Roads, buildings, pair, etc. ings in case of tion of sewers. entitled "An act to extend the powers of the trustees of the village of Wilson, in the county of Niagara," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 11. To keep the roads, avenues, streets, lanes, public buildings and etc., to be public places of the village in good repair, order and condition, to conkept in re- struct sewers, culverts and drains, to make and repair all bridges which may be necessary within the bounds of the village, to regulate and prescribe the width, line and grade of streets, avenues, lanes and sidewalks, to pave, plank or flag roads, streets, crosswalks or sidewalks, lay out and open new roads and streets, to widen, alter and change the grade, or otherwise improve roads, avenues, streets, lanes and sidewalks, to drain stagnant waters, and to raise or fill up low grounds, if nuisances, at the expense of the persons benefited, and to regulate the waterExpense courses, ponds and watering places in the village. The expense of the of sewers. construction of sewers in said village, ordered by the trustees thereof, shall be equally assessed upon the real estate in said village which they may deem benefited by such improvement, according to the benefits Proceed that may result therefrom. It shall be the duty of the trustees of said village, after receiving notice in writing from a majority of the freeconstruc- holders to be benefited, that a sewer or drainage, to be particularly specified, is necessary for the health or benefit of said village, or some part thereof, to proceed and act upon such notice; and if the construction of a sewer is thereupon ordered by the trustees, they shall then, by an instrument in writing subscribed by them, appoint a commission composed of three disinterested men, freeholders and residents of the town of Wilson, but not of the village of Wilson, and no akin to either or any of the persons whose premises are to be assessed for such improvement. Such commissioners shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed in article twelve, section one, constitution of the state of New York, and they shall each receive two dollars per day for each and every day occupied in making the assessment, which shall be paid out of the corporate fund of the said village. The said commission shall make the assessment for such improvement, and shall assess the real estate ordered to be assessed by the trustees, and also the owners or occupants thereof; and all assessments shall be reported by the commission to the trustees, and before any further action is had on the said improvement, the same shall be approved by the trustees, or if disapproved, a reassessment ordered and reported to the trustees, with Publica the same effect as the first. When any such assessment shall be tion to be reported by the commission to the trustees, the clerk shall enter the fact in the minutes of their proceedings, specifying the assessment, and the publication of such entry in a public newspaper, once, with the name of the clerk printed thereunder, which newspaper shall be one published as often as once every week in said village, shall be full, sufficient and legal notice of such assessment, to all parties assessed or interested. Provided that if there shall be no such newspaper published in said village, then said entry shall be published, by posting a copy thereof in each of three conspicuous places in said village, with the same effect as aforesaid. Such publication or posting shall be at least three days prior to the confirmation of the assessment, and at least one week shall intervene between the time of the reporting of any Warrant assessment to the trustees and any action thereon by them. Such for collec- assessment when confirmed shall be final and conclusive, and the same sessment. shall be collected by warrant issued by the president and trustees, as Assessment. made. tion of as other taxes or assessments are directed to be collected by this act, or by the statutes applicable to said village. There shall be attached to before such warrant a duplicate of such assessment, with the certificate of the clerk of the confirmation of the same by the trustees; and from the time of the delivery of said duplicate to the collector, the same shall be a lien on the several pieces or parcels of land therein described. Before the confirmation of such assessment all persons interested Hearing therein, desiring to be heard, shall be heard by the trustees, as to the confirmaconfirmation or disapproval thereof. Any work ordered by said trus- tion. tees under this subdivision shall be let to the lowest bidder, who shall offer security, which shall be approved by the trustees, for the performance of his contract. After the construction of a sewer shall be ordered by the trustees, they shall ascertain, as they think proper, the estimated expense thereof, and they shall determine the amount and enter it in their minutes, and such amount so estimated and determined shall be the whole amount of the assessment. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 54. AN ACT to amend section four, chapter seven hundred and thirty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, being an act to authorize the formation of town insurance companies. PASSED March 24, 1884. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section four of chapter seven hundred and thirty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven is hereby amended so as to read as follows: may issue § 4. The directors of such company may issue policies, signed by Directors their president and secretary, agreeing in the name of such company policies. to pay all damages which may be sustained by fire for a terni not exceeding five years, by the holders of such policies, not exceeding the sum named in said policy, and which shall not exceed the sum of seven thousand dollars in any one risk. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Trustees may pur land, etc. chase May bor ey, etc. Chap. 55. AN ACT to amend chapter twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to authorize the trustees of the village of Brockport to purchase lands and repair and improve any buildings thereon, or erect a new building thereon, for the use of the fire department of said village, and other village purposes, and to borrow money on the credit of said village for such purposes." PASSED March 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 one of chapter twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to authorize the trustees of the village of Brockport to purchase lands and repair and improve any buildings thereon, or to erect a new building thereon, for the use of the fire department of said village, and other village purposes, and to borrow money on the credit of said village for such purposes," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 1. The trustees of the village of Brockport are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, in the name of the village of Brockport, such landed property as they may deem expedient, and to improve any building thereon, or erect a new building thereon, for the use of the fire department, and for other necessary village purposes, and to expend for said purposes not more than eighteen thousand dollars, said money to be obtained as provided in the following section. § 2. Section two of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 2. The trustees of the village of Brockport are hereby authorized row mon- to borrow on the faith and credit of said village the sum of eighteen thousand dollars or such portion thereof as they shall deem necessary, to be used for the purposes mentioned in the first section of this act. For the money so borrowed the said trustees are hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said village, in such sums as they shall deem expedient, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum. The sum so borrowed shall be made payable in equal annual payments, as said trustees shall deem expedient, with interest payable annually. Such bonds shall be signed by the president of said village, and attested by the village clerk under the corporate seal of said village, and shall not be negotiated at less than their par value. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 56. AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and sixty of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Coxsackie." PASSED March 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 fifteen of chapter two hundred and sixty of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Coxsackie," is hereby amended so as to read. as follows: tion. § 15. The police justice shall have jurisdiction of all criminal cases, Jurisdicwithin said corporation, the same as is now possessed by justices of the peace of towns; the said police justice shall also have jurisdiction of all civil and criminal matters arising under or by virtue of the charter of said village, or any ordinance thereof, and he shall have the same fees therefor as are prescribed by law in similar cases. Chap. 57. AN ACT to amend section eight of chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and fiftyone, entitled "An act to amend the law for the assessment and collection of taxes." PASSED March 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 eight of chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-one is hereby amended so as to read as follows: to make § 8. When the assessors, or a majority of them, shall have completed Assessors their roll they shall severally appear before any officer of their county oath. authorized by law to administer oaths, and shall severally make and subscribe before such officer an oath in the following form: We, the undersigned, do severally depose and swear that we have Form of. set down, in the foregoing assessment-roll, all the real estate situated in the (town or ward, as the case may be) according to our best information; and that, with the exception of those cases in which the value of the said real estate has been changed by reason of proof produced before us, we have estimated the value of the said real estate at the sums which a majority of the assessors have decided to be the full and true value thereof, and at which they would appraise the same in payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor; and also that the said assessment-roll contains a true statement of the aggregate amount of the taxable personal estate of each and every person named in such roll, over and above the amount of debts due from such persons, Contract ratified. respectively, and excluding such stocks as are otherwise taxable, and such other property as is exempt by law from taxation, at the full and true value thereof according to our best judgment and belief; which oath shall be written or printed on said roll, signed by the assessors and certified by the officer, and shall be in place of the official certificate now required by law; and every assessor who shall willfully swear false in taking and subscribing said oath shall be deemed guilty of and liable to the penalties of willful and corrupt perjury. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 58. AN ACT to ratify the contract entered into on behalf of the state of New York by and between the agent and warden of the Auburn state's prison and Edward M. Moore. PASSED March 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. The contract entered into in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven by and between Leonard R. Wells, then agent and warden of the Auburn state prison, for and on behalf of the state of New York and Edward M. Moore, for the performance by said Edward M. Moore of surgical and medical services upon one Peter McCue, then a convict in said state prison, is hereby ratified and confirmed. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Territo rial limits of village. Chap. 59. AN ACT to further amend chapter four hundred and ninety of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Spencerport, in the county of Monroe." PASSED March 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 one of chapter four hundred and ninety of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Spencerport, in the county of Monroe," is hereby further amended so as to read as follows: § 1. The territory in the town of Ogden, in the county of Monroe, that is to say town lots number thirty-two, forty-four, and the east half of thirty-one and forty-three, in said town, and an addition of thirteen rods in width on the whole length of the western border thereof shall be known and distinguished as the village of Spencer |