Bangor erected.

II. And be it further enacted, That all the remaining part of the town of Dickenson shall be and remain a separate town, by the name of Bangor, and the first town-meeting shall be held at the dwelling-house of Chester Tullar, in said town.

III. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first Tuesday of April next, the overseers of the poor and the supervisors of the said towns shall, after due notice being given for that purpose by the supervisors of said towns, meet together and apportion the money and poor belonging to the said town of Dickenson previous to the division thereof, agreeable to the last tax-list, and that forever thereafter each of the said towns shall support and maintain their own poor.

pointed.

CHAP. CLXIV.

An ACT relating to the Salt Springs in the county of

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Onondaga.

Passed June 15, 1812. E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, Superinten That the superintendent of the salt springs in the coun dent how a ty of Onondaga, shall be appointed by the legislature, and shall hold his office during their pleasure. And in case of the death, resignation, or refusal to serve, of the superintendent, during the recess of the legislature, it shall be the duty of the person administering the government for the time being, to appoint his successor, who shall continue in office until the legislature shall make a new appointment.

He shall give bonds.

II. And be it further enacted, That every superintendent of the said salt springs shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, and within thirty days after his appointment, execute a bond, with two substantial freeholders as sureties, to be approved of by the comptroller, to the people of this state, in the penal sum of twenty-five thousand dollars conditioned that he shall well and faithfully perform the duties of his said office, and make a true report to the legislature on

the first Tuesday in February, in every year, or within Make an an twenty days thereafter, of all monies by him received for nual report. duties or otherwise, during the preceding year, and stating as near as practicable the quantity of salt made at said springs during said year, and shall pay into the treasury at the time of making his report, all monies by him received for rent, duties or otherwise, during said year, after deducting so much of his salary and the salaries of his deputies as may then be in arrear, and the expenses of his office.

spected and

III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the Salt, how induty of the superintendent to inspect all the salt manu. packed. factured at the said salt springs, and to pass no salt but such as is well made, free from dirt and filth, and fully drained from pickle with the bitterns properly extracted. And that all salt so manufactured, which shall be put in casks, shall be packed in good casks, water tight, well hooped with twelve hoops, three on each head, and three on each bilge; which casks shall be thirty inches long, and the diameter of each head nineteen inches. And the superintendent, at the time of the inspection of said salt so put into casks, shall mark on each cask with a marking iron, or with dura. ble paint, the quantity of salt contained in such casks respectively, with the initial letter of the christian name of the superintendent, and his sirname at full length, in letters of at least an inch in length. And the su perintendent shall not suffer any salt to pass inspection, if the duty is payable by the bushel, and not by the capacity of the kettles or pans, until the duty on the same is paid. And it shall be the duty of the superintendent, to have at all times one deputy at the vil- pointed lage of Liverpool, and one at the village of Salina, and one at the village of Geddes, for the inspection of salt, each of which deputies shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, before some justice of the peace of the county of Onondaga, take and subscribe an oath, faithfully to discharge the trust reposed in him, as de. puty to said superintendent, to the best of his know. ledge and ability, according to the several laws rela. tive to the salt springs; which oath the said justice shall certify and lodge, within ten days, in the office of

Deputies ap

Proviso,

granted.

the town clerk of the town of Salina: Provided shall not be the duty of the superintendent or his d puties to inspect salt in either of the said villages at other place than the public wharf, or superintende office.

IV. And be it further enacted, That the said supe Leases how intendent be and he is hereby prohibited from givi any lease or leases of any salt lots, or other land wh ever, excepting in pursuance of the award of the com missioners, made agreeable to the tenth section of the act concerning said salt springs, passed the 29th Mar 1811, and excepting as he is otherwise required by this act.

3 cents per

V. And be it further enacted, That, until the fur pushel duty ther order of the legislature, a duty of three cents p bushel shall be paid by the manufacturer or purcha ser at the time of inspection, on all salt manufacture at said salt springs, on lots heretofore let, or hereafte to be let, in pursuance of the award of the commis sioners made agreeable to the tenth section of the afore said act; and at the option of the lessee and his assigns until the further order of the legislature, a duty of thre cents per bushel shall and may be paid on all salt ma nufactured on lots by the leases of which a renta duty was reserved on the lot, or on the capacity of the kettles or pans used in the manufacture of salt on such lot, and in lieu of the duty or rent on the lot, or on the capacity of the kettles or pans, and fifty-six pounds weight of salt shall be accounted a bushel.

Or 5 cents

per quarter

VI. And be it further enacted, That if any lessee of, or manufacturer on a lot, in the lease of which a on each gall. rent is reserved on the lot, or on the capacity of the tity of the kettles or pans, shall not clect to pay the aforesaid du ty of three cents per bushel on the salt manufactured, the lessee and manufacturer shall be holden to pay a

of the capa

kettle or pan

duty of five cents for each quarter of a year, during the continuance of the lease, on cach and every gallon of the capacity of the kettles and

pans

used by him

for the manufacturing of salt on said lot. And if no salt shall be manufactured on any such lot during any quarter of a year, in that case the said lessee shall pay

for such quarter of a year a duty of five cents per

payments.

gallon on three hundred and forty gallons; and the same amount of duty shall be paid by the lessee and lessees of each and every lot on which salt for ány quarter of a year shall be manufactured in kettles or pans of a capacity less than three hundred and forty gallons; and all such quarterly payments Quarterly shall be made on the first days of January, April, July and October, in each year; and if the rent or duty on any such lot, or on the capacity of the kettles or pans as aforesaid, or any part thereof, shall be in arrear and unpaid for the space of twenty days Arrean how after the same shall become due, it shall be the du- collected. ty of the superintendent or his deputies to enter upon the said lot, and distrain upon the kettles and implements for manufacturing, and any other property found on said lot, and the same to sell at public vendue to satisfy said rent, giving six days public notice of the time and place of such sale, by putting up an advertisement in three of the most public places in the town of Salina.

away salt not

packed.

VII. And be it further enacted, That if any per- Penalty for son or persons shall convey or transport, or cause conveying to be conveyed or transported, from the salt reser- marked and vation, by water, any salt not packed in barrels, marked as aforesaid, with intention that said salt shall be conveyed or transported from the said reservation, the person and persons so offending, their aiders and abettors, shall severally forfeit and pay five dollars for each and every bushel of salt so conveyed or transported from said reservation, or so put on board any boat or vessel with intention to convey or transport the same from said reservation.

ing away salt

ed.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That if any manufacturer of salt, or any other person, shall convey For convey from the said reservation, any salt before the same not inspect shall have been inspected, or shall buy or sell, or remove from any salt manufactory, any salt before the same shall have been inspected, with intention to convey the same from said reservation before the same shall have been inspected, each and every person so offending, shall forfeit said salt, with the barrels or bags in which it is contained, and shall also forfeit and pay

uninspected

salt

ed

five dollars for every bushel of uninspected salt so conveyed from said reservation, or so bought or sold, or removed from the manufactory, with intention to convey the same from said reservation before inspection. And the superintendent and his deputies are each of them hereby empowered to enter any boat or vessel, cart, waggon, sled or sleigh, which he may suspect to contain uninspected salt, and examine the same, and to seize all such uninspected salt so attempted to be transported, and sell the same for the use of the people of the state.

IX. And be it further enacted, That if any manuFor putting facturer or other person shall pack or cause to be packad asked any uninspected salt in any barrel or cask marked as aforesaid, without first cutting out said marks, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay five dollars for every bushel of uninspected salt so packed in any such marked cask or barrel.

For counter

feiting sus ent's mark.

perintend

forfeited.

X. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall make and counterfeit, or shall aid or assist, command or advise the making and counterfeiting the superintendent's mark or marks on any barrel or cask, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars for each offence, and shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding six months, or either of them, at the discretion of the court before whom such conviction shall be had.

XI. And be it further enacted, That if any lessee, Leases how or assignee of any lessee of a salt lot shall assign or dispose of his lease, or shall underlet the premises contained in his lease, or any part thereof, without the consent of the superintendent expressed in writing, the same lease shall be forfeited, and the premises so assigned or underlet shall revert to the state, and shall be liable to be entered upon by the said superintendent; and to prevent any further sub-division of the salt lots, the superintendent is hereby prohibited from giving his permission to sell or underlet a part of a salt lot which has not been already divided, or so as further to divide a salt lot already divided; nor shall he

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