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CHAP. 694.

AN ACT in relation to the valuation of the property of railroad companies in school districts, for the purpose of taxation.

PASSED April 23, 1867; three-fifths being present,

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

SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the town assesssessors to ors, within fifteen days after the completion of their railroad as- annual assessment list, to apportion the valuation of sessments. the property of each and every railroad company as

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appears on such assessment list among the several school districts in their town, in which any portion of said property is situated, giving to each of said districts their proper portion, according to the proportion that the value of said property in each of such districts bears to the value of the whole thereof in said town.

§ 2. Such apportionment shall be in writing, and shall be signed by said assessors, or a majority of with town them, and shall set forth the number of each district and the amount of the valuation of the property of each railroad company, apportioned to each of said districts; and such apportionment shall be filed with the town clerk, by said assessors or one of them, within five days after being made; and the amount so apportioned to each district shall be the valuation of the property of each of said companies, on which all taxes against said companies in and for said districts, shall be levied and assessed until the next annual assessment and apportionment.

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§ 3. In case the assessors shall neglect to make Supervisor such apportionment, it shall be the duty of the super- tion if visor of the town, on the application of the trustees assessors or board of education of any district, or of any railroad company, to make such apportionment, in the same manner and with the like effect as if made by said assessors.

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4. The town clerk shall, whenever requested, Town furnish to the trustees or board of education of each certify to district, a certified statement of the amounts apportioned to such district, and the name of the company to which the same relates.

5. In case any alteration shall be made in any school district, affecting the property of any railroad company, the officer making such alteration shall, at the same time, determine what change in the valuation of the said property in such district would be just, on account of the alteration of district, and the valuation shall be accordingly changed.

§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

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one student from each assembly district.

CHAP. 654.

AN ACT to amend chapter five hundred and eightyfive of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixtyfive, entitled "An act to establish Cornell University, and to appropriate to it the income of the sale of public lands granted to this state by congress, on the second day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, also to restrict the operation of chapter five hundred and eleven of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-three."

PASSED May 13, 1872.

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

SECTION 1. Section nine of chapter five hundred and eighty-five of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 89. The several departments of study in the said to appli- university shall be open to applicants for admission thereto at the lowest rates of expense consistent with its welfare and efficiency, and without distinction as To receive to rank, class, previous occupation or locality. But, with a view to equalize its advantages to all parts of the state, the institution shall annually receive students, one from each assembly district in the state, to be selected as hereinafter provided, and shall give them instruction in any or in all the prescribed branches of study in any department of said institution, free of any tuition fee or of any incidental charges to be paid to said university, unless such incidental charges shall have been made to compensate for damages needlessly or purposely done by the students to the property of said university. The said free instruction shall, moreover, be accorded to

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said students in consideration of their superior ability, and as a reward for superior scholarship in the academies and public schools of this state. Said How students shall be selected as the legislature may, selected. from time to time, direct, and until otherwise ordered, as follows: The school commissioner or commissioners of each county, and the board of education of each city, or those performing the duties of such a board, shall select annually the best scholar from each academy and each public school of their respective counties or cities as candidates for the university scholarship. But in no case shall any person having already entered the said university be admitted as one of such candidates. The candidates Candidates thus selected in each county or city shall meet at amined such place and time in the year as the school com- and the missioner or commissioners of the county and the selected. said boards of education of the cities, in those counties which contain cities, shall appoint; and the school commissioner or commissioners, and the said board of education, or such of them as shall attend and act, shall proceed to examine said candidates and determine which of them are the best scholars; and they shall then select therefrom to the number of one for each assembly district in said county or city, and furnish the candidate thus selected with a certificate of such selection; which certificate shall entitle said student to admission to said university, subject to the examination and approval of the faculty of said university. In making these selec- Preference tions, preference shall be given (where other qualifi- to of cations are equal) to the sons of those who have died soldiers. in the military or naval service of the United States; consideration shall be had also to the physical abil- When one ity of the candidate. Whenever any student selected has been as above described shall have been from any cause removed. removed from the university before the expiration of the time for which he was selected, then one of the competitors to his place in the university from his district may be elected to succeed him therein, as the school commissioner or commissioners of the county of his residence, or the board of education of the city of his residence, may direct.'

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CHAP. 577.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to designate the holidays to be observed in the acceptance and payment of bills of exchange and promissory notes, passed April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy.

PASSED May 22, 1873.

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

SECTION 1. Section one of an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to designate the holidays to be observed in the acceptance and payment of bills of exchange and promissory notes, passed April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Holidays. § 1. The following days, namely: The first day of January, commonly called new year's day, the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of July, the twenty-fifth day of December, any general election day, any day appointed or recommended by the governor of this state, or the president of the United States, as a day of thanksgiving, or as a day of fasting or prayer, or other religious observance, the thirtieth day of May, to be known as decoration day, shall, for all purposes whatsoever, as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance, and of the protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank checks and promissory notes, made after the passage of this act, be treated and considered as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and as public holidays.