like effect, as if the same had been originally recorded in said county of Broome. How trans authenticated III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of the said county of Tioga, as soon as the book or books cripts to be of transcripts of the said records shall be completed, to deliver the same to the clerk of the county of Broome, together with a certificate, stating that the said transcripts have been carefully compared with the original, and that they are true copies thereof to the best of his knowledge and belief; and the said clerk of Tioga shall make oath of the truth of such certificate before the said clerk of the county of Broome, who is duly authorised to administer the same. vided for. IV. And be it further enacted, That when the said supervi- Expense prosors procure said transcripts to be taken, it shall be their duty to do it for the least possible expense, not exceeding in any case one half the sum allowed by law for recording deeds of equal length, which, together with the expense of procuring the books for the purpose aforesaid, shall be levied, collected and paid in the same manner as other contingent expenses of said county are raised, levied and collected. CHAP. CXVII. AN ACT to amend An Act respecting navigable Communications between the Great Western and Northern Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean," passed April 15th, 1817, and for other purposes. Passed March 30, 1820. ed, I. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, re- Steam-boat presented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the first tax suspendday of April next, the collection of the tax of one dollar upon each steam-boat passenger on the Hudson river, imposed by the act above mentioned, shall be and the same is hereby suspended until the payment thereof shall become necessary to the redemption of the pledge given by the state in the act aforesaid, so far as the same relates to the loans which have already been made under the said act, without reference to any loans which may hereafter be made under the same, and the collection thereof directed by law. posed in lieu II. And be it further enacted, That for the purposes con- And 5000ais. templated by the said act, in lieu of the tax, the payment and col- annually inlection whereof is above suspended, and for the payment of the thereof. interest and final redemption of the principal of the sums borrowed or to be borrowed by virtue of the said act, there shall be and hereby is appropriated and pledged five thousand dollars annually; and it shall be the duty of the president and directors of the North river steam-boat company, and they are hereby required, in each and every year during the continuance of their charter, and as long as the payment and collection of the said tax shall remain suspended as aforesaid, on or before the first day of January, to pay inte the treasury of this state the sum of five thousand dollars; and in case of any neglect or refusal in paying over to the treasurer of Penalty and forfeiture. Land-office to set apart lots for the salt springs, And to re ders, this state the said sum of five thousand dollars annually, the said president and secretary and the company incorporated under the name and style of "The North River Steam-Boat Company," shall forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars, besides the amount so directed to be paid over, to be recovered in an action of debt in the name of the people of this state, and for the use of the aforesaid fund; and the owners of stock in such company shall be personally responsible for such amount and the penalty also. III. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of the land-office be and they are hereby directed to cause to be surveyed into lots of such size as they shall deem for the interest of the state, the lands owned by the people of the state of New-York in the tract set apart for the use of the salt springs in the county of Onondaga, except such parts thereof as are now leased under any existing laws of this state, and such other parts as they may deem it expedient to reserve, and to sell the same in the manner that unappropriated lands of the state are directed to be sold, in such parts and at such times as they shall judge best for the interest of the state; reserving to the people of the state, in all sales of land' made under this act, all salt springs, salt mines, coal mines, and other mines and minerals upon such lands, with a right to enter on and use such parts thereof as may be necessary to dig or work such mines or springs. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners of ceive surren- the land-office be and are hereby authorised to receive surrenders of the leases of such of the pasture and marsh lots as the present lessees are willing to surrender. And to obtain and lay out V. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners of other lots,&c. the land-office be and are hereby authorised in their discretion, to obtain by compromise the surrender of such of the marsh lots and pasture lots on said tract, as in their opinion may be necessary for the future growth of the villages on said tract, and for the extension of the manufactories thereon, and to cause to be laid out so many village lots and salt manufacturing lots, with such additional streets, squares and places of deposit for wood and bulky commodities as in their opinion the future growth and accommodation of said villages and the extension of salt manufactories may require; and to cause the said village lots to be sold in the manner Proviso, provided in the third section of this act. Provided, That the said commissioners shall reserve for such future extension of the salt manufactories such marsh and uplands adjacent to each of the salt manufacturing villages on said tract, as in their opinion may ever be necessary or useful for the future extension of said manufactories, and for the state to retain in their hands, to prevent any monopoly of the ground most suitable for the erection of manufac-tories of salt. Monies applied to canal fund. VI. And be it further enacted, That the monies arising from the sales of any lands, by virtue of this act, shall be paid over to the commissioners of the canal fund, to be by them applied to the uses for which such fund was created: Provided, That the legislature may at any time hereafter make an appropriation of any portion of the proceeds of the said lands for the improvement of the navigation of the Oswego river, and the communication between the Salina branch canal and the Onondaga lake, VII. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five 25,000l. appropriated thousand dollars arising from the first of said sales, be and is here- for Oswego by appropriated for the improvement of the navigation of Oswe- river. go river, under the direction of the canal commissioners; and it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners of the canal fund forthwith to borrow, on the credit of the fund arising from the sales of said lands, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be repaid by the said first of the said monies arising from said sales and it shall be the duty of the commissioners of the canal fund, as soon as they shall have so borrowed the same, to pay over the same to the canal commissioners, to be by them applied in the improvement of the Oswego river. CHAP. CXVIII. AN ACT for the appointment of new Commissioners to lay out and improve a Road from Utica, in the county of Oneida, to Winfield, in the county of Herkimer. Passed March 30, 1820. WHEREAS Asa Shepherd, Spencer Briggs, and John Davis, Preamble, have by their petition requested the legislature to pass an act to discharge them from any further duties, under the act passed April 15th, 1817, entitled "An act authorising a state road to be laid out and improved from Utica to Winfield, and for other purposes" Therefore, ers. 1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, re- J.I. Prender presented in Senate and Assembly, That John I. Prendergast, of gast and others appointed the town of Winfield, Herkimer county, Nathan Williams, of the commissionvillage of Utica, and Andrew Clark, of the town of Paris, in the county of Oneida, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and improve a state road from Utica, in the county of Oneida, to Winfield, in the county of Herkimer, on the most eligible and direct route; and that Asa Shepherd, Spencer Briggs, and John Davis, be and they are hereby discharged from any further duties under the aforesaid act: Provided, they shall faithfully account to the commissioners appointed by this act, for all the monies they may have received by donatious, contributions and subscriptions, and pay over the balance that remains in their hands unexpended. II. And be it further enacted, That the said John I. Prender- Their duties. gast, Nathan Williams, and Andrew Clarke, be and they are hereby authorised to perform all and singular the duties that the said Asa Shepherd, Spencer Briggs, and John Davis, were authorised to perform by the act aforesaid, CHAP. CXIX. Almshouse established. AN ACT to amend the Act, entitled "An Act relative to the city of Hudson." Passed March 30, 1820. I. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be lawful for the mayor, recorder, aldermen and assistants of the city of Hudson, in common council convened, to nominate and appoint under the *common seal of the said city, three of the freeholders and inhabitants of the said city to be the overseers of the poor thereof, by the name and style of The commissioners of the alms-house of the city of Hudson;" which said persons being so appointed, or any two of them, shall have the same power and authority, of overseeing and providing for the poor of the said city; and they or any two of Apprentices them, shall have the same power and authority for putting or bindand servants. ing out apprentices and servants in the said city, and be subject to the same duties and penalties which the overseers of the poor of the respective towns in this state have or are subject to. Officers re- II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the com, council. common council of the said city, to remove from office any person so by them appointed at their pleasure; and also, in manner aforesaid, from time to time, fill all vacancies which shall be occasioned by such removal, or by death, or resignation; and also, from time to time to appoint such other officers as they may deem próper, for the government of the alms-house, and to remove from of fice any person so by them appointed at their pleasure, and from time to time to appoint others in their stead; and it shall also be lawful for the said common council to make and ordain such ordiOrdinances, pances and regulations as they shall think necessary for the better government of the said alms-house, and the keepers, officers and servants thereof: Provided, such ordinances and regulations be not contrary to the laws and constitution of this state and the United States. movable by Special pow III. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of the ers as justices alms-house of the city of Hudson, or any two of them, shall have and ́exercise the same powers and authority, and do every act and thing in pursuance of the act for the settlement and relief of the poor,' and the "act concerning apprentices and servants," in the same manner as if they were justices of the peace for the county of CoProviso. lumbia: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorise them to sit as judges in the court of general sessions of the peace in and for the county of Columbia. of the state. Binding out IV. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of the to persons out alins-house of the city of Hudson, or any two of them, when they see fit, by and with the consent of the mayor and recorder of the said city, may bind out such poor children as they shall be authorised to bind out, to any person or persons residing out of this state. tion to offi V. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful Compensa for the common council of the city of Hudson, to allow and pay to the commissioners, keepers, officers and servants of the almshouse of the city of Hudson, such annual salary, or other reasona eers, &c. ble compensation as they shall from time to time ordain and direct: medical aid &c. VI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Support and commissioners of the alms-house of the city of Hudson, or any two of in other them, to contract with the overseers of the poor of the several towns in towns, the county of Columbia, and with the supervisors of the said county, from time to time, for the support and maintenance, medical and surgical attendance of one or more of the poor of the said county of Columbia, or of any of the towns in said county, in the alms-house of the city of Hudson, and also to contract and agree with any person or persons for the support, maintenance, medical and surgical attendance in the said alms-house of one or more insane, sick, diseased or maimed person, upon such conditions and for such compensation, not being contrary to the ordinances of the said common council, as the said commissioners shall deem proper; and that every such contract or agreement shall be made in the name of the mayor, recorder, aldermen and commonalty of the city of Hudson, and shall be valid and effectual in law. or in the alms-house. security. VII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Commissioncommon council of the city of Hudson, to require and take from ers to give the said commissioners, or such of them as the said common council shall by resolution direct, a bond in such penal sum, and with such sureties as the said common council shall direct and approve, which said bond shall be executed to the mayor, recorder, aldermen and commonalty of the said eity of Hudson, conditioned for the faithful execution and performance of their several powers, trusts and duties, and to render unto the said common council a just and true account of all monies that may come into their hands, as commissioners of the alms-house of the city of Hudson, when thereunto required by the said common council. es, VIII. And be it further enacted, That the collectors of taxes in Duty of colthe city of Hudson, shall severally, on the first Monday of February, lectors of tax in each and every year, pay to the chamberlain of the city of Hudson all monies which they, or either of them shall have collected, for defraying the contingent expenses of the said city, and the compact part thereof; and shall on the said first day of February in each and every year, pay to the commissioners of the alms-house of the said city, all monies which they, or either of them shall have collected, for the support of the poor of the said city. ment from de IX. And be it further enacted, That if the collectors of the ci- Mode of exty of Hudson, or either of them, shall refuse or neglect to pay to forcing paythe chamberlain of the said city all the monies by them or either of linquent colthem, collected for defraying the contingent expenses of the said lectors. city, and the compact part thereof, or if the said collectors or either of them shall refuse or neglect to pay to the commissioners of the alms-house of the said city, all monies by them or either of them collected for the support of the poor of the said city, within one week after the first day of February, in each and every year, it shall be the duty of the chamberlain of the said city, and he is hereby required within five days thereafter, to issue a warrant un |