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territory therein described into a new state, by the name of the state of Vermont; and that the line which shall be so designated shall be the permanent bounda ry line between this state and the said state of Ver

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II. And be it further enacted, That the person adbe sent to the ministering the government of this state shall without Vermont. delay transmit an authentic copy of this act to the governor of the said state of Vermont, to be submitted to the legislature thereof; and solicit the appointment of commissioners on the part of that state for the pur poses herein above expressed.

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III. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall respectively certify, and return under their hands and seals, a correct description of the line which they shall designate and establish as aforesaid, to the secretary of this state, to be entered of record in his office.

CHAP. XCI.

An ACT to amend an Act, entitled "An Act relative to the Duties and Privileges of Towns."

Passed June 8, 1812.

BE it enacted by the people of the state of New

York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the freeholders and inhabitants of the several towns in this state, at their respective annual town-meetings, to make such provisions, and allow such rewards for the destruction of the noxious weed, commonly called the Canada thistle, as the major part of the freeholders and inhabitants so assembled at any such town-meeting shall deem necessary and proper; and the money so allowed for such rewards shall be raised and levied, together with and in the same manner as the money raised in such town for the destruction of noxious wild animals and birds.

CHAP. XCII.

An ACT further to extend the time limited for the completion of the Fall Hill Turnpike, and the Bridge across the Mohawk River, opposite the Village of the Little Falls, in the County of Herkimer.

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Passed June 8, 1812.

E it enacted by the people of the state of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the time limited for the completion of a bridge across the Mohawk river, opposite the village of the Little Falls, in the county of Herkimer, and the turnpike road from the house of Ira Crane, in the town of Minden, Montgomery county, from thence on the most convenient place to the Mohawk river, opposite to a small store-house, the property of James Van Horn; from thence along the bounds of the Mohawk river to the house lately occupied by Henry A. Vrooman, in the town of German-Flatts, in the county of Herkimer; from thence on the most convenient place to the house of Samuel Abbot, be and hereby is further extended until the first day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen: Provided, That no person passing to or from public worship on Sundays, going to their common labor on their farms with their eattle or teams, or returning therefrom, going to or returning from mill for the grinding of grain for family use, or going to or returning from funeral, shall pay any toll at any gate erected on said road, or for passing said bridge, any thing in any former law to the contrary notwithstanding.

CHAP. XCIII.

An ACT to authorise the Supervisors of the County of Niagara to raise Money by tax for the purpose of building a Jail-Yard, and for other purposes.

Passed June 8, 1812.

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E it enacted by the people of the state of New-
York, represented in Senate and and Assembly,
That the supervisors of the county of Niagara be, and

they are hereby authorised to levy and raise by tax on the freeholders and inhabitants of said county, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, and to apply the said money so to be raised in erecting a yard around the jail in said county, for securing more effectually persons confined in said jail, and also a house for the accommodation of the jailer, under the direction of the said supervisors, by superintendents to be appointed by the said supervisors for that purpose; and the said superintendents shall account to the said supervisors for all the disbursements and expenditures made by them in building said yard and house; and the said supervisors shall audit the account of the said superin tendents, and cause the amount so audited to be paid out of the monies aforesaid.

XCIV.

An ACT to annex the Town of Wolcott, in the Coun ty of Seneca, to the County of Cayuga.

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Passed June 8, 1812.

E it enacted by the people of the state of New York, represented in senate and assembly, That all that tract of land included within the boundaries of the town of Wolcott, in the county of Seneca, be an nexed to, and from and after the passing of this act, shall form a part of the county of Cayuga.

CHAP. XCV.

An ACT to alt r the Terms of the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in and for the County of Columbia.

Passed June 8, 1812.

B York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That

E it enacted by the people of the state of New

the term of the said courts of common pleas and ge neral sessions of the peace which has heretofore commenced on the second Monday of January in each year, shall hereafter commence on the last Monday December in each year; and from and after the first

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day of July next, the terms of said courts which have heretofore commenced on the first Monday of June in each year, shall commence on the last Monday of May in each year.

CHAP. XCVI.

An ACT altering the Division Lines between certain
Towns in the County of Broome.

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Passed June 8, 1812. HEREAS it is represented to the legislature Preamblei by the supervisors of the several towns in the county of Broome, that many inconveniences result from the lines of division between several of the towns in said county, as now established, running through and dividing lots and tracts of land: Therefore,

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I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from between and after the passing of this act, the division line be- and Lisle al tween the towns of Berkshire and Lisle, in said county of Broome, be as follows, to wit: Beginning at the north-west corner of lot number twenty-four, of the long lots north of and adjoining the grand division of the Boston purchase, thence running south on the line of division between said lot number twenty-four and lot number twenty-five to the north line of said grand division, thence on said north line to the north-east cor. ner of lot number five hundred and ninety-three, in said grand division, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number five hundred and sixty-eight, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number five hundred and fifty-three, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number five hundred and twenty-eight, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number five hundred and thirteen, thence on the west line of said

lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number four hundred and eighty-nine, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number four hundred and twenty-two, thence on the west line of said lot to the south west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot four hundred and forty-nine, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number four hundred and thirty-two, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number four hundred and ten, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number three hundred and ninety-one, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number three hundred and seventy; thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number three hundred and fifty-one, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thercof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number three hundred and thirty, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number three hundred and ten, thence on the west line of said lot to the south-west corner thereof, thence on the parallel line to the north-west corner of lot number two hundred and ninety-one, thence on the west line of said he south-west corner thereof, thence on the pa

the north-west corner of lot number two

seventy, thence on the west line of said uth-west corner thereof, thence on the pao the north-west corner of lot number two nd fifty-one, thence on the west line of said .south-west corner thereof, thence on the pa e to the north-west corner of lot number two d and thirty, thence on the west line of said lot

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