to build the court-house and gaol in said county; and A.D. 1811. it shall be the duty of the commissioners to lay before the supervisors a just and full statement of all the sums of money which they may have received from the treasurer of said county and elsewhere, to be applied to the building of said court-house and gaol, and also a statement of the sums which they shall have expended in building the same, including what they may stand indebted for building, materials, &c. and the number of days they shall have been severally employed as commissioners (as near as may be) together with the items to which the money has been applied, all which, if correct, the supervisors are hereby authorised and directed to allow, with such interest on monies advanced by the commissioners over and above the money by them received for that purpose, and likewise such compensation per day or otherwise for their services as commissioners as shall appear just and right on a view of their accounts. Supervis sum not ex certain II. And be it further enacted, That the said su-ors to raise pervisors shall cause to be raised by tax on the inhabi- by tax a tants of said county, at the time and in the manner the ceeding contingent charges of the county are assessed and levied, $4800 for the sum which shall be due the commissioners on a purposes. settlement of their accounts as aforesaid, with the fees of collectors and treasurer, and also such further sums as they shall deem necessary to defray the expence of any further work or improvements which they may think proper to be made to or about the said court-house and gaol, provided the whole sum to be raised shall not exceed four thousand eight hundred dollars. And said supervisors shall issue their warrant to the collectors of the several towns of said county for the collection of the same, and payment thereof to the treasurer of the county, by the first day of February next; and it shall be the duty of the supervisors to give to said commissioners an order or warrant on the treasurer for the sum which shall be due them as aforesaid, and the duty of the treasurer to pay the same as soon as he shall receive the money from the collectors, and pay the remainder of the money thus raised and paid into the treasury on such other order or orders as the supervisors may draw upon him. A. D. 1811. to cease. III. And be it further enacted, That the commissionPower of ers aforesaid shall not, after the passing of this act, do any commiss'rs thing to, or expend any money about the court-house and gaol aforesaid, without the particular directions of the supervisors of the county, into whose charge the said court-house and gaol shall be committed as the property of the county, after they shall have adjusted the commissioners accounts, and given them an order on the treasurer for the balance due them as aforesaid. ' BEY CHAP. CXVIII. An ACT empowering the supervisors of Franklin coun- CHAP. CXIX. An ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to appoint commissioners to lay out a road from the town of Boonville to the town of Deerfield, in the county of Oneida," passed April 5th, 1810. Passed April 3d, 1811. E it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall BE and may be lawful for the commissioners of highways A. D. 1811. in the respective towns of Floyd and Steuben, to make such alterations in that part of the road laid out in pursuance of the said act, running through the said town of Floyd, as to the said commissioners of high ways of the said towns of Floyd and Steuben, or a ma. jority of them, shall be deemed convenient to the inhabitants of the said towns, and advantageous to the public. CHAP. CXX. An ACT to alter the road leading from the court-house in Onondaga to the village of Oswego. B Passed April 3d, 1811. E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate aud Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners of highways of the town of Onondaga, and they are hereby required to reduce the said road to the width of one chain, and to alter the same from the house of Joel Barber to the house of John Ellis, making the present causeway the middle of the road to the land of said Ellis, and thence on a straight line to the house now occupied by him, and that it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners of highways of the town of Camillus, and they are hereby required to alter and straighten said road between the houses of Isaac Earll and Jacob Phillips, in said town of Camillus, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. CHAP. CXXI. An ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to appoint Commiss'rs of highways to alter the I. E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the commissioners of highways in the respective towns authorised of Whitestown, Westmoreland and Verona, or a ma- road laid jority of them, shall be and they are hereby authorised out by R to make such alterations in the road lately laid out by and others. Roderick Morrison, Benjamin Blackman and Richard Morrison A. D. 1811. Whitney, agreeably to the act hereby amended, be tween the house of Simeon Parsons and Martin Langdon, in the town of Verona, in the county of Oneida, and from thence by the best and most eligible route to or near the north meeting house in Westmoreland, and from thence by the best and most eligible route to or near the house of Elizur Moseley, in the town of Whitestown, as they shall think most convenient to the inhabitants of the said towns and advantageous to the public: Provided, The said commissioners shall not be at liberty to vary from the several points stated in said act, except that of Martin Langdon. Directed to file a map II. And be it further enacted, That the said comof road. missioners shall, in case any alterations shall be made in said road by them, cause a map of said road to be filed in the clerk's office of each town through which it shall pass. H. M'Nair commiss❜rs CHAP. CXXII. An ACT authorising commissioners to lay out a state road from Arkport, by the village of Dansville, Bosley's mills, Joseph Pearson's, and from thence the most direct route to the mouth of Genesee river. I. Passed April 3d, 1811. represented Assembly, and others Hugh M'Nair, Micah Brooks, and Matthew Warnto lay out a er, or any two of them, be and they are hereby authorcertain ised and empowered to lay out a public road four rods road. Commiss'rs to take an oath. wide, beginning at the landing at Arkport, in the county of Steuben, and pursuing the most eligible and direct route to Jared Irvin's Inn or Tavern, in the village of Dansville, and then the most eligible and direct route to Bosley's mills, and then the most eligible and direct route to Joseph Pearson's Inn or Tavern, and then the most eligible and direct route to the mouth of Genesee river, so as to intersect the bridge at the Genesee falls. II. And be it further enacted, That each of the said commissioners shall, before he enters upon the duties of his said office, take and subscribe before a justice of the peace of the county where he resides, on oath or affirmation, that he will act without favor or partiality A. D. 1811. in laying out said road for which he is appointed. a map of and filed counties III. And be it further enacted, That the said com. And cause missioners shall cause to be made an accurate map of the road to the said road, together with the courses and distances bede of the same, and shall cause to be filed a copy of such with the part as shall pass through the several counties, in the cof clerk's office of the respective counties through which thro' which the said road is laid, and also shall cause to be filed as aforesaid, such part of said road as shall pass through the several towns in the respective offices of the clerk of the said town aforesaid. road passes. tion to com IV. And be it further enacted, That cach of the Compensacommissioners and their surveyor shall be allowed two miss'rs and dollars per day for each day they shall be necessarily how paid. employed in the duties aforesaid, and their accounts shall be audited by the respective boards of supervisors of the several counties through which the said road shall pass, and according to the distance which it shall pass in the respective counties, as part of the contingent charges of said counties, and shall be paid accordingly Provided, That if either of said commissioners shall also do the duty of a surveyor, in laying out said road, he shall be entitled to receive the sum of fifty cents per day over and above his fees as commissioner. for passing V. And be it further enacted, That if any part of said Damages road shall run through inclosed or improved lands, the thro' unimdamages may be agreed upon between the proprietor ands how and the commissioners, or they shall be appraised as appraised. directed in and by the fifteenth section of the act entitled "an act to regulate highways," and in either case the damages shall be paid in the manner prescribed by the act aforesaid, and the said road shall be opened and kept in repair according to the provisions of the said act. CHAP. CXXIII. An ACT for the benefit of Insolvent Debtors and their I. BE |