which shall be equal to the amount of fare charged upon such road to the city of Albany or Troy, with the addition of such price as shall be fixed by the proprietor of such steamboat for the transportation of such passenger from Albany or Troy to New York. Steamboat checks to ed to rail baggage be furnish road baggage mas ters. Daty of gage mascheck bag such bag ters to age through to New York city to be trans ported to and from steamboat free of charge. companies § 2. The proprietors of said steamboat, or line of steamboats, are also authorized and empowered to furnish baggage checks for the transportation of any pas senger's baggage through to the city of New York by the way of their said steamboats, and on such checks being furnished to the baggage-master, at any station on the line of said railroads, it shall be his duty to check baggage on the application of any passenger through to the city of New York, which baggage, on its arrival in the city of Albany or Troy, shall be delivered up to the authorized agent of any steamboat, or line of steamboats, to be transported from the railroad to the steamboat on which such passenger contemplates going, with- Baggage out the check being removed from such baggage. And said baggage shall be transported from railroad station to steamboat landings, and from steamboat landing to railroad station by said steamboat owners, free of charge. §3. It is hereby made the duty of every railroad Railroad company, which terminates at the city of Albany or to furnish Troy, on application being made therefor by the proprietor of any steamboat, or line of steamboats, navigating the Hudson river, to furnish them with tickets for the transportation of passengers from the city of Albany or Troy to any point on the line of their respective roads, to be sold by such steamboat proprietors in their respec- Steamboat tive offices, and to receive and transport the baggage of sel railany passenger which shall be checked through to any and check point beyond the city of Albany or Troy; such tickets baggage to be sold and paid for to the railroad or steamboat com- bany or pany, which shall furnish the same at the price charged by such company for the conveyance of such passenger to the place which such ticket purports to carry him. The object and intent of this act being to compel rail- Object and road companies to furnish the same facilities to passengers going to or from the city of New York by boat as is afforded those who go by the railroad. passenger tickets to steamboat boat agents to road tickets beyond Al Troy. intent of this act. 4. If any freight shall be delivered at any station Railroad companies to receive freight, marked via steamboat. Railroads to transport freight, and deliver same, to line. Rates to on the line of any railroad which terminates in the city of Albany or Troy for transportation to the city of New York, which is marked to go to New York via boat, or any particular line of boats, it shall be the duty of the railroad company to whose agent such freight shall be delivered, to receive the same and transport it with all convenient speed to the city of Albany, and on its arsteamboat rival there, the company over whose road the same has been transported, shall forthwith cause to be notified the agent of the steamboat line by which it is directed to be sent, and shall deliver the same to such agent, with the bill of charges thereon due such railroad comBarged by pany, for the payment of which charges the proprietor or proprietors of such steamboat line shall be responsi ble. But the railroad company transporting such freight shall not charge for its transportation over its road, any greater sum than they charge for carrying the same kind forwarded of freight the same distance over their road if the same were transported from Albany or Troy to New York by railroad, and any freight delivered by the authorized agent of any steamboat or steamboat company, for transportation over any railroad which shall have been brought from New York by boat, shall be transported by such railroad company to its place of destination for the same price as it would be if brought from New York by railroad. railroad companies for transporting freight to steamboat, or freight by steamboat. Steamboat company may forward freight from New York city destiued Albany or Penalties for refusal companies to sell tickets and furnish checks. § 5. Any railroad company in this State, whose agent by railroad or servants shall neglect or refuse to sell tickets or furnish a check, as is provided for in this act, when the same shall have been furnished them, shall be liable to the same penalty as is provided for in section thirtyseven of the act passed April second, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An act to authorize the formation of railroad corporations and to regulate the same," and no fare or toll shall be collected or received from any passenger whose application for such ticket or check shall have been refused, for riding over the road of said company, and in addition thereto, the said railroad corporation shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars, to be recovered in the name of the propri etor or proprietors of any steamboat line navigating the Hudson river, in any court of competent jurisdiction, orf each day they shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this act, unless such neglect or refusal is caused by a failure on the part of such steamboat proprietor or proprietors to furnish tickets and checks as herein provided for. Act not to H apply to River and § 6. The provisions of this act, so far as relates to the sale of tickets and furnishing of checks, shall not apply to either the Hudson River or New York and Harlem Harlem railroad companies. § 7. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 574. AN ACT to authorize the town of Argyle, in the county of Washington, to raise money by tax for the erection of a court house and jail therein, for said county. Passed May 5, 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 board of supervisors of Washington county are hereby authorized and empowered to levy, by tax upon the taxable property of the town of Argyle, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and interest thereon, annually, payable in not less than three nor more than five years, at the times and in the manner of the collection of the annual tax for the year commencing in eighteen hundred and sixty-eight: Provided that the court house and jail of said county are located in said town, in accordance with the resolutions passed by the board of supervisors at their adjourned annual meeting held on the twentieth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. 2. The moneys provided for in the foregoing section shall, when collected, be paid over to the treasurer of said county, to be applied to the erection of said buildings in the said town of Argyle. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. railroad companies. Power of boards of to levy tax in cases of Chap. 575. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. SECTION 1. The act entitled "An act for the correction of assessments and equalization of taxes," being chapter four hundred and fifty-three of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section in lieu of the fourth section of that act. § 4. Whenever it shall be made to appear to the susupervisors pervisors of any county by the petition of the assessors of any town in said county, or otherwise, that any land or property legally liable to taxation in said town has, by any mistake in transcribing or copying the assessment roll of the preceding year, been placed on the assesment roll annexed to the warrant delivered to the collector at mistake in transcrib ing assess ment rolls. a valuation less than that actually appearing upon the § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 群 Chap. 576. AN ACT to provide for the consolidation of the Greenpoint and Williamsburgh railroad with the Nassau railroad, of Brooklyn. Passed May 5, 1868. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Whenever shareholders, holding two-thirds in amount of the capital stock of each of the Greenpoint and Williamsburgh railroad company and the Nassau railroad company, shall consent thereto, the directors of the said two companies may negotiate, effect and establish a consolidation of the two companies, on such terms and conditions as may be best for the interest of all concerned. Such consolidation shall provide for the organization of a new company, to be formed under and pursuant to chapter one hundred and forty of the Laws of eighteen hundred and fifty, and of the several acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and shall be composed of the stockholders of the said two companies, and their associates and assigns; and such new company, when thus organized, shall have the right to lay and construct such parts of the roads as are not already constructed, and to maintain and operate their whole road upon the route or routes of the said two companies, as such route or routes are already defined, established or operated, and all the franchises, rights, powers, privileges, benefits and property of the said two companies shall be vested in and possessed and enjoyed by said new company, subject, nevertheless, to all the incumbrances and liabilities of the said two companies; and provided, further, that in the construction, maintenance and operation of said road, said new company shall be subject to any and all laws or ordinances that have been or may be established and in force by the common council of the city of Brooklyn for the regula tion of horse railroads generally: § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |