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nineteen, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the towns of Mount Morris and Leicester, upon notice previously to be given by the supervisors for that purpose, shall meet and divide the poor and money belonging to the said town of Leicester previous to the division thereof, agreeable to the last tax list, and that each of the said towns shall forever thereafter respectively support their own poor.

CHAP. CLXXXVIII.

AN ACT to repeal a part of the act, entitled "an act to amend the act to annex the town of Colonie to the city of Albany, and for other purposes."

Passed April 17, 1818.

of Albany not to place public mar street.

ket in the

Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represent- Corporation ed in senate and assembly, That so much of the act, entitled" an act to amend the act to annex the town of Colonie to the city of Al bany, and for other purposes," passed at the present session of the legislature, as authorises the corporation of the city of Albany, to place a public market in any of the streets of the said city, be and the same is hereby repealed; and that the corporation of the said city be and they are hereby prohibited from placing any public market in any of the public streets of said city.

CHAP. CLXXXIX.

AN ACT for incorporating the Saugerties branch turnpike road

company.

Passed April 17, 1818.

created.

I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, repre- Corporatio sented in senate and assembly, That Peter Schooumaker, Junior, Jeremiah Russell, Samuel Post and Frederick Krows, and all such other persons as shall associate for the purpose of making a branch turnpike road from the Plattekill, at the foot of the Plattekill Clove, in the town of Saugerties, to the most convenient point or place in or near the village of Saugerties, be and hereby are created a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name of "the Sau- style. gerties branch turnpike road company," and by that name, shall have continual succession, and be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes; and by the same name and style, shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use of the said corporation: Provided, that such estate, Provisos as well real as personal, so to be purchased and held, shall be necessary to fulfil the end and intent of the said corporation.

II. And be it further enacted, That the stock of the said Com- Stock! pany, shall be two hundred and fifty shares, of twenty-five dollars

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Commission each; and Christopher C. Kiersted, Jacob Trumbour, Junior and Jeremiah Russell, are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscriptions for the said stock, in the manner directed in and by the act, entitled "an act relative to turnpike companies," passed the 13th of March, 1807.

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III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the company hereby incorporated, to exact and receive at a gate or turnpike to be erected on the said road, a proportion of toll, according to the length of the said road, for ten miles, the following rates of toll, to wit: for every score of sheep or hogs, six cen's; for every score of cattle, horses or mules, twenty cents; for every chair, sulkey, chaise or other two wheeled pleasure carriage, drawn by one horse, six cents; for every horse or mule rode, three cents; for every horse led or driven, two cents; for every stage waggon, chariot, coach, coachee, phaeton or other pleasure carriage, drawn by two horses, twelve and a half cents, and six cents for every additional horse; for every cart or waggon, drawn by one horse, six cents; for every cart or waggon other than stage waggons, drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, twelve and an half cents, and two cents for every additional horse, mule or ox; for every sleigh or sled, if drawn by not more than two horses, mules or oxen, six cents, and for every additional horse, mule or ox, one cent.

IV. And be it further enacted, That the company hereby incorporated, shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities which are given and granted in and by the aforesaid act relative to turnpike companies, and shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions and restrictions therein contained.

created.

СНАР. СХС.

AN ACT to incorporate the Otsego Lake turnpike company.

Passed April 17, 1818.

Corporation I. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in senate and assembly, That Jehu H. Prentiss, William Gibson, James Young, Daniel Gilchrist, Robert Ormston and such other persons as shall associate for the purpose of making a good and sufficient turnpike road, to begin at or near the first angle in the second great western turnpike company's road, east of the Susquehannah bridge, and extending from thence on the most convenient and practicable route to the lands of Daniel Gilchrist, near Riddle's bay; and from thence to the road of the third great western turnpike company, in the town of Springfield, in Otsego county, near the store of William Gibson, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name of “the president directors and company of the Otsego Lake turnpike," and they are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and be persous capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being

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impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, complaints, matters and causes; and by the same name and style, shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding and enjoying any estate, real and personal, for the use of the said corporation : Provided, that such estate, as well real as personal, so to be pur- Provisos chased and held, shall be necessary to fulfil the end and intent of the said corporation, and for no other purpose whatsoever.

II. And be it further enacted, That the stock of the said com- Stock. pany shall consist of ten thousand dollars, in shares of twenty-five dollars each; and that James Young, Robert Ormston, Daniel Gilchrist and John H. Prentis, be and they are hereby appointed com- Commission: missioners to receive subscriptions for the said stock, in the manner directed in and by the act, entitled "an act relative to turnpike companies," passed the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven.

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III. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the road hereby Toll gates. authorised, shall be completed, and a licence obtained in the manaer specified in the act above referred to, it shall be lawful for the said president directors and company to cause one whole toll gate or two half toll gates to be erected on the same road, and at such place or places as the person administering the government of this state, for the time being, shall deem necessary, to collect the tolls allowed by this act.

IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful Toll for the president and directors to appoint a toll gatherer or toll gatherers, to collect and receive of and from all and every person and persons using the said road, the following tolls and duties: for every score of cattle, horses or mules, twenty cents; for every score of hogs or sheep, six cents; for every chair, sulkey or chaise, with one horse, twelve cents; for every horse rode four cents; for every led or driven horse, four cents; for every chariot, coach, coachee or phaeton, twenty-five cents; for every cart or waggon, drawn by one horse, six cents; for every stage waggon or other four wheeled carriage, drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, twelve cents, and four cents for every additional horse, mule, or ox; for every sleigh or sled, six cents if drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, and in like proportion if drawn by a greater or less number of horses, mules or oxen; and in case two half toll gates are erected on said road, one half of the above mentioned toll may exacted and received at each of said gates.

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V. And be it further enacted, That the president, directors and company, hereby incorporated, shall have and enjoy all the rights, rights and privileges, powers and immunities which are given and granted in and by the before recited act, relative to turnpike companies, and of the act, entitled "an act concerning turnpike roads," passed April 10th, 1813, and shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions, restrictions, penalties and regulations contained in the same.

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Supervisors to raise certain monies

by tax.

CHAP. CXCI.

AN ACT authorising the supervisors of the county of Madison, to raise money by tax, to build a Gaol therein, and for other purposes.

Passed April 17, 1818.

I. BE it enacted by the people of the State of New-York, represented in `enate and Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the su pervisors of the county of Madison, at their next annual meeting, and they are are hereby authorised and required to cause to be assessed, collected and paid into the treasury of the said county, the sum of two thousand dollars, and also at their second annual meeting, a further sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, over and above the ordinary fees of collection in like manner as taxes to defray the contingent expenses of said county, are assessed, collected and paid, for the purpose of erecting and completing a gaol in said Commission County, and that Thomas Greenly, David Gaston, Joho Mattison, ers appoint be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to superintend the building thereof.

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intend build

II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said commissioners, or a majority of them, to superintend the building of the gaol in said county, to build and construct the same upon such plan or plans as the said commissioners or a majority of them shall judge best, and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, may contract with workmen, and purchase materials for erecting the said gaol, and if necessary for the proceeding with the building of the said gaol, may expend in and about the same, the monies which shall be repaid and settled out of the sums heretofore appropriated for building a court house and gaol in said county, and also out of the said sums so as aforesaid, to be collected and levied for the building of a gaol whenever the same shall be levied and collected, and they shall from time to time draw upon the treasurer of the said To draw for County for such sums of money, for the purposes aforesaid, as shall come into his hands, and the said treasurer is hereby directed, out of the monies aforesaid, to pay to the order of the said commissioners the several sums of money to be by them drawn for ; and it is hereby made the duty of the said commissioners to account with the supervisors To account of the said county, for the monies which they shall have received from the treasurer, when thereunto required.

monies.

To take an dath.

Give bonds.

Part of an act repealed.

III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners, before they enter upon the duties required of them by this act, to take and subscribe an oath, well, faithfully and honestly to perform the same, and shall immediately thereafter, each give a bond to the supervisors aforesaid, with sufficient sureties, to be approved of by the clerk of the board of supervisors of the said county. in the penal sum of four thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful application of the money to be by them received or drawn as aforesaid.

IV. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act passed the seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fif

teen, entitled "an act relative to altering and fixing the site for the
Court House and gaol in the county of Madison," as relates to
commissioner to superintend the building of a Court House and
gaol in said county, be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided Provigo
always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to exone-
rate the said commissioners from accountability in the manner pre-
scribed by the la mentioned act.

CHAP. CXCII.

AN ACT relative to billiard tables and for other purposes.

Passed April 17, 1818.

ed.

I. Be it enacted be the people of the state of New-York, repre- Certain sec sented in senate and assembly, That the provisions contained in tions extendthe thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth sections of the act entitled “an act for the payment of certain officers of government, and for other purposes," passed April 15th, 1814; and also the provisious in the fifth and sixth sections of the act, eutitled "an act to amend the act, entitled, "an act concerning the inspection of soal leather, and for other purposes," passed April 18th 1815; and also the provisions of the first section of an act concerning Ugion college, passed April 1, 1808, be and the same are hereby extended to the third and fourth wards of the city of Schenectady.

II. And b it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the senior trustee of the Schenectady academy, by giving no tice to all the other trustees, to convene the same; and the trustees so convened, shall be a board competent for the election of members to fill the existing vacancies which have been occasioned by death, resignation or removal of any former trustees, and that the charter of the said academy be revived, any nonuser notwithstanding.

СНАР. СХСІІІ.

AN ACT regulating the sheriff's fees in the county of Genesee.
Passed April 17, 1818.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represen ted in senate and assembly, That the mileage fees of the sheriff of the county of Genesee for serving all writs and process shall be taken and computed from the court house in the said county, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Power of nior trustee dy academy,

of Schenecta

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