III. And be it further enacted, That the said company hereby incorporated, shall be entitled to exact Rates of tolls and receive, at each of the gates or turnpikes to be erected on said road, for any number of miles not less than ten in length, of the said road, the following sums of money, and so in proportion for any greater or less distance, from all persons travelling or using the same, that is to say, for every waggon, drawn by two horses, mules, or oxen, twelve and an half cents, and three cents for every additional horse, mule, or ox, attached to such waggon; for every cart or or other carriage, drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, twelve and an half cents, and for every additional horse, mule or ox attached to such cart or other carriage, three cents; for every horse and rider six cents; for every chair, sulkey, chaise or other pleasure carriage, with one horse or mule, twelve and an half cents; for every chariot, coach or coachee, or other four-wheeled pleasure carriage, twenty-five cents; for every sleigh or sled, drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, six cents, and so in proportion, if drawn by a greater or less number of horses, mules or oxen; for every score of sheep or hogs, eight cents, and so in proportion for a greater or less number; for every stage waggon, drawn by two horses, twelve and an half cents, and three cents for every additional horse attached to such stage-waggon.

directors.

IV. And be it further enacted, That the number of Number of directors for managing the concerns of the said company hereby incorporated shall be five, three of whom shall be a quorum, and capable of managing the business of the said company, and that the said company hereby incorporated, shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, powers and immunities which are Privilege 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 general act, passed the 13th March, 1807: Provided, however, that the chord of

the arch of the road hereby authorised to be made, shall not be less than twenty-two feet.

CHAP. XLI.

An ACT explanatory of the Act, entitled “An Act
to repeal the Act entitled an Act for the benefit of
Insolvent Debtors and their Creditors.

Passed May 26th, 1812.
E it enacted by the people of the state of New-

York, represented in Senate and Assembly, and is hereby declared, That the repeal of the act, entitled "an act for the benefit of insolvent debtors and their creditors," shall not take effect with respect to any person who applied for the benefit of the said act, and obtained an order for giving notice of his application In the mode prescribed in the said act, upon the day upon which the act hereby amended became a law.

CHAP. XLII.

An ACT for dividing the town of Boyle, in the county of Ontario.

Passed May 26th, 1812.

1. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New

York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the first Monday in April next, all that part of the town of Boyle, in the county of Ontario, aforesaid, known and distinguished by township num. ber twelve, in the fourth range of townships in said county, is hereby erected into a separate town, by the name Town of Per of Perrinton; and that the first town meeting shall be held at the house of Cyrus Packard, in said town.

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II. And be it further enacted, That all the remaining part of the town of Boyle shall be and remain a sepa rate town, by the name of Boyle; and that the next town meeting shall be where their last annual town meeting was held.

III. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first Tuesday in April next, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the said towns of Boyle and Perrinton, on notice being first given for

that purpose by the supervisors thereof, shall meet together and divide the money and poor belonging to the town of Boyle previous to the division thereof, agreeable to the last tax list of said town; and that each of the said towns, shall forever thereafter respectively maintain its own poor.

CHAP. XLIII.

An ACT to provide for the due preservation of the
Records and Papers in the Office of the Clerk of the
Supreme Court in the city of New-York.

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Passed May 26, 1812.

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I. E it enacted by the people of the State of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the clerk of the supreme court residing in the city of New-York, be and he is hereby authorised to procure at the expense of the state, a sufficient number of boxes and cases to contain all the books, records and papers belonging to or filed in his said office; such boxes and cases to be made upon such construction, and to be painted, marked and fastened, in such manner as the said clerk shall think proper and that the said clerk thereupon cause all the aforesaid books, records and papers, or such of them as he shall think necessa- The records, ry, to be properly arranged and deposited in the said &e. to be boxes and cases for safe keeping.

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II. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expense of procuring such boxes and cases, the by the state treasurer of this state be and he is hereby authorised to pay, upon the warrant of the comptroller, to the said clerk, or his order, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, any sum or sums. of money, not exceeding six hundred dollars, for which the said clerk shall be liable to account to the comptroller, according to law.

CHAP. XLIV.

An ACT for the relief of John Augustus Seaman, an

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Infant.

Passed May 26th, 1812.

HEREAS John Augustus Seaman, an infant,
of the age of eleven years and five months, by

Andrew Ogden, his guardian, hath by his petition represented to the legislature, that he is seized in fee simple of two certain vacant lots of ground, in the tenth ward of the city of New-York, and to the reversion of a dwelling house and lot of ground in William street, in the said city; which dwelling house and lot of ground, besides the life estate of IsraelSeaman therein, is encumbered with a mortgage of five thousand dollars: and representing further, that the said John Augustus Seaman hath no personal property, and that the aforesaid vacant lots of ground, and reversion of the aforesaid dwelling-house and lot of ground, produce no income for the support or education of the said infant, and praying that the same, or some part thereof may be sold under the direction of the court of chancery, and the consideration monies be disposed of for the purpose of maintaining and educating the said infant, during his minority: Therefore,

Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in senate and assembly, That it shall be lawful for the said John Augustus Seaman to present a petition by his said guardian, to the court of chancery of this state, for the sale of his estate in the before mentioned premises; and if upon due consideration it shall appear to the said court, that the sale of the whole or of any part of the lots of land and dwelling house before mentioned will be beneficial to the said John Augustus Seaman, it shall be lawful for the said court to direct such sale to be made, by a master of the said court, who is hereby authorised under the direction of the said court to convey all the right, title and interest of the said John Augustus Seaman, of in and to the before mentioned premises, or any part thereof, to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. Provided, that the monies arising from such sales shall be brought into the said court, or be otherwise secured or disposed of, as the said court of chancery shall deem most beneficial to the interest of the said John Augus

tus Seaman.

CHAP. XLV.

An ACT to erect a part of the town of Johnstown into a separate town, by the name of Lake Pleasant. Passed May 26th, 1812.

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E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the passing of this act, all that part of the town of Johnstown, in the county of Montgomery, Town of contained within the following bounds, to wit: beginning at the north west corner of the town of Mayfield, which will be on the east line of the town of Johnstown, running on a line on a west course o the west bounds of the said town of Johnstown, and all that part of the town of Johnstown lying north of the aforesaid line, be erected into a separate town, by the name of Lake Pleasant; and that the first town meeting shall be held at the dwelling house of Joshua Rich in said town of Lake Peasant: and all the remaining part of the said town of Johnstown shall be and remain a separate town, by the name of Johns

town.

II. And be it further enacted, That the freeholders and inhabitants of the said town of Lake Pleasant, be Privileges and hereby are empowered to hold town meetings, and elect town officers, and enjoy all the privileges which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns within this state by law are entitled to.

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III. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first Tuesday of April next, the supervi- tioned. sors and overseers of the poor of the towns aforesaid shall by notice given for that purpose, by the supervisors, meet together and apportion the poor that are maintained by the said town of Johnstown, and the poor money belonging to the same, agreeable to the last tax list; and that each of the said towns shall forever thereafter respectively support its own poor.

CHAP. XLVI.

An ACT to alter the division line between the counties of Ulster and Greene.

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Passed May 26th, 1812. HEREAS it appears that ever since the erection of the county of Greene, the division