Whitehall. on said north line seventeen chains and ninety-eight Chap. 71. AN ACT authorizing the Canal Board to appoint a canal boat inspector at Whitehall, in the county of Washington. Passed March 9, 1867; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. For the purpose of protecting the interests of the State in its property, revenue and tolls, the canal board is hereby authorized to appoint Inspector at an inspector and measurer of lumber and of boats and their cargoes at Whitehall, in the county of Washington, who shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties now imposed by law upon such officers, and receive such compensation for his services as may be fixed by the canal board. In addition to the foregoing powers and duties, the said inspector shall have power and it shall be his duty to regulate and station all vessels, boats, rafts and other craft in the harbor of Whitehall, within the corporate limits of the village of Whitehall, and from time to time to remove such vessels, boats or other craft as may not be employed or detained in discharging or receiving cargoes or loading, to His duties and powers. accommodate other vessels, boats or other craft to load or unload, and to prevent all vessels, boats, rafts and other craft from obstructing for an unreasonable length of time, the entrance of boats, rafts and other craft into the Champlain canal at Whitehall, aforesaid. $2. The said inspector shall have power and it shall be his duty to determine, how far and in what instances the masters and others having charge of vessels, boats or rafts shall accommodate each other in their respective situations and locations in said harbor; and if any master or other person having charge or control of any vessels, boats or rafts within the limits aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to obey the direction of said inspector in matters within his authority, or if any person shall resist or oppose said inspector in the execution of the duties of his office, such person or persons shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay the sum of twenty-five Penalty for dollars, to be recovered with costs in the name of inspector. the people of the State of New York, in any court having cognizance of the same, and all moneys so collected shall be paid over to the collector of canal tolls at Whitehall, aforesaid, who shall account for and pay over the same to the Treasurer of this State. $3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. $4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 72. AN ACT declaring the east branch of Conewango creek, known as Kendall creek, a public highway, and for other purposes. Passed March 9, 1867. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Asembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. All that part of Kendall creek, in the town of Villanova, Chautauqua county, and in the towns of Leon and Dayton, Cattaraugus county, and which is described as follows, is hereby declared disobeying to be a public highway, to wit: commencing in the town of Villanova at a point to which said stream has heretofore been declared to be a public highway, and at or near the mills formerly known as Kent's mills, and running thence up said creek as far east as the Gowanda road, that is to say, a road leading from Leon Centre to Gowanda. S2. The parties owning land upon said creek, or who shall have occasion to use said stream in floating or rafting logs or lumber thereon, are hereby authorized and empowered to raise the bridges already constructed on the same at their own cost and expense; and the commissioners of highways of said towns are hereby directed and required, in the construction of bridges hereafter on said stream, to construct and build them at least five feet above high water mark. S 3. Individuals owning mills on said stream, or who shall hereafter construct mills thereon, shall provide cut-offs or side basins for storing or holding their logs or lumber, so as not to obstruct the passage of logs, lumber or flat boats thereon. S4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 73. AN ACT to enable the board of education of Union free school district number one, of the town of Tonawanda, Erie county, to borrow money to build a school house and to issue the bonds of the district therefor. Passed March 9, 1867; 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 education of union free school district number one, in the town of Tonawanda, and county of Erie, are hereby authorized to borrow twenty thousand dollars to build a school house, and to issue the bonds of the district therefor, signed by the president and clerk of said board of education, the same to be made payable in five equal annual installments of four thousand dollars each, and an additional sum sufficient to pay the annual interest which shall have accrued upon any of said bonds unpaid at the time each or any number of them shall become due. And said board of education shall make out their tax list and attach their warrant thereto in the manner provided by article seven of title seven of chapter five hundred and fifty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for the collection of district taxes, and shall cause such taxes to be collected at such times as said bonds shall become due. $2. Before any such bonds shall be issued as above provided a special meeting of the legal voters of said district shall be held upon due legal notice, and if a majority of such voters present at such meeting, shall vote in favor of the issue of such bonds for the purpose aforesaid, then the said board of education shall be empowered and required to carry out the provisions of section first of this act. $3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 74. AN ACT to increase the salary of Gregory Ritt, one of the assessors of the city of Buffalo. Passed March 9, 1867; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The common council of the city of Buffalo is hereby authorized and empowered to pay to Gregory Ritt, assessor of said city, a sum of money, which, together with the amount he has already received for his services as such assessor during the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, will render his compensation for such services during the time he discharged the duties of the office of assessor in said year, equal to a salary at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum; and is further authorized and empowered to pay said Gregory Ritt, as such assessor, a salary of fifteen hundred dollars for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. $ 2. The comptroller and common council of said city are hereby authorized and directed to include the sums herein authorized to be paid to said Gregory Ritt, in the amounts necessary to be raised by general tax in said city for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. Chap. 75. AN ACT authorizing the Trustees of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery county, to raise money upon its pews and sittings. Passed March 9, 1867. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The trustees of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery county, are hereby authorized to raise money from time to time to defray all or any portion of the current expenses of the said corporation or church, by assessment upon all or any of the pews or sittings in their church edifice, situate in the village of Fonda, Montgomery county. Such assessment shall not create any personal liability, but shall be a charge upon the pews and sittings assessed. If any such assessment shall not be paid after at least thirty days notice thereof, which notice shall either be served personally upon the party or parties interested, or left at their place of residence with some person of mature age, then such pew or sitting, and all right and interest in or concerning the same, shall be forfeited to the corporation. $2. This act shall take effect immediately. |