The taker may transport from a point without to a point within the state, during the open season therefor within the state of New York, game or fish of species which may not be lawfully sold, provided such game or fish was lawfully taken and may be lawfully brought from the place where taken;1 or, the same may be shipped by him by common carrier except parcel post.2 The taker may transport from a point without to a point within the state, during the closed season therefor within the state of New York, game or fish of species which may not be lawfully sold, or for which there is no open season, provided such game or fish was lawfully taken and may be lawfully brought from the place where taken, and further provided that the taker accompanies the same and shall have with him a license issued by the commission permitting such transportation. Quadrupeds may be shipped by the taker by common carrier, except by parcel post, but in that case the shipping requirements of subdivision three of this section shall apply. Such game or fish when so transported may be possessed at any time. as by L. 1912, L. 1913, § 2. Section one hundred and eighty-five, subdivision nine$ 185, thereof, of chapter six hundred and forty-seven of the laws of added nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An act relating to con-en, 318, and servation of land, forests, waters, parks, hydraulic power, fish amended by and game, constituting chapter sixty five of the consolidated laws." hendes as added by chapter three hundred and eighteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and twelve, as amended by chapter five hundred and eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby amended to read as follows :" Subd. 9. Alteration, transfer. No person shall at any time alter or change in any material manner or loan or transfer to another, any license or license button issued in pursuance to the provisions of this section. amended. § 3. Section three hundred and eighty, subdivision thirteen $ 380, thereof, of chapter six hundred and forty-seven of the laws of as added nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An act relating to con-ch. 318, servation of land, forests, waters, parks, hydraulic power, fish amended. and game, constituting chapter sixty-five of the consolidated laws," as added by chapter three hundred and eighteen of the L. 1912, 1 Words "and further provided that the taker accompanies the same," omitted. 2 Remainder of sentence omitted which read: "but in that case the shipping requirements of subdivision three of this section shall apply." 3 Subd. 9 materially amended. by L. 1911, laws of nineteen hundred and twelve, is hereby amended to read as follows: 13. "Trout" includes speckled trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, steelhead trout, red-throat trout and brook trout. Chap. 292. AN ACT to amend the conservation law, in relation to time of placing nets in the Hudson and Delaware rivers and adjacent waters. Became a law May 3, 1919, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, threefifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section two hundred and seventy-nine of chapter six hundred and forty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An act relating to conservation of land, forests, ch. 318, and waters, parks, hydraulic power, fish and game, constituting chap L. 1912, amended by L. 1918, ch. 143, amended. ter sixty-five of the consolidated laws," as added by chapter three hundred and eighteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and twelve and last amended by chapter one hundred and forty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 279. Nets in Hudson and Delaware rivers and adjacent waters. Shad and herring may be taken with drifting nets operated by hand only from March fifteenth to June fifteenth, both inclusive, in the Delaware river and that part of the Hudson river below the dam at Troy. No such net shall be set, placed or drawn, or fish taken therefrom between sunset on Friday and one hour before1 sunrise on Monday. Fish, except salmon, black bass, trout, pike-perch, and except also during March and April, pickerel and pike, may be taken with nets in the Hudson river below the dam at Troy, from September first to May thirtieth, both inclusive. Sturgeon may be taken in the Hudson river with sturgeon nets of not less than five and one-half inch bar, from June first to September first, both inclusive. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 4 Words "steelhead trout" new. 1 Words " one hour before" new. Chap. 293. AN AUT to amend the decedent estate law, in relation to revo cation of will by marriage. Became a law May 3, 1919, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, threefifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ch. 18, Section 1. Section thirty-five of chapter eighteen of the laws L. 1909, of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled “An act relating to estates$ 35 of deceased persons, constituting chapter thirteen of the consoli- amended. dated laws," is hereby amended to read as follows:1 § 35. Revocation by marriage. If after making any will, such testator marries, and the husband or wife, or any issue of such marriage, survives the testator, such will shall be deemed revoked as to them, unless provision shall have been made for them by some settlement, or they shall be provided for in the will, or in such way mentioned therein as to show an intention not to make such provision; and such surviving husband or wife, and the issue of such marriage, shall be entitled to the same rights in, and to the same share or portion of the estate of said testator as they would have been, if such will had not been made. No evidence to rebut such presumption of revocation shall be received, except as herein provided. § 36 § 2. Section thirty-six of such chapter is hereby repealed. repealed. § 3. This act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred In effect and nineteen. Sept 1, 1919. Chap. 294. AN ACT to amend the decedent estate law, in relation to the validity and proof of wills executed without the state. Became a law May 3, 1919, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, threefifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Chapter eighteen of the laws of nineteen hundred $ 22 and nine, entitled "An act relating to estates of deceased persons, L. 1909, added to ch. 18. 1 Section materially amended. $23 amended, L. 1909. ch. 18, § 100 amended. constituting chapter thirteen of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended by inserting therein a new section, to be section twentytwo-a, to read as follows: § 22-a. Validity of wills executed without the state. A will executed without this state in the mode prescribed by the law, either of the place where executed or of the testator's domicile, shall be deemed to be legally executed, and shall be of the same force and effect as if executed in the mode prescribed by the laws of this state, provided, such will is in writing and subscribed by the testator. § 2. Section twenty-three of such chapter is hereby amended to read as follows:1 § 23. What wills may be proved. A will of real or personal property, executed as prescribed by the laws of the state, or a will of real or personal property executed without the state in the mode prescribed by the law, either of the place where executed or of the testator's domicile, provided such will is in writing and subscribed by the testator, may be admitted to probate in this state. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.) Chap. 295. AN ACT to amend the decedent estate law, in relation to estates Becare a law May 3, 1919, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three- The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section one hundred of chapter eighteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relating to estates of deceased persons, constituting chapter thirteen of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended to read as follows: § 100. Estates of married women. The provisions of this article respecting the distribution of property of deceased persons apply to the personal property of deceased 1a married women." The husband of any such deceased married woman shall be entitled to the same distributive share in the personal property of his wife to which a widow is entitled in the personal property of her husband by the provisions of this article and no more. 1 Section materially amended. 1a Word "deceased" new. 2 Words" dying, leaving descendants them-surviving," omitted. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 296. AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the law library in Richmond county. Became a law May 3, 1919, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, threefifths being present. Accepted by the City. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: added to ch. 21 L. 1910, Section 1. Chapter twenty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred $1800 and nine, entitled "An act relating to education, *ocnstituting L. 1909, chapter sixteen of the consolidated laws," as amended by chapter (revision of one hundred and forty of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten, ch. 140). is hereby amended by adding thereto after section eleven hundred and eighty-b a new section, to be eleven hundred and eighty-c, to read as follows: § 1180-c. Supreme court library in Richmond county. There is hereby established a law library in the second judicial district to be located in the county of Richmond, in the borough of Richmond, in the city of New York, which shall be designated as the supreme court library, county of Richmond." The said library shall be under the care and management of a board of trustees which shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the resident supreme court justice or justices of the county of Richmond and the county judge of Richmond county, from among the members of the bar resident in the county of Richmond. If there shall be no resident supreme court justice in the county of Richmond, then the appointment of the trustees or their successors shall be made by the county judge of Richmond county. Upon the passage of this act there shall be appointed in the manner above mentioned, one member of said board of trustees who shall serve until the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and nine *So in original. |