CHA P. XXVI. CONTENTS. 4. Great Northern Turnpike, election of directors declared valid. 1. Lot No. 37, in Galen, surv. gen. to cause to be surv'd-2. Expense Jos. Young to pay. 3. Land-office, in what case to grant lands to Joseph Young. 1 I. AN ACT for the Relief of Joseph Young, and for other Purposes. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the surveyor-general shall, by a surveyor thereunto by him deputised, cause a survey to be made of lot number thirty-seven, in the township of Galen, in the county of Cayuga, and to ascertain how much, if any, of the said lot, is covered with water; which said surveyor shall make a re2 turn of such survey to the surveyor-general, under oath; and the said survey shall be made at the expense of the said Joseph Young, who shall, previous thereto, deposit in the hands of the surveyorgeneral, the sum of fifty dollars; which money he shall apply to defray the charge and expense of such survey, and return the overplus, if any there shall be, to the said Joseph Young. 3 4 II. And be it further enacted, That if it shall appear to the surveyor-general, by the said survey, that more than fifty acres of the said lot are covered with water, he shall thereupon make a report to the commissioners of the land-office, of the number of acres of the said lot which shall be covered with water, who shall cause letters patent to be issued to the said Joseph Young, for so many acres of land in the said town of Galen, or elsewhere in the military tract, which were reserved for that purpose, and not already appropriated, as shall be equal to the number of acres of the said lot, which shall appear by the said survey to be covered with water. III. Whereas it has been represented, that some doubts have arisen as to the legality of the election of the present directors of the great northern turnpike company. Therefore, Be it enacted, That the election held by the stockholders of the said company, on the seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seven, be and the same is hereby declared to be as valid, for all the beneficial purposes contemplated in the act incorporating the said company, as though the same had been held on the anniversary day of election appointed in the said act. CHA P. XXVII. 1 CONTENTS. 1. Rochester erected from part of Bolton-2. Poor and poor money how divided. AN ACT to divide the Town of Bolton, in the County of Washington. Passed March 6, 1807. BE E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the first Monday in April next, all that part of the town of Bolton, in the county of Washington, comprehended within the following bounds, viz. beginning at a hemlock tree, on the west shore of lake George, nearly opposite the south end of Vicar's island, then north fifty-eight degrees west, to the Scroon-lake; thence northwardly, on the east shore of said lake, to the south line of the county of Essex; thence eastwardly, along the said line to the west shore of lake George; southwardly along the west shore of said lake to the first mentioned bounds, shall be and is hereby erected into a separate town, by the name of Rochester; and the first town meeting in the said town of Rochester, shall be held at the dwelling of John Hollman, in said town; and all the remaining part of said town, shall be and remain a separate town, by the name of Bolton; and the first town meeting shall be held at the dwelling house of Polly Stow, in said town of Bolton. II. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first Tuesday in April next, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the said towns of Bolton and Rochester, on the notice being first given by the said supervisors for that purpose, shall meet together, and divide the poor money and poor belonging to the said town of Bolton previous to the division thereof, agreeable to the last tax list; and that each of the said towns shall for ever thereafter respectively support their own poor. 2 AN ACT for the Relief of Leonard Fisher, and the Representatives of John Fullam, deceased. WHER Passed March 6, 1307. HEREAS Leonard Fisher, in and by his petition to the legislature, and documents accompanying the same, hath set forth and shewn, that he in company with John Fullam, did purchase of Cadwallader D. Colden, two tracts of land, in the county of Delaware, late county of Otsego, known by number 14 and 189, in Rapalyea's patent; and that by agreement, for convenience in case of a sale, the deed thereof was taken in the name of the said John Fullam; that the said John Fullam did make and execute to him a receipt for the one equal half part of the purchase money, and therein did acknowledge and admit, that the said Leonard Fisher was equally interested with himself in the aforesaid lots of land ;. that the said John Fullam afterwards died intestate, without selling or disposing of the same. Therefore, I. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the chancellor of this state, upon being satisfied of the truth of the facts above alledged, and that it is for the interest of the representatives of the said John Fullam, to authorize one of the masters in. chancery with full power to sell and dispose of the aforesaid lots of land, for the best price or prices he can obtain for the same, and to make and execute to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, a good. and sufficient deed or deeds of conveyance therefor.. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said master, and he is hereby required, after deducting all expenses in relation to each sale or sales, to pay the one equal half part of the residue of the monies arising therefrom, unto the said Leon ard Fisher, his executors or administrators, and to apply and dispose of the remaining half part thereof for the use and benefit of the rightful representatives of the said John Fullam, deceased, in such manner as the said chancellor shall direct. С НА Р. XXIX. CONTENTS. 1. Court-house and gaol, supervisors to designate the scite for. 3. Commissioners to superintend the building-4, 7. Their duties. 2....... Money to be raised to build. 5. ...... When completed, declared the court-house and gaol of the county. 6. Mileage of the sheriff, to be estimated from the court-house, AN ACT to fix the Scite for the Court-House and Gaol in the County of Chenango, and for other Purposes. Passed March 6, 1807. 11. Bented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be and is hereby E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre made the duty of the supervisors of the county of Chenango, or a major part of them, as soon as may be after the first Tuesday in May next, to meet together, to ascertain and designate a scite, not to exceed one mile from the present dwelling house of Asahel Steer, in the town of Norwich, in said county, on which to erect a court-house and gaol for the county of Chenango; and that the scite, so affixed, shall be conclusive for the purpose aforesaid. ง II. And be it further enacted, That that the supervisors in the several towns in the county of Chenango, or a majority of them, shall be and are hereby authorized and required, at their next an◄ nual meeting, to direct to be levied and raised on the freeholders and inhabitants of the said county, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars; and also, at their second annual meeting, the further sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, for the purpose of building a court-house and gaol on the place to be designated as aforesaid, with the additional sum of five cents on a dollar for collecting the same; which said sum shall be raised, levied and collected in the same manner as the other necessary and contingent charges of the said county are levied and collected. 3 III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful, and is hereby made the duty of the supervisors of the county of Chenango, or a majority of them, to appoint the commissioners to superintend the building of said court-house and gaol, which may be erect4 ed in pursuance as aforesaid; and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall and may contract with workmen and purchase materials for erecting said buildings; and if necessary, for the proceeding with the building of the said court-house and gaol, may expend monies in and about the same, which shall be repaid out of and from the sum so as aforesaid to be levied and collected for the building the court-house and gaol, whenever the same shall be levied and collected; and may, from time, draw upon the treasurer of the said county for such sums of money, for the purposes aforesaid, as shall come into the treasury, by virtue of this act; and the treasurer is hereby required, 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 such commissioners, so to be appointed, to account with the supervisors of the said county, for the monies which they may have received from the treasury, when thereunto required. IV. And be it further enacted, That the buildings erected for 5 such purpose, at the place designated as aforesaid, shall be the court-house and gaol of the said county of Chenango; and as soon as the same buildings shall, in the opinion of the sheriff of the county, be finished in such manner as to confine his prisoners, it shall and may be lawful for such sheriff to remove his prisoners, either upon civil or criminal process, to such gaol; and it shall be lawful, and is hereby made the duty of the judges of the court of common pleas and general sessions of the peace of said county, as soon as the court-house shall be finished so as to accommodate the same, to adjourn to the said court-house, and thereafter continue to hold the terms of said court at the said court-house; and no action or prosecution depending in said courts, shall be abated, discontinued, or in any way prejudiced in law by such adjournment. V. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the place for the 6 court-house and gaol shall be designated as above directed, it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county of Chenango to calculate his mileage fees on all writs from such place, and not otherwise. VI. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, so 7 to be appointed to superintend the building of the said court-house and gaol, are hereby authorized to purchase so much land as shall be necessary to accommodate the said buildings, and the place where the scite therefor shall be established as aforesaid, not exceeding one acre; and to procure a good and sufficient conveyance thereof, in the name of the supervisors of the said county of Chenango, and their successors in office for ever, in trust, for the sole use and benefit of the inhabitants of the said county; which conveyance, after being duly proved and recorded in the office of the clerk of the said county, shall be deposited in the said clerk's office. for safe keeping; and the said commissioners are hereby authorized to pay for the said land out of the monies directed to be raised and collected by virtue of this act. CHA P. XXX. CONTENTS. 1. Schoharie turnpike divided into two companies-2, 3. Extent and names. 9. Companies, each to retain the powers granted to the original company. 12. ...... 5. Directors, five for each company-7. Three a quorum. 4. Election, when to be held. 14. Expenditures on the road, account of, when to be rendered to the comptroller. 15. Grant, former, part of, repealed. 6. President, directors to choose-8. President pro tem. when to be chosen. 10. Stock, how to be apportioned-11. Surplus to be laid out in further improvements 13. Stockholders who have not consented to the separation, their privileges. 6. Treasurer, directors to choose. AN ACT relative to the Schoharie Turnpike Road. Passed March 13, 1807. WHEREAS the president and directors of the Schoharie turnpike road, have, by their petition to the legislature, under their common seal, represented, that the owners of more than two-thirds of the stock subscribed to said road, have manifested to them their desire to have the said road and stock divided and become two separate and independent companies, and have by anticipation unanimously invested their stock in that part of the road to which they respectively choose to belong. Therefore, 1 I. 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, the said road shall be divided and erected into two separate 2 and distinct companies, in manner following, to wit: thirty miles of the easterly part to compose the one company, to be hereafter known and distinguished by the name of the president, directors and company of the eastern branch of the Schoharie turnpike road; 3 and the remainder of said road, being the westerly part of about thirty-five miles, to comprise the other company, by the name of the president, directors and company of the western branch of the Schoharic turnpike road; and that the stockholders belonging to each part designated as aforesaid, may convene on the anniversary day of choosing directors specified in the original grant of said road, at some suitable place to be appointed by the present board of di5 rectors, and within the limits of their then respective grants; and make choice of five directors for each company, who shall be severally stockholders to manage their concerns for one year, and the same shall ever thereafter be their anniversary day of choosing directors; and the said directors so chosen, or a majority of them, shall immediately proceed to the choice of and elect a president and 7 treasurer, who shall be directors; and any three of the said directors in either company, shall be a quorum and capable of transacting the concerns of their respective corporations, and every act of a majority of said directors so met shall be binding on them respectively; and in case of death, disability or absence of a president, the board over which he presided may from time to time, as occasion shall require, appoint one of their number in his stead, 9 to be president pro tempore; and each of the aforesaid companics |