Dividends how to be made. Rate of intereit. Prefident and directors XIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the directors to make half yearly dividends of so much of the profits of the said bank as to them, or a majority of them shall seem advisable, and that every cashier and clerk before he enters upon the duties of his office shall give bond with two or more securities to be approved by the directors for the time being, or a majority of them, in a sum not less than ten thousand dollars for such cashier, and two thousand dollars for such clerk, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their several duties. XIV. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall not demand any greater interest on any loan or discount than at the rate of six per cent per annum. XV. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the president and directors of the said Catskill bank to ask, mand pay. demand or receive any compensation for their services as di fhall not de The prefi. dent and di fon may op. of difcount rectors. XVI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of rectors of the the said president, directors and company of the bank of Hudbank of Hud- son, in case of subscribing as aforesaid, to withdraw their of en an office fice of discount and deposit from the village of Catskill, and it at Coafackie shall be lawful for them to establish a like office of discount and deposit in the town of Coxsackie, with the same powers and under the same restrictions as are given and prescribed in the act authorising the establishment of said office of discount and deposit in the village of Catskill aforesaid. XVII. And be it further enacted, That this act be and it is hereby declared to be a public act, and that the same be construed in all courts and places benignly and favorably for every beneficial purpose therein mentioned. Preamble. CHAP. LXXXI. An ACT for the Relief of the Collectors of Taxes of the several towns therein mentioned. Passed March 26, 1813. WHEREAS it is represented to the legislature, that by reason of sickness, the collectors of the towns of Sempronius and Owasco were severally unable to attend at the office of the treasurer of the county of Cayuga within the time prescribed by law, in order to complete their returns of the arrears of taxes for the present year, as required by the act entitled "an act for the assessment and collection of taxes," passed April 8th, 1801, and did accordingly take oath, as prescribed by the said act, before one of the magistrates of the said county: Therefore, I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the rears of taxes comptroller to accept of the said returns of the arrears of taxes from the treasurer of the said county of Cayuga, in the same manner as if the said collectors had taken the oath before the said treasurer, and the comptroller is hereby authorised and required to proceed in the collection of the said taxes as in ordinary cases. Treasurer of Cayuga coun ty to pay ar. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be law with the col Wolcott and ful for the treasurer of the said county of Cayuga at any time To fettle before the first day of May next, to settle with the collectors of lectors of the towns of Wolcott and Cato, the taxes of the said towns for Cato. the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, in the manner prescribed by the above recited act; and it shall be and hereby is made the duty of the said treasurer, within twenty days thereafter to transmit to the comptroller the returns of the arrears of taxes for the said towns, and the comptroller is hereby authorised to accept of the same and to proceed in the collection of said taxes as in ordinary cases III. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the Treasurer of Washington county of Washington shall be and he is hereby authorised and to fettle cerrequired to settle the accounts of the collector in the town of tain accounts Thurman in the said county, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, on or before the tenth day of May next, in the same manner as he might have done, had the same been presented for settlement on the first day of February last, and shall within twenty days thereafter transmit the transcripts of unpaid taxes on non-residents to the comptroller, who is hereby required to receive and proceed to collect the same as the law directs. Genefee to IV. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the Treasurer of county of Genesee be and he is hereby authorised and required fettle certain to settle the accounts of the collector of the town of Leicester, accounts. in the county of Genesee, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, on or before the first day of July next, in the same manner as he might have done had the same been presented for settlement on the first day of February last, and shall within twenty days thereafter transmit the transcripts of unpaid taxes on non-residents to the comptroller, who is hereby required to receive and proceed to collect the same as the law directs. CHAP. LXXXII. An ACT for the Relief of Abigail Green, Amaziah Allen 1st, < Passed March 26, 1813. WHEREAS Stephen Allen, on the second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and three, became entitled as occupant to the pre-emption of lot number one hundred and twenty-eight, in the town of Scipio, in the county of Cayuga, on the cast side of the Cayuga lake, in the late Cayuga reservation, containing two hundred and fifty acres of land, at the price of five dollars and fifty cents per acre, payable by instalments according to the act entitled "an act for the sale of the unappropriated lands, and for other purposes," passed April 5, 1803, and before the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and five, paid the whole consideration into the treasury but did not obtain letters patent for the said lot: And whereas on the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, the commissioners of the land-office sold the same lot by mistake to Jacob Mancius for the sum of thirteen hundred and seventy-five dollars, under the supposed authority of the Preamble. Claim of J. Mancius to be extinguished. Comptroller to audit certain costs. "act for the disposal of the lands remaining the property of this state," in the late Indian reservation, passed February 28th, 1806, and on the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, letters patent were issued to the said Jacob Mancius for the same lot, and afterwards, to wit, on the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, letters patent were likewise issued for the said lot to the said Stephen Allen, containing special recitals, and on the supposed ground that the former patent to the said Jacob Mancius was inoperative and void, but the supreme court having in January term last determined that the patent to the said Jacob Mancius was valid, and having given judgment in actions of ejectment instituted in that court for the recovery of the said lot in favor of the said Jacob Mancius against Abigail Greene, Amaziah Allen 1st, Amaziah Allen 2d, and Jacob Lawton, the occupants and purchasers of the said lot from the said Stephen Allen : Therefore, I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the commissioners of the land office be, and they are hereby authorised to extinguish the claim of the said Jacob Mancius, his heirs and assigns, of, in and to the said lot, in such way and manner as they shall deem right and just, or according to the provision contained in the ninth section of the act “relative to the sale of lands belonging to the people of this state," passed March 15, 1811, and upon such extinguishment, to receive from the said Jacob Mancius, his heirs or assigns, a conveyance to the people of this state of all his and their claim to the said lot, which conveyance shall enure to the benefit of the said Abigail Green, Amaziah Allen 1st, Amaziah Allen 2d, and Jacob Lawton, their heirs and assigns. II. And be it further enacted, That the comptroller shall audit and allow the reasonable costs and charges which the said Abigail Greene, Amaziah Allen 1st, Amaziah Allen 2d, and Jacob Lawton, or either of them, have sustained or been put to, by reason of the actions of ejectment instituted against them or either of them, as aforesaid, and such other reasonable sums of money as they or either of them, shall appear to be equitably entitled to, in relation to the said lot, or in procuring the patent issued to the said Stephen Allen, and the comptroller shall draw his warrant on the treasurer for payment of the monies hereby directed to be so audited and allowed. CHAP. LXXXIII. An ACT for the Relief of Archibald Burges. Passed March 26, 1813. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be lawful for the commissioners of the land office, and they are hereby required to grant letters patent to Archibald Burges in fee for two hundred acres of land, in a tract set apart for the use of the troops in the line of this state in the army of the United States, as a compensation for the services of the said Archibald Burges, rendered as a soldier in the line of this state during the revolutonary war. CHAP. LXXXIV. An ACT appointing Commissioners to lay out the Roads therein mentioned within the counties of Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga and Onondaga. Passed March 26, 1813. 1. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That Gilbert Howell of Ontario, Jonas Seely of Seneca, and Isaac Smith of Cayuga, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out the following roads, to wit: the first to begin at or near the sixty-one mile post at the north end of the Seneca lake, in the line between the counties of Ontario and Seneca, or as near the line as the ground will admit, to the bridge over the Canandaigua outlet, near the house of Henry Cruger, in the town of Galen, thence on the nearest and most eligible route to the south end of Great Sodus bay; the other of which to begin at the village of Oswego, and running a southwesterly course through the towns of Hannibal, Sterling and Wolcott, so as to intersect the road leading from Great Sodus bay to the block house in the town of Galen at the bridge over the Canandaigua outlet, and cause the survey and map of the same to be lodged with the clerks of the several counties through which the same shall be laid out, and that the same when so laid out shall be deemed and considered as public highways, and shall be opened and kept in repair by the inhabitants of the several towns through which the same shall pass. II. And be it further enacted, That each of the said commissioners shall be allowed for his services as aforesaid two dollars per day, for each and every day he shall be employed in the same; and it shall be the duty of the respective boards of supervisors of the several counties through which the said roads shall be laid out, to make provision for such compensation as soon as may be after the performance of the service hereby required. CHAP. LXXXV. An ACT to vest certain Powers in the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Village of Whitesborough, and for other purposes. Passed March 26, 1813. village. I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, re presented in Senate and Assembly, That the district of country Bounds of the comprehended within the following bounds, to wit: beginning on the south bank of the Mohawk river, at the mouth of the Sadaqueda creek, thence running southerly on the west line of Cosby's manor to a point opposite the southerly line of the lot on which stands the Oneida cotton factory, thence northwesterly along said line and to the southeast corner of the house lot of Arthur Breese, from thence northerly to the intersection of the road leading from the house of Jesse Dodge to the old Genesee road, from thence northerly until the line strikes a point on the west side of the main road leading from Whitesborough to Rome, where the west line of the Sadaqueda patent intersects the inhabit. ants. said road, thence northerly on the line of said patent to the Mohawk river, thence down said river to the place of beginning, shall continue to be known and distinguished by the name of Privileges of the Village of Whitesborough; and the freeholders and inhabitants residing within said village, qualified to vote at town meetings, may on the second Tuesday in May next, meet at some proper place in said village, to be notified to the inhabitants of said village at least one week previous to said second Tuesday in May by any justice of the peace of the county of Oneida, and then and there proceed to elect by ballot five freeholders, resident within the said village, to be trustees thereof, and such justice shall preside at said meeting and declare the five persons having the greatest number of votes as duly elected trustees, and on every second Tuesday of May after the said first election of trustees, there shall in like manner be a new election of trustees for the said village, and the trustees of the said village for the time being, shall preside at such elections and notify the meetings of the inhabitants for that purpose in the same manner as said justice is authorised to notify and preside at said first meeting. Election. II. And be it further enacted, That the freeholders and inhabitants residing in the aforesaid village, are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate by the name of the "Trustees of the Village of Whitesborough," and by that name they and their successors shall have perpetual succession, and be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, and of defending and being defended in all courts and places whatever, in all manner of actions and causes, and may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, and shall be capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any estate real or personal, for the use of said village, and of erecting any public buildings for the use of said village, and of raising money by tax, not exceeding three hundred dollars in one year, for purchasing of land, for erecting and repairing public buildings, for purchasing and keeping in repair fire-engines, ladders, buckets and other utensils for the extinguishing of fires, and for erecting markets and hay scales, and for making any other necessary improvements in said village: Provided, That no tax shall be laid, levied or collected, and no purchase or sale of any real estate shall be made, and no public building erected or disposed of without the consent of the major part of the freeholders and inhabitants of said village attending at their annual meeting for the election of trustees first obtained. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the trustees of said village, or the major part of them, to make and publish such prudential by-laws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state or the United States, as they shall think proper, relating to the prevention or extinguishing of fires, to the protection or preservation of the side-walks on the highways and streets of said village, to preventing of nuisances and horse racing in said village, to the erection and regulation of markets and hay scales, and to the prevention of the running at large in the said village of horses and swine. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees or the major part of them, may make, ordain and impose such fines for |