CHAP. 180. AN ACT to amend the act, entitled “ An act relative to the Gos pel and School Lots, and the Literature Lots, in Sidney and De Kalb," passed April 17, 1826. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That so much of the above recited act as requires the commissioners of the land-office to sell the gospel and school lots in the township of Sidney, and appropriate the proceeds of such sale to the literature fund, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Increase of stock, Proviso. Trustees to apportion 'stock. Charter ex tended. Stockholders debts. AN ACT to authorise the Trustees of the Kinderhook Manufacturing Company to increase their Capital Stock, and for other purposes. Passed April 7, 1827. 1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the Kinderhook manufacturing company to extend the capital of the said company at their discretion, to any sum not exceeding in the whole one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, "That no banking business shall be carried on by the said company. 2. And be it further enacted, That the additional stock of the said company, authorised by this act, shall be distributed and apportioned by the trustees thereof among the present stockholders in proportion to the amount of stock now held by them respectively, and that so much of the said additional stock as shall not be so accepted by the said stockholders within thirty days after the books of subscription shall have been opened by the said trustees, shall and may be distributed by the said trustees, in such manner as they shall think proper. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Kinderhook manufacturing company shall be, and continue to be a body corporate for the term of twenty years after the passing of this act, and entitled to all the privileges and immunities contained in the act, entitled "an act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes." 4. And be it further enacted, That the stockholders of the liable for said corporation, and each and every of their heirs, executors and administrators, shall be responsible and answerable for the debts contracted or owing by the said corporation; and on all contracts made by the said corporation, or by authority thereof, during the time they are stockholders, to the amount of the stock held by them respectively, in the same manner as if the said directors and stockholders, were not incorporated, or were joint dealers or copartners, and may be sued and prosecuted, either at law or in equity, as if they were carrying on the business and concerns of the said corporation as joint dealers or copartners without being incorporated, any thing herein contained, or any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That no suit shall be maintained against the said stockholders without proof that such demand had been presented to the proper officer of the company for payment, and the payment thereof neglected or refused: And provided also, That the said company shall be liable to be prosecuted as a corporation for any such demand. 5. And be it further enacted, That the legislature shall have Right to repower to alter, modify, amend or repeal this act. peal. CHAP. 182. AN ACT for the relief of John Woodward. Passed April 7, 1827. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be lawful for John Woodward, of Hector, in the county of Tompkins, to take, hold and convey any real estate, which may have been devised to him by his brother George Woodward, of Hector aforesaid, an alien, in the same manner as if the said George had been a natural born citizen of this state; notwithstanding any right which the people of this state may have acquired to the said estate by escheat. CHAP. 183. AN ACT to divide the Town of Fowler, in the County of St. Lawrence. Passed April 7, 1827. ted. 1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, re- Town of Edpresented in Senate and Assembly, That all that part of the now wards erectown of Fowler, in the county of St. Lawrence, which is included within the bounds of the original township of Fitzwilliam, or township number four, and the original township of Edwards, or township number eight, as laid down upon the surveyor-general's map of this state, be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate town by the name of Edwards; and that all the residue of the territory embraced Fowler. within the bounds of the now town of Fowler, be and remain a separate town, by the name of Fowler. 2. And be it further enacted, That the first town meeting to Town meetbe holden in the said town of Edwards shall be holden at the house ing. of William Martin, in the said town, on the first Tuesday in May next; and the annual town meetings of the said town thereafter shall be holden on the first Tuesday in March in each year, at such place within the said town as the said meeting shall appoint. Duty of su in relation to poor, &c. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the ' pervisor, &c. supervisors, overseers of the poor and commissioners of highways, of the said towns of Fowler and Edwards, as soon as may be after the first Tuesday in May next, by a notice to be given by the supervisors of the said towns, to meet together at some convenient place, to be specified in such notice, and to apportion the poor and poor monies, and funds of the said town of Fowler; and also the monies raised upon the said town for the improvement of roads and bridges, remaining unexpended at the time of the passage of this act, according to the last tax list of the said town of Fowler; and each of the said towns of Fowler and Edwards shall for ever thereafter support their own poor. CHAP. 184. AN ACT to amend the act, entitled "An act to amend the act to 1822. Passed April 7, 1827. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the members of the associa tion heretofore formed in the village of Catskill, under the name of "the Catskill fire-hook and ladder company No. 1," shall hereafter be exempt from serving on juries, except on juries in justices courts in said village; and from doing military duty, except in cases of invasion or imminent danger of invasion, or insurrection, and shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities now enjoyed by the members of fire companies in said village. CHAP. 185. AN ACT relative to the degree of Doctor of Medicine conferred Passed April 7, 1827. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That all diplomas granted by authorities out of this state to individuals who have pursued their studies in any medical school in this state, not recognised by the laws of this state, shall be void and of no effect, as it regards authorising the said individuals to practice physic and surgery in this state. ( CHAP. 186. AN ACT to Incorporate the Village of Pittsford. Passed April 7, 1827. of corpora1- tion. 1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre- Boundaries sented in Senate and Assembly, That the district of country within the town of Pittsford, in the county of Monroe, contained within the following bounds, that is to say: Beginning at the southeast corner of lot number twenty-two, thence north to the northeast corner of lot number twenty-four, thence west to a point where a line drawn north from the east end of the canal bridge on the state road west of the village would intersect the north line of said lot number twenty-four, thence south to the east end of said bridge, thence south 1wenty-seven degrees west to the south line of said lot number twenty-two, thence east to the place of beginning, shall hereafter continue to be known and distinguished by the name of the village of Pittsford, and the freeholders and inhabitants residing within the same, qualified to vote at town meetings, may meet on the second Tuesday of May next, at the house of Pomeroy Stone, in said village, a notice whereof shall be made in writing, signed by a justice of the peace residing in said town, and put up in at least three public places in said village, at least six days before said second Tuesday of Election of May next, and then and there proceed to elect five discreet freehold trustees. ers, resident within the said village, to be trustees thereof, who when chosen, shall possess the several powers and rights hereinafter specified; and such justice, or some other justice of the town of Pittsford, shall preside at such election, deterinine the qualification of voters, and shall declare the several persons having the greatest number of votes duly elected trustees; and on every second Tuesday of May after the first election of trustees for the said village, there shall, in like manner, be a new election of trustees; and the trustees for the time being, or a major part of them, shall perform the several duties required from the said justice, in respect to notifying the meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of said village, and presiding at such election. created. ers. 2. And be it further enacted, That the freeholders and inhabit- Corporation ants, residing within the limits aforesaid, be and they are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be, from time to time, and forever hereafter, a body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name of the "trustees of the village of Pittsford," and by that Name. name they and their successors forever shall and may have perpetual succession, and be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, General pow pleading and being impleaded, defending and being defended in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, complaints and causes whatsoever, and they and their successers may have a common seal, and may alter the same at their pleasure, and shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding, receiving and conveying any real or personal estate for the use of said village: Provided, The said real estate shall be situated within said village; and of erecting public buildings, such as fire engine house or houses, market or mar kets, and of raising money by tax, not exceeding four hundred dol Proviso. lars in any one year; for erecting such public buildings, procuring fire engines, and the utensils for extinguishing fires, and for erecting and keeping in repair hay-scales, and digging and constructing aqueducts and reservoirs, removing and preventing nuisances, laying out and keeping in repair highways and side-walks, and ornamenting and improving the same, and for making any necessary repairs or improvements, and for making a reasonable compensation to the officers of the corporation, which money so to be raised shall be assessed upon the freeholders and inhabitants of said village according to law, by a tax upon the real and personal property in said village, by not less than three nor more than five assessors, who shall be freeholders in said village, to be chosen at their annual meeting, and collected by the collector of the corporation, to be chosen as aforesaid, in like manner as the taxes of counties and towns are collected, by virtue of a warrant to him directed by a majority of the trustees : Provided nevertheless, That no tax shall be levied, or monies raised, assessed or collected, for the purposes aforesaid, or any other purpose, or no purchase or sale of any real estate made, and no public buildings erected or disposed of, without the consent of the freeholders and taxable inhabitants of said village, in open meeting, duly warned and notified, first given and expressed, by a majority of votes then and there given: And provided also, And it is hereby Assessments. made the duty of said assessors, in assessing the taxes so to be raised upon the inhabitants and property of said village, to apportion the same so as that the said taxes may be assessed in an equitable and just manner of and from the occupants and owners of the houses, lands, and all property in said village, in proportion as nearly as may be, to the advantage which each shall be deemed to have received from the improvements or purchase to be made by said money when collected: And provided also, That if any person shall consider himself or herself aggrieved by any such assessment, it shall be lawful for such person or persons to appeal from the said assessors to the trustees of the said village, in ten days after such assessment shall be made, and public notice thereof given, as hereinafter mentioned, by giving notice in writing to the said assessors, or any one of them, of such appeal, and the time and place of determining thereon by said trustees, who shall hear the same and do justice in the premises. Appeal. Duty of assessors. By-laws. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the assessors, whenever they shall have completed the assessment of any tax, according to the provisions of the second section of this act, to make out one fair copy thereof, to be left with one of the said assessors, and thereupon cause notices to be put up at three public places in said village, setting forth that they have completed their assessments, and that a copy thereof is left with one of them, naming him, where the same may be seen and examined by any of the inhabitants of said village during ten days, which shall be a sufficient notice to all persons who shall conceive themselves aggrieved by such assessment, to appeal therefrom to the trustees as aforesaid. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the trustees of the said village, or a major part of them, and their successors, to make, ordain, constitute and publish such prudential bylaws, rules and regulations, as they, from time to time, may deem meet and proper, and the same to alter or repeal at pleasure, and |