AN ACT to amend the Act entitled "An Act to appoint a Commissioner to perform certain Duties of a Judge of the Supreme Court," passed 27th of March, 1805. BE Passed February 12, 1808. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the commissioner appointed by virtue of the said recited act, shall have the like powers and authority as a judge of the said supreme court, in criminal as well as civil cases, subject to the other provisions contained in the said act, and the act amending the same. CHA P. XV. AN ACT for altering the Division Line between the Counties of Lewis and Jefferson, and for erecting a Town therein mentioned. I. B Passed February 12, 1808. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That so much of the division line between the counties of Lewis and Jefferson as passes across township number nine, in the surveyed townships on the Black-river, shall be, from and after the day preceding the first Tuesday of March next, so altered as to include the whole of the said township number nine in. the county of Lewis; and the said county of Jefferson shall thereafter be bounded on the east against the said township number nine, by the southerly, westerly and northerly exterior lines thereof. II. And be it further enacted, That the said township number nine, shall be and is hereby erected into a separate town by the name of Pinckney; and the first town meeting in said town shall be holden at the house of Stephen Hart. III. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the next annual town meeting in said town, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the same town, and of the towns of Harisburgh and Harison, on due notice for that purpose, shall meet together, and divide, agreeably to the last tax list, the money and poor belonging to said two last mentioned towns, so far as the same are affected by this act; and that each of the said towns shall thereafter be and remain separate towns, and respectively maintain their own poor. CHAP. XVI. AN ACT supplementary to an Act, entitled " An Act relative to the Harbor-Master, and Master and Wardens and Pilots of the Port of New-York, passed 3d of April, 1801. I. BE Passed February 12, 1808. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the person administering the government of this state, by and with the advice and consent of the council of appointment, shall from time to time appoint two proper persons to be harbor-masters of the port of New-York; and that the said harbor-masters, before they enter upon the duties of their said office, shall respectively execute bonds to the people of this state, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the mayor or recorder of the city of New-York, each in the penal sum of two thousand five hundred dollars conditioned for the faithful and impartial fulfilment of the duties required of them by this act, and shall also take an oath truly and faithfully to execute the same, to be administered by the said mayor or recorder: Provided however, That the harbor-master already appointed shall continue in office until the said harbor-masters are appointed as aforesaid. II. And be it further enacted, That the said harbor-masters shall jointly and severally perform all the duties, exercise all the powers, and divide equally between them all the emoluments imposed and authorized by the act to which this is supplementary: Provided, That said harbor-masters shall not have power or powers to appoint a deputy or deputies unless in the following cases, that is to say, in case of the sickness of one or both of the said harbor-masters, either of them may appoint a deputy or deputies to act during such sickness, and in case of the death of one of them, the surviving harbor-master may appoint a deputy or deputies to act until the council of appointment shall supply such vacancy. III. And be it further enacted, That the first section of the act to which this is supplementary, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. CHA P. XVII. AN ACT to divide the Town of Pittstown, in the County of Ontario. Passed February 12, 1808. I. BE it enacted by the People of the front and after the da represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the day preceding the first Tuesday of April next, all that part of the town of Pittstown, in the county of Ontario, contained in townships number eight and nine in the sixth range, together with the tract of land lying east of said number nine, known and distinguished by the name of the oblong tract, shall be and is hereby erected into a separate town, by the name of Livonia, and that the first town meeting be held at the dwelling house of Solomon Woodruff in said town; and all the remainder of the said town of Pittstown shall be and remain a separate town, by the name of Pittstown; and that the first town meeting in said town of Pittstown, shall be held at the place to which it stands adjourned. II. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first town meeting shall be held in the town of Livonia, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the said towns of Pittstown and Livonia, on notice being first given for that purpose, shall meet together, and divide the monies and poor belonging to the town of Pittstown previous to the division thereof, agreeable to the last tax list, and that each of the said towns shall thereafter respectively maintain its own poor. 1 AN ACT to divide the Town of Bath, in the County of Steuben. 1.B E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the day preceding the annual town meeting in the said town of Bath, all that part of the town of Bath, in the county of Steuben, beginning where the county line dividing the counties of Ontario and Steuben crosses the Crooked lake, and running up the west shore of said lake, opposite the centre of township number five in the second range of townships; thence westwardly through the middle of township number five in the second range of townships; thence northwardly on the line between the third and fourth ranges to the aforesaid county line; thence eastwardly along the said county line, to the place of beginning, be and is hereby erected into a separate town, by the name of Pulteney; and the first town meeting in the said town of Pulteney shall be holden at the house of Jesse Waldo. II. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first Tuesday in March next, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the said town of Pulteney and town of Bath, on notice being first given by the said supervisors for that purpose, shall meet together and divide the money and poor belonging to the said town of Bath, according to the last tax list. CHA P. XIX. CONTENTS. 1. Manumission Society incorporated—2. Style-3, 5. Powers-4. Estate-6. Bye-Laws. 7. Officers of the society-8. Present ones how long to continue in office. 9. Act public-10. How long to continue in force. AN ACT to incorporate the Society, formed in the State of New-York, for promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and protecting such of them as have been or may be liberated. Passed February 19, 1808. HEREAS a voluntary association has for many years past ex for promoting the manumission of slaves, and protecting such of them as have been or may be liberated;" and whereas the said society has represented to the legislature, that besides its exertions to further the humane intentions of the legislature, by aiding the operations of the just and salutary laws passed for the gradual abolition of slavery in this state, it has established a free school in the city of New-York, for the education of the children of such persons as have been liberated from bondage that they may hereafter become useful members of the community; and whereas the said society has prayed to be incorporated, that it may be enabled more effectually to support the said school, and to fulfil the benevolent purposes of its association: Therefore, 1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That Samuel Latham Mitchell, Valentine Seaman, Robert Bowne, Walter Morton, Charles Collins, John Murray, junior, Christopher M. Slocum, Nehemiah Allen, Joshua Under 4 hill, William S. Burling, Egbert Benson, Peter Jay Munroe, Elisha W. King, William Johnson, Thomas Eddy, William Lawrence and their associates, who now are, and such other persons as shall hereafter become members of the said society, shall be and are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be one body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name of "The New-York society for 2 promoting the manumission of slaves, and protecting such of them as have been or may be liberated ;" and that by that name they and 3 their successors for ever hereafter shall and may have succession, and by the same name be capable in law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints and matters whatsoever; and that they and their successors may have a common seal, and the same break, alter, change and renew at their pleasure; and by the same name shall be for ever hereafter capable in the law to purchase, take, hold, receive and enjoy, to them and their successors, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels or estate, real or personal, of whatsoever nature or quality, in fee simple or for life or lives, or for years, or in any other manner howsoever: Provided always, That the yearly income or value of the said real and personal estate, do not at any time exceed the sum of two thousand dollars current money of the state of NewYork; and they and their successors, by the same name shall have full power and authority to give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, release and convey to others, the whole or any part of such real or personal catate, on such terms, and in such a manner and form as the said society may judge most advantageous for the promotion of their institution; and that they and their successors shall have power, from 5 time to time, to abolish any of the offices or appointments herein after mentioned, and create others in the room thereof, with such powers and duties as they shall think fit; and shall have power, from 6 time to time, to make, constitute, ordain and establish such bye-laws, constitutions, ordinances and regulations as they shall judge proper for the election of officers, the election and admission of new members, for the government and regulation of the officers and members, for fixing the times and places of the meetings of the said corporation, and for conducting and regulating all the affairs and business of the said corporation, and from time to time to alter, change, repeal, revoke and annul the same at their pleasure: Provided also, That such bye-laws, rules, orders and regulations to be made by the said corporation, shall not be repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States or of this state. II. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the said corpora- 7 tion, until otherwise ordained by the said corporation, shali consist of one president, two vice-presidents, one secretary, one assistant secretary, and one treasurer, who shall be keeper of the common seal of the said corporation, one register, a chairman of the standing committee, a chairman of the board of trustees of the school, four counsellors, a chairman of the committee of correspondence; and that until 8 the third Tuesday of January next, and until others shall be chosen in their places, the present officers, and all and every the committees and trustees of the said school last appointed by the said society, shall VOL. F. I i 10 be and continue to be the officers and the committees and trustees of the said corporation; and the said committees and trustees shall report to and account with the same, in the same manner as if they were to be appointed in pursuance of the powers vested in the said corporation by this act. III. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be and hereby is declared to be a public act, and shall be construed most favorably to effectuate the purposes hereby intended, and that no misnomer of the said corporation in any deed, will, testament, gift, grant, demise or other instrument of contract or conveyance shall vitiate or defeat the same: Provided, the corporation shall be sufficiently described to ascertain the intention of the parties. IV. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force for the term of fifteen years: Provided nevertheless, That in case this corporation shall at any time divert from or appropriate its funds, or any part of its funds, to any purpose or purposes other than those intended and contemplated by this act, that henceforth the said corporation shall cease and determine, and the estate, real and personal, whereof it may then be seised and possessed, shall vest in the people of this state: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the legislature at any time, within the period aforesaid, and in their discretion, to pass a law altering or repealing this act. CHA P. XXI. AN ACT to improve certain Parts of the Roads from Owego to the Salt-Springs, and the Court House in the County of Cnondaga. Passed February 19, 1808. I. 1.BE E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That Thomas H. Rawson, Elisha Alvord and Patrick M'Gee, be and are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of opening and improving that part of the road laid out in pursuance of an act passed the sixth April, 1804, leading to the village of Salina, and that the treasurer shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the said commissioners the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, out of the monies remaining in the treasury that were raised by the sales of lands in the military tract, by virtue of an act, entitled “ an act to carry into effect the concurrent resolutions and acts of the legislature for granting certain lands promised to be given as bounty lands, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed April 6th, 1790, to be by them appropriated, as soon as may be after the receipt of the same, in improving that part of said road lying between the village of Liverpool and Three-River-point; and that Joseph White, James Geddes and Josiah Parish, be and are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of opening and improving that part of said road, leading to the court house in the county of Onondaga; and that the treasurer pay to the said commissioners, on the warrant of the comptroller, the sum of two hundred dollars, out of the monies remaining in the treasury, that were raised by the sale of lands in the military tract, by virtue of the aforesaid act, to be by them appropriated as soon as may be after the same shall come to their hands, in opening and improving that part of the said road from the Seneca |