Chap. 192.

AN ACT making an appropriation for the completion of the statutory record of the special statutes of the state authorized by chapter five hundred and thirteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten.

Became a law May 25, 1911, 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 sum of forty-five hundred dollars ($4,500), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the completion of the statutory record of the special statutes of the state to be completed in time for and to be printed as a part of the session laws of nineteen hundred and eleven; said sum to be used and paid as provided by chapter five hundred and thirteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

L. 1906, ch. 477, § 2 amended.

Chap. 193.

AN ACT to amend chapter four hundred and seventy-seven of
the laws of nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An act to
revise the charter of the city of Elmira," relating to ward
boundaries.

Became a law May 25, 1911, with the approval of the Governor. Passed,
three-fifths being present.
Accepted by the City.

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

Section 1. Section two of chapter four hundred and seventyseven of the laws of nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Elmira," is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 2. The said city shall be divided into twelve wards respectively, as follows: First ward. All that part of the said city lying north of the

center line of the Chemung river, west of the center line of the main tracks of the railroad of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, and south of the center line of Church street shall be the first ward.

Second ward. All that part of said city lying north of the center line of the Chemung river, east of the center line of the main tracks of the railroad of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, and south of the center line of Church street, shall be the second ward.

Third ward. All that part of said city lying north of the center line of Church street, west of the center line of the main tracks of the railroad of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, and south of the center line of Clinton street, and the center line thereof continued, shall be the third ward.

Fourth ward. All that part of said city lying north of the center line of Church street, east of the center line of the main tracks of the railroad of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, and south of the center line of Fifth street and the center line thereof continued, shall be the fourth ward. Fifth ward. All that part of said city lying north of the center line of Clinton street and the center line thereof continued and west of the center line of the main tracks of the Erie railroad and south of the center line of Washington avenue, and the center line thereof continued, shall be the fifth ward.

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Sixth ward.1 All that part of said city lying north of the center line of Fifth street, and the center line thereof continued and east of the center line of the main tracks of the Erie railroad, and south of the following designated lines, to-wit: the center line of Carpenter street, and the center line of its extension easterly, and the center line of Oak street from its intersection with the center line of Carpenter street to its intersection with the center line of Maxwell place, and the center line of Maxwell place and its extension westerly to its intersection with the center line of the main tracks of the Erie railroad shall be the sixth ward.

Seventh ward.1 All that part of said city lying north of the center line of Washington avenue and the center line thereof continued, and west of the center line of the main tracks of the Erie railroad shall be the seventh ward.

Eighth ward. All that part of said city lying north of the following designated lines, to-wit: the center line of Carpenter street and the center line of its extension easterly, the center line of Oak street from its intersection with the center line of Carpenter street to its intersection with the center line of Maxwell place; the center line of Maxwell place and its extension westerly to the center line of the main tracks of the railroad of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, and lying east of the center line of the main tracks of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, shall be the eighth ward.

Ninth ward. All that part of said city lying south of the center line of the Chemung river, east of the center line of South Main street, and north of the center line of Pennsylvania avenue from its intersection with the center line of South Main street to its intersection with the center line of West LaFrance street, the center line of West LaFrance street, the center line of East La France street, the center line of Falk street from its intersection with the center line of East LaFrance street to its intersection with the center line of Horner street, Horner street and its extension easterly to the center line of the Chemung river, shall be the ninth ward.

Tenth ward. All that part of said city lying south of the center line of the Chemung river, west of the center line of South Main street, and north of the center line of Franklin street and of the center line of Pennsylvania avenue from its intersection with the center line of Franklin street to its intersection with the center line of South Main street, shall be the tenth ward.

Eleventh ward. All that part of said city lying south of the following designated lines, to-wit: The center line of Pennsylvania avenue from its intersection with the center line of South Main street to its intersection with the center line of West LaFrance street; the center line of West LaFrance street, the center line of East LaFrance street, the center line of Falk street from its intersection with the center line of East LaFrance street to its intersection with the center of Horner street, the center line of Horner street and its extension easterly to the center line of the Chemung river and lying east of the center. line of South Main street, shall be the eleventh ward.

Twelfth ward. All that part of said city lying south of the center line of Franklin street and the center line of Pennsylvania avenue from its intersection with the center line of Franklin street to its intersection with the center line of South Main street, and west of the center line of South Main street, shall be the twelfth ward.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 194.

AN ACT to amend chapter four hundred and seventy-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Elmira," relating to duties of

assessors.

Became a law May 25, 1911, with the approval of the Governor. Passed,

three-fifths being present.
Accepted by the City.

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

ch. 477,

amended by

Section 1. Section forty-nine of chapter four hundred and L. 1906, seventy-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and six, entitled $ 49, as "An act to revise the charter of the city of Elmira," as amended L. 1910. by chapter six hundred and sixty-two of the laws of nineteen amended. hundred and ten, is hereby amended to read as follows:

ch. 662,

§ 49. The assessors appointed in the city of Elmira shall per- Duties of form all the duties herein specified in relation to the assessment of property within said city, for the purposes of levying the taxes imposed both by the board of supervisors of Chemung county and by the common council of said city. The board of assessors may clerk. appoint a clerk of said board of assessors and shall fix his salary which shall not exceed fifty dollars per month. Such clerk shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the board of assessors. The clerk in office when this act takes effect shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he was appointed. Each assessor shall receive for compensation for all services rendered Compenunder this act, or by virtue of any statute, an annual salary to assessors. be fixed by the common council. One of such assessors, to be Chief selected by the board of assessors, shall be known as chief assessor. The chief assessor or clerk shall attend at an office to be desig- Hearing of nated by the common council on each day of the year except Sundays and legal holidays, from nine o'clock in the forenoon to half after twelve o'clock in the afternoon and from two to five in the afternoon, to hear and note, for the use and action of the board of assessors, all complaints and requests in regard to corrections in the assessment-roll. The said assessors shall possess all the powers Preparaand authority of town assessors, and between the first days of assessment April and September in each year they shall prepare an assessment-roll of the persons and the property taxable within the city in the same manner and form as is required by the tax law for

not invalid

the preparation of town assessment-rolls except as herein provided. In the assessment of any land in said city for any purpose it shall be sufficient to state the name of one of the owners or occupants of said land, together with such a description of said land as shall identify the parcel of land assessed, together with the full value of such land; and in case the name of an owner or the name of an occupant cannot after reasonable inquiry be found,

it shall be sufficient to write in the first column the words "un

Assessment known owner." No mistake in the name of an owner or an occufor certain pant shall invalidate the assessment. No assessment hereafter

mistakes. made by said board of assessors shall be invalid because the same

may be made out in terms against owner or owners unknown, or the estate of a deceased person (naming such person) or the executor, administrator, heirs or devisees of a deceased person (naming such person), or against a company or firm name or against a person in whom is the record title, though not the actual title, of the property, or for any cause arising through ignorance or mistake as to the name of the owner or owners of the property assessed whether individual or a corporation, provided that such property is sufficiently described on the assessment-roll to identify and indicate the particular property which it was intended to assess. No distinction shall be made in said assessment-roll between resident and nonresident lands. The said board of assessors shall confer together in the performance of their duties, and shall keep minutes of their proceedings, but their omission to do so shall not invalidate any of their acts. The chief assessor shall keep a scrap book in which he shall paste a copy of each published official notice, which the board of assessors or any member thereof, is by law required to give or publish and shall keep the same at all times properly indexed. For the purpose of enabling the said erty to be board of assessors to prepare and perpetuate a more perfect record

Book of official notices.

Deeds of real prop

presented to board.

of the name of owners and claimants of real property in said city, every deed of conveyance of lands in said city or other instrument in writing whereby the ownership of said lands shall be changed, made and executed after this act takes effect, shall before the same be received for record by the county clerk of Chemung county, be presented at the office of said board of assessors, who shall, with out fee, note the said transfer of title upon their records, and also note the fact of such presentation upon such deed. And every to be map, plot or subdivision map or plot of lands within the city, showing a subdivision of such lands into blocks or lots shall before it shall be filed in the office of the clerk

Maps, presented to boa.d.