Chap. 651. AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the audit of claims against sewer and water districts in certain counties. Became a law May 10, 1920, 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: § 178, as added by L. 1919, Section 1. Section one hundred and seventy-eight of chapter L 1909, sixty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relating to towns, constituting chapter sixty-two of the consolidated laws," as added by chapter one hundred and twentynine of the laws of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 178. Audit of claims against water district. In a county adjoining a city of the first class and containing not more than five towns, no claim the payment of which is a charge against a sewer2 district except for the principal or interest on a bonded or funded debt or other loan shall be paid unless an itemized claim therefor, verified by or on behalf of the claimant and approved by the sewer commission of the district, is presented to the town board or board of town auditors for audit in the same manner as are claims against the town. When a claim has been finally audited by the town board or board of town auditors, the chairman of such board shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate in duplicate of such audit one of which certificates shall thereupon be filed in and remain a public record in the office of the town clerk and the other shall thereupon be filed with the treasurer of the sewer district. The town clerk shall prepare a warrant, order, draft or certificate of audit to be signed by a majority of the members of the town board or board of town auditors and to be countersigned by him stating the fact of such audit, the number of the claim, the name of the claimant, the amount allowed and such other information as may be deemed necessary or essential directed to the treasurer of the sewer2 district authorizing and directing him to pay to the claimant the amount allowed upon his claim. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 Section heading new. "Sewer district" evidently intended. 2 Words or water" omitted. 3 Words " and water" omitted. ch. 129, L. 1909, subd. 8, as L. 1912, ch. 371, and Chap. 652. AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to preventing and fighting forest fires. Became a law May 10, 1920, 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. Subdivision eight of section ninety-eight of chapter sixty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled amended by An act relating to towns, constituting chapter sixty-two of the consolidated laws," such subdivision having been added1 by chapter three hundred and seventy-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and twelve and such section having been last amended by chapter one hundred and fifty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and fourteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: L. 1914, ch. 153, amended. Supervisor to be superin tendent of fires; powers and duties. 8. In towns other than those mentioned in subdivision ten of section sixty-two of the conservation law, the supervisor shall, by virtue of his office, be superintendent of fires of his town and charged with the duty of preventing and extinguishing forest fires. He shall have power to employ persons to act as forest rangers in preventing and fighting fires and to employ necessary assistants therefor, and shall possess all the power and authority conferred upon the conservation commission, district forest ranger, forest ranger and fire warden under subdivisions sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-seven of section fifty and subdivisions fourteen and sixteen of section fifty-one of the conservation law. Any person summoned to fight forest fires who is physically able and refuses to assist shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars. The town board of each town shall at its first annual meeting designate one of its members to act as such superintendent of fires for the ensuing year in case of absence of the supervisor. The town board. 1 Subd. 8, which was added by L. 1910, ch. 630, was amended by L. 1912, ch. 371. 66 2 Words subdivision ten of section sixty-two," substituted for words "section ninety-seven." 3 Words "subdivisions sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-seven of section fifty and subdivisions fourteen and sixteen of section fifty-one," substituted for words "sections ninety-two and ninety-three." shall fix the compensation of all forest rangers and assistants employed under the provisions of this section, and all expenses incurred under the provisions of this section shall be a charge upon and paid by the town. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 653. AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to compensation of justices of the peace and town clerks in certain towns. Became a law May 10, 1920, 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: added to ch. 63. Section 1. Chapter sixty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred 107e and nine, entitled "An act relating to towns, constituting chapter L. 1909, sixty-two of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended by inserting therein a new section, to be section one hundred and seven-c, to read as follows: 8 107-c. Salary of justices of the peace in lieu of all fees in certain towns. The town board of any town containing a population of fifty thousand or more according to the last preceding federal census or state enumeration may, in its discretion, by resolution, provide that the justices of the peace in such towns shall from the date of the adoption of such resolution receive an annual salary as fixed therein, not exceeding the sum of three thousand dollars, for all services rendered by them in criminal actions or proceedings had before them as such justices of the peace in which a charge would otherwise be made against the town or county and for all fees for services collected by them as such justices in civil actions or proceedings, or otherwise, and all such fees shall be paid over by them to the supervisor or supervisors of the town and shall be applicable to general town purposes. subd 1, 82. Paragraph j of subdivision one of section eighty-five of $ 85, such chapter, as added by chapter five hundred and fifty-four of 13. as the laws of nineteen hundred and sixteen, is hereby amended to L. 1916, read as follows: added by ch. 554, amended. Town clerks, certain towns: compensa tion, deputy. j. The town board of any town in a county having a population of two hundred thousand or less, according to the last federal or state census or enumeration, adjoining a city of the first class having a population of one million and upwards may, by a resolution, fix the compensation of the town clerk at not more than thirty-five hundred dollars per annum, 'except that in any such town having a population of fifty thousand or more, according to the last preceding federal or state census or enumeration, such town board may fix the compensation of the town clerk at not more than five thousand dollars per annum. The town clerks in such towns may, with the approval of the town board, appoint a deputy town clerk at a salary to be fixed by the town board, not exceeding the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum. Such town clerk and deputy town clerk shall receive and collect the fees allowed by law and shall keep an accurate record of the same. At the end of each month he shall make a verified report of such fees, giving the date and amount of each fee and the person from whom received, which he shall file with the supervisor of the town, and pay over to such supervisor all the moneys so received during such month, to be paid by the supervisor into the town fund of such town. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. First para Chap. 654. AN ACT to amend the certificate of incorporation of The Trudeau Sanatorium (incorporated under the name of Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium) to enable it to maintain schools and laboratories, to validate its acts in relation to the maintenance of schools and laboratories, and to determine its relationship to the board of regents. Became a law May 10, 1920, 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. The last sentence of the first paragraph of the cersentence of tificate of incorporation of the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium graph, last 1 Remainder of sentence new. of incor amended. (now known as The Trudeau Sanatorium by virtue of an order certificate of the supreme court of the state of New York filed in the office poration, of the clerk of the county of Essex on the twenty-eighth day of November, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and in the office of the secretary of state on the fourth day of December, nineteen hundred and sixteen), a corporation incorporated under chapter three hundred and nineteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-eight, said sentence commencing "And we do further state" and ending "kindred maladies," is hereby amended to read as follows, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding: and "And we do further state that: The particular business and Business objects of such association are: (1) the reception, care, and treat- objects. ment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis and other diseases; (2) the prosecution of researches into the causes, the nature, and the treatment of the said diseases; (3) the teaching of all that pertains to the said diseases; and (4) the establishment and maintenance of a sanitorium, laboratories, and schools, together with cottages or buildings in connection therewith, for the said purposes." Acts of legalized. § 2. All of the acts of the trustees or directors of said corpora- trustees, tion and of said corporation, its officers, agents, and employees, so etc., far as they relate to the establishment and maintenance of laboratories and the prosecution of research, the establishment and maintenance of graduate courses of instruction for physicians under the name of the "Trudeau School of Tuberculosis," the maintenance of fellowships for research work, the establishment and maintenance of a training school for nurses under the name of "D. Ogden Mills School of Nurses," and, by and with the consent of the trustees of the Saranac Laboratory (an institution duly incorporated under the board of regents of the University of the State of New York), the administration of the affairs of said laboratory, are hereby validated, legalized, and confirmed, any general or special act or law to the contrary notwithstanding. tional cor. relation tu acts. 3. So far as any of the acts or omissions of the trustees Educaor directors of said corporation or of said corporation, its officers, poration in agents, or employees, shall, hereafter, relate to its educational or certalu research purposes or work, the said corporation, as to such acts or omissions, shall be considered as an educational corporation and shall be subject to the provisions of the education law in so far as |