LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PASSED AT THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLA- Chap. 1. AN ACT to authorize and empower the supervisor of the town of Queensbury, county of Warren, to issue a warrant for the collection of taxes for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and extend the time for collecting the same. PASSED January 18, 1884; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: issue tax SECTION 1. The supervisor of the town of Queensbury, in the county superviof Warren, is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to issue, under sor to his hand and seal, a warrant in the usual form of those issued by boards warrant. of supervisors, except otherwise provided herein, for the collection of taxes in said town for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, according to the equalization, extent and amount heretofore apportioned, fixed and authorized by the board of supervisors of said county, and to annex the same to the assessment roll of said town for said year. to be de returna § 2. Such warrant shall be delivered by said supervisor to the col- To whom lector of said town within twenty days after the passage of this act, on livered, his qualifying according to law, and shall be returnable within sixty and when days after its receipt by said collector, and shall confer and impose the ble. same rights, duties and obligations on said collector and shall have the same force, effect and validity in all respects as though it had been issued under the hands and seals of all the members of the board of Condi which to be extended. supervisors of said county at their last meeting and had been annexed to an assessment roll of said town, made and verified in all respects according to law. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 2. AN ACT to authorize the extension of the time for the collection of taxes in the several towns of this state. PASSED January 24, 1884; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. If any collector or receiver of taxes, in any town of this tions upon state, shall pay over all moneys collected by him, and shall make his time for return to the treasurer of his county, as now required by law, of all collection unpaid taxes on lands of non-residents, and shall renew his bond as herein provided, the time for the collection of all other taxes, and for making return thereof by him, shall be and is hereby extended to the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four; such bond shall be renewed with such sureties as in any town shall be approved by the supervisor thereof, or, in case of his absence or inability to act, by the town clerk thereof. The penalty thereof, in any case, shall be double the amount of taxes in that case remaining uncollected. The bond shall be approved in writing, and filed in the same manner as the original bond is required by law to be filed, and to have all the effect of the collector or receiver's bond. A copy of the bond and the approval thereof shall, within fifteen days after the passage of this act, be delivered to the county treasurer of the county in which said town is, but nothing herein contained shall be construed as extending the time for the payment of the state tax, or any part thereof, by the county treasurer of said county to the comptroller as now provided by law. Bond, penalty of, etc. Duty of secretary of state. § 2. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, immediately after the passage of this act, to cause to be printed on slips of paper, and delivered to each county treasurer, a sufficient number thereof to supply one copy to each collector or receiver of taxes in said county, and it shall be the duty of the said county treasurer to deliver one copy thereof to each collector or receiver of taxes in his county. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 3. AN ACT to amend chapter eighty of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to provide for a separate board of water commissioners in the village of Suspension Bridge, Niagara county, in the place of the trustees of said village, the mode and time of their election, and defining their powers, duties and term of office." PASSED January 24, 1884; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section four of chapter eighty of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to provide for a separate board of water commissioners in the village of Suspension Bridge, Niagara county, in the place of the trustees of said village, the mode and time of their election and defining their powers, duties and term of office," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: etc., commis § 4.. The board of water commissioners so elected shall have all the Powers, powers and privileges and be subject to all the duties and obliga- of tions granted to and imposed upon the board of water commissioners water now organized in said village, under said chapter one hundred and sioners. eighty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, except that the board so elected may file the bonds required of them with the board of trustees of said village on the same conditions they are now filed with the county judge; and they shall not have power to borrow upon the credit of said village a sum, including any indebtedness incurred under section eight of said chapter one hundred and eightyone of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and unpaid, exceeding one hundred and ten thousand dollars. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 4. AN ACT to legalize certain proceedings of the assessors of the town of Summit, Schoharie county, and certain proceedings of the board of supervisors of the county of Schoharie. PASSED January 25, 1884; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ings legal SECTION 1. The proceedings of the assessors of the town of Summit, Proceedin the county of Schoharie, in making and returning the assessment ized. roll of said town for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and the verification of said assessors thereto, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall have the same force and effect as if said roll and verification had been made in conformity to the provisions of the laws of this state relating thereto at the time they were made. Tax warrant, assessment § 2. The chairman and clerk of the board of supervisors of the county of Schoharie elected at the annual meeting of said board in the year roll, etc. eighteen hundred and eighty-three, are hereby authorized and empowered to sign the tax warrant attached to said roll authorizing and directing the collector of the said town of Summit to collect the tax extended upon said roll by said board of supervisors at their annual meeting in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and to deliver said assessment and tax-roll and warrant to the collector of said town of Summit, with the same force and effect as if said warrant had been signed by said board of supervisors at their said annual meeting and delivered by them to said collector in the manner and at the time required by the existing laws of this state. Duty of § 3. Upon receipt of said assessment and tax-roll and warrant, and collector. executing the bond required by law of town collectors, the said collector shall collect the taxes upon said roll and shall proceed and have the same powers and be subject to the same, liabilities, and account for and pay over the moneys so collected according to the terms of said warrant and the provisions of law, in the same manner and to the same extent as if said assessment-roll had been duly verified by said assessors, and said warrant duly signed by said board of supervisors, and delivered to the said collector on or before December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three; but the time for the collection of said tax is hereby extended to March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty Special for election of trustees. four. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 5. The AN ACT in relation to the election of trustees of " PASSED January 25, 1884; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The trustees of "The Ithaca Academy," elected at the meeting annual meeting of the members of said corporation held in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized and empowered to call a special meeting of the members of said corporation, to be held in the village of Ithaca, at a time and place to be designated in the notice of said meeting, for the election of twelve trustees of said "The Ithaca Academy" in the place and stead of such trustees as may have been heretofore elected, and for such other purNotice of poses as are contemplated by the provisions of this act. Notice of such meeting and the purposes thereof shall be given by said trustees, or a majority of them, to the members of said corporation, by publication of said notice in the newspaper printed at Albany in which legal notices are required to be published, and also in two of the public newspapers printed in the said village of Ithaca, at least once in each week for four successive weeks immediately preceding the time of holding said Election meeting. The members of said corporation present at such meeting, ballot. by a majority vote, shall by ballot elect twelve trustees of said corpora to be by tion, who shall have and possess all of the powers and privileges con- vote may ance in estate. § 2. The members of said corporation may, by a two-thirds vote of By a twothe members present at said meeting, so authorize and direct the thirds trustees elected as hereinbefore provided, to transfer and convey unto authorize "The board of education of the village of Ithaca" by a good and suf- a convey ficient deed of conveyance, and for a nominal consideration merely, fee of real the title in fee to all of the real estate owned by said "The Ithaca Academy" in said village of Ithaca, and all of the interest of said corporation therein, for the purpose of erecting a building or buildings thereon for school, literary and educational purposes. The trustees of said "The Ithaca Academy" elected as aforesaid, on being so authorized and directed by the members of said corporation, as aforesaid, shall, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to, transfer and convey, as aforesaid, the title in fee to the real estate owned by said "The Ithaca Academy" in the manner and for the purposes aforesaid. sonal property. and in § 3. The members of said corporation may, by a two-thirds vote of Ibid., perthe members present at said meeting, so authorize and direct the trustees elected, as hereinbefore provided, to assign, transfer and set over all of the personal property owned by said "The Ithaca Academy" for a nominal consideration merely, unto such persons, corporation or corporations as said trustees shall by resolution designate, to be held by such persons, corporation or corporations, in such manner or under such trusts as said trustees shall by resolution designate; and the Interest interest and income, only, from the money and invested funds of said come,how "The Ithaca Academy" shall be appropriated and expended by such to be expersons, corporation or corporations for the same general uses and purposes, or for some, or one, or more of the same, as said interest and income are now and have heretofore been used and appropriated by the acting trustees of "The Ithaca Academy;" and on being so authorized and directed by the members of said corporation, said trustees shall, and they hereby are empowered to assign, transfer and set over all of said personal property to the persons, corporation or corporations so designated by them, as aforesaid, and in the manner and for the uses and purposes aforesaid. pended. firmed. § 4. The official acts of the respective officers of said "The Ithaca Official Academy" heretofore performed, in the management, control and dis- acts conposition of the funds and property, real and personal, of said corporation are hereby ratified and confirmed, without prejudice to any legal proceedings already had or instituted, if any there should be. All sales, deeds, conveyances, assignments and transfers of the property of said corporation, real and personal, made in pursuance of the provisions of this act, are hereby declared to be valid and effectual. debts to erty. § 5. All valid debts against the said "The Ithaca Academy" existing valid at the time of the transfer and conveyance of said funds and property bein as herein provided, and theretofore incurred, shall be a lien and charge on propupon said funds and property in the hands of the persons, corporation or corporations to whom said funds and property shall be transferred and conveyed as aforesaid; and such persons, corporation or corporations, and each of them, shall be liable for the debts of said "The Ithaca Academy," contracted prior to the time of such transfer and conveyance, to the extent of the funds and property so transferred and conveyed. The personal property shall be the primary fund out |