An ACT for altering the names of the towns therein mentioned. I. Passed June 10, 1812. BYorke, represented in Senate and Assembly, That E it enacted by the people of the State of New from and after the passing of this act, the town of Ezraville, in the county of Franklin, shall be called and known by the name of Malone; and all returns, laws, records, and proceedings heretofore made or had from, to, of, or respecting that town, either by the name of Ez aville or Malone, shall be as valid in law as if the said town had been heretofore called or known by the name of Malone. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of April next, the town of Northampton, (heretofore so called) in the county of Genesee, shall be known and called by the name of Gates. CHAP. CXXIII. An ACT to enable Daniel Hoar and Silvius Hoar to alter their sir name to that of Hoard. Passed June 10, 1812. E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That Daniel Hoar, of opkinton, and Silvius Hoar, of Ogdensburg, in the county of St. Lawrence, at all times hereafter may take upon themselves the sir name of Hoard instead of Hoar, and by that name they shall respectively be called and known in all cases whatso ever. CHAP. CXXIV. An ACT to incorporate the Cazenovia and German I. Passed June 10, 1812. W. Whipple E it enacted by the people of the state of New- and others, York, represented in senate and assembly, That incorporated William Whipple, Eliphalet S. Jackson, Barnart Salis bury, Aaron Daniels, Eri Richardson, John Mallery, Israel Fox, and all such other persons as with them shall associate, to make a good and sufficient road, to begin at or near Hill's tavern, in German, in the county of Chenango, and from thence running the nearest and best route to intersect the Hamilton and Skaneateles turnpike at or near the house of Eri Richardson, in Nelson, and from thence the nearest and best route as circumstances will admit to the village of Cazenovia, in the county of Madison, shall be and are hereby created a body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, by Their style, the name of "The President, Directors and Company of the Cazenovia and German turnpike road," and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continued succession, and shall be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes; and by that name and style shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding, and conveying any estate, real and personal, for the use of said corporation, to the amount of two thousand dollars. &e. Amount of stock. Bates of tell II. And be it further enacted, That the stock of said company hereby incorporated, shall consist of one thousand shares of twenty dollars each, and that Elisha Farnham, Barnart Salisbury, and Ebenezer Hill be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscriptions for said stock, in the manner directed by the act, entitled, "an act relative to turnpike companies," passed the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven. III. And be it further enacted, That the company hereby incorporated shall not erect more than two gates or turnpikes upon the said road, and that neither of the said gates or turnpikes shall be erected on any of the roads already laid out: and the said company shall be entitled to exact and receive, at each of the said gates or turnpikes, for any number of miles not less than ten in length of the said road, from all persons travelling and using the same, the same rates of toll as are allowed by the act, entitled "an act to incorporate the Hamilton and Skaneateles turnpike company," passed the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, and at the same rate in proportion for a greater or less distance. arch, 24 feet. IV. And be it further enacted, That the chord of Chord of the the arch of the road, by this act authorised to be made, shall not be less than twenty-four feet. ers to lay out V. And be it further enacted, That Marcus An- Commissiondrews, John Knowles, and John Mattison be, and they the roads. are hereby appointed commissioners, to lay out the said road according to the best of their judgment and understanding, without favor or partiality, in such manner that the object of the corporation, and the interest of the public, shall be best effected; and it shall be the duty of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, to deposit and cause to be filed in the offices of the clerks of the several towns through which the said road shall pass, an accurate map of the same; and each of the said commissioners, for their services. aforesaid, shall be allowed at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day for every day that they shall be necessarily employed in the services aforesaid, to be paid, together with the expences of surveying and filing said maps, by the said incorporation. VI. And be it further enacted, That the number of directors for managing the concerns of the company hereby incorporated, shall be five, three of whom shall form a quorum and be capable of transacting the business of the company; and that the said company shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, powers, Privileges. and immunities which are given and granted in and by the said act, entitled "an act relative to turnpike companies," and be subject and liable to all the conditions, provisions, restrictions, and regulations contained in the said act, saving and excepting whenever the same are contrary to the provisions of this act. S. Rogers others, incorporated. Their style, &c. CHAP. CXXV. An ACT to revive and amend an act, entitled an act to incorporate the Croton turnpike company, in the county of Dutchess. Passed June 10, 1812. E it enacted by the people of the state of New the time limited by the said act for the said company to open their books and to commence their operations, shall be extended to the first day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen-and that the said company shall have the liberty of erecting a gate and receiving toll agreeable to the true intent and meaning of the hereby amended act, when they shall have completed the road from the south bounds thereof to the east side of the Swamp called the Great Swamp, near the house of Benjamin Cowls, as contemplated by the said act hereby revived and amended, and that nothing contained in said act shall be so construed as to compel the said company to build the said road any farther than is directed by this act. CHAP. CXXVI. An ACT authorising Simeon Rogers, Robert Ogden I. E it enacted by the people of the State of New. Borle, represented in Senate and Assembly, That Simeon Rogers, Robert Ogden Edwards, and William Rose, and their present and future associates, their assigns and successors be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic by the name of "the president, directors, and company of the Lisle and Chenango Bridge Company," for the purpose of building a bridge across the Tioghnioga branch of the Chenango river, in the town of Lisle, in the county of Broome, as near the old ferry as the situation of the stream will admit; and they are hereby ordained, constituted, and declared a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, and by that name they and their successors shall and may have succession, and shall be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended in all courts and places whatsoever, and they and their successors may have a common seal and may change and alter the same at their pleasure, and also that they and their successors, by the same name and style, shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding, and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use of said corporation: Provided, that the real estate so to be holden shall be such only as shall be necessary to promote or obtain the objects of this corporation. ers to do cer II. And be it further enacted, That Simeon Rogers, commissionRobert Ogden Edwards, and William Rose be, and tain duties. they are hereby appointed commissioners to do and perform the several duties hereinafter mentioned: they shall, on or before the first day of May next, procure three books, and in each of them enter as follows:-"We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do for ourselves and our legal representatives, promise to pay the president, directors, and company of the Lisle and Chenango bridge company, the sum of twenty five dollars for every share of stock in the said company set opposite our respective names, in such manner and proportion and at such time and place as shall be determined by the said president, directors, and company, one of which books shall be left with each of the commissioners aforesaid at their respective places of abode, who shall keep the same open for receiving. subscriptions, and every subscriber at the time of subscribing pay unto either of the commissioners the sum of two dollars for each share so subscribed, and the commissioners shall, as soon as sixty shares have been subscribed, cause an advertisement to be inserted in the newspaper called the American Farmer, printed in the village of Owego, and the Chenango Patriot, printed in the town and village of Oxford, and place an advertisement at one of the most public places in the aforesaid town of Lisle, giving at least thirty days |