and others CHAP. CXX. An ACT to incorporate the Merrett's Island Turnpike 1. Passed June 10, 1812. E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That 3. Wheeler John Wheeler, William Thompson, Joshua Sayre, incorporated. George D. Wickham, Michael A. Jones, Robert Ferrier and Moses Wisner, and all such other persons as with them shall associate to make a good and sufficient road, to begin on the east side of the drowned lands, in the town of Warwick, in the county of Orange, and in lot number five, of the first division of the said drowned lands; from thence the nearest and most eligible route to Pine Island; thence to Pochunk-neck, near the house of Moses Wisner; thence to Merrett's Island, and from thence across the Wallkill to the main land, on the west side of the said drowned lands, in lot number four of said first division of the drowned lands, so as best to promote the interest of the public. and the corporation, shall be and are hereby created a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name of the President, Directors and Company of and powers. the Merrett's Island turnpike road," and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law ca pable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, de. fending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes; and by the same name and style shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding and conveying, any estate, real and personal, for the use of the said corporation: Provided, That such estate, as well real as personal, so to be purchased and held, shall be necessary to fulfil the intent of the said corporation, and to no other purpose whatsoever. Their style stock. II. And be it further enacted, That the stock of Amount of the said company hereby incorporated shall consist of five hundred shares, of twenty dollars each, and that George D. Wickham, Michael A. Jones and Moses Wisner, shall be and are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscriptions for the said stock, in manner directed in and by the act, entitled "an act relative to turnpike companies," passed the 13th of March, 1807. III. And be it further enacted, That the said com- Rates of toll, pany hereby incorporated shall be entitled to exact and receive at each of the gates or turnpike to be erected on said road, from all persons using the same, the following rates of toll, to wit: For every waggon with two horses or oxen, twelve and an half cents, and three cents for every additional horse or ox used before any waggon, cart or other carriage; for every waggon or cart drawn by one horse, six cents; for every one horse cart, sixcents; for every coach, coachee, phaeton or curricle, with two horses, twenty-five cents; for every sulkey, chair, chaise or one horse carriage, twelve and an half cents; for every cart drawn by two oxen, eight cents, and for every additional yoke four cents; for every horse and rider, or led horse, six cents; for every sleigh or sled, drawn by two horses or oxen, six cents, and for every additional horse or ox, two cents ; for every score of horses, cattle or mules, twenty cents, and so in proportion for a greater or less number; for every score of hogs or sheep, eight cents; for every stage-waggon, drawn by two horses, twelve and an half cents, and three cents for every additional horse. IV. And be it further enacted, That the company the company hereby incorporated shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, powers and immunities, which are given and granted in and by the aforesaid act, entitled" an act relative to turnpike companies, and shall be subject to all the conditions, restrictions and regulations, contained in the said act, except the bedding of the said road, which shall not be required to be more than twenty feet in width, and that, there shall be but five directors to manage the business of the said corporation, three of whom shall be a quorum, and that they may erect one gate on said road, and no more. 28 Privileges of CHAP. CXX. An ACT to divide the State into Districts, for the election of Representatives in the Congress of the United States. "B Passed June 10, 1812. E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That for the election of representatives in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, this state shall be, and hereby is divided into the following districts, to wit: 1. The counties of Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Richmond, and the first and second wards of the city of New-York, shall compose the first district, and shall elect two representatives. 2. The third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth wards, of the city of New-York, shall the second district, and shall elect two reprecompose sentatives. 3. The counties of Westchester and Rockland shall compose the third district, and shall elect one representative. 4. The county of Dutchess, exclusive of the towns of Rhinebeck and Clinton, shall compose the fourth district, and shall elect one representative. 5. The county of Columbia, and the towns of Rhinebeck and Clinton, in the county of Dutchess, shall compose the fifth district, and shall elect one repre sentative. 6. The county of Orange shall compose the sixth district, and shall elect one representative. 7. The counties of Ulster and Sullivan shall compose the seventh district, and shall elect one represent ative. 8. The counties of Greene and Delaware shall compose the eighth district, and shall elect one representative. 9. The county of Albany shall compose the ninth district, and shall elect one representative. 10. The county of Rensselaer shall compose the tenth district, and shall elect one representative. 11. The county of Saratoga shall compose the eleventh district, and shall elect one representative. 12. The counties of Washington, Essex, Clinton and Franklin, shall compose the twelfth district, and shall elect two representaives. 13. The counties of Schenectady and Schoharie shall compose the thirteenth district, and shall elect one representative. 14. The county of Montgomery shall compose the fourteenth district, and shall elect one representative. 15. The counties of Otsego, Chenango and Broome, shall compose the fifteenth district, and shall elect two representatives. 16. The county of Oneida shall compose the sixteenth district, and shall eiect one representative. 17. The counties of Herkimer and Madison shall compose the seventeenth district, and shall elect one representative. 18. The counties of Lewis, Jefferson and St. Lawrence, shall compose the eighteenth district, and shall elect one representative. 19. The counties of Onondaga and Cortlandt shall compose the nineteenth district, and shall elect one representative. 20. The counties of Cayuga, Seneca, Tioga and Steuben, shall compose the twentieth district, and shall elect two representatives. 21. The counties of Ontario, Allegany, Genesee, Niagara, Cataraugus and Chatauque, shall compose the twenty-first district, and shall elect two repre sentatives. II. And be it further enacted, That the "act to divide the state into districts, for the election of representatives in the Congress of the United States," passed the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, That the said act shall be continued in full force so far as is necessary to supply any vacancy which has happened, or may happen, in the representation of this state in the present Con gress. CHAP. CXXI. An ACT for the relief of the Congregational Church of Kingsborough, in the town of Johnstown, and coun. ty of Montgomery. W Passed June 10, 1812. HEREAS the trustees of the said society, by their petition to the legislature, have represented that the trustees of said society have for some time past omitted to render an account of the estate belonging to the said society, and of the annual revenue arising therefrom, agreeable to law, and have prayed relief in the premises: Therefore, Be it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in senate and assembly, That all acts done by the said trustees, in relation to said church for their incorporation, shall, to all intents and purpo ses, be valid, notwithstanding any omissions by the trustees of rendering any account of the estate or revenue of said church, as directed by law; and all grants to and all contracts made by and with the said trustees, shall be as valid as if they had in all things complied with the law in relation to rendering any account agreeably to law. And the said congregational church is hereby restored to all the rights they may have lost by the omission of rendering any account required by law: Provided, that the said trustees render such account in six months after the passing of this act. And provided further, that the following persons, who have by their petition requested to be exonerated from their subscriprion for the support of the present clergymen now employed by the said trustees, shall not be held liable to pay any of the arrears due by them on { their said subscription since the dissolution of the said corporation, to wit:-Daniel Johnson, Louis Le Roy, William Bentley, Abraham Pool, Caleb Tucker, i Amon Mead, William Powell, Elias Dawley, Jeremiah Mason, Daniel Meaker, junior, Noah Hildreth. |