part of the said village, upon lands belonging to the people of this state. WH CHAP. CX. An ACT to revive the corporation of " the trustees of I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in senate and assembly, That the corporation of the methodist episcopal church in the city of Albany, be and the same is hereby revived by the name and style of "the trustees of the methodist episcopal church in the city of Albany," with the like privileges, powers and authority as are granted to religious corporations by the act entitled "an act to provide for the incorporation of religious societies." 11. And be it further enacted, That the persons who now act as trustees of the said church, shall be the first trustees of the said corporation, and shall continue in office until the next anniversary election which shall or may be held in pursuance of the above recited act; and that the said corporation shall be invested with the rights and subject to the responsibilities attached to the corporation of the aforesaid church, before its dissolution as aforesaid, in the same manner as if such dissolution had not happened. CHAP. CXI. An ACT for the relief of the representatives of Jeremiah Truesdell, deceased. W Passed April 3d, 1811. HEREAS Abigail Truesdell, of the town of A. D. 1811. A. D. 1811. Jeremiah Truesdell, deceased, late of the same place, Preamble. together with Samuel Truesdell and David Beebee, ju Abigail and others to sell real estate. nior, hath presented a petition to the legislature praying to be enabled to sell the real estate, whereof the said Jeremiah Truesdell died seized, lying in the town of Hillsdale, containing about seventy acres, and of the value of about fifteen hundred dollars; and whereas it appears from the facts set forth in the petition that the sale of the said real estate will be beneficial to those who are interested in the same: Therefore, I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in senate and Assembly, That the Truesdell said Abigail Truesdell, Samuel Truesdell and David appointed Bebee, junior, and the survivors or survivor of them, are hereby appointed trustees wih full power to them, the survivors or survivor of them, to grant, bargain and sell the said real estate, of which the said Jeremial Truesdell died seized as aforesaid, and of the same to make and execute good and sufficient deeds and conveyances in the law, to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. Proceeds of sale to be disposed of by the dis by the dis eretion of the chancellor. Trustees a bond to chancellor. II. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of such sale shall be disposed of in such manner, for the benefit of those interested in said estate, as the chancellor of this state shall direct. III. And be it further enacted, That the said trusto execute tees, before they enter upon the execution of the duties be approv. assigned to them by this act, shall execute a bond to ed by the those interested in said estate, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the chancellor, in such sum as the chancellor shall direct, conditioned for the due and faithful execution of said trust and the duties aforesaid; which bond shall be filed in the office of the register, or assistant register of the court of chancery, for the use of the heirs and representatives of the said Jeremiah Truesdell; and further, until such bond with sureties shall be executed, approved and filed as aforesaid, no act done by said trustees, the survivors or survivor of them under this statute shall be valid or of any effect. CHAP. CXII. An ACT for raising money to complete the building A. D. 1811. ors author tax. York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That Supervis the supervisors of the county of Allegany be, and are ised to raise hereby empowered and directed to raise and levy on the $900 by freeholders and inhabitants of the said county, a sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars, for the purpose of completing the court-house and gaol therein, with the additional sum of five cents on each dollar for collecting the same, and one cent on each dollar for treasurer's fees, which said sum shall be raised, levied and collected in the same manner as the contingent charges in said county are raised, levied and collected. to superin gaol. II. And be it further enacted, That Thaddeus Ben- Commis'rs net, George Renwick and John Riggs are hereby ap- tend buildpointed commissioners to superintend the building and ing court completing said court-house and gaol, in said county of house and Allegany, and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, may contract with workmen and purchase materials for the completing said court-house and gaol, and shall, from time to time, draw on the treasurer of said county, for the time being, for such sums of money for the purpose aforesaid, as shall come into the treasury by virtue of this act; and the treasurer is hereby required out of the monies aforesaid, to pay to the orders of the said commissioners the several sums of mon- for monies ey so to be by them drawn for; and it is hereby made the duty of the said commissioners to account with the supervisors of the said county for the monies which they shall have received from the treasurer aforesaid, when thereunto required. To account er's fees. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be law- Treasur ful for the said treasurer of the county to retain in his hands one cent on each dollar for his services in receiv ing and paying the monies directed to be raised in the said county by this act. 25 A. D. 1811. CHAP. CXIII. An ACT relative to the general society of Mechanics WH HEREAS the society of mechanics and tradesmen of the city of New-York, by their memorial presented to this legislature, have set forth and represented, that the act passed the 14th March, 1792, by which said society were constituted a body corporate and politic, will, on the first Monday of April, which will be in the year of our Lord 1812, expire and cease by its own limitation. And whereas said society, by their memorial, have prayed for a renewal and extension of the term of their incorporation, and likewise to have the charter so amended as to enable them to conduct their affairs with prudence, safety and propriety: Therefore, I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That John Society in- I. Labah, Jacob Lorillard, Peter Sharpe, John Slidell, corporated. James Hopson, Philip Arnold, and their present associates, and all persons being mechanics or tradesmen, and resident within the city and county of New-York, who hereafter shall be members of the said society, shall be and hereby are ordained, constituted and declared to be one body, corporate and politic, in fact Their style and in name, by the name of "the General Society of and corpo Mechanics and Tradesmen of the city of New-York," and powers until the first Monday of April, one thousand eight rate rights hundred and thirty-three; and that by that name they and their successors for the term aforesaid, shall and may have succession, and shall be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of action and actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever; and that they and their successors may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure; and also, that they and their successors, by the name of "the general society of mechanics and tradesmen Condition ration may of the city of New-York," shall be in law capable of A, D. 1811. purchasing, holding and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the public use of the said corporation : Provided, That the lands, tenements and heredita- on which ments which it shall be lawful for the said corpora- the corpo tion to hold, shall be only such as shall be requisite hold real for the purpose of erecting a house or hall thereon, in estate. which to meet and to transact the business of the said. corporation, or such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its business, or purchased at sales on judgments, which shall have been obtained for such debts: And, Funds linprovided also, That the amount of the real and per-ited to sonal estate, which the said corporation are hereby enabled to hold, shall not at any one time exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. $200,000. Officers of elected an II. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the corpothe said corporation shall be a president, vice-presi- ration to he dent, and a second vice-president, a treasurer, secre- nually. tary and collector, who shall hold their offices for one year, and shall be citizens of this state, and be elected the second Tuesday in January in every year, at such time of the day and at such place in the city of NewYork, as shall be fixed and ascertained by the by-laws of the said corporation; that all elections of the said officers, or any of them, shall be by ballot, and such person who shall have at any election the greatest number of votes given at such election as president, shall be the president; and in like manner the person who shall have the greatest number of votes as vice-president, shall be vice-president; and in like manner the person who shall have the greatest number of votes for second vice-president, shall be second vice-president; and in like manner the person who shall have the greatest number of votes as treasurer, shall be treasurer; and in like manner the person who shall have the greatest number of votes as secretary, shall be secretary; and in like manner the person who shall have the greatest number of votes for collector, shall be collector; and the said officers shall hold their respective offices for |