Gaol liberties in Warren shall be sold for more than shall be then due to the people of this state for the same, such surplus shall be paid to the legal representatives of said William Don, deceased, provided said lots shall not be sold for a less sum than shall be then due for them respectively: And provided said legal representatives shall neglect to fulfil the conditions of the sale to said William Don, as required by the act entitled "an act for the sale of unappropriated lands and for other purposes," passed April 6th, 1803, previous to such sale. XIX. And be it further enacted, That the court of common county to be pleas in and for the county of Warren shall, and they are heredefignated. by authorised at any term of the said court, or any three of the judges of the said court out of term, to appoint gaol liberties at the place designated by the act entitled "an act to divide the county of Washington, and for other purposes," for holding the courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace in and for the said county of Warren. Prisoners to go at large in the fame. XX. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of be allowed to the sheriff of said county to permit any prisoner who shall be in his custody to go at large within the limits of the liberties so appointed, under the same provisions which are contained in the act entitled "an act relative to gaols." Firk court when to be held. New lift of jurors to be made for the city bany. and XXI. And be it further enacted, That the first court of common pleas in and for the county of Warren shall begin on the second Tuesday of May next, and may continue to be held until the Saturday following inclusive, any thing in the act entitled "an act to divide the county of Washington, and for other purposes," contained to the contrary notwithstanding. XXII. And be it further enacted, That the supervisors and assessors of the city and several towns in the county of Albany shall be and hereby are required to return an accurate list of county of Al- the names of the several persons residing within the said city and towns who are by law qualified and liable to serve as jurors for the trial of issues joined in the supreme court of judicature of this state, and the court of common pleas for the said county, into the office of the clerk of the said county, on or before the first day of August next, and that after such return shall be made it shall be the duty of the clerk of the said county to destroy the old ballots in the jury box in his office, and cause the names of the persons so as aforesaid to be returned, with their places of abode, and additions, to be written on separate slips of paper and put into the box out of which the names of the jurors are next to be drawn. Prifoners to be removed to the new gaol when tinished. XXIII. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the new gaol for the city and county of Albany shall be ready for the reception and confinement of prisoners, it shall be lawful for the sheriff of the said city and county to remove his prisoners into the said gaol, and thenceforth the same shall be the gaol of the city and county of Albany, and such removal of the prisoners as aforesaid shall in no wise be deemed an escape: And further, it shall be lawful for the now next ensuing or any subAnd gaol lib-1 erties to be sequent court of common pleas for the said county to establish designated, and designate the liberties of the said new gaol, which when so established and designated shall be the liberties of the said gaol, and the present liberties of the old gaol shall be abolished from and after the removal of the prisoners aforesaid into the said new gaol. pay 5000 dol. XXIV. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of this Treasurer to state shall, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay to the presi- lars to the Highland dent, directors and company of the Highland turnpike, the sum turnpike of five thousand dollars in addition to the sum heretofore grant- company. ed, to be laid out by them in building a bridge over Croton river, on the post road leading from the city of New-York to the city of Albany, and to be paid when the said bridge shall be completed: And further, That so much of the fifty-eighth section of the act entitled "an act for the payment of certain offi- Toll may be cers of government, and for other purposes," passed June 19th, cruffing the 1812, as inhibits the directors and company of the said turnpike bridge on road from receiving any toll for crossing the said bridge, be and the same is hereby repealed, and that the toll which may be received for crossing the said bridge shall be laid out and expended in repairs of the said bridge, and in or towards the completing and keeping in repair the said turnpike road between the said bridge and Fishkill. taken for Croton river. how to be XXV. And be it further enacted, That all suits or actions Suits on con. en any bond executed by any constable and his sureties for the tables bonds faithful performance of the duty of his office, shall be prosecut- prosecuted. Ied within two years after the expiration of the year for which such constable shall be elected. farm. XXVI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty Surveyorgeneral to of the surveyor-general forthwith to publish a notice in the publish a nonewspaper published by the printer to this state, and in three tice relative to leafing the of the newspapers published in the Western district of this Stedman state, for six weeks in succession, that the tract of land called the Stedman farm, on the Niagara river, is to be leased for the term of one year from a day to be mentioned in such notice, to the person who shall before such day offer to accept of such lease on the terms which in the opinion of the surveyor-general shall be the most advantageous to this state; and the surveyor-general is authorised to execute such lease on the part of this state, and to insert in the counterpart of such lease to be executed by the lessee such covenants as he shall deem proper, and exact such security from the lessee for the performance of the covenants contained in such lease as he shall deem proper and necessary. of the unap. exceeding XXVII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful May fell part for the commissioners of the land-office to direct the surveyor- propriated general to sell in parcels exceeding the quantity of two hundred lands in lots acres, such of the unappropriated lands as they shall judge not 200 acres. saleable to advantage in separate lots or parcels of that quantity, any thing in the act entitled "an act concerning the commissioners of the land-office and the sale of the unappropriated lands," to the contrary notwithstanding. XXVIII. And be it further enacted, That the mayor, record- Corporation er, aldermen and assistants of the city of Albany shall and may, ex officio of Albany by virtue of their respective offices, be members of the Albany members of Lancaster school society, any law to the contrary notwithstand- fchool fociety ing. the Lancaster to flaves and XXIX. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the Act relative act entitled "an act concerning slaves and servants," relative to fervants D 2 amended. Treasurer to pay R. Ma comb a bal ance due him Taxes how to be paid where farms are interfect ed by town lines. Additional allowance to general. the importation and exportation of slaves, shall not be construed to extend to cases where persons residing within and near the boundary line of this state and owning and occupying land over the said line in a neighboring state, shall bring such slaves into or take them out of this state for the purpose of cultivating the land which he may so own and occupy in either state. XXX. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay to Robert Macomb the balance which may be due on his account for services as clerk of the courts of oyer and terminer and general gaól delivery and general sessions of the peace, in and for the city and county of New-York, as the same shall be audited and allowed by the court of exchequer. XXXI. And be it further enacted, That where any line of division between any two towns in this state shall intersect any farm or dwelling house, all the taxes on such farm shall be levied upon and paid by the owner or possessor in the town where his dwelling house or the greater part thereof shall be, any thing in the act entitled “an act for the assessment and collection of taxes," to the contrary notwithstanding. XXXII. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall the adjutant pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the adjutant-general of this state the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, as an additional compensation for his services for one year, to commence on the first day of March last, payable quarter yearly. Taxes paid by mistake to XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That in all cases wherebe refunded. ever a tax has been or shall be paid into the treasury of this state by mistake, or which by law the state had no right to receive, it shall be the duty of the treasurer, and he is hereby authorised, on the warrant of the comptroller, to refund the same to the party aggrieved, or to his representative, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. When a fheriff fells land tion and dies XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That whenever any under execu- sheriff of any county of this state has made or shall make sale betore fign- of any lands, tenements or hereditaments under and by virtue ing a deed, it of any execution to him directed and delivered, and has died or by his execu- shall die before signing and executing the deed of sale and con may be done tor. Secretary di. rected to tain volumes of reports. veyance, it shall and may be lawful for the executors or administrators of such deceased sheriff to make and execute a deed of conveyance to the purchaser in the same manner as the said deceased sheriff might or could have done had he remained alive, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. XXXV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be and hereprocure cer. by is made the duty of the secretary of this state, to furnish, at the expense of this state, one copy of the reports of the supreme court and court of errors of this state for the use of each of the courts of common pleas in the several counties of this state not already provided for in the act entitled "an act to authorise the supreme court to appoint a reporter," and the treasurer shall, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay the amount paid by the secretary. Whereas it appears by the report of the surveyor-general that the undivided twelfth part of a gore of land between the bounds of Hosick and the partition line of the patent of Pittstown was forfeited by the attainder of Robert Leake, and the same was on behalf of the state sold at public auction to Josiah Masters for the consideration of eight hundred and twenty dollars, which sum has been duly paid by him into the treasury, and that afterwards other documents were discovered on which the attorney-general certified that instead of the said undivided twelfth part of the part of said gore of land forfeited as aforesaid was the undivided half part of the lands in said gore lying respectively opposite to lots number one hundred and seventy-five and forty-three, in the patent of Pittstown, and extending from said lots to the bounds of the patent of Hosick, by reason whereof the surveyor-general could not give a conveyance of the premises: Therefore, Treasurer to pay 949 dolls. XXXVI. Be it further enacted, That the treasurer pay, on the warrant of comptroller, to the said Josiah Masters, the sum to J. Malers. of nine hundred and forty-nine dollars in lieu of the lands so as aforesaid sold to him, and in full satisfaction of the money so by him paid into the treasury as aforesaid. be erected on XXXVII. And be it further enacted, That a sum not ex- A redoubt to ceeding twenty-two thousand dollars be and hereby is appro- Signal Hill. priated for the purpose of erecting a redoubt or protecting work on Signal Hill, near the Narrows on Staten-Island. XXXVIII. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer Portrait of G. Washington shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to Ezra Ames, for to be purchas a full length portrait of Gen. George Washington, such sum of ed of E. Ames money as shall be allowed therefor by the committee authorised by a concurrent resolution of the senate and assembly, passed April 2, 1813, to purchase the same, which portrait shall be placed in the assembly chamber in such manner and with such embellishments as the secretary of state, the comptroller and surveyor-general shall direct. XXXIX. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer 70 dolls. to be paid to Henry shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to Henry Starring, Starring, it. junior, the sum of seventy dollars, in full for his expenses for conveying prisoners sentenced to the state-prison from the county of Herkimer to the county of Westchester, where they effected their escape. Ontario and over Genefee XL. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful, and Treasurers of it is hereby made the duty of the treasurers of the counties of Genefee to Ontario and Genesee, that out of the first monies they may re- monies to pay certain ceive for arrears of taxes due said counties from the treasurer build a bridge of this state, they shall then severally pay to Hugh M'Nair, Jo- river. seph W. Lawrence and John H. Jones, the sum of two thousand dollars for the use and purpose of building a bridge over the Genesee river, between the towns of Geneseo and Lincester, at or near the ferry now kept by Peter Bebee, and that it shall be the duty of the said Hugh M'Nair, Joseph W. Lawrence and John H. Jones to give a bond to the said treasurers to the amount of five thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of their duty as commissioners to build said bridge, and when said bridge is completed, they shall then settle and account with the respective boards of supervisors of the said counties of Ontario and Genesee for the trust hereby reposed in them. Deputies of XLI. And be it further enacted, That no one of the deputies fupot. of falt or assistants of the superintendent of the salt-springs shall frings pro hereafter be directly or indirectly concerned in any salt-works being con hibited from cerned in fale works. Surveyorgeneral di rected to fet tle with T. Mounfey for arrears of rent on the public lot in the Colonie. A wall to be built on the the lot on which the public offices band in Al bany. (except by evaporation otherwise than by fire) and the said superintendent shall appoint in each of the three villages in which salt is or shall be manufactured under his superintendence, an assistant deputy to act only in case of the absence of such deputy, one of whom shall attend constantly at some known office of inspection to be established and pointed out as such by a suitable sign placed in a conspicuous place, from the rising to the setting of the sun on each day of the week, Sabbath excepted, for the purpose of inspecting all salt sold in said villages, and receiving the duties thereon. XLII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the surveyor-general to settle with Thomas Mounsey for the arrears of rent due on the lease given by the surveyor-general on behalf of this state to the said Thomas Mounsey, of part of the public lot situate in the town of Colonie, in the county of Albany, and to deduct therefrom such sum of money as the surveyor-general shall deem reasonable to be allowed to the said Thomas Mounsey for the value of permanent improvements by him erected and left on the demised premises at the expiration of the said lease beyond the stipulations contained in said lease, and upon payment of the balance of the said rent, with the costs accrued thereon, to give the said Thomas Mounsey a full discharge of the said rent. XLIII. And be it further enacted, That the secretary, the eaft fide of attorney-general, the surveyor-general and the treasurer of this state be and they are hereby authorised to cause to be erected a good and substantial wall on the east side of the lot in the city of Albany on which the building in which the public offices are kept is erected, and to make such other necessary erections and repairs on and about said lot as to them shall appear proper, and that the treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller, shall pay the expense of such erections and repairs: And further, that the said public building shall hereafter be known by the name of the State Hall. State Hall. 89 dolls. to be Fairlie. XLIV. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of this paid to James state be and is hereby authorised to pay, upon the warrant of the comptroller, to James Fairlie, the clerk of the supreme court residing in the city of New-York, the sum of eightynine dollars and fifty four cents, being the balance due to him for monies expended by him in pursuance of the act entitled "an act to provide for the due preservation of the records and papers in the office of the clerk of the supreme court in the city of New-York," over and above the sum by the said act appropriated for the purposes therein mentioned. Soo dolls.each Woodworth. They are to be allowed XLV. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of this state shall, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay to William P. Van Ness and John Woodworth, esquires, out of any monies in the treasury, each five hundred dollars, in full for the performance of the services required of them by the act entitled "an act making provision for the revision of the laws of this state," passed April 4, 1811. XLVI. And be it further enacted, That the comptroller is for clerk hire hereby authorised to audit the accounts of such clerks as may have been employed by the said William P. Van Ness and John Woodworth in copying and engrossing the rapised laws, and |
