tioned in the said act, which wood land is convenient to the said property, at Mamaroneck, and was intended to have been sold therewith, but by some accident, was not mentioned in the said application representing further, that the trustees appointed by the said act, have not been able to make sale of the said property at Mamaroneck, hitherto, but that they have now an offer for the said property, and the above mentioned lot in New-Rochelle, which the petitioners are willing to accept representing further, that the said Thomas Snell died intestate, leaving the petitioner, Elizabeth Snell his widow, and the petitioners, Eliza Snell, John Snell, Maria Quick, William Snell, Edwin Snell and Caroline Snell, and their brother, Thomas Snell, his only children and heirs, him surviving; that all of them are of full age, except the said William, Edwin and Caroline; and that the said Elizabeth Snell hath been duly appointed guardian of the said infants; and that the said Thomas Snell, the son of the intestate, is a lunatic, utterly incompetent to the management of his affairs; and praying that the said property at Mamaroneck and New-Rochelle may be sold, and the proceeds of the sale appropriated, in the manner herein after prescribed Therefore,

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Proviso.

1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, tate to be represented in Senate and Assembly, That the said Elizabeth conveyed. Snell, and Thomas R. Mercein, and Peter Stagg, be, and they hereby are appointed trustees, with full power to them, and the survivors or survivor of them, to grant, bargain, sell and convey the real estate in the town of Mamaroneck and New-Rochelle, in the county of Westchester, of which the said Thomas Snell, the said intestate, died seized, and the conveyance or conveyances, to be executed by the said trustees; or the survivors or survivor of them, shall vest in the grantee or grantees, and his or their heirs and assigns, all the right, title, interest and estate, which the said Thomas Snell had, at the time of his death, in and to the lands and premises thereby conveyed: Provided however, That the said trustees, who shall make such sale or sales shall, before the execution of any conveyance or conveyances, for the property so sold, give a bond, to be approved of by the chancellor of this state, to the children of the intestate, in such sum as the said chancellor shall direct, conditioned for the faithful execution of the trust hereby reposed in them-which bond shall be filed in the office of the register or assistant register of the court of chancery of this state. II. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, the sur- Proceeds vivors or survivor of them, shall invest one third part of the nett vested. proceeds of the said sale or sales, in any stock created by the United States, or by this state, or place the same at interest, on good landed security, and pay the interest thereof annually to the said Elizabeth Snell during her natural life, and upon her decease that they shall pay the said one third to the persons who shall then be entitled thereto, as the legal representatives of the said Thomas ea. Snell, the intestate; and as to the remaining two thirds of the said proceeds, that they pay the one seventh part thereof to each of the above named Eliza Snell, John Snell, and Maria Quick, or their respective legal representatives; and that they shall place the remaining four seventh parts thereof, at interest on sufficient landed security, or invest the same in such stock as above mentioned, and

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pay the interest of three of the said seventh parts annually to the guardian of the above named infants during their minority respectively, and the principal of each of the said three seventh parts to the infants respectively, upon their attaining their full age respectively, or pay such principal upon the death of either of the said infants before arrival at age, to the legal representatives of such infant so dying; and lastly, that the said trustees, the survivors or survivor of them, shall pay the interest of the remaining seventh part, during the life of the said Thomas Snell, the lunatic, to his mother, for his use and benefit, or to such person as may be appointed committee of his estate, if any committee shall be appointed, and pay the principal of the said last mentioned seventh part, to the legal representatives of the said Thomas Snell upon his death, unless such committee be appointed as aforesaid, and in such case to pay the said principal to the same committee, upon the appointment thereof.

II. And be it further enacted, That the purchaser or purchanot prejudic- sers of the above mentioned property, shall not be bound to see to ed by loss &c of money. the application of the purchase money, nor be answerable for any loss, misapplication or non-application thereof, or any part thereof.

CHAP. XLVIII.

AN ACT to incorporate the Bible and Common Prayer Book
Society of Albany and its vicinity.

Passed February 29, 1820.

WHEREAS Philip S. Van Rensselaer, George Tibbits, James Preamble C. Duane, Richard Davis, George Upfold, William Cook, William B. Lacey, Henry Guest, Junior, James Gibbons, Henry Trowbridge, Guert Van Schoonhoven, David Tomlinson, George W. Featherstonhaugh and others, have formed themselves into a society, for raising a permanent fund, the interest whereof, and the monies arising from other sources, to be appropriated annually for the purchase and distribution of bibles and common prayer books, and have prayed to be incorporated, the better to promote that object: Therefore,

Corporation erected.

1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That all such persons as now are, or hereafter may become members of the said society, shall be, and hereby are ordained, constituted and appointed a body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name of " the biStyle & ger ble and common prayer book Society, of Albany, and its vicinity;" eral powers. and by that name shall and may have perpetual succession, and be capable in law of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, matters, causes and complaints whatsoever, and may make and have a common seal, and change and alter the same at pleasure, and may receive, purchase, hold and convey any estate, Proviso, real as well as personal, for the use of the said corporation: Provi

ded always, That such real and personal estate shall not, at any time exceed the annual value of two thousand dollars.

1. And be it further enacted, That for the better carrying officers of the into effect the objects of the said society, the officers thereof shall corportion. consist of a president, three vice-presidents, a treasurer, a recording secretary, and a corresponding secretary, who, together with eleven managers, and the president for the time being of every society which now is, or shall hereafter be auxiliary to the society hereby incorporated, by contributing to the funds of the same, shall form a board of directors for the corporation created by this act. And further, That the officers of the said corporation for the time being, shall be correspondently the officers of the said board of directors; and that Philip S. Van Rensselaer, shall be the pre- FirstOfficers. sident, George Tibbits, the first vice-president, James C. Duane, the second vice-president, Richard Davis, the third vice-president, George Upfold, the treasurer, William Cook, the recording secretary, the Reverend William B. Lacey, the corresponding secretary; and Henry Guest, Junior, James Gibbons, Henry Trowbridge, William S. Parker, Nathan Warren, Isaac Kellogg, Guert Van Schoonhoven, John Knickerbacker, Daniel Martin, David Tomlinson, and George W. Featherstonhaugh, the managers aforesaid of the said corporation, until others shall be chosen in their stead, in conformity with the by-laws of the said corporation.

corporation.

III. And be it further enacted, That the present and future Specified members of the said corporation, may, from time to time, make powers of the such constitution, by-laws, ordinances and regulations, for the investment of their funds, for the time and manner of the appointment of officers and filling of vacancies, for prescribing the duties and duration of such offices, for the admission of new members, for applying the interest of their said funds to the purposes of their incorporation, for regulating their business when met, and with respect to all such other matters whatever relating to the purposes for which the said corporation is hereby constituted and created, and for no other purpose whatsoever. Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this state.

IV. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be deemed Public act. a public act, and shall be construed benignly and favourably for every purpose therein intended.

V. And be it further enacted, That it shall at all times be Right reservlawful for the legislature to repeal or modify this act.

ed.

CHAP. XLIX.

AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Peter Otsequette.

Passed February 29, 1820.

WHEREAS Anthony Otsequette, son and only surviving child Preamble of Peter Otsequette, deceased, is entitled to one equal moiety of the benefits and privileges secured to the said Peter Otsequette and his issue, under and by virtue of the act, entitled "An act for vesting a certain tract of land in trustees, for the benefit of Peter

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Otsequette," passed March 18th, 1791. And whereas George Hill and Jenny Hill, infant children of the late daughter of the said Peter Otsequette, are together entitled to the other moiety of Further pre- the benefits and privileges aforesaid. And whereas the said Anthony Otsequette is desirous of surrendering to the people of the state all his interest in the aforesaid trust estate, upon being paid therefor the sum of three hundred dollars, and having secured to him and his heirs, a perpetual annuity from the state of forty-two dollars. Therefore,

Certain monies payable

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tions.

1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, to A. Otse- represented in Senate and Assembly, That if the said Anthony tain condi- Otsequette shall, for himself and his heirs, execute in due form of law, a deed or instrument in writing, surrendering and releasing to the people of this state, all his interest, right, title, claim and demand, into and upon the aforesaid trust estate, the person administering the government of this state, shall thereupon direct the comptroller forthwith to draw his warrant upon the treasurer, in fovour of the said *Peter Otsequette, for the said sum of three the engrossed hundred dollars; and annually hereafter in favour of the said Anthony, or his heirs, for the said annuity of forty-two dollars, at the time when other annuities due to the Oneida nation of Indians are by law directed to be paid.

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bill, it should have been Anthony.

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state and G. Hill and J. Hill.

II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the execuvested in the tion by the said Anthony Otsequette, of the aforesaid deed of surrender and release, all the interest, right, title, claim and demand of the heirs of the said Peter Otsequette, in, to, and upon the southerly half of the lands granted in trust by the act aforesaid, shall be vested in the people of this state, and all the interest, right, title, claim and demand, of the heirs of the said Peter Otsequette, in, to, and upon the northerly half of the aforesaid lands, shall be vested in the said George Hill and Jenny Hill, and their heirs for ever.

Time of town meeting altered

CHAP. L.

AN ACT to alter the time of holding Town Meetings, in the town of Lexington, in the county of Greene.

Passed February 29, 1820.

BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the annual town meetings to be held in the said town of Lexington, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, and thereafter, shall be held on the first Tuesday in March; and all such town officers whose duty it is to meet on the last Tuesday in March, shall meet on the last Tuesday in February, to do and transact such business as to their respective offices shall appertain.

CHAP. LI.

AN ACT relative to the Poor.

Passed March 3, 1820.

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1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be law- rized. ful for the supervisors of the county of Rensselaer, to purchase and hold to themselves and their successors in office for ever, for the use of the inhabitants of said county, at such place in the same county as they or a majority of them shall deem proper, a tract of land not exceeding the quantity of two hundred acres, and thereon build and erect, for the accommodation, employment and use of the poor of said county, suitable buildings, to be denominated the house of industry of the county of Rensselaer; and to defray the expense of such purchase and buildings, raise by tax on estates, real and personal, of the freeholders and inhabitants of the same county, a sum not exceeding the sum of six thousand dollars, by d such instalments, and at such times, as may be ordered by the said board of supervisors, to be assessed and collected in the same manner as the other county charges are assessed and collected ; which money, when collected, shall be paid over by the treasurer of said county to said supervisors or such persons as they shall for that purpose appoint, to be applied to defraying the expenses aforesaid.

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II. And be it further enacted, That after the said house of in- Superintend dustry shall be erected, it shall be the duty of the supervisors of their powers. said county, at their meeting on the first Tuesday of October annually, to choose and appoint by plurality of votes, not less than five persons, who shall be denominated superintendents of the house of industry of the county of Rensselaer, who shall, until the first Tuesday of October next thereafter, take upon themselves and have the exclusive charge, management, direction and superintendence of said house of industry, and of every thing relating to the same, and shall and may from time to time, make, ordain and establish such prudential rules, regulations and by-laws, for the well ordering of the same, and the employment, relief, management and government of the persons therein placed, and the officers and servants therein employed, and the correction of the refractory, disobedient and disorderly, by solitary confinement therein, and feeding them on bread and water only, as they shall deem expedient for the good government of the same; and shall and may from time to time, appoint and employ a suitable person to be keeper of the same house, and necessary servants under him, and the same keeper and servants remove at pleasure, or otherwise, if they shall deem it more adviseable; it shall be lawful for the said superintendents to contract with some suitable person for the support of those persons who are placed in said house of industry, who shall give a bond to said superintendents, with sufficient sureties, for the faithful performance of his contract, and who shall and may be authorized to employ the persons so committed to his charge, in like manner as if he was appointed keeper of said house of industry.