A. D. 1811. loan the monies arising therefrom, on real security, the interest of which shall annually hereafter be applied to the use and benefit of common schools in said town. Certain transac Whereas it has been represented to the legislature by the petition of the medical society of the county of Suf folk, that the secretary of the said society hath neglected to lodge in the office of the clerk of the said county a copy of the proceedings had at their first meeting, as is directed and required by the act entitled "An act to incorporate medical societies for the purpose of regulat ing the practice of physic and surgery in this state," passed 4th April, 1806: Therefore, XIX. Be it further enacted, That every diploma heretions of the tofore granted by the said society, and all the proceedings medical so- and transactions of the same, shall be equally valid in law ciety of Suf folk county as if the said proceedings of the first meeting of the said declared society had been lodged in the office of the clerk of the Valid Treasurer to pay A Term of mayor's court of said county as directed by the said act; and it shall and may be lawful for the present secretary of the said society, at any time within twenty days after the next annual meeting of the said society, to cause a copy of all the proceedings had at their first meeting to be lodged in the office of the clerk of the said county; and further, that it shall and may be lawful for the said society here after to hold their annual meetings on the last Tuesday in May in every year. XX. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer be and he is hereby directed to pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to Amos Bicknel, of St. Lawrence county, the sum of forty dollars, being the bounty for the best specimen of woollen cloth manufactured in said county for the year one thousand eight hundred and ten. XXI. And be it further enacted, That the terms of the court of common pleas, called the mayor's court of the city of Hudson, shall hereafter commence on the Hudson to last Tuesday of every month instead of the first Tueson last Tues day as heretofore, and shall be held by the same judges ry month at the same place, and for the same time as is provided by the laws and statutes of this state. commence day of eve Surveyor general to cause cer XXII. And be it further enacted, That the surveyorgeneral is hereby authorised to cause the lands men tioned in the third section of an act entitled "an act au- A. D. 1811. thorising the laying out, making and improving the tain lands to roads therein mentioned," passed March 23d, 1810, to into such be surveyed into lots containing such number of acres lots as he as he shall deem best calculated to promote the interest best of this state, any thing in the said third section notwith- Commiss'rs standing; and that nothing in the said act shall be so of land of construed as to prohibit the commissioners of the land-sell the office from directing any of the said lands to be sold. may deem fice may same be execat XXIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and Leases may may be lawful for the trustees of common schools and ed for lots gospel lands in the counties of Cayuga and Cortland, in Cayuga to execute durable leases for the same: Provided, That land. permission shall be first obtained for that purpose by a majority of persons entitled to vote at town meeting, at least six days previous notice shall be given in the same notices that are given for holding the annual town meetings, and the vote shall be taken by ballot immediately after the choice of town clerk. XXIV. And be it further enacted, That the mon- Rents, how ies arising from rents on the said school and gospel disposed of. lands shall be appropriated for the support of the gospel or common schools or both, in such manner as shall be directed by a majority of legal voters in annual town meeting any former law to the contrary notwithstanding. XXV. And be it further enacted, That so much of, the land belonging to the people of this state in the vil-wego a pub lage of Oswego as is south of the south line of village lot number six, and which extends into the Slip at the east end of Taurus street, be and the same is hereby declared to be a public highway. Land in O's lic highway ors of Car uga to raise XXVI. And be it further enacted, That the supervi- Supervissors of the county of Cayuga be and they are hereby authorised, if they shall deem it necessary, to raise the S1000 further sum of one thousand dollars in addition to the several sums heretofore raised for the purpose of completing the court-house and gaol in said county, and that the same be levied, collected and applied in the same manner as the money raised by the sccond section of the act entitled "An act to appoint commissioners to fix the site of the court-house and gaol in the county of Cayuga, and for other purposes," passed the 6th April, 1809. A. D. 1811. tain duties. XXVII. And be it further enacted, That the freeInhabitants holders and inhabitants of the town of Hopkinton, in St. ton exempt Lawrence county, by reason of the great distance of said ed from cer town from the place of holding courts in said county, be and they are hereby exempted from serving as petit jurors and constables in any circuit court or court of common pleas or general sessions of the peace in said county, for the term of four years, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. $200 to be ally on lands Clinton co. for roads. XXVIII. And be it further enacted, That the superraised annu visors of the county of Clinton be and they are hereby in No. 6, required to raise the sum of two hundred dollars annually, for five years, in the same manner as other necessary and contingent charges are raised, levied and collected, which sum shall be raised by an equal tax, according to the assessment list, on all the lands in township number six, so called, in the town of Mooers, in said county, and the said monies shall be expended on the main road running through said township number six, by the direction of the commissioners of highways in the said town of Mooers. XXIX. And be it further enacted, That the treasurAdditional er shall, on the warrant of the comptroller, pay to the allowance private secretary of the person administering the govprivate sec-ernment of this state, the sum of three hundred and to the gov. retary. Treasurer to pay go of certain the balance . accounts. assessment nal lot. twelve dollars and fifty cents in addition to the sum allowed by the act entitled "An act for the support of government," for his services from the first day of July last to the first day of Jnly next. XXX. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller, is hereby authorised and required to pay to the governor the balance of his account rendered to the comptroller, for expenses and To pay the payments in erecting and completing an arsenal in the on the arse- City of New-York, and the appurtenant buildings; and. that the treasurer, upon the warrant of the comptroller, be authorised and required to pay the amount of the assessment upon the ground on which the said arsenal and appurtenant buildings are erected, for the purto purchase Poses of purchasing and opening Canal-street; and a site for a that it shall be lawful for the person administering the magazine government of this state to purchase a suitable site and Governor powder erect a powder magazine thereon, near the Hudsons A. D. 1811. river, in the county of Albany, or in the county of Rensselaer, and that a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for that purpose. to institute the fire at manufacto XXXI. And be it further enacted, That if upon en- Governer quiry into the origin or cause of the fire at the powder an enquiry manufactory at New-Lebanon, by which some nitre be- respecting longing to this state was destroyed, which enquiry the the powder person administering the government is hereby autho- ry at Newrised to institute, it shall appear that the said fire did not Lebanon arise from negligence or design in the proprietors, or their agents or servants, the said proprietors shall be discharged from any accountability or responsibity for the property of this state destroyed by the said fire, and the evidence of such discharge shall be a certificate of the person administering the government, to be filed in the comptroller's office, that upon such enquiry as aforesaid he is satisfied that the said loss did not proceed from the neglect or design of the proprietors of the said powder manufactory, their agents or servants. XXXII. And be it further enacted, That the comp- Comptroltroller shall be and hereby is authorised, either by him- ler to vote self or proxy, to vote at all elections of directors of for circebanks on the shares of this state in which the state is tai bauks interested and entitled to vote, and for which no provision is made by law: Provided, That this section shall not apply to any bank in which the state has by law the exclusive right to appoint two or more directors. II. G. Spaf access to XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That Horatio G. Spafford shall, until he shall have printed a gazetteer of ford to have this state, have access to the public records of this state, and shall have permission to make copies from such re- cords cords free of expence, he conforming himself to the rules of the offices in which such records are. dy to re XXXIV. "And be it further enacted, That the trea- Thomas Ed surer is hereby authorised and directed to pay the sum eive $254 of two hundred and thirty-four dollars and thirty-eight 8 ceus cents to Thomas Eddy, on account of a balance due to the commissioners appointed by the concurrent resolutions of the senate and assembly of the 13th and 15th March, 1810, for exploring the route for a canal from lake Erie and lake Ontario to the Hudson river. A. D. 1811. Powers granted to York, rela Whereas the commissioners constituted by the act entitled "an act relative to improvements touching the laying out of streets and roads in the city of New-York, and for other purposes," have completed the business assigned to them by the said act. XXXV. Be it further enacted, That it shall and the corpo- may be lawful for such persons as shall be appointed ration of N for that purpose by the mayor, aldermen and commontive to run- alty of the city of New-York, in common council constreets and vened, to enter upon the lands of private persons and fixing boun- to run out streets and fix the boundaries thereof, and ning out daries Appropria of an addi to erect monuments designating such streets and boundaries, according to the maps and plan of the said com. missioners; and generally the said persons shall be invested with power to do all such matters as may be necessary to carry the said plan into execution: Provid ed, That the provisions contained in the 17th section of the act entitled "an act respecting streets in the city of New-York," shall be and hereby are extended and applied to the proceedings authorised by this section. tion for the XXXVI. And be it further enacted, That the compexpence of troller is hereby authorised to draw his warrant on printing 1000 copies the treasurer for the payment of the expense of tional vol printing and binding one thousand copies of an addiume of the tional volume, to be published by the society of useful tions of the arts, and to be distributed in the same manner as the former volumes. transac society of useful arts established XXXVII. And be it further enacted, That it shall Perry to be and may be lawful for the court of common pleas of Niat Youngs- agara County, in their sessions, to establish and reguty of Ning late a ferry at Youngstown, on Niagara river, in the same town, con ara Secretary and survey manner as the courts of common pleas are authorised to establish and regulate ferries within this state by the act entitled "An act to regulate ferries within this state," passed 30th March, 1797. XXXVIII. And be it further enacted, That the sesurveyor-general be and they are hereby aucretary and or general thorised to cause to be built a stone wall along the west line of the lot belonging to the people of this state in certain wall the city of Albany, on which the building in which the public offices are kept is erected, to the height of the level authorised to crecta |