A.D. 1811-inspectors of such election, and then and there, by a majority of votes, to elect five discreet persons to be trustees as aforesaid, who shall continue in office one year, and until others shall be chosen in their places.

Preamble reeiting the petition of

III. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees are hereby authorised and empowered, from time to time, to make, ordain, constitute and establish such prudential rules, orders and regulations as a majority of them shall judge necessary and expedient for the better securing to the said corporation the property. hereby vested in them, and also for well ordering and regulating the said school in such manner as will best promote the interest of the said institution.

W

CHAP. CV.

An ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for settling disputes between the claimants under Bayard's or Freemason's and Coxe's patent, and the patents of Cosby's manor." Passed April 3, 1811. HEREAS Jedidiah Sanger, William Stone, Arnold Mason, Edward Blackstone, Asahel the appli Higby, Nehemiah Ennworth, Enoch Higby, Joseph authority to Higby, Joseph Higby, junior, William Huggins, Timmissioners othy Wadsworth, Zedekiah Haven, Thomas Wadsto establish worth, Silas Gaylord, Jehiel Hungerford, Zenas Gibbs, a certain Wyatt Palmer, agents for John Budlong and Aaron

cants for

the com

division

line.

Budlong, who claim lands under Bayard's or Freemasons patent and Coxe's patent, and John R. Bleecker, Morris S. Miller, for himself and his wife Maria, Jonas Platt for himself, Benjamin Walker, and Nathan Williams, executors and trustees under the will of Francis Bainbridge, deceased, claiming lands in the patent of Cosby's manor, have presented their petition to the legislature, praying that the commissioners, or any two of them, named in the act hereby amended, shall have the power from the evidence which has been submitted to them, to ascertain, determine and establish the division line between the Freemason's or Bayard's patent and Coxe's patent on the one side, and the patent of Cosby's manor on the other side, and erect and establish such and so many monuments on said lines as they or any two of them may deem proper; and that

said commissioners, or any two of them, shall make a A.D. 1811. report under their hands and seals, containing a description of the aforesaid lines and the several monuments which they shall designate, mark or erect, and that the report may be filed in the office of the secretary of this state, on or before the first day of October next, and be deemed a matter of record; and that the said division lines when so established by said commissioners, or any two of them, may thereafter, in all courts and places, be deemed the true divisions between Bayard's or Freemason's patent and Coxe's patent on the one side, and the patents of Cosby's manor on the other side; and that a provision may also be made for the payment of the expenses and compensation of said commissioners, and also the expenses of all surveys to be made under their direction: Therefore,

authorised

division

dence al

I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the Commis'rs said commissioners, or any two of them, are here- to establish by authorised, from the evidence which has been lines from submitted to them, to ascertain and establish the di- the evivision lines between Freemason's or Bayard's patent ready suband Coxe's patent on the one side, and the patents of mitted. Cosby's manor on the other side, and to erect, mark and establish such and so many monuments on said lines as they, or any two of them, shall deem proper ; and the said commissioners, or any two of them, shall make a report, under their hands and seals, containing a description of the said division lines and the several monuments which they shall designate, mark or erect And file thereon, which report shall, before the first day of Oc- their retober next, be filed in the office of the secretary of this of in Secreport therestate, and be deemed matter of record; and the said tary's office. division lines, when so established, shall in all courts and places, as to the said petitioners and all persons claiming under them, any or either of them, be deemed and adjudged to be the true division line between the said Freemason's or Bayard's patent and Coxe's patent on the one side, and the patents of Cosby's manor on the other side.

II. And be it further enacted, That one half the compensation to the said commissioners for their ser

missioners

expenses

for.

A.D. 181. vices, and one half the expenses of all surveys to be Compensa- made under their direction, of marking, erecting or es-tion to com- tablishing monuments on the said lines, shall be paid and their by the petitioners claiming lands in Freemason's or Provided Bayard's patent and Coxe's patent, and the other half of such compensation and expenses shall be paid by the petitioners claiming lands in the patents of Cosby's manor; and the said commissioners, or any two of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to ascertain and determine what sum or sums each of the petitioners shall pay as his due proportion of such compensation and expenses, and under their or any two of their hands and seals, to direct to whom such sum or sums shall be paid; and the person or persons to whom the said commissioners, or any two of them, shall so direct any such sum or sums to be paid, shall and may respectively sue for and recover the same in an action of debt in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

H. McNair authorised

dam.

Lock or

CHAP. CVI.

An ACT authorising Hugh M.Nair to erect a dam across the Canaseroga creek, in the town of Sparta, in the county of Ontario. Passed April 3d, 1811.

I.

Bretresented in Senate and Assembly, That

E it enacted by the people of the state of New

to erect a it shall and may be lawful for Hugh M'Nair, of the town of Sparta, in the county of Ontario, to erect and keep a dam across Canascroga creek in said town, for the purpose of supplying mills and other works with water, and it shall be the duty of the said Hugh McNair, his heirs and assigns, to cause to be made on such dam a sufficient lock or canal, to permit, and convenient for the passage of boats or rafts not less than sixteen feet in width, so soon as the said creek shall be cleared and be navigable for such boats or rafts, which lock or ca nal, all persons shall have the liberty of passing at all times, free of expense, and also to keep the said lock or canal in good repair as long as the said dam shall impede the passage of such boats or rafts,; and if the said Hugh M'Nair, his heirs and assigns, shall unreasonably delay or hinder any person with rafts or boats from passing such lock or canal, he or they shall, for every

canal to be made thereon.

such offence forfeit and pay two dollars for every hour's A. D. 1811. detention, to be recovered with costs to the use of the Penalty for persons so delayed, or hindered, before any justice of delaying the peace of said county of Ontario.

rafts or

boats.

or rafts are

II. And be it further enacted, That if the said Hugh This act M'Nair, his heirs and assigns, shall at any time, while void if boats the said dam shall exist, and after the said lock or canal prevented passing for shall be finished, suffer the said lock or canal to be out 7 days. of repair for seven successive days, so as to prevent the passage of boats or rafts as aforesaid, then and in such case, this act shall cease and be void, and all rights granted to the said Hugh M'Nair shall cease and be revoked.

the judges

III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the Duties of duty of the judges of the court of common pleas of the of Ontario. county of Ontario, or any three of them, not interested in the said dam, to examine and decide when the said creek shall have been cleared and become navigable for rafts and boats, and their certificate of the fact, under their hands, filed with the clerk of said county, shall be conclusive evidence of the same; and the said Hugh M'Nair, his heirs and assigns, shall within two months after such certificate shall be filed and notice thereof to him or them given, erect, make and complete the said lock or canal, in manner aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting all his or their rights granted to him or them by this act.

CHAP. CVII.

An ACT to extend the time for producing certificates for obtaining the premium on the best specimen of woolen cloth, agreeable to an act entitled" an act to encourage the manufacturing woolen cloth within this state," passed April 5th, 1810.

BE

Passed April 3d, 1811. E it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That in all cases where certificates have not been given by the judges of the court of common pleas, in any county, agrceable to the second section of said recited act, it shall be the duty of such judges in any such county, at any stated term of such court, on application, to give

A. D. 1811. certificates to such persons, in such county, as are entitled to the premiums agreeable to the second section of said recited act; and that the time limited in and by the said act for presenting the certificates to the secretary of the society for the promotion of useful arts, and to the comptroller, shall in such cases be extended to the first Tuesday of February next.

CHAP. CVIII.

An ACT supplementary to an act entitled "an act respecting streets in the city of New-York," passed 24th March, 1809. Passed April 3d, 1811.

WHE

HEREAS it appears to the legislature that the assessment of the expenses incurred for laying out a street in the city of New-York, called Canal Street, is too heavy on those lots which do not front on said street: Therefore,

I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in senate and assembly, That a deduction of one third shall be made from the assess ments on all lots and buildings which have been as sessed on account of the said street, excepting those lots and buildings which front thereon.

II. And be it further enacted, That the deficiency which shall be occasioned by the said deduction, shall be borne and paid by the freeholders and inhabitants of the said city of New-York, and shall be assessed on the said freeholders and inhabitants, and collected in the manner directed by the act entitled "An act for the assessment and collection of taxes.' 99

I.

CHAP. CIX.

An ACT relative to the village of Lewiston. Passed April 3d, 1811. E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the Surveyor-General to lay out the ground in the village of Lewiston, now occupied as a public square, into lots, and to sell and dispose of the same in such manner as he shall deem most conducive to the interests of the said village and the people of this state; and that the Surveyor-General shall locate the public square and cemetry in any other