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and maintained at any point west of Lark street in said city and within the fire limits as now or hereafter established, a detached villa residence of wood, designed for the use of and to be occupied by one family provided that no part thereof shall be within eight feet of the side or rear lines of the lot upon which it stands or ten feet of the street line, nor shall any part of such a building be within eight feet of any brick or stone structure or sixteen feet of any frame or wooden structure; nor shall any building, shed, shop or other structure in whole or in part of wood as aforesaid, now existing or that may hereafter exist within the fire limits of said city be altered, rebuilt, added to or repaired in whole or in part with wood, except such detached villa residence, as to its outside walls, exterior lateral walls, party-walls or roof, except in the way of ordinary repairs, ordinary wear and tear; provided, however, that when any inclosed building, that is to say, a building having lateral exterior walls completely inclosing its area, and said walls resting in or upon the ground and said building covered at the top of said walls with a roof, is erected or constructed or now exists, the said exterior walls of which are wholly of brick, stone or iron as hereinafter described, wood may be used in the construction, alteration, rebuilding or repairing of its exterior doors, windows, stoops, balconies, cornices and piazzas, and in the construction, alteration, rebuilding and repairing of its interior, and of the roof, provided the roof be covered completely with some metallic or slate fireproof substance. No sheet iron, corrugated

irou or other metal shall be used for the construction of the outside walls or exterior lateral walls of such building, shed, shop or other structure unless as a covering for a brick wall which shall be at least eight inches in thickness throughout its whole extent.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Charter amended,

Monthly estimates.

Chap. 421.

AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred and sixty-nine of the
laws of nineteen hundred, entitled "An act to establish the New
York State Hospital for the Care of Crippled and Deformed
Children," as amended by chapter thirty-eight of the laws of
nineteen hundred and one, relative to estimates for hospital
expenses.

Became a law, April 18, 1901, 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 three of section four of chapter three
hundred and sixty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred, entitled
"An act to establish the New York State Hospital for the Care
of Crippled and Deformed Children," as amended by chapter
thirty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and one is hereby
amended to read as follows:

3. On or before the fifteenth of each month cause to be prepared by the assistant superintendent or steward, estimates in duplicate of the amount required for the expenses of the hos pital for the ensuing month, including salaries and compensa. tion of employes, which estimate shall be certified by him to be required for the hospital. One of said estimates shall be transmitted to the comptroller who shall, if he approve the same, issue his warrant for the amount thereof and transmit the same to the treasurer of the hospital.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Chap. 422.

AN ACT authorizing the board of education of union free school district number one, of the town of Catskill, county of Greene, New York, to enter into an agreement in regard to the care and maintenance of a public library on lands owned by the Catskill public library in said union free school district.

Became a law, April 18, 1901, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, a majority being present.

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

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Section 1. The board of education of union free school district Authority number one, of the town of Catskill, county of Greene, New agreement. York, is hereby authorized to enter into any agreement in regard to the care and maintenance of a public library that they may deem necessary and expedient, to and with the Catskill public library, and to and with any person or persons who may agree to furnish the necessary money for erecting a public library building on the lands now owned by said Catskill public library in said union free school district, and each year after making such agreement there shall be included in the annual tax levy of said district, the amount necessary to carry out the terms of any agreement so entered into by said board of education.

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§ 2. The board of education of said union free school district Approval of shall not enter into any agreement as herein provided until such agreement is approved by a vote of a majority of the legal voters of said union free school district, present and voting at an annual school meeting held in said district, or at a special school meeting thereof duly called for that purpose.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Appropria tion.

Plans.

Payment.

Contract for work.

Chap. 423.

AN ACT providing for the construction of a new steel bridge across the Glens Falls feeder in the town of Queensbury, Warren county, and for the repair of the existing abutments and the approaches thereto, and making an appropriation therefor.

Became a law, April 18, 1901, 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 sum of six thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of replacing the present bridge across the Glens Falls feeder, in the town of Queensbury, Warren county, known as Green's bridge, number eight, with a new steel bridge, and for the necessary repair of the existing abutments and approaches thereto. All of said work shall be performed in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the state engineer and surveyor.

§ 2. The money hereby appropriated shall be payable by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller to the superintendent of public works, to be expended for the purposes mentioned in section one of this act.

§ 3. No portion of such appropriation shall be available except for necessary surveys, plans, specifications and advertising until a contract for the completion of the work herein authorized within such appropriation shall have been duly made with a responsible bidder, and the performance thereof duly secured by a sufficient bond approved by the comptroller.

§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 424.

AN ACT to amend chapter six hundred and seventy-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled "An act authorizing William S. Tuttle to raise and remove certain sunken vessels or boats from near the upper end of Lake George, New York," by extending the time therefor.

Became a law, April 18, 1901, 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:

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Section 1. Section one of chapter six hundred and seventy- amended. seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled "An act authorizing William S. Tuttle, to raise and remove certain sunken vessels or boats from near the upper end of Lake George, New York," as amended by chapter two hundred and fifty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and chapter four hundred and twenty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 1. Whereas, it having been represented that certain boats Raising and and vessels now sunk in the upper end of Lake George, and have remained sunk in the waters of said Lake George for a period prior to seventeen hundred and seventy-six; now, William S. Tuttle, of the village of Glens Falls, is hereby authorized, at his own cost and expense, and any time during the years of nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two to raise and move said vessels, or any of them, so sunk in said lake. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 425.

AN ACT to amend the penal code relating to the sentencing of convicts to state prisons.

Became a law, April 18, 1901, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, a majority being present.

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

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amended.

Section 1. Title eighteen of the penal code is hereby amended Penal cod. by inserting a new section, to be known as section six hundred and eighty-seven-a, and to read as follows:

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