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A. D. 1811. or which may hereafter be created by any law of this President state, the president and directors, or the managers of and diree the affairs of the said corporation at the time of its disporations solution, by whatsoever name they may be known in settle their law, shall be the trustees of such corporation, with full power to settle the affairs, collect the outstanding debts and divide the monies and other property among the stockholders, after paying the debts due and owing by such corporation at the time of its dissolution, as far as such monies and property shall enable them.

concerns

To recover debts, &c.

II. And be it further enacted, That the persons constituted trustees as aforesaid shall have authority to sue for and recover the aforesaid debts and property by the name of the trustees of such corporation, describing it by its corporate name, and shall be suable by the same How far re-name, or in their own names and individual capacities, sponsible for the debts owing by such corporation at the time of its dissolution, and shall be jointly and severally responsible for such debts to the amount of the monies and property of such corporation at the time of its dis

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Former act revived

solution.

CHAP. CCXXXVI.

An ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to vest
certain powers in the inhabitants of the village of
Whitehall landing. Passed April 9th, 1811.
E it enacted by the people of the state of New-

1. B York, represented assembly,

the act entitled "an act to vest certain powers in the inhabitants in the village of Whitehall landing," is hereby revived and of full force.

II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and Powers of may be lawful for the trustees of the said village, or the trustees the major part of them, by the act to be hereby amend

ed, to be chosen, and for their successors in office forever, from and after the first Tuesday in May next, to make, ordain, constitute and publish such prudential by-laws, rules and regulations as they from time to time shall deem meet and proper relative to public markets within the said village, relative to the streets, alleys and highways of the said village, and to draining, filling up, paving and keeping in order and

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improving the same, relative to slaughter-houses and A. D. 1811. nuisances generally, relative to the establishing and regulating their fire company, and ordering and procuring their fire buckets and fire utensils, and guarding against fire generally, relative to restraining geese, swine, horses or cattle of any kind belonging to any person or persons residing within the limits of the corporation aforesaid from going at large, and relative to any thing,whatsoever that may concern the police and good government of the said village, but no such by-laws shall extend to the regulating or ascertaining the price of any commodity or article of provision that may be offered for sale: Provided also, That such bylaws shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the United States; and the said trustees, or a major part of them, as often as they shall make and publish any such by-laws for the purpose aforesaid, Trustees may make and provide such reasonable fines against pose limitthe offenders as they may think proper, not exceeding enforce twenty-five dollars for any one offence, to be prosecut- their laws ed and recovered before any justice of the peace or court of record having cognizance of the same, by the said trustees, to and for the use of the said corporation: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall exempt or be construed to exempt the said firemen from military duty.

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CHAP. CCXXXVII.

An ACT for the relief of the Trustees of the United Presbyterian congregation of the city of Albany. Passed April 9th, 1811. HEREAS the trustees of the United Presbyterian congregation of the city of Albany, have by their petition represented to the legislature, that believing themselves authorised, they had in order to discharge debts contracted by them in building their church, sold some lots of ground in the said city, but that they had lately discovered they had no authority to alienate real estate, and have prayed for a confirmation of the conveyances already made by them, and for authority to convey such ground as they had contracted to convey, but have not yet conveyed: Therefore,

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BE it enacted by the people of the state of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That ail the conveyances made by the said trustees, of ground in the said city, be and the same are hereby declared as valid in law and in equity, as if the laws of the state had at the time of making such conveyances authorised the said trustees to alienate real estate; and further, that the said trustees be and they are hereby authorised to convey such ground and buildings as they have contracted to convey, but have not yet conveyed.

CHAP. CCXXXVIII.
An ACT supplementary to the act for the amendment
of the law.
Passed April 9th, 1811.

I.

E it enacted by the people of the state of NewLork, represented in senate and assembly, That obtained where a judgment hath been or shall be recovered in against de, the supreme court, or in any of the courts of common ing previ pleas of this state, against any defendant or defendants, cution, rem whereby a sum of money is adjudged to the plaintiff edy of the or plaintiffs therein, and such judgment hath been perto be sus- fected so as to become a lien on the lands and tenepended by the non-age ments of the defendant or defendants, in every such case, if the defendant happens to die previous to the issuing of execution, the remedy of the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall not be suspended by reason of the non age of any heir or heirs of any such defendant or defendants: Provided, That no execution shall be issued upon such judgment within one year after the death of such defendant or defendants.

of heirs.

II. And be it further enacted, That all person or perTrespasers sons who shall from and after the passing of this act on land guil ty of a mis- wilfully commit trespass by cutting down or destroyand punishing any kind of wood or timber standing or growing able by upon the lands of the people of this state, or of any prisonment other person or persons, or shall wilfully commit tres

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fine and im

pass by carrying away any kind of wood or timber which may be lying upon such lands, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof by due course of law, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion of the court before which

such conviction shall be had: Provided always, That A. D. 1811. no person convicted by virtue of this act shall be imprisoned for a longer period of time than one year, or fined in a sum exceeding fifty dollars.

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not to issue

1st of July

execution

fels, lands,

III. And be it further enacted, That no writ of capi- Writs of ca as ad satisfaciendum shall from and after the first day faciendum of July next be issued upon any judgment to be ren- in certain dered in any court of record in any action in which cases after special bail shall have been filed, until an execution next until against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements against shall have been issued upon such judgment, to the goods, chatproper officer of the county in which the capias ad re- &c. shall spondendum in such action was served, and such ex-returned ecution shall have been returned by such officer, that no goods and chattels, lands or tenements whereon he This clause could levy the whole sum directed to be levied by tend to judgments such execution: Provided, That this clause shall not against per extend to any judgment against any person or persons on sons in prisactually in prison in execution.

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IV. And be it further enacted, That every convey- Deeds, &c, ance or writing relating to the title or property of any proved or lands or real estate within this state being duly ac- edged before judges knowledged by the party or parties executing the or justices same, or proved by one or more of the subscribing of the sapewitnesses thereto, before any one of the judges or jus- of any of the United tices of the supreme or superior courts of any state States, may within the United States, in the manner in which be recorddeeds are required and directed to be acknowledged or proved before one of the judges of the supreme court of this state in and by the act entitled "An act concerning the proof of deeds and conveyances," shall and may be recorded in the office of the secretary of this state, or of the clerk of the county in which such lands or real estate are situated, and such acknowledgment or proof of any such deed, conveyance or writing relating to the title or property of any lands or real estate within this state made or taken in the manner by this act directed, shall have the same effect in law as if made before a judge of the supreme court of this

.state.

A.D. 1811.

Whereas certain bonds taken by sheriffs and other officers are by the eighth section of the act entitled "An act for the amendment of the law and the better advancement of justice," and by the first section of the act entitled "An act rendering bonds taken for the Preamble. gaol liberties assignable, and for other purposes," declared to be assignable by endorsement, under the hand and seal of the sheriff or other officer to whom the same shall have been given, in the presence of two or more credible witnesses. And whereas it may frequently happen that the sheriff or other officer taking such bond may die previous to such assignment being made: Therefore,

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V. Be it further enacted, That if any sheriff or oth en for goal er officer having taken any such bond as is mentioned liberties by in and made assignable by either of the acts aforesaid shall have died, or shall hereafter die without making their exec. an assignment thereof agreeable to the provisions of utors or ad- the acts in that respect made, that then the executors or administrators of such sheriff or other officer shall and may assign every such bond which has heretofore been taken or which may hereafter be taken, to the same persons in the same manner and under the like Such assign restrictions as such assignments are by the respective have like acts aforesaid directed to be made by such sheriff or made by other officer, and that the person or persons to whom his life time any assignment by virtue of this act may be made shall and may maintain an action on such bond so assigned in his or their own name or names as assignee or assignees of such sheriff or other officer, that the like proceedings may be had thereon, and the same rights and benefits shall be secured thereby to the said assignee or assignees in every respect as if such assignment had been made by such sheriff or other officer in his life time, and it shall be the duty of such sheriff, or his executors or administrators, to assign such bond on demand.

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VI. And be it further enacted, That in case any ised in coun- sue or issues are or shall be joined which are by law local, and require trial in any of the new counties wherein the supreme court have not yet appointed cir

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