report. of notice ment. therein directed, and shall make and return to the common coun- Assessors' tion of this act L. 1911, ch $70, § 69 amended. Chap. 416. AN ACT to amend chapter eight hundred and seventy of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An act to consolidate and revise the laws relating to the city of Lockport," generally. Became a law April 16, 1912, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the Accepted by the City. State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section sixty-nine of chapter eight hundred and seventy of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An act to consolidate and revise the laws relating to the city of Lockport," is hereby amended to read as follows: § 69. Publication of proceedings, et cetera; proposals; contracts. At the first regular meeting of the common council in each municipal year, or at some subsequent meeting, and as soon thereafter as may be, it shall direct the clerk to advertise for proposals in such manner as the council shall direct, not less than three days, for printing the proceedings of the common council and furnishing printed copies of the same. All ordinances, notices and other matters required by law, or by the council, shall be published in a daily newspaper published in said city with a bona fide paid circulation of not less than one thousand copies per day. Every bid shall be in writing and accompanied by a written guaranty, signed by a responsible person or persons, to the effect that the bidder will enter into such contract, if awarded to him, them or it. Such bids and guaranty shall be inclosed in a sealed envelope, and be delivered to the clerk at or before the time designated in the advertisement for opening such proposals. All such bids shall be opened in the presence of the common council. The common council shall have the right to accept the lowest bid to do such printing and publishing of the proceedings of the common council, or reject all such bids. The person or persons or corporation whose bid shall be accepted shall enter into a written contract in accordance therewith, and shall furnish such security for the faithful performance thereof as shall 1 Remainder of sentence formerly read: "the daily newspaper published in said city with the largest bona fide paid circulation." be satisfactory to the common council. In case the common council reject all bids, they may advertise for further proposals, and continue so to do until some bid is accepted. Upon the execution of a contract the said daily newspaper having the required 2 circulation in said city in which it is agreed to publish such ordinances and notices, and other matters required by law, shall thereupon becôme and be the official paper of said city for the period of one year, and to continue thereafter as such until another be designated as aforesaid. When a newspaper shall be so designated, the publication of all such matters as shall have been commenced in the paper that shall be superseded by such designation shall continue to be published in the paper so superseded until completed, notwithstanding such change, with the same force and effect as if no change had been made. The present official paper of said city shall continue as such until another be designated, in accordance with the foregoing provisions. In case no newspaper shall be so designated, or for any other cause there shall at any time, be no official paper of said city, all ordinances, notices or other matters required by law to be published in the official paper of said city, shall be published by posting up in a conspicuous place in each ward of said city a written or printed. copy thereof, for the same number of days that they are required to be published in the official paper, and such publication shall have the same force and effect, and be in all respects as valid as if they had been duly published in the official paper. In case any paper designated as the official paper shall, during the term for which it has been designated as the official paper, cease to publish, the common council shall have the power to designate another paper as the official paper, in accordance with the foregoing provisions. amended. § 2. Section two hundred and eighty-one of said act is hereby § 281 amended to read as follows: On every § 281. Conduct of sale; disposition of proceeds. such sale the corporation counsel shall publicly state the amount of the judgment, together with the interest thereon, and the costs and expenses of the sale, and such further sums as may be required to pay all taxes and assessments levied by the city, subsequent to those for which judgment has been obtained, with the additions thereto, if any, as provided by law; excepting, however, such part of an assessment for a local improvement as is not yet 2 Word "required" substituted for word "largest." L. 1907, ch. 752, tit. 3. due, at the time of such sale, and if no other person at such sale will bid a sum equal to or more than that amount, the corporation counsel shall bid that amount for the city, and the property shall be struck off to the city of Lockport. Out of the proceeds of any such sale, the cost of the action and the expense of the sale shall be first paid to the corporation counsel,3 and then the moneys adjudged to be due, with the interest, and the amount of all taxes and assessments, with the lawful fees and interest, in addition thereto, levied by the city subsequent to those for which the judgment was obtained, shall be paid to the city treasurer, and the same shall go into the general fund, and he shall account therefor to the common council. The surplus, if any there shall be, shall be paid into court, subject to the further order of the court. If, however, the property shall be struck off to the city of Lockport the costs and expenses of the action, and of such sale, and the taxes, assessments and additions thereto, if any, in the judgment, or subsequent to the judgment and prior to the sale, shall be paid from the *general fund, and the common council shall have the power to transfer from the general fund to the salary and contingent fund any sum paid out of such salary and contingent fund during the year nineteen hundred and twelve for such costs and expenses, and all taxes, assessments and additions. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 417. AN ACT to amend chapter seven hundred and fifty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and seven, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of North Tonawanda," in relation to city officers, their election, terms and salaries. Became a law April 16, 1912, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the City. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section three of title three of chapter seven hun§ 3, as dred and fifty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and seven, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of North Tonawanda," as amended by chapter two hundred and sixty-three of amended by L. 1911, ch. 263, amended. 3 Words "corporation counsel substituted for words "city attorney." 4 Remainder of section formerly read: salary and contingent fund.” the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 3. Elective officers. The elective officers of the city shall hereafter be a mayor,1 a city judge, a city attorney, a city treasurer, three assessors, two justices of the peace and three constables, all of whom shall be elected by the city at large; there shall also be one alderman2 and one supervisor in each ward, who shall be elected by the electors of the ward. as amended § 2. Section six of title three of such chapter, as amended by Tit. 3. § 6. chapter two hundred and sixty-three of the laws of nineteen hun- by L. 1911, dred and eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 6. Terms of office. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms of office of city officers shall be as follows: The term of office of the mayor, the city treasurer, the aldermen, the supervisors and the city attorney shall be two years; of the city judge and justices of the peace, four years; of the assessors, constables, commissioners of public works, fire commissioners and police commissioners, three years; of the city physician, commissioner of public charities, superintendent of public works, superintendent of water works, chief and assistant engineers of the fire department, one year; of the members of the board of health, inspectors of election, poll clerks, ballot clerks, civil service commissioners and commissioners of deeds, for such term as is now or may hereafter be provided by law. ch. 263, amended. as amended ch. 247, § 3. Section eight of title three of such chapter, as amended by Tit. 3. § 8, chapter two hundred and forty-seven of the laws of nineteen hun by L. 1909, dred and eight, and chapter two hundred and sixty-three of the and L. 1911, laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby amended to read amended, as follows: § 8. Salaries. The annual salary of the city judge shall be twelve hundred dollars; the annual salary of the mayor shall be three hundred dollars; the annual salary of each alderman shall be two hundred dollars; dollars; the annual salary of each commissioner of public works shall be two hundred dollars; the common council shall have the power to fix and change the salaries of all officers of the city, including such as are fixed by this act, and every such salary shall be fixed by resolution at 2 Formerly "two aldermen." 3 Words the president of the common council," omitted. 4 Words “the annual salary of the president of the common council shall be two hundred dollars," omitted. ch. 263, |