1154 duties of officers. property, records, etc. Construction of sewers, sidewalks, etc. poration, and the roads, streets and public places of the village, and shall audit and order paid all accounts To define chargeable against the corporation; they shall also have power, in the bounds of said village, to declare and define the duties of all the officers of the corporation whose duties are not specially prescribed by this act, and to fix their respective compensation. All officers elected or appointed by the board of trustees shall respectively hold office during their pleasure, or the Custody of pleasure of the majority of them. To provide for the care, custody and preservation of all property, records Repairs of and papers of the corporation. To keep the streets, streets,etc. roads and public buildings and places of the village in good repair, order and condition. To construct sewers, culverts and drains, to regulate and prescribe the width and grade of streets and sidewalks, to pave or plank the sidewalks and cross streets, lay out new streets and Opening of roads, open new roads or streets, to alter or change the grade or otherwise improve the roads or streets, sidewalks or cross streets, to prevent all obstructions, incumstructions. brances and nuisances from the roads, streets or public buildings or places. To plant out and protect shade trees on the side of the roads, streets and public places; to compel the owners or occupants of any premises to clear the ice, snow, dirt or any other material or substance off from the sidewalks, and to cleanse the gutters contiguous to and adjoining such premises, and when such ice or snow cannot be removed without injuring the sidewalks to sprinkle sand or ashes thereon. To reguLocation of late and direct the locations of all butcher shops, slaughter houses and places where animals may be slaughtered by them; and to prohibit the slaughtering thereof by butchers elsewhere in the village. newstreets and pre vention of street ob Shade trees. Cleaning slaughter houses. of nuis- Abatement 2. To prohibit and abate all nuisances, and also to prohibit the burying of the dead carcass of any horse, cattle or any other animal within the bounds of said village. Horse racing, etc. Sanitary measures. 3. To prevent horse racing and immoderate riding and driving, and to prevent persons leaving horses and teams in the roads, streets and public places of the village without being properly tied or fastened. 4. To take such measures as they may deem proper for the prevention or removal of any pestilential or in hall. fectious diseases. To fix and maintain a suitable build- Village ing or hall for holding courts, elections for public officers, for the use of the board, and for such other public purposes as the board may from time to time authorize and appoint. 5. The trustees of said village may and shall have power, without a vote of the inhabitants, at any time to levy and cause to be collected a tax not to exceed fifty dollars, except as otherwise provided in any one year, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said village. 13. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby declared inoperative, so far as the same may relate to the village of Macedon. 14. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 559. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to consolidate and amend the several acts relating to the village of Peekskill, to alter the bounds, and to enlarge the powers of the corporation of said village," passed March twentyfifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Subdivision twenty-two, of section seventeen of the act entitled "An act to consolidate and amend the several acts relating to the village of Peekskill, to alter the bounds, and to enlarge the powers of the corporation of said village," passed March twentyfifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Tax for village ex penses. Trustees my pro hibit or li caravans, To prohibit, restrain and regulate within the said village, and within one-half mile of the northeast and south boundaries or limits thereof, all exhibitions of any natural or artificial curiosities, caravans of animals, theatri- shows, etc., cals, and other shows and exhibitions, circuses or other tain limits. performances or exhibitions for money or hire; and to within cer 1156 Business quorum to consist of nine trustales. Business and objects tion. how invested. authorize the same within such limits, on such terms as § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 560. AN ACT to amend the charter of "The Up- The People of the State of New York, represented in SECTION 1. Sections four and five of the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Up-Town Savings Bank, in the city of New York," passed April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, are hereby amended by striking out the word "twelve" wherever it occurs in said sections, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "nine." § 2. Section six of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: The general business and object of the corporation of corpora- hereby created, shall be to receive on deposit such sums of money as may be from time to time offered, and to Deposits; invest the same in the securities or stocks of this State, or of the United States, or in such other manner as is authorized by this act, for the use, interest and advantage of the said depositors and their legal representatives; and the said corporation shall receive on deposit all sums of money which may be offered for the purpose of being Limitation invested as aforesaid, but not to exceed the sum of five of deposits. thousand dollars, from any individual, which shall, as soon as practicable, be invested accordingly, and shall be repaid to such depositor, when required, at such times, with such interest, not exceeding seven per cent, and under such regulations as the board of trustees shall from time to time prescribe, which regulations shall be put up in some public and conspicuous place in the room where the business of the said corporation shall be transacted; but shall not be altered so as to affect any Officers not deposit previously made. No president, vice president or trustee, officer or servant of said corporation shall Regula tions. to borrow funds of tion. certificates of debinding. posit to be Rate of in terest. when moneys may on real be loaned estate. ings directly or indirectly, borrow the funds of said corpora- corporation, or its deposits, or in any manner use the same, or any part thereof, except to pay necessary current expenses, under the direction of said board of trustees. All certificates or other evidences of deposit, made by the proper officer of such corporation, shall be as binding on such corporation as if they were made under its common seal. It shall be the duty of the trustees of the said corporation to regulate the rate of interest to be allowed to the depositors, so that they shall receive, as nearly as may be, a ratable proportion of all the profits of the said corporation, after deducting all necessary expenses. No money deposited in the said bank shall be invested except in the securities or stocks mentioned in this section; but money may be loaned by it on unincumbered real estate within the city of New York, or counties adjoining thereto, worth at least double the amount secured thereby. In all cases of loans upon real Proceedestate, a sufficient bond or other satisfactory personal thereon, security shall be required of the borrower; and all the expenses of searches, examinations and certificates of title, and of drawing, perfecting and recording papers, shall be paid by such borrower. And it shall be Investment the duty of the trustees of said corporation to invest, as soon as practicable, in public stocks of this State, or of the United States, or in stock of any city in this State, issued in pursuance of law, or in bonds and mortgages, as provided for in this act, all sums received by them beyond an available fund, not exceeding onethird of the whole amount of such deposits, which said bank. at the discretion of the said trustees, may keep to meet the current payments of the said corporation, and which may by them be kept on deposit, on interest or otherwise, in such available form as the trustees may direct; provided, however, that no loan shall be made under this section upon any stocks or security whatever, to a greater amount than three-fourths of the actual cash threevalue of such stocks or security at the time of making cash value. such loan. The said corporation is hereby authorized Reserve gradually to accumulate a reserve fund, not exceeding fund. one-tenth of the whole amount of such deposit, to meet any contingency of loss in its business, which said re except of deposits, available fand, to meet pay ments. Loan upon stocks not to exceed fourths of 1158 surplus serve fund shall be invested for the security of the deDivision of positors in the said corporation; and thereafter, at each among de- annual examination of the affairs of such corporation, any surplus over and above said sum, shall, in addition to the usual interest, be divided ratably amongst the depositors, in such manner as the board of managers shall direct. positors. Name of bank German Up-town Bank. § 3. The name of the said "Up-town Savings Bank," changed to in the city of New York, is hereby changed, and said corporation shall hereafter be called and known by the name of "The German Up-town Savings Bank," in the city of New York, and by that name shall have the same rights and powers that it would have if such change had not been made; but nothing herein contained shall in any way change or lessen any liability of said corporation that may exist, either absolutely or contingently, at the time such change of name may take place. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Hamilton, Chap. 561. AN ACT to enable the electors of the towns of Hamilton, in the county of Madison, the town of Vienna, Oneida county, and of the town of Clifton Park, Saratoga county, to vote by districts for town officers. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The town of Hamilton, Madison county, the town of Vienna, Oneida county, and the town of Park, town Clifton Park, Saratoga county, shall be divided, as now divided into town election districts, for the election of all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot. election districts. Election one and number Vienna. meetings to be held by dis tricts. § 2. District number one in each of said towns respectively shall comprise the election district number one in said town, and district number two shall comprise the election district number two of said town; and district number three in said town of Vienna shall comprise the election district number three of said town, and the annual and special town elections of said towns respectively shall be held at the places in the districts respectively where the last preceding general elections in said |