Sterling, all which three bridges last named are A D. 1811. to be erected where the aforesaid road crosses the said streams. sell certain ed of IX. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor- Surveyor general be and he is hereby directed to sell and dis- general to pose of, in such manner as the commissioners of the lands to raise $2000 land-office shall deem most conducive to the interest of the state and the promotion of the objects hereby intended, such quantity of the unappropriated lands of this state lying in either of the counties of Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga or Seneca, as shall produce the sum of two thousand three hundred dollars; and the surveyor-general shall pay over the monies arising from such sale or sales to the commissioners named in the two last preceding sections of this act, in the proportions following, to wit: to the said Monies Sylvanus Smalley and Zebulon Douglass, sixteen hun- how disposdred dollars, and to the said Jonathan Melvin and Eli Matson, seven hundred dollars, to be applied by the said commissioners in building said bridges so as afore said committed to their charge: Provided always, That said commissioners shall not be entitled to receive the said monies, or any part thereof, until they to give shall have filed in the office of the comptroller of this sureties. state their bond or bonds to the people of this state, with sufficient surety or sureties, (of which sufficiency the comptroller shall decide) conditioned for the faithful execution of the trust reposed in them respectively by this act, and that the said commissioners shall honestly and truly account to the comptroller for the just and proper application of said monies when thereunto required. CHAP. CCXLV. An ACT for the purpose therein mentioned. Passed April 9, 1811. E it enacted by the people of the state of New-Yorkrepresented in Senate and Assembly, That the deed heretofore executed to the Rev. Simon Hoosack by the trustees of the presbyterian church in Johnstown, in the county of Montgomery, for lot number thirty-six Commiss'rs boud with A. D. 1811. in the village of Johnstown, shall be deemed valid to all intents and purposes, so as to vest in the said Simon Hoosack, his heirs and assigns, an estate in fee in the said land. tion to surv. general. CHAP. CCXLVI. An ACT for the payment of certain officers of government, and for other purposes. Passed April 9, 1811. I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New York, represented in senate and assembly, That Compensa the treasurer of this state shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to Simeon De Witt, surveyor-general of this state, the sum of one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, for his services in his said office from the first day of July last to the first day of July next: Provided, That the said Simeon De Witt shall accounted account with the comptroller of this state, and pay into for by him. the treasury all fees he may have received or shall receive by virtue of his said office during the time afore Fees to be said. II. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer Compensa- shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to such lains of the of the reverend clergy as shall have attended the legis legislature. lature as chaplains, the sum of two dollars and fifty tion to chap To the mes of the councils cents for every day they have so attended, which sums shall be certified by the president of the senate or speaker of the house of assembly. III. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer, sengers on the warrant of the comptroller, shall pay to the messenger and door-keeper of the council of revision and council of appointment, the like compensation per day as is allowed to the door-keepers of the senate and assembly. To the the council IV. And be it further enacted, That the members members of of the council of appointment shall, for their attenof appont- dance during the recess of the legislature, be entitled ment. to receive the same allowance per day and for travelPresident ling as is allowed to the members of the legislature. V. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer the house. shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the of the sen ate and speaker of president of the senate and the speaker of the house A. D. 1811. of assembly, the sum of two dollars per day for each day's travelling and attendance in their respective stations; to each member of the senate and assembly the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per day for each day's travelling and attendance in the legislature; to the sergeant at arms and door-keepers of the senate and assembly the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per day for each day's attendance, in addition to the compensation allowed them respectively by an act entitled "An act for the support of government." the senate VI. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the Clerks of clerks of the senate and assembly the same compen- and assembly and sation per day as was allowed to them the last session, their assistogether with the same additional allowance for their tants. respective assistant clerks; and that the compensation of the assistant clerk of the senate shall be increased to the same sum as that of the assistant clerk of the assembly. and assem index to the VII. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer Clerks of shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to Sebas- the senate tian Visscher, clerk of the senate, twenty-five dollars bly for an for making an index to the journals of the senate; and journals. to Samuel North, clerk of the assembly, for making an index to the journals of the house of assembly, fifty dollars. VIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be eral for poslawful for the treasurer of this state, upon the warrant tage. of the comptroller, to pay to the adjutant-general of this state for the time being, the amount of postage on letters enclosing blank military returns to the several brigadier-generals or inspectors of brigades in this state. IX, And be it further enacted, That the trustees of the village of Troy shall have power to order the raise ing annually, for the term of five years from and after the passing of this act, a sum of money not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars in any one year, by a tax on the estates real and personal of all and every the freeholders and inhabitants within said village, to be applied for the supporting a night watch and lighting A. D. 1811. of common County cs any of the streets of said village, which shall be rated, assessed and collected in the manner prescribed for raising money for the like purposes in and by the act entitled "An act relative to the village of Troy." X. And be it further enacted, That the term of the Sept. term courts of common pleas and general sessions of the pleas for peace to be holden in and for the county of Rensselaer, Rensselaer known by the name of the October term, shall in futablished ture be held at the court-house in the town of Troy, in the said county, on the last Monday of September in each and every year hereafter, instead of being holden on the first Monday of October in each year as now directed by law; and the said term shall here after be called the September term, and may be continued from the commencement thereof on every day, except Sunday, until Tuesday in the week next following inclusive, in each and every year hereafter. See. of state istering XI. And be it further enacted, That the secretary to receive of this state shall be authorised to receive the same fees for res fees for registering mortgages in his office as the clerks mortgages of the several counties in this state receive for the like. services, which fees shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury by the said secretary quarter yearly, with the other fees of his office. and to ac count for the same Additional of 250 dols. XII. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer allowance of this state, in addition to the salary now allowed him to the treas by law, shall be entitled to receive for the current year, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. urer Treasurer. to pay to Jacob er $28.50 XIII. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay to Jacob Jeh Eack Eacker the sum of twenty-eight dollars and fifty-five cents, in full of his costs, expended in an ejectment brought against him in behalf of the people of this state by the attorney-general. To J. Davis, XIV. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer and others shall, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay to Joseph $255 76 Davis, Michael Overacker and William Wells, the sum of two hundred and fifty-five dollars and seventysix cents, out of the first monies which shall be paid into the treasury for taxes on lands situate in townships number one, two, three, eight, nine and ten, in Totten and Crossfield's purchase, for the purpose mentioned in the first and second sections of the act entitled "An act to enable the inhabitants in townships number one and two in Totten and Crossfield's purchase to open and improve a certain road therein mentioned." A. D. 1811. improve tion of the XV. And be it further enacted, That Russel At-Commiss'rs water, of the town of Russel, in the county of St. Law-appointed rence, and Roswell Hopkins, of the town of Hopkinton the naviga in the same county, be and they are hereby appointed St. Lawcommissioners to improve the navigation of the river rence St. Lawrence along the American shore, from the British line near the village of St. Regis, to the Indian village in the town of Lisbon. commiss'rs the above XVI. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer Treasurer shall, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay to the said co commissioners out of any monies in the treasury not $600 for otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred dollars, purpose to be by them expended as they shall deem best calculated to improve the navigation of the aforesaid river along the American shore, between the points above designated Provided always, That the said commissiononers shall, before the said warrant shall be drawn in their favor, execute and deliver to the comptroller a bond in the penal sum of twelve hundred dollars, conditioned that they will faithfully execute the trust reposed in them by this act. XVII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be commiss`rs lawful for the said commissioners to retain in their hands to receive $2 per day out of the aforesaid sum, such sums as they shall respec- r their tively be entitled to for their services at the rate of two services dollars per day. cellus au 22 XVIII. And be it further enacted, That Daniel Kel- Certain per logg, Joseph Olmsted, Resolvert Van Houten, Amasa sons in Mar Kneeland and Abijah Earll, or a majority of them, or thorised to such other persons as shall be appointed by the free-Slot No. holders and inhabitants of the town of Marcellus, in the county of Onondaga, in legal town meeting assembled, be and they are hereby authorised to sell and dispose of lot number twenty-two in said town, heretofore appropropriated to the support of the gospel and schools, for the best price that can be obtained for the same, and to |