Corporate existence, sold during the season for the possession of venison if it be proved by the possessor that such meat was killed outside of the state or by persons who own or are in charge of private parks and are the actual owners of said moose, elk, caribou or antelope. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars for each wild moose, elk, caribou or antelope caught, shot at, hunted, killed or possessed or for each carcass or part thereof had in violation of this section. § 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap, 56. AN ACT to extend the corporate existence of the Newfane Basket Became a law March 9, 1898, with the approval of the Governor. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Section 1. Upon the payment to the state of the organization zation tax provided for by law in case of organizations of corporations and organi tended. ex under the general laws of this state, the corporate existence and organization of The Newfane Basket Manufacturing Company is hereby declared a valid corporation, with the same force and effect as the same existed on the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and prior to the expiration of the period for which said corporation was created; and with all the powers, privileges, franchises, and subject to the same duties, obligations and restrictions in respect to such powers under the laws of this state in force on and before said fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, which were conferred and imposed in respect of said corporation and with the same force and effect as if the said corporate existence and organization had been extended according to law prior to said fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and before the expiration of the period of time for which said corporation was created. existence, § 2. The said corporation shall continue for a period of twenty. Period of five years after the passage of this act, to be possessed and seized etc. of all the property and be vested with all the rights and privileges had, possessed, seized and enjoyed by the said The Newfane Basket Manufacturing Company at any time prior to the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and subject to the same liabilities and restrictions provided by law. proceed § 3. All the acts, transactions and proceedings of the said The Acts and ings legalNewfane Basket Manufacturing Company and of the officers and ized. directors thereof in transacting the business of and making contracts in behalf of said company, from the said fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to the date of the passage of this act are hereby legalized and made as valid and legal as though the existence of said corporation had been extended from said fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, according to law and in full force and effect at the time such acts, transactions, proceedings and contracts aforesaid were made and entered into, provided that this section shall not Froviso. affect any action or proceeding commenced prior to the passage of the same. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 57. AN ACT to change the corporate name of "The Lutheran League of Rochester." Became a law March 10, 1898, with the approval of the Governor. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Section 1. The corporate name of "The Lutheran League of Rochester" is hereby changed to the "Lutheran Mission Union of Rochester, New York." § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 15 Appropri ation authorized. Expenditure. Tax. Chap. 58. AN ACT authorizing cities of the third class to provide for a Became a law March 10, 1898, with the approval of the Governor. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Section 1. The common council of any city of the third class is hereby authorized to appropriate and set aside each year a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars for the purpose of providing for a due and proper observance of Memorial day in any such city. The moneys thus appropriated shall be expended under the direction of a board composed of the mayor and the commanders and quartermasters of the Grand Army posts of any such city. The whole amount of said money appropriated, or any part thereof, may be spent by said board in the observance of Memorial day. Bills properly verified for all claims and expenditures arising as aforesaid shall be presented to and audited by said board and shall be paid by the common council of any such city. The moneys appropriated shall be raised by tax on the real and personal property liable to taxation in any such city, in the same manner as the ordinary expenses of maintaining the city government. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Sale or lease of upon peti tion. Chap. 59. AN ACT relative to land devised by Michael Flood, deceased. Became a law March 10, 1898, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a two-thirds vote. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. On petition of Jane Haslam, and her descendants in premises being, in person, if of age, and by a next friend if infants, and on notice to the corporations named as remaindermen under the will of Michael Flood, deceased,. the supreme court, at a special term thereof, held in the county of New York, or any adjoining county, may authorize the sale in fee simple absolute, or the leasing for a term of years, not to exceed twenty-one years, of the lands for infants. court. § 2. The court shall, in respect to each sale, either authorize Powers of and direct the same to be by auction, on such terms as the court may prescribe, or shall ascertain by the report of a referee or otherwise the terms on which a sale shall be proposed to be made at private sale, and if it shall deem proper may direct such proposal to be confirmed, and the sale, if by auction, shall be reported to the court, and if approved, the court may confirm the same, and in either event, if approved, direct the sale to be made and a conveyance or conveyances of the premises to be executed accordingly by some referee to be appointed for that purpose by said court. and invest proceeds. § 3. In case of a sale, the value of the interest of the said Jane Disposition Haslam, to be determined by the court in accordance with the ment of annuity tables, shall be directed to be paid to her, and the resi due thereof shall be invested under the direction of the court for the benefit of the descendants of the said Jane Haslam and the remaindermen under the said will; or, at the option of the said Jane Haslam, the entire proceeds of sale, less such expenses and costs as may be allowed by the court in such proceedings, shall be thus invested, the net income thereof to be paid to said Jane Haslam for life and the remainder to be paid over and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of such will, and in case of any sale, all or any part of such investment may be made by taking the bond of a purchaser for part of the purchase money on any such sale secured by a mortgage on the premises sold. Lease of premises. Trustee of fund upon § 4. In case of a lease of the said premises, or any part thereof, the court shall appoint some trust company in the city of New York in whose name and by whom such lease as the court shall direct shall be made and the rent received thereby less its reasonable expenses relating thereto shall be paid by said company to the said Jane Haslam during her life time, and after her death, to such of her descendants, or the remaindermen under such will as may be the owner or owners of said remainder under the provisions of said will. § 5. In case of a sale under the provisions of this act, the court sale shall select one of the trust companies in the city of New York, as trustee of the funds realized upon such sale. Sales and convey ances, valid. by cor § 6. All sales and conveyances made as aforesaid, in pursuance of such authority or direction shall be valid and effectual to vest in the purchaser or purchasers and his or their assigns, the said premises in fee simple absolute as against the said Jane Haslam and as against her descendants, whether in being or not, and against all persons who shall be parties to or join in the proceeding or proceedings hereby authorized or acquiesce therein, and all leases made in pursuance hereof shall be effective against all such parties according to the terms thereof. Purchases § 7. The court may, in its discretion, permit any person or corporation interested to become a purchaser at such sales. porations. Power of court not § 8. The power of the court under this act shall not be exexhausted. hausted by one application or one sale, but shall continue so long as any portion of the said property remains undisposed of. § 9. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 60. AN ACT to confirm the title of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum to certain lands in the city of New York, by consenting to, ratifying, validating and confirming a certain deed made by the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York to the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum. Accepted by the city. Became a law March 10, 1898, with the approval of the Governor. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Section 1. The deed made by the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York to the Roman Catholic Orphan |