any certificate or exemplification by any office of this state of any patent, record or other document. Certificato of state, &c. §2. Before any such deed or other instrument, oath or affidavit, patent, record or document, shall be entitled to be of secretary used, recorded, or read in evidence, in addition to the preceding requisites, there shall be subjoined or affixed to the certificate signed and sealed by such commissioner as aforesaid, a certificate under the hand and official seal of the secretary of state of this state, certifying that such commissioner was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, or of administering such oath or affirmation, duly authorized to take the same, and that the secretary is acquainted with the handwriting of such commissioner, or has compared the signature to such certificate with the signature of such commissioner deposited in his office, and has also compared the impression of the seal affixed to such certificate with the impression of the seal of such commissioner deposited in his office, and that he believes the signature and the impression of the seal of the said certificate to be genuine. commis §3. Every commissioner appointed by virtue of this act, Oath of before performing any duty or exercising any power in vir- sioner. tue of his appointment, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before a person authorized to administer such oath or affirmation by the laws of this state, or before a judge or clerk of one of the courts of record of the kingdom or empire in which such commissioner shall reside, well and faithfully to execute and perform all the duties of such commissioner under and by virtue of the laws of the state of New York; and shall also cause to be prepared an Seal of comofficial seal, on which shall be designated his name, and the words" commissioner of deeds for the state of New York," with the name of the city for which he shall be appointed; and shall cause a distinct impression of such seal, taken upon wax or some other substance capable of receiving and retaining a clear impression, together with his signature, in his own proper writing, and the oath or affirmation above in this section mentioned, duly certified by the person before whom it may be taken, to be filed in the office of the secretary of this state. missioner. 4. As often as the term of office of any commissioner Vacancy. appointed by virtue of this act shall expire, or the office shall become vacant by the death, resignation, or removal from the city for which he was appointed, of such com Fees for certificate of secretary of state. Instructions Fees of com missioner, the governor shall have power to fill the office by new appointment, and the person so appointed shall, upon complying with the provisions of the third section of this act, hold his office by the tenure, and shall possess the powers specified in the first section of this act. § 5. The secretary of state shall be entitled to demand and receive the sum of twenty-five cents for every certificate given by him in pursuance of the third section of this act. § 6. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to forward instructions and forms in accordance with the laws of this state, together with a copy of this act, to each person who shall be appointed a commissioner under and by virtue of this act. 7. The fees of such commissioner for services under missioners. this act, shall be as follows: In Great Britain, for administering each oath and certifying the same, and for making each certificate attached to a patent, record or other document, one shilling sterling; in France one franc and twentyfive centimes. In Great Britain, for taking each acknowledgment or proof of any deed or written instrument to be recorded or read in evidence, four shillings sterling; in France five francs. Papers may evidence. § 8. A copy of any patent, record or other document, rebe used in maining of record in any public office of any foreign kingdom, state or country when certified according to the form in use in such kingdom, state or country, and also certified according to the first and second sections of this act, may be read in evidence in any of the courts of this state. § 9. The certificate of any one of said commissioners annexed to a paper purporting to be certified as in the last section provided, shall be presumptive evidence that it has been certified according to the form in use in such kingdom, state or country. Chap. 309. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled "An act to extend the time for the payment of taxes in the city of Albany," passed April seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. Passed April 17th, 1858. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The act entitled "An act to extend the time for the payment of taxes in the city of Albany," passed April seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, is hereby repealed. §2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 310. AN ACT to amend the charter of the village of Dunkirk. Passed April 17th, 1858, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. An act entitled "An act to amend an act to incorporate the village of Dunkirk, passed April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 2. All that part of the town of Pomfret, in the county of Chautauque, which is contained within the following boundaries, to wit: beginning at the lake shore on the line of lots between lots seven and thirteen, in the sixth town ship and twelfth range of the Holland Land company's land, according to certain maps or surveys made for the proprietors by Joseph Elicott, and running south on said line between lots six and thirteen, and between five and twelve, and eighty rods between four and eleven; thence west parallel with and eighty rods south of the north line of lot eleven to the east line of lot seventeen; thence south on the west side of lot eleven, to the middle of lot sixteen; thence west along the middle of said lot sixteen, to the east line of lot twenty-two; thence north on the east line of said lot twenty-two, to the southeast corner of lot twenty-three; thence west on the south line of lot twenty-three, to the southeast corner of lot twenty-eight; thence north on the line between lots twenty-three and twenty-eight, to the northeast corner of lot twenty-eight; thence west on the north line of said lot twenty-eight, to the lake; bounded thence north by the north bounds of the said town of Pomfret, shall hereafter be known and distinguished by the name of "The village of Dunkirk;" and the inhabitants residing within said village are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of "The village of Dunkirk;" and shall have power in said corporate name to sue and be sued, and to take, hold, secure and convey any estate, real or personal, for the public use of said village, and to build, erect and repair any public buildings, grounds or works, for the like purpose. Chap. 311. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Harmony Fire Insurance Company of New York. Passed April 17th, 1858. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The Harmony Fire Insurance Company are hereby authorized to make all and every Insurance apper taining to or connected with marine risks and risks of transportation and navigation, and shall hereafter be known by the name of the Harmony Fire and Marine Insurance Company, of New York. § 2. Nothing in this act contained shall in any way affect or impair any right or liability of the Harmony Fire Insurance Company, and they shall sue and be sued in their new corporate name. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 312. AN ACT to alter and amend "An act to confer certain powers upon the Trustees of the Rochester Home for the Friendless," passed March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Passed April 17th, 1858. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The first section of the act entitled "An act to confer certain powers upon the trustees of the Rochester Home for the Friendless," passed March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 1. Whenever any child under the age of fourteen years shall have been committed to the care and custody of the Rochester Home for the Friendless, a corporation incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five, under and by virtue of the act entitled "An act for the incorporation of benevolent, charitable and scientific and missionary societies," passed April twelfth, eighteen hundred and fortyeight, or to the managers thereof, as such, by either parent of such child, or by any superintendent or overseer of the poor, it shall be lawful for said corporation to bind out such |