duties of. Herrick, of the town of Pleasant Valley, and Phoenix powers and Bockee, of the town of Northeast, in Dutchess county, are hereby appointed commissioners, with full power, at such time as to them shall seem best, to sell at public auction at the court house in the city of Poughkeepsie, on at least three weeks' previous notice in the Poughkeepsie Eagle and Telegraph, in parcels or otherwise, the poor house lands upon which the paupers of Dutchess county are kept, and give a good and sufficient conveyance or conveyances therefor, in the name of said county; and with so much of the proceeds of such sale as may be necessary, the said commissioners are hereby authorized, upon such terms of payment as to them shall seem best, to purchase other farming lands near the center of said county, upon which to keep the paupers in Dutchess county, and take a conveyance therefor in the name of the county of Dutchess, and remove thereon the paupers, stock, farming utensils, furniture and personal property of said county which may be on the present poor house .farm. sale, how S2. That in constructing suitable buildings upon any Proceeds of farming lands they may purchase, the said commissioners expended. have power and are hereby authorized to use the unexpended balance of the proceeds of the sale of the present poor house lands, and such additional sum or sums of money as may be necessary, not to exceed five thousand dollars, to be by them borrowed in the name and upon the credit of the county of Dutchess, to be paid in five equal annual installments, with interest annually on the whole principal unpaid, and a tax upon the taxable property of the county of Dutchess shall be levied by the board of supervisors of said county at each annual meeting of such board next preceding the maturity of each of such installments, to provide for the payment thereof, together with the yearly accumulating interest on the whole sum unpaid. $3. In case any of said commissioners shall die, resign or remove from the county, his office shall thereby be vacated, but the act of the others shall be valid until the chairman of the board of supervisors of said county shall, by appointment in writing, duly executed and acknowledged, so as to entitle it to be recorded, appoint some person to fill such vacancy, and such appointment Vacancy in (ffice of commis Compensa. tion. Railroads in city of New York. shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county of Dutchess, in the book kept for miscellaneous records, and such record shall in all places be evidence of such appointment, and the vacancy thereby filled. $4. All laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, as far as they relate to Dutchess county. $ 5. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 9. AN ACT in relation to the fees of the county SECTION 1. The county treasurer of the county of St. Lawrence shall hereafter receive for his services, instead of the fees now allowed by law, such compensation as shall be fixed by the board of supervisors of said county, not exceeding the half of one per cent for receiving, and the half of one per cent for disbursing, and in no case to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars. S2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 10. AN ACT relative to railroads in the city of New York. Passed January 30, 1860. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful hereafter to lay, construct or operate any railroad in, upon or along any or either of the streets or avenues of the city of New York, wherever such railroad may commence or end, except under the authority and subject to the regulations and restrictions which the legislature may hereafter grant and provide. This section shall not be deemed to affect the operation, as far as laid, of any railroad now constructed and duly authorized. Nor shall it be held to impair, in any manner, any valid grant for or relating to any railroad, in said city, existing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. S3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 11. AN ACT making appropriations to pay the interest on the temporary loan, and to provide for the payment of the floating debt of the state. Passed February 4, 1860; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The sum of thirteen thousand two hundred $13,294.75 appropria. and ninety-four dollars and seventy-five cents, being the ted to pay unexpended balance of the premiums of the loan under temporary section three of article seven of the constitution, to re- loan. deem the canal revenue certificates, is hereby appropriated to pay the interest on the temporary loan of two hundred thousand dollars, redeemable on the first day of July next. for payment $2. The sum of one hundred and twenty-nine thou- $129,734 50 sand seven hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents, of floating being the premiums on the loan of two millions five hun- debt. dred thousand dollars, to provide for the payment of the floating debt of the state, is hereby appropriated and shall be applied to the payment of claims against the state, not otherwise provided for, for work done on the canals of the state, and for private property appropriated by the state for the use of such canals, and for injury to Company declared a rate. private property, growing out of the construction of the Chap. 12. AN ACT to confirm the incorporation of the Passed February 4, 1860. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The company called "Oswego Chair body politic Factory," located in the city of Oswego, and formed and corpo- under and in pursuance of the provisions of the act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of corporations for manufacturing, mining, mechanical or chemical purposes," passed February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name aforesaid, from the time of filing their certificate, as required by said act, in the same manner and with the same powers and effect as if the whole amount of the capital stock of said company had been paid in within two years from the filing of said certificate; provided, nevertheless, that said capital stock shall all have been actually paid in, in money, and a certificate stating the amount of said capital stock, as fixed and limited by said company, and actually paid in, shall be made, signed, verified and recorded, as required by section eleven of chapter forty of the laws of. eighteen hundred and forty-eight, on or before the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty. S2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 13. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Syracuse," passed March third, eighteen hundred and fiftyseven, and also to amend an act entitled “Ån act to amend an act entitled 'An act to revise the charter of the city of Syracuse,' passed March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven," passed April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fiftyeight. Passed February 4, 1860; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: tion of law of 1858 SECTION 1. The fifth section of the act entitled "An Fifth seeact to amend an act entitled 'An act to revise the charter of the city of Syracuse, passed March third, eighteen amended. hundred and fifty-seven,' passed April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight," is hereby amended by inserting after the words "new paving" in the last line of said section the words "macadamizing, repaving." tion of § 2. The aldermen of said city shall severally receive Compensa the sum of one hundred dollars, in full for all compensa- aldermen as tion as aldermen and as commissioners of highways. commissioners of Sidewalks, § 3. It shall be the duty of every owner of real estate highways. in said city, in front of whose premises a sidewalk or gutter has been heretofore made, to keep the same at all times in suitable and proper repair. repair side $4. In case any owner shall neglect to keep his side- Neglect to walk and gutter in suitable and proper repair, it shall be walks. the duty of the common council to cause a notice to be served upon such owner, requiring him to repair such walk or gutter, as the case may be, within twenty days from such service. of served. S5. Such notice may be served personally or by leav- Notice to be ing the same at his or her residence, with some person suitable age and discretion, between the hours of eight in the morning and eight in the evening, or in case such owner is a non-resident of the city, by depositing such |