Poor and divided. III. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may poor money be after the first Tuesday in March next, the supervi sors and overseers of the poor of the said towns of Canesteo, Dansville, Howard, Bath and Cohocton, shall meet at the place where the last town-meeting was held in the town of Bath, after due notice for that purpose, and divide the monies and poor belonging to the said towns respectively, and each of the said towns shall forever thereafter maintain their own poor. CHAP. CLXXXVII. An ACT authorising a Tavern to be kept in the building occupied as a Jail, in the County of Delaware, and for other purposes. Passed June 18, 1812. I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in senate and assembly, That it shall be lawful for the commissioners of excise in and for the town of Delhi, in their discretion, to authorise an inn or tavern to be kept in the building occupied as the jail of the county of Delaware. II. And be it further enacted, That the present gaol of the city and county of Albany shall continue the gaol of the said city and county until the new gaol shall be completed: Provided, The time hereby allowed shall not exceed three years. CHAP. CLXXXVIII. An ACT to authorise the Comptroller of this State to subscribe to the Bank of America. Passed June 18, 1812. E it enacted the people of the state of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the comptroller of this state is hereby authorised and directed to subscribe, on behalf of the people of this state, as many shares in the capital stock of the bank of America as will be equal to the amount of one hundred and fifty-two shares, belonging to the people of this state in the late bank of the United States, and to sell and transfer to the president, directors and company, of the bank of America, the said one hundred and fifty-two shares of the late United States bank in payment therefor. CHAP. CLXXXIX. An ACT to amend an Act, entitled "An Act authorising Commissioners to lay out the Road therein mentioned, within the Counties of Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca. Passed June 18, 1812. 1. E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the commissioners appointed in and by said act hereby amended may, and it is hereby made their duty, instead of laying out the same from the bridge over Sodus Bay, to the house of Gideon Brockway, to lay out the same from the house of said Gideon Brockway aforesaid, by the new bridge over the Seneca river, at or near Adams's ferry, and to continue the same from said bridge, in the most eligible and convenient route, so as to intersect, in the west part of the town of Cato, the road laid out according to the directions of the act, entitled "an act authorising commissioners to lay a state road from Genesee river falls to the Seneca river, to a place called Gaskin Rift, and to the Rapids of Chittinengo creek," passed 27th March, 1809. II. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall cause a map and description of that part of said road running through each town on its route, and file said map and description in the office of the town clerk of such town, in order that the commissioners of highways may be enabled to direct such road to be made and repaired according as the law diAnd whereas Reuben Humphreys, one of the commissioners named in the act hereby amended, has requested, on account of want of health, to be excused from acting as a commissioner hereafter; Therefore, rects. III. Be it further enacted, That Ira Hopkins, of the county of Cayuga, be and he is hereby appointed a commissioner, for the purposes in said act mentioned, who, together with the other two commissioners, are hereby empowered to proceed and lay out the same road agreeable to the directions of the act hereby amended and this act. CHAP. CXC. An ACT to open and improve a Road from Bucks, in the Town of Queensbury, to the Schroon River, in the Town of Thurman. Passed June 18, 1812. E it enacted by the people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That Halsey Rogers and Michael Harris, of Caldwell, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners for opening and improving the road from Bucks, in the town of Queensbury, to the Schroon river, in the town of Thurman; and in case either of the said commissioners shall die, neglect or refuse to perform the duties for which they are appointed, it shall be lawful for the person administering the government of this state for the time being, to appoint a suitable person or persons, as the case may be, to perform such duties, who shall have the like powers as are hereby given to the said Halsey Rogers or Michael Harris. II And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, out of the first monies which shall be received into the treasury from James Caldwell, the sum of three thousand dollars to the commissioners appointed or to be appointed in pursuance of this act. III. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed or to be appointed in pursuance of this act, shall execute a bond to the people of this state, with two or more sufficient sureties, in the penal sum of six thousand dollars, conditioned to render a true and faithful account of all monies to be received by such commissioners in pursuance of this act, and the said commissioners shall be entitled to two dollars for each day they shall be necessarily employed in opening and making said road. CHAP. CXCI.. An ACT for the Relief of Joseph Stewart, and other W Passed June 18, 1812. HEREAS, by an act passed the 19th March, 1810, the attorney-general was empowered to Preamble: take such measures as he should deem expedient, at the expense of one Archibald Currie, in the said act named, to recover certain bonds and mortgages, and to collect the monies due thereon, and to pay the avails thereof into the treasury of the state: And whereas the comptroller of the state, in and by the said act, was required to draw his warrant on the treasurer in favor of the said Archibald Currie, for such sum as the comptroller should find to be justly due to him, for his demand against one John Munro, in the said act named, (by whose attainder the said bonds and mortgages became forfeited to the people of this state :) Provided, That the amount of such demand shall not exceed the avails arising from the said bonds and mortgages. And whereas Joseph Stewart, Elihu Chace, Comfort Curtis, Daniel Russel and John Preston, by their petitions presented to the Legislature, represent, hat in pursuance of the said act, payment of the said bonds and mortgages has been demanded of them; that the lands mortgaged are of so little value, that if they are compelled to pay the amount of the said bonds and mortgages they will pay the full value of the said lands, without having any redress over to their grantors; that in addition, a demand of dower hath lately been made of them by the widow of the said John Munro, who was attainted as aforesaid; and that they are willing to pay and satisfy the amount of the demand of the said Archibald Currie as aforesaid: Proided, That the lands holden by them as aforesaid be discharged from any further liability to the state, on ccount of the said mortgages: Therefore, The comp cancel cer tain mortgages on cer tion condi I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of NewEnter York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the comptroller, that the lands mortgaged as aforesaid are of so little value that the amount of the demand of the said Archibald Currie as aforesaid will be equal to the value of the said lands, after deducting the consideration monies bona fide paid by the present holders of the lands, the interest of the same, and the improvements made upon the said lands since the original purchase from the said John Munro, that then and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for the owners of the said lands, or either of them, to settle and compromise the demand of the said Archibald Currie, by virtue of the said mortgages, upon the said lands, or upon any part or parts thereof; and it shall be the duty of the comptroller, in the name of the people of this state, to make, execute and acknowledge, a full and complete discharge from the mortgage or mortgages as aforesaid, and the monies thereby secured, of the lands of every such person or persons as shall produce to him a cer tificate from the said Archibald Currie, or his heirs or assigns, that he or they have received full satisfaction of such claim as he or they have in virtue of the said mortgages, and the acts passed for the benefit of the said Archibald Currie on account of the demands due as aforesaid from the said John Munro to the said Archibald Currie, upon such lands as shall be specified in the said certificate or certificates. The clerk of Albany county shall II. And be it further enacted, That the clerk of the county of Albany be and he is hereby authorised make a mi- and required to enter a minute of the discharge from the mortgage and mortgages aforesaid, of such lands as shall be specified in the said certificates, to be made and acknowledged as aforesaid. nute of such discharge. Duty of the comptroller Case. III. And be it further enacted, That if upon the vain a certain luation of the said lands mortgaged as aforesaid, to be made in manner aforesaid, the comptroller shall be of opinion that the said lands are worth a sum more than sufficient to discharge the said demand of the said Archibald Currie against the said John Munro, that then he shall report to the legislature such sums: Pro Proviso. |