CHAP. III. An ACT to raise a fum of Money for completing the Court-House and Gaol W their petition, requested the legislature, to enable them by law, to raife a fum of money for completing of the court-house and gaol of the faid county; Therefore, Supervisors to di 1. Be it enacled by the people of the fate of New-York, reprefented in fenate and affembly, That the fupervisors of the feveral towns in the faid county, for the time being, or the major part of them, shall be, and rect the railing 300l. they are hereby authorised and required to direct to be raised and levied on the freeholders and inhabitants of the faid county, a fum not exceeding three hundred pounds, for completing the court-house and gaol of the faid county, with the additional fum of nine pence in the pound for collecting the fame, which faid fums fhall be raised, levied and collected, in the like manner as the other neceffary and contingent charges of the faid county are levied and collected. II. And be it further enacted, That the fupervifors of Kings Supervifors when county, or the major part of them, fhall meet at the house and where to meet. of James Van Buren, in Flat-Bush in the fame county, on the third Tuesday of December, in the prefent year, for the purpofe of directing fuch fum as they fhall order to be raised for the purposes aforefaid, together with the poundage for collecting the fame, to be raised and levied, and it is hereby made the duty of the clerk of the fupervisors of the county, to notify the said supervisors of fuch meeting. III. And be it further enacted, That the fum fo to be raised, exclufive of the collectors poundage, fhall be collected and paid into the treafury of the faid county, on fuch day or days, as the fupervisors of the faid county for the time being, or the major part of them, shall direct. IV. And be it further enaded, That it fhall and may be lawful for the treafurer of the faid county to retain in his hands the fum of three-pence in the pound, for his trouble in receiving and paying out the monies directed to be raised by this act. V. And be it further enaded, That it shall and may be Treafurers duty in lawful for the treasurer of the said county, to pay to the paying faid monies to the commiflioners. commiffioners, appointed to erect and build the faid courthouse, from time to time, fuch part of the monies to be raised and collected in and by virtue of this act, as they fhall draw for, to be accounted for in the fame manner as the monies directed to be raised in virtue of the act, entitled, An act for building a court-house and gaol in Kings county, paffed the tenth of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, are to be accounted for. An ACT to cede the Jurifdiction of certain Lands on Montock-Point, to the WHEREAS by an act of the congress of the Uniteit States of Ame rica, entitled, An act to erect a light-houfe on Montock-Point, in the ftate of New-York, paffed the 12th day of April, 1792, it is enacted and declared, That as foon as the jurifdiction of fuch land on Montock-Point, in the state of New-York, as the Prefident of the United States fhall deem fufficient and moft proper for the convenience and accommodation of a light-house, shall have been ceded to the United States, a light-house may be erected thereon. And whereas, it is meet and proper that fuch ceffion fhould be made under certain limitations; Therefore, Be it enacted by the people of the fate of New-York, reprefented in fenate and affembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the fame, That the Jarifdiction of Mon. jurifdiction in and over all that certain tract of land at tack-Point, ceded to Montock-Point, in the county of Suffolk, within this state, the United States. and herein after particularly defcribed, fhall be, and hereby is ceded to the United States of America, for the purposes aforefaid: Provided nevertheless, that fuch jurifdiction fo ceded as aforesaid, shall not extend, or be conftrued to extend, so as to impede or prevent the execution of any process at law under the authority of this flate, except fo far forth, as fuch process may affect any the real or perfonal property of the United States, within the faid tract, and that all the lands and tenements within the faid tract, fhall be, and forever hereafter are exonerated and discharged from any taxes which may be laid under the authority of the legislature of this ftate, and the tract of land above mentioned, in and over which the jurifdiction is fo ceded as aforefaid, is more particularly known by the name of Turtle Hill, and is butted and bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the beach and at a rock laying on a hommock at the bottom of the faid hill, and runs thence north, eighty-two degrees weft, eleven chains and fifty-eight links; thence fouth, five degrees weft, five chains; thence fouth, fifteen degrees eaft, nine chains, to a rock marked John Champlain, 1788; thence on the fame courfe to low water mark; thence north-eafterly, along low water mark, until the point of beginning bears north, eighty-two degrees weft; thence to the place of beginning. CHA P. V. An ACT for Eleding Reprefentatives for this State, in the Houfe of Repre fentatives of the Congress of the United States of America. Paffed 18th December, 1 tricts. 1792. 1. BE it ended by the people of the Aate of New York, reprefented in fenate and affembly, That for the purpofe of electing reprefentatives in this The state divided state, for the house of reprefentatives of the congrefs of the into ten election dif- United States of America, this ftate fhall be, and hereby is divided into ten election dilricts, as follows, that is to fay; The city and county of New-York, fhall be one district; and the counties of Suffolk, Queens and Kings, fhall be one diftrict; and the counties of Westchefter and Richmond, fhall be one diflrict; and the county of Orange and the county of Ulfter, shall be one diftrict; and the county of Dutchess, feall be one diftrict; and the county of Columbia, hall be one diftrict; and the counties of Renfielaer and Clinton, fhall be one diftrict; and the city and county of Albany, fhall be one diflrict; and the counties of Washington and Saratoga, fhall be one diflrict; and the counties of Montons who may be elec gomery, Ofego, Tioga, Herkemer and Ontario, fhall be one difkiet; and that at every election for representatives Qualification of pertors, or elected. of the people of this fate, in the house of reprefentatives of the congress of the United States of America, a perfon who fhall have attained the age of twenty-five years, and who fhall have been feven years a citizen of the United States, and who fhall then be an inhabitant of this ftate, fhall be choten in each of the faid diftricts, for one of the faid reprefentatives, by the inhabitants of such district, that is to say, by such persons, inhabitants of such diflrict, as are, or fhall be qualified to vote for members of the aflembly of this ftate, each of whom shall be entitled to vote for one perfon as fuch reprefentative, and the person who fhall have the greatest number of votes in any diftri&, fhall be the reprefentative chofen in fuch diftrict; and all fuch elections fhall be held and conducted by fuch perfons, and in the fame manMode of conducting fuch elections. ner as the elections for members of the affembly of this state are by law to be held and conducted, and upon clofing the poll at every fuch election, both poll books or lifts fhall, after due examination and correction thereof, be figned by the infpectors then attending, and the clerks who fhall have kept the fame refpectively; and the box containing the ballots fhall then be opened, and the ballots contained therein, be taken out, and without being opened or infpected, fhall, together with both poll books or lifts, be immediately put up under cover, and enclosed and fealed in fuch manInfpectors duty on ner as to prevent its being opened without discovery, and clefing the poll. the infpectors prefent at clofing the poll, fhall put their feals and write their names upon the fame enclosure, and one of the faid infpectors then prefent, to be appointed for that purpose by a majority of the inspectors prefent at clofing of the poll, fhall, without delay, and withBallots, by whom and when to be del- in five days thereafter, deliver the fame enclosure, fo fealed vered to the fheriff. up as aforefaid, to the theriff of the county, who fhall, upon The fheriff's duty. receiving the faid enclofures, without opening or infpecting the fame, or any of them, put the faid enclosures into a box, which shall be well clofed and fealed up by him, and he fhall write his name and the name of his county on the faid box, and fhall, within eighteen days thereafter, either in perfon or by his deputy, deliver the faid box, without opening the fame or the enclosures therein contained, into the office of the fecretary of this ftate, where the fame fhall be fafely kept by the fecretary of this The secretary's duty. state, or his deputy, unbroken and unopened, until the meeting of the committee, or perfons herein after mentioned and appointed. to canvass and eftimate the ballots therein contained, when all the faid boxes shall be delivered, unbroken and unopened, to them; and for which fervice, the fheriffs of the refpective counties, fhall be allowed at and after the rate The fheriff's mile- of one fhilling and fix-pence per mile, for going to the feage, and how paid. cretary's office, to be computed from the theriffs place of abode in each county, to the fecretary's office, and to be paid on the certificate of the fecretary by the treasurer of the flate, out of any monies then in his hands not otherwife appropriated. Sheriff bringing bal make cath as to II. And be it further enadied, That if the box containing Perfons not being the ballots taken in any county fhall not be delivered to lot boxes to the fe- the fecretary or his deputy, by the fheriff of the county in cretary's office, to perfon, then the perfon who fhall deliver the faid box to the faithful delivery the fecretary or to his deputy, if he received it from the In cate of acci. fheriff, fhall on delivery thereof make oath, to be admidents happening to a niftered by either of them, that he received the faid box perion may take from the fheriff of the county, and that the fame has not deliver it on oath in been opened, nor any of the packages therein contained thereof. deputy, any proper charge of the box, & fice. to the fecretary's of altered fince he fo received the fame: But in cafe the perfon charged with the box by the fheriff fhall by fickness or any other unavoidable accident, be prevented from delivering the fame box at the fecretary's office, then, and in every fuch cafe, it shall be lawful for any other proper perion to carry the faid box to the faid fecretary's office, and to make an affidavit before the fecretary or his deputy, ftating the circumftances, and how he became poffeffed of the box, particularly, and that the fame box has not been opened, nor any of the packages therein contained altered, fince he fo received the fame. And the fecretary or his deputy fhall deliver the fame box and fidavit are to be deli- affidavit to the persons who may attend to canvass the Jivered to the can- ballots, who fhall receive and examine the fame, and if Who are to open, there fhall be no appearance of the faid box having been they find no appear opened, they fhall open the fame, and examine the packages therein contained; and if they appear not to have been opened or altered, then they fhall open the faid packages, and canvass and eftimate the bollots therein contained. Which box and af vaflers. &c. the fame, if auce of fraud. held. Adjournments not duty. III. And be it further enaded, That the firft election in First election and this ftate for fuch reprefentatives as aforefaid shall begin future general elec tions, when to be and be held on the fourth Tuesday of January next; and the next general election for fuch reprefentatives in this ftate fhall begin and be held on the fecond Tuesday of December, which will be in the year one thoufand feven hundred and ninety four; and every fubfequent general election for fuch reprefentatives in this ftate fhall be held on the fecond Tuesday of December in every fecond year thereafter; and from which days the fame may be refpectively continued to exceed five days. by adjournment, if neceflary, from day to day, not exceeding five days, until the fame fhall refpectively be completed. IV. And be it further enaded, That the committee anCommittee of can- nually to be appointed by virtue of the act entitled, An act Their authority & for regulating elections, or the major part of them, shall, and hereby are authorized and required, to canvass and eftimate the votes to be taken at any election for fuch representatives, and fhall on the fourth Tuefday after the commencement of every general election, meet together at the office of the fecretary of this flate, and there on that day, and on fo many days next fucceeding thereto (Sundays exAs to the time of cepted) as fhall be neceffary for that purpofe, proceed to meeting and canvas open the faid boxes, one after the other, and the enclofures therein contained respectively, and canvafs and eftimate the votes therein contained, returned into the office of the secretary of this state as aforefaid; and as foon as they fhall be able to determine upon fuch canvass and eftimate, who by the greatest number of votes fhall have been chofen a member of the house of reprefentatives of the Congress of the United States of America, in each of the faid diftricts respectively, and, within fourteen days next after the firft day of their meeting as aforefaid, they fhall determine the famme; and thereupon, without delay, When they hail make and fubfcribe, with their own names and hands determine who are writing, a certificate of fuch determination, in a book to be certicate thereof kept for that purpose, in the faid fecretary's office, there to notify the members remain of record, and without delay deliver, or caufe to be delivered, a true copy thereof, fo fubfcribed as aforesaid, to each of the perfons fo elected refpectively, and another copy, fo fub ing. choten-fabicribe a and cufe of repre 1entatives. fcribed as aforefaid, to the house of reprefentatives of the Congrefs of the United States of America, at their next meeting. ing between any ge to be filled. thereupon. town clerks, affeffors and others. V. And be it further enaded, That in cafe of any vaVacancies happen- cancy or vacancies, by death or otherwife, in the faid of zeral elections, how fice of reprefentative, between any of the faid general elecThe governor to tions, the perfon adminiftring the government of this flate give notice by pro- for the time being fhall, by proclamation, give notice clamation, &c. &c. thereof, and shall in fuch proclamation fignify in which of the faid districts the perfon or perfons is or are to be elected to fill fuch vacancy or vacancies, and fhall alfo appoint a day, not lefs than forty, nor more than fixty days, from the day of the publication of fuch proclamation, for holding an election in fuch diftrict or districts, to fill fuch vacancy or vacancies, and caufe a copy of fuch proclamation to be delivered to each The Sheriff's duty sheriff in fuch diftrict or districts; and the refpective fheriffs fhall thereupon give notice in writing of fuch election, to the supervisor or one of the infpectors of elections of each of the feveral towns and wards of fuch diftrict or diftricts in their respective bailiwicks, within eight days after receiving fuch proclamation; and each of the faid fupervisors and infpectors fhall, immediately after receiving fuch notificaThe duty of the fu. tion, give notice thereof to the town clerk and affeffors, pervisors, infpectors, or other infpectors of elections of the fame town or ward, and the feveral and refpective fupervifors, town clerk and affeffors of each town, or the major part of them, and the infpectors of elections for each ward, or the major part of them, fhall without delay convene together, and by writing under their hands, to be affixed up in at leaít five of the moft public places in fuch town or ward, give eight days notice of Such elections to be the time and place or places of holding fuch election in the held, and ballots, &c. fame town or ward, and fuch elections fhall be held and dipoled of as at gerezal elections. conducted by the fame perfons, and in the fame manner as the general election for reprefentatives are herein before directed to be held and conducted; and the poll books or lifts and ballots taken at fuch election fhall be difpofed of in the fame manner as the poll books or lifts and ballots Canvading com. taken at the general election for reprefentatives; and the mittee, how notified perfon anminiftring the government of this ftate for the at the fecretary's of time being fhall immediately, upon iffuing his proclamation as aforefaid, by fpecial meffengers, at the expense of this ftate, caufe notice to be given in writing to each member of the faid canvaffing committee, and require his attendance at the office of the fecretaTheir authority. Ty of this ftate, at a certain day, not less than twenty eight days nor more than thirty five days after the day appointed in the faid proclamation for holding fuch election, to canvas and eftimate the votes taken as aforefaid; and fuch canvass and eftimate fhall be made in the fame manner, and fuch certificate given as is and are herein before directed upon a general election of reprefentatives. and when to attend fice. VI. And be it further enacted, That it fhall and may be Place of election, lawful for the inspectors of any election to be held as aforehow to be appointed. faid, or the major part of them, to hold the poll at fuch place or places, in any town or city within this ftate, as may appear to them the moft convenient for the electors, they having previously inferted, in the notices given of fuch election, the place or places where, and the times when fuch elections are to be held. |