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Honorable discharge of present firemen.

Inquiry into causes of fire, &c.

Laws of this State, passed April six, eighteen hundred and sixty, and all acts amendatory thereof; also section fifty-four of chapter eighty-two of the Laws of this State, passed March thirty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine; also all existing ordinances and regulations of the common council of the city of Albany, relative to the fire department of said city, are hereby repealed.

S11. Until the organization under this act shall be put in working order, the present fire companies shall do duty at all fires that may occur as heretofore, and thereafter upon notice from the board of fire commissioners, the common council shall, by resolution, naming them therein, honorably discharge the members of the department hereby relieved from further duty as firemen, and such discharge shall entitle the firemen so discharged, to all privileges and immunities of firemen exempt by law.

S 12. The said board of fire commissioners are empowered to inquire into the cause or origin of any fire that may occur in said city of Albany, and for that purpose the said board of fire commissioners are hereby authorized to examine any person or persons, on oath, and to issue their warrant for the attendance of witnesses, returnable either forthwith or at such time and place within said city as they shall appoint therein, under which warrant it shall be the duty of the board of capital police of said city to cause, and, if necessary, compel the witness or witnesses to whom said warrant shall be directed, to appear before the said board of fire commissioners as in said warrant prescribed, on any such investigation; and any willful evasion of such process, or willful refusal to testify shall be, and be deemed to be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, the offender shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail or penitentiary, not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. No witness upon any such investigation shall be excused from testifying upon the ground that he will thereby criminate himself, but his testimony shall not be used against him upon any criminal prosecution.

If it shall appear, to the satisfaction of said board of fire commissioners upon any such investigation, that any building in said city has been willfully burned, or fired, and if the party or parties charged with the offense be not in custody, the said board shall certify their conclusion upon the evidence to the said board of capital police, who shall cause the party or parties charged to be forthwith arrested upon the charge, and until the party or parties charged shall be in custody, all the proceedings of said board, together with the names of the witnesses, shall be kept secret. The testimony taken upon every such investigation, where there shall be, in the judgment of said board of fire commissioners, reasonable grounds to believe that any building within said city has been willfully burned inal court of record having jurisdiction in cases of or fired, shall be returned by them to the next crimfelony that shall be held in the county of Albany. § 13. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 198.

AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of tares in the town of South Hampton, Suffolk county.

Passed March 29, 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 time for the collection of taxes in the town of South Hampton, county of Suffolk, State of New York, is hereby extended thirty days; provided, however, the collector of taxes, in said town, shall renew his official bond so as to insure the faithful performance of his official duties during the extension aforesaid.

$2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Vote on moneys for normal school.

Tax on town for payment hereof.

Bonds, when payable.

Chap. 199.

AN ACT in relation to raising moneys in the the town of Cortlandville, in the county of Cortland, for the purpose of aiding in the erection and furnishing of a Normal school building in said town.

Passed March 30, 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 electors of the town of Cortlandville, in the county of Cortland, are hereby authorized to vote at the next annual town meeting held therein, or at a special town meeting, called for the purpose, in the manner now provided by law for holding special town meetings, on the question of raising money, (not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in amount), by assessing the real and personal property of the inhabitants of said town, by the board of supervisors of the county of Cortland, to aid in the erection and furnishing of a normal school building in said town of Cortlandville, as located by the commissioners, under chapter four hundred and sixty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

S2. The board of supervisors of the county of Cortland, are hereby directed and required to levy and collect upon the taxable property of the said town of Cortlandville, in the manner provided by law for the collection of taxes, the sum which shall have been voted to be raised by the electors of said town, under the first section of this act, which sum shall be so levied and collected in such installments and at such times as shall be determined upon by the electors of said town, at said annual or special town meeting, to be expressed by a resolution passed at such meeting.

S3. The supervisor of the town of Cortlandville is hereby directed and required to procure suitable blanks, and to issue the bonds of said town, signed by the supervisor thereof, with interest coupons

attached, in the form to be adopted by him, for the sum which shall have been voted as aforesaid to be raised, bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum, from the date thereof; such bonds to be issued in such separate sums and payable at such times as shall be determined upon by the electors of said town, by a resolution passed at the town meeting aforesaid.

§ 4. The taxes in this act directed to be levied and collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the corporation of Cortland village, and by him be applied to the payment of the bonds of said town, herein directed to be issued, and the interest thereon, as the same shall become due and payable.

$5. The supervisor of said town shall deliver the bonds to be issued as aforesaid, to the board of trustees of Cortland village aforesaid, to be by them used and negotiated at not less than the par value thereof, and the avails applied by them towards the erection of said normal school building, and to supply the same with the necessary apparatus, books and furniture, and which trustees shall give security to be approved by the county judge, for the faithful application of the avails of said bonds, pursuant to this act.

56. This act shall take effect immediately.;

Chap. 200.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the act incorporating the village of Albion."

Passed March 30, 1867; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section nine of the act entitled "An act to amend the act incorporating the village of Albion," passed April first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, is hereby amended by adding thereto as follows:

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The said trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to renew from time to time as they may think proper any warrant issued or to be issued by them under the provisions of this act, first however taking due security from the said collector for the faithful performance of his duties and that he shall duly pay over all moneys by him received. But nothing in this amendment or act or herein contained shall interfere with any suit heretofore commenced or now pending against the said trustees, treasurer, collector or other officer or officers of said village, neither shall said amendment be construed as in any manner affecting or interfering with the vested rights of any of the citizens or residents of said village.

$ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 201.

AN ACT to provide for the existing deficiency in moneys, applicable to the support of common schools, in the city of Brooklyn.

Passed March 30, 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 providing for the deficiency occasioned by the failure of the proper authorities to raise the sum of one hundred and eighty-nine thousand five hundred and ten dollars, which by chapter five hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, was directed to be raised for the use of the board of education of the Certificates city of Brooklyn, the mayor, comptroller and city clerk of said city, are hereby authorized and directed to issue certificates of indebtedness of the said.city of Brooklyn, for the said sum of one hundred and eighty-nine thousand five hundred and ten dollars, payable on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, with interest at the

of indebtedness.

* So in original.

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