the breach of their by-laws, rules and ordinances as they shall think proper, not exceeding twenty-five dollars for any one offence, to be recovered before any justice of the peace or court having cognizance thereof, for the use of said corporation.

and collector

V. And be it further enacted, That the freeholders and in- Treasurer habitants of said village shall at their annual meeting in every to be chofen. year hereafter, choose one collector and one treasurer, being freeholders of said village; and in case a vacancy shall happen in either of said offices during any year, it shall be the duty of the trustees or a major part of them, within ten days thereafter, to appoint some suitable person to fill such vacancy, and the person to be so appointed shall be vested with like powers and be subject to the same restrictions and penalties, as if elected by the freeholders and inhabitants of said village.

VI. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, treasu- They fhall rer and collector, shall within ten days after their election, and take an oath. before they proceed to execute their several offices, respective

ly take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before any justice of the peace of the county of Oneida, for the faithful execution of the office to which they may severally be elected.

when elected

VII. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer and col And give fe curity. lector to be annually elected shall, before they enter on the execution of their offices respectively give such security for the faithful performance of the trusts reposed in them, as the major part of the trustees for the time being shall deem sufficient. VIII. And be it further enacted, That if any one of the in- Penalty for habitants of said village, qualified as aforesaid, shall be elec- not ferving ted or chosen a trustee, and having notice of his said election, shall refuse or neglect to take upon him said office, it shall be lawful for the trustees who do accept said office to impose, at their discretion, a fine on any person so neglecting or refusing, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, to be recovered in the same manner as other fines and penalties are to be recovered by vir tue of this act, and to the use of said village, and that in all cases where any fine or penalty is imposed by virtue of this act, the same shall be recovered by an action in the name of the corporation before any proper court; and it shall be sufficient for the trustees in any such action to declare, that the defendant is indebted to the said trustees by virtue of this act, and to give the special matter in evidence.

Firemen may

IX. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the trustees of said village, or the major part of them, to appoint be appointed, not exceeding twenty-five firemen, and the same or any one of them, to remove at their pleasure, and appoint others in their stead.

made.

X. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Assessments said trustees annually to assess on the several inhabitants of the may be said village, the amount of the taxes which the freeholders and inhabitants of the said village shall at their annual meeting determine to be raised and collected, in proportion to the advantages which the said trustees shall deem to result to each such inhabitant from the said taxes: Provided, That if any person shall conceive him or herself aggrieved by any such assessment, it shall be lawful for such person to appeal from the determination of said trustees to any three justices of the peace in the county

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Prefident and clerk to be appointed.

Collector's duty.

The act relative to the

village of Whitehall landing revived.

of Oneida, giving notice to the said trustees of such appeal, and of the time and place of determinating the same, and the determination of said justices shall be final in the premises.

XI. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees within ten days after their election, or the major part of them, shall meet and appoint one of their body to be president, and some suitable person to be clerk of said village; and it shall be the duty of the president to appoint the meetings of the trustees and preside thereat, to receive complaints of the breach of any of the by-laws, to see that all the by-laws are faithfully executed, and to prosecute in the name of the trustees all offenders against such by-laws, and with the consent of the trustees to appoint under his hand and the seal of said village the firemen of said village, and to see to the preservation of the public property of said village; and in case of the death or absence of the president, his place shall be supplied in such manner as the trustees shall determine; and it shall be the duty of the clerk to record all the votes, orders and regulations of the freeholders and inhabitants of said village, and to attend the meetings of the trustees, and to record the laws and orders of the trustees, and the trustees may remove their clerk and appoint another, and appoint a clerk pro tempore.

XII. And be it further enacted, That the collector of said village shall within such time as shall be provided for by the bylaws of the corporation, after the receipt of his warrant for collecting any tax that may have been ordered to be raised, collect and pay the same to the treasurer, and the collector shall have all the powers in collecting such tax by distress and sale as the collectors of towns have in the collection of taxes, and that all monies which may at any time be in the hands of the treasurer shall be liable to be drawn out by the trustees, or a majority of them, and applied agreeable to the laws of the corporation.

XIII. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "an act to vest certain powers in the inhabitants in the village of Whitehall landing," and the act to amend the same, passed 9th April, 1811, be and hereby are revived and in full force, and that it shall be lawful for the said inhabitants on the first Tuesday in May next, to meet and elect the officers of the said corporation in the same manner as if they had held their elections according to the provisions of the acts aforesaid.

CHAP. LXXXVI.

An ACT to authorise the Supervisors of the county of Onondaga to raise Money by Tax to build a fire-proof Clerk's Office in said county.

Passed March 26, 1813.

I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the supervisors of the county of Onondaga are hereby authorised to levy a sum, not exceeding one thousand dollars, for the purpose of building a fire-proof clerk's office in said county, to be levied, collected and paid in the same manner as other contingent charges are levied, collected and paid.

II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said supervisors to designate some proper place for the site of said office, and appoint three discreet freeholders of the county of Onondaga to superintend the building of said office, whose duty it shall be to superintend said building and render a just and true account to the board of supervisors of said county.

CHAP. LXXXVII.

An ACT to incorporate the Female Association of the city of New-York, and to amend the act relative to the Geneva Friendly Society.

Passed March 26, 1813.

WHEREAS by a petition presented to the legislature, it is Preamble. represented that a number of young women, professing with the society of friends, have formed an association in the city of New-York for the very humane, charitable and laudable purpose of visiting the poor sick, and instructing in school learning the children of such persons who are not provided for, and who do not belong to any religious society: Therefore,

I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, rep- Society incor resented in Senate and Assembly, That all such persons of the porated. female sex as now are or who shall hereafter become annual subscribers to the amount of five dollars to the said association, shall be and hereby are constituted a body corporate and poli tic, in fact and in name, by the name of "The Female Associa- Their flyle tion of the City of New-York," and by that name shall have suc- &c. cession, and be in law capable of suing and being sued, defending and being defended in all courts and places, and in all manner of actions and causes whatsoever, and may have a common seal, and change the same at their pleasure, and by that name and style be capable in law of purchasing, holding and conveying any estate, real and personal: Provided such estate shall Proviso. never exceed forty thousand dollars, nor be applied to any other purposes than those for which this corporation is formed.

II. And be it further enacted, That the estate and concerns 12 truflees to of the said corporation shall be managed, directed and disposed be appointed. of by a board of trustees, to be composed of twelve members of the said association, to be elected by a plurality of ballots of the members resident in the city of New-York and present at such election, yearly on the first Monday of June, at such place as the board of trustees may from time to time appoint, and of which sufficient notice shall be given; and if any vacancy shall happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the vote of the major part of the board of trustees for the time being; and until the election of trustees, the persons now considered acting in that capacity shall be the board of trustees.

III. And be it further enacted, That the board of trustees Accounts to shall at least once in every year exhibit to the members of said be exhibited yearly.. corporation who are desirous of examining the same, an exact account of the receipts and disbursements of the preceding year.

By-laws may be made.

Duration of this act.

This a pub.
Jic act.

IV. And be it further enacted, That the said board may from time to time make by-laws, ordinances and resolutions relative to the management, disposition of the estate and concerns of the said corporation, and all such regulations as may appear to a majority of the said board necessary in order to carry into effect the intent and design of said association.

V. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force until the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

VI. And be it further enacted, That this act be and is hereby declared a public act, and that the same be construed in all courts and places benignly and favorably for every humane, charitable and laudable purpose therein contained; any bequest, devise or donation to this corporation within the limits prescribed by this act shall be good and sufficient.

The fociety VII. And be it further enacted, That the corporation hereby fhall be allowed a fare created shall be allowed a share in the distribution of the school of the school fund for the city and county of New-York, in the same proportion and manner as the free school society of New-York and the charity schools in the said city are entitled by the act in such case made and provided.

fund.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Geneva friendly society to appropriate such parts of their funds as they may deem proper for the relief of such of the members belonging to said society, or of the families of such members as may be reduced in their circumstances by fire, or other unavoidable accidents, any thing in the act incorporating the said society to the contrary notwithstanding.

CHAP. LXXXVIII.

An ACT for the Relief of Birdsey Norton, Alpheus Richards, and the Heirs of Samuel Richards, deceased.

Passed March 26, 1813.

WHEREAS Elisha Beach, executor of the last will and testament of Birdsey Norton, late of Goshen, in the state of Connecticut, deceased, Heman Norton, administrator of the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Nathaniel Norton, late of the town of Bloomfield, in the county of Ontario, deceased, and Ebenezer F. Norton and Alpheus Richards, administrators of the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Samuel Richards, late of the town of Canandarqua, in the county aforesaid, deceased, have presented to the legislature their petition, setting forth that the said Nathaniel Norton, in his life time, was seised of sundry parcels of real estate within this state in trust for the said Birdsey Norton, Samuel Richards and Nathaniel Norton, who were co-partners in trade, under the firm of Nortons and Richards, which co-partnership was dissolved by the death of the said Samuel Richards, and of sundry parcels of real estate, situate as aforesaid, in trust for the said Birdsey Norton, Nathaniel Norton and Alpheus Richards, who were co-partners in trade under the firm of Nathaniel and Birdsey Norton, which copartnership was dissolved by the death of the said Nathaniel Norton; that the said Nathaniel Norton died intestate, leaving

two children and one infant grand child, his heirs at law, without having released to his aforesaid co-partners and the heirs of the said Samuel Richards their respective shares in the said real estate, and praying that the said Heman Norton may be authorised by law to execute deeds of conveyance of the aforesaid real estate to the surviving co-partner of the aforesaid firms, and to the heirs at law of the said Samuel Richards and Birdsey Norton, according to their respective rights therein: Therefore,

BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be lawful for the said Heman Norton to execute good and sufficient deeds of conveyance to the aforesaid Alpheus Richards, and the heirs at law of the said Samuel Richards and Birdsey Norton, deceased, thereby granting and conveying to them in severalty their respective proportions of the said real estate whereof the said Nathaniel Norton was seised in trust as aforesaid, according to their respective rights and interests as ascertained by the terms of the aforesaid co-partnerships, or to such, person or persons as any of the said parties shall or may have appointed, and that upon the execution and delivery of the said deeds of conveyance, the same shall be as good and effectual in law and equity to pass to the respective grantees thereof the estates therein conveyed as if the same had been executed by the said Nathaniel Norton in his life time; Provided, That before the deed or deeds for the said real estate shall be valid and effectual, the chancellor of this state shall indorse on such deed or deeds a certificate of his approbation of the form thereof.

CHAP. LXXXIX.

An ACT for the Relief of the Representatives of William Howe Cuyler, deceased.

Passed March 26, 1813. WHEREAS Eleanor Cuyler, widow and relict of William Howe Cuyler, late of the town of Palmyra, in the county of Ontario, deceased, and Joseph Colt, Nathan Cumstock and Jacob W. Hallett, administrators on the estate of the said William Howe Cuyler, have by their joint petition to the legislature set forth, that the said William Howe Cuyler died seised of a considerable landed estate, leaving three minor children, the youngest not more than fourteen months old; that the said William Howe Cuyler in his life time had, by articles of agreement, contracted to sell and convey sundry tracts of land to certain individuals, therefore prayed that trustees be appointed to execute conveyances pursuant to the said contracts.

1. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, repre sented in Senate and Assembly, That Noah Porter, Pardon Durfee and Darius Cumstock, of the said town of Palmyra, be and are hereby appointed trustees, with full power to them or any two of them to execute conveyances pursuant to contracts entered into by the said William Howe Cuyler, deceased, which conveyances shall be as good and effectual in the law as if the same had been executed by the said William Howe Cuyler in