eighty-one, five thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars, to be refunded to the treasury of the state by the several railroad companies of this state, in proportion to their respective gross receipts, pursuant to chapter five hundred and twenty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and the several acts of the legislature in relation thereto; for printing one thousand copies of the sixth annual report of the Central New York Institution for Deaf Mutes, per concurrent resolution of the legislature, passed March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, thirty dollars; for printing one thousand copies of the report of the Western New York Institution for Deaf Mutes, pursu ant to concurrent resolution of the legislature, passed May twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, sixteen dollars and eighty cents; for printing five thousand copies of the first annual report of the state board of health, per concurrent resolution of the legislature, passed May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, eight hundred and thirty-two dollars; for printing one thousand copies of the report of the state board of health relative to the stenches in New York city, per concurrent resolution of the legislature, passed May twentyseventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, nineteen dollars and twenty cents; for printing two hundred and fourteen thousand six hundred blanks for school registers and binding same in fourteen thousand five hundred books for the department of public instruction, one thousand five hundred and thirty-nine dollars and ninety cents; for printing five hundred copies of testimony taken before the special committee of the senate to investigate canal matters, per resolution of the senate, passed January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eightytwo, four hundred and six dollars; for printing one thousand copies of the report of the institution for the improved instruction of deaf mutes, per concurrent resolution of the legislature, passed April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, twenty-five dollars. and twenty cents; for printing one thousand copies of the annual report of the University of the State of New York, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty, per concurrent resolution of the legislature, passed April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty, six hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents; for printing seventeen hundred and twenty copies of the full insurance report, two thousand copies of the fire and marine insurance report, and fifteen hundred copies of the life and casualty insurance report and binding the same in full cloth, gilt, per concurrent resolution of the legislature, passed May eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, four thousand nine hundred and two dollars and eighty-six cents, to be refunded to the treasury of the state by the several insurance companies, associations, persons and agents to whom chapter three hundred sixty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine applies; for printing eight hundred copies of testimony taken before the special assembly committee appointed to investigate the Bradley-Sessions bribery case, per resolution of the assembly, passed June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, eleven hundred and eighty-three dollars, and for seventeen hundred and fourteen copies of the New York Civil List of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, furnished pursuant to concurrent resolution of the legislature, passed May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for express charges paid for the delivery of the same, four thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars and sixty cents; for Adolphus F. Warburton for services as law stenographer in A. F. Warthe matter of charges against Bernard Reilly, sheriff, two hundred and burton, forty-eight dollars and sixty-nine cents; for William I. Coggswell, for Wm. I. Coggswell. John W. Arthur H. Howe. Central for Deaf Mutes at Rome. services rendered as counsel for the commissioners for loaning certain moneys of the United States, deposited with the State of New York, for the county of Queens, in an action in the supreme court brought to foreclose a certain mortgage held by the loan commissioners for said county, five hundred dollars; for John W. Hathorn, for damages in full for permanent appropriation and diversion of a certain stream of water to the use of the Elmira State Reformatory, and for injury to property caused by overflow of the reservoir built by the State, the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars; for Arthur H. Howe, for serving notices of the appointment of certain notaries in the county of Cattaraugus, forty-five dollars and forty-three cents; for the Central Institution New York Institution for Deaf-mutes, at Rome, for maintenance and instruction of certain deaf-mutes as state pupils, seven hundred and sixty-one dollars and eighty-nine cents; and for the following named For parties corporations and persons, for materials furnished and for extra work, materials labor and services performed in the construction of the Hudson River and work, State Hospital, payable as follows: to the City National Bank of son River Poughkeepsie, as assignee of John H. Kimlin, three thousand one. hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-nine cents; to Robert H. Hunter, as assignee of Adam Caire and others, one thousand one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and twenty-eight cents; to the Merchants' National Bank of Poughkeepsie, as assignee of Robert Dixon, four hundred and one dollars and thirty-three cents; to the Poughkeepsie National Bank, as assignee of Robert Dixon, nineteen hundred and thirty-one dollars and thirty-nine cent*; to the Poughkeepsie National Bank as assignee of George E. Broas, sixteen hundred and thirty-five dollars; to Horace T. Caswell, James O. Beers and William L. Maxwell, as assignees of John Maxwell, two thousand three hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty-six cents; and to the Fallkill National Bank, as assignee of George E. Broas, seventeen hundred and sixteen dollars and fifty cents. named for etc., Hud State Hospital. Attorney. general. George C. For the attorney-general, for the payment of the services and expenses of special counsel for the state heretofore employed by the attorney-general in the examination and supervision of insolvent trusts and references and proceedings relating thereto, from December first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to and including December thirtyfirst, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the sum of twelve thousand and forty-nine dollars and sixty-five cents, to be paid to such special counsel upon the audit and certificate of the attorney-general. For George C. Greene, as attorney for the defendants in the action hereinafter named, the sum of three thousand four hundred and one dollars, being the amount in full payment of the principal of a judgment for costs against the people of this state in an action commenced in the name of the people by Attorney-General Schoonmaker against Linus Jones Peck and George Talbot, who were impleaded with William McRae, which judgment was entered and docketed in Albany county clerk's office on the twenty-ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-one; and the further sum of one hundred and eightynine dollars and sixty-eight cents, for interest on the above-named judgment and fees of county clerk for certified copy of said judg ment. The comptroller shall pay the above sums to the above-named attorney upon his producing to, and filing with, the comptroller a satisfaction of said judgment, certified by the attorney-general to be in due form. *So in original. len. For J. D. Hallen, as attorney for the defendant in the action herein- J. D. Halafter named, the sum of forty-three dollars, being the amount in full payment of a judgment for costs against the people of this state in an action commenced in the name of the people by the attorney-general against Francis E. Rowley and others, which judgment was docketed in Albany county clerk's office on the twenty-sixth day of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. The comptroller shall pay the above sum to the above-named attorney upon his producing to, and filing with, the comptroller a satisfaction of said judgment, certified by the attorney-general to be in due form. For the attorney-general, in full for the services of counsel for the Attorneystate, in the case of the People of the State of New York against Linus general Jones Peck and George Talbot, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, subject, to the audit of the comptroller. knowl For the purpose of extending dairy knowledge and science, and for Extenddisseminating the same among the people of this state, the sum of one ing dairy thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the New York edge. State Dairymen's Association, upon vouchers to be approved by the comptroller. court. For such justices of the supreme court whose term of office shall be Justices or shall have been abridged pursuant to the provision of section thir- supreme teen of article six of the constitution, and who shall have served as such justices ten years, twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. before For paying the services and expenses of all counsel appearing before Counsel the special committee of the assembly of eighteen hundred and eighty- appearing one, to investigate the charges of bribery and corruption in connection committee with the election of United States senator, the sum of five thousand to investidollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid on the charge of audit of the comptroller. gate bribery. over Clear For the repair and improvement of the iron bridge over Clear creek Iron on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (a bridge heretofore erected by bridge the state), and the approaches thereto, the sum of eight hundred dol- creek. lars, or so much as may be necessary for the purpose, to be expended under the direction of Deforest N. Parker, a commissioner hereby appointed for that purpose, and whose compensation as such commissioner shall be three dollars per day, a a who shall give before entering upon the duties of such commissionership, a bond to be approved by the comptroller, for the faithful execution of the duties herein. imposed. over Cat For the repair, improvement and preservation of the piers and Bridge bridge over the Cattaraugus creek, near Versailles, on the Cattaraugus taraugus Indian Reservation (a bridge heretofore erected by the state), the sum creek. of seven hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose, to be expended under the direction of Deforest N. Parker, a commissioner hereby appointed for that purpose, and whose compensation as such commissioner shall be three dollars per day, and who shall give, before entering upon the duties of such commissionership, a bond to be approved by the comptroller, for the faithful execution. of the duties herein imposed. sioners of For the commissioners of quarantine for repairs of rip rap wall, roofs Commisof buildings, steam engine, pumps and plumbing on Hoffman Island, quaran two thousand five hundred dollars, and for the care, maintenance and tine. repair of the quarantine establishment, fifteen thousand dollars. Corporationunder chapter 492 laws of The corporation formed under and pursuant to the authority of chapter four hundred and ninety-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy, for the purpose of constructing warehouses, docks and wharves for quarantine purposes in the bay of New York, shall not be deemed dissolved if it shall commence its operation within two years dissolved. from the passage of this act. 1870, when not to be deemed Society for Re formation of Ju venileDelin quents. Western Normal Fredonia For the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, on Randall's Island, for the cost of repairs for plumbing and drainage, and material for the same, done and furnished in conformity with the order of the board of health of the city of New York, in eighteen hundred and eighty, the sum of ten thousand seven hundred and thirtytwo dollars and thirteen cents, to be paid upon vouchers to be approved by the comptroller. For the Western House of Refuge, for building inclosure walls around new building, grading the grounds, laying flag-stone walks and putting in outlet sewer, fifteen thousand dollars; and for purchase of grounds on Backus avenue, for site for barn, and carriage and storehouse, two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; and for rebuilding the laundry and drying-room recently destroyed by fire, and replacing articles burned therein, the sum of three thousand dollars. For the Normal and Training School at Fredonia, for repairing school at thirty-one rooms, for two flights of stairs, for ceiling and flooring basement, for partitions in same, for painting and windows, for heating apparatus for dormitories, and for repair of kitchen, dining-room and closets, the sum of three thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars. For the State Normal school at Albany, for repairs, text-books, library, scientific apparatus and general purposes of the school, two thousand dollars. At Albany. Comp troller to sell real Seamen's Island, ex- disposed It shall be the duty of the comptroller of this state, as soon after the passage of this act as shall be practicable, and within estate and six months after such passage, to sell and convey by proper premises known as deed, to be by him executed and delivered to such person, corporation, or other purchaser as he may be able to procure, and for such price as he may be able to obtain, either at public or private sale, and either as a whole, or in separate parcels, all the real estate and premises, and other property in the town of Middletown, Richmond county, now possessed and occupied by the trustees of the Seamen's Fund and Retreat on Staten Island, excepting, however, six acres of land hereinafter described; and upon the delivery of said deed, the title to all the said real estate and property so directed to be sold shall Proceeds, be and become vested in such purchaser or purchasers. The proceeds how to be of the sale herein before directed to be made, after payment by the comptroller of the necessary expenses of such sale and of a sum which, when added to their income from all other sources, will enable the trustees of the Retreat to defray the running expenses of maintaining the Retreat to the thirty-first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, when said Retreat shall be closed, shall be applied and distributed by the said comptroller in the manner following, namely: He shall first retain and pay into the treasury of this state, a sum equal to the several principal sums heretofore appropriated for the benefit of the said Seamen's Fund and Retreat, by any act of the legislature passed subsequent to the act, entitled "An act to provide for sick and disabled seamen," passed April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and paid to the trustees of said Seamen's Fund and Retreat, pursuant to such appropriations respectively; out of the residue of said proceeds of sale the comptroller shall pay to the Marine of. Society of the city of New York, in the state of New York, a sum equal to the aggregate amount of the principal of all sums heretofore paid by the trustees of the said Seamen's Fund and Retreat to or for the use of the Mariners Family Asylum, or the Mariners Family Industrial Society under any statute of this state, and also a sum equal to the value of the six acres of land mentioned in the third section of this act as the same shall be estimated and appraised by the comptroller, not including in such estimate and appraisal of said six acres of land the value of any buildings thereon; and the residue of such proceedings, if any shall be paid, one-third thereof to the said Marine Society, one-third thereof to the Mariners Family Asylum, and onethird thereof to the Society for the relief of Destitute Children of Seamen, Staten Island. The six acres of land designated on the survey made by George M. Root, surveyor, occupied by the Mariners Family Asylum, together with the buildings thereon, and the right of way therefrom to Bay street, are hereby excepted from each and all of the foregoing provisions of this act; said six acres of land are bounded and described as follows, namely: Beginning at the corner Descripformed by the intersection of the westerly side of William H. Vander- tion of bilt's land, and the northerly side of R. Davidge's land, and running cepted thence along the land of said R. Davidge, south, eighty-six degrees, from sale. fifty minutes west, three hundred and fifty-five and six-twelfths feet; thence along the lands of C. Clegg and J. D. Dix, south, sixty-four degrees, west four hundred and ninety-five and seven-twelfths feet; thence north thirteen degrees, forty minutes west three hundred and seventy-six feet; thence north seventy-six degrees, twenty minutes east eight hundred and thirty-three and six-twelfths feet; thence south-east one hundred and twenty and one-twelfth feet to the land of William H. Vanderbilt, and thence along his land south thirteen degrees forty-five minutes east two hundred and sixteen feet to the place of beginning, containing six acres of land, together with a right of way from said tract of land to Bay street. land ex committee communi For the purpose of placing the committee rooms of the senate and To place assembly in telephonic communication with each other and with the rooms in office of the superintendent of the capitol, and with such other points telephonic in the capitol building as may be necessary for twelve stations, the cation. sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars, the work to be done, and amount expended under the direction of the capitol commissioners, and the clerks of the two houses. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 363. AN ACT to confirm and legalize certain taxes in the city of PASSED June 27, 1882; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. No tax levied and confirmed, or attempted to be levied Taxes and confirmed, upon the various lots, pieces and parcels of land in the several wards in the city of Brooklyn since the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one, shall be held or declared to be invalid by reason levied not invalid by to be held reason of assessor's |