V. And be it further enacted, That from and after the day preceding the first Tuesday in April next, all the remaining part of the said town of Batavia, shall be and remain a separate town by the name of Batavia, and the first town meeting in the said town shall be held at the court-house in the village of Batavia.

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VI. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first town meetings in said towns, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the afore- Poor & poor said towns shall, by notice previously given for that ed purpose, by the supervisors thereof, meet together and apportion the poor maintained by the said town of Batavia, and the poor money belonging to the same, previous to the division thereof, agreeable to the then last tax list, and that each of the aforesaid towns shall for. ever thereafter maintain its own poor.

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VII. And be it further enacted, That the annual Supervisors meeting of the board of supervisors of the county of county to Chenango, shall in future be held on the last Monday 1st October, in October in every year, any law to the contrary not, withstanding.

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An ACT for the relief of Stephen Haviland and others, Passed June 8, 1812. HEREAS Stephen Haviland and others, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven, did purchase of the people of this state, certain lands lying and being in the former town of Bristol, but now town of Broome, in the county of Schoharie : and whereas it is represented that the said purchasers are unable to make the payments now due the state : Therefore,

BE it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the comptroller be, and is hereby directed, to allow the said purchasers and their assigns, six years after the passing of this act, for the payment of the principal sums owing by them to the people of this state: Provided, That the said purchasers and their assigns shall

pay one half of the interest in arrear, on or before the first day of July next, and the residue in one year thereafter, and shall also pay the principal of their re spective debts in six equal yearly installments, with interest at six per centum per annum.

CHAP. CVI.

An ACT to authorise the supervisors of the county of Rensselaer, to raise money by tax for the purpose therein mentioned.

Passed June 8, 1812.

E it enacted by the people of the state of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the supervisors of the county of Rensselaer, be and are hereby authorised and required to levy and raise by tax, on the freeholders and inhabitants of said coun ty, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, for the purpose of erecting and completing a fire-proof office for the use of the clerk thereof, on the land now owned by the said county in the village of Troy.

II. And be it further enacted, That Aaron Lane, William Bradley and Ruggles Hubbard, be and are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of superintending the building of said office, and the said supervisors are hereby required to audit and allow the accounts of the said commissioners, of such expenses as may accrue in erecting and completing said office.

CHAP. CVII.

An ACT appointing commissioners and making an ap propriation of money for improving the road leading from the village of Angelica, in the county Allega ny, to the village of Hamilton, in the county of Cattaraugus.

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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 Moses Van Campen, of Angelica, Adam Hoops and Jedediah Strong, of Olean, be and are hereby appoint

ed commissioners for the purpose of improving the road leading from the village of Angelica, in the county of Allegany, to the head of Union-street in the village of Hamilton, in the county of Cattaraugus, and down said street to the Allegany river, at the landing place next below the mouth of the Olean, and the superintendent of the Onondaga salt works is hereby required to pay to the said commissioners or their order, the sum of three thousand dollars, out of any pub. lic money that may be in his hands as superintendent of the Onondaga salt works, and the receipt of the said commissioners shall be his voucher therefor: Provided however, That previous to paying said money, said commissioners shall give to the comptroller of this state sufficient security that they will faithfully expend and account for said money, and the certificate of said comptroller shall be considered by said superintendent as proof that said commissioners have complied with the requisites of this act.

II. And be it further enacted, That each of the commissioners appointed by this act, shall be entitled to two dollars per day for each day they may be respectively employed in the discharge of the duties imposed upon them by this act, to be paid out of the aforesaid money.

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CHAP. CVIII.

An ACT granting to Terrence Donnelly the exclusive Right for a limited period, of running Stages between Catskill Landing and Unadilla, in the County of Otsego.

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Passed June 8, 1812.

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E it enacted by the people of the State of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, Donnelly That Terrence Donnelly, his executors, administra- may a tors and assigns, shall have and enjoy, for the term of for 7 years. seven years from the passing of this act, the exclusive right of establishing and running so many stages, between the Catskill Landing, in the county of Greene, on the turnpike road leading from the aforesaid Landing to the dwelling-house of Abel Case, at Unadilla,

in the county of Otsego, as shall be necessary for ac commodating the passengers who shall from time to time apply for passages in such stages.

II. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall in any manner violate, or invade the exclusive right hereby granted, such person shall for every such invasion or violation forfeit the sum of fifty dollars to the said Terrence Donnelly, his executors, administra tors and assigns, to be recovered by him or them, in an action of debt, in any court of record within this state, with costs to be taxed.

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III. And be it further enacted, That the said Ter rence Donnelly, his executors, administrators and as signs, shall furnish and provide good and sufficient covered stages for the purpose aforesaid, which shall run at least once in eight days, at stated times, from Catskill Landing to Unadilla aforesaid, and back again; and shall not exact or receive from any passenger, a passage in said stage, more than five cents per mile for every such passenger and fourteen pounds weight of baggage: And further, That for every one hund red and fifty pounds weight of baggage, transported in the said stage, it shall be lawful for the said Terrence Donnelly, his executors, administrators and assigns, to exact and receive the said sum of five cents per mile, and in that proportion for any greater or less quantity above fourteen pounds weight.

IV. And be it further enacted, That in case the said Terrence Donnelly, his executors, administrators or assigns, shall neglect or refuse, for the space of four weeks, to perform the duties aforesaid, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, this act, and every thing herein contained, shall cease and be abso lutely null and void: And further, That it shall be lawful for the defendant, in any action which may be instituted for the invasion or violation of the exclusive right hereby granted, to plead the general issue, and give evidence of such neglect and refusal, to bar a re covery in such action.

V. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent or restrain any person or persons from travelling upon said road in private carriages.

CHAP. CIX.

An ACT to amend an Act, entitled "An Act for improving a Road leading from Lake Champlain, in the County of Clinton, to the Town of Chateaugay, in the County of Franklin, passed April 9th, 1811." Passed June 8, 1812.

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HEREAS the legislature, at their last session, Preamble, by an act, entitled "an act for improving a road leading from Lake Champlain, in the town of Plattsburgh, in the county of Clinton, to the town of Chateaugay, in the county of Franklin," authorised the raising of the sum of five thousand dollars, by lottery, to be laid out and expended on the said road in the said act mentioned, for the benefit and improvement of the same: And whereas the said county of Franklin forms a part of the northern frontier of this state, and the settlements therein are situated on the borders of a foreign territory, and at a great distance from the other settlements in this state: And whereas the road mentioned in the act aforesaid is the only channel of communication between the said county of Franklin and the interior of this state, and the same is wholly impassable at certain seasons of the year, and cannot at any time be travelled without great difficulty and danger: And whereas the drawing of the lottery, mentioned in the act aforesaid, in consequence of the priority of lotteries will be necessarily postponed to a distant period, and the convenience, welfare and safety of that section of the state, as well as the public interest, require that the facility intended to be given to the intercourse between the said frontier settlements, in the county of Franklin, and the interior of this state, by the improvement of the road aforesaid, should not be delayed: Therefore,

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I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in senate and assembly, That the er treasurer shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to Peter Sailly, Jonathan Griffin and James Ormsbee, commissioners appointed by the act aforesaid, the sum of five thousand dollars out of any monies in the trea

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