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NG OCEAN TRAVEL SAFE S ed In Detecting acoasgt. Changes, -e- - Be ht to. Q‘er could not be located, Few people reglize how ussless hip on the sea, from m dread- to a tramp steamer, would 'be tor the labor of the chartmaker. s and seas woro unmapped, rs would be. continually over- éceangoing. ships, for sub erfged rocks, shoals, sea currents 8 many other similar menaces to the . CEAP. 467. , AN ACT; to amend the anilitary low, in relation to delinquency courts for en- listed men. . __ C Became A flow May 8, 186, w.th the t f the Governgy, Passed, three- is be . present. The. People. of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Seqtion one hundred and thirty seven of chapter forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, en- titled \An act in relation to the militia, constituting chapter thirty-six of the con- solidated laws,\ as amended by chapter ope hundred and eight of the laws of eteen hundred and ten, is hereby fur- ther amended to read as follows: $ 187. Delinquency courts for enlisted \LAWS NEW YORK-By Authority, men. A delinquency court for the trial of enlisted men shall consist of one com- missloned officer, and shall have jurisdic- tion over the following offenses: 1. Absence without proper exriusettfrogl fully train or tardiness without like excuse in attend- efully traingd staf. Great Brit- ing any drill, parade, encampment, meet- &; has about eleven ships engaged | ing for instruction or other duty ordered uch work both in home waters and I by Igampetem autthorlty, ctr forrfilixlupaoto , account or return or- foreign seas, and nearly a thousand | Ts) in Inne wre employed, says London Tit! 2 Disobedience of orders. The sea-surveying vessels voy-| 3. Neglecting to take proper care of any ery nation possessing a coastline thins special vessels for the pur- of sea surveying, equipped with for any dangerous change in the hape of the sea bottom. ter is continually shifting as tides and ® Entrants collect sand at one point and : eposit it at another, while the ac- mn of the waves is continually hanging the contour of our coast- ~- tne. i The speed with which the chart- makers work can be gauged from the ct that in one year British hy- rographers surveyed 212% miles of gniles of ocean in the same period. *. {Whenever possible, sea captains lend . helping hand to the chartmakers by recording the presence of any unre- ci feorded rock or shoal which they may . gfnbserve during their voyage. 'The sea 'Burveyors then investigate the marin- \er's story, and this often means voy- at a moment's notice to distant 'parts of the globe. Such expeditions pre hastily carried out, for if unchart- jed rocks lurk near shipping lanes they . ean cause grave disaster if not located h Immediately. On one occasion a ‘fyar'ge granite rock for five years stood ~A 2\ ight feet below the water close to a growded shipping route, which no 'Thart recorded, until it was accident. \Millions of Meteoric Stones Ars Con- stantly Falling on the Earth Through Space. « \Po you ever think about what is fixafipening in the air while you are, perhaps, asleep? ‘e; round the coastline making fre- fuert soundings, and especially watch- For the lat- ; Egaétline and sounded 2.$19 square ' arms, equipragnts or military property, or . gelling, lendM4; or giving away, or wil- . fully injuring or destroying any arms, , equipments or military property what- ever. j 4. Disrespect to superiors. t 5. Drunkenness on duty. . 6. Conduct prejudicial to good order and , military discipline. i 7, Any act contrary to the military law | or to the provisions of the regulations for ' the government of the national guard. 8, Violations of the by-laws, rules and | regulations of an association organized i pursuant to this chapter. 9. Failure to appear in person before the court when summoned so to do in the manner provided in this chapter. | The court may inflict fines as follows: (Q For absence without proper excuse | from or tardiness without like excuse in Attending any drill, parade, encampment, meeting for Instruction or other duty or- dered by competent authority, a fine not less than one nor more than five dollars for each day or part thereof of such ab- sence; and for each faflure to make any report, account or return ordered by like : guthority a fine of not less than one nor more than five dollars for each such fail- ure. (2) For a fallure to appear in per- son before the court when summoned so to do in the manner provided in this chapter a fine of not less than one nor more than five dollars. (3) For any other offense, a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and in addition a sum equal to the value of any property lost or destroy- ed assessed. by the court. The command- ing officer of aregiment, or a battalion or squadron not part of a regiment, the offi- cer commanding the organized battalions of the corps of engineers and the officer of the coast artillery corps commanding u coast defelise command may each ap- point a delinquency court or delinquency courts for the trial of the enlisted men ; of his command and of any detachment or Gepartment attached thereto or detail- ! ed for duty therewith, and shalldesignate the organization, detachments and men subject to the jurisdiction of each court. The commanding officer of each brigade | may in like manner appoint a delin- © quency court or delinquency courts for the trial of enlisted men of any organiza- . tlon, detachment or department under his direct command and shall designate the organizations, detachments and men sub- The armor of atmosphere around the < ject to the jurisdiction of each court. is to be tried and briefly state the facts constituting the same. 'The return of de- Hnquents and, of fines and.dues undar as: sociation by-laws shall take the place of charges and specifications and shill be prima facle evidence of the facts therein stated, $2 Section one Rundred and forty-three | of sad chapter as amended by chapter four hundred and of the laws of nineteen hundred and thirteen, is herby further amended to read as follows: $ 148. Discharge for failure to pay fine. An enlisted man fined by a military court who shall neglect or refuse to pay such fine within thir@ days after the same was imposed, may, after hearing and pro- ceedings had as required 'by section «ore hundred and three of this chapter for the issue of a discharge without honor, be dishonorably discharged from the service by the officer ordering the court without allowance of the time served. 3, This act shall take effect immedi- ately, State of New York, Office of the tary of State, ss: I have compared Weeding with the original law on file dh-this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original iaw. FRANCIS M. HUGO, Becretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK-By Authority. CHAP. 410. AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to retired officers. Became a law May 9, 1916, with the ap- proval of the Governor,. Passed, three- fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Asserably, do enact as follows: Section L Section eighty-two of chapter forty-one of the laws of nineteen hun- dred and niznel5 entitled \An act in rela- tion to the militia, constituting chapter thirty-six of the consolidated laws,\ as amended by chapters four hundred and sixty-four and seven hundred and seventy of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby amended to read as fol- lows: §$82, Retirement and discharge. Any offi- cer of the active militia who has reached the age of sixty-four years shall be plac- ed upon the retired list by the governor. Any commissioned officer who shall have served in the same grade for the con- tinuous period of ten years, or in the military or naval service of the state as a commissioned officer for fiftean years, or in the case of an officer of the naval militia retiring such service may have been in the naval service of the state and the United States combined for fifteen years, provided at least ten years of such service shall have been in the state, may, upon his own request, be placed upon the retired list and withdrawn from active service and command by the governor. Any commissioned officer who has become or shall hereafter become disabled, and thereby incapable of performing the du- ties of his office, shall be withdrawn from active service and command and placed on the retired list. Any commissioned offi- cer who has become, or who shall here- after become unfit or incompetent, and thereby incapable of performing the du- ties of his office, shall be discharged upon the recommendation of his commanding officer or the recommendation of an in- speoting officer. Such retirement or dis- charge shall be by order of the governor, and in either case shall be subject to the provisions of this section. Before making such order, & board of not less than five commissioned officers, one of whom shall be a surgeon, shall be appointed, whose duty it shall be to determine the facts as to the nature and cause of incapacity of earth offers a splendid resistance to mome of the \falling pieces\ which might annihilate a large portion of the ountry at a single stroke. ' Meteoric stones are constantly fall- Ing, fiying through space with amaz- Ang velocity, and every four-and-twenty Hours-about 400,000,000 of these-stone 'or iron-strike the atmosphere of our wlobe. Rushing fragments fill the air. Only a thin stratus separates us from levery possible annihilation! ~ Some of them are only as big as ' ' pen nib, others-like the great Chu- aderos meteorite-weigh ten tons. The latter fell in Chihuahua, Mexico, ccompanied by a dazzling glare of ight. Meteors sometimes descend in 'whowers, sometimes they come singly. A& beautiful display of meteors oc purred in Great Britain in 1866. _._ _Pyro-Stained Fingers, \writer in a contemporary says: common with most photographers ho use that excellent developer pyro- Boda, I have suffered a great deal in 6 past from stained fingers, but since ~x $1» I adopted &a very simple little dodge have had no more trouble from this j all acts necessary to complete auy pro- ; which he was appointed, and to carry | or process, made or issued by such court | Serve on the adjutant-general of the state . previous to his detail The court may be | £ notice in writing | tn use, and do not have to go about | such officer as appears disabled or unfit, or Incompetent, from any cause, to per- form military service, and whose case . The major-general may in like manner ' appoint a delinquency court or delin- i quency courts for the trial of enlisted . men of any organization, detachment, de- Shall be referred to it. No officer, whose | partment or corps not herein provided for grade or promotion would be affected by ' and shall designate the organizations, de- , the decision of such board, in any case tachments, department or corps and men | that may come before it, shall participate | subject to the jurisdiction of each court ! in the examination or decision of the | The jurisdiction of a delinquency court to | board in such case. Such board is hereby . try the offenses specified in this section . Invested with the powers of courts of in- | shall be concurrent with that of general ; Quiry and courts martial, and whenever courts-martial and garrison courts-mar- ; it finds an officer incapacitated for active tial, but where the officer who is autho- Service, shall report such fact to the goy- , rized to artsoint the court considers that ©rhor, stating cause of incapacity, wheth- ; any offense is of sufficient gravity or that | °r from disability, unfitness, or incom- 'the fine which a delinquency court has ; betency, and if he approves such finding, power to Impose is not a sufficient pun- [ such officer shall be placed on the retired .ishment, such officer may recommend | list or discharged, as provided in this ; that the trial be had before a general | article The members of the board shall, ' court-martial or a garrison court-martial | before entering upon the discharge of [as the case may e. A delinquency court a their duties, be sworn to an honest and , so appointed shall be permanent and con- impartial performance of their duties as tinuous. 'The officer authorized to ap- Members of such board. No officer shall ; point such court may at pleasure detail be placed upon the retired list or dis- {and relfeve therefrom an officer to hold Charged by the action of such board, 'the same. Proceedings pending before | Without having had a fair and full hear- the court shall not abate or be suspended I ing before the board, if upon 'Iue notice | he shall demand It. It shall not be netes- 'by reason of such relief or new detail, and an officer so detailed shall have full | sary to refer any case for the action of | power and authority to do and perform | Such board arising under this section, un- less e officer designated to 'be placed upon the retired list or discharged, shall within twegty days after being notified into effect any judgment, mandate, order | that he wi® be so retired or discharged i | Ceedings pending before the court to| at he demands a held at such times and in such places as | hearing and examinatioin tefore such e officer holding it may direct The | board. Boards for the national guard officer constituting the court may ap. Shall be uppointed hy the governor for point, and at any time remove a clerk i Officers above the grade of colonel, and thereaf, who shall receive & reasonable | by the major-general for officers below ca ‘jabeled 'amateur photographer' as for- : rly. On my developing table I have | in which is put a few ounces F @ five per cent solution of sodium ulphite, to which at the moment off Ing the court. $2 This act shel} take effect immediately, ‘ State of New York, Office of the Secre- | tary of State, ss: i I have compared the preceding with the | compensation, to be fixed by such officer | with the approval of the officer appoint- ’ prea \Wy Sy aon f E oag hydrochloric acid. When I * the developer Has wetted my fingses % a; \ , or a moment Jmfl‘em into the cup the duster. |- When devel, ver there are no signs or “23,293,121 on fingers or nails, and the aua ,, # with warm water, with soap ana a juail brush freely used, leaves the fn. ance of any stains appearing.\ Little Doubt About That. ¢ owledge of the matter, his idea of a uble yard being so indefinite that it d the term. In order to facilitate his Rderstanding the judge said: «*' \Listen witness! geal it?» gome Inkstand.\ V Al Loy Wasp Drones. : istead of being idle and luxurious, then wipe them on \ [AN AGT to _ 'A man who was called upon to testi- Ky in a suit as to the number of cubic yards handled in some rock- removing the vicinity, showed very little as suspected he hardly comprehend- : 6 Assume this ink- ; wtand to be threes feet across the top , I this way and three feet that way and , three feet in height, what should you- 2d Tile drones of the wasp world, in- .I add about a couple of drams | original Inaw on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the wholo ef said original law. FRANCIS M. HUGO, i Secretary of State. | LAWS OF NEW YORK-By Authority. CHAP. 48. i amend the military law, in ; ___ reletion to military courts. [ , Sscame a law © 552ml of the Governor. R \using present. | The P 8 af 4 | represented in. Etna State of New York, Passed, three- | the grade of brigadier-general; boards for the naval militia shall be appointed by the governor, and shall be composed of officers of such grade or rank as he may determing. 'The governor may withdraw from active service and command and place upon the retired list any officer who has been twenty-five years in the active zervice of the national guard, on the recommendation of the commanding of- cer of his organization, the commanding officer of the brigade, and the major-gen- eral, and in the case of officers of the corps of engineers and the coast artillery corps and officers of staff corps and de- partments, upon the recommendation of the major-general. Vacancies created by the operation of this section shall be fill- ed in the same manner as other vacan- | detail officers from the retired list to active duty and return them to such list | enact as follows; \*!° 209 Assembly, do | tired for age shall not be detailed to Section 1 - Section y thirty-nine of chanter femprong 'of laws of nineteen hundred ana ming on- 'titled \An act in relation to tne ai . costituting chapter thirty-six of ths sollfated laws,\ as amended by ch 'we. nineteen hundred and ten ther amended to read as follows: $ 129. Oaths and procedure of delin- : quency courts, Before entering upon %s duttes each momber of a delinquency court shall take an omth of office to the effect that he will well and truly try and determine, according to evidence, all mat- 'ters between the people of the state of New York and any person or persons who shall come before the court to which he «is appointed. This oath need not be tak- ' _ \Well your honor,\ said the witness, | {without hesitation, \I should say it was an in the presences of do¥nquents and may be taken before any officer authoriz- ed by law to take acknowledgments of » deeds, or before a field officer or the « commanding officer of a brigade, all of (whom shall administer ths oath without fee When the rourt is compased of three | offcers the junfor member may adminis- * ter the cath to the senfor member, who in are | turn may administer it to tas other mem- . sober, industrious and well-behaved | bers. 'The court shall keep records show- of the community. thc'aaVebgers or sanitary officers. They p f(31mm the streets of their town with ex- mplary diligence, acting as public f shall be allowed in such courts No And Whey have their reward, for, unlike the ' Abes drones, they live their allotted life HH, peace and quiet until winter in- : rolves both them and their maiden sis: | ting the cases fried and the findings and sentences therein but the evidence taken need not be recorded. No challenges formal charges or specifications shall be required in such court. except that when the offense charged is the failure to make any report, account or return or fs one specified in the second. third, fourth, fifth, , Sixth, seventh, eighth, or ninth subdivi- sions of section ame hundred and thirty- ters im one common cataclysm of death ' reven of this chapter the summons shall aad destruction. Growth of Fingernail, &\ The growth of the fingernail is an Snch and a half a year; they grow ofre quickly in simmer than in win- the middle finger grows the fast ¥ar: inger g ¥est-and the thumh the slowest. . _. ar THE TIMES, RIBE FOR en specify the offense for which the accused Optimistic Thought. | He that lators is tempted by one : devil; he that is idle by a thousand. A small monthly rate on a classified 'ad pays for a sure and persistent salesman for your business every day. | crisis. O | SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TIMES. is hereby fur- Hersh ; y Oper certify that th command troops but only to perform du- ties of staff corps or departments or to sit on military courts or boards. I 12. This act shall take effect immediately. I riitic, | Stats of New York, Office of the Secro- tary of State, as: ;( I have dne hundred and eight of the laws of 12.2 the preceding with the | law on file in this office, and do ' & same is a correct Stripe. | said odm’i?°m and .of the whole of | I - FRANCIS M. H Nfretaw of State, LAWS OF NEW YORK -m r CHAP. 411. y Authority, ’ AN ACT to amend the military la, i, | | relation to training detachments.\ °\ Became a law May 9, 1916, with the ap: Passed, , proval of the Governor. | fifths Wing present. | The People of the State of New York, | represented in Senate and Assembly, do ' enact as follows: Section 1. Chapter forty-one of the laws of nineteen bundred and nine. entitled \An act in relation to the militia, consti- tuting chapter thirty-six of the consoll- | Gated laws,\ is hereby amended by in- therein a new section, to be sec- tion forty-one, to read as follows. $ 41. Training detachments. The gover- nor from time to time may organize at places other than the station of a com- mand training detachments of officers and men who shall form a part of such command. The enlisted fen of a training detachment shall be enlisted in the com- panies of the command for which the fe- ; tachment is formed. and the officers de- lafled to serve with a detachment shall be selected from the officers of the com: mand for which the detachment is form- w CASTORTA a For Infants and Children . > Always bears , the \§is§ing of one -colonel, three- '.'x§¥;“e‘5' avo and Imajors. and one captain; {last In Use ForOver 30 Years station . THE GLENS FALLS TIMES AND MESSENGER, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY % #4. \Whenever in the opinion of the ma- jor-general a training detachment has an enlisfed strength which ontifles it to armory adcommodations, he may Issuo a certificate in which he shall state that fact and further that the training detach» | mént is entitled to the armory accommo- dations of a company, If and when the certificate is approved by the adjutant genera! of the gtate the training dstach- ment to which it .relates .ghail for the pur- poses af armory rccommodations be deemed a company and shall be entitled to the benefits of all the provisions in article nine of this chapter relating to a company. A training detachment may with the approval of the major-general form a civil organization and Adopt by- laws and all the provisions of this ¢hap- ter relating to such associations and their by-laws shall be applicable to such de- tachments. A training detaoshment shall receive the allowances authorized for sep- arate companies in section two hundred and sixteen of this chapter, 'When the amount of one dolar mnd sixty cents for each enlisted man present for duty at each of the five compulsory drills or'pa- rades is allowed a company of which thero aro enlisted men servingin a train- ing detachment, the proportfonate amount of such allowance earned by the enlisted men of the detachment shall be deducted from the aggregate allowance of the.com- pany and with the fines collected from the enlisted men of the detachment shall be credited to and form part of the mili- tary fund of the detachment. The board of audit of a trainng* detachment shall consist of the immediate commanding officer thereof and one other officer serv- ing with the detachment, or if there be not that number available serving with the detachment, the deficiency may be made up by officers of the command for which the detachment is formed detailed for the purpose by the commanding offi- cer of such command. The word \company as used in this section, sholl include a troop and a bat- tery. §2. This act shall take effect immedi- ately. State of New York, Office of the Secre- tery of State, ss: I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do ' hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. *Bo in original. LAWS OF NEW YORK-By Authority, CHAP. 472 AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to improvements and repairs to armories, Became a law May 9, 1916, with the ap- proval 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: Section 1. Section one hundred and nine- ty-eight of chapter forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine. entitled \An act in relation to the militia, con- stituting chapter thirty-six of the con- solidated laws,\ as added by chapter one hundred and sixty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and fourteen, is hereby amended to read as follows. § 198. Temporary provision for a new armory or additional employees. In case additional armories are established or rented or additional employees employed, pursuant to the provisions of this chap- ter, for the expense of which no moneys have been collected for the fiscal year in which said armory was established or said employees employed, the officer in charge and control of said armory shall prepare and submit an estimate of cost of maintenance or of such additional la- bor as provided in section one hundred and ninety-three of this chapter, for the remainder of said fiscal year, and the armory commission shall, if necessary, determine &he amount required for the re- pair, enlargement, renting and equipping such armory as directed in section one hundred and seventy-eight of this chap- ter. The Zounty treasurer of the courty in the bounds of which such armory is established or employees employed is hereby authorized and required to bor- row on the faith and credit of his county the amount specified in such estimates and the amount so determined as afore- said, and to issue certificates of indebted- ness therefor, payable on or before the first day of July following the next first day of September, with interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per an- num. The amount so borrowed shall be expended by the county treasurer as fol- lows: The sums for maintenance or labor upon the requisition of the officer in charge and control of the armory as pro- vided by section one hundred and ninety- three of this chapter; the sums for the repair, enlargement, renting and equip- ping such armory upon the order of the armory commission of the brigade dis- trict in which such armory is located. The amount borrowed by next certificate to the comptroller of the state, and shall be paid to the county treasurer as provided in section one hun- dred and seventy-eight of this chapter. § 2 This act shall take effect immedIately. State of New York, Office of the Seere- tary of State, ss: I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK-By Authority. CHAP. 473. AN ACT to emend the military law, in relation to staf departments, the hos- ; pital corps and commissions for officers. Became & law May 9, 1816, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three- May 9, 1916. with the | Cles. The governor may in his discretion | fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do | in his discretion provided that officers re- ; enact as follows: Section 1. Section thirty-two of chapter forty-one of the laws of nineteen bun- dred and nine. entitled \An act in rela- tion to the militia, constituting chapter thirty-six of the consolidated laws,\ as amended by chapter three hundred and seventy of the laws of nineteen bypdred and nine and by chapter one hundred and sixty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby further amended to read as follows. § 32. Staff departments. There shall be the following departments consisting of officers of number and rank hereinafter specified necessary for the staffs of the division, the brigades and for duty with the several organizations of the national guard, as follows: An adjutant-general's department con- two Heutenant ecto DTB _ one captain; an ing of of , General's department, consist- ang soup\ two leUtenant colonels - Thaiors; a judge advocate t terai's department consisting of one colo. | nel and four majota; an ordnance de. partment consisting 'of ong colonel six a. - partment to consist of the m‘efi‘i‘é‘fiaéofgs somposed of one lieutenant colonel twen- |ty-three majors, one hundred &nd fwen. ; ty-one captains and first Heutenants sna the hospital corps, field hospitals and am- bulance companies. Upon the recommendation of the major general the governor may appoint and commission such additional officers not above the rank herein prescribed as may be necessary to properly perform the du- ties. of the departments hereby created. There shall also be appointed twenty- two ordnance sergeants who shall belong to the ordnance department. The hospital corps shall consist of ser- geoants first class, sergeants, corporals, sald county , treasurer with interest thereon, shall be , included by the armory commission in its , Big sale of tires at a reduced rate, [$3.25 tires now $2.85; .J. Silverman, Prop., # SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TIMES. - va4}@;anJl hu 2. ' wel LS $3 tires for. |$2.25. $1.50 tires for $1.25 while they Waiting privates first class, and privates «enlisted therein of such numlers as the governor: I‘ on the recommendation of-the major gen- gral may from time to time prescribe. I Upon tbe recommendation of the major . goneral. the governor may fix.andincrease | Or decrease the number of departmental} poncommissioned staff officers. ' § 2. Section seventy of saiduchapter it: hereby amended to read as follows: § 70. Commissidns. All officers shall be - commissioned by the governor at his dis- | cretion; but no one shall be.commisstoned . unless the conditions set forth in the naxt two sections have been complied with, anid no one shall be recognized ag an officep-unless 'he shali\have been duly © comurissioned, and shall have taken the oath of office. Commisgions shall be is- sued to the arm, corps or de- partment of the -sepvice. of which they ate a part and not in any ipertloular regi- ment om unit, The acceptance of.@ com- mission in the militia of this state shall be deemed a resignation by the perfon necepting the same, of all other commis- stone held by him in such-mf#litis. Noth- Ing herein shall apply to or affect the ac- ceptance and holding of brevet commis- sions. § & Section. ninety-seven of said chapter as amended by chapter two hundred and sighty-threo-of=the laws of nineteen hun- dred and eleven is hereby amended to read as follows: § 97. Enlistment papers. Every» person | who enlists or re-enlists shall sign and « make oath to an enlistment paper which : shall contain an cath of allegiance to the | state and the United States, andvbe in i such form as may be prescribed in the | regulations issued under this chapter. Such cath shall be taken and subscribed to before any officer above the rank of | first Heutenant or lieutenant,. dunior grade, or before the commanding officer of a troop, battery, company ar division and such officers are heroby authorized to ad- minister such oath; but no enlistment shall be valid until it be approved, in regiments and battalions and squadrons , not parts of regiments, by the command- ing officer thereof; in the corps of engi- neers by the officer commanding the or- ganized 'battallons thereof; in the coast artillery corps by the ranking officer com- manding the const defense command; in the quartermaster corps by the odicer commanding the corps; in 'the howpital corps by the chief surgeon, division, A person making a false oath as to any statement contained in such enlistment papers shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of porjury. § 4. This act shall take effect immedi- ately. State of New York, Office of the Secre- tary of State, ss: I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of sald original law. FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. I | LAWS OF NEW YORK-By Authority. I CHAP. 474. , AN ACT to amend the military law, in | relation to the signal corps. Became a law May 9, 19%, with the ap- proval 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: | Bection 1. Section thirty-four of chap- ter forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled \An act in relation to the militia, constituting. chap- ter thirty-six of the consolidated laws,\ is hereby amended to read as follows: 4 $4. Signal corps, There shall be a signal corps which shall be a staff corps and shall copsist of officers of the num- ber and grade herein specified necessary for the performance of the duties of sig- nal officers on the different staffs and other duties properly pertaining to the signal corps and the officers assigned to duty with battalions, companies and de- tachments of the signal corps, as follows: One major who shall command the sig- nal corps and be chief signal officer of , the division, three captains, eleven first and enlisted men, of the number and grade as follows: Three master signal electricians, six- teen first class sergeants, twenty-sight sergeants, thirty-nine corporals, one hun- dred and four first class privates, twenty- three privates, six cooks. A battallon of the signal corps shall consist of one major, one first Meutenant (battalion adjutant and quartermaster), two first class sergeants (ecting sergeant- major and acting battalion quartermas- ter-sergeant), two sergeants (color ser- geant and clerk), five first class privates (four orderlies and one driver), one wire company, one radio company, a wire company of the signal corps shall consist of one captain, two first lHeutenants, and a maximum enlisted strength of the differ- ent grades, as foMows: one master signal electrician, five first oless sergeants, eight sergeants, twelve corporals, two cooks, forty-one first class privates, eight pri- vates. A radio company of the signal corps shall consist of one captain, two first leu- tenants, and a maximum enlisted strength of the different grades, as follows: one master signal electrician, six first class sergeants, ten sergeants, fifteen» comporals, two cooks, thirty-seven first class pri- vates. six privates. There shall also be a telegraph and telephones detachment of the signal corps and an aero company of the signal corps, which organizations shall be attached to the headquarters of the battalion. ; A telegraph and telephone detachment of the signal corps shall consist of: one first Heutenant, and a maximum enlisted strength of the different grades, as fol- lows: one first class sergeant, three ser- geants, three corporals, seven first class privates, three privates. An sero company of the signal corps shall consist of one captain, five first leu- tenants, and a maximum enlisted strength M of the different grades as follows: one ' master signal electrician, two first class sergeants, five sergeants, nine corporals, | two cooks, fourteen first class privates, six privates. § 2 This act shall take effect {immedi- ately. © State of New York, Office of the Secre- tary of State, se: I have compared the preceding with the | original law on file in this office, and do © hereby certify that the same is a correct ! transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK-By Authority. CHAP. 4%. AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to armories, Became & Jaw May 9, 196, with the charge of the armaqry or arsenal, may ap- point leborers as follows: For armories or arsenals Haying ten thousand square feet of less of floor surface, one I@horer; when the floor surface exceeds, fwenty thousand square feet, two igborers; and for cach twenty thousand in excess of twenty thousand, an additional 186 : boiler and engine rooms, unused c room and rooms used for employees' quarters shall not be includedi/in comput« ing such floor surface. In an armory oc- cupled by coast artillery, and to each armory occupied by a battery, separata divigion or divislons or an organization of the signal corps in addition to tha} above, one expert laborer, competent to} care for artillery or signat instruments and equipment. 'There shall, also be allowed to each armory in which, are stored the implements and instru-; ments of regimental and of battalion headquarters of field one ex-) pert laborer, For all armorles in. addi-} tion to the above therershall he allowed one Isborer to each tenvhorses orrmuled therein stabledrand used for=mifHitary«pur- poses by the organization quarteredthere- in, and in armories where.'more than thirty horses or mules are -so stabled and used, two additional 'laborers. In armories of the quartermaster corps.and field artillery, in addition to the forego- Ing, there shall be allowed one laborer for said corps and for each battery of field artillery, for the care of, field arti- lery, harness and-equipment. Before any Buch appointment is made, thenecessity for the employment of such Iborer or laborers shall 'be certified by the com- manding officer of the division, of the navel militia or of the brigade, as the case may be, and such certificate shall be filed in the office of the disbursing officer of the county in which the armory or arsenal is situated. A certificate of the number of feet of floor surface of #ach-ermory or-arsenal in which laborers are appointed shall be made by a person designated for the purpose by the armory board of the city of New York where the armory is in sald city and where the armory is outside of said city by a per- son designated for the purpose by the armory commission for the district in which the armory is situated and such Certificate when approved by the com- manding officer of the division, of the naval militia or brigade, to whose com- mand the organization quartered in such armory or arsenal belongs, shall be filed in the office of the disbursing officer of the. county in which the armory or arse- nal is located except as to counties whol- ly or partly within the city of New York, when it shall be filed with the comptroller of said city. § 2. This act shall take effect immedi- ately. State of New York, Office of the Secre- tary of State, ss: I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transoript therefrom and of-the whole of said original law. FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK-By Authority. CHAP. 478. AN ACT to.amend the general municipal law and the state finance law, in rela- tion to workmen's compensation insur- ance. Became a law May 9, 1916, with. the ap- proval 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: Section 1. Article five of chapter twen- ty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled \An act relating to municipal corporations, constituting chap- ter twenty-four of the consolidated laws,\ is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new section, to be section nine- ty, to read as follows: $ 90. Workmen's compensation insur- ance on public works. Each contract to which a municipality, or any public de- partment or official thereof, is a party and which is of such a character that the employces engaged thereon are required to be insured by the provisions of chap- ter forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and fourteen, known as the workmen's compensation law. and acts amendatory thereto, shall contain a stip- ulation that the same shall be vold and of no effect unless the person or corpora- tion making or performing the sanmie shall secure compensation for the benefit of, and keep insured during the life of said contract, such employees, in compliance with the provisions of said law. § 2. Article two of chapter fifty-cight of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled \An act in relation to state finance, constituting chapter fifty-six of the consolidated laws,\ is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new sec- tion, to be section fifty-one, to read as follows: § 51. Workmen's compensation insur- ance on public works. Each contract to which the state, any public department or official thereof, or a commission ap- pointed pursuant to law is a party and which is of such & character that the employees engaged thereon aro required to be-insured by the provisions of chap- ter forty-one of the laws of nineteen hun- dred and fourteen, known as the work- men's compensation law, and acts amend- atory thereto, shall contain a stipulation that the same shall be vold and of no effect unless the person or corporation making or performing the,same shall se- cure compensation for the benefit of, and keep insured during the life of said con- tract, such employees, in compliance with the provisions of raid law. $ 8. This act shall take effect immedi- ately. State of New York, Offlce of the Secre- tary of State, ss: I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is m-correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. -l FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK-By Authority. CHAP. 48. AN ACT: to amend the poor law, in rela- tion to hospital accommodations for in- digent persons. Became a law May 9, 1916, with the ap- proval 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: 'Bection 1. Section thirty of chapter for- ty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled \An act'in relation to the poor, constituting chapter forty-two of the consolidated laws,\ as amended by chapter three hundred and nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and twelve, is ,rl lar fifths being present. represented in Senate and Assembly, enact as follows: Section 1. Section one hundred and - cighty-sight of chapter forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, en- titled \An act in relation to the militia, constituting chapter thirty-six of the , Consolidated laws,.\ as amended by chap- , fer Ainefeeh of the laws of nineteen hun- [dred and-ten; ehapter one bundred and £wo of the laws of nineteen hundred and gleven; chapter Ave hundred and fifty- tight of the laws of nineteen hundrad | and thirteen; chapter tne: hundred and ; fifty-nine of the laws of ninstéen hunds 'and fourteen; chant hundred , sen: chapter one Hhimdred and sixty-thres of the Jaws of nineteen Hun- dred and fourteen and chapter two ‘hfi‘é, | dred and ninety of the laws of n{feteon hundred and fifteen; is hereby further amended to read as follows: - $ 188. Laborers. To provide for the proper care and cleanliness of armojles and arsenals and of the property therein deposited, the officer, having control and 1 I *, fe teas 200 27% 072.0 06, t ‘M’o‘€“‘“4\.“.“.“.°‘.‘0.“.“.M.0'.m-¢~¥202M2n:o~:u:~:oa BB., P. WELLS C. H. VANBUREN & co. Member Consolidated Stock Ex. change of New York, Phone 89. 114 Glen St 1 Godt iy be Opa dap ip deps on Ooo Pin lar in aay F p + g. ++ 7 & ato Mut s beats ax approval of the Governor. Passed, three- , The People of the State of New York, | do | hereby amended to read as follows: $ $0. Hospital accommodations for in- digent persons. 1. Any city or county, in which a hospital duly incorporated is git- uated, may send to and support, in the same, such sick and disabled indigent persons as require medical or surgical ; treatment, and when admitted the au- thoritles of such city or county shall pay to such hospital such sum per week as may be agreed upon or found to be just {during the period in which such person t shall remain in such hospital. 2 In all counties of this state in which there are not adequate hospital accom- modations for indigent persons requiring medical or surgical care and treatment, or in which no appropriations of money are made for this specific purpose, it shall be the duty of county superintend- erite of the poor, upon the certificate of «lA physician approved by the board of . 'tubervisors, or of the overseers of the | °POO\ in the meveral towns of such cowm- ties, upon the certificate of a physician approved by the supervisor of the town, as their jurisdiction over the several t cases may require, to send all such indi- Improved Match Striker, Tack a piece of fly screen over sand- I paper of the same size. This will not wear out: as readily as sandpaper awlone.-Popular Science Monthly, |_ raid original Jaw. SUBSCRIBE FOR 1&5 TIMES ~ gent persone: requiring medical or asl gical care and treatment to the, neareal conventent and suitable hospital, Yie ite corporation. and management of whick have by the state bocyd of charities, providedtranmg>rtation 'i such-bhospfté1 can be safely aucotaplisae4 The authorities £315“??? fim’h or tows shall pay tq auch hogpl guch reador Aile sum Tor weh for ths ofps \ aud treatment' of such indigent, persons, - may be agreed upon by the authortties af. the county or town- and the directors'\% such hospital,. and*provigion for the payy ment for such»cave and treatment ehail be miade in the annual budgots of sick county 'or town. . 3 2. This. act ahailtake efeokimmediatety, State of New/iWork, Office of-the Gearé: tary of State 89; I have.companed'tho preceding with the original law on file in this office and dq \hereby certify«thatithesamovris a correo! transcript therefrom and of the whole of said orignal law, FRANCIS M. FUGO, Secretary of State. ) LAWS OF NEW YORK~--By Authority, ANmACT -to tions. Jew.,in relition \to progerty\of ex( tinct churches. Became a Iaw May 9, 1916, with -the approval} ofcthe tm fifths. being presont. The People of the-State.of New Tork, represented in Senate and Assembly, dd enact as follows: Section 1. Section sixt . qL , chapter fifty-threp of thfimwsfiwilgflmjtqen 'hun« dred and nine, .eptifled \'An.aetin rela« tion 'to religious corporations, constitut« ing chapter fifty-one of the 'consolidated laws,\ as chapter four bun« dred and eighty of-the laws of nineteen hundred and nine andxchapter one huns« dred and eighty-five offthe laws of nine« teen hundred and ten, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 16. Property-of extinct churches. Such incorporated governing body may decide that a. church, parish, or society in con- nection with it or over which it has éc- clesiastical jurisdiction, has become ex- tinct, if it 'has failed for two consecutive years next prior. thereto, to maintain re« liglous services according to the discl« pline, customs and usages of such gov- erning body, om has had less than thir« teen resident attending members paying annual pew rent, or making annual con- tribution toward its support, or in case of a parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church, if such parish has ceased for two consecutive years next prior thereto, to have a sufficient number of men qual- ified to elect or to serve as wardens and vestrymen therein, -and.may take posses- sion of the temporalities and property belonging to such church, parish or re-, ligious society, and manage the same; or may, in pursuance of the provisions of law relating to the disposition of real property by religious corporations, sell or dispose of the same and apply the proceeds thereof to any of the purposes to which the property of such governing religious body is devoted, and it shall not. divert such property to any other object., And for the purpose of obtaining a rec- ord title to the land and the church edi- fice, or other building thereon, by such incorporated governing body, the surviv- ing trustee or trustees of said extinct church, or if there be no surviving trus- tee then a surviving member of said ex- tinct church, may, without a considera- tion being paid therafor by such incor- porated governing body, convey to it said land and church edifice, or other build- ings thereon, subject, however, to an or- der of the supreme or county court based upon a petition reciting that said church has become extinct; the names of its sur- viving trustee or trustees, and the names of its members, who must have given their consent to the making of said con- veyance. Upon the recital of said facts in said petition the court shall have juris- diction to grant an order allowing said conveyance to be made without a con- sideration; and should there be no sur- viving members, as well as no surviving trustee of said extinct church, said peti- tion may be made by an officer of such incorporated governing bedy, in which event the court, upon a recital of sald fact, shall have jurisdiction to appoint a suitable person as trustee for the purpose of making sald conveyance. And in case of a Reformed Church of America, Dutch Reformed Church, or Reformed Dutch Church in the United States of America or the United Reformed Dutch and Luth- eran Church of America should either such surviving members or such surviv- ing trustee of said extinct church refuse to act and sign said petition after request by an officer of said governing body of said last-named churches personally made by such officer, then said petition may be made by an officer of such incorporated governing body and in that event the court shall have jurisdiction and may appoint a suitable person as trustee for the purpose of making said conveyance. And in the case of said last-named Re- formed churches, the trustees of any such extinct church, the treasurer thereof or any person acting in either of said capac- ities may be required to show cause be- fore the supreme court at a special term thereof held in the judicial district in which said church shall be located why they should not be required to give an account of all moneys and property of said church which they shall have in their hands or under their control and ix case of their failure to show such cause they be required to account before said court for all the properties and moneys of the said church which shall be in their hands or under their control, and after the payment of all the claims against such church, .if any, and the «x- penses of such proceeding, if it shall fur- ther appear that none of such property in the hands of said persons is required for the further support or maintenance of said church, said money and proceed@ thereof shall be directed to be paid and turned over to said governing religious body to apply to the purposes to which the property of such governing body if devoted. An application for such ordel to show cause shall be made by a veri- fied\petition which petition may be made by said governing body of said church of any officer thereof. Where a proceeding Is instituted under this section for the sale of the real property of an extinct religious corporation, a compliance with subdivistons four, five, seven, eight and nine of section seventy-one of \An act relating to corporations generally, con- stituting chapter twenty-three of the consolidated laws,\ 'shall be unnecessary, and such proceedings shall be 4n all re- sbects valid without a compliance with seid subdivisions. 'The New York East- ern Christian Benevolent and Missionary Society. shall 'be deemed 'the governing religious body of any extinct or disband- ed church of the christian denomination situated within the bounds of the New York Eastern Christian Conference; and the New York Christian Association, of any other church of the christian derom- ination, and any other incorporated con- ference shall be deemed the govérning religious 'body of any such church sit- vated within its bounds. By christian de- nomination is meant only the denomina~ tion specially termed \christian in which the bible is declared to be the only rule of faith, christian their only name, ond christian character their only test of fellowship, and in which no form of bap- tiem is made a test of christian char- acter. {%. This act shall take effect immefl- ately. - State of New York, Office of the Seere- tary of State, ss: ' I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this offige, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the wholo of FRANCIS M. HUGo, Secretary of State, 1. £ t [. } a ; P i f 1 {. B { } $ $ oben cloner 2 Homann no mes eves np het mon anes mre ns s memes
