A. D. 1811. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New? York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it

shall be lawful for the said Johannes Martinus Van Harlingen, and the other heirs of the said Peter S. Van Harlingen, to execute a good and sufficient deed of conveyance for the aforesaid one hundred acres of land in said lot number ninety-nine to the said Abraham Brokaw, his heirs and assigns forever; and that it shall be lawful for the said Abraham Brokaw to execute a like deed of convevance for the aforesaid one hundred acres of land in said lot number eighty-four, to the heirs of the said Peter S. Van Harlingen, their heirs and assigns forever, and that upon the execution and delivery of said deeds, the same shall be as good and effectual in law and equity to all intents and purposes as if the said Johannes was of full age.

CHAP. CCXLI.

An ACT to appoint Commissioners to lay out a road in the county of Montgomery.

Passed April 9th, 1811.

1. BE it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in senate and assembly, That John Herkimer, Thomas Sammons and Charles Newkirk be and are hereby appointed commissioners, with full powers, (if they shall deem it proper and necessary) to lay out a public road in as direct and convenient a route as the face of the country will admit, from Salisbury meeting-house to Luther Pardees, on the Mohawk turnpike road, in the county aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of the said commissioners after having laid such road, to make or cause to be made an accurate map of the survey of the said road, and deliver the same to the clerks of the several towns through which the said road shall run, and it shall be the duty of the said clerks to record the same; and when so recorded, the said road shall be opened and kept in repair in the same manner as all other public highways are opened and kept in repair; and all damages which shall accrue in consequence of laying such road shall be assessed and paid in the same manner as is directed by the act entitled "An act to regulate highways," and the acts amending the same.

II. And be it further enacted, That the said com- A. D. 1811. missioners shall receive for their services the sum of two dollars per day, to be paid by the inhabitants who have petitioned for such road, together with the costs of surveying the same.

CHAP. CCXLII.

An ACT to establish the place of the annual meeting of the supervisors of the county of Tioga, and for other Passed April 9th, 1811.

I.

purposes.

visors of Ti

E it enacted by the people of the state of New-Time of the York, represented in senate and Assembly, That meeting of it shall be the duty of the supervisors of the county of the superTioga for the time being to hold their annual meetings oga fixed. on the first Tuesday in October in each and every year hereafter, at the court-house in the town of Spencer, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

S trustees

by the male

the 1st pres

II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the male persons of full age belonging to the first to be annuPresbyterian society in the town of Milford, in the coun- all y elected ty of Otsego, at their annual election of trustees to take persons becharge of the temporalities of said society, to elect three longing to trustees, which shall in future be the number of trus- byterian society in the tees for said society, instead of the number that have town of been heretofore elected; and that such election shall Milford hereafter be held on the first Tuesday in June in every Time of year, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwith- such elecstanding.

WH

CHAP. CCXLIII.

An ACT supplementary to the act entitled "An act relative to the lot of land appropriated for the use of the Missionary to the Oneida tribe of Indians, and for other purposes." Passed April 9th, 1811. HEREAS it is made the duty of the districtattorney residing in the county of Washington to advise and direct the Saint Regis Indians residing at St. Regis, in the controversies among themselves, and with any other person, and defend all actions brought against any of them by any white person, and commence and prosecute all such actions for them or any of them, as he may find proper and necessary.

tion.

A. D. 1811. And whereas by the rules and customs of the said In dians (many of whom are infants) they are all tenants in common of their property, and all suits brought by them or on their behalf, must be brought in the name of all the individuals of the said tribe: Therefore,

for improv

ing said

road

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 said district-attorney, in all suits which he may find proper and necessary to commence and prosecute on behalf of the said Indians, to bring the same in the name of the Saint Regis Indians, without naming any of the individuals of the said tribe, any law, custom or usage to the contrary notwith standing.

I.

B

CHAP. CCXLIV.

An ACT to lay out and improve a road running_southerly from the house of Thomas Stevens, in the town of Fort-Ann, through the States' land opposite to the north line of Campbell's patent, and for other purposes. Passed April 9th, 1811. E it enacted by the people of the state of NewYork, represented in Senate and Assembly, That $500 ap- the sum of five hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated propriated for the purpose of opening and improving a road from the house of Thomas Stevens, in the town of Fort-Ann, running southerly in the most convenient and direct route through the states and other lands to the top of the hill at the north end of Welsh Hollow, near the north line of Campbell's little patent, so as to meet the road now leading from the village of Fort-Ann through the said Welsh Hollow, which said sum of How raised money shall be raised in the same manner as is directed in and by the first section of an act entitled "An act to open and improve certain roads therein mentioned," passed April 1st, 1808, on any of the unapa propriated lands in the said town of Fort- Ann.

A superintendent of

II. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor. said road to general shall be and he is hereby authorised to appoint be appoint a superintendent, to whom shall be paid over the moed nies to be received from the sale of the said lands, and

with the

whose duty it shall be to superintend the laying out, A. D. 1811. opening and improving said road agreeably to the first His duty section of this act, and shall expend the money hereby appropriated for that purpose; and shall, within two years from his said appointment, account with the To account comptroller for its proper application: Provided also, comptrolThat the said superintendent shall, before he enters on the duties of his said office, enter into bonds to the To enter in people of this state for the true performance of this trust in the penal sum of one thousand dollars.

ler.

to bonds.

tion as su

ant of a cer

III. And be it further enacted, That James Bur. J. Burnet's net, heretofore appointed superintendent to open and compensa improve a road from the out-let of lake George at the perintend upper falls, to the house of Thomas Stevens, at or near tain road. the head of South-Bay, shall be entitled to receive out of the monies which came into his hands for opening and improving said road, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per day for his services in attending to the same, his account being first audited and allowed by the comptroller.

general dis

lands

IV. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor- Surveyor general shall sell the lands belonging to the people of rected to this state in Palmer's purchase, in the manner direct-state a ed by the act entitled "an act for the sale of the un- in Palmer's purchase. appropriated lands, and for other purposes," passed April 6th, 1803, and the treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller, shall, out of the proceeds of such sales, pay the sum of two thousand dollars appropriated by the act entitled "an act to lay out and open the highway therein mentioned," passed March 30th, 1809, in the manner and for the purpose expressed in said act.

to be grant

in the Canastota tract.

V. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for, and the commissioners of the land-office are Isaac Van hereby required to issue letters patent to Isaac Van Camp, a lot Camp for lot number eighty one, in the Canastota ed to him tract: Provided, That before such patent issue he shall execute to the comptroller his bond and mortgage for securing the appraised value of the said lot, in four equal annual payments, with the lawful interest annually from the time of the appraisal aforesaid.

A.D. 1811.

paid for

the out-let

of lake George.

VI. And be it further enacted, That the treasur $800 to be er, on the warrant of the comptroller, shall pay to building a such person as the surveyor-general shall appoint, the bridge over sum of eight hundred dollars for the purpose of erecting a good and sufficient bridge across the waters of the out-let of Lake George, near the lower falls, where the old bridge formerly stood, known by the name of the long bridge, which monies shall be expended by said person for that object, for which services the said person so appointed shall receive two dollars per day for his services out of the aforesaid monies; and before he enters on the duties of his office he shall enter into bonds to the people of this state in double the amount of the sum appropriated, which shall be approved of by the comptroller and deposited in his office.

Commis'rs

bridge over

and Chitte

nengo creeks.

VII. And be it further enacted, That Sylvanus appointed Smalley, and Zebulon Douglass, of the county of to build a Madison, be and they are hereby appointed commisthe Oneida sioners for the purpose of building a bridge across the Chittenengo creek, and also a bridge across the Oneida creek, on the road commonly called the state road, extending from the house now or late of Martin Langdon, in the town of Verona, in the county of Oneida, to the Genesee river, part of which road was laid out by James Geddes and Zebulon Douglass pursuant to the act entitled "an act authorising cominissioners to lay out certain great roads within this state," passed the 8th day of April, 1808, and the residue of said road was laid out by Philetus Swift, Asa Rice and William Rogers, pursuant to an act of the 27th day of March, 1809.

Commiss'rs

to build

bridges a

and Post Bay and

VIII. And be it further enacted, That Jonathan appointed Melvin, of the town of Phelps, in the county of Ontario, and Eli Matson, of the town of Cato, in the couneros black, ty of Cayuga, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of building a bridge across ited erecks the stream called Black Creek, in the town of Cicero, and also for building a bridge across the stream called Post-Bay creek, in the town of Woolcot, and also for building a bridge across Red creek, in the town of