bread. 15. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for Assize of the trustees of said village, or the major part of them, from time to time, to make ordinances to regulate the assize and quality of bread to be baked and offered or exposed for sale by any baker or other person within said village, and inflict reasonable penalties upon all offenders against said ordinances; but in no other case to extend to the regulating or ascertaining the prices of any other commodities or articles of provisions to be offered for sale in said village. tricts. 16. And be it further enacted, That the said village shall be Road dis one or more road districts in the town of Palmyra, the number and limits of which to be determined by the said trustees, for each of which districts the inhabitants at their village meetings, shall choose a path-master by a plurality of votes; and the said path-master so chosen shall have like powers and duties as the other path-masters in said town; the said trustees of said village shall have power to establish or lay out roads and streets in said village, with like powers as commissioners of highways in said town, and all persons interested therein may have like remedies as if the same had been established or laid out by the commissioners of highways; and the said trustees, when they shall think proper, may lay out or establislı streets or roads in said village, at any width less than four rods, and shall have like control and authority over the path-master in said village, as the commissioners of highways have over path-masters in said town; and the said trustees shall have power to appoint a constable in said village, who shall have like powers and subject to like duties as other constibles in said county. CHAP. 118. AN ACT for the relief of the Children of David Bell, deceased. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That all the right, title and interest of the people of this state to a certain farm, situate in the town of Walkill, in the county of Orange, whereof the said David Bell, an alien, died seized and possessed, be, and the same is hereby released to the children of the said David Bell, to wit: Thomas Bell, Robert Bell, William Beil, Nancy Scott, the wife of Henry Scott, Eleanor Bell and Jane Bell; and that the said children shall take and hold the same estate and interest in the said farm that they respectively would or might have had, if the said David Bell and his said children had been at the time of his death citizens of the United States; and that such estate and interest shall be deemed to have vested in the said children respectively, at the time of the decease of the said David Bell: Provided however, That any sale or disposition of their respective shares and interest in said farm, by the said children, or any or either of them, previous to the passing of this act, shall have the like force and effect as if the title and interest hereby granted had' been vested in them at, the time of the death of their said father: And provided further, That any lien or incumbrance upon, or other disposition of the said farm, made or created by the said David Bell, in his life time, shall be as valid and effectual as if the said Da vid Bell had been a citizen of the United States at the time they were so made or created. CHAP. 119. AN ACT to authorise James Bowdoin Sullivan to assume the name of James Bowdoin. Passed March 29, 1827. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That James Bowdoin Sullivan, son of George Sullivan, of the city of New-York, counsellor at law, may assume the name of James Bowdoin ; and from and after the passing of this act, may be called and known by the name of James Bowdoin. Corporation created. Name, General powers. Proviso. Flour and CHAP. 120. AN ACT to incorporate the Palmyra Manufacturing Company. 1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That George Palmer, Joel McCollum, Thomas Rogers, 2d, and all such persons as now are, or hereafter may become stockholders of said company, shall be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name of the Palmyra Manufacturing Company; and by the said name, they and their successors shall and may have succession, and shall be in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleading, defending and being defended, answering and being answered unto, in all courts and judicatures whatsoever and wheresoever; and also of contracting and being contracted with relative to the funds of the said corporation, and the business and purposes for which the said corporation is hereby created, as hereinafter declared; and they and their succesors may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure; and they and their successors, by the same name and style, shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any estate, real and personal, for the use of said corporation: Provided, That the real estate, so to be holden, shall be such only as may he requisite for its accommodation in the transaction of its business, or which shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security for loans or contracts, or which shall have been conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or which shall have been purchased by the said company, or its agents, at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for debts due to the said company. 2. And be it further enacted, That the corporation hereby creaother articles ted is for the purpose of manufacturing flour and other articles, withfactured. in this state, and for no other purpose. to be manu 3. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of the said corporation shall be thirty thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of fifty dollars each; but it shall nevertheless be lawful for the said corporation, when, and so soon as fifteen thousand dollars shall have been subscribed for, to commence their said business, and with that capital to conduct and carry on the same until they shall find it expedient to extend their capital, which they are authorized to do, from time to time, to the amount herein before mentioned. Capital stock Books for 4. And be it further enacted, That the subscriptions to the said stock shall be opened under the direction of George Palmer, Joel subscription McCollum and Truman Hart, or any two of them, who are hereby to be opened. appointed commissioners for that purpose, and authorised to receive subscriptions to the said capital stock, on such day and at such place, in the state of New-York, as they shall appoint, giving at least ten days public notice of such time and place for receiving subscriptions; and that the sum of two dollars, at least, shall be paid to the said commissioners on subscription, on each share: and in case the amount of thirty thousand dollars of the stock should not be taken on said day, then the said commissioners, or a majority of them, are authorized, on such other day or days, and at such place or places as they shall from time to time appoint, to receive further subscriptions, until the whole required capital stock shall have been subscribed for and taken. Powers of 5. And be it further enacted, That the stock, property and concerns of the said corporation shall be managed and conducted by directors. three directors, one of whom to be president, who may respectively hold their offices for one year, and until others shall be chosen, and no longer; and that the said board shall be elected by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by Elections. proxy, on such day and at such place as shall be designated by the said commissioners, or a majority of them, appointed in and by the preceding section of this act; and the said commissioners are hereby appointed inspectors of the said election; and the said board then chosen shall hold their offices until the second Tuesday in June, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and until others shall be elected in their stead: and the said directors, after the said term thereof shall have expired, shall be chosen annually, on the second Tuesday of June in each year, and at such place in the village of Palmyra, in the county of Wayne, as a majority of the directors inay prescribe, of which election notice shall be given at least fourteen days, in one of the newspapers printed in said county; and such election. election shall be holden under the inspection of the directors for the time being, and shall be by ballot, by a plurality of votes, allowing one vote for every share, and the stockholders not present may vote by proxy. Notice of Elections may be held &c. 6. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall at any time happen that an election of directors should not be made on any day when pursuant to this act it ought to have been made, the said cor- at other time poration shall not, for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall and may be lawful on any other day to hold and make an election of directors, in such manner as shall have been regulated by the laws and ordinances of the said corporation. Stock transferable. By-laws. stook to be registered. 7. And be it further enacted, That the stock of the said corporation shall be assignable and transferable according to such rules and regulations as the board of directors may make and establish, and shall be considered personal property. 8. And be it further enacted, That the directors for the time being, or a majority of them, shall form a quorum for the transaction of all the business of the corporation, and shall have power to make all such by-laws, rules and ordinances as to them shall appear needful and proper for the management and disposition of the stock, property, estate and effects of the said corporation. Transfers of 9. And be it further enacted, That no transfer of any stock in said company shall be valid, until the same shall have been registered in a book or books, to be kept for that purpose; which book or books shall, at all reasonable hours of transacting business, be open to the examination of any stockholder, or person having any demand against the said company, the payment of which shall have been refused; and in case any officer of said company, having charge of such books, shall refuse to permit the same to be examined as aforesaid, he shall for every such offence, forfeit the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars; the one moiety whereof to the people of this state, and the other moiety to him who will sue for the same, by action of debt, in any court of record, together with the costs of such suit. 10. And be it further enacted, That the duration of the corporation created by this act shall be twenty-one years, and no longer. Duration. Public act. Stockholders liable. 11. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be construed benignly and favourably for all purposes therein intended; and that the legislature shall have the power to alter, modify or repeal the same. 12. And be it further enacted, That the stockholders of the corporation shall be holden, in their individual capacities, responsible, jointly and severally, for the payment of all debts contracted by said company, to the nominal amount of the stock held by such stockholders respectively; and any person having any demand against the said company may sue any stockholder thereof, and recover in any court having cognizance thereof: Provided, such suit shall not be maintained without proof that such demand had been presented to the proper officer of the said company for payment, and the payment thereof refused: And provided also, That the said company shall be liable to be prosecuted, as a corporation, for any such demand. СНАР. 121. AN ACT to repeal parts of an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate Highways in the Counties of Suffolk, Queens and Kings," passed April 10th, 1826. Passed March 29, 1827. BÉ it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the first, second and fourth sections of the act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate highways in the counties of Suffolk, Queens and Kings," passed April 10, 1826, be and the same are hereby repealed, so far as they affect the county of Suffolk. CHAP. 122. AN ACT dividing the Town of Palatine, in the County of Mont gomery. Passed March 29, 1827. to be ere ct 1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre- Town of sented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the passage of Ephratah. this act, all that part of the town of Palatine, in the county of Mont- ed. gomery,lying northerly of the centre of the Johnstown turnpike road, as now opened from Johnstown to the house of John C. Nellis, in the town of Oppenheim, shall be and the same is hereby erected into a separate town by the name of Ephratah, and the first town meeting in the said town shall be held at the house of Philip Empic, Town meeton the last Tuesday of April next, and that all future annual town meetings shall be held on the first Tuesday in March, in each and every year, at such place as the majority of the electors shall from time to time appoint. ings in. seribed. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the remaining part of Town of the said town of Palatine, shall be and remain a separate town by Palatine dethe name of Palatine, and that the first town meeting in said town shall be held on the last Tuesday of April next, at the house of Town meetJohn T. Getman, and that all future annual town meetings in said ings in. town, shall be held on the first Tuesday in March, in each and every year, at such place as the majority of the electors shall from time to time appoint. chosen. 3. And be it further enacted, That at the first town meeting Certain ofto be held as aforesaid in each of said towns, such officers only ficers to be shall be chosen for the respective town offices as have not been elected for such offices on the first Tuesday of March now past, residing within the limits hereby prescribed to said respective towns, and that all the officers then chosen or elected by and for the town of Palatine, shall be deemed to have been chosen and elected for like offices, in the town in which they are respectively residents by this division. a moderator 4. And be it further enacted, That if there be not a competent Electors board in any or either of said towns to hold a town meeting, it shall may choose be lawful for the electors to choose such moderator or clerk, or both, or clerk. as may be necessary to conduct such town meeting. Duty of su overseers of the poor. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the supervisors, overseers of the poor, and commissioners of high- pervisors and ways of said towns, to meet together at some convenient place, as soon as may be after the said last Tuesday of April. next, pursuant to notice given by said supervisors, or either of them, and apportion the poor maintained by the said town of Palatine, the money or funds for maintenance of the poor, the moneys for improvement of roads and bridges, and any other, if any fund belonging to the said town previous to its division, and apportion the debts, if any owing by the said town of Palatine, according to the |