Contracts and expenses for building. Suretics. Vacancies. Clerk of board of canvassers, and the filing of election papers. into the treasury of the said county a sum not exceeding the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, in such annual amounts as they shall deem most advisable, over and above the ordinary fees for collection and distribution, in like manner as taxes to defray the contingent expenses of the said county of Schuyler are assessed, collected and paid; or the said supervisors may loan for a term of years, on the credit of the said county, at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per cent per annum, the money necessary to pay for the erection of said courthouse, jail and clerk's office; or they may loan a part of the money necessary for that purpose, and levy, assess and collect the other part thereof, in the manner hereinbefore stated. S21. The commissioners, or a majority of them, may contract for the building, or with workmen, and purchase materials for building said court-house, jail and clerk's office, and may from time to time draw upon the treasurer of the said county for such sum or 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 any moneys aforesaid, to pay to the order of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, the several sums of money to be drawn by them; and it is hereby the duty of the said commissioners to account with the supervisors of the said county, as they may be required from time to time, for the moneys they have received by virtue of this act. $22. The commissioners appointed in and by this act to superintend the erection and construction of the said public buildings in and for the county of Schuyler, authorized by this act, shall, before they enter upon the duties of said office, give bonds with approved sureties to the supervisors of said county for the faithful expenditure of the moneys committed to their charge for that purpose; and each of them shall be entitled to receive the sum of two dollars per day, for each and every day necessarily employed in the duties of that office, the amount of each to be audited and paid by the board of supervisors in like manner as other contingent expenses for said county. $23. Any vacancy which may occur in the office of either commissioners named in this act may be filled by an appointment, to be made in writing and signed by the surviving commissioners in such commission. 24. The clerk of the board of supervisors of such county of Schuyler shall be the secretary of the board of county canvassers in the canvass of the votes taken at the next general election for county and state officers; and as to such canvass, and the return and certifying of the result thereof, such clerk of the board of supervisors shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties required by law to be performed by a county clerk in the counties fully organized, and all papers relating to such election or canvass required to be filed in the county clerk's office shall be filed in the office of such supervisor's clerk until the said county shall be duly organized, after which the same shall be transferred to the county clerk's office of the said county of Schuyler. $25. The judge of the county courts of the county of Schuyler and the county clerk of such county shall have power and it shall be their duty to cause a seal to be made for said courts in the manner now provided by law, whenever the seal of any court shall be lost or destroyed with such form.or device as they shall deem appropriate, which shall become the seal of the county courts of the said county of Schuyler. TITLE IV. OF THE SEVERAL TOWNS OF THIS STATE. SEC. 1. Towns in the county of Suffolk. 2. Towns in the county of Queens. 3. Towns in the county of Kings. 4. Towns in the county of Richmond. 5. Towns in the county of Westchester. 6. Towns in the county of Putnam. 7. Towns in the county of Dutchess. 8. Towns in the county of Rockland. 9. Towns in the county of Orange. 10. Towns in the county of Ulster. il. Towns in the county of Sullivan. 12. Towns in the county of Delawaro. 13. Towns in the county of Greene. 14. Towns in the county of Columbia. 15. Towns in the county of Albany. 16. Towns in the county of Rensselaer 17. Towns in the county of Schoharie. 18. Towns in the county of Schenectady 19. Towns in the county of Saratoga. 20. Towns in the county of Montgomery 21. Towns in the county of Hamilton. 23. Towns in the county of Warren. 39. Towns in the county of Tioga. TITLE 4 TITLE 4. Towns in of Suffolk. SEC. 42. Towns in the county of Cayuga. 43. Towns in the county of Seneca. 54. Towns in the county of Cattaraugus. 55. Towns in the county of Chautauque. 56. Magnetic needle to be taken as it pointed when the preceding boundaries 57. Private rights not to be affected by the description of towns. 58. What is to be the division line between towns separated by a river, creek, or lake. 59. Within what town islands to be deemed, which are intersected by the boundary of a town. $1. The county of Suffolk shall be divided into the the towns of Brookhaven, Easthampton, Huntington, Islip, Riverhead, Shelter-Island, Smithtown, Southampton, and Southold, the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: Brookhaven. Easthampton. Huntington. Islip. Riverhead. Shelter- Smithtown. 1. The town of Brookhaven shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Westerly, by Smithtown and Islip: Northerly, by the Sound: Easterly, by Riverhead and Southampton: and Southerly by the Atlantic ocean; including the beach and bay lying opposite the town of Islip, and included in the patent of Brookhaven. 2. The town of Easthampton shall contain all that part of said county, called Easthampton; including Montock and the Isle of Wight, now called Gardiner's Island. 3. The town of Huntington shall contain all that part of said county, called and known by the name of Huntington; including Eaton's Neck and Crab Meadow. 4. The town of Islip shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Southerly, by the Atlantic ocean: Westerly, by Huntington: Northerly, by Smithtown: and Easterly, by the east bounds of the lands formerly belonging to William Nicoll, near Blue Point; excepting, nevertheless, all the beach and bay which is included in the patent of Brookhaven. 5. The town of Riverhead shall contain all that part of said county, called and known by the name of Riverhead, bounded Easterly, by Southold: Westerly, by Brookhaven: Southerly, by Peaconock river: and Northerly, by the Sound. 6. The town of Shelter-Island shall comprehend the island called Shelter-Island. 7. The town of Smithtown shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Southerly, by Islip: Westerly, by Huntington: Northerly, by the Sound: and Easterly, by the patent of Brookhaven; including also the patent of Winnecommick. TITLE 4 8. The town of Southampton shall contain all that part of Southampsaid county, called and known by the name of Southampton, ton. including Bridgehampton, heretofore called Saggaboneck, and Mecoxe. 9. The town of Southold shall contain all that part of said Southold. county, called and known by the name of Southold, lying to the eastward of a line beginning at the Sound, and running thence southerly to the bay separating Southampton and Southold, which line is the eastern boundary or side of a farm formerly in the tenure and occupation of William Albertson, and the reputed line of division between the parishes of Oequebouge and Mattetuck; and including Ram Island, Fish- . er's Island, Plumb Island, Robin's Island, and the Gull Islands. $2. The county of Queens shall be divided into the Queens. towns of Flushing, Hempstead, Jamaica, Newtown, NorthHempstead, and Oysterbay, the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: 1. The town of Flushing shall contain all that part of said Flushing. county, called and known by the name of Flushing; including also a small gore of land formerly in the possession of Stephen Clement, lying on the north side of and adjoining to the highway that leads from Jamaica to Hempstead Plains, and bounded on the west by the town of Jamaica. 2. The town of Hempstead shall contain all that part of Hempstead. said county, bounded Easterly, by the town of Oysterbay: Southerly, by the Atlantic ocean: Westerly, by Jamaica: and Northerly, by the country road leading from Jamaica nearly through the middle of the Great Plains, commonly called Hempstead Plains, to the east part thereof; including the lands called the Gore, between the patent of Hempstead and the patent of Oysterbay. 3. The town of Jamaica shall contain all that part of said Jamaica. county, called and known by the name of Jamaica. 4. The town of Newtown shall contain all that part of said Newtown. county, called and known by the name of Newtown; including all the islands in the Sound opposite the same, and comprehended in Queens county. Hempstead. 5. The town of North-Hempstead shall contain all that part Northof said county, bounded Easterly, by the town of Oysterbay: Southerly, by Hempstead: Westerly, by Flushing: and Northerly, by the Sound. 6. The town of Oysterbay shall contain all that part of said Oysterbay. county, called and known by the name of Oysterbay; including Lloyd's Neck or Queen's Village, and Hog Island, and extending on the south from the southeast point of Oysterbay Meadows, south three degrees west, to the Atlantic ocean. $3. The county of Kings shall be divided into the towns Kings. of Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend, and TITLE 4. Brooklyn. Bushwick. New-Utrecht, the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: [The town of Brooklyn has become a city.] See Laws of 1834, ch. 92. 2. The town of Bushwick shall contain all that part of said county, called and known by the name of Bushwick. Flatbush. 3. The town of Flatbush shall contain all that part of said county, called and known by the name of Flatbush; including the tract of land called New Lots. Flatlands. Gravesend. New- Richmond. Castleton. Northfield. Southfield. 4. The town of Flatlands shall contain all that part of said county, called and known by the name of Flatlands, or Amesford; together with the island commonly called Barren Island. 5. The town of Gravesend shall contain all that part of said county, called and known by the name of Gravesend; including Coney Island, and all the islands south of the said town. 6. The town of New-Utrecht shall contain all that part of said county, called and known by the name of New-Utrecht. See Laws of 1834, ch. 92; 1840, ch. 51; 1854, ch. 384; 1852, ch. 417. S4. The county of Richmond shall be divided into the towns of Castleton, Northfield, Southfield, and Westfield; the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: 1. The town of Castleton shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Northerly and Easterly, by the bounds of the county: Southeasterly, by the town of Southfield: and Westerly, by a line beginning at the mouth of Dongan's mill creek, and running thence along the line of the manor of Castleton, to the road at the rear of the patent of Corsen and Company; then along the northerly side of said road westerly to the road leading to the mill formerly called Haughwout's mill; and then southerly along the westerly side of the last mentioned road as it runs along by Richard Connor's to the tavern heretofore called the Rose and Crown, on the said road leading to Richmond town. 2. The town of Northfield shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Easterly, by the town of Castleton: Southerly, by Westfield and Southfield: and Westerly and Northerly, by the bounds of the county. 3. The town of Southfield shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Northerly, by the north side of said road leading from Van Deusen's ferry to Richmond town and the Freshkill Easterly and Southerly, by the bounds of the county: and Westerly, by a line beginning on the Freshkill, at the northwest corner of the land and meadow heretofore of James Egberts, and running thence southerly along the same to the lane heretofore called Egbert's lane; then along the same lane to the road heretofore called the new road; then along the same new road westerly to the land heretofore belonging to Henry Perine; and then southerly along the |