Chap. 525.

AN ACT to repeal chapter one hundred and nineteen of the *Lawas of eighteen hundred and fifty-five, establishing three special road districts in the county of Cattaraugus.

Passed April 15, 1857.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter one hundred and nineteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled "An act establishing three special road districts, including certain non-resident lands in Cattaraugus county," is hereby repealed, but no existing contracts made by the commissioners of said districts shall be affected by the passage of this act.

§2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 526.

AN ACT in relation to the Albany and Greene turnpike road.

Passed April 15, 1857.

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

SECTION 1. Whenever the president and directors of the Albany and Greene turnpike road, shall obtain the consent in writing, of those holding three-fifths of the capital stock of said road, may, and are hereby authorised and empowered, to sell and dispose of, to any person or number of persons, all of that part of their said road, now owned by the said turnpike road company, lying and being northerly of Second or Ferry street in the village of Athens, which northerly part or section of said

So in the original.

To sell road.

road, shall thereafter be known and distinguished as the northern branch of the Albany and Greene turnpike road, and all that part or section, lying and being southerly of said Second or Ferry street, shall thereafter be known and distinguished as the southern branch of the Albany and Greene turnpike road.

§2. The purchaser or purchasers of said northern branch of said road, as above provided, and who shall have received a release and conveyance of the same, executed by the president and secretary, and attested by the corporate seal of said turnpike road company, and shall have caused the same to be recorded in the clerk's office of the county of Greene, shall thereafter be entitled to and vested in all the rights, privileges and emoluments arising from tolls or otherwise, upon that part of said road, so purchased, that said Albany and Greene turnpike road company now possess and enjoy by law, in relation to said road; and that said president, directors and stockholders of said Albany and Greene turnpike road company, upon the sale and conveyance of that part of said road as above provided, shall thereafter be discharged from, and on account all charges or liabilities, that may thereafter be incurred upon that branch of said road, and forever exonerated from work and repairs upon the same.

§ 3. The president, directors and company of said road may abandon all that part of their said road, lying and being within the corporate limits of the village of Catskill, whenever a majority of the board of trustees of said village shall give their assent in writing to the same; and nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to deprive or affect the collection of tolls as now established by law at the gates upon either section of said road. §4. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 527.

AN ACT in relation to dividends to stockholders of Academies and other institutions of learning, and the distribution of the public funds to the

same.

Passed April 15, 1857, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. That portion of the income of the literature fund and of the United States deposit fund apportioned to academies and other institutions of learning under the visitation of the regents of the university, shall hereafter be apportioned and paid only to such as shall in good faith devote the entire income and earnings thereof, from whatever source the same may be derived, to the sole and proper use of such academy or institution.

§ 2. No academy or institution of learning which shall hereafter pay to its stockholders, shareholders or other persons claiming rights of ownership therein any dividend, or any portion of its earnings or other income, from whatever source derived, shall be entitled to receive any share in the distribution of funds appropriated to academies.

§3. The regents of the university shall make and establish such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and they shall have full power to examine by themselves, or their secretary, into the manner in which all institutions of learning subject to their visitation are conducted, to the end that they may report the same to the legislature.

§ 4. The regents of the university are hereby authorised and empowered to give such relief to academies in relation to the distribution of public funds as has hith

erto been rendered by the legislature, whenever in their judgment such relief is equitable and just, or rendered necessary by error in their reports or by error in distribution of said funds.

§ 5. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 528.

AN ACT to authorise Daniel Henry Broeffle to change his name to Henry Broeffle.

Passed April 15, 1857.

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

SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for the person heretofore known by the name of Daniel Henry Broeffle, to assume the name of Henry Broeffle; but nothing in this act shall be so construed as to invalidate any act or contract heretofore made by the said Daniel Henry Broeffle.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 529.

AN ACT to authorize the Rochester Brick and Tile Manufacturing Company to borrow money and execute bonds and mortgages on its real estate.

Passed April 15, 1857, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The trustees of the Rochester Brick and Tile Manufacturing Company are hereby authorized, on obtaining the consent of the stockholders owning a majority of the stock therein, to borrow money to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate fifteen thousand dollars, for the purpose of paying or funding the debts and prosecuting the proper business of said company; and to execute or cause to be executed on the part of said company by the president and treasurer and under the seal of the company, a bond or bonds, in sums not less than five thousand dollars, bearing interest not exceeding seven per cent, payable annually or semi-annually, at such place as the said trustees may determine, and also a mortgage or mortgages to accompany such bond or bonds, of all or any part of the real estate of said company for the payment of the moneys borrowed and interest.

§2. This act shall take effect immediately.