upon carts, rollers, wheel carriages or sleds, under the penalty of five dollars for every offence, one-half of which shall be retained by the commissioners, to be paid to the owner or lessee of said pier. of slips. § 7. When any slip, or basin, or shoal in the port of Dredging New-York, shall be dredged or excavated, it shall be the duty of the person or persons causing the same to be dredged, to cause the sand, mud, or other material to be removed and deposited in some place above high water mark, or be deposited within a bulkhead for filling, or in some place to be approved by the said commissioners; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay to the said commissioners the sum of five dollars, one half of which shall be retained by the commissioners for every cubic yard removed. ing of piers § 8. If the owner, agent or lessee of any pier or bulk- Encumber. head in the port of New-York, or any other person interested in the pier or use thereof shall complain to the said commissioners that any pier or bulkhead has been encumbered with merchandise for more than twenty-four hours and that he desires the same to be removed, it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to remove the same within twenty-four hours after such complaint, and to store the same in a warehouse or other proper receptacle, and a sum equal to double the amount of the expenses of removal, together with the charges for storage, shall be paid by the owner of such merchandise to the said commissioners. and storing chandise. § 9. Whenever merchandise discharged from a vessel Removal and encumbering a bulkhead or pier, in the port of New- of merYork, shall not, in the judgment of the said commissioners, be of sufficient value to pay the expenses of removal and storage, as provided in the last preceding section, such merchandise shall be removed and stored at the expense of the owner, consignee or master of the ship or vessel from which such merchandise shall have been discharged. § 10. At the expiration of every six months it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to advertise, for one week in three or more daily papers in the cities of NewYork and Boooklyn, the merchandise which they have -stored and which has remained unclaimed, setting forth the marks and numbers of each package, the description Advertisng of unclaim ed mer chandise. Cleaning of piers, &c. Buoys and beacons. Fish poles. of the merchandise, the pier whence such merchandise § 11. It shall be the duty of the said commissioners to § 12. Any person mooring any vessel to any of the buoys or beacons placed in the harbor of New-York by the United States light house board, or in any manner hanging on with a boat or vessel to any such buoy or beacon in said harbor, shall forfeit and pay to the commissioners of the port the sum of fifty dollars for every offence; and any person who shall wilfully remove any such buoy or beacon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition to the punishment which may therefor be inflicted, he shall forfeit and pay to the said commissioners the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for every offence. § 13. It shall not be lawful, except in cases now provided by law, for any person to erect or drive in the soil under water in the harbor of New-York, any poles for the purposes of fishing, where the water is of greater depth than six feet at mean low tide, under the penalty of five dollars for each pole erected or driven contrary to the provisions of this section; and it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to cause the same to be removed. § 14. It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of Lighters. every lighter engaged exclusively in the business of lightering in the port of New-York, to cause the name and place of business of one of the owners thereof to be painted in letters at least three inches long on the sides of his lighter; and in default thereof he shall forfeit and pay to the said commissioners the sum of five dollars; and for each and every week the owner of said lighter shall neglect to cause his name so to be painted on his lighter, after being notified, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars. § 15. It shall be the duty of the harbor masters and Violations. pilots of the port of New-York to report to said commissioners all violations of this act, which may come to the knowledge of said harbor masters or pilots, or which may be made known to them by complaint or otherwise. § 16. The act entitled "An act to amend the act entitled an act relating to the harbor masters of the port of NewYork, passed March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty," passed April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, is hereby repealed. penalties. 17. All fines and penalties incurred and recovered Fines and under this act, which are recoverable by or in the name of the commissioners under this act, shall be paid, except as otherwise provided in this act, into the treasury of this state, and the treasurer shall keep account of the same, aud he shall pay to the said commissioners annually the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be divided equally between them; but in case the fines and penalties aforesaid shall not amount to the sum of ten thousand dollars per annum, then he shall pay to the said commissioners such sums as shall be received by him from such fines and penalties, and no more. § 18. All the fines and penalties incurred under this act shall be recoverable by and in the name of the said commissioners. § 19. This act shall take effect immediately. Loan to trustees Chap. 672. AN ACT authorising the comptroller to loan moneys to the trustees of the Ovid Academy, in the county of Seneca. Passed April 16, 1857, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The comptroller of the state is hereby authorised to loan to the trustees of the Ovid academy, the sum of five thousand dollars, out of any money in the treasury belonging to the common school fund, or out of any other money in said treasury which he is authorised by law to invest; and to draw his warrant on the state treasurer in favor of the treasurer of said institution, on receiving from the president and treasurer of said institution, their official bond to repay the money so loaned, in How paya- six equal annual instalments from the date of said bond, with interest thereon, at the rate of seven per cent, to be paid annually; which bond shall be secured by a mortgage, duly executed, on unincumbered real estate of said institution, which real estate must be of twice the value of the money loaned, situate in the town of Ovid, county of Seneca. ble. Insurance. § 2. The trustees of said academy are hereby directed to keep the academy buildings insured in some responsible insurance company, for the sum of five thousand dollars, which shall be satisfactory to the comptroller as collateral security for the money so loaned. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 673. AN ACT in regard to expenses of Emigrants, and to appropriate certain moneys to the use of the Commissioners of Emigration. Passed April 16, 1857, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: emigrants. SECTION 1. The payment by the commissioners of emi- Support of gration of the amounts payable or coming to any of the cities, towns, or counties of this state, for any moneys paid out or expenses incurred previously to the first day of May next by any of them for the support or maintenance of any emigrant passengers, who may have arrived at the port of New York, and who, or on whose account a bond may have been given, or commutation under and pursuant to chapter one hundred and ninety-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-seven, or of any laws. amendatory thereof, or in addition thereto, may be made by said commissioners, at any time within three years from the said first day of May, and not before, unless the said commissioners shall be in funds applicable thereto. In the payment of said claims, the said commissioners shall allow and pay to the said cities, towns and counties, interest upon the amounts severally due them: provided, always, that nothing herein contained shall postpone the payment to such cities, towns and counties respectively of the moneys which may have been appropriated for the re-imbursement of said cities, towns and counties respectively by an act entitled "An act for the removal of the quarantine station," passed March sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, whenever such moneys may be realized; and provided, also, that the said sum of fifty cents mentioned in the thirteenth section of chapter two hundred and twenty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-three, shall be paid and distributed as provided in said act. Loan to § 2. There shall be loaned to the commissioners of Commisemigration, out of any money in the treasury not other- sioners of emigration. |