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April, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force until the first day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

CHAP. CCXLI.

An ACT to incorporate the ancient Britons' Benefit Society, of the village of Utica.

Passed April 18, 1815.

WHEREAS divers individuals, with view to raise a fund to be appropriated towards their mutual relief, when rendered incapable of attending to their usual trade or calling, by reason of sickness Prearable. or infirmity, and also for the purpose of preventing themselves and families from being chargable to the public, when under affliction, have formed themselves into a society, to which they have given the name and style of "The ancient Britons' benefit society, of the village of Utica," and have, by their petition presented to the legislature, prayed to be incorporated: Therefore,

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1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, rep resented in Senate and Assembly, That all such persons as now are, or hereafter may become members of the aforesaid society, shall be and hereby are ordained, constituted and appointed a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name of "The ancient Britons' benefit society, of the village of Utica," and by that name they and their successors shall and may have succession, and shall in law be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, defending and being defended in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of action and actions, suits, matters, complaints and causes whatsoever, and that they and their successors may have and use a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure, and also that they and their successors, by the name and style of "The ancient Britons' benefit society, of the village of Utica," shall be capable in law of purchas ing, holding and conveying any real and personal estate, for the use of the said incorporation: Provided, That the annual income of such real and personal estate shall not at any time exceed the sum of two thousand dollars.

II. And be it further enacted, That for the better carrying into Officers. effect the object of the said corporation, there shall be a president, vice president, secretary, two stewards, and a standing committee of five members, who shall hold their respective offices for one year, or until others be elected in their room; and that such elections shall be held at such times and places as the said corporation shall by by-laws from time to time appoint and direct; and that all the aforesaid officers shall be elected by ballot, by a majority of the members present at such election; and that in case any vacancies shall happen in either of the said offices, by death, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy shall and may be filled up for the remainder of the year in which they shall respectively happen, by a special election for that purpose, to be held in the same manner as the said annual elections, at such times and places as shall be appointed by the said corporation.

III. And be it further enacted, That John Adams shall be the First officers. first president, William Francis the first vice-president, Daniel James the first secretary, John Stephens and Thomas George the first stewards, and Titus Evans, Henry Reed, John Rees, John Reed, junior, Thomas Thomas, Patner Loyd and William Davis the first standing. committee, who shall hold their offices respectively for one year, or until others shall be duly elected in their room. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation and By-laws may. their successors shall have power from time to time to make and be made. establish such by-laws, and alter and amend the same, as they from time to time shall judge proper, for appointing the times and places of electing officers, for the admission of new members of the said corporation, and the terms, conditions and manner of such admismissions, and the amount of the sums which each member shall contribute to the funds of the corporation, and the time and manner of paying the same; and also for the management, disposition. and application of the property, estate and effects, as also of the funds of the said corporation, for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects thereof, and for fixing the times and places of the meetings of the corporation, and the manner of conducting the proceedings of such meetings, and touching the duties and conduct of the officers of the corporation, antl for imposing penalties for breaking or violating any such by-laws, and all such other matters as appertain to the business, end and purposes for which the said corporation is by this act constituted, and for no other purposes whatsoever: Provided always, That such by-laws, and the penalties imposed for violating any of them, be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States or of this state.

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V. And be it further enacted, That whenever any member of the said corporation shall violate and break any of the by-laws so olating the made as aforesaid, or shall become liable to any penalty imposed expelled. by any such by-law, and shall neglect or refuse to pay the same, it shall and may be lawful in every such case for the said corporation to prosecute at law for the recovery of the said penalty: Provided always, That no such member shall be expelled otherwise than by the votes of at least two thirds of the members present at one of the stated meetings of the said corporation.

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VI. And be it further enacted, That every member expelled And to be defrom the said corporation shall thereafter be deprived from having benefit from or receiving any benefit or advantage whatever from the funds, the funds. property or estate of the said corporation; and that all payments and advances made by such member to the funds. of the said. corporation shall be forfeited to the same.

Duration of

VII. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be and re- this act. main in full force and virtue for the term of fifteen years, that is to say, from the first Monday of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, to the first Monday of March, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty: Provided nevertheless, That in case the said Ancient Britons' benefit society shall at any time divert from, or appropriate its funds, or any part of its funds, to any purpose or purposes other than those intended and contemplated by this act, and shall be thereof convicted by due course of law, that thenceforth the said

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corporatian shall cease and determine, and the estate, real and personal, whereof it may then be seized and possessed, shall vest in the people of this state..

VIII. And be it further enacted, That this act is hereby declared to be a public act, and that the same be construed in all courts Teta pub favorably and benignly for every beneficial purpose therein con

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tained.

CHAP. CCXLII.

'An 4CT for the relief of the actual settlers on the north-west part of the Oneida reservation, in the town of Sullivan, in the county of Madison.

Passed April 18, 1815.

Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the whole of the interest on the several bonds executed to the people of this state for the purchase monies of all such lots in the north-west part of the Oneida reservation, as were actually settled and improved before the eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, calculated on the original amounts of said bonds respectively, to the first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, be, and the same is hereby remitted; and the comptroller shall credit such lots respectively with said remission, whenever satisfactory proof shall be produced to him of such improvements and settlements having been made; and instead of the remissions of interest heretofore granted on any lot or lots in the said north-west part of the Oneida reservation, the whole of the interest on the original amount of the bonds respectively, to the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, shall be remitted, and the amount be credited either as interest or principal, as the several cases may require : Provided, That the provisions of this act shall extend to those only who are now actual settlers on the said lots.

CHAP. CCXLIII.

An ACT relative to the number and times of holding the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in the county of Herkimer.

Passed April 18, 1815.

Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That there shall be one additional term of the court of common pleas, and only two terms of the courts of general sessions of the peace in and for the county of Herkimer; and that instead of the present times of holding the said courts respectively, they shall hereafter be held at the times following, to wit: the court of common pleas, on the first Tuesdays of April, Ju

ly and October, and the second Tuesday in December; and the
court of general sessions of the peace, on the first Tuesdays of A-
pril and October in each year; and that such courts may respec-
tively be held and continued until Saturday of the week succeed-
ing the said Tuesday of each week in which said term shall com-
mence as aforesaid, inclusive, not to take effect until the fifteenth
day of May next."

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Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That all the right, title and interest of the people of this state, of in and to the real estate whereof Adam Miller was lawfully seized and possessed at the time of his death, be and the same is hereby vested in Esther Foot, her heirs and assigns forever.

CHAP. CCXLV.

An ACT for the relief of the persons therein mentioned.

Passed April 18, 1815.

WHEREAS in consequence of the death of the clerk of the county of Richmond, there being no deputy clerk therein, the supervi- Preamble. sors of the towns of Westfield and Southfield, in said county, did employ Gilbert Totten as special messenger, to convey and deliyer at the office of the secretary of state, the returns of the annual election in said towns for the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen; and whereas the said Gilbert did duly deliver the same: Therefore,

Allowance

1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, rep-mo resented in Senate and Assembly, That the treasurer of this state, Totten on the warrant of the comptroller, pay to Gilbert Totten the usual allowance made by law in like manner as if he had been employed by the clerk of the said county of Richmond.

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II. And be it further enacted, That the comptroller audit the accounts of Nathaniel Valentine and Benjamin Fowler, overseers of the poor of the town of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester, for for the support for one year, ending in April, in the year one thousand in two paueight hundred and fourteen, of two persons who were slaves to the town of Yonlate Frederick Philips, esquire, whose estate was confiscated, if the same be certified and approved in the manner directed by the sta tute in such case made and provided; and that the same be paid by the treasurer, notwithstanding the amount of such accounts shall exceed the rate of three dollars per month for each slave, as provided by the twenty-fifth section of the act, entitled "An act concerning slaves and servants," passed April 9th, 1813.

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Joseph De III. And be it further enacted, That on the payment of fifty dollars on his bond and mortgage to the people of this state, by Joseph DeSylva, the comptroller is hereby authorised and required to discharge the same.

CHAP. CCXLVI.

An ACT to open and improve a road from Mexico harbor, to meet a road in the town of Constantia, leading from Oswego to the village of Rotterdam, in the county of Oneida.

Passed April 18, 1815,

I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, repCommission resented in Senate and Assembly, That David Williams,” Dyer ers to lay out Burnham and Calvin Tiffany, be and they are hereby appointed

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commissioners, to lay out a public road or highway four rods wide, by the most direct, eligible and convenient route from Mexico harbor, on Lake Ontario, in the county of Oneida, to meet the road in the town of Constantia in said county, leading from Oswego to the village of Rotterdam, on Oneida lake.

II. And be it further enacted, That when the said commissioners shall have laid out said road, they shall cause a description of the route of the road to be recorded in the offices of the clerks of the several towns through which the said road shall pass; and the commissioners of highways in the said several towns, shall, without delay, after the recording of the route thereof as aforesaid, cause the said road to be opened and worked in their respective towns,. in the same manner as if the same had been laid out by the said town commissioners.

Damages to III. And be it further enacted, That when any part of the said road shall be laid out through any enclosed lands, the owner or owners thereof, shall be paid his or their damages by the town in which the said improved lands lie, to be assessed and determined in the same manner as damages are directed to be asssessed by an act entitled "An act to regulate highways."

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IV. And be it further enacted, That there shall be assessed, king the road paid and collected for the purpose of opening and making said roads, to wit: on every acre of land lying within one mile of said road, except the land belonging to the people of this state, a sum not exceeding eight 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, a sum not exceeding four 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 establishment of the said road, provided no land shall be liable to assessment by virtue of this act, which has been or may be hereafter assessed by virtue of any former statute law of this state for opening and improving other roads.

Assessment

V. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners how to be shall, as soon as may be after the route of the said road shall be made. marked and fixed upon by them, examine the lands hereby made

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