State Reservation at Niagara. S$ 93-96 ceipts from the state treasurer. No debt or obligation shall be created by such commissioners exceeding the amount of moneys at their disposal at the time nor shall they or any of them or any other person have power to create any debt, obligation, claim, or liability for or on account of such commissioners except by their express authority conferred at a meeting of the commission. 893. Purposes of the state reservation.-The state reservation at Niagara shall forever be reserved by the state for the purpose of restoring the scenery of Niagara Falls and preserving it in its natural condition, and kept open and free of access to all mankind without fee, charge or expense to any person for entering upon or passing to or over any part thereof. 894. Removal of structures.--Such board shall sell and cause to be removed from such reservation all structures, machinery and materials thereupon belonging to the state, not required to afford free and convenient access in such reservation, nor for restoring the scenery of the Niagara Falls to and preserving it in its natural condition. 895. Gifts of property for purposes of the reservation.Real and personal property may be granted, conveyed, bequeathed or devised to and taken by the state in aid of the purposes of such reservation, or to increase the same, and on such trusts or conditions as may be prescribed by the grantors or devisors thereof, provided the same be accepted or agreed to in writing by such commissioners. All such property shall be managed and controlled by the commissioners, and the rents, issues and profits thereof shall be turned into the state treasury, except where such rents, issues and profits were specifically devised or bequeathed to be used for a specific and definite purpose. § 96. Annual report; quarterly accounts.-The commissioners shall make an annual report of their proceedings to the legislature in the month of January, with a detailed statement of all their receipts and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year, and an estimate of the work necessary to be done, and of the expenses of maintaining the reservation for the ensuing fiscal year, with such recommendations as they shall see fit. They shall quarterly, on the first day of January, April, July and October of each year, send to the comptroller a detailed and itemized account of all receipts and expenditures, with subvouchers for the items thereof for the preceding quarter, and such accounts shall be verified by the commissioners or their treasurer. § 97. Payment of moneys appropriated.-Moneys appropriated for caring for and maintaining such reservation, and carrying out the provisions of this article, shall be paid to the order of the treasurer of the commission by the state treasurer, upon the warrant of the comptroller. No warrant shall be issued until the amounts claimed have been audited and allowed by the comp. troller, who is hereby authorized to determine the same, except that on the requisition of the treasurer of such commission, the comptroller may advance out of the sum appropriated whatever moneys he deems necessary for the proper carrying out of the provisions of this article. § 98. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is repealed. 99. When to take effect.-This chapter shall take effect October 1, 1894. SCHEDULE OF LAWS REPEALED. Revised Statutes.... Part I, ch. IX, title 5.... All except §§ 15, 54, 76. Revised Statutes.... Part I, ch. IX, title II... All. of the canal fund, in their regulations, direct. All money recovered in such actions shall be accounted for and paid over to such commissioners. The imposition or recovery of any such penalty or forfeiture shall not be a bar to the recovery of any damages resulting to the state or an individual, because of such violation. 181. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is repealed. 8 182. When to take effect.-This chapter shall take effect on October 1, 1894. |