perintendents to secure the payment of the purchase A. D. 8111. money, and deposited in the comptroller's office, be and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed. II. And be it further enacted, That the comptroller shall draw his warrant on the treasurer for the amount of the interest due on said mortgages, and on the first day of January in every year hereafter, as the same shall become due on said mortgages in favor of the said superintendents, to be by them applied for the use and benefit of the said Indians, and to account for the same as the law directs. III. And be it further enacted, That the name of George Crosby, mentioned in the act entitled "an act for the benefit of the Brothertown Indians," passed the 8th April, 1808, shall be deemed and adjudged to be George Crosley. I. B CHAP. CLXXII. An ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to establish II. And be it further enacted, That every stockholder shall be and is hereby entitled to vote by proxy. A. D. 1811. prison. CHAP. CLXXIII. An ACT to appropriate a certain sum of money for the support of the state prison, and other purposes. Passed April 8, 1811! WHE HEREAS the inspectors and agent of the state prison have, by their reports, recommended to the legislature to enlarge the yard of the southwest wing of said prison, and erect a building for the accommodation of the female convicts, and to raise the wages of the clerk and second keeper: I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in senate and Assembly, That the sum of thirty-four thousand five hundred dollars be $34,500 appropriat- and hereby is appropriated for the support of the state ed for sup- prison, to be applied by the agent of the said prison, under the direction of the inspectors, in purchasing from time to time such necessary materials and sup plies for the use of said institution, and for erecting a building for the female convicts; and to extend the yard of the south-west wing one hundred and six feet towards the Hudson river, and one hundred and nineteen feet along said river, and to erect such docks and improvements as will be necessary to support the same. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be law. Agent au- ful for the agent of the state prison, by and with the thorised to advice and resolutions of the inspectors, to borrow $20,000. from the New-York or any other bank, on his note as borrow agent, from time to time, a sum or sums not exceed. ing in the whole twenty thousand dollars in one year, which money shall be appropriated to the purchasing of new and other materials for carrying on advantageously the manufactures and other concerns of the pri son. III. And be it further enacted, That the clerk of the Additional state-prison, from and after the passing of this act, salary to shall be entitled to receive the additional salary of, at keeper. and after the rate of two hundred dollars, and the second keeper at and after the rate of two hundred dollars a year. the clerk & CHAP. CLXXIV. An ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to estab lish aturnpike company in the counties of Orange and Rockland," passed 27th March, 1809. W Passed April 8, 1811. HEREAS the commissioners appointed by the act entitled "An act to establish a turnpike company in the counties of Rockland and Orange, passed 27th March, 1809, have by unforeseen obstacles been prevented from fulfilling and carrying into effect the end and intent of the said corporation within the time limited by the act entitled "An act relative to turnpike companies," passed the 13th March, 1807; and whereas some of the said commissioners and others have prayed for a further extension of time to commence and complete the said road: Therefore, BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York represented in Senate and Assembly, That the time for commencing the operation of the company, and for completing the road authorised to be made by the said corporation, shall be computed from the first day of July next, any thing in the said act hereby amended or the act relative to turnpike companies to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. CHAP. CLXXV. An ACT to provide against infectious and pestilential 1. B A. D. 1811. of the York and dence and duties. E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork,represented in Senate and Assembly, That there shall continue to be a health-office in the city of Commiss New-York, under the superintendence of the board of health of health, and three health commissioners, who shall be fice in N. ex-officio members of the said board, which commis- their resi sioners shall consist of a health-officer, who shall reside at Staten-Island, from the fifteenth day of April to the first day of November, and the remainder of the year at the city of New-York, and perform all the duties enjoined on him by this act; of a resident physician, who shall reside in the city of New-York, whose duty it shall be to visit all sick persons who may be reported to the board of health, or to the commissioners, conformable A. D. 1811. to the seventeenth section of this act; and of a health commissioner, whose duty it shall be to take charge of the receipts and disbursments of all monies appropriated to the use of the marine hospital establishment; for the Health com due performance of which he shall execute a bond to missioner the people of this state, with one or more sureties, in with sure the sum of five thousand dollars, which bond shall be to give bond ties. Proviso. Further proviso, Vessels sub jeet to quar course. taken and approved by the mayor.or recorder of said city; and further, it shall be the duty of the said resident physician and health commissioner to meet daily at the health office, from the thirty first day of May to the first day of October, with one or more members of the board of health, for the transaction of business, and they shall further perform all other duties required of them by this act; that the said commissioners shall be appointed by the person administering the government of this state, by and with the advice and consent of the council of appointment: Provided however, That the person now holding and exercising the office of commissioners aforesaid, may continue therein until others shall be appointed in their stead: And provided further, That it shall be lawful for the mayor, or in his absence, the recorder of the city of New-York, in case of the death or resignation of any of the said commissioners, to appoint a suitable person to supply such vacancy until the sense of the council of appointment shall be declared thereon. II. And be it further enacted, That all vessels arantine of riving in the port of New-York from any port, island, or other place in Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean, Ameriea lying south of Georgia, or from any West-India, Bahama, or Bermuda islands, and all vessels from foreign ports having on board forty or more passengers, or on board of which vessel any person shall have died while at a foreign port or on the homeward passage, or shall have been sick on the homeward passage, shall anchor at the place assigned for quarantine, and be subject to the examination of the health officer at any time Vessels sub-in the year, under the regulations herein prescribed; and that all vessels arriving in the port of New-York if thought from any port, island, or other place in the United States expedient, south of Cape Henry, between the thirty-first day of Ject to quarantine May and the first day of October in any year, shall anchor A. D. 1811. at the place assigned for quarantine, and shall be subject to the examination of the health officer, and to such regulations as may be deemed expedient by him, and that any master or commander of a vessel offending in the premises shall be considered as guilty of a misde- Penalty for meanor, and on conviction thereof, shall for each offence be fined by any court having cognizance of the same, in a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding twelve months. breach of quarantine. when to be ed. III. And be it further enacted, That whenever a Vessels vessel shall arrive at the anchoring place for vessels at unloaded quarantine, from a place where yellow or other pesti- and cleanslential fever prevails, or if, during her voyage, any person has died or been sick on board with such fever, the master, owner or consignee shall forthwith, upon the requisition and under the direction of the healthofficer, cause such vessel to be unloaded, cleansed and purified, and that until then no permit shall be granted for her to proceed to the city of New-York; and that every vessel under the above circumstances, arriving between the thirty-first day of May and the first day of October, shall be detained at least thirty days at quarantine after her arrival, and twenty days after her whole cargo has been discharged, and every part of the inside of such vessel thoroughly whitewashed, except such parts as may be painted or varnished, which shall be cleansed as the health-officer may direct, during which time the said vessel shall be as often whitewashed as the health-officer shall judge requisite, but not less than three times, and four days intervening between each time, and wind sails shall be constantly Vessels arriving at a kept in each hatchway, the weather permitting; and certain peit shall be the duty of the health-officer, whenever he be detained shall judge such vessel to be clean, safe and free from and how infection, to report her and her ballast to the board of health, who shall be authorised to give further directions concerning her; and no part of the cargoes of such vessels Cargo of such vessels shall be conveyed to the city of New. not to be York without a permit in writing from the health-of- New-York ficer, nor shall any of the crew (except the captain, permit. riod are to eleansed. conveyed to without a |