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T therein, the. said notice shall be posted up in at least twenty of the most public places in said district twenty days be- fore the time of such meeting. -A-ria whenever a tax for any of the objects hereinbefore specified shall be legally voted, the boards of education shall make out their tax-list, and attach their war rant thereto, in the manner provided in article seven of title seven of this act, for the collection of school district taxes, and shall cause such taxes or such in stallments to be collected at such times as they shall become due. No vote to raise money shall be rescinded, nor the amount thereof be reduced at any subse quent meeting, unless the same be done within ten days after the same shall have been first voted. For the purpose of giv ing effect to these provisions, trustees or boards of education are hereby author ized, whenever a tax shall have been voted to be collected in installments tor the purpose of building a hew school- house or building an addition to k school- house, or making additions, alterations or improvements to buildings or struc tures belonging to the district, or for the purchase of a new site or for an addition to a site, to borrow so much of the sum voted as may be necessary at a rate ol interest not exceeding six por centum, and to issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness therefor, which shall be a charge upon the district, and be paid at maturity^, and which shall not _ be s °ld ■ below par; due notice of the time and place of the sale of such bonds shall be given by the board of education at least ten days prior thereto by publication twice in two newspapers, if there shall be two, or in one newspaper, if there shall be but one. published in such dis trict. But if no newspaper shall then be nublished therein, the said notice shall be posted up in at least ten of the most public places in said district ten days be fore the day of sale. It shall be the duty of the trustees or the person or persons having charge of the issue or payment of such indebtedness, to trans mit a statement thereof to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which such indebtedness is created^ annually, oh or before the first day ol November. i , State of New York, Office of the Secre tary of State, ss. : I have compared the preceding with the original law oh file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original' law. JOHN PALMER, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter S, General Laws.) CHAP. 2S2. AN ACT to provide the means and mak ing an appropriation to pay the ex penses of superintendence, mamte- ' nance and ordinary i-epairs of the can als for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of October, eighteen hun- : dred and ninety-five. _ Became a law April 11, 1S95, with the approval of the Go% r ernor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. There shall be imposed for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, a State tax of one-fifth of a' mill on each dollar of the valuation of the real and personal property in this State, subject to taxation, which tax shall be assessed, levied and collected by the annual assessment and collection of taxes for that year in the manner prescribed by law, and shall be paid by the several county treasurers, into the treasury of this State, to be held by t.re State treasurer for the credit of the canal fund, and for appropriation to the purposes hereinafter designated. Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated from the proceeds of the tax authorized by the first section of this act. for pay- ing- the salaries and expenses of the col- lectors and compilers of the statistics relating to the trade and tonnage of the canals, the expenses of the superin tendence and ordinary repairs of tne canals, the traveling expenses of the State engineer and ''surveyor, the salar ies, traveling expenses, clerk hire and office expenses of the superintendent and assistant superintendents of public worxs, the clerk hire in the bureau of canal af fairs and the incidental expenses of said imreau and of the canal board, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and nine ty-five, the sum of eight hundred and twenty-five thousand five hundred dol lars, to be distributed, applied, appor tioned and disposed of as follows: F^r the salaries, traveling expenses, clem hire and office expenses of the superin tendent and assistant superintendents of public works, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the salaries of the section superin tendents, thirty thousand dollars, of so much thereof as may be necessary. For the traveling expenses of the State engineer and surveyor and the deputy State engineer and surveyor, two thou sand dollars, which shall be allowed and paid to the State engineer and surveyor quarterlv in full for all such expenses. For clerk hire in the bureau of canal af fairs, three thousand five hundred dol lars, or so much thereof as may be nec essary. For the salaries and compensa tion of the engineers employed upon the ordinary repairs of the canals, including the incidental expenses of such engineers thirty thousand dollars,,or so much there of as may be necessary. For the salaries and compensation of the collectors and compilers of the statistics relating to the trade and tonnage of the canals, and the inspectors and measurers of boats, including the incidental expenses of such collectors and inspectors, thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the payment of such incidental and miscellaneous ex penses'as are necessary to be paid out o*. the canal fund and charged to the ac count of the Erie and Champlain canal fund and the canal debt sinking fund, ten thousand dollars, or so much there of as may be necessary. For the pay ment of the expenses of lock tending and the ordinary repairs of the canals of the State, six hundred and seventy thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may br •necessary. Sec. 3. In order that the appropriations ♦ made by this act may be made available when needed and before the money can be realized from the tax authorized in the first section hereof payment may be made from any unappropriated- moneys in the treasury to the credit of the canal fund until the said tax is collected and paid into the State treasury. State of New York. Office of the Secre tary of State, .-s. : 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. JOHN PALMER, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every law* unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef- feet until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws.) AN ACT to amenc? the consolidated school law. Became a law April 10, i-SSS, with the approval 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 ’ 0 ,.+;„io Section J.. Section eighteen of article two of title seven of chapter five hun dred and fifty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled An 'act to revise, amend and consolidate the gegneral acts relating to public instruc tion, ” is hereby amended to read as lol- *°Sec. 18. Whenever a majority of the in habitants of any school district entitled to vote, to be ascertained by taking and recording the ayes and noes of such in habitants attending and voting at any annual, special or adjourned school dis trict meeting, legally called or held, shall determine that the sum proposed and provided for in the last preceding section shall be raised by installments, it shall he the duty of the trustees °f su ?h ,dis trict, and they are hereby authorized to cause the same to be raised, levied and collected in equal .installments in the same manner and with the like authority that other school taxes are raised, levied and collected, and to make out then tax- list and warrant for the coilection of such installments, with interest thereon, as they become payable, according to the vote of the said inhabitants; but the pa-J ment or collection of the last installment shall not be extended beyond twenty years from the time such vote was tak en ; and no vote to levy any such tax shall be reconsidered except at an ad- journed annual or special meeting 1 , to be held within thirty days. x thereafter, and a like majority shall be required for re consideration as that by which tax was originally imp.osed. For the purpose O j . giving effect to these provisions, trustees are hereby authorized, whenever a tax shall have been voted to be collected in installments for the purpose of building a new schoolhouse or an addition a schoolhouse, to borrow so much of the sum voted as may be necessary, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum, and to issue bonds or other evi dences of indebtedness therefor, which shall be a charge upon the district and be paid at maturity, and which shall not be sold below par. Due notice of the time and place of the sale of such bonds shall be given at least ten days prior thereto. It shall be the duty of the trus tees or the person or persons having charge of the issue or payment of such indebtedness, to transmit a statement thereof to the clerk of the board of su- pervisors of the county in which such indebtedness is created, annually, on or before the first day of November. State of New York, Office of the Secre tary of State, ss.: I have compared the preceding with the origina: law on fiie in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. . * JOHN PALMER, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YO Hme 0 shali (Every law, unless a different time snail v -.A lo- _ . . — an o il not take ef- be prescribed therein shall not taKe ef- fect until the twentieth day after it shall LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every law. unless a different time shall be prescribed therein; shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall hav^bSome ^Taw? Section 43. article have become a ^w Section 43, article II chapteA! General Laws:) II, chapter. 8, General Laws.) GHAP. 276. AN ACT to confer upon the board of claims jurisdiction to 1 l e \ r ’ T A 1 i dl $ T „ a 1 pv determine the claim of James Haley and others for damages resulting from the loss of the canal boat Weaver. Became a law April 10, 1895,. with the approval 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. Jurisdiction is hereby grant ed to and conferred upon the board of claims to hear, audit and determine tjia claim of James Haley, and of the own ers, shippers or forwarders of cargo on board the canal boat William H. Weav er, and of any persons interested in or having claims or liens upon said canal boat or her cargo, for damages caused said canal boat or her cargo on or about May tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- four, by the alleged carelessness and ne glect of the officers and agents of the state of New York in failing to keep in repair, and in mismanaging the gates of lock number forty-five on the Erie canal at Frankfort, New York, whereby said canal boat and cargo were damaged and sunk in said lock. Sec. 2. If the facts proved before said board shall establish a jpst and equitable claim against the state for damages caused as aforesaid, the said board shall determine the amount of said damages and award such sum therefor as may be just and equitable, not exceeding twenty- five hundred dollars. Sec. 3. Either party may take an ap peal to the court of appeals, from any award made under authority of this act, if the amount in controversy exceeds five hundred dollars, provided such ap peal be taken by service of a notice of appeal within thirty days after service of a copy of the award. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect imme- diately. State of New York, Office of the Secre tary of State, ss.: I ha^e compared the nreceding 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. JOHN PALMER. Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK — By Authority. (■Every law uniesr a different time shalj be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, Chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 284. AN ACT to provide for making repairs and improvements ! to the Glens Falls feeder of the Champlain canal and mak ing appropriation therefor. Became a law April 11, 1S95 with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the S^ate of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The superintendent of pub lic works is hereby authorized to straight en strengthen and repair the berme bank of ’ the Glens Falls feeder to the Cham plain canal, by building a substantial wall of masonry along said berme bank, beginning at the bridge on Maple street, in the village of Sandy Hill and extend ing thence southerly to the bridge on Pearl street in said village of Sandy Hill. Sec. 2. The work herein authorized shall be done in accordance With plans and specifications furnished, or approved by the state engineer and surveyor. Sec. 3. The sum of eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purposes specified in this act, out of any moneys in the treasury not other wise appropriated, to be paid by the treasurer upon the warrant of the comp troller, to the order of the superintendent of public works. . Sec. 4. This act shall take effect imme diately. „ 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 said original law. JOHN PALMER, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 2SS. AN ACT to provide for making repairs and improvements to the wall on the berme side of the Erie canal in the city of Schenectady, New York, and making appropriation therefor. Became a law April 11, 1895. with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented ih Senate and Assembly,, do enact as follows: Section 1. The superintendent of public works is hereby authorized to rebuild the retaining wall on the berme side of the Erie canal, beginning at the westerly end of the berme abutment of the Union street bridge in the city of Schenectady and extending thence westerly not ex ceeding three hundred feet. Sec. 2. The work herein authorized shall be done in accordance with plans and specifications furnished by the State en gineer and surveyor. Sec. 3. The sum of two thousand and eighty-nine dollars and eighty-four cents (being the unexpended balance of the ap propriation under chapter four hundred and ninety-five, laws of eighteen hun dred and ninety-two for strengthening and protecting the embankment of the Erie canal in the city of Schenectady), or so much thereof as may be necessary therefor, is hereby appropriated for the purpose designated in section one to be paid by the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller to the order of the su perintendent of public works. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect imme diately. 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 said original law. JOHN PALMER, Secretary of State. ’ CHAP. 305. AN ACT making an appropriation for the State Industrial School. Became a law April 12, 189 p. Z^dth. approval of the Governor. Passed, three- \SI g„ n |.. Pr „r«Sl' State Of New To* represented in Senate and Assembly,; do enact as follows: „ , Section 1. The sum of seventy-eight thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury belonging to the general fund not otherwise appropriated, for the State Industrial School, a.t Rochester, for the purpose of perfecting it as a military and trade school, payable by the treasurer on the warrant of the ■comptroller to the board of managers of the said State Industrial School, from time to time, and in such sums as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. .. Sec. 2. The sum herein appropriated, oi so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended by the board of man agers, for the following objects, namely. For the removal of the condemned south wing of the main building and the erec tion in the place thereof of a fire-proof building to be used as a lavatory, a general assembly room and chapel, sixty thousand dollars. For furnishing ’ the same and for the purchase of an organ, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For a night watchman ’ s electrical clock sys tem, three thousand five hundred dollars. For replacing bedsteads and bedding, seven thousand five hundred dollars. No portion of the sum herein appropriated shall be expended, except for procuring plans and estimates, until after a plan for the particular improvement to be made shall have been adopted by the board of managers. It shall be the duty of the board of managers to let all work requiring building by contract, and the same shall be let, after due advertise ment, to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders, who shall give such bonds and sureties for the performance of the work according to the contract as shall be required by the board of managers and the comptroller of the State. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect imme diately. _ _____ „ ,, 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 said original law. JOHN PALMER. Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every iaw, unless a different time shall tbe prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II. chapter 8 , General Laws.) CHAP. 304. ■ . ■ . AN ACT to reimburse the county of Franklin for the expenses incurred by said county in the trial of Isaac White, an Indian of the Saint Regis tribe, for the crime of murder. Became a law April 12, l&9a, the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New Yo»k. represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: - , w ^ Section 1. The sum of five thousand and fifty-three dollars and forty-seven cents is hereby appropriated out of any mon eys in the treasury, not otherwise appro priated, for the purpose of reimbursing the county of Franklin for the expenses incurred in the trial of Isaac White, an Indian of the Saint Regis tribe, for the crime of murder, and the comptroller of the State is hereby directed to pay said sum to the county treasurer of Frank lin county, who shall credit the same to the court fund of said county. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect imme diately. 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 said original law. JOHN PALMER. Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 331. AN ACT to amend the code of civi) pro cedure, relative to searches. Became a law, April 17, 1895, witti the approval 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 thirty-two hundred and fifty-six of the code of civil proce dure is hereby amended to read as fol lows: , - , j ^ Sec. 3256. Disbursements to be included in bill of costs. — A party to whom costs are awarded in an action is entitled to include in his bill of costs his necessary disbursements as follows: The legal fees of witnesses and of referees and other officers; the reasonable compensa tion of commissioners taking depositions; the legal fees for publication where pub lication is directed pursuant to law; the legal fees paid for a certified copy of a deposition, or other paper, recorded or filed in any public office, necessarily used or obtained for use on the trial; copies of opinions and charges of judges; the reasonable expenses of printing- the pa pers for a hearing, when required by a rule of the court; prospective charges for the expenses of entering and docket- -S-v-w-o 4 -V* -i rr\T\v\i Q Tl i\ * G TJ H 1\ Vl P. 1*663 LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it-shall have become a law. Section 43, articu II Chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 2S6. AN ACT making an appropriation for building an extension to the wall and repairing walls on the Glens Falls feed er of the Champlain canal. Became a law April 11, 189o, with the approval 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. The sum of ten thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of con structing an extension of the wall at. the head of the guard lock on the Glens Falls feeder of the Champlain canal, and for repairing the wall and ’ ’ structures on the said Glens Falls feeder, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the above amount, upon the warrant of the comptroller to the order of the superin tendent of public works for the purposes herein specified. . .. - . , Sec. 2. This act shall take effect imme- LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. . (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 287. AN ACT to amend the penal code relat ing • to opening, abstracting, copying and publishing letters, telegrams and private papers. Became a law April 11, 1895, with the approval 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 six hundred and for ty-two of the penal code is hereby amend ed to read as folows: Sec. 642. A person who, willfully, and without authority, either 1. Opens or reads, or causes to be op ened or read, a sealed letter, telegram, or private paper; or, 2. Publishes the whole or any portion of such a letter, or telegram, or private paper, knowing it to have been opened or read without authority; or, 3. Takes a letter, telegram or private paper, belonging to another, or a copy thereof, and publishes the whole or any portion thereof; or, 4 Publishes the whole or any portion of such letter, telegram or private paper, knowing it to have been taken or copied without authority, is guilty of a misde meanor. „„ , Sec. 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. „ 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 said original law. JOHN PALMER, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 298. AN ACT to provide for raising the tow ing-path of the Champlain canal be tween Smith ’ s basin and Dunham ’ s basin, Washington county. Became a law April 11, 1895, with the approval 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. The superintendent of pub lic works Is hereby directed to raise the towing path of the Champlain canal be tween Smith ’ s Basin and Dunham ’ s Basin, in the county of . Washington, to prevent overflow by water from said canal. The work herein provided for may be done by ’ contract or otherwise, as in the judgment of the superintendent of public works and State engineer may b S(^ V 2 Sa The sum of ten thousand dol lars, or so much thereof as may be nec essary, is hereby appropriated out of the canal funds in the treasury not other wise appropriated, and the treasurer is directed to pay the same upon the war rant of the comptroller to the order of the superintendent of public works for the purposes aforesaid. Sec. 3. All work done under the pro visions of this act shall be based upon plans and specifications, furnished and approved by the State engineer and sur veyor. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect imme diately. 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 said original law. JOHN PALMER, Secretary . of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 307. AN ACT making an appropriation to provide additional means of drainage of lands in the southern part of the towns of Lockport, Royalton and Pen dleton, in the county of Niagara, by deepening and improving Mud creek and its tributaries. Became a law April 15, 1895, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, by a two-thirds vote. * The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of clearing out, deepening and improving the channel of Mud creek, and the tributaries thereto, and provid ing additional means for drainage where necessary, ig the southern part of the towns of Pendleton, Lockport and Roy alton, in the county of Niagara, in order to drain lands in said towns, overflowed by back-water at spring, summer and fall floods, occasioned by the erection of the State dams for canal purposes across Tonawanda creek, and by the construc tion of State ditches. Sec. 2. The money hereby appropriated for purposes aforesaid shall be payable by the State treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller, fo the ^superintendent of public w.orks, to be expended by him for the purposes mentioned in section one of this act. All the work called for by this act shall be done in accordance with plans, specifications and estimates pre pared and approved by the State engi neer and surveyor. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect imme diately. 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 said original law. JOHN PALMER, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day-after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, Chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 311. AN ACT making an appropriation for constructing a hoist bridge over the . Erie canal on Genesee street, in the city of Syracuse. Became a law April 16, 189o, with the approval 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. Whenever there shall be de posited in some bank of deposit, which shall be approved by the superintendent of public works, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray one-half the cost of the work herein authorized by the city of Syracuse, or by property owners of said city, payable to the order of said superintendent of public works, for the purpose of this act, the superintendent of public works is hereby authorized and directed to remove the bridge over the Erie canal on West Genesee street, in the city of Syracuse, and to cause to be constructed in lieu thereof at such point a hoist-bridge, with the necessary abut ments, approaches, substructures, foun dations and excavations, to be operated at the expense of the city, under the direction of said superintendent. The State engineer and surveyor shall obtain plans and specifications for said bridge, which shall be approved by the city of Syracuse. No work shall be done? or money expended under the provisions of this act until the same shall be let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders offering to do the same after due advertisement thereof. Bids for such work shall be received by the superin tendent of public works. The sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, buyable on the warrant of the comptroller to the order of said superintendent, as he may require the same for carrying out the provisions of this act. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect imme diately. „ , 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 said original law. JOHN PALMER, Secretary of State. ing the judgment; and the sheriff ’ s fees for receiving and. returning one execu tion thereon, including the search . for i property, and such other reasonable and necessary expenses as are taxable, ac cording to the course and practice of the court, or by express provision of law. Searches affecting property situate in any county in which the office of county - clerk or register is a salaried one, when made and certified to by title insurance, abstract or searching companies^, organ ized and doing business under the laws of this State, may be used in all actions or special proceedings in which official searches may be used, in place of and with the same legal effect as such offi cial searches, and the expenses of searches so made by said companies shall be taxable at rates not exceeding the cost of similar official searches. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. State of New York, Office of the Secre tary of State, ss.: I have compared the nreceding 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 origi nal l aw. JOHN PALMER, ^State ’ of New York, Office of the Sedre- this office, and do hereby certify that the ... same is a correct transcript therefrom La of u« LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 289. AN ACT amending subdivision six of section seven hundred and ninety-one of the code of civil procedure. Became a law April 11,. 1895, with, the approval ’ 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. Subdivision six of section seven hundred and ninety-one of the code of civil procedure is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 6. An action for dower, where the plain tiff makes proof by affidavit, to the sat isfaction of the court, or a judge there of, that she has no sufficient means of support, aside from the estate in con troversy; ah action for the partition of real property. „ , > Sec. 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. , ' _ . State of New York, Office of the Secre- ’ qtate ss.: I have compared the* tary of State, ss.: I have compared me nreceding with the original law on file in preceding with the original tew on ffie in ' P r ® ce __ ^ noroiiv certifv that, the' this office, and do hereby certify, that the shme >f ?s e a a corre > dt ie teanscript therefrom ana « to whola LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every tew, unless a different time, shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 299. AN ACT to provide for the construction of a vertical wall on the berme side of the Erie canal near the canal bridge at the village of Higginsville and making an appropriation therefor. Became a tew April 11, 1895, with the approval 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. The superintendent - of pub lic works is hereby authorized to build a vertical wall on the berme side of the Erie canal, commencing at the. west end of the bridge abutment at the bridge crossing the Erie canal at Higginsville, in the town of Verona, Oneida county, and running thence westerly on the berme bank of said Erie canal, a dis tance of two hundred and seventy-five feet. . , „ Sec. 2. The sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof asf may be necessary, is hereby appropri ated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of section one of this act, payable on the warrant of the comptroller upon the requisition of the superintendent of public works, as he may desire the same in the progress of such work. , , , .. . . Sec. 3. The work herein authorized shall be performed in accordance with plans, specifications arid estimates to. be furnished and approved by the State engineer and surveyor. . Seo. 4. This act shall take effect imme- diately 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 tha.t the same is a correct transcript therefrom »»*»' 019 ■ Secretary of State, LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority, (Every tew, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a tew. Section 43, article II, Chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 308. AN ACT for the improvement of the Cayuga and Seneca canal and the out let of Seneca lake. Became a tew April 15, 1895,- with the approval 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. The superintendent of pub lic works is hereby authorized and di rected to improve the channel of Seneca river and Cayuga and Seneca canal by dredging and excavating from and » through the outlet of Seneca lake at the northeastern corner thereof to Island D in said river, and the entrances into the north and south branches of the Cayuga and Seneca canal. Sec. 2. The work shall be done m ac cordance with plans and specifications furnished by the State engineer and sur veyor. Sec. 3. The sum of twenty thousand dol lars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury of the State not otherwise appropriated to carry into ef fect the provisions of this act. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect imme diately. ___ „ State of New York, Office of the Secre- ( tary of State, ss.. I have compared the preceding with the original tew on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original tew. JOHN PALMER, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every law, “ unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a tew. Section 43, article II, Chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 324. AN ACT abolishing the office of mining inspector and conferring his powers upon the factory inspector. Became a law April 16, 189a, with the approval 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. The term of office of the mining inspector appointed pursuant to chapter three hundred and ninety-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety, shall terminate on the twentieth day after this act takes effect, and there after the office shall be abolished. Yn or before the twentieth day - after this act takes effect, the mining inspector shall deliver to the factory inspector all papers, records or documents pertaining to his office, and thereafter the factory inspector or an assistant or deputy fac tory inspector, designated by him, shall possess all the powers and be subject to all the duties conferred or imposed on the mining inspector by Chapter three hundred and ninety-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect imme- diately 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 said original law. JOHN PALMER, Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, Chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 310. AN ACT to amend the county tew. ' Became a tew April 16, 1895, with the approval 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 fifty-two of chapter six hundred and eighty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, en titled “ An act in relation to counties, constituting chapter eighteen of the gen eral tews, ” is hereby amended to read as follows: x , Sec. 52. Report of county indebtedness^ — The clerk shall annually on or before the second Monday in December, transmit to the comptroller by mail, in the form which the comptroller shall prescribe, a certified statement of all the indebtedness of his county, and of each town, city, village and school district therein, and of the aggregate-valued amount of real and personal estate in each town or \ward as corrected by the board of supervisors, and it shall be the duty of the person or persons charged with the issue or, pay- ment of such indebtedness to transmit a statement of the same . to the said, clerk annually, on or before the first day of November. The provisions of this section shall also japply to the county of N Stete 0 of C 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 arid of the whole of said original law. JOHN PALMER, , Secretary of State., LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef- feet until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 341. . . _ AN ACT to make good the deficit m the literature fund caused by recent growth in the number of schools and pupils sharing therein. Became - a law April 17, 1895, with the approval 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. Twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from any money - in the treasury not otherwise appropri ated, to enable the comptroller to pay to each academic • department of a union school, or other institution entitled to share in the annual apportionment of the literature fund, whatever sum was de ducted in the recent apportionment from the amount the school should have re ceived under the rules for apportionment had the available funds not been ex hausted because of the growth in the number of schools and increase m the number of pupils entitled to be counted in such apportionment. Sec. 2. In addition to the amount now apportioned to academic schools, in ac cordance with the laws of eighteen hun dred and ninety-two, chapter three hun dred and seventy-eight, section twenty- six, there shall be paid each year one hundred dollars to each school of academ ic grade certified to the comptroller by the regents of the university as having complied with all laws and ordinances during the preceding academic year, and as being entitled to share in the academ ic fund, and there shall be added each vear to the appropriation required by law to be made for the academic fund, such sum as the comptroller shall report as necessary to carry out the provisions^ of this act, and to make up any deficien cy in the income of the literature fund so that each school may receive the full amount to which it is entitled by the university ordinances, notwithstanding - any increase in the number of schools or pupils to which such' apportionment must be made. , „ t ; Sec. 3. This act shall take effect imme diately. _ . „ State of New, York, Office of the Secre tary of State, ss.: I have compared the preceding with the original tew 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, JOHN PALMER. Secretary of State. LAWS OF NEW YORK.-By Authority. (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein shall not take ef fect until the twentieth aay after it shall have become a tew. Section 43, article II Chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 320. • AN ACT authorizing the improvement of locks twenty-one and twenty-two of the Erie canal, in the town of Clifton Parte Saratoga county, and the dredging O j . : lower Black Rock harbor, and making i a reappropriation therefor. Became a tew April 16, 1S9 d with the approval 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. The superintendent of pub lic works is hereby authorized and di rected to cause the improvement of the locks numbers twenty-one and twenty- two of the Erie canal in the town of Clifton Park, Saratoga county, by lengthening one chamber or tier of eacn lock or by combining said locks by build ing in lieu thereof one pair of locks either of stone or iron or both. Said locks when so. improved, shall be not less than eighteen feet wide nor two hundred and twenty feet long, and shall include such machinery and appliances^ a s snail render them more efficient. Also to dredge a portion of the lower Black Rock har bor In the city of Buffalo. Sec 2 All work done pursuant to this ■ act shall be in accordance with plans and specifications prepared or approved by the State engineer, and surveyor.. _ ' Sec. 3. The. unexpended balance of eigh- tv-seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which, pursuant to chapter five hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, was appropri ated for the deepening of the Erie canal, is hereby reappropriated for _ the pur poses specified in this act, payable by the treasurer on the warrant of the comp troller to the order of the superintendent of public works. Ten thousand dollars of the amount hereby reappropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in the dredging of said lower Black Rock harbor, amLsev- enty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in the improvement of said locks. . , , Sec. 4. All acts or parts of acts incon sistent with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect imme- dl State'of New York, Office of the Secre tary of State, ss.: I have compared the preceding with the original law on,file; m this office, arid do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom Secretary of State, LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every tew, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article H, chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 342. AN ACT to authorize the board of claims . to hear, audit and determine the claim ! of John Roberts. ! Became a law April 17, 189o, with the approval 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. John Roberts is hereby au thorized to present a claim to the board of claims for the damages sustained ;by, him by reason of his improper conviction and imprisonment for the alleged . crime ' of burglary, and the board of claims is hereby authorized to hear and pass upon said claim and to award such compensa tion for the damages sustained by said John Roberts in consequence of such conviction and imprisonment as shall ap pear to be just and reasonable. Sec. 2. Either party may take an ap peal to the court of appeals, from any. award made under authority of this act, if the amount in controversy exceeds five hundred dollars, provided such ap peal be taken by service of a notice of appeal withiri thirty days after service of a copy of the award. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect imme diately. ^ ^ ■ State of New York, Office of the Secre tary of State, ss.: I have compared the- preceding with the original tew on file in. this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original tew. JOHN PALMER, , |. Secretary of State. 1 LAWS OF NEW YORK. — By Authority. (Every tew, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take ef fect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAP. 346. AN ACT for the relief of the American Chemical Society. Became a law .April 18, 1895, .with approval 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. It shall be lawful for .the American Chemical Society to : erect n ’ * - directors without any restriction as to their residence or citizenship, except, such as may be imposed by tbe by-laws of said society now in force, or as sucb by-laws may be amended hereafter.. Sec. 2. Said society may hold its meet ings at- such times and places in this State, or elsewhere, as it may select, and all acts done without this State shall have the same force and effect as if done within this State. _ . . Sec. 3. This act shall take effect Imme- diately 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 arid of the wholebf said original daw. JOHN PALMER, 1 Secretary of State. 1 I
