field, until it intersects the state road leading from Rome to Brown ville, in the county of Jefferson, to wit: on every acre of land lying within one mile of the said road, except the land belonging to the people of this state, and excepting also such land as has heretofore been made liable to taxation by virtue of any statute law of this state for the purpose of opening and improving other roads, a sum not exceeding ten cents, nor less than three cents; and for every acre of land lying within two miles, and more than one mile from the said road, owned by non-residents, a sum not exceeding five cents, nor less than one cent, which said assessment shall be made in proportion to the value of the land, and to the advantages resulting to the owners thereof, for the improvement of said road. road & make ment. to be filed in II. And be it further enacted, That John W. Bloomfield, Ash- commis'rs të bel Kellogg and Samuel Torbert be, and they are hereby appointed to lay out the commissioners to lay out and expend the monies on said road to be the assess raised by virtue of this act, and examine the lands hereby made subject to the said assessment, and make the said assessment fairly thereupon in writing, and shall ascertain and describe the parcels of land so assessed as accurately as may be, which said. assessment Assessment so to be made in writing as aforesaid shall be filed in the office of comptroller's the comptroller of this state; and it shall thereupon be the duty of ofice. the said comptroller to give notice in the newspaper published by Ha duty. the printer to this state, and in one newspaper printed in the counties of Onondaga and Oneida, for three successive weeks, that he the said comptroller has received the assessments of a tax made agreeably to this act; and unless the said tax be paid within six months from the date of the advertisement, it shall then be the duty of the said comptroller to give notice in the newspapers aforesaid, describing particularly all the land or parcels of land on which the said tax shall remain unpaid, that the same will be sold at public sale by the said comptroller, in the city of Albany, to the highest bidder, or so much thereof as may be necessary to raise the amount of the sum so assessed and remaining unpaid, together with all the expences of advertising, selling and conveying the same, on such day as he shall fix, not exceeding three months, nor less than two months from the date of the advertisement; and the said comptroller shall be, and hereby is authorised to execute a conveyance to the purchaser, which shall vest the absolute title thereof, in fee simple, in the purchaser: Provided the owner of such land so sold and conveyed by the said comptroller, shall not, within two years after the said sale, pay to the said comptroller, for the benefit of such purchaser, the sum paid for the same, with interest at the rate of fourteen per centum per annum ; and the monies so received by the said comptroller shall be paid by him to the said commissioners, for the purpose of opening and improving the road aforesaid: Provided however, That previous to the receiving of the said sums of money, the said commissioners shall enter into a bond, with such security and in such sum as shall be approved by the comptroller of this state, with whom the same shall be filed, with condition that they will faithfully expend and account for the said sum of money, according to the true intent and meaning of this act; and the certificate of the said comptroller shall be deemed and considered as Provise. Commis'rs al proof of the said commissioners having complied with the requisites of this act. III. And be it further enacted, That each of the commissionlowed 2 dolls. ers appointed by this act shall be entitled to receive out of the mo50 ets per day nies so to be paid to them, two dollars and fifty cents for each and every day's service in which they shall be employed in making the said assessment according to this act, and in laying out, opening and improving the said road. CHAP. CLXXXII. An ACT to suspend the operation of the fourth section of the act, entitled "An act for the further improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river, between the village of Troy and Coeymans Overslaugh." Passed April 14, 1815. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the power granted to the dock-masters in the city of Albany in and by the fourth section of the act entitled "An act for the further improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river, between the village of Troy and Coeymans overslaugh," passed June 15th, 1812, be, and is hereby suspended for one year from and after the passage of this act. CHAP. CLXXXIII. An ACT relative to the Fees of the Coroners of the Counties therein mentioned. Passed April 14, 1815. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the coroners of the counties of Richmond, Kings, Queens and Suffolk, shall hereafter receive for the view of each body, taking and returning the inquisition, and in lieu of all fees and charges attending the same, the sum of five dollars, and no more; and that so much of the act entitled "An act regulating the fees of the several officers and ministers of justice within this state," as is contrary to this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. CHAP. CLXXXIV. An ACT to annex a part of the town of Franklin to the town of Passed April 14, 1815. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the passing of this act, all that part of the town of Franklin known by the names of great lot number four and fourteen, in Whitesborough patent, CHAP. CLXXXV. An ACT relative to the assessment of Real Estate in the county Passed April 14, 1815. - Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That at the next assessment of property in the county of Ulster, a new assessment and valuation shall be made of all the real estate in the said connty, in the manner prescribed in and by the said act, and that such new valuation shall thereafter be considered the true valuation of such real estate, instead of the first valuation mentioned in the third section of the said act. CHAP. CLXXXVI. An ACT in addition to an act entitled "An act to lay out and Passed April 14, 1815. WHEREAS it is represented to the legislature, that the monies granted in and by the act entitled "An act to lay out and improve a road from Hadley landing to intersect the great road leading from Glen's falls to the Schroon lake," passed the 12th day of February, 1813, have proved insufficient for the purpose contemplated in and by the said act, and that the same have been appropriated and expended by the superintendent therein directed to be appointed by the person administering the government of this state, without erecting a bridge across the west branch of Hudson river. And whereas the said bridge appears to be one of the necessary bridges mentioned in the said act, without which the benefit and advantage of the said road are in a great measure lost to the persons using the same: Therefore, Preamble. I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the sum of five thousand 5000 dollars dollars out of the first monies arising from quit rents due to the appropriated people of this state on lands in the towns of Hadley, Johnsburgh, to build a Athol and Warrensburgh, be, and the same is hereby appropriated bridge. D. Cameron şecurity. to the building and erecting of a bridge upon the road aforesaid, over the middle branch of Hudson river, at such place above the north-east branch of the said river as the commissioners named in the act above mentioned, shall determine and appoint. II. And be it further enacted, That Duncan Cameron, of Athol, appointed su- in the county of Warren, be, and he is hereby appointed a superperintendent intendent for the building and erecting of the said bridge, and for directing the expenditure of the said sum of money for that purpose; He shall give and the said superintendent, before he shall enter upon the duties of his office, shall enter into a bond to the people of this state, in double the amount of the said sum, with two sureties, to be approved of by the comptroller, conditioned for the faithful expenditure of all the monies he shall receive under and in pursuance of this act, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and also for accounting to the comptroller for the said expenditure within three years thereafter; and the said superintendent shall moreover, before he shall enter upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath before one of the judges or assistant justices of the court of common pleas of the county of Warren, faithfully to execute the trust reposed in him as superintendent appointed by this act, to the best of his knowledge and understanding, which said oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county of Warren. lii. And be it further enacted, That the said superintendent His compen- shall be entitled to receive for his services and expences whilst nesation. cessarily employed in the duties of his trust aforesaid, the sum of two dollars per diem, payable out of the said appropriation. Treasurer to pay the mo ney to build the bridge. Part of a for pealed. IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the treasurer to pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the said superintendent, the said sums of money out of the said fund, to be by the said superintendent applied as soon as may be thereafter, to the building and erecting of the said bridge. V. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said act enmer act re titled "An act to lay out and improve a road from Hadley landing to intersect the great road leading from Glen's falls to Schroon lake," as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. VI. And be it further enacted, That the comptroller shall require Jeremy Rockwell, the superintendent appointed by virtue of Comptroller an act passed the 12th February, 1813, for improving the road Rock from Hadley landing, to intersect the great road leading from Glen's settle his ac falls to Schroon lake, to account for all monies by him received by Rockwell to counts. J. virtue of the said act, within six months from the passing of this act; and if the said Jeremy Rockwell shall neglect or refuse to settle his accounts within the period aforesaid, or shall not satisfy the comptroller that the money has been expended according to the true intent and meaning of the said act, the comptroller shall deliver the bond executed by the said Jeremy Rockwell and his sureties, to the attorney-general, whose duty it shall be forthwith to prosecute the same. CHAP. CLXXXVII. An ACT to vest certain powers in the freeholders and inhabi- Passed April 14, 1815. Bounds of 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the district of country heig comprehended in the following bounds, to wit: beginning at a point in the Hudson river opposite the city of Albany, in the division line between the counties of Albany and Rensselaer, which point is south sixty-four degrees forty-five minutes east from the north-east corner of the brick store of Thomas Gold, on the dock, and runs from the said point south sixty-four degrees forty-five minutes east to a marked bass-wood tree, standing on the east bank of the said Hudson river, which is the south side of Partitionstreet; thence from the said bass-wood tree south sixty-four degrees forty-five minutes east, twenty-seven chains, to a stake; thence south eighteen degrees west sixty-two chains and fifty links to a stake and stones in the north side of Mill-street; thence along the same north sixty-nine degrees forty-five minutes west, to the before mentioned division line between the said counties of Albany and Rensselaer; thence along the same northerly to the place of beginning; also Partition-street on the north, and Mill-street on the south, to be included, shall hereafter be known by the name of the village of Greenbush; and that the freeholders and inhabitants Privileges of qualified by law to vote at town meetings, who may reside within the inhabi. the aforesaid limits, may on the second Tuesday of May next, meet at the dwelling-house now occupied by James Mathews, and then and there proceed to choose five freeholders, resident within the aforesaid limits, to be trustees thereof; and that the justice or justices of the peace resident within the aforesaid limits, shall give public notice of such meeting, at least one week previous thereto, and shall preside at such meeting, and declare the several persons having a majority of votes, as duly chosen as trustees; and on every second Tuesday of May hereafter, there shall in like manner be a new election of trustees of the said village, and the trustees for time being shall preside at such election, and shall in like manner give notice of the time and place of holding the same. tants. ers of the II. And be it further enacted, That the freeholders and inhabitants aforesaid, are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The trustees of the village Style & pow. of Greenbush," and by that name, they and their successors may trustees. have perpetual seccession, and be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, and of defending, in all courts of justice, and in all actions and causes of action whatsoever, and may have a common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure; and shall be in law capable of holding, purchasing and conveying any estate, real and personal, for the public use of said village, and of erecting public buildings, and of making any other necessary improvements; which money so to be raised, shall be assessed upon the freeholders and inhabitants of said village, in proportion to the relative value of their property therein, to be assessed by three judicious assessors, |