Interest exist in any tax voted by said inhabitants to pay said judgment or judgments, the same as if such tax had been authorized by a vote of the inhabitants, and the trustees are hereby authorized and it is hereby made their duty forthwith, after the expiration of thirty days from notice of any judgment or judgments having been entered against the district or the trustees thereof for unpaid teachers' wages, to call a meeting of the inhabitants of said district, who shall have power as aforesaid to vote a tax to pay said judgment or judgments, and in case they refuse or neglect to do so, the trustees are authorized and it is hereby made their duty, unless said judgment or judgments are appealed from, to raise by district tax the amount of said judgment or judgments as herein before provided. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 633. AN ACT to release the interest of the people of the state of PASSED July 12, 1881, by a two-thirds vote. SECTION 1. All the estate, right, title, interest and property of the of stated people of this state, which may have been acquired by escheat by reason of the alienage of persons taking under the will of James Scott, deceased, of, in and to the following property, namely: All that messuage, dwelling-house and lot of land situate, lying and being in the first ward of the city of New York, fronting on Greenwich street, now known and distinguished as number one hundred and ten on said street, bounded on the east by Greenwich street, northerly by house and lot formerly of Mr. Kortright, westerly by house and lot formerly of Mrs. Sears, and southerly by house and lot formerly belonging to Robert Buchan; which said lot is in width in front twentysix feet six inches, in length on each side eighty-three feet six inches, be the same more or less, and in breadth in the rear thirty-three feet, be the same more or less, being the same property formerly owned and occupied by James Scott, now deceased, are hereby released to Richard Irvin and Alexander P. Irvin, their heirs and assigns forever. Not to impair vested rights. 82. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair or affect the right in the said real estate of any heir-at-law, devisee, purchaser or creditor by judgment, mortgage or otherwise. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 634. AN ACT to authorize the town of Plattsburgh, in the county of Clinton, to borrow money and issue bonds or certificates therefor, for the purpose of paying the expense of building a bridge over the river Saranac in said town, authorized to be constructed by a vote of the legal electors of said town; and to levy and collect a tax for the payment of the same. PASSED July 12, 1881; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: may bor if au special SECTION 1. The supervisor and town clerk of the town of Platts- Supervisor burgh, county of Clinton, are hereby authorized to borrow a sum of and clerk money not exceeding three thousand dollars, for the purpose of pay- row $3,000, ing the indebtedness of said town in building and erecting a bridge thorized over the river Saranac in the village of Plattsburgh, between the by vote of upper and lower dams in said village, provided they are duly author- town ized by a vote of the legal voters of said town at a special town meet- meeting. ing to be hereafter called and held on a notice of not less than fourteen days prior to the holding of said special town meeting, said notice to be issued by the town clerk of said town in the same manner as other regular or special town meetings are appointed, such meeting to be held at the same place as other town meetings are held, which notice shall specify the object of such meeting and the amount proposed to be raised. The special town meeting so called shall begin not later than ten o'clock in the forenoon, and close at four o'clock in the afternoon of one and the same day. borrowing the officers named may issue bonds. § 2. In case a majority of the electors of said town voting at said If vote is special town meeting shall vote in favor of raising the sum of in favor of money herein provided, for the purpose specified, it shall be lawful for money, the supervisor and town clerk to borrow, not exceeding three thousand dollars, on the credit of the town, on bonds or certificates, to be paid in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, or sooner if practicable, by a tax levied and collected on the taxable property of said town, and when such sum is so borrowed the supervisor shall pay the same or so much thereof as necessary, to the commissioner of highways on the certificate of said officer as to the cost of the construction of said proposed bridge to be by him expended for the purpose herein provided, which work of construction, to be directed by said commissioner, shall not exceed the sum hereby authorized to be raised and appropriated. §3. The board of supervisors of the county of Clinton is hereby au- Tax. thorized and required, on the return made by the supervisor of said town of Plattsburgh, in case the amount herein specified has been duly authorized at their next annual meeting to cause to be raised and collected on the taxable property of the town of Plattsburgh, in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected, a sufficient sum to pay the inhabitants of said town, authorized and created under the provisions of this act. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Official acts CHAP. 635. AN ACT to legalize the official acts of Hiram Bennett, a constable of the town of Erin, in the county of Chemung. PASSED July 13, 1881; three-fifths being present.* The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The official acts of Hiram Bennett, a constable in the legalized. town of Erie, in the county of Chemung, are hereby legalized and confirmed from the fourteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty, to February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the same as they would have been had he executed and filed the legal bond required by law at the proper time and place. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Quorum. May file CHAP. 636. AN ACT supplementary to chapter eight hundred and thirtythree of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, relating to the Metropolitan Transit Company. PASSED July 13, 1881; three-fifths being present.* The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. A majority of the members of the board of engineers created by section four of chapter eight hundred and thirty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act to authorize the Metropolitan Transit Company to construct and operate certain railroads in the city of New York, and to construct and use for railroad purposes two bridges across the Harlem river," passed May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, shall constitute a quorum, and be competent for the transaction of its business. And they are hereby authorized and empowered to file in the office of the and maps. state engineer and surveyor in the city of Albany, surveys and maps of the routes, together with the best approved plans of construction which said company are hereby authorized to adopt and to build said roads upon, as therein provided for, and as finally adopted and completed by them, and which filings shall have the same force and effect as if originally filed; and the time necessary to complete such surveys shall not form any portion of the time limited for the construction of said railroads, and the time required in section twelve of said act for the commencement of the construction of said roads shall be deemed not to have commenced until the making and filing of said maps, which shall be done within twelve months after the passage of this act. Nothing in this act or the original act of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to which this is supplementary, shall authorize the building of an elevated railway along the streets bounding Reservoir square or through Riverside or Morningside parks. *Not returned by governor within ten days after being received by him, and became a law without his signature, July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. § 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. §3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 637. AN ACT to amend chapter four hundred and forty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled "An act to limit and define the powers and privileges of the Eureka Basin Warehouse and Manufacturing Company of Long Island," to extend the powers of said company and to change the boundary of its basin. * PASSED July 13, 1881; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section four of chapter four hundred and forty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled "An act to limit and define the powers and privileges of the Eureka Basin Warehouse and Manufacturing Company of Long Island," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: acquired. Public act 4. In case said company shall be unable, after reasonable diligence, Title to to ascertain who are the owners of any of said lands and premises, or lands, how shall be unable to agree with such owner or owners, as to the price or sum to be paid therefor, or for the purchase thereof, then the same and the title thereto may be acquired in the manner and by the special proceedings prescribed by law for acquiring title to lands for railroad purposes, and said company shall have the right to issue its corporate bonds secured by mortgage, and to sell and dispose of the same from time to time for the purposes of its organization. This act is hereby declared to be a public act, and the basin of said company shall at all times be open to public use for all vessels that may apply therefor, and said company shall commence operations within one year from the passage of this act, and expend thereon not less than ten per centum of its capital, provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to any part of said basin lying west of First street, between North Thirteenth street and Bushwick creek, nor to any parts lying west of Third and south of North Thirteenth street; or east of Third and south of a line drawn midway between North Ninth and North Tenth streets, nor to any part thereof lying west of the easterly side of Franklin street, and between the northerly side of Quay street, and the northerly bulkhead line of Bushwick creek; nor to any part thereof lying north of the southerly line of North Fifteenth street, and of a line drawn in continuation thereof in an easterly direction. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Not returned by the governor within ten days after being received by him, and became a law without his signature, July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. Bounda ries. Corporate name and powers. CHAP. 638. AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred and thirty of the SECTION 1. Section one of chapter three hundred and thirty of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to amend the incorporation of the village of Fairport in the county of Monroe," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 1. The territory comprised within the following limits shall constitute the village of Fairport: Commencing at a point near the residence of Charles Plumb and in line with the west line of the highway running south from Baker's bridge (so called) in the town of Perinton, which point shall be determined as follows, namely: Starting at the point of intersection of the west line of the said highway with the north line of lot number forty and running southerly along the west line of the aforesaid highway seventeen chains and eleven links; from thence north eighty-five degrees west ninety-four chains and six links to the berme bank of the Erie canal; thence along the berme bank of said canal in a north-easterly direction seventy-six chains and thirty-five links to a point opposite George J. Shaffer's east line; thence across said Erie canal along said George J. Shaffer's east line north, five degrees east, twenty-eight chains and forty-five links to the south line of the highway running east and west past the residence of Henry O. Barnum; thence south along the south line of said highway eightyfive degrees east, eighty-five chains and seventy links to the highway leading south from the school-house in school district number eight; thence south along the west line of said highway five degrees west, ninety-seven chains and twenty-five links to the place of beginning, containing one square mile and two hundred and four acres and fortyfive-hundredths acres of land, situated in the town of Perinton in the county of Monroe. 2. The inhabitants for the time being of said village, while residing within its corporate limits, as now or hereafter established, shall constitute and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Village of Fairport," and by that name they and their successors forever shall have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued; complain and defend in any court; may make and use a common seal and alter it; and may, if a majority of the trustees of said village approve, receive by gift, grant, devise, bequest or purchase, and hold, sell and convey real and personal property, in fee or in trust, for such time and purposes as shall be specified in the instrument creating the trust. Provided that the acceptance of any trust, except such as is herein specially authorized, or the acceptance, purchase or sale of any real estate, shall be made only with the consent or ratification of a majority of the general tax payers of said village, or the majority of such persons present and voting at any lawful village meeting held within not less than four and not more than six weeks after notice by the trustees of application for such consent or ratifica |
