toll for travelling the before mentioned parts of the said road-and that all the remaining part of the said road, lying between the two before mentioned parts Remainder thereof, as the said remaining part now runs, shall convested in the tinue and remain vested in the said president and dicompany. rectors; and that it shall be lawful for them to de of said road mand and receive at the toll-gate erected thereon, the like toll as they are now authorised by law to demand and receive, excepting a reduction of three cents on Toll reduced every cart or waggon drawn by two horses or oxen, and two cents on every sleigh or sled drawn by two horses or oxen. II. And be it further enacted, That the time prescribed by the act hereby amended, for depositing in the office of the comptroller of this state, the accounts count to the hereby required, be and the same is hereby extended two years from and after the passing of this act. Time for rendering ac comptroller extended. III. And be it further enacted, That the track or route of the aforesaid road hereby declared to remain Route of the Vested in the said president and directors, and the main as laid courses and distances thereof, as the same is now laid out and worked, shall be and remain the track or route of the said road. road to re out. Election held day in May. IV. And be it further enacted, That from and after the fifteenth day of April next, the anniversary day for holding elections for directors by the corporation on fist Tues- created by the act hereby amended, shall be the first Tuesday of May, instead of the fifteenth day of April, in each year; and in case it should at any time happen that an election of directors should not be made on the said first Tuesday in May, the said corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved; and it shall and may be lawful, on any other day, to hold an election of directors, in such manner as shall have been regulated by the laws and ordinances of the said cor. Vacancies poration and that whenever any vacancy shall hapfilled. pen among the directors, by death, resignation or removal, such vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the year by the directors for the time being. how to be : CHAP. LI. An ACT to incorporate the Washington volunteer Fire W Passed May 26, 1812. HEREAS Leonard Reed, Jeremiah Dauchy and Russel W. Lewis and others, by their petition presented to the legislature, have represented that they have associated for the purpose of procuring a Fire Engine, by their voluntary contributions, and forming a fire company to protect the property of the inhabitants of the village of Troy from the ravages of fire, and the better to effect the object of their association, have prayed to be incorporated: Therefore, Preamble. others ineop corporate I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in senate and assembly, That the L. Reed and said Leonard Reed, Jeremiah Dauchy and Russell W. porated. Lewis and their associates, be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and description of the Washington Volunteer Fire Company; and by that name shall have perpetual succession, sue and be sued, defend and be defended, in all Style and actions, matters and things whatsoever; have a com- rights. mon seal, and change the same at pleasure, purchase, take, hold and convey any estate real or personal: Provided such estate, at the time of acquiring the same, shall not exceed in value the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, and shall be necessary to effect the object of said incorporation, and shall have power and authority, from time to time, to pass, make and ordain all such by-laws and ordinances for regulating the concerns of the said company, the conduct and duty of their members, officers, agents and servants respectively, the manner of making transfers of the stock of said company, convening and holding meetings of said company, and all other matters relative to the same company, and the management of the property thereof, as to them seem proper, and shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, or of the United States; that the stock of said company shall be deemed personal property, and ed personal shall consist of twenty-five shares, of sixty-two dollars Stock deem. property. Its amount. and fifty cents each; and one share and no more of the same shall be owned and held by each of the members of said company, and be paid into the hands of the treasurer of said company, in such proportions and at such times as the majority of the members of the said company, at any meeting of said company, shall determine, and require, upon pain of forfeiture of such share and all previous payments thereon; that said shares shall be transferable, but no member of said company shall transfer the share by him held in the stock of said company, except to some person who seall be approved of by a majority of the members of said company, at a public meeting of said company, and the person to whom the same is so transferred shall, by virtue of such transfer, become and be a member of said company, in the room and stead of the person so transferring the same, which transfer shall be duly recorded in a book for that purpose, to be kept by the secretary of said company. II. And be it further enacted, That the said volun, teer fire company shall consist of twenty-five members Company to and no more, who shall reside in the village of Troy, and while they continue members of the same company, shall be exempted from serving in the militia. consist of 25 members. Captain ap [y. III. And be it further enacted, That the several members of said company shall annually, on the first Tuesday of May, in each year, at such place in the pointed year- village of Troy, as the majority of them shall direct, by plurality of votes, elect one of their members to be the captain of the said company; one other of their members to be treasurer; and one other of their members to be secretary of said company, who shall severally Also a trea- continue in office for one year, and the captain so chosen, shall have power to call meetings of the said company whenever he shall think proper, for any purposes connected with the objects of said corporation. surer and se cretary. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said volunteer fire company shall, in time of fire, be subject to In time of and regulated by the by-laws of the trustees of the pany subject village of Troy, made to regulate the duty and conthe trustees duct of the several fire companies of said village. fire the com of Troy of procure an V. And be it further enacted, That the grant, provisions and every thing in this act contained, are upon the express condition that the said Washington volunteer fire company shall and do at their own ex- Company to pense on or before the first day of September next, engine & tacprocure and keep in the village of Troy, a good and own expense. sufficient fire engine, with its necessary tackle and apparatus, to aid in the extinguishment or prevention of such fires as may happen in said village; and in case the same company shall not procure such fire engine before said day, or shall not for the space of six months at any time, have and possess, at some suitable place in said village, a good and sufficient fire engine with its necessary tackle and apparatus, in good and sufficient repair, prepared to aid in the extinguishment of such fires as may happen in said village, the said in- Otherwise corporation shall be ipso facto dissolved, and the pow- tha ers, privileges and exemptions hereby granted, cease and be null and void, any thing in this act to the contrary contained notwithstanding. this act to be certificate being a mem VI. And be it further enacted, That a certificate under the common seal of said company, signed by Captain's the captain thereof, shall be deemed and taken in all evidence of places as competent evidence that the person to whom ber. it is given is a member of said company, and entitled to all the privileges and exemptions in and by this act granted to the members of the same company. CHAP. LII. An ACT for dividing the town of Bloomfield, in the county of Ontario, into three towns. I. Passed May 26, 1812. BE E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the first Monday in April next, all that part of the town of Bloomfield, in the county of Ontario aforesaid, known and distinguished by township number eleven, in the fourth range of townships, be and is hereby erected into a separate town, by the name Victor; and the first town meeting in said tor erected. town of Victor, shall be held at the public meeting Town of Vic Mendon erected. Poor & poor ed. house in said town, and that all that part of the said II. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first Tuesday in April next, the supervimoney divid- sors and overseers of the poor of the towns aforesaid, on notice being first given for that purpose, by the supervisors thereof, shall meet together and apportion the poor maintained by the said town of Bloomfield, and the poor money belonging to the same previous to the division thereof, agreeable to the last tax list,` and that each of the said towns shall forever thereafter support their own poor. CHAP. LIII. An ACT for the relief of Thomas M'Knight. WM Passed May 26, 1812. HEREAS Sally M'Knight, wife of Thomas M'Knight, was entitled as one of the heirs of Billy Trowbridge, deceased, to a tract of land in the town of Carmel, in Dutchess county, containing about fourteen acres, which land the said Thomas M'Knight in the life-time of his wife, contracted to sell to Eliphalet Hull and Samuel S. Myrick, and executed a bond to convey the same when his said wife should arrive at lawful age, and received part of the purchase money for said land: And whereas, The said Sally M'Knight has since died, leaving one infant heir, and it is thereby rendered impossible for the said Thomas |