for the religious congregation or society in the city of New-York, incorporated under an act of the legislature, entitled an act to provide for the incorporation of religious societies, by the name and style of "The trustees of the presbyterian church in Cedar-street," to hold real and personal estate of an annual value or income, not exceeding five thousand dollars, any thing in the act, entitled "an act to provide for the incorporation of religious societies" contained notwithstanding. II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the before mentioned religious corporation shall, in all other respects, be bound and governed by the laws in force relative thereto. Preamble. Patent to is gue to the executors of T. CHAP. XLII. An ACT for the Relief of the Executors and Trustees, named and appointed in and by the last will and testament of Timothy Leonard, deceased. Passed February 17, 1815. WHEREAS it is represented that Timothy Leonard, late of the county of Rensselaer, deceased, shortly before his death, purchas ed sundry lots of the unappropriated lands of this state, situated in the county of Essex, by application after the same had been exposed to sale, by the, surveyor-general, and remained unsold; that he paid the one-eighth part of the purchase money as required by law, but that in consequence of his decease the sales remain incomplete, he not having produced bonds to be executed, to secure the payment of the residue of the purchase money, and the surveyor general not having made out certificates of the said purchases; and also that the said Timothy Leonard in his life time, in common with Roswell Weston, purchased sundry lots of land in the Scaroon and Paradox tracts, and lots number six F, and seven G, in the gore adjoining the Brant lake tract, south of the Schroon tract, of the unappropriated lands of this state, by putting in proposals in pursu ance of an advertisement of the commissioners of the land office, on which said purchase the whole of the consideration monies have been fully paid, but no grants have issued for the said lands: And whereas the said Timothy Leonard, in and by his last will and testament, duly appointed Mary Leonard, William Bradley, Gerrit Wendell, Elisha Sheldon, John B. Catlin, Abraham Van Vechten and John Stewart, executrix and executors of the same, and trus tees of all his estate for the benefit of his children, the five first of which said mentioned persons, have assumed upon themselves the burthen of the execution of the said will, and accepted the trusts therein expressed: Therefore, 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the commissioners of Leonard and the land office be, and they are hereby authorised and required to cause letters patent to issue for the said lots, in the said tracts, called the Schroon and Paradox tracts, and lots number six F, and number seven G, in the said gore, to the said Mary Leonard, R. Weston. William Bradley, Gerrit Wendell, Elisha Sheldon and John B. a certificate. II. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor general of Surveyor-Ge this state be, and he is hereby authorised and required to execute neral to give to the said Mary Leonard, William Bradley, Gerrit Wendell, Elisha Sheldon and John B. Catlin, as executrix and executors and trustees as aforesaid, upon the same trusts and to the same uses, intents and purposes, as are in the will of the said Timothy Leonard expressed, a certificate for the lots purchased by him as aforesaid, from the surveyor general, in conformity to the directions of the sixteenth section of the act, entitled "an act concerning the commissioners of the land office, and the sale of the unappropriated lands," upon the said Mary Leonard, William Bradley, Gerrit Wendell, Elisha Sheldon and John B. Catlin, or any two of them, executing their bond to the people of this state, for the payment of the purchase money remaining due on the said lots, according to the terms upon which the said lots were purchased. CHAP. XLIII. An ACT to erect a part of the town of Catskill, and of the town Passed February 25, 1815. ed. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, re- Athens creet. presented in Senate and Assembly, That such parts of the towns" of Catskill and Coxsackie, as are contained in the following bounds, to wit, beginning on the west bounds of the Hudson's river, in the town of Coxsackie, near the southerly point of an island called Paddock's island, at a button-wood tree, and from thence running north seventy-three degrees west, four hundred and four chains, intersecting the Schoharie turnpike road, near what is called the Houghbergh or high hill; then along the northerly side of said turnpike, to a creek called the Potock creek; then down the said stream to the corner of the towns of Catskill, Coxsackie and Canton, near where a fulling-mill formerly stood, owned by Ezekiel Benton; from said corner south sixty degrees west along the Canton line sixty-four chains to the Catskill creek; then down said stream one hundred and ninety-six chains, to a small button-wood tree, standing on the east bank of the said Catskill creek, thirty chains above, or northerly of the dwelling house of Martin G. Schuneman; from said tree south sixty-three degrees, east thirty-seven chains to the Athenian turnpike road, and south fifty-five degrees and thirty minutes, east one hundred and ninety-eight chains, to what is called the Corlear's kill; crossing the said stream then along the said &e. to be di kill forty-seven chains to the aforesaid Hudson's river, near the dwelling house of Garrit Pierce, and from thence to the place of beginning, shall be, and hereby is erected into a separate town, by the name of Athens; and that the first town meeting shall be held at the house of Joseph Seely, in said village; and that all the remaining parts of the said towns of Catskill and Coxsackie shall be and remain separate towns, by the names of Catskill and Coxsackie. II. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after Pour money, the first town meeting, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of said towns respectively, on notice being given for that purpose, shall meet together and divide the money and poor belonging to the said towns of Catskill and Coxsackie, previous to the division thereof, agreeable to the last tax list; and that each of the said towns shall forever thereafter respectively maintain and support their own poor. Commission ers. Route of the road. Maps of the made and fil ed. CHAP. XLIV. An ACT appointing Commissioners to lay out and establish State Road from the west bank of the Genesee river, near the village of Leicester, in the county of Genesee, to the conflu ence of the Allegany river and Great Valley creek. Passed February 25, 1815. I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That John H. Jones, James Green and Josiah Robinson, or any two of them, be, and are hereby authorised to lay out and establish a state road, beginning at such place on the west bank of the Genesee river as may be selected for the erection of the bridge authorised to be built near the vil lage of Leicester, in the county of Genesee, and running in a southwesterly direction on the nearest best ground the country will admit, to the confluence of the Allegany river and Great Valley creek, in the second township and sixth range of the Holland land company's land. II. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners route to be shall cause to be made an accurate map of said road, and shall cause the said map, together with the field notes of the survey, to he fil ed in the comptroller's office of this state, and in the clerk's offices of the counties of Genesee and Allegany, and shall also cause to be filed in the office of the clerk of each town through which said road runs, a copy of the map and field notes of such part of said road as shall be in said town; and that it shall be lawful from thenceforth for the inhabitants of the said counties of Genesee, Allegany and Pay of the Cattaraugus to improve the said road; and each of the said commissioners shall receive for their services, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents a day, for each day they shall be necessarily employed in laying out and establishing said road; and the expences dent to the same shall be levied, collected and paid in the said counties of Genesee, Allegany and Cattaraugus, as other contingent charges are in the said counties levied, collected and paid. commission ers. inci CHAP. XLV, An ACT for the relief of the representatives of Hezekiah Rogers, Junior, deceased. Passed February 25, 1815. WHEREAS it appears that Hezekiah Rogers, Junior, late of Beekman, in the county of Dutchess, died seized of real estate, in the said county, without having made a will, leaving a daughter, Martha, since intermarried with Wheeler Gilbert, his heir and his wife; Mary, since intermarried with Abner Osborn, him surviving: And whereas, it is represented by the said Wheeler Gilbert, and Martha his wife, and Abner Osborn, and Mary his wife, that the dower of the said Mary in the said estate, cannot be set out to her, without material injury to the parties aforesaid, and that the interests of the said parties will be best served, and require that the said estate should be sold, and the proceeds disposed of as is hereinafter mentioned; but the said Martha being an infant, the same cannot be done without legislative provision: Therefore, Preamble, Estate, how to be sold. I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Wheeler Gilbert, and Martha his wife, and the said Abner Osborn, and Mary his wife, by petition to be presented to the chancellor, to set forth their case, and if it shall appear to him that it will be advantageous to the parties, and for their mutual interest that the said estate should be sold, he may, in a summary manner, and on such petition, direct such estate, or part thereof, to be sold by the said Wheeler Gilbert and Abner Osborn, together with such other discreet person or persons as he shall appoint, in such way as to him shall appear advisable; and the conveyance of the said Wheeler Gilbert and Abner Osborn, and the person or persons so to be appointed, shall be good and effectual, in the law, to pass the estate and interest in the premises of the said Wheeler Gilbert, and Martha his wife, and Abner Osborn, and Mary his wife, and each and every of them, to all intents and purposes whatsoever. II. And be it further enacted, That the persons making such Report to be sale, shall, as soon as conveniently may be thereafter, report the chanceflor. same to the chancellor, who shall thereupon, in his discretion, direct such disposition to be made of the proceeds of such sale, as to secure the said Mary Osborn, during her natural life, the receipt and income of a sum equal to the interest of one third part of the purchase money, deducting charges and expences, and to secure to the said Martha Gilbert and her heirs and assigns, the residue of the said fund, after deducting charges and expences; Provided however, That the said Wheeler Gilbert and Abner Osborn shall not have other greater or other power over the said property by reason of such sale or disposition, than they now respectively have in the estates aforesaid of their said wives. made to the CHAP. XLVI, Italy erected. Poor, &e. to be divided. An ACT to divide the town of Naples, in the county of Ontario. I. 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 Naples known and distinguished by township number seven, in the third range of Phelps and Gorham's purchase, in the county of Ontario aforesaid, be, and is hereby erected into a separate town by the name of Italy; that the first town meeting shall be at the house of James Fox, on the first Tuesday of April next, that all the remaining part of said town of Naples shall remain a separate town by the name of Naples. II. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first town meetings in said towns, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the aforesaid towns, shall, by notice previously given for that purpose, by the supervisors thereof, to meet together and apportion the poor maintained by said town of Naples, and the poor money belonging to the same previous to the division thereof, agreeable to the then last tax list of said town, and that each town shall forever thereafter maintain its own poor. CHAP. XLVII. An ACT to amend the act, entitled “an act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes." Passed February 25, 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, it shall and may be lawful for any five or more persons who shall be desirous of forming a company for the purpose of manufacturing clay or earth, into wares or articles for any use whatsoever, to associate together and form such company according to the directions and restrictions mentioned in the act, entitled " an act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes," passed March 22d, 1811; and such company when formed, and their successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, with all the privileges, capacities and liabilities in the said act mentioned and contained. CHAP. XLVIII. An ACT relative to the Lake Erie Turnpike Road Company. WHEREAS it has been represented to this legislature, by the petition of the president and directors of the lake Erie turnpike |