the commencement of the year for which they are issued, and, if CHAPTER 34 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the extension of police districts in certain towns to include incorporated villages of such towns. Became a law February 24, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ch. 63, Section 1. Section three hundred and nineteen of chapter sixty- L. 1909, three of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An 319 act relating to towns, constituting chapter sixty-two of the con- amended. solidated laws," as added by chapter two hundred and thirtythree of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 319. Town board may establish police districts. The town board of a town in a county adjoining a city of the first class may establish and define the bounds of a police district or police districts in such town outside of any incorporated village. The town board of any such town may, however, extend such a district to include any incorporated village or villages within such town, provided that the board of trustees of such village approves the same. Upon the adoption by the board of trustees of such village of the necessary resolutions approving the extension of such a district to include such village the police force or police department of such village shall no longer be maintained by such village, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any inconsistent provision thereof hereby being declared inapplicable, provided, however, that the members of such force or department shall be immediately transferred to the police force of the police district so extended. If any such village maintains what is known as a police pension fund, the same shall remain in existence for the benefit of the members so transferred unless the same or any part thereof shall be transferred to the New York state employees' retirement system fund, as provided in section seventy-three of the civil service law. amended § 2. Section three hundred and nineteen-b of such chapter, as 319b added by chapter two hundred and thirty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty and amended by chapter forty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 319-b. Police force; appointment and salaries. The police commissioners shall appoint a chief of police or a director of public safety and such other officers and such number of policemen 1 Remainder of section new. 2 Words " or a director of public safety and such other officers," new. ₤103a added. as may be needed and fix the amount and times of payment of CHAPTER 35 AN ACT to amend the membership corporation* law, in relation to the sale of real property by a fire corporation. Became a law February 24, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Chapter forty of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relating to membership corporations, constituting chapter thirty-five of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended by inserting therein a new section, to be section one hundred and three-a, to read as follows: § 103-a. Fire corporation may sell real property to fire district. Any corporation formed under chapter three hundred and ninetyseven of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three or chapter three hundred and fifteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or under this article, may, with the leave of the court, convey real property, without consideration, to a fire district established under section thirty-eight of the county law. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 36 AN ACT to legalize, ratify and confirm the action of the board of trustees of the village of Patchogue in submitting to the voters of such village a proposition for the conveyance to the town of Brookhaven of certain land as a site for a town building, the action of the voters thereon, and the acts of the officers or employees of the village pursuant thereto. Became a law February 24, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. All proceedings, votes and resolutions taken and Proceedings adopted by the board of trustees of the village of Patchogue at the meetings of said board held in the month of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, in relation to the submission to the qualified voters at a special election in said village of Patchogue held on the twenty-ninth day of April, nineteen hundred and twentyfour, and the vote upon proposition number one, submitted to the So in original. qualified voters at such election, such proposition being one to transfer and convey as a site for a town hall building, land as described in said proposition number one, to the town of Brookhaven for the sum of one dollar, are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed so as to be of the same force and effect as if all such proceedings and the vote upon said proposition number one were at the time of such vote by the qualified electors of said village specifically authorized by law and that the acts of any officers or Acts done employees of the village of Patchogue done under or pursuant to to actions such actions and vote are hereby ratified and confirmed with like and vote, effect. pursuant ratified, § 2. This act shall not affect any action or proceeding now Pending pending in any court. actions. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 37 AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled "An act to incorporate the trustees of the New York Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church," relative to power to hold property. Became a law February 24, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ch. 131, Section 1. The first section of chapter one hundred and thirty- L. 1843, one of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled 1 $ "An act to incorporate the trustees of the New York Annual amended. Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church," as amended by chapter three hundred and seventy-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,' is hereby amended so as to read as follows: rators. name and § 1. Such persons as are now the trustees for the New York CorpoAnnual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, or who may be hereafter appointed by said conference, as such trustees, shall be, and are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of the "Trustees of the New York Annual Con- Corporate ference," and by that name shall have succession, and be in law powers. capable to taking by bequest,2 devise, or purchase, and of holding and conveying any estate, real or personal, provided, however, Limitathat the annual income of the personal estate held by them shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars; and all devises and bequests to said corporation shall be subject to the provisions of 'section seventeen of the decedent estate law. tion on property. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 Previously amended by L. 1866, ch. 240. 2 Word "bequest 99 new. 3 Formerly thirty thousand dollars." Remainder of sentence formerly read: 'chapter three hundred and sixty of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty entitled 'An act relating to wills,' and the acts amending the same." L. 1922, L. 1922, CHAPTER 38 AN ACT to amend the farms and markets law, in relation to protecting the breeding of pure bred stock. Became a law February 24, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section ninety-five of chapter forty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An act in relation. to farms and markets, constituting chapter sixty-nine of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended to read as follows: § 95. Protecting the breeding of pure bred stock. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons owning or in the possession of any bull of the age of more than nine months, any stallion of the age of more than eighteen months, or buck or boar over five months of age, to suffer or permit such animal or animals to go, or range, or run at large on any lands or premises without the consent of the person entitled to the possession of such land or premises.2 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 39 AN ACT to amend the farms and markets law, in relation to power of the commissioner to investigate sales of farm produce on commission. Became a law February 24, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section two hundred and forty-seven of chapter fortyeight of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An act in relation to farms and markets, constituting chapter sixty-nine of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended to read as follows: § 247. Power of the commissioner to investigate. The commissioner shall have power to investigate, upon the verified complaint of an interested person, the record of any person, firm, exchange, corporation or association applying for a license, or any transaction involving the solicitation, receipt, sale or attempted sale of farm produce on a commission basis, the failure to make proper and true accounts and settlements at prompt and regular intervals, the making of false statements as to condition, quality or quantity of goods received, or while in storage, the making of false statements as to market conditions, with intent to deceive, or the failure to make payment for goods received or other alleged injurious transactions; and for such purpose may examine at the 1 Word "penalty" omitted. 2 Sentence omitted which provided a penalty for violation of this section. place of business of the licensee, that portion of the ledgers, books of account, memoranda or other documents, relating to the transactions involved, of any commission merchant, and may take testimony therein under oath. When a consignor of farm produce fails to obtain satisfactory settlement in any transaction, after having notified the consignee, a verified complaint may be filed, at the expiration of ten days after such notification, with the commissioner. The commissioner shall attempt to secure an explanation or adjustment, failing in which, he shall cause a copy of the complaint, together with a notice of a time and place for a hearing thereon, to be served personally, or by mail, upon such commission merchant. Such service shall be made at least seven days before the hearing, which shall be held in the city, village or township in which is situated the place of business of the licensee. At the time and place appointed for such hearing, the commissioner or an assistant commissioner shall hear the parties to such complaint, and shall make and file in the office of the commissioner a decision either dismissing such complaint or specifying the facts which he deems established on such hearing. In case of failure by a commission merchant to pay consignor creditors for farm produce received from said consignors to be sold on commission, or in case of the bankruptcy of, or the revocation of the license of, such commission merchant, or the discontinuance of the business of such commission merchant for any other reason, the commissioner shall proceed to ascertain the names and addresses of all consignor creditors of such commission merchant, together with the amounts due and owing to them by such commission merchant, by advertising in at least two commercial or produce papers within the state at least once each week for a period of four weeks, notifying in such advertisement all such consignor creditors to file a verified statement of their claims with the commissioner within sixty days of the expiration of the period of notice, and that claims not filed during that time will not receive consideration. At the end of sixty days from the termination of such period, the commissioner shall proceed to bring an action on the bond which has been filed in the department by said commission merchant. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 40 AN ACT to amend the farms and markets law, in relation to annual report to the commissioner and to the state society. Became a law February 24, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section two hundred eighty-eight of chapter forty- L. 1922, eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled ch 48, § 288 amended. 1 Formerly eight weeks." 2 Formerly "thirty days." |