"§ 22. It shall be the special duty of the members of the Metropolitan Police force to guard against any violation of the provisions of this act, and it shall be their duty and they shall have power to go on board and take possession of any boat or vessel which they shall see in any manner employed or used contrary to the provisions of this act, and to arrest and take before any magistrate in the Metropolitan Police district, any per son or persons in charge thereof, and make complaint against him or them for such offense; and it shall thereupon be the duty of such magistrate to hold said person to bail for his or her appearance at the next court of general sessions of the peace, to be held either in the county of Kings or in the city and county of New York, in like manner as in other cases of misdemeanor; or, in default of such bail being given, said magistrate shall, by a proper commitment, under his hand and seal, commit such offender to the county jail of Kings county, or to the city prison of the city of New York, there to remain until discharged according to law.

"§ 23. All license fees and penalties collected by said commissioners, and the net proceeds arising from all sales of boats or vessels, as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid in to the treasurer of the Metropolitan Police, and placed to the credit of the Metropolitan Police fund.

"§ 24. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to include or apply to any boat or vessel enrolled, licensed or registered under the laws of the United States; or to any boat or vessel used by any public officer in the discharge of his duties; or to any ferry boat operated by steam power; or to any foreign ship or vessel, or any row-boat belonging to the same while used in conveying her master or crew to or from said vessel while in port; or to any canal boat; or any yawl boat belonging to any registered, licensed or enrolled boat or vessel, while used in the legitimate business of said boat or vessel, or any boat used by a licensed pilot. No person shall be conveyed to or from any outgoing or incoming vessel in the harbor or bay of New York, or elsewhere within the waters of said district (other than an officer thereof), by any tug or pilot boat, unless said person shall produce a license or permit from said board authorizing him to go on board of such vessel; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on commitment thereof shall be punished as provided in section five of the act hereby amended.

"§ 25. Boats to carry passengers to and from vessels shall be located at such points and in such numbers as the shipping interests of the particular locality shall, in the judgment of the said board require, not exceeding ten at any one pier or stairs. All boats used to carry passengers and attend shipping shall be of such uniform color, and all boats used for gathering junk shall be of such uniform color, as said board may decide and order. Every person applying for a license to attend shipping and carry passengers, shall furnish satisfactory proof of his qualifications as a boatman, and no person shall be entitled to receive such license unless he is a professional boatman, and is a citizen of the United States, and owner of the boat to be used; nor shall any person receive license for using a junk boat, except he be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the Metropolitan Police district. Each boatman licensed to attend shipping and carry passengers shall at all times, while pursuing his business as such boatman, wear a suitable badge, to be designed and provided by said Board of Metropolitan Police, the expense thereof to be paid by said boatman; and whenever any person shall cease to be a licensed boatman, from any cause whatever, said badge shall be returned to said board. Every boatman licensed to attend shipping and carry

passengers shall be permitted to employ an assistant for the purpose of aiding in the management of his boat, and said board are hereby authorized to issue permits authorizing the employment of such assistants, provided they shall be satisfied that the person so to be employed is of good character, and is otherwise a proper person to be so engaged. Said permits shall be renewed from year to year, upon application, and for every permit so issued, and for every renewal of same, said board may 'demand and receive the sum of three dollars.

"§ 26. No license or permit issued under this act shall be transferrable, nor shall the person to whom a license or permit is issued permit any other to act under the same, except that in case of sickness or disability of the licensee, the said board may, in writing, permit another person to act for and on behalf of such sick or disabled person during such sickness or disability, and they may revoke such permission at pleasure; and all provisions and penalties applying to persons licensed under this act, shall apply to all persons to whom such permission may be granted as aforesaid. All licenses and permits issued under this act shall expire on the first Monday in June next, succeeding the date thereof.

"§ 27. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to conflict in any manner with the quarantine laws, or with the rules and regulations of the health officer of the port of New York; nor shall any permit or license issued under the act hereby amended, authorize any person to visit any ship or vessel under quarantine, without the authority of the health officer of the port of New York, or the Metropolitan Board of Health.

"§ 28. It shall not be lawful to place or cause to be placed any obstruction or impediment at or around the landing of the stair-cases at the terminus at each end of the Harlem and Coles bridge, the creation of which shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable on conviction by a fine of not more than twenty-five nor less than ten dollars. And the Metropolitan Police department of the county of New York, is hereby charged with the execution of the provisions of this act.

"§ 29. The corporation of the city of New York is hereby empowered to appoint the officers necessary to attend upon all the courts which are held within the county of New York, and to designate the number of attendants required for each court, the salaries of such officers to remain as fixed by the board of supervisors; and all laws authorizing the employment or providing for the appointment of officers and attendants upon the courts are hereby amended, so as to conform to the provisions of this act.

§ 30. The Comptroller of the city of New York, Chauncey M. Depew, and John H. Martindale, are hereby created a board of audit, for the adjustment and settlement of all just or equitable claims and accounts outstanding prior to January the first, A. D., eighteen hundred and sixtyseven, against the county of New York, who shall determine, under oath, the amount due on each claim, and shall certifiy to the board of supervisors of the county of New York, the sum allowed by them, with the reasons for such allowance; and the said board of supervisor are hereby to cause to be raised by tax upon the estates, personal and real, within the said city and county of New York, an amount sufficient for the payment of the claims so certified to (and legal expenses hereafter mentioned) by a majority of such board of audit; and all persons having such claims against the county of New York, now adjusted, are hereby required to present the same to the said board of audit within three months from the passage of this act; and in case any person now hav ing such outstanding demand against the county of New York, shall neglect or refuse to present such claims to the board of audit within the

said period of three months from the passage of this act, he shall be barred from the prosecution or maintenance of any right of action which he may have against the said county of New York, arising therefrom. The said board of audit, or any two of them, shall, within ten days after the passage of this act, appoint a day and place, at which they will proceed with the hearing, in open board, of the matters of such claims, which appointment shall be made by them by publishing a notice of the same in the New York Tribune, the New York Times, the New York Herald and The World, at least thirty days before the day named therein for the hearing of such claims. The said board of audit are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a clerk at a salary not exceeding five dollars for each and every day he shall be engaged in and about the said matter; issue subpoenas, with duces tecum if necessary; administer oaths or affirmations, and to make their report in writing to the board of supervisors of the county of New York, which report shall be final and conclusive upon such claimants, and the said the county of New York. If the said board of audit hereby created shall find and report that any person has a just or equitable claim against the county of New York, the amount of which shall be specified in their report, such amount shall be paid to the parties named in said report by the comptroller of the city of New York. And out of the amount authorized to be raised as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the said comptroller, upon proper vouchers therefor, to pay all the legal expenses incurred by the authorization of the board of audit in carrying into full effect the foregoing provisions, and in his defending suits now pending, or hereafter to be brought against him by reason of official action. Nothing herein con tained shall be construed to affect any claim upon which suit is now pending; and in cases where evidence has been taken in judicial proceedings to recover said claims at law, the said claims shall be heard and determined by said board of audit upon such evidence, and upon such other and additional evidence, as may be offered by either party. The members of the board above designated shall receive ten dollars per day for each day of actual service.

§"29. This act shall take effect immediately."

Amend the title by adding thereto the following: "And to provide for the auditing and payment of unsettled claims against said county."

Mr. Gibson moved that the Senate concur in so many amendments of the Assembly designated by them as sections Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27, and that as to the other amendments they do non-concur, and that a committee of conference be appointed on the part of the Senate, and a like committee requested on the part of the Assembly.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Messrs. Gibson, Stanford and La Bau, were appointed on the part of the Senate.

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in part of their amendments, and have appointed a committee of conference on the remaining portion, and request a like committee on their part.

The Assembly returned the foregoing bill, with a message that they consent to a committee of conference, and have appointed on ther part, Messrs. Wilber, Roberts, Bristol, Younglove and Creamer.

The Assembly returned the bill entitled "An act to amend an act en

titled 'An act to improve the Gowanus canal in the city of Brooklyn,' passed April 19, 1866," with a message that they had passed the same, with the following amendments:

Section 2, line 2, engrossed bill, after the word "empowered" insert "to close Eleventh street from said canal to Second avenue, and in lieu of said street construct a canal of the same width and depth as the Gowanus canal and connected therewith, and cause the same to be docked and."

Section 1, line 4, engrossed bill, strike out the words "three hundred and fifty," and insert "four hundred and twenty-five."

Mr. Pierson moved that the Senate non-concur in said amendments. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have non-concurred in their amendments. The bill entitled "An act to legalize and confirm the sale and conveyance of all the right, title and interest of the Saugerties and Woodstock Turnpike Road Company, by the sheriff of the county of Ulster, to Geo. W. Snyder," was read a third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein.

The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend chapter 761 of the Laws of 1866, in relation to the taxation of surplus funds of savings banks," was read a third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same, with amendments.

The Assembly bill entitled "An act amendatory of and supplementary to an act entitled 'An act to provide for the draining and filling up of the old chanel of Onondaga creek, between the south bounds of the city of Syracuse and Onondaga street in said city, and for straightening and deepening the channel of said creek, between said Onondaga street and the Onondaga lake, in said city and the town of Geddes, and for the removing encroachments on and obstructions in said channel,' passed March, 1867," was read a third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a

majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same, with amendments.

The Assembly bill entitled "An act to authorize the towns of Jefferson county to raise money to aid in the erection of a monument to commemorate the services of the soldiers who have been killed or died of wounds received, or of disease contracted during the late rebellion, and for other purposes," was read a third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same, without amendment.

The Assembly bill entitled "An act to enable the electors of the town of Verona, Oneida county, to vote by districts for town officers," was read a third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows:

Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same, without amendments.

The Assembly bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Long Island Safe Deposit Company," was read a third time.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: