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Provided they work on said road.

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ham, in the county of Greene, against confirming the proceedings
aforesaid, have entered into an arrangement with the said inhabit-
apts to permit them to pass the middle gate, on said road, toll free,
ou the condition that such of the said inhabitants as live on the said
road, shall bestow three-fourths of their ordinary road assessments
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on the said turnpike road.

II. Be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of the town of Windham, shall hereafter at all times have the right of passing the said gate without paying toll.

III. And be it further enacted, That such of the inhabitants of the said town of Windham, as reside on the said turnpike road, shall work three-fourths of their assessments on the said turnpike, under the direction of the commmissioners of highways of the said town, and of the overseers of highways in whose road districts they shall reside; and that it shall be the duty of the commissioners of highways, of the said town, hereafter to cause the said inhabitauts, residing on the said turnpike road, to be assessed in the same proportion with the other inhabitants of the said town, and to direct that threefourths of the labor be bestowed on the said turnpike road: Provided always, That the said inhabitants shall have the same right to commute as in other cases: And provided also, That nothing in this act contained shall confirm the doings of the commissioners who laid out the said road, or of the appraisers who assessed the damages to so much of the said road as passes through the lands of William Stimson, in the said town of Windham, until the said president and directors shall have the damages, which the said Stimson may sustain by having the said road laid over his land, assessed, conformably to the directions of the act, entitled "an act relative to turnpike companies," and shall have paid or tendered the damages, thus assessed, to the said William Stimson, his heirs and assigns, and then only to be confirmed from the time of making such payment or tender, as aforesaid: And further, That nothing in this act shall in any wise impair the rights of the said company to land they have purchased from the said William Stimson for the said road, nor prejudice the rights of either party to any action or actions, which is or are now pending between the said William Stimson and the said company.

CHAP. LXXXI.

AN ACT relative to the board of supervisors of the counties of Tioga, Seneca, Broome and Chenango.

Passed March 14, 1817.

I. BE it enacted by the people of the State of New-York, repreented in Senate and Assembly, That the annual meeting of the board of supervisors of the county of Tioga, shall be held at the court house in the town of Spencer, on the last Tuesday of October in each year; and that the annual meeting of the board of supervisors, of the counties of Seneca and Broome, shall be holden at the respective court houses, in said counties, on the last Monday of October in each year, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

II. And be it further enacted, That the assessment rolls of the several towns in said counties, before mentioned, and also of the several towus in the county of Chenango, or a fair and correct copy thereof, shall be delivered to the respective collectors of the several towns in each county, on or before the third Tuesday of November in each year, with the warrant thereunto annexed, in manner directed by the act, entitled "an act for the assessment and collection of taxes."

CHAP. LXXXII.

AN ACT altering the terms of the courts of common pleas and gen eral sessions of the peace in the counties of Albany and Columbia, and granting an additional term of the said courts.

Passed March 14, 1817.

Albany.

When held

I. BE 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, there shall be held in and for the county of Albany four Terms in terms of the courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace, at the capitol in the city of Albany, at the times following, in each year, to wit: On the second Tuesday of June, on the second Tuesday of September, on the second Tuesday of December, and on the second Tuesday of March, instead of the times now established by law for holding the said courts in the said county; and that the said courts respectively may continue from the times of their commencement, as aforesaid, (Sunday excepted) until and including Tuesday in the next week thereafter.

II. And be it further enacted, That the first term of the said courts shall be held, as aforesaid, on the second Tuesday of June First term. next, and that all writs, process, notices and recognizances, made returnable on the third Tuesday of June next, in the said courts respectively, shall be, and hereby are made, returnable in the said courts, at the capitol in the city of Albany, on the second Tuesday of June next; and that all adjournments, appearances, continuances and notices, of any proceedings in the said courts respectively, shall be held and taken to be made to and at the terms of the said courts respectively as altered by this act.

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III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, there shall be held in and for the county of Columbia, four Com. pleas terms of the court of common pleas, at the court house in the city of Hudson, at the times following, to wit: On the first Monday in June, on the last Monday in August, and last Monday in November, and on the third Monday in February, in each year; and that three courts of general sessions of the peace shall be held in and for the ions. said county, at the times following, to wit: On the first Monday in June, on the last Monday in November, and third Monday in February, instead of the times now established by law for holding said courts in the said county; and the said courts, respectively, may continue from the times of their commencement, as aforesaid, untif and including Saturday in the said terms respectively.

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IV. And be it further enacted, That the first term of the said courts shall be held as aforesaid, on the first Monday in June next; and that all writs, process, notices and recognizances, made returnable on the last Monday of May next, in the said courts, respectively, shall be, and hereby are, made returnable in the said courts, in the court house in the city of Hudson, on the first Monday in June next; and that all adjournments, appearances, continuances and notices, of any proceeding in the said courts respectively, shall be held and taken to be made to and at the terms of the said courts respectively, as altered by this act.

CHAP. LXXXIII.

AN ACT relative to state roads.

Passed March 14, 1817.

WHEREAS great inconvenience has arisen from the want of authority in the commissioners of highways, of the several towns in this state, to alter and amend such highways as are laid out by special acts of the legislature, commonly called state roads; and in order to prevent application being made to the legislature for every alteration in said roads, as are supposed to be necessary-Therefore,

BE it enacted by the people of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be lawful for the commissioners of highways of any town in this state, through which a state road passes, on being applied to by twelve freeholders of such town, and with the consent of the commissioners of highways of the adjoining towns through which said road passes, to regulate and alter such road, in the said town, if in their opinion the public good and convenience shall require the same: Provided however, That no such alteration shall alter the general route of the road: And also, That the provisions of the act, entitled "an act to regulate highways," relative to the alteration and amendment of public roads, shall be held to extend to such alteration, as aforesaid, of road.

any state

CHAP. LXXXIV.

Associates,

AN ACT to incorporate the Oswego falls and Sodus-bay turnpike road company.

Passed March 14, 1817.

I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in senate and assembly, That George Scriba, Adonijah Church, Obadiah Adams and Jarvis Mudge, and all such persons as shall associate for the purpose of making a turnpike road, to begin on the west side of the Oswego river, near the termination of the road from Utica, and running thence to Port Glasgow on the eastern shore of Sodus-bay, in the county of Cayuga, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name of

«The president, directors and company of the Oswego falls and So. Style. dus-bay turnpike company," and they are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persous in law capable of Powers.' suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions and complaints, matters and causes; and by the same name and style shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any estate, real, personal or mixed, for the use of the said corporation: Provided, That such estate, real, personal or mixed, so to be purchased and held, shall be necessary to fulfil the end and intent of the said incorporation, and for no other purpose whatsoever.

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II. And be it further enacted, That the said stock of the said com- stock. pany hereby incorporated, shall consist of three thousand shares, of twenty dollars each, and that George Scriba, Obadiah Alams, Commission George Goundry and Conrad Forsyne, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscriptions for said stock, in the manner directed by the act, entitled “an act relative to turnpike companies," passed March 13th, 1807.

III. And be it further enacted, That the said company hereby incorporated, shall be entitled to exact and receive at each of the Tolls gates or turnpikes to be erected on said road, for any number of miles not less than ten in length of said road, the following sums of money, and so in proportion for every greater or less distance, from all persons travelling or using the same, to wit: For every score of hogs or sheep, three cents; for every score of cattle, horses or mules, six cents; for every chair, sulkey or chaise, with one horse, twelve and an half cents; for every horse rode, led or driven, four cents; for every chariot, coach, coachee, phaeton, pleasure waggon or pleasure carriage, drawn by two horses, twenty five cents, for every additional horse, six cents; for every stage waggon or other four wheeled carriage, drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, twelve and an half cents, for every additional horse, mule or ox, three cents; for every cart, drawn by two oxen, eight cents, and every additional yoke of oxen, or pair of horses or mules, three cents; for every sled, travelling the above road from the fifteenth day of December to the fifteenth day of March, in each year, one half of the tolls herein demanded for carriages for the transportation of burdens.

IV. And be it further enacted, That the said company hereby incorporated, shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, powers and immunities, which are given and granted in and by the aforesaid act, entitled "an act relative to turnpike companies," and shall be subject to all the conditions, restrictions and regulations, contained in the said general act.

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V. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the company hereby incorporated, if they think fil, to cause to Extension ef be laid out, and worked, and made, a turnpike road from the western shore of Sodus bay, opposite to the termination of the turnpike road above mentioned, until it strikes the ridge road, at or near Turner's tavern, in the town of Sodus, and county of Ontario, or any portion of the distance between said bay and the ridge road, conforming in all

things to the directions of the said act, relative to turnpike companies, which last mentioned turnpike road, when made, shall be considered as belonging to and forming a part of the turnpike road first above mentioned.

CHAP. LXXXV.

AN ACT to aller the time of holding the annual town meetings in the towns of Argyle, Hampton, Fort Ann and Kingsbury, in the county of Washington.

Passed March 14, 1817.

Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in senate and assembly, That from and after the first Tuesday in April next, the annual town meetings in the towns of Argyle, Hampton, Fort Ann and Kingsbury, in the county of Washington, shall be held on the first Monday of March in each and every year; and that all such town officers, whose duty it is to meet on the last Tuesday of March, shall meet on the last Tuesday of February, in every year, to do and transact such business as to their respective offices may appertain.

CHAP. LXXXVI.

AN ACT to amend the act, entitled “ an act relative to the managers of lotteries, and for other purposes."

Passed March 14, 1817.

I. BE it enacted by the People of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the managers of lotteries within this state, shall not be bound to sell tickets at private sale for the space of sixty days, after opening any lottery for sale, as the fifth section of the act hereby amended directs, but may at the expi ration of thirty days dispose of the said tickets, or such of them as may remain unsold, at public auction, in the city of New-York, in the manner and on the terms and conditions, which the said section of said act prescribes, after first giving notice of such sale at least twice a week, for three weeks successively, in at least three of the public newspapers published in the city of New-York, and in at least two of the public news papers published in the city of Albany.

II. And be it further enacted, That the twenty-first section of the act, entitled "an act for the payment of certain officers of gov ernment, and for other purposes," passed the 18th of April, 1815, and the sixteenth section of the act, entitled " an act for the payment of certain officers of government, and for other purposes," passed 17th April, 1816, be and the same are hereby severally re pealed.

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