gulations, as they may think expedient: Provided nevertheless,
That no forfeiture or fine shall be inflicted over and above the fine
of ten dollars for any one offence against such by-laws.

Other officers

IV. And be it further enacted, That the freeholders and inhabitants, qualified to vote for trustees as aforesaid, at their annu- to be chosen. al meeting, shall, and they are hereby authorised to choose one and treasurer and one collector, being freeholders of said village; the person having the greatest number of votes for each office respectively, shall be deemed duly chosen; and in case a vacancy shall happen in either of the above offices, by death or removal from the said village, or refusal to serve, the trustees shall have the power of appointing some other freeholder of said village to supply such vacancy until the next annual meeting; and the person so appointed shall be liable to the same penalties and restrictions as if duly elected at the annual meeting.

They shall

V. And be it further enacted, That the trustees, treasurer and collector shall, before they proceed to execute their respective of- take an oath. fices, and within ten days after their election, respectively take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before any justice of the peace of the county of Tioga, for the faithful execution of the office or trust to which they may be severally elected: Provided nevertheless, That the said treasurer and collector, before they take the oath or affirmation aforesaid, shall respectively give securities to the trus→ tees of the said village for the respective discharge of their respective offices, in such sum as a majority of them shall deem sufficient.

VI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the
trustees of said village, or a majority of them, to appoint not ex-
ceeding twenty-five firemen, out of the inhabitants of the said vil-
lage, and the same, or any of them, to remove at pleasure, and to
appoint others in their stead; to regulate the times of meeting and
exercises of said company of firemen, to appoint their captain and
other officers, and to make such by-laws, rules and regulations for
the government of the said company, and inflict, ordain and estab-
lish such penalties for the breaking or disobeying such by-laws,
rules and regulations as they may deem expedient: Provided,
That no fine or penalty shall be inflicted on any fireman exceeding
two dollars for any one offence, and that the trustees shall have the
power of remitting such fine and penalties whenever a majority of
them shall deem it proper.

VII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
said trustees and their successors, annually to assess on the several
inhabitants and freeholders living in the said village, the amount
of the taxes which the freeholders and inhabitants shall, at their
in pro-
annual meeting, determine to be raised, levied or collected,
portion to the property and situation of the inhabitants so to be
assessed, and the advantages they shall respectively derive from
said tax; and they shall also execute the duties of fire-wardens of
said village in cases of fire: Provided, That if any person shall
deem himself or herself aggrieved by any such assessment as afore-
said, it shall be lawful for any such person to appeal from the de-
termination of the trustees to any three justices of the peace in the
county of Tioga, giving notice to the said trustees of such appeal,
and of the time and place for determining thereof by such justices,

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who shall hear the same, and do therein what to justice shall appertain.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That the trustees, within how to be twenty days after their election, or a major part of them, shall, and it is hereby made their duty, to assemble at some convenient place in said village, and there to choose and appoint some one suitable person of their body to be president of the board of trustees, and some other suitable person to be clerk of said board of trustees; and it shall be the duty of the president to preside at the meetings This duty. of the trustees, to order extraordinary meetings whenever he may conceive it for the interest of the said village, to see that all bylaws and regulations of the said village are enforced and faithfully executed, to prosecute in the name of the trustees all offences against, or violations of the by-laws, ordained and published as aforesaid; to keep the seal of said village, and to affix it, together with his signature, to all such rules and regulations as a majority of the trustees shall deem proper; and in case of the death, removal, or inability of the president to discharge the duties of his office, it shall be the duty of the secretary to notify the other trusSecretary's tees of such death, removal or inability, who shall, within ten days duty. thereafter, meet and elect another president of their body, to hold his office until the next annual meeting; and it shall be the further duty of the president to take care of, and preserve all the property belonging to the village, to preside over all public meetings of said village, and to do all other things proper for the president of the village to do; and it shall be the duty of the clerk to keep the minutes of all such votes, orders, rules and regulations as are made by the freeholders and inhabitants of said village at their public meetings; and also to attend the meetings of the trustees, and record all by-laws, rules and regulations passed by them; and the trustees shall have the power to remove such clerk, and appoint another, and to appoint one pro-tempore in the absence of the clerk; and the clerk shall receive such compensation for his services as the trustees shall deem sufficient, to be paid out of the funds of the village.

Collector's

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expences.

IX. And be it further enacted, That the collector shall, within such time as shall be hereafter limited by the by-laws of the corporation, after receipt of his warrant for collecting any tax that may have been ordered to be raised, collect and pay the same over to the treasurer; and that such collector shall have and exercise the same power in collecting said taxes, by distress and sale, as the several collectors of towns have in the levying and collecting of taxes; and that all monies which may at any time be in the hands of the treasurer shall be liable to be drawn out by the trustees, or a majority of them, and applied agreeable to the provisions of this

act.

X. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall keep Accounts of an account of their necessary disbursements, and on exhibiting the same to the treasurer, shall be entitled to receive the amount thereof out of any monies in the treasury; and the treasurer and collector shall receive for their several services such suitable compensation as the freeholders and inhabitants of said village shall, at their annual meeting, determine.

fice.

XI. And be it further enacted, That if any one of the inhabi- Penalty for tants of said village, qualified as aforesaid, shall be elected or cho- serve when refusing to sen a trustee, and shall refuse or neglect to serve as such, it shall lected to of be lawful for the trustees who do accept and serve, or a majority of them, to impose upon such person a fine not exceeding ten dollars for any one offence; and that every fine and penalty imposed agreeably to the provisions of this act, may be sued for and recovered in the name of the trustees, in any action of debt, in which it shall be sufficient for the trustees, in any action of debt, to declare generally, that the defendant is indebted to them by virtue of this

act.

Notice et meetings to

XII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of president to give notice to the inhabitants of said village of all pub- be given. lic meetings, at least ten days previous thereto, in such manner as a majority of the trustees may deem proper; and that it shall be lawful for the trustees, or a majority of them, to call a public meeting of the inhabitants of said village whenever they may think it expedient.

XIII. And be it further enacted, That all fines, penalties and how to be dis Fines, &c. forfeitures, and all monies obtained in any manner whatever, by posed ofvirtue of this act, shall be paid into the hands of the treasurer, for the use of the said village; and the treasurer shall, and he is hereby authorised, in case any person having received any money by virtue of this act, to and for the use and benefit of said village, and shall refuse and neglect to pay the same to him, to prosecute every such offender in the name of the trustees of said village, for monies had and received, to and for the use of said village.

XIV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the This act may legislature at any time to repeal or amend this act.

CHAP. LIII.

An ACT for the better description of Towns in the County of

Genesee.

Passed March 3, 1815.

be altered or repealed.

WHEREAS the following towns have been erroneously described in the act for dividing the counties of this state into towns, Preamble. whereby disputes have arisen as to their precise limits: Therefore,

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 county of Genesee included within Bounds of Le the following lines, to wit: beginning at the south-west corner of Roy. the town of Caledonia, thence west to the eastern transit meridian line, thence north along the said eastern transit meridian line to the southern bounds of township number one in the Connecticut tract so called, thence west to the south-east corner of lot number two hundred and twenty in the said first township of the Connecticut tract, thence north on the line of lots of said township to the southern bounds of the town of Bergen, thence east to the north-west corner of the town of Caledonia, thence along the western boundary of the said town of Caledonia to the place of beginning, shall be and continue a town by the name of Le Roy.

Batavia.

Pembroke.

Ridgeway.

Bergen.

Sweden.

And that all that part of the said county of Genesee included within the following lines, to wit: beginning in the western bounds of the town of Le Roy, at the north-east corner of the town of Bethany, thence along the said western bounds of the town of Le Roy to the north-west corner thereof, thence west along the southern bounds of the town of Bergen to the eastern transit meridian line, thence north to the north-east corner of township number thirteen in the first range of townships of the Holland land company, thence west to the north-west corner of township number thirteen in the second range of said townships, thence south to the north-west corner of the town of Alexander, and thence east to the place of beginning, shall be and continue a town by the name of Batavia.

And that all that part of the said county of Genesee bounded north by the northern bounds of the Tonnawonta Indian reservation, east by the towns of Batavia and Alexander, south by the town of Sheldon, and west by Niagara county, shall be and continue a town by the name of Pembroke.

And that all that part of the said county of Genesee bounded west by Niagara county, north by the northern bounds of Genesee county, east by the eastern transit meridian line and a line extended north from the northern termination thereof to the northern bounds of Genesee county, and southerly by a line running east from the north-west corner of the town of Pembroke along the northern bounds thereof to the western bounds of the town of Batavia, and thence north to the north-west corner of the said town of Batavia, and thence east along the northern bounds of the said town of Batavia to the eastern transit meridian line, shall be and continue a town by the name of Ridgeway.

And that all that part of the county of Genesee included within the following lines, viz. beginning at the south-east corner of the town of Bergen, thence northerly on the line between the town of Bergen and Riga to the north-east corner of township number two on the triangle, thence westerly on the north line of said township to the east line of the Connecticut tract so called, thence north to the north-east corner of lot number ninety-six, thence westerly on the north lines of lots number ninety-six, ninety-five, ninety-four, ninety-three, ninety-two, ninety-one, ninety, eighty-nine, eightyeight, eighty-seven, eighty-six, eighty-five, to the transit line, thence south to the north line of the town of Le Roy, thence east on the line of lots to the place of beginning, shall he and continue a town by the name of Bergen.

And that all that part of the county of Genesee included within the following lines, viz. beginning at the south-east corner of the ⚫ town of Sweden, thence northerly on the line between the towns of Sweden and Riga and Parma to the north-east corner of township number three on the triangle, thence westerly on the north line of said township to the east line of the Connecticut tract, thence south to south-east corner of lot number thirteen, thence west on the south lines of lots thirteen, twenty-one, fifty-one, seventy-one, ninety-three, one hundred and fifteen, one hundred and thirty-eight, one hundred and sixty-one, one hundred and eighty-five, two bundred and ten, two hundred and thirty-five, two hundred and sixty, to the transit line, thence south to the north line of the town of Ber

gen, thence east on the north line of the said town of Bergen to the place of beginning, shall be and continue a town by the name of Sweden; and that the north line of said town of Sweden shall be the south line of the town of Murray.

CHAP. LIV.

An ACT to incorporate the Butchers' Benevolent Society of
New-York.

Passed March 3, 1815.

WHEREAS David Marsh, Benjamin Benson, and others, inhabitants of the city of New-York, have associated themselves together under the name and description of the Butchers' Benevolent Society, for the purpose of affording relief to the indigent and dis- Preamble. tressed members of the said association, their widows and orphans, and others who may be found proper objects of their charity; they therefore pray that the legislature will be pleased to incorporate them for the purposes aforesaid, under such limitations and restrictions as to the legislature shall seem meet: Therefore,

Society incor

Their style

I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That such persons as now are or shall from time to time become members of the said society, shall be and hereby are ordained, constituted and declared to be a body ported." corporate and politic, in deed, fact and name, by the name of the "Butchers' Benevolent Society of the city of New-York," and that by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and powers. and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever; and that they and their successors may have a common seal, and change and alter the same at their pleasure; and that they and their successors, by the same name, shall be capable in law to purchasé, take, receive, hold and enjoy, to them and their successors, any real estate, in fee simple, or for term of life or lives, or otherwise, and any goods, chattels or personal estate, for the purpose of enabling them the better to carry into effect the benevolent purpose of affording relief to the indigent and distressed; provided the yearly value of such real and personal estates shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars; and that they and their succes- Provise. sors shall have full power and authority to give, grant, sell, lease, demise and dispose of the said real and personal estate, or any part thereof, at their will and pleasure; and that they and their successors shall have power from time to time, to make, constitute, ordain and establish such by-laws and regulations as they shall judge proper for the election of their officers, admission of new members, and for regulating all the affairs and business of said corporation : Provided always, That such by-laws and regulations shall not be repugnant to the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States.

II. And be it further enacted, That David Marsh be, and he hereby is appointed first president; that Cornelius Schuyler be,

Proviso.

Officers,