Building commission

ers.

To enter into a bond.

Treasurer

may borrow money.

Interest.

Commission

on treasurer.

for the purpose of building a new court-house in said county.

$ 2. Thomas B. Campbell, of Westfield, and William Peacock and Martin Prendergrast, of Mayville, in said county, are hereby appointed commissioners to contract for and superintend the building of the said court-house; and in case either of the said commissioners shall die, resign, or refuse to serve, the supervisors of said county shall supply the vacancy; and a majority of such commissioners shall in all cases have power to act under the provisions of this act.

$ 3. The said commissioners, before they shall enter upon the duties enjoined upon them by this act, shall each of them enter into a bond, with security, to be approved of by the treasurer of said county, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, to the supervisors of the said county, for the due and faithful performance of the trust reposed in them; and the said commissioners shall receive for their services one dollar and fifty cents per day, for each day they may be actually employed in the duties of their office, and their accounts shall be audited by the board of supervisors, and paid as other contingent charges of the county.

$ 4. If before the said moneys shall be collected, the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall certify to the treasurer of the said county, that the whole amount contemplated by the first section of this act, or any specified proportion thereof, will be required for the fulfilment of any contract made by them in the performance of their trust, it shall thereupon be the duty of the said treasurer, and he is hereby authorized to borrow, on the credit of the county, the amount specified in such certificate, and to reimburse the same, with annual interest thereon, out of the moneys to be collected by virtue of this act, as soon as the same shall come into his hands.

S5. It shall be the duty of the said treasurer to report annually to the said board of supervisors, the amount of interest becoming due in such year, upon any loan which may have been effected by virtue of the fourth section of this act, which amount shall be audited by the said board, and paid as other contingent charges of the county are paid.

$6. The said commissioners shall have full power to ers to draw draw upon the treasurer of said county, from time to time. for such moneys as may be required for the purposes contemplated by this act, and the said treasurer is hereby directed to pay over to them, or a majority of them, any

moneys in his hands which may have been collected in pursuance of this act, exclusive of the amount collected for interest due upon loans.

$7. The commissioners appointed by virtue of this act, To account shall at all times when required by the supervisors of said county, account with them for the faithful expenditure of all the moneys received by them, or either of them, by virtue of this act.

court house.

S8. The said court-house shall be built upon one of the Location of public squares in the village of Mayville, or on such other lot of ground in the vicinity of the new jail, as some proprietor of land in that village shall convey, and assure to the said county, in fee simple, free of expense, and the said commissioners shall accept.

CHAP. 14.

AN ACT authorizing the trustees of school district number twelve, in the town of Chenango, to sell a school lot.

Passed February 19, 1884.

The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

$1. Vincent Whitney, Samuel Smith and Samuel S. Hill, trustees of school district number twelve, in the town of Chenango, or their successors in office, are hereby authorized to sell and convey, in fee simple, the lot belonging to the said district, and on which their school-house stands, and to apply the proceeds to the purchase of another lot and the erection of a new building for the benefit of the said district.

CHAP. 15.

AN ACT for the relief of Jacob Spalding, collector of the town of Bleecker, county of Montgomery.

Passed February 21, 1834.

The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

$1. The official acts of Jacob Spalding, of the town of Bleecker, county of Montgomery, as collector of said town, done and performed prior to the passage of this act, are hereby ratified and confirmed in as full and complete a

manner as if the said Spalding had been legally elected or appointed to said office.

$2. This act shall take effect immediately after its pas

sage.

CHAP. 16.

AN ACT in relation to town meetings.

Passed February 21, 1834.

The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

$1. The time for holding town meeting shall include the first Tuesday in February and the first Tuesday in May; and all town meetings which have been held on either of those days, shall be as valid and effectual as though they had been held on any Tuesday between those days.

CHAP. 17.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to subject certain debts owing to non-residents to taxation," passed April 27, 1833.

Passed February 26, 1834.

The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

$1. The act entitled "An act to subject certain debts owing to non-residents to taxation," passed April 27th, 1833, shall not be so construed as to subject any debt owing to the school fund of the state of Connecticut to taxation under the provisions of the said act.

CHAP. 18.

AN ACT extending the time for the collection of taxes in the city of Albany.

Passed February 26, 1834.

The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

C $1. If the collectors of taxes in the several wards of the city of Albany shall renew their securities respectively

in such manner as the supervisor of the ward shall reasonably require, the time for the collection and making the return of taxes shall be extended to the first day of April next.

S2. This act shall go into effect on the passage thereof.

CHAP. 19.

AN ACT to alter the name of the town of Depau, in the county of St. Lawrence.

Passed February 28, 1834.

The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

S1. From and after the passing of this act, the town of Depau, in the county of St. Lawrence, shall be known and distinguished by the name of Hermon.

CHAP. 20.

AN ACT to authorize the Mohawk and Hudson rail-road company to increase their capital stock, and for other purposes.

Passed February 28, 1834.

The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

stock.

$1. The Mohawk and Hudson rail-road company are Increase of hereby authorized to increase their present capital stock, by adding thereto such sum, not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, as the president and directors thereof may deem necessary; the said increase of stock to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; or if, in the opinion of the said directors, it shall be deemed for the interest of the said company, to borrow the money necessary to complete said roads and works authorized by its charter, the said company are hereby empowered to borrow for those purposes, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and to give such security for the loan, by way of pledge, of the property of said company or otherwise, as the said directors may determine: and the said company are hereby allowed the pe riod of one year from the first day of April next, to construct, finish, and put in operation their said roads.

Subscriptions.

Distribution of stock.

Payments.

$ 2. In case the directors of the said company shall not elect to borrow the said sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, they, or a majority of them, shall, within sixty days after the passage of this act, at some suitable place in the city of New-York, open books to receive subscriptions to the stock hereby created; and twenty days' public notice shall be given by said directors, of the time and place of the opening of said books, in two of the public newspapers printed in the city of New-York, and one printed in the city of Albany; the said books shall remain open for two successive days, under the direction of a majority of said directors, and the sum of five dollars on each share subscribed for, shall be paid to the said directors at the time of making said subscriptions.

Money may

S3. As soon as may be after the said books are closed, the said directors, or a majority of them, shall proceed to distribute the said stock among the subscribers thereto; and in case there shall be subscriptions to more than the amount of such stock, within the time in the last section specified for keeping open the said books, it shall be the duty of the said directors, or a majority of them, to apportion the same among the subscribers thereto, in such manner as they shall deem most advantageous to the interests of said company.

$ 4. It shall be lawful for the said directors to require payment of the sums subscribed to said stock, at such times, and in such proportions, and on such conditions, as they shall deem fit, under the penalty of the forfeiture of all previous payments made thereon, and shall give notice of the payments thus required to be made, and of the time and place where the same are to be paid, at least thirty days previous to the time specified for the payment of the same, in a public newspaper published in the city of NewYork, and in one published in the city of Albany.

$ 5. In case there should not be a sufficient amount of be borrowed the stock hereby created subscribed for within the time in this act provided for keeping open the said books of subscription, in the judgment of said directors, to provide for the payment of the debts of the said company, and to complete their roads and works and putting the same in operation, the said company are hereby authorised and empowered to borrow in the manner herein before provided, such sum as. together with the amount of said stock that shall be subscribed for, shall be necessary to pay said debts, and complete said roads and works; provided that the sum thus to be borrowed, together with the amount of stock thus subscribed for, shall not exceed the said sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.