in latitude 41° 02′ 20′′ .570 and longitude 73° 40′ 39′′ .666; thence south 32° 07′ 30′′ east 11,461 feet to a granite monument (No. 158) set at the north side of Byram bridge in a concrete pier on a granite ledge known since 1684 as the Great Stone at the wading place in latitude 41° 00′ 44′′ .662 and longitude 73° 39′ 20′′ .172; thence south 9° 53′ 43′′ west 835 feet to a brass bolt and plate (No. 159) set in the top of a large boulder in Byram river in latitude 41° 00' 36" .535 and longitude 73° 39′ 22′′ .044; thence south 18° 56′ 41′′ west 3,735 feet to angle No. 161 in Byram river in latitude 41° 00′ 1′′ .626 and longitude 73° 39′ 37′′ .863, this tangent being produced and referenced on the shore by a brass bolt and plate leaded into the rock on a steep hill; thence south 12° 57′ 02′′ east 965 feet to angle No. 162 in Byram river in latitude 40° 59′ 52′′ .335 and longitude 73° 39′ 35′′ .044, the line being produced and referenced by a bolt and plate in the rock on a hill east of the river; thence south 5° 14′ 08′′ west 950 feet to angle No. 163 in Byram river in latitude 40° 59′ 42′′ .995 and longitude 73° 39′ 36′′ .173, the line being produced and referenced by a bolt and plate in the ledge on the west shore of the river; thence south 9° 10' 19" east 692 feet to angle No. 164 in Byram river in latitude 40° 59′ 36′′ .249 and longitude 73° 39′ 34′′ .736, the line being produced and referenced by a bolt and plate in the shore; thence south 34° 35' 04" east 684 feet to angle No. 165 in Byram river in latitude 40° 59′ 30′′ .682 and longitude 73° 39' 29" .671, both ends of this and the three subsequent tangents being produced and referenced by brass bolts and plates set in the ledge on the shore of the river; thence south 26° 00′ 02′′ east 229 feet to angle No. 166 in latitude 40° 59′ 28′′ .646 and longitude 73° 39' 28" .360; thence south 5° 26′ 38′′ west 402 feet to angle No. 167 in latitude 40° 59′ 24′′ .694 and longitude 73° 39′ 28′′ .857; thence south 50° 49′ 51′′ west 815 feet to angle No. 168 in latitude 40° 59′ 19′′ .608 and longitude 73° 39′ 37′′ .096; thence south 30° 01′ 41′′ east 1,924 feet to angle No. 169, a point in the center of the channel in line with the breakwater at Lyon's or Byram point in latitude 40° 59′ 03′′ .152 and longitude 73° 39' 24" .546, the northerly end of this tangent being produced back and referenced by a brass bolt and plate in the ledge overlooking the harbor; thence south 45° east 17,160 feet or three and one-quarter miles to angle No. 170 in latitude 40° 57′ 03′′ .228 and longitude 73° 36′ 46′′ .418, the first angle point in Long Island sound described by the joint commissioners of New York and Connecticut by a memorandum of agreement dated December eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine; thence in a straight line (the arc of a great circle) north 74° 32′ 32′′ east 434,394 feet to a point (No. 171) in latitude 41° 15′ 31′′ .321 and longitude 72° 05′ 24′′ .685, four statute miles true south of New London lighthouse; thence north 58° 58′ 43′′ east 22,604 feet to a point (No. 172) in latitude 41° 17′ 26′′ .341 and longitude 72° 01′ 10′′ .937, marked on the United States coast survey chart of Fisher's Island sound annexed to said memorandum,— which point is on the long east 34 north sailing course drawn on said map 1,000 feet true north from the Hammock or North Dumpling lighthouse; thence following said east 3/4 north sailing course north 73° 37′ 42′′ east 25,717 feet to a point (No. 173) in latitude 41° 18′ 37′′ .835 and longitude 71° 55′ 47′′ .626, marked No. 2 on said map; thence south 70° 07' 26′′ east 6,424 feet toward a point marked No. 3 on said map until said line intersects the westerly boundary of Rhode Island at a point (No. 174) in latitude 41° 18′ 16′′ .249 and longitude 71° 54′ 28′′ .477 as determined by the joint commissioners of Connecticut and Rhode Island by a memorandum of agreement dated March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. The geodetic positions given in this description are based on Clark's spheroid of eighteen hundred and sixty-six and the astronomical data adopted by the United States coast and geodetic survey in eighteen hundred and eighty and are computed from data given in appendix number eight to the report of the said survey for eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled "Geographical Positions in the State of Connecticut." The boundary line hereinbefore described and determined which has been located and defined as, and in the manner, provided by section eight of this chapter is fully and accurately laid down on duplicate maps, one copy of which has been deposited with the secretary of state of the state of New York and the other copy thereof with the secretary of state of the state of Connecticut. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any existing titles to property, corporeal or incorporeal, held under grants heretofore made by either of said states, nor to affect existing rights which said states or either of them or which the citizens of either of said states may have by grant, letters-patent or prescription of fishing in the waters of said sound, whether for shell or floating fish irrespective of the boundary line hereby estab Trans- Request for approval of congress. lished, it not being the purpose hereof to define, limit or interfere with any such right, rights or privileges whatever the same may be. The governor is authorized and requested to transmit a copy of this act to the governor of the state of Connecticut, and upon receiving acknowledgment of its receipt by the state of Connecticut the governor of this state shall cause such acknowledgment to be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The governor of this state is authorized in concurrence with the governor of the state of Connecticut to communicate to congress the action of the two states on this subject and to request the approval of congress of the boundaries thus established and monumented. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. L. 1909, ch. § 88, 64, subd. 22a, as added by L. 1911. ch. 519, made § 89, Chap. 19. AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to powers of village trustees to provide for band concerts. Became a law February 14, 1913, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Subdivision twenty-two-a of section eighty-eight of chapter sixty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relating to villages, constituting chapter sixty-four of the consolidated laws," as added by chapter five hundred and subd. 22a, nineteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven is hereby transferred to and inserted in section eighty-nine of such chapter and made subdivision twenty-two-a of section eighty-nine, instead of section eighty-eight, to which it was erroneously added, and is hereby amended to read as follows: and amended. 22-a. Band concerts. May1 provide for public band concerts within the village, annually between June first and September fifteenth, but only after a proposition therefor, the submission whereof is hereby authorized, shall have been duly adopted at a village election, which proposition shall state the maximum amount to be expended for such purpose in any one year. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 Words "if a village of the third class," omitted. Chap. 20. AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and fifty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-four, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Mohawk," in relation to the creation of a board of commissioners for the Weller library in the village of Mohawk, and defining its powers and duties. Became a law February 18, 1913, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: added to ch. 157, Section 1. Section seventeen of chapter one hundred and fifty- Subd. 25 seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-four, entitled "An L. 1844, act to incorporate the village of Mohawk," is hereby amended by § 17. adding at the end thereof a new subdivision to be subdivision twenty-five, to read as follows: 1 trustees Weller commis tions of sioners. 25. (a) To appoint six commissioners who shall constitute a village separate board of commissioners, vested with the care, manage to appoint ment and control of the real and personal property devised and library bequeathed to the village of Mohawk by the last will and testa- sion. ment of Frederick U. Weller and Helen Weller, both deceased, late of Mohawk, New York, which board so created shall be hereafter styled "Weller library commission." Each of the commissioners so appointed shall be at the time of his appointment Qualificaand during his term of office a resident of the village and a tax- commispayer and qualified elector therein; and they shall be so appointed that not more than three of such commissioners in office at any one time shall be members of the same political party. They shall hold office from the date of their appointment, or as soon there Terms. after as they shall have qualified, respectively, until the first day of January next ensuing and for one, two, three, four, and five years thereafter, and their respective terms of office shall be desig nated by the board of trustees at the time of making such appointments. Thereafter it shall be the duty of the board of the Weller Appointlibrary commission to appoint, during the month of December of successors. each year, a commissioner to succeed the one whose term of office expires on the first day of January following, and such appointee shall hold office for the term of five years from the first day of 1 Subd. 25 is amended by L. 1913, ch. 255, post. ment of Holdovers. January next ensuing his appointment; provided, however, that if the board of the Weller library commission fail to so appoint before the first day of January, the commissioner whose term of office then expires shall continue to hold office until his successor is appointed and has qualified, but the office shall be deemed vacant for the purpose of appointing his successor, and such appointment may be made at any time thereafter for the balance of the unexpired term. Oath of office. Organization. Quorum. (b) Every commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and file with the village clerk the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of the state. (c) Within thirty days after their appointment as hereinbefore provided, such commissioners shall meet at the Weller library in said village and proceed to organize as the Weller library comPresident. mission. They shall, at such meeting, designate one of their number to be president of the commission whose duty it shall be to preside at the meetings at which he is present, to call special meetings of the commission upon the request of any two other commissioners, or of his own motion whenever in his discretion he may deem it necessary. In the absence of the president, the commissioner having the shortest term to serve shall preside. Any four of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the concurrence of at least four commissioners shall be necessary for the transaction of any business and no resolution shall be adopted or other action taken unless four commissioners present at the meeting shall vote affirmatively Secretary. therefor. They shall also designate at such first meeting one of their number to be secretary of the commission whose duty it shall be to keep accurate and correct minutes of all the proceedings of the commission, to keep in his custody and properly preserve all books, records, maps and papers appertaining to the business Treasurer. and proceedings of the commission. They shall also designate at said first meeting one of their number to be the treasurer of the commission to receive and collect all moneys paid, turned over or to be paid or turned over to said commission and to keep an accurate statement of all receipts and disbursements of the commission. Said Weller library commission shall on December thirty-first of each year make and file with the village clerk of Mohawk a report of its receipts and disbursements which shall Annual financial report. z See constitution, art. 13, § 1; public officers law (L. 1909, ch. 51), § 10, as amended by L. 1913, ch. 59, post. |