taxes collected from said company for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, which could not have been lawfully demanded, and is hereby refunded said company, which amount shall be payment in full of all claims against the state. formatory women, For the state reformatory for women at Bedford, Westchester State recounty, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may for be necessary, for the completion of the present contract and the payment of any extras which may be allowed and certified to by the state architect, not to exceed three thousand dollars; the sum of twelve thousand dollars for the construction and completion of the drainage and sewerage system, in accordance with the plans heretofore agreed upon by the board of managers and the department of public works of New York city; the sum of eight thousand dollars for a complete electric light and power plant for buildings and grounds, including dynamos, engine and wiring and fixtures; the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars for steam mains placed in conduits, for conduits, and for all needed piping to connect boiler-house with the several buildings; the sum of two thousand dollars for sewer pump, for addition to the powerhouse, and for additional boilers and engine; the sum of ten thousand dollars for building reservoir, for putting in water mains, for constructing stand pipe, and for placing fire hydrants and completing system of water-works connecting with each building; the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for frame barn and other necessary out buildings, making a total of forty-seven thousand dollars. contracts. All of the foregoing work to be done under the direction of the Plans and state architect, upon his plans and specifications, except as above provided, after the due letting of contracts, which contracts shall each contain a condition that the contract price shall provide for the full completion of the objects mentioned in the respective items appropriating money therefor. For the preparation of supplementary indices of assembly bills, Indexes. journals and documents, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid by the comptroller on the certificate of the speaker of the assembly. ments in To pay for work performed for finishing and furnishing addi- Improvetional committee rooms for the use of senate committee on finance, capitol. cities and codes in the fourth story of the tower; finishing the third story of the tower for telegraph, telephone and press association offices and a restaurant; making alterations, addition and betterments in the state library; installing a system of heating Secretary of state. Shinne cock and Peconic and ventilation in the senate chamber, assembly chamber and senate committee rooms, the sum of ninety-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars and eighty-nine cents. For the secretary of state, the sum of one hundred dollars, to replace volumes of session laws, town of Springwater, Livingston county, destroyed by fire. For the superintendent of public works and state engineer and Bays canal. Surveyor, for repairing and maintaining the gates and piling on the Shinnecock and Peconic Bays canal, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Attorneygeneral. Id. Lands for hatchery. Comptroller. C. W. American Steel Barge company. General For the attorney-general, the sum of eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay costs of suits now owing or which may accrue before October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. For the attorney-general, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for carpets and furniture for the attorney-general's department. For the commissioners of fisheries, game and forestry, five hun dred dollars, for the purchase of additional land for hatchery purposes. For the comptroller, for the purchase of one thousand copies of "New York in the revolution," as compiled by the comptroller; eight hundred copies for the use of the legislature and two hundred copies for the comptroller, one thousand dollars. * To Clarence W. Francis, the sum of two thousand dollars, for rent and expenses in maintaining the office of the attorney-general in the city of New York. For the comptroller, for the payment of the claim of the American Steel Barge company, for taxes erroneously paid to the comptroller under the corporation tax laws, the sum of twelve thousand eight hundred and thirteen dollars and fifty-three cents. For the comptroller, for the payment of the claim of the General company. Electric company, for taxes erroneously paid to the comptroller under the corporation tax laws, the sum of eighteen thousand six hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty-four cents. Newton creek, Horseheads. For the superintendent of public works for continuing the work of improving the channel of Newtown creek, now commenced, pursuant to the provisions of chapter nine hundred and forty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, in the town of Horseheads, county of Chemung, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars. The work to be done and moneys expended upon plans and specifications prepared and furnished by the state engineer and surveyor, and all of said work, so far as practicable, to be done by contract and let to the lowest bidder or bidders. ments in capitol. For the superintendent of public buildings, for removing old Improvestairway, putting in floor, cutting doorways, painting, refinishing and furnishing rooms under the executive chamber for the state prison department, and for fitting up storeroom underneath same for the executive department, and for putting in water-closet, cutting doorways, painting, decorating and furnishing, and for all necessary repairs and equipments for new room for the insurance department, formerly occupied by the state prison department, the sum of five thousand dollars. of hulls boilers. For the superintendent of public works, for payment of salaries Inspectors and expenses of inspectors of hulls and boilers, as provided in the and navigation law, nine thousand dollars. horses. For the comptroller, for compensation to owners of glandered Glandered horses destroyed pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-three of chapter six hundred and seventy-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars. tion of lands in Ulster For the commissioners of fisheries, game and forest, to carry Acquisi out the provisions of chapter two hundred and fifty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid out on the certificate of said board. * county. etc.. not to ested. No manager, trustee or other officer of any state, charitable or Managers, other institution receiving moneys under this act from the state be intertreasury for maintenance and support shall be individually interested in any purchase, sale or contract made by any officer for any of said institutions. funds in All institutions receiving moneys under this act from the state Deposit of treasury for maintenance, in whole or in part, shall deposit all their bank. funds in some responsible bank, banks or banking-house, in pursuance of the provisions of chapter three hundred and twenty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, and the comptroller, in addition to the liability of said bank, shall require for all such funds so deposited the bond of said bank, with such good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by him as to form and amount as he shall deem necessary, and all state institutions and departments reports. Quarterly except charitable institutions, reformatories, houses of refuge and state industrial schools, shall pay into the treasury, quarterly, all receipts and earnings other than receipts from the state treasury. Annual inventory All charitable institutions, reformatories, houses of refuge and to be filed. the State Industrial School, receiving moneys under this act, shall file with the comptroller on or before the twentieth of October of each year, a certified inventory of all articles of maintenance on hand at the close of the preceding year, naming in such inventory the kind and amount of such articles of maintenance. Form of accounts. Duty of clerk or bookkeeper of institutions. The comptroller is hereby authorized and empowered to devise a form of accounts to be observed in every state charitable insti tution, reformatory, houses of refuge, state industrial school, or department receiving moneys under this act, which shall be accepted and followed by such institutions and departments after thirty days' notice thereof has been submitted to them by the comptroller. and such form of accounts shall include such a uniform method of bookkeeping, filing and rendering of accounts as may insure a uniform mention of purchase of like articles, whether by weight, meas ure or otherwise, as the interest of the public service requires. Such form shall also include a uniform rate of allowance in reporting in such institutions and departments, the amount in value of all produce and other articles of maintenance raised upon lands of state, and which may enter into the maintenance of such institutions or departments. It shall be the duty of the clerk or bookkeeper in each state charitable institution, reformatory, houses of refuge, state industrial schools or any state department receiving moneys under this act, to receive and examine all articles purchased by the proper officer or received or the maintenance thereof, to compare them with the bill therefor, to ascertain whether they correspond in weight, quantity and quality, and to inspect the supplies thus received; and the said clerk or bookkeeper shall also enter each bill of goods thus received in the book of the institution or department in which he is employed at the time of the receipt of the articles; and if any discrepancy is found between such bill and the articles received, he shall make a note thereof, whether it be in weight, quality or quantity, and no goods or other articles of purchase, or farm or garden production of lands of the institution, shall be received unless an entry thereof be made in the book of accounts of the institution, with the proper bill, invoice or mention, according to the form of accounts and record prescribed by the comptroller. for repairs. In accounts for repairs or new work provided for in this act the Accounts name of each workman, the number of days he is employed, and the rate and amount of wages paid to him shall be given. If contracts are made for repairs or new work, or for supplies, a duplicate thereof, with specifications, shall be filed with the comptroller. Chap. 794. AN ACT to authorize the comptroller of the state to hear and determine the application of William Harris, for cancellation of the tax sales of lot number forty-eight, township three, Totten and Crossfield's purchase, Hamilton county, for unpaid taxes. Became a law May 24, 1897, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: tion to hear Section 1. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the comptrol- Jurisdic ler of the state to hear and determine the application of applica William Harris, for cancellation of the tax sales of lot number forty-eight, township three, Totten and Crossfield's purchase, Hamilton county, for unpaid taxes. Said Harris claiming be the owner thereof, and the said comptroller is hereby authorized to act upon said application in the same manner and with the same effect as if the application were made by the purchaser at the tax sale. § 2. Such application shall be heard and granted only upon Conditions. the ground that the land was legally exempt from taxation at the time of the levy of the taxes for which the sales were made, and that the people of the state had no legal title thereto at the time of the sales. hearing. § 3. Prior to the hearing on said application, the said William Notice of Harris shall cause to be served upon the attorney general of the state, a notice of said hearing; said notice shall be served at least fourteen days before the date of the hearing. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. |
