Aggregato amount limited. Purchase and preservation of books, papers, etc., of historic value, authorized. York; but such salary, compensations and expenses shall not exceed the sum of eighty-five thousand dollars in any one year, until the completion of the transfer of the records to the Hall of Records, as directed by this act and by chapter seven hundred and twelve of the laws of nineteen hundred and seven, and of the examination, restoration and recopying of the old and mutilated records, and the indexing or reindexing of the records in the office of the clerk of the county of New York, and thereafter shall not exceed the sum of forty-five thousand dollars in any one year; and said commissioner is hereby authorized to purchase for the county of New York, to be preserved as a part of the public records in the office of the clerk of said county, such books, papers. newspaper files or manuscripts, printed in or pertaining to said county and having in his judgment historic value or containing information of public interest, and to provide for the care and preservation thereof in the manner directed for the care and preservation of the public records in the office of the clerk of the county of New York by section two of this act, provided that there shall not be expended for such purchase or purchases an amount to exceed fifteen thousand dollars, and that no such purchase shall be made unless approved by the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of New York; and the comptroller of the city of New York is hereby authorized and directed to issue and sell revenue bonds to such amount as may be necessary to provide for the payment of such salary, compensations and expenses, and for such purchases, during the year nineteen hundred and eleven in addition to the sum now appropriated for such purposes during that year. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 7 Formerly $40,000. and said commissioner is hereby authorized York," new. Chap. 293. AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the de posits in banks of moneys received by state institutions. Became a law June 7, 1911, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ch. 58, amended by Section 1. Section nineteen of chapter fifty-eight of the laws L. 1909, of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act in relation to$ 19, as state finance, constituting chapter fifty-six of the consolidated L. 1910, laws," as amended by chapter seventy-seven of the laws of nine- amended. teen hundred and ten, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 19. Deposit in banks of moneys received by state institutions. Every state institution supported, in whole or in part, by the state, shall deposit at interest, all its funds1 in a bank or trust company, which shall give a bond with sufficient sureties for the security of such deposit, to be approved by the comptroller and filed in his office, or may in lieu of such surety bond deposit with the comptroller outstanding unmatured bonds issued by the state of New York for which the comptroller shall deliver a certificate of deposit containing the conditions of said surety bond. On the withdrawal of all moneys from any such depository and a closing and settlement of the account thereof, the comptroller may in his discretion certify to such settlement and direct the surrender of such surety bond or deposit to the obligors or owner entitled thereto. § 2. This act shall take efect immediately. 1 Words "received from sources other than the state," omitted. ch. 77, L. 1909, ch. 58, $ 10 amended Chap. 294. AN ACT to amend the finance law, in relation to deposits of moneys by state officers. Became a law June 7, 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. Section ten of chapter fifty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act in relation to state finance, constituting chapter fifty-six of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended to read as follows:1 § 10. Deposit of moneys by state officers. Every state officer or other person except the state treasurer, receiving or disbursing moneys belonging to the state, shall deposit at such rate of interest as the comptroller may fix all the moneys received by him, to his official credit in a bank or trust company, to be designated by the comptroller, which shall give a bond with sufficient sureties for the security of such deposit, to be approved by the comptroller and filed in his office, or may, in lieu of such surety bond, deposit with the comptroller outstanding unmatured bonds issued by the state of New York for which the comptroller shall deliver a certificate of deposit containing the conditions of said surety bond. On the withdrawal of all moneys from any such depository and a closing and settlement of the account thereof, the comptroller may in his discretion certify to such settlement and direct the surrender of such surety bond or deposit to the obligors or owner entitled thereto. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 Section materially amended. Chap. 295. AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the de posit in banks of moneys by charitable and benevolent institutions. Became a law June 7, 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: ch. 58, Section 1. Section eleven of chapter fifty-eight of the laws of L. 1909, nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act in relation to state$ 11 finance, constituting chapter fifty-six of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended to read as follows:1 § 11. Deposit of moneys by charitable and benevolent institutions. Every charitable and benevolent institution supported, in whole or in part, by the state, shall deposit at interest, all its funds received from the state in a bank or trust company, which shall give a bond with sufficient sureties for the security i such deposit, to be approved by the comptroller and filed in his office, or may, in lieu of such surety bond, deposit with the comptroller outstanding unmatured bonds issued by the state of New York for which the comptroller shall deliver a certificate of deposit containing the conditions of said surety bond. On the withdrawal of all moneys from any such depository and a closing and settlement of the account thereof, the comptroller may in his discretion certify to such settlement and direct the surrender of such surety bond or deposit to the obligors or owner entitled thereto. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 Section materially amended. amended、 L. 1909, ch. 22, $358 amended. Chap. 296. IN ACT to amend the election law, as to definition of a cross X mark. Became a law June 9, 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. Section three hundred and fifty-eight of chapter twenty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act in relation to the elections, constituting chapter seventeen of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended to read as follows: § 358. Preparation of ballots by voters. On receiving his ballot the voter shall forthwith and without leaving the inclosed space retire alone, unless he be one that is entitled to assistance in the preparation of his ballot, to one of the voting booths, and without undue delay unfold and mark his ballot as hereafter prescribed. No voter shall be allowed to occupy a booth already occupied by another, or to occupy a booth more than five minutes in case all the booths are in use and voters waiting to be cupy the same. It shall not be lawful to make any mark upon the official ballot other than the cross X mark made for the purpose of voting, with a pencil having black lead, and that only in the circles or in the voting spaces to the left of the names of the candidates, or to write anything thereon other than the name or names of persons not printed upon the ballot for whom the voter desires to vote in the blank column under the proper title of the office, with a pencil having black lead; nor shall it be lawful to deface or tear a ballot in any manner, nor to erase any printed device, figure, letter or word therefrom, nor to erase any name or mark written thereon by such voter. If a voter deface or tear a ballot or one of a set of ballots or wrongly mark the same, he may successively obtain others, one set at a time, not exceeding in all three sets, upon returning each set of ballots so defaced or wrongly marked to the ballot clerks. The voter should observe the following rules in marking his ballot: Rule 1. If the voter desires to vote a straight ticket, that is, for each and every candidate of one party for whatever office nomi |