A. D. 1811. ings and materials which he or they shall erect there authorised on. Trustees III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawto sue for ful for the said trustees, instead of the remedy herein the amount above provided, if they shall see fit, in case any of tax. Agreement between landlord not affected owner or occupant of any lot within the said village shall neglect or refuse to pay the tax assessed as aforesaid, to sue for and recover the amount of the same from the owner of such lots, or their legal representatives, with interest and costs, in any court within this state having cognizance thereof, in an action of debt, and the said estimate and assessment with proof of the amouut, shall be conclusive evidence for the plaintiff in such action. IV. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall effect any agreement between landand tenant lord and tenant respecting the payment of any such by this act tax, but they shall be answerable to each other in the same manner as if this act had never been passed; and if any money so to be assessed shall be paid by any person when by agreement or by law the same ought to have been paid by some other person, then paying for it shall be lawful for the person paying the same to thorised to sue for and recover the same, with interest and costs in any court having cognizance thereof, in an action on the case, for so much money paid for the use of the persons who ought to have paid the same; and the assessment aforesaid, with proof of payment, shall be conclusive evidence for the plaintiff in such suit. Persons others au recover sum paid. Trustees authorised and appoint the peace V. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, to remove or a major part of them, shall have power from time firemen. to time to remove any firemen from the respective fire companies in said village, and others to appoint in their Justices of stead, when and as often as they shall think proper. of Orange VI. And be it further enacted, That any justice on and of the peace of the county of Orange residing in the of New- said village, any freeholder or inhabitant of said vilpetent wit-lage, shall be and hereby are declared competent renesses, &c. spectively to try, serve as jurors or give testimony in where trus/any cause wherein the said trustees are parties, notwithstanding any remote interest they may have in the inhabitants burgh ices are partics. event of such suit as members of the corporation of A. D. 1811. said village. may exact the use of them. VII. And be it further enacted, That whenever Trustees the said trustees shall have supplied the inhabitants of monies for said village with pure and wholesome water, agreea-water supbly to the act entitled "an act to enable the trustees plied by of the village of Newburgh to supply the inhabitants thereof with pure and wholesome water," passed March 27th, 1809, it shall be lawful for the said trustees to demand and receive of and from each owner or occupant of a house in said village supplied with said water, in as equitable a ratio as may be, such sum or sums of money for the use and privilege of the said water as shall be sufficient to keep the said works in repair. 4th section of former VIII. And be it further enacted, That the fourth section of the act entitled "An act to vest certain powers act repealin the freeholders and inhabitants of the village ofed. Newburgh," passed 25th of March, 1800, be and the same is hereby repealed. IX. And be it further enacted, That the words "oth-, er than for the paving and improving of the streets," be inserted in the proviso of the second section of the above recited act after the word "improvements." watch re X. And be it further enacted, That an act entitled Act respect "An act concerning a night-watch in the village of ing night Newburgh," passed April 2d, 1806, be and the same vived. is hereby revived, and continued in force for and during the term of five years from the passing of this act. CHAP. CXLII. An ACT making provision for draining swamps and bog meadows in the county of Tioga. W Passed April 4th, 1811. HEREAS there are large tracts of swamps and bog meadows in the county of Tioga owned by different proprietors, which might be made fit for the culture of hemp, meadow and pasturage, which, in their natural state, are subject to be overflowed with water and rendered unfit for any kind of agricultural purpos A. D. 1811. es; that the necessary provisions for draining the same may be more easily made than heretofore: Therefore, The town BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in senate and assembly, That from and after the passing of this act, the act entitled "An act making provision for draining swamps and bog meadows in the counties of Orange and Dutchess," passed the ninth day of April, 1804, with all its powers, privileges and provisions, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be extended to the county of Tioga.. I. CHAP. CXLIII. An ACT to divide the town of Sheldon, in the county of Genesee, into two towns. Passed April 4th, 1811. BE it E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the day next preceding the first Tuesof Attica day in April, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve, all that part of the town of Sheldon, in the county of Genesee, lying east of the west line of the second range of townships as surveyed for the Holland land company, shall be erected into a separate town by the name of Attica, and that the first town meeting thereafter shall be held at the dwelling house of John Hubbard in said town. erected. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the day aforesaid all the remaining part of the said town of Sheldon shall be and remain a separate town by the name of Sheldon, and that the first town-meeting thereafter shall be held at the dwelling house of Orange Brace in said town. III. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first town meetings in said towns, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the aforesaid towns shall, by notice previously given for that purpose by the supervisors thereof, meet together and apportion the poor maintained by the said town of Sheldon, and the poor money belonging to the same previous to the division thereof, agreeable to the then last tax list, and that each town shall forever thereafter maintain their own poor. CHAP. CXLIV. An ACT to annex a part of the town of Canisteo to the town of Troupsburgh in the county of Steuben. Passed April 4, 1818. I. BYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That E it enacted by the people of the state of New from and after the passing of this act all such part of the town of Canisto, being the west half of township number one in the sixth range, and also the southwest quarter of township number two in the said sixth range, be and the same is hereby annexed to the town of Troupsburgh, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. II. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first Tuesday of March next, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the aforesaid towns, on notice being previously given by said supervisors, shall meet and divide the monies and poor belonging to the said town of Canisto previous to its division, agreeable to the last tax list, and that each of the said towns shall forever thereafter respectively support its own poor. B CHAP. CXLV. An ACT for the relief of Jonathan Lewis. Passed April 4, 1811. E it enacted by the people of the state of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the treasurer pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to Jonathan Lewis, late sheriff of the county of Richmond, such sum of money as shall be certified by the said comptroller to be an adequate indemnification for the damages and costs sustained by the said Jonathan Lewis in defending a public prosecution instituted against him in the state of New-Jersey, in which was involved the question of jurisdiction of this state over certain waters claimed by the state of New-Jersey. BE CHLP. CXLVI. An ACT for the relief of George Scriba. Passed April 4, 1811. A. D. 1811. A. D. 1811. fifteen years after the passing of this act, shall have an exclusive right to establish a ferry across the Oneida lake, between Rotterdam, in the town of Constantia, to the principal road on the south side of said lake leading from the town of Cicero to the town of Salina, or any place or places within two miles of said road, and to receive such rates of ferriage as shall from time to time be prescribed by the court of common pleas in and for the county of Oneida; and the said court of common pleas shall be and are hereby authorised to determine, what number of sufficient and safe boats, and the number of men to work the same, it shall be necessary for the said George Scriba, his heirs and assigns, to have and employ for the well keeping of the said ferry; and in case he or they shall not conform to the determination of the said court, all the rights granted by this act to him and them shall cease. CHAP. CXLVII. An ACT for the relief of Conrad Pickard. WH Passed April 4th, 1811. HEREAS by an act of the legislature, passed the 20th of March, 1802, the surveyor-general was authorized and directed to grant to Conrad Pickard and others, such a tract of land, not exceeding two hundred and fifty acres, in a tract of land at that time recently purchased by the state of the Oneida Indians; and whereas on surveying the lines of said tract so purchased, the lot surveyed and intended for said Conrad Pickard, excepting eighty-six acres thereof, was cut off by said line, so that he has been deprived of the benefit intended to be granted to him by the provision of said act: Therefore, Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in senate and assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners of the landoffice, and they are hereby required to grant letters patent to the said Conrad Pickard, and to his heirs and assigns forever, of lot number sixty-two, on the Canastoto tract, in the late Oneida reservation, containing one hundred and sixty-four acres, which has been surveyed and appraised by the direction of the surveyor-general, on condition that he the said Conrad Pickard, previous to the |