LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, PASSED AT THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE BEGUN Chap. 1. AN ACT to legalize the assessment rolls of the towns of Ashford and Dayton, for the year 1854. Passed January 5, 1855, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: rolls legal 1. The assessors of the town of Ashford, and the town Assessment of Dayton, in the county of Cattaraugus, are authorised to ized. appear before a justice of the peace of their towns, respectively, and severally make and subscribe before such justice, an oath in the form prescribed by section eight of an act, entitled "An act to amend the law for the assessment and collection of taxes," passed April fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, which oath shall be written on the assessment rolls, respectively, of said towns, for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. §2. The said assessment rolls are hereby declared to be legal and valid, and the collectors of said towns are authorised to collect the taxes pursuant to such rolls the Meeting of board. Certified statement. Certificate of Secreta same in all respects, as if such rolls had been duly signed Chap. 2. AN ACT to expedite the canvass of votes for Senator Passed January 16, 1855, three-fifths being present. §1. The board of county canvassers in the county of §2. The clerk of the county of Livingston, and the clerk of the county of Ontario, shall each transmit a certified copy of the certificate of the determination of their respective boards of county canvassers, to the secretary of state, by mail, immediately after the completion of the said canvass. §3. The secretary of state shall, without delay, on the ry of state. receipt of the said certificates, place them on file in his office, and immediately give official notice to the presiding officer of the Senate, that the person having the greatest number of votes, as shown by the aggregate of the aforesaid certificates of the county convassers, is duly elected senator in the twenty-ninth senate district. General election §4. The provisions of the act of eighteen hundred and law suspen- forty-two, as amended by the act of eighteen hundred and forty-seven, in relation to county and state canvassers, so far as they are inconsistent with this act, are hereby sus ded. pended and declared inoperative and inapplicable to this special election. 5. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, im- Law to be printed. mediately upon the passage of this act, to transmit to the clerk of the county of Ontario, and to the clerk of the county of Livingston, each, one hundred copies of this act for the use of the several towns in their respective coun ties. §6. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county of Law to be Ontario, and of the clerk of the county of Livingston, im- distributed. mediately upon the reception of the said copies of this act, to distribute to each of the supervisors and town clerks Chap. 3. AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the city of Syracuse. Passed January 16, 1855, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: §1. If the collectors of taxes of the city of Syracuse, Onondaga county, shall within the time now provided by law, pay over all moneys by them collected, and shall renew their securities to the satisfaction of the common council of said city, the time of collecting and making the final return of taxes in the said city, shall be extended to the first day of March next. §2. This act shall take effect immediately. $500 appro priated. Trustees. Chap. 4. AN ACT to provide for the education of the children of the Oneida Indians, upon the Oneida reservation, situated in the counties of Oneida and Madison, in this State. Passed January 19, 1855, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: §1. The sum of five hundred dollars annually, is hereby appropriated for the term of two years, for the payment of teachers and other necessary expenses of maintaining the schools on the Oneida reservation, in this state, for the education of the children of the Oneida Indians. §2. The sum appropriated by section first of this act, shall be paid, from time to time, to Salmon Case, John D. Torrey, and Oliver P. Root, on their executing to the people of this state, and filing with the state superintendent of public instruction, a bond, with such sureties as shall be approved by said superintendent, conditioned for the proper and faithful expenditure of, and accounting for all moneys which shall be received by them in pursuance of the provisions of this act, and for the rendering to said superintendent annually, in the month of October, a just and true account of all receipts and expenditures by them, under the provisions of this act. §3. The sum hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of the income of the United States deposite fund. §4. The schools provided for by virtue of this act, shall be subject to the inspection of Salmon Case, John D. Torrey, and Oliver P. Root. 5. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 5. AN ACT ceding jurisdiction to the United States over lands to be occupied as sites of light-houses and keepers' dwellings within this State. Passed January 24, 1855. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, de enact as follows: §1. Jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the United States Jurisdicover so much land as may be necessary for the construc- tion ceded. tion and maintenance of light-houses and keepers' dwellings, within this state, as the United States may now own or hereafter become owners of, by purchase or otherwise, not to exceed ten acres of land each, the same to be selected by an authorised officer of the United States, approved by the governor, and the boundaries of the land selected with such approval endorsed thereon, and a map thereof filed in the office of the secretary of state, and by him recorded; provided always, and the assent aforesaid is granted upon this express condition, that this state shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States, in and Over the several tracts aforesaid, so far that all civil and such criminal process as may issue under authority of this state against any person or persons charged with crimes committed within the bounds of this state, may be executed therein in the same manner as though this assent had not been granted. §2. The foregoing shall be applicable only to the lands Lighthouse. selected, approved, and owned as aforesaid, and a survey thereof filed and recorded as above provided, for the construction of the following light houses, to wit: For a first class light-house near "Great West bay," Suffolk county, Long Island, New-York. For a beacon light at Lloyd's harbor, Suffolk county, Long Island, New-York. For a light house at Horton's point, Suffolk county, Long Island, New-York. For a light-house County, New-York. at Race point, Fisher's Island, Suffolk For a light-house at or near Windmill point, Lake Champlain, New-York. |