each and every article consumed or damaged and present the same with his affidavit thereunto to the board of directors at the next monthly meeting of the association, and the insured and such board (any three of which shall constitute a quorum) may agree upon the amount of the loss. In the event of a disagreement as to the amount of loss, the same shall be ascertained by two competent and disinterested appraisers, the insured and this association each selecting one and the two so chosen shall then select a competent and disinterested umpire. The appraisers together shall then estimate and appraise the loss, stating sound value and damage, and failing to agree shall submit their differences to the umpire. The award in writing of any two shall determine the amount of such loss, as per terms of their certificate of policy. The parties there to shall pay the appraisers selected respectively by them, and shall bear equally the expense of the appraiser and umpire. The number of directors necessary to form a quorum for the purpose of making or ordering an assessment, made to meet any loss or losses, or to pay salaries and contingent expenses shall be three. The board of directors at any monthly or annual meeting may from time to time authorize its treasurer to borrow on the faith and credit of this corporation money to pay losses contingent expenses and salaries; and an assessment to meet and pay the same shall be made, levied and collected as specified in this act at least once in each year.

§ 7. Section ten of chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

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§ 10. It shall be the duty of the secretary whenever an assess- Notice of ment has been completed, to cause a statement thereof, giving ments. amount of loss, name or names of the insured, salaries and contingent expenses, and the amount of insurance of the company upon which the rate is fixed, with the rate per centum of assessment, to be printed and posted in the several towns, and the board of directors shall designate suitable persons as receivers, in the several towns, to receive the taxes assessed for the space of thirty, and not exceeding sixty days, at a rate not to exceed two per centum for receiving, or ten per centum for collecting said assessment, which moneys shall be paid over to the treasurer who shall give bonds for the faithful performance of the duties enjoined

report of secretary,

herein, and the moneys received by said treasurer shall be paid over by him to the person or persons entitled thereto upon the resolution of the board of directors.

§ 8. Section fifteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-five laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Annual § 15. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the corporation, contents of. hereby created, to report annually the condition thereof, to the directors, which report shall contain the number of outstanding policies, the amount insured, the losses sustained during the year, the percentage of each assessment made, the amount of loss sustained, and by whom, together with such other information as the directors may require, which report shall be duly verified, and a copy thereof filed in the office of the clerk of each county herein named. The treasurer shall also report annually in writing to the board of directors, showing the amount of moneys on hand at the time of making the last report, the amount of moneys in items received and disbursed by him during the year and the financial condition of the association and such other information as the association may require, and which report shall be spread upon the secretary's books; and he shall also report at any regular meeting if the board of directors shall so desire. 9. This act shall take effect immediately.

Organization of district legalized.

Chap. 76.

AN ACT to legalize the establishment of union free school district, number seven, of the town of Ramapo, Rockland county, and the acts of the voters, and the boards of education thereof, and the issuance and sale of certain bonds of said district.

Became a law, March 17, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The establishment of a union free school district, number seven, of the town of Ramapo, Rockland county, at a meeting of the qualified voters of such district, held on the twentyseventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventyone, is hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed, and such district

is hereby declared to be, and to have been, a union free school district since such time, with the same force and effect, and with the same powers, and subject to the same liabilities, as though the provisions of chapter five hundred and fifty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as amended, and of other laws of this state, in force at the time such meeting was held, had been fully complied with.

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§ 2. All acts and proceedings of the boards of education, and Acts of other officers, of such union free school district, and the legal declared voters thereof, at annual, or special meetings since the time of holding such meeting, are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed, and shall be as legal and binding as though such district had been established pursuant to law.

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§ 3. All proceedings and resolutions had and adopted by the Proceedings legal voters of such union free school district, at a special meet- confirmed. ing held July twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and four, authorizing the raising by tax the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars, in annual instalments, as follows: Six thousand dollars thereof in equal annual instalments of five hundred dollars, the first of said five hundred dollar annual instalments, to be due, and payable, in the year nineteen hundred and five; sixteen thousand dollars, the balance thereof, in equal annual instalments of two thousand dollars each; the first of said two thousand dollar instalments to be due, and payable, in the year nineteen hundred and seventeen, for the erection, on the present school-house site, of an eight room brick addition, to be annexed to the front of the present school building, with an assembly room, and for heating, ventilating, lighting and furnishing the same, and all proceedings of the board of education of such district, in calling, and publishing notice of such meeting, and all proceedings of said board of education, subsequent to said meeting of said voters, relative to the issue and sale of the bonds of said school district, in the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars, in anticipation of such tax, and to provide money for the purposes aforesaid, be, and are, in all respects, hereby authorized, ratified and confirmed, and said board of education is hereby authorized and empowered, in accordance with the said proceedings, and resolution of said voters, and the provisions of this act, to execute, and deliver said bonds. § 4. Said bonds, when executed and delivered as aforesaid, shall Bond be, and become, valid, and binding obligations of such union free obliga

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school district, number seven, of the town of Ramapo, Rockland county. This act shall not affect any action or proceeding now pending.

§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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confirmed.

Bonds declared valid

Chap. 77.

AN ACT to legalize, and to provide for the payment of, bonds of Union free school district number five of the town of Cornwall, in the county of Orange, directed to be issued for the payment of the cost of erecting a new school-house in said district, and for the purchase of a new site for such school-house.

Became a law, March 17, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The proceedings of the board of education of Union free school district number five of the town of Cornwall, in the county of Orange, and the proceedings of the inhabitants of said district qualified to vote at school meetings, relative to the selec tion of a new school site and the borrowing of the sum of twentyeight thousand dollars for the payment of the same and the erection of a new school-house thereon, in pursuance of resolution, adopted by a majority of the inhabitants of said district present and voting at a special meeting thereof June fourteenth, nineteen hundred and four, and directing the issuance of the bonds of said district as security for the payment of said sum, are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding the omission of any lawful requirement from the notice of such special meeting, the resolutions adopted thereat, or from the proceedings of the board of education of said district directing the issuance of said bonds.

§ 2. The bonds of said Union free school district, so directed obligations. to be issued, amounting to the sum of twenty-eight thousand dollars, consisting of twenty bonds of the denomination of fourteen hundred dollars each, dated November first nineteen hundred and four, and payable one bond November first nineteen hundred and five, and one bond on the first day of November in

each succeeding year until all are fully paid, bearing interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, which were sold in pursuance of such proceedings on the first day of December nineteen hundred and four, are hereby legalized, and declared to be valid and subsisting obligations of said district...

bonds.

§ 3. The board of education of said Union free school district, Payment of in the manner provided by law, shall cause such suris to be collected annually by tax, as may be necessary to pay the interest and principal of said bonds, until the said bonds and the interest thereon are fully paid.

§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately, but shall not affect any action or proceeding pending in any court at the time it takes effect.

Chap. 78.

AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and sixty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled "An act to incorporate the New York College of Dental Surgery," changing its name, increasing the number of trustees, extending its powers to hold property, authorizing its consolidation with other institutions, relating to its by-laws and the conferring of degrees by such institution, and ratifying its consolidation with the New York dental school.

Became a law, March 17, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Sections one, two and three chapter two hundred sixty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred fifty-two, entitled "An act to incorporate the New York College of Dental Surgery," as amended by chapter four hundred fifty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred seventy-nine are hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1. William Taylor, J. C. Stewart, Daniel T. Jones and Incorpora their associates, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of the college of dental and oral surgery of New York to be located in the city of New York for the purpose of promoting dental science and art and giving instruction in all departments of learning, science and the arts connected with dentistry.

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