LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PASSED AT THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE BEGUN JANUARY SIXTH AND ENDED MARCH INCLUDING EXTRAORDINARY SESSION 1954 AT THE CITY OF ALBANY ALSO OTHER MATTERS REQUIRED BY LAW Volume II ALBANY 1954 CERTIFICATE STATE OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ALBANY, November 1, 1954 Pursuant to the directions of chapter 37, laws of 1909, entitled legislative law, I hereby certify that the following volume of the laws of this state was printed under my direction. THOMAS J. CURRAN, Secretary of State Section 44 of the legislative law reads as follows: § 44. Printing of session laws. The secretary of state shall annually cause the session laws to be printed in a bound volume or volumes as soon as possible after the adjournment of the legislature. All new matter shall be printed in the same manner as existing law, and all matter eliminated from existing law, together with the brackets enclosing the same, all explanatory matter, line numbers and certificates shall be omitted, but there shall be inserted immediately under the title of the law, a statement to the effect that it became a law upon the properly specified date, with or without the approval of the governor, or notwithstanding his objections, as the case may be, and adding the words "passed by a majority vote,' "passed by a two-thirds vote," or "passed by a majority vote, threefifths being present," and if passed on a message required by the constitution, that fact also shall be stated, and, if the certificate so specifies, the applicable portion of the constitution shall be identified, in accordance with the certificates appended to the original bill. In the case of an appropriation law passed pursuant to the provisions of sections three and four of article seven of the constitution the statement in addition to the other matter prescribed in this section shall also be to the effect that part of it became a law upon a properly specified date by the action of both houses of the legislature and that part of it became a law upon a properly specified date with or without the approval of the governor, or notwithstanding his objections, as the case may be. Such statement shall be presumptive evidence that the original law was certified by the presiding officer of each house accordingly. The legislature may appropriate such state moneys as may be necessary to secure the printing of the session laws in accordance with the provisions of this section. (As amended L. 1925, ch. 625; L. 1929, ch. 65, § 3; L. 1945, ch. 721, 18; L. 1948, ch. 258, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 366, § 2; L. 1950, ch. 820.) [v] § 44-a. Printing of concurrent resolutions. In printing concurrent resolutions proposing amendments to the constitution of the state, or concurrent resolutions proposing or ratifying amendments to the constitution of the United States, all new matter shall be set out in italics and all matter to be eliminated shall be enclosed in brackets. (Added by L. 1948, ch. 258, § 2.) Section 2706 of the Education Law reads as follows: $2706. Certification of approved proposition. 1. Where it appears from the canvass of the votes thereon that a proposition submitted pursuant to the provisions of this article was approved by sixty per centum or more of the duly qualified voters of the school district voting thereon, the constitutional tax limitation of such school district shall be increased in accordance therewith, and the clerk of such school district forthwith shall file with the secretary of state, state comptroller, commissioner of education and city. clerk a certified copy of the resolution which authorized the submission of the proposition together with his certificates specifying the date on which such election was held and stating that the proposition was so approved thereat. 2. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to cause to be published separately under an appropriate heading, in the appendix of the session laws of each year and in the appendix of the local laws of each year, the names of the school districts which have increased their constitutional tax limitations pursuant to this article, with a statement of the percentage to which such limitation was so increased and the date of the election at which such increase was approved. * Section 2706 added by chap. 847, Laws of 1949, effective January 1, 1950, subd. 1, amended by chap. 39, Laws of 1952. CHAPTER 447 AN ACT to amend the emergency business space rent control law, generally Became a law April 5, 1954, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, by a majority vote, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ch. 314. amended. Section 1. All after the enacting clause of chapter three hundred L. 1945. fourteen of the laws of nineteen hundred forty-five, constituting a the emergency business space rent control law, as last amended by chapter four hundred fifty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty-three, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1. Unjust, unreasonable and oppressive leases and agreements for the payment of rent for office space and stores and other business space in certain cities having been and now being exacted by landlords under stress of prevailing conditions accelerated by war, and an abundance of eviction proceedings against tenants having been commenced or threatened by landlords, whereby breakdown has taken place in normal processes of bargaining and freedom of contract has become an illusory concept, and whereby there have come into existence conditions threatening to obstruct the production and distribution of essential civilian commodities, and the rendition of essential services, professional and otherwise, and to divert essential manpower, materials and transportation facilities, and to cause inflation, and all of the foregoing situations and conditions being a threat to essential civilian activities, and to the public safety, health, and general welfare of the people of the state of New York, it is hereby declared that a public emergency exists without promise of relief so long as conditions brought about by war continue, and that action by the legislature is imperative and will not admit of delay. It is hereby found, therefore, as a matter of legislative determination, that for the duration of such emergency, the establishment of a maximum rent for office and store and other business space at a level of fifteen per centum above rents charged on June first, nineteen hundred forty-four or at a level otherwise determined as hereinafter provided, will curb the evils arising from such emergency and will accomplish the purposes hereof. This act is declared to be a measure designed to protect and promote the public health, safety and general welfare, to aid essential civilian activities, and to conserve manpower, essential materials and transportation facilities, and to prevent inflation. and is made necessary by an existing emergency. 2. Unless expressly otherwise provided, whenever used in this act, the following terms shall mean or include: (a) "Business space.' All rental space in any city other than (1) commercial space as defined in chapter three of the laws of nireteen hundred forty-five, or any act amendatory thereof; (2) dwelling space and meeting rooms in hotels, and dwelling space in rooming houses, apartment houses, dwelling and other housing accommodations, except, on and after March first, nineteen hundred |