1. Set nets, except of a certain size and construction, prohibited in the Hudson between New-York and Troy-2. Penalty for using-3. And for not removing obstructions. AN ACT to regulate the Fishing with set Nets in Hudson's River, and to prevent Obstructions in the Navigation thereof. 1 I. 2 B Passed March 20, 1807. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the tenth day of June next, it shall not be lawful for any person whatsoever to make use of any other kind of set nets for catching fish in any part of Hudson's river, between the city of New-York and the village of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, than such as are constructed with buoys, not exceeding three feet in length and two feet in diameter, and unconnected with any poles, stakes or timber. II. And be it further enacted, That if any person whatsoever shall, after the said tenth day of June, place any set net having poles, stakes or timber fastened thereto, or connected therewith,. except buoys as aforesaid, in any part of the Hudson's river, between the places aforesaid, or shall drive any poles, stakes or timber into the bed of the said river, whereby the navigation thereof shall be in any wise obstructed or endangered, every such person shall be deemed guilty of a public offence, and shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered, with costs, by and to the use of any person who will sue for the same to effect, in any court having cognizance thereof; and every person so offending, shall moreover be liable to pay all damages occasioned to individuals in consequence thereof: Provided always, That if any 3 person shall, after the passing of this act, place any stake or pole, or other obstruction as aforesaid, and shall not within ten days after the said tenth day of June, and before the first day of July next, cause the same to be removed, the person so offending shall forfeit the sum of twenty dollars, for each stake or pole so not removed, to be recovered in an action of debt, by any person suing for the same, with costs of suit, in any court having cognizance thereof. AN ACT for the Relief of Jeremiah Schuyler. Passed March 20, 1807. HEREAS it appears, that Jeremiah Schuyler and John I. this state, lot number twenty, in the Cayuga reservation, and lot number seventy, in the Onondaga reservation; and that twenty-five dollars was paid on each of those lots, when the deeds were executed to them, and the residue secured to be paid by the joint mortgages of the said Jeremiah Schuyler and John I. Cuyler, that soon after John I. Cuyler, died insolvent, that since his deccease, the said Jeremiah Schuyler paid into the treasury of this state, three hundred dollars, part of the said purchase money which he is willing to relinquish, that if the said Jeremiah Schuyler was to pay the full amount of the consideration money, he would be entitled to one half of the land only, and no part of the consideration money could be obtained from the heirs or legal representatives of the said John I. Cuyler. Therefore, Covenant BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That on the said Jeremiah Schuyler and the heirs or legal representatives of John I. Cuyler, deceased, reconveying to the state the said two lots of land, with in the said release to secure this state against all acts or things done or suffered by the said Jeremiah Schuyler and the said John I. Cuy ler, deceased, or either of them, or of the heirs or legal representatives of the said John I. Cuyler, by which the title may any way be defeated or impaired by them or either of them, and also release all claims and demands, they the said Jeremiah Schuyler or the said John I. Cuyler, or his heirs or legal representatives may have for any sums of money paid by them or either of them into the treasury of this state, as part of the consideration money of said lots aforesaid, within six months after the passing of this act, the comptroller of this state do by virtue of this act, give and execute to the said Jeremiah Schuyler and the heirs or legal representatives of the said John 1. Cuyler, deceased, a full discharge from the said contract for the purchase of the said lots: Provided, That the interest of no other person be affected by this act. С НА Р. XLIX. 4. Brunswick-5. Grafton-2. Lansingburgh-6. Petersburg-3. Troy, bounds of. 1. Troy and Petersburg divided into five towns-7. Poor and monies, how divided. AN ACT to divide the Towns of Troy and Petersburg, in the County of Rensselaer. B Passed March 20, 1807. 1 I. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the passing of this act, the towns of Troy and Petersburg, aforesaid, shall be divided into five towns, in the following manner, to wit: all that 2 part of the town of Troy, bounded as followeth, beginning on the north line of said town, one mile east of Hudson's river; thence southerly on a line to be drawn parallel to the said river, to the north line of the village of Troy; thence westerly along said north line to the west line of said town of Troy, shall be a separate town, by the name of Lansingburgh; and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of Robert Waud, in the village of Lansingburgh. II. And be it further enacted, That all that part of said town of Troy, lying south of Lansingburgh, and north of the town of Greenbush, and west of a line drawn southerly from the southeast corner of Lansingburgh, parallel to the aforesaid river, to the north line of said Greenbush, shall be a separate town, by the name of Troy; YOL, V. I 4 5 6 7 and the first town meeting shall be held at the court-house, in the village of Troy. III. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the present town of Troy bounded on the west by the towns of Lansingburgh and Troy, aforesaid, and on the east by a line to commence on the north line of said Troy, seven miles and one-third of a mile east of the northeast corner of the town of Lansingburgh; thence southerly in a straight direction to intersect the north line of the town of Greenbush, seven miles and one-third of a mile east of the southeast corner of the town of Troy, shall be a separate town, by the name of Brunswick; and the first town meeting shall be held at the dwelling house of Nathan Betts. IV. And be it further enacted, That all the remaining part of the town of Troy, and so much of the west side of Petersburg, as shall make seven miles in width from the east line of the town of Brunswick, cut off by a line to commence on the north line of Petersburg, seven miles east of the northeast corner of Brunswick; thence southerly parallel to the east line of said Brunswick to the south line of Petersburg, shall be a separate town, by the name of Grafton; and the first town meeting shall be held at the dwelling house of Nathan Hakes. V. And be it further enacted, That all the remaining part of the town of Petersburg, and a triangular piece off of the northeast corner of the town of Berlin, bounded as follows, to wit: beginning on the line that divides the towns of Petersburg and Berlin, on the heighth of land where the said line intersects the west line of Archibald Jones's land; thence running southerly and easterly on the said heighth of land to the east line of this state, shall remain a separate town, by the name of Petersburg; and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of Joshua Randal. VI. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the first Tuesday of April next, the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the towns of Lansingburgh, Troy, Brunswick, Grafton, Petersburg and Berlin, shall meet together, at such time and place as they shall agree on, and divide the monies and poor belonging to the former towns of Troy, Petersburg and Berlin, according to the last tax list of each town, and that each town thereafter shall respectively maintain their own poor. CHA P. L. CONTENTS. 5. Appeals from decisions of the commissioners within what period to be made. 1. Highways, laid on the line between two towns, duty of commissioners respecting. How kept in repair. 2. ...... 3. Scraper, for each road-district, commissioners to procure-4. From what monies to 6. Section of a former act repealed. 1 I. [be paid for. AN ACT in Addition to the several Acts relating to Highways. Passed March 20, 1807. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That whenever it shall become necessary to have a highway upon the line between two towns, such BE highway shall be laid out by two or more of the commissioners of highways of each of the said towns, so that such line shall be the centre or middle thereof; and it shall be the duty of the same commissioners, when they lay out such highway, to divide into two road-districts in such manner that the labour and expense of opening, working and keeping in repair the road through each of the said districts may be equal, as near as may be, and to allot one of the said districts to each of the said towns, which shall be considered as wholly belonging to the town to which it shall be so allotted, for the purpose of opening and improving the said road and for keeping it in repair; and the commissioners shall cause the said highway, and the said partition and allotment thereof, to be recorded in the office of the town clerk, in each of the respective towns. 11. And be it further enacted, That all highways, heretofore laid 2 out upon the line between any two towns, shall be divided, allotted, recorded and kept in repair in the manner above directed. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners of highways, in every town in this state, whenever they shall think it necessary or useful, to direct and empower any overseer of highways in their respective towns, to procure a good and sufficient iron or steel-shod scraper, for the use of his roaddistrict, to be paid for by the monies arising from commutations and fines within such district; and in case such monies should be insufficient for the purpose, such deficiency shall, by the said overseers, be assessed upon the inhabitants of the said district, in the proportion they are respectively assessed to work on the said road; and if any one so assessed shall neglect or refuse to pay such assessment,the same may be sued for and recovered by the said overseer, with costs of suit, before any justice of the peace of the same county. IV. And be it further enacted, That there shall be no appeal from a decision of any commissioners of highways, on the laying out or altering of any highway, by virtue of the act, entitled "An act to regulate highways," passed the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and one, unless such appeal shall be prosecuted within three months after the passing of this act, or after the recording, laying out, or altering of any highway, hereafter to be laid. out, or altered by virtue of the above mentioned act. V. And be it further enacted, That the second section of the act, entitled "An act concerning roads in the county of Rockland," passed the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and six, be and the same is hereby repealed. CHA P. LI. 1. Commissioners, authorized to cede the jurisdiction of certain lands, on Staten and Long-Islands, to the United States-2. With proviso. 3. Lands to be ceded to be described by metes and bounds. 4..... At Bluff-Point, on Staten-Island, granted to the United States. AN ACT to cede the Jurisdiction of certain Lands in this State to the United States. Passed March 20, 1807. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre- 1 I. 5 6 tering the government of this state, the lieutenant-governor, the chancellor, the chief justice of the supreme court, and the mayor of the city of New-York, for the time being, be and hereby are appointed commissioners, with fuil powers to them or any three of them, whereof the person administering the government, for the time being, shall always be one, in their discretion, as they shall judge the safety and defence of the city and port of New-York to require, and in such manner and form as they shall judge necessary and proper, to declare the consent of the legislature of this state, that such parcels of land on Staten-Island and on Long-Island, as they shall judge necessary for the purposes aforesaid, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and thereupon the ju risdiction of the said lands shall be vested in the United States 2 Provided however, That such cession shall not exceed two hundred acres on both of the said Islands: And provided further, That such cession shall not be deemed to extend to prevent the execution of any process civil or criminal, under the authority of this state. 3 4 II. And be it further enacted, That such declaration of the consent of the legislature of this state shall explicitly define, by accurate metes and bounds, the situation of the lands, the jurisdiction whereof shall be ceded in virtue of this act, which description shall be filed in the secretary's office of this state. III. And be it further enacted, That the lands belonging to the people of this state at Bluff-point, on Staten-Island, which shall by the president of the United States be deemed necessary for fortifications, are hereby granted to the United States for that purpose. CHA P. LII. 3. Commissions and supersedeas, when deemed advisable, may be transmitted by mail. 1. Fees, which the secretary of the state is authorized to receive-2. How accounted for, AN ACT relative to the Fees of the Office of Secretary of this State. Passed March 20, 1807. 11. Bit enact se bate and usembly, That it shall be lawful for the E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre secretary of this state, to ask and demand the following fees, in addition to those directed to be taken in the act, entitled "An act regulating the fees of the several officers and ministers of justice within this state," passed the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and one, to wit: for recording, for every sheet containing one hundred and twenty-eight words, eighteen cents and three-fourths of a cent; for engrossing exemplifications of records, for each sheet containing one hundred and twenty-eight words, eighteen cents and three-fourths of a cent; for affixing the great seal thereto, three dollars; for each certificate of the secretary, to be used in courts of justice, one dollar; for each certificate of the secretary, for other purposes, eighteen cents and three-fourths of 2 a cent; which said fees shall be accounted for and paid in the manner directed by the act above referred to. |