pervisor. required for the support and relief of the poor in said town during the To be rais time aforesaid; the amount thus borrowed to be raised by the board of supervisors and included in their next annual tax levy, upon the certificate signed by the supervisor and overseer of the poor specifying the outstanding obligations therefor and to whom.. The money thus raised to be paid into the hands of the county treasurer on account of said town, and to be by him distributed in the payment of the obligations outstanding for the moneys loaned for the purposes aforesaid. § 16. This act shall take effect immediately. To whom paid and how applied. Election of trustees Inspectors of election Chap. 75. AN ACT to amend chapter four hundred and seventy-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to amend the charter of the village of Dunkirk," passed April twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty seven. PASSED March 11, 1879; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Titlle* twelve of chapter four hundred and seventy-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to amend the charter of the village of Dunkirk," passed April twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section as § 4. Whenever any tax or assessment for the construction of a sewer or sewers, or the paving of a street or streets, or for any other local purpose, shall be, or shall have been, declared illegal and void by the supreme court or courts, by reason of non-compliance with the charter of said village, it shall be the duty of the board of trustees, in pursuance to said charter, to appoint new assessors, whose duty it shall be to make a new assessment for the purposes specified in the resolution making their appointment; and said special assessors and the board of trustees shall proceed as directed by the charter of said village for the assessment of property and the collection of money for the payment of said special tax. § 2. Section two of title three of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 2. The electors of each election district or ward shall hereafter annually, in the manner prescribed by this act, elect one trustee who shall hold his office for the term of two years. At the annual election in March, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, there shall be elected. two trustees from each ward, one of them to be designated for one year the other for two years. Each ward and election district shall annually elect three inspectors of election, in the same manner as now provided by law, who shall preside at the annual and village elections, and shall hold their office for one year, and no elector shall vote for inspectors except for those of his own ward or district. §3. This act shall take effect immediately. *So in the original. Chap. 76. AN ACT to provide for operating the railroad from Lake Champlain to Dannemora prison, and to pay for rolling stock therefor. PASSED March 11, 1879; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: operating SECTION 1. The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as Appropri may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to be expended by the ation for superintendent of state prisons in paying the employees of, and in railroad. operating by him the railroad constructed by the State to the state prison at Dannemora, under chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. § 2. The sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as For rollmay be necessary, is hereby appropriated to purchase and pay for ing stock. rolling stock for the use and operation of the railroad mentioned in the first section of this act. § 3. The several sums herein above appropriated are hereby author- Payment. ized to be paid to the said superintendent of state prisons for the purposes aforesaid, by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the comptroller. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 77. AN ACT to incorporate "The Henry Keep Home." PASSED March 11, 1879. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: objects. SECTION 1. Emma A. Schley, Roswell P. Flower, Allen C. Beach, corpora Pearson Mundy, George W. Flower, Anson R. Flower, and their tors. associates, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of Corporate "The Henry Keep Home," for the purpose of the reception, boarding, name and relief and care of destitute men, women and children, at Watertown, Jefferson county, State of New York, and by that name shall have and possess all the powers and privileges which, by the third title, eigh- Powers. teenth chapter, first part of the revised statutes of the State of New York, are declared to belong to corporations, and shall have power to take by purchase, gift, devise or bequest, and hold, convey or lease real and personal estate for its use and purposes; such real estate, however, not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars in value. The yearly income thereof not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. by-laws. § 2. The said corporation shall have power to make and adopt a Constitu constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations for the management of its tion and business and property, and the choice, powers and duties of its officers and agents, and from time to time to alter and repeal such constitution, by-laws and regulations. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Boundary line alter Chap. 78. AN ACT to alter the boundary line between the towns of PASSED March 11, 1879. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The boundary line between the towns of Kent and ed. Philipstown, in the county of Putnam, is altered so as to run as follows: Beginning at what is known as the Sunk bridge on the Putnam county road adjoining the northern boundary line of Putnam Valley, and thence running northerly on a line parallel with the now westerly boundary of the said town of Kent to the Dutchess county line; thence easterly with the said Dutchess county line to the present northwest corner of the boundary line of the said town of Kent; thence southerly with the present westerly line of said town of Kent to the said Putnam county road, and adjoining the northerly line of the town of Putnam Valley; thence westerly along said road and with the said northerly line of Putnam Valley to the place of beginning, and that all that part of, and territory of, said town of Philipstown lying within the above described boundaries, is hereby taken from said town of Philipstown and annexed to the said town of Kent, and shall hereafter form and be a part of said town of Kent. Supervi money. Issue of bonds. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 79. AN ACT to authorize the town of Oneonta to borrow money to pay a judgment existing against the same. PASSED March 11, 1879; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The supervisor of the town of Oneonta, Otsego county, is So may hereby authorized and empowered to borrow, upon the credit of said town, such sum of money as he may deem necessary, not exceeding eleven thousand dollars, to pay a judgment recovered against said town by Jay Gould, and the interest and costs upon the same, and to secure the payment of the said sum so borrowed and interest thereon, the said supervisor is authorized to issue coupon bonds signed by the supervisor and clerk of said town. The said bonds shall be issued in such amounts as the said supervisor may determine, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum. Such bonds shall be made payable on the first day of January in each year hereafter, in sums not exceeding one thousand dollars in any one year, with interest upon the same until the whole of such bonds shall Record of be paid, and the clerk of said town shall enter in a book to be used by bonds is him for such purpose, the number, date and denomination of each of the said bonds, and the name of the person or persons, corporation or corporations, to whom or which issued. sued. of bonds rest. § 2. In case said money shall be borrowed pursuant to section one of Tax for this act, the supervisor of said town is hereby authorized and required payment annually during each and every year, while such bonds remain unpaid, and inteto cause to be levied and collected from the taxable property and inhabitants of the said town over and above expenses of collecting, at the same time and in the same manner in which other taxes of said town for other town purposes shall be raised and collected, such sums as will pay the bonds and interest to grow due on such loan on the first day of January then next, and which said several sums, when collected, shall be paid to the said supervisor of said town, to be used in paying said bonds and interest as they become due. moneys. §3. The amount of money so borrowed shall be applied to the pay- Applica ment of said judgment, interest and costs, and the amount included in tion of the annual tax levy as authorized by section two of this act, shall be applied to the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon, and to no other purpose. §. 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 80. AN ACT changing the name of "The Young Men's Christian Union of Buffalo" to "The Young Men's Christian Association of Buffalo." PASSED March 11, 1879. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: and acts, firmed. SECTION 1. The name of "The Young Men's Christian Union of Name Buffalo" is hereby changed to "The Young Men's Christian Associa- changed, tion of Buffalo," and the act of the board of managers thereof, changing etc., conthe name of said "The Young Men's Christian Union of Buffalo" to "The Young Men's Christian Association of Buffalo," and all acts of the said association since the action of its board of managers changing its name as aforesaid, are hereby declared to be as valid and of as full effect as if the name of the said association had been changed in the manner provided by law for changing the names of corporations. And all gifts, grants, devises and bequesis made to the said association by the name of "The Young Men's Christian Association of Buffalo,' since the act of the said board of managers changing the name as aforesaid, are hereby declared to be as valid and of as full effect as if said name had been legally changed at the time said board of managers changed its name as aforesaid. Nothing herein contained shall Proviso. be held or construed to release or relieve the said association from any liability or contract made or incurred by it, but the same shall remain in force against it by the name hereby given to it. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Corporate name and powers. Amount and objects of tax. Chap. 81. AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to further amend the charter of the village of Cooperstown, in the county of Otsego." PASSED March 11, 1879; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section two of chapter one hundred and eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An to further amend the charter of the village of Cooperstown, in the county of Otsego," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 2. The freeholders and inhabitants residing within the limits aforesaid are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be from time to time, and forever hereafter, a body politic and corporate in fact and in name by the name of "The Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown," and by that name they and their successors forever shall and may have perpetual succession, and shall in law be capable of purchasing, holding, receiving and conveying any real or personal estate for the use of said village, and of erecting public buildings such as fire engine, hook and ladder house or houses, market or markets, and of raising money by tax not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars in any one year; for erecting such public buildings, procuring fire engines, hooks and ladders and the utensils for extinguishing fire; and for erecting and keeping in repair hay scales, and digging and constructing aqueducts and reservoirs; for removing and preventing nuisances; for pitching, paving, flagging, graveling, laying out and keeping in repair highways and sidewalks and alleys, and ornamenting and improving the same, and for making any necessary repairs and improvements; and for making and repairing wharves and docks in the Otsego lake adjacent to said village; and for lighting the streets in said village, and for making a reasonable compensation to the officers of said corporation, and to meet any extraordinary expenses to which the said corporation may be subjected by reason of contagious diseases, litigations, accidents, extra police force, or from or by reason of any other cause; which money so to be raised shall be ment and assessed upon the freeholders and inhabitants of said village according to law and by a tax upon the real and personal property in said village, by three assessors, who shall be freeholders of said village to be chosen at their annual meeting, and collected by the collector of the corporation to be chosen as aforesaid, in like manner as the taxes of counties and towns are collected, by virtue of a warrant to him directed Consent by the trustees; but no tax shall be levied or moneys raised, assessed of tax- or collected for the purpose aforesaid, or any other purpose, or no purchase and sale of any real estate made, and no public buildings erected or disposed of without the consent of the freeholders and taxable inhabitants of said village, in open meeting, duly warned and notified, first given and expressed by a majority of votes then given; and it is hereby made the duty of the assessors, in assessing the taxes so to be raised upon the inhabitants and property of said village, to apportion the same so that the said taxes may be assessed in an equitable and Assess collec tion. payers. Apportionment of taxes. |