said clerks, such sums as shall be certified to be due to tnem respectively, for engrossing and other extra services performed by the said clerks, during the last session of the legislature; and in future for engrossing each sheet or folio of seventy two words nine cents; and six and an half cents, per folio of seventy two words, for copying the journals for the governor, resolutions to either house for concurrence, and copies furnished the State printer; and for issuing notices of vacancies in the senate as directed by law, fifty cents. of legisla ture. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall pay to the mes- Officers senger 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; and that there be paid to the sergeants at arms and to the door keepers of the senate and assembly, and to each of them, in addition to the allowance now made by law, the sum of fifty cents for each and every day they shall respectively have attended to their duties during the present session. appointment. And be it further enacted, That the members of the council of 'ap- Council of pointment shall, for their attendance during the recess of the legislature, be entitled to the like allowance per day, and for travelling, as is allowed to the members of the legislature. executive. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the treasurer Incidental to pay to the person administering the government of this State for charges of the time being, to defray the incidental charges which may arise in and about the administering the government of this State, such sum or sums as he shall require; not exceeding in the whole the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars. levied. And be it further enacted, That a tax of one mill upon each dollar State tax of the valuation of the real and personal estates within this State, shall be raised, levied and collected in the present year, in the manner directed by any act or acts of the legislature of this State. Norton and And be it further enacted, That the comptroller shall audit the ac- Nathaniel counts of Nathaniel Norton and William Steward for services per- wiona formed by them, under the act entitled "An act authorizing the sur- Steward. veyor general to ascertain the eastern boundary line of the land ceded by this State to the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes therein mentioned;" and draw his warrant on the treasurer of this State for the same, who is hereby directed to pay the same. Provided nevertheless that the amount so to be audited, shall not exceed the sum of five hundred and seventy five dollars and eighty four cents. veyor And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall pay on the war- Expenses rant of the comptroller, to Simeon DeWitt such sum as shall be due of surto him for expences in executing the laws directing certain lands to be general. granted to Nathaniel Mallory and his associates; and also such further sum as shall be due to him for a survey in Brother town, made pursuant to concurrent resolutions of the senate and assembly, of the twentieth day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall pay, upon the Extra warrant of the comptroller, to the State printer such sum as he shall printing. be entitled to, upon the settlement of his accounts, for extra printing during the present session of the legislature, agreeable to the concurrent resolution of the senate and assembly, of the present session, and for like printing performed at the last session of the legislature; and such sum as he shall be entitled to, for printing five hundred copies of the Reverend John B. Johnsons sermon; and also such sum as, upon Deputy commissary. Ontario and Tioga school monies. Charles R. and George a settlement of his account with the comptroller may be due to him, for printing the fourth volume of the transactions of the Society for Promoting Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures, agreeably to concur rent resolutions of the last session of the legislature. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the person administering the government of this State for the time being, with the advice and consent of the council of appointment, to appoint a deputy commissary of military stores, to take the charge of the arsenal near the city of Albany, and the military stores that may be deposited therein; who shall receive as a compensation for his services yearly, the sum of one hundred dollars; to be paid by the treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of this State is hereby directed to pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the treasurers of the counties of Ontario and Tioga, the sums that became payable, on the third Tuesday of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, to the said counties respectively agreeable to the act "for the encouragement of schools" passed the ninth day of April one thousand seven hundred and ninety five; and that the said sums shall be apportioned and paid by the treasurers of the counties of Ontario and Tioga, to and among the several towns of the counties of Ontario and Steuben, of Tioga and Chenango, which were formerly included in the said county of Tioga, in the proportions directed by the last act mentioned. And be it further enacted, That the comptroller shall audit and allow any accounts for printing performed by Charles R. and George Webster. Webster in pursuance of concurrent resolutions of the senate and assembly and any law of this State, and shall draw his warrant upon the treasurer for the amount thereof. Release ratified. George Whereas the treasurer of this State is directed, in and by an act entitled "An act for the relief of Joshua Quereau and Elias Quereau' passed at the present session of the legislature, to pay to the said Joshua Quereau and Elias Quereau the sum of three hundred and thirty pounds, with the interest thereof, as therein mentioned, on their and Joshua Purdy, therein named, releasing and conveying to the people of this State, all their right, title and interest to the premises therein specified; and whereas also the said Joshua Purdy is dead. There fore Be it further enacted, That a release and conveyance executed to the people of this State, by the legal representatives of the said Joshua Purdy, of all their right, title and interest of, in and to the said premises shall be as effectual for the purpose therein intended, as if made and executed by the said Joshua Purdy in his life time. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall pay on the warrant of the comptroller, unto George Walker the sum of sixty two dollars and twenty five cents, which was expended by him, for the freight and transportation of two pieces of cannon, and one ammunition waggon, from New York to Cooperstown in the county of Otsego. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall on the warrant Herrbach. of the comptroller, pay unto Arthur H. Herrbach or order the sum of one hundred and thirty seven dollars and fifty cents for freight of eleven iron cannon, conveyed from Red Hook to New York, by the direction of the commissioners, constituted by the act entitled "An act authorising the erecting of fortifications within this State." Arthur H. Selah Strong. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall pay on the warrant of the comptroller, unto Selah Strong the sum of twelve dollars and thirty five cents, for the sum overpaid by mistake into the treasury, for the State tax for the county of Suffolk. Jones. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer is hereby required and Sarah authorized to pay, upon the warrant of the comptroller, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Sarah Jones widow of Philip Jones, the sum of one hundred and twelve dollars and eighty two cents in full of all claim of dower, which the said Sarah has in the estate forfeited to the people of this State by the attainder of her husband Philip Jones, on the said Sarah's executing a release to the people of this State of all her interest and right in the estate above mentioned. And be it further enacted That it shall and may be lawful for the Comcomptroller, the attorney general and surveyor general of this State, promise of or any two of them, in all cases where it shall appear to them, that lands not forfeited to the people of this State, have been improperly sold under the authority of the same, to compromise, extinguish and settle all claims and demands, of any purchaser or purchasers, his or their heirs, executors, administrators or assigns by reason of such sale or sales, against the people of this State; and that it shall and may be lawful for the comptroller to draw his warrant on the treasury, for the sum or sums, that shall or may be agreed to be paid for the purposes aforesaid, to be paid out of any unappropriated monies in the treasury. ney comptrol general. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall pay such sums, Expenses as shall be certified by the comptroller to be row due, or hereafter to of attorbecome due to the attorney general, the surveyor general and the general, comptroller, or to either of them for the costs, expences and disburse- fer and ments, by them or any of them incurred, or to be incurred and paid, surveyorin and about the execution of the trust hereby reposed in them, and in and about the execution of the trust reposed in them in and by the last section of the act entitled "An act for the relief of the purchasers of certain lands in the fourth allotment of the royal grant, and for other purposes passed the thirty first day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight; provided such sum or sums shall not exceed the annual sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. of persons named. And be it further enacted, That the supervisors of the county of Accounts Ontario shall audit and allow the account of Augustus Porter, Samuel Colt and Amos Hall for services performed, and expences incurred by them as commissioners of taxes, in and for the county of Ontario; and shall cause the same to be levied and collected in like manner, as the contingent charges of said county are by law levied and collected. be drawn. And be it further enacted, That the lotteries to be drawn in pursu- Where ance of the act entitled "An act for opening and improving certain lotteries to great roads within this State" shall be drawn in the city of New York, under the inspection of the managers thereof, or any two of them, any law to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. ammuni And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall pay, upon the Collecting warrant of the comptroller, such sum as the person administering the arms and government, may expend in collecting into the arsenals and magazines tion. any arms and ammunition in this State, belonging to, and not under the care of the United States, not exceeding two hundred dollars. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall pay unto Josiah Josiah Tryon or order, on the warrant of the comptroller, the ballance of five hundred dollars, remaining in the treasury and unexpended, on account of improving the road from Fort Stanwix to the bridge erected over the Fish creek, and from thence through George Scriba's Tryon. Physician and surgeon time for land, and through the township number twelve in Boylstons purchase, in pursuance of the act entitled "An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act for opening and improving certain great roads within this State," to be applied in repairing the said road in such parts thereof as he shall judge necessary, and to account with the comptroller for the expenditure of the same. And be it further enacted, That the period of three months is hereby granted to any physician or surgeon who may remove into this State, given from any of the United States, to procure a certificate of his qualifiprocuring cation in his profession conformably to the act in that behalf provided; and any penalty incurred by any physician or surgeon for a non compliance with the said act within the said period of three months after such removal, for the recovery of which no suit or prosecution has already been commenced, shall be and hereby is remitted. certificates. Private secretary of gov ernor. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall pay to the pri vate secretary of the person administering the government of this State, upon the warrant of the comptroller, the sum of one hundred and eighty seven dollars and fifty cents, in addition to the sum allowed by the act entitled "An act for the support of government." -- chapter nine-chap. 55, 20th sess. chapter fourteen-chap. 98, 23rd sess.. chapter thirty-eight - chap. 92, 22nd sess. - 179 487 109 76 588 233 552 362 162 162 25 446 259 587 423 590 chapter sixty-two-chap. 101, 20th sess., 134; chap. 80, 22nd sess. .... chapter eleven - chap. 89, 22nd sess. chapter forty-nine—chap. 71, 23rd sess.. chapter fifty-four-chap. 27, 22nd sess.. chapter twenty-chap. 66, 22nd sess.. chapter fourteen-chap. 23, 23rd sess. VOL. 4.-76 442 487 437 521 ... 335 393 225 284 98 465 32 402 |