nty, on or before the first day of August next, I that after such return shall be made it shall be the y of the clerk of the said county to destroy the ballots in the jury box in his office, and cause names of the persons so as aforesaid to be returnwith their places of abode, and additions, to be tten on separate slips of paper and put into the box of which the names of the jurors are next to be

wn.

to be re

gaol when

XXIII. And be it further enacted, That as soon as new gaol for the city and county of Albany shall, Prisoners ready for the reception and confinement of prison- moved to it shall be lawful for the sheriff of the said city the new 1 county to remove his prisoners into the said gaol, finished. thenceforth the same shall be the gaol of the city 1 county of Albany, and such removal of the priers as aforesaid shall in no wise be deemed an ese: And further, it shall be lawful for the now next And gaol uing or any subsequent court of common pleas for liberties to said county to establish and designate the liberties be desig the said new gaol, which when so established and ignated shall be the liberties of the said gaol, and present liberties of the old gaol shall be abolished m and after the removal of the prisoners aforesaid > the said new gaol.

nated.

$5000 to

pany.

XXIV. And be it further enacted, That the trea-Treasurer er of this state shall, on the warrant of the comp-to pay lier, pay to the president, directors and company the High. the Highland turnpike, the sum of five thousand land turnlars in addition to the sum heretofore granted, to pike comlaid out by them in building a bridge over Croton er, on the post road leading from the city of Newrk to the city of Albany, and to be paid when the I bridge shall be completed: And further, That so ch of the fifty-eighth section of the act entitled An act for the payment of certain officers of gov- Toll may ment, and for other purposes," passed June 19th, for cross12, as inhibits the directors and company of the ing the turnpike road from receiving any toll for crossing bridge on said bridge, be and the same is hereby repealed, river. that the toll which may be received for crossing

be taken

Croton

the said bridge shall be laid out and expended in re pairs of the said bridge, and in or towards the com pleting and keeping in repair the said turnpike road between the said bridge and Fishkill. constables XXV. And be it further enacted, That all suits or bonds how actions on any bond executed by any constable and to be pros- his sureties for the faithful performance of the duty of his office, shall be prosecuted within two years after

Suits on

ecuted.

the expiration of the year for which such constable shall be elected.

XXVI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be Surveyor the duty of the surveyor-general forthwith to publishi general to publish a a notice in the newspaper published by the printer to notice re- this state, and in three of the newspapers published in leasing the the Western District of this state, for six weeks in sucStedman cession, that the tract of land called the Stedman farm

lative to

farm.

lots ex

ceeding

on the Niagara river, is to be leased for the term of one year from a day to be mentioned in such notice, to the person who shall before such day offer to accept of such lease on the terms which in the opinion of the surveyor-general shall be the most advantageous to this state; and the surveyor-general is authorized to execute such lease on the part of this state, and to ir sert in the counterpart of such lease to be executed by the lessee such covenants as he shall deem proper, and exact such security from the lessee for the perfor ance of the covenants contained in such lease as he shall deem proper and necessary.

XXVII. And be it further enacted, That it shall b May sell part of the lawful for the commissioners of the land-office to direc unappro- the surveyor-general to sell in parcels exceeding the priated lands in quantity of two hundred acres, such of the unapp priated lands as they shall judge not saleable to a 200 acres. Vantage in separate lots or parcels of that quantity any thing in the act entitled "An act concerning t commissioners of the land-office and the sale of unappropriated lands," to the contrary notwithstan Corpora- XXVIII. And be it further enacted, That the ayd bany ex of recorder, aldermen and assistants of the city of Alb ficio mem- shall and may, by virtue of their respective offices,

tion of Al

bers of the

embers of the Albany Lancaster school society, any Lancaster w to the contrary notwithstanding.

ciety.

Act rela

servants

XXIX. And be it further enacted, That the provions of the act entitled "An act concerning slaves tive to id servants," relative to the importation and exporta- slaves and on of slaves, shall not be construed to extend to cases amended. here persons residing within and near the boundary ne of this state and owning and occupying land over e said line in a neighbouring state, shall bring such aves into or take them out of this state for the purose of cultivating the land which he may so own and ccupy in either state.

Macomb a

balance

XXX. And be it further enacted, That the trea-Treasurer rer shall, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay to to pay R. Robert Macomb the balance which may be due on is account for services as clerk of the courts of oyer due him. nd terminer and general gaol delivery and general essions of the peace, in and for the city and county of New-York, as the same shall be audited and allowed by the court of exchequer.

Taxeshow

farms are

XXXI. And be it further enacted, That where any ine of division between any two towns in this state to be paid shall intersect any farm or dwelling-house, all the where taxes on such farm shall be levied upon and paid by intersectthe owner or possessor in the town where his dwelling-ed bytown house or the greater part thereof shall be, any thing in the act entitled "An act for the assessment and collection of taxes" to the contrary notwithstanding.

lines.

XXXII. And be it further enacted, That the trea- Additionsurer shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to al allowthe adjutant-general of this state the sum of four hun-ance to the dred and fifty dollars, as an additional compensation adj. gen. for his services for one year, to commence on the first day of March last, payable quarter yearly.

funded.

XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That in all cases Taxespaid wherever a tax has been or shall be paid into the trea- by mistake sury of this state by mistake, or which by law the to be restate had no right to receive, it shall be the duty of the treasurer, and he is hereby authorized, on the warrant of the comptroller, to refund the same to the party

appened or to his representative, my othe GONIJZETT DĽANIZSLADÓNE.

XXXIV. And be it further enacted, Thie wieser sele save 2ty therif of any county of this state be made or unter will make sie of any hands, tenements er seltties selve Mett: "nder and by virtue of any executim vint aging a rected and delivered, and has died or shall die betre sing and executing the deed of sale and UGGIETARE, que as it Sall and may be lawful for the execution or abr catur istrators of such deceased sheriff to make and exante

Secretary

a deed of conveyance to the purchaser in the same manner as the said deceased sheriff arts or could Lave done had he remained alive, any law to the cor trary notwithstanding.

XXXV. And be it further enacted. That it shall directecto be and hereby is made the duty of the secretary of procure this state, to furnish, at the expence of this state, one volumes of copy of the reports of the supreme court and court of

errors of this state for the use of each of the courts of common pleas in the several counties of this state not already provided for in the act entitled "An act to authorize the supreme court to appoint a reporter," and the treasurer shall, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay the amount paid by the secretary.

Whereas it appears by the report of the surveyorgeneral that the undivided twelfth part of a gore of land between the bounds of Hosick and the partition line of the patent of Pittstown was forfeited by the attainder of Robert Leake, and the same was on behalf of the state sold at public auction to Josiah Masters for the consideration of eight hundred and twenty dollars, which sum has been duly paid by him into the treasury, and that afterwards other documents were discover ed on which the attorney-general certified that instead of the said undivided twelfth part of the part ofsaid gore of land forfeited as aforesaid was the undivided half part of the lands in said gore lying respectively op posite to lots number one hundred and seventy-five an forty-three, in the patent of Pittstown, and extending from said lots to the bounds of the patent of Hosick,

!

y reason whereof the surveyor-general could not give conveyance of the premises: Therefore,

to pay

XXXVI. Be it further enacted That the treasurer Treasurer y, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the said Josi-g949 to J. Masters, the sum of nine hundred and forty-nine Masters. llars in lieu of the lands so as aforesaid sold to him, d in full satisfaction of the money so by him paid to the treasury as aforesaid.

ington to

XXXVII. And be it further enacted, That a sum A redoubt t exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars be and to be erect ed on Sigreby is appropriated for the purpose of erecting anal Hill. doubt or protecting work on Signal Hill, near the arrows on Staten-Island. XXXVIII. And be it further enacted, That the trea- Portrait of rer shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to G. Washzra Ames, for a full length portrait of Gen. George be purashington, such sum of money as shall be allowed chased of erefor by the committee authorized by a concurrent solution of the senate and assembly, passed April 2, 13,to purchase the same, which portrait shall be placI in the assembly chamber in such manner and with ch embellishments as the secretary of state, the compoller and surveyor-general shall direct.

E. Ames.

XXXIX. And be it further enacted, That the trea- $70 to be paid to H. arer shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to Starring, Henry Starring, Junior, the sum of seventy dollars, jun full for his expences for conveying prisoners senenced to the state-prison from the county of Herkimer o the county of Westchester, where they effected eir escape.

ers of On

XL. And be it further enacted, That it shall be law- Treasur ul, and it is hereby made the duty of the treasurers tario and f the counties of Ontario and Genesee, that out of Geneseeto he first monies they may receive for arrears of taxes monies to ue said counties from the treasurer of this state, they build a all then severally pay to Hugh M'Nair, Joseph W. bridge oawrence and John H. Jones, the sum of two thou-see river. and dollars for the use and purpose of building a bridge over the Genesee river, between the towns of Geneseo and Lincester, at or near the ferry now kept by Peter Bebee, and that it shall be the duty of the said Hugh

ver Gene