, if any be appointed, or by a president pro tempore, and countersigned by the secretary, and shall be binding and obligatory upon the said corporation, in like manner, and with the like force, as if under the seal of the said corporation.

8. It shall be lawful for the said corporation to pur- Real estate chase and hold such and so much real estate as shall be neand convenient for the transaction of its business; cessary and also to take and hold any real estate or securities in good faith mortgaged or pledged to the said corporation, to secure the payment of any debt due, or that may become due to it, and also to purchase on sales made by virtue of any judgment at law, or any order or decree of a court of equity, or otherwise to receive or take any real estate in payment, or towards satisfaction of any debt previously contracted and due to the said corporation, and to hold the same until they can conveniently sell and convert the same into money or other personal property; but the said corporation shall be bound to sell and dispose of any real estate that may be purchased by virtue of this 'act, except such as may be necessary for their accommodation in the transaction of their business, within five years after it has acquired the same, and shall not be capable of hold

ing the same after the expiration of the said five years, but the same shall, immediately after the expiration of the said five years be forfeited to and vested in the people of

this state.

Public stocks. $ 9. It shall be lawful for the said corporation to purchase and hold any public stocks, created by this or any other state, or by the United States, or an incorporated city or bank of this state, which shall be valued at the time at or above par value in the market, for the purpose of loaning or investing their surplus profits or any part thereof; and also, to sell and transfer the same, and again invest the same, or any part thereof, in such stock or funded debt, whenever and as often as the exigencies of the said corporation or a due regard to the interests of the said corporation shall require.

Election.

Allowance to fire depart

$10. The first election of directors shall be holden as soon as may be after the requisite amount of stock shall have been subscribed, under the inspection of three of the commissioners before named, whose duty it shall be to give due notice of the time and place of holding such election, as above stated; and immediately after such election to give to the stockholders present a certificate of the names of the persons elected, and to hand over to the directors the subscription books of the said corporation, and all papers relating to the same.

$11. The corporation created by this act shall, after ment fund. paying its ordinary expenses, annually pay out of the profits arising to said company, the sum of three hundred dollars to the fire department fund of the village of Brooklyn, for general purposes of charity; and the treasurer of said fire department shall give a receipt for the same, in the name of, and under the seal of the said fire department.

General provisions.

the funds

$12. The corporation created by this act shall be subject to the operations of such of the provisions contained in the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes as are not repealed.

Statement of $13. It shall be the duty of the president and secretary, at least thirty days previous to the annual election of directors, to prepare and insert in a book to be provided for that purpose, a full and true statement of the funds, property and securities of the said corporation, shewing the amount of real estate, in bonds and mortgages, in public debt or other stock, or personal property, and the amount of debts due to and from the said company: which statement shall be certified by the president and secretary, and shall be open to the inspection of every stockholder of the said company, during the usual hours of business in the office thereof, until the day of election: and in case the