Preamble. Supervisors to e amine valuations made by as sessors. To return CHAP. XCII. AN ACT relative to the assessment and collection of taxes in the city of Albany. Passed March 21, 1817. WHEREAS it is represented to the legislature, that great inequality exists in the apportionment of the quota of tax, on the several wards in the city of Albany, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen; and that such inequality has arisen from an erroneous mode adopted by the supervisors, of the city and county of Albany, for equalizing the valuations of real estate within the said city and county; for remedy whereof, I. BE it enacted by the people of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the supervisors of the city of Albany, to meet together at the capitol, in the said city, on the first Tuesday in June next, and examine the valuations of real estate, made by the assessors of the several wards in the said city, during the past year, and without reference to the assesments of former years, to reduce or increase the aggregate amount of such valuations, in the said respective wards, in such manner and proportions as they shall deem just and reasonable, for the purpose of equalizing the same, as nearly as may be, according to the actual value of such real estate in each ward. II. And be it further enacted, That at the first meeting of the true lists of supervisors, of the city and county of Albany, after the first Tuesvaluation,&e day of June next, the supervisors of the said city shall return true tain what sums were raised in each ward above or below its lists of the valuations, as well of the personal as of the real estate, within the several wards of the said city, so as aforesaid equalized by them; and that it shall be the duty of the supervisors of the said city and county, to apportion the amount of tax assigned to the said city for the past year, (being forty-eight thousand and seven doliars and forty-eight cents, or thereabouts) among the several wards of the said city, according to the amount of real and personal estate within the said respective wards, as appearing from the aforesaid lists. III And be it further enacted, That after such apportionment Shall ascer shall have been made, the supervisors of the said city and county shall forthwith ascertain, from the warrants of the supervisors for the past year, what sum or sums were ordered to be raised in any ward of the said city, above or below its due proportion of tax, according to the aforesaid corrected valuations, and to credit such excess on the books of the said supervisors. to the several wards in which the same has been raised, and to debit the other wards with the sums which each has been assessed, during the past year, below its just proportion of the said tax, to be ascertained as aforesaid. proportion. portioning tax. IV. And be it further enacted, That it be the duty of the superDuty in ap- visors, of the said city and county, in apportioning the tax to be assigned to the said city, for the present year, to include the said credits as part of the quota of the tax of the said wards to whom the same shall be credited as aforesaid and in like manner to add the said debits as part of the quota of the said wards, who may be debited as aforesaid. collector's V. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the su. To regulats pervisors of the said city and county, so to regulate the collectors' fees. fees, within the said city, as that the fees of no collector shall, in any year, exceed the sum of three hundred dollars. CHAP. XCIII. AN ACT for the relief of the president, directors and company of the Seneca lock navigation. Passed March 21, 1817. WHEREAS the president, directors and company of the Seneca lock navigation have, by their petition, represented, that the stock Preamble. subscribed in behalf of this state, and by individuals, was expended, and found insufficient to complete the locks and open the navigation of the Seneca outlet; and that an advance of twenty-five per cent. upon the stock subscribed, was requisite to complete the works, without which they must remain unfinished, useless to the public, and of no value to the stockholders: And whereas most of the stockholders have united in the application of the said president, directors and company, and some few, under special circumstances, do not unite with them-Therefore, To make a I. BE it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represented in senate and assembly, That it shall be lawful for the president, directors and company of the Seneca lock navigation to call further call. for and demand, upon every share subscribed to the stock of said company, a further sum of six dollars twenty-five cents over and above twenty-five dollars, the original amount of said steck, in the same manner, and under the like penalties, as are provided by the act incorporating said company. stock subscri II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the What sum to comptroller of this state, to draw his warrants upon the treasurer for be paid on the sum of twenty-five per cent. upon the stock subscribed by him, bed by state. in behalf of this state, when and in such manner as the said president, directors and company may require: Provided however, that the comp- Proviso. troller shall not draw his warrant as aforesaid, unless he shall first have satisfactory proof that the amount of the call, by this act authorised to be made, on the stock of the said company, held by iudividuals, shall have been actually paid and expended by the com pany, on the works of the said company. III. And be it further enacted, That the time fixed, by the act Time for fine incorporating said company, for completing the works, shall be and ishing road the same is hereby extended to the first day of December, 1819. extended. CHAP. XCIV. AN ACT explanatory of the proviso in the second section of an act, entitled "an act further to amend an act, entitled “an act to incorporate the New-York manufacturing company," passed Febru ary 28th, 1817. Passed March 21, 1817. BE it enacted and declared by the people of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall not be lawful for any citizen of this state to make, use, or sell to be used out of this state, the said machines, mentioned in the said proviso of the said second section of the said act hereby amended. CHAP. XCV. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled “ an act to divide the town of Passed March 21, 1817. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, represent ed in senate and assembly, That the act, entitled "an act to divide the town of Parma, in the county of Genesee," shall take effect on the Monday preceding the first Tuesday in April next; and that the southern boundary of the said town of Parma, shall be on the south line of the Gore tract, about one mile south of the ridge road, any thing in the act hereby amended to the contrary notwiths auding. Bounds. CHAP. XCVI. AN ACT to incorporate the village of Rochesterville, in the county of Genesee. Passed March 21, 1817. I. BE it enacted by the people of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the tract of country bounded as follows, to wit: beginning at a point in the center of Genesee river, and on a right line with the south line of lot number fifty-two, in township number one, short range, in the town of Gates, in the county of Genesee; running thence west on said line, to the southwest corner of said lot; thence north on the west line of lots number fifty-two, fiftyone, fifty, forty-nine and forty-eight, to the south line of lot number forty-seven; thence to continue in a right line to the north line of lot number forty-six; thence east, on the said last mentioned line, to the west bank of the Genesee river; thence to continue in a right line to the centre of the said river; and thence along the centre of the said river to the place of beginning, shall be known and distinguished by the name of Rochesterville. to be elected. II. And be it further enacted, That the freeholders and inhabit- Five trustees ants, qualified to vote for members of assembly, and resident within the aforesaid limits, may, on the first Monday in May next, meet at some proper place therein, to be appointed by any justice resident in said village, and notified to the inhabitants thereof by advertisement, at the expense of said village, in some public newspaper printed therein, if any such there should be, and by notices set up in three conspicuous places therein, at least one week previous to the said first Monday of May, and then and there proceed to elect, by ballot, five freeholders, resident within said village, to be trustees thereof; who, when chosen, shall possess the several powers and rights herein after specified; and such justice, or some other justice, resi- A justice to dent within said village, shall preside at such meeting, and determine preside at the qualification of electors, and declare the several persons, having a majority of votes, as duly chosen trustees; and on every first Annual elecMonday of May, after the first election of trustees, there shall, in tion. like manner, be a new election of trustees for the said village; and the trustees for the time being, or a majority of them, shall perform the several duties required from the said justice, in respect of notifying all the meetings of the freeholders and inhabitants of the said village, and presiding at such meetings; and each and every of the Trustees to said trustees, so presiding at such meetings, is hereby authorised to oath. administer an oath to any person, offering himself as an elector, in order to determine his qualifications therefor. meeting. administer rate. III. And be it further enacted, That the freeholders and inhabi- Declared a tants residing within the aforesaid limits, be and they are hereby or- body corpedained, constituted and declared to be, from time to time, and forever hereafter, a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the pame of "the trustees of Rochesterville," and by that name they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession, and be persons in law, capable of 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, complaints and causes whatsoever, and that they and their successors may have a common seal, and may change the Seal. same at pleasure, and shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, May hold rereceiving and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the public al estate. use of the said village, and of erecting any public buildings for the use of said village, and of making any necessary repairs or improvements in said village, and of raising money by tax for erecting such May raise money by public buildings, purchasing such real or personal property, procu- tax. ring fire engines and other utensils for extinguishing fires, for making a reasonable compensation to the officers of the corporation, and for making any necessary repairs or improvements in said village, and for defraying the incidental expenses of carrying the several by-laws and regulations which may be made under this act, into effect; which money so to be raised, shall be assessed upon the freeholders and inhabitants of the said village, according to law, by not less than three, nor more than five assessors, who shall be freeholders resident in. said village, to be chosen by the inhabitants of said be freehold village, qualified to vote as aforesaid, and collected by the collector ers. of the corporation, to be chosen by the inhabitants of said village, qualified to vote as aforesaid, in like manner as the taxes of towns Assessors to Proviso. Taxes assess ed on resi dents & nonresidents. make laws. kets. &e. and counties are collected, by virtue of a warrant to him directed, by a majority of the trustees: Provided nevertheless, that no tax shall be levied or monies raised, assessed or collected, for the purposes aforesaid, or any other purpose, and no purchase or sale of any real estate made, and no public buildings erected or disposed of, without the consent of the legal voters of the said village, in open meeting, duly warned and notified, first given and expressed by a majority of votes then and there given: Provided also, That it shall and may be lawful for the inhabitants of said village, as often as they shall vote to raise any sum or sums of money for any of the purposes aforesaid, or any other purposes, to specify, as far as may be convenient, the particular purpose for which said sum or sums, or any part thereof, shall be appropriated, that the assessors may have regard thereto in assessing the same. IV. And be it further enacted, That the taxes which shall be legally laid, shall be assessed by the assessors of the said village upon the inhabitants thereof, and upon the owners of real and personal property, lying and being within the said village, both residents and nonresidents, having regard to the probable advantages which will result to the individuals, respectively, from the improvements contem. plated to be made by such tax: Provided, That if any person shall conceive himself or herself aggrieved by any such assessment, it shall be lawful for such person to appeal from the said assessors to the trustees of the said village, in ten days after such assessments shall be made and public notice thereof given, giving notice to the said assessors, or any one of them, of such appeal, and of the time and place of determining thereon by said trustees, who shall hear the same and do justice in the premises. V. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the trus tees of the said village, or the major part of them, and their successFinsters to ors, to make, ordain, constitute and publish, such prudential by-laws, rules and regulations, as they from time to time may deem meet and To regulate proper; and such particularly as are relative to the public markets, streets, mar streets, allies, highways, foot walks and side ways, in said village; to draining, filling up, levelling, paving, flagging, gravelling, improving and keeping in order the same; relative to slaughter houses, houses of ill fame, and nuisances generally; relative to a village watch, and lighting the streets of the said village; relative to the restraining of dogs, swine, geese, goats, sheep, horses, cows, and other cattle of any kind, owned or found running at large in said village; relative to the better improvement of their common lands and real estate; relative to the inspection of weights and measures and the assize of bread; relative to erecting and regulating hay-scales; relative to public wells, pumps and reservoirs, or cisterns of water, for the extinguishment of fires and for other public purposes; relative to establishing, regulating and ordering their fire companies, and ordering or procuring fire buckets, ladders and fire utensils, and for guarding against fire generally; relative to keeping chimnies and fire places clear and in good repair; relative to taverns, gin shops and huckster shops in said village; relative to the establishing, procuring and keeping a common pound in said village; and relative to any thing whatsoever that may concern the good government of the said village but no such by-laws shall extend to the regulating or Proviso. |