CHAP. 69. AN ACT for the further direction of the commissioners of the `land office and for other purposes therein mentioned. PASSED the 11th of April, 1796. WHEREAS in each of the towns in the tract commonly called the mili- Preamble. tary tract, one lot was reserved for the support of the gospel and schools, one other lot for the promoting of literature and four other lots for certain purposes specified in the act entitled "An act to appropriate the lands set apart to the use of the troops of the line of this State lately serving in the army of the United States and for other purposes therein mentioned," but as the lots for the two first above mentioned purposes, have not been particularly designated. Therefore tion of lots and for * IV. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New York represented in DesignaSenate and Assembly, That the surveyor general shall and he is hereby for gospel directed without delay, to certify to the supervizors of Onondaga, the and schools numbers of the lots in each of the towns in the military tract which promoting have been reserved in conformity to the act last mentioned; and it shall literature. and may be lawful for the said supervizors and they are hereby enjoined at their next annual meeting to designate which lot in each of the said towns shall be appropriated to the support of the gospel and schools in the same town, and which lot in each of the said towns shall be appropriated for promoting literature, and having so designated, shall cause three separate lists, specifying in each list the numbers of all the lots intended for the support of the gospel and schools and the numbers of the lots intended for promoting literature, annexing to the number of each lot the town in which it is situate, and having subscribed such list with their hands and affixed their seals, shall file one of them in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga, transmit one of them to the office of the secretary of this State to be filed in the said offices respectively, there to remain as public records, and shall cause the third list to be delivered to the surveyor general without delay; and the lots in each town designated on such lists as intended for the support of the gospel and schools, and the lots in each town designated on such lists as intended for promoting of literature shall thenceforth be and they are hereby appropriated for the purposes severally aforesaid. And whereas the other four lots reserved in each of the said towns were intended to make up for certain deficiencies specified in the act last aforesaid, but no time being limited when such deficiencies if any there be, occasioned by either of the causes in the said act mentioned should be ascertained. Therefore cies in lots, V. Be it further enacted That no deficiency in any of the lots in the Deficiensaid military tract shall be compensated, unless the same exceeds fifty how com acres, nor shall any compensation be made to any proprietor of any of pensated. the said lots so deficient as aforesaid, unless the proprietor thereof shall on or before the first day of January which will be in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, apply to the surveyor general to have the same ascertained, who on every such application shall cause a survey to be made of the premises by a surveyor thereunto by him deputized, who shall make return under oath, and every such survey shall be performed at the expence of the applicant, who shall previous *Sections I, II and III expunged in the engrossed law. Compensation lands, how laid out. Galen and how laid out. thereto, deposit in the hands of the surveyor general the sum of twenty dollars for every lot to be surveyed which money he shall apply to defray the charge and expence of such survey, and return the overplus if any there be, to the person having deposited the same; and to the end, that adequate notice may be given to all persons claiming such compensation as aforesaid, the surveyor general is hereby enjoined to cause this section of this act to be published for three months in the present year, and for a like term in the next year in the newspaper printed by the printer of this State. VI. And be it further enacted That when the surveyor general shall have ascertained, that any person is entitled to compensation in conformity to the next preceding section of this act, whether such compensation arises from the deficiency or otherwise, in one or more lots, he shall lay out the compensation out of any of the reserved lots, and in squares or as nearly so as local circumstances will permit, and shall certify to the commissioners aforesaid on what lot or lots the deficiencies have arisen, specifying the quantity in each, and which certificate shall contain such a description of the lands to be granted in compensation as that the same may be inserted in the letters patent for granting the same, and such certificate being filed in the office of the secretary of this State, the said commissioners shall thereupon cause letters patent to pass to the person or persons entitled to such deficiency. VII. And be it further enacted That the townships of Galen and SterSterling ling, part of the military tract, shall be surveyed and laid into lots in the manner the other townships in the said tract were by law directed to be laid into lots, but only one lot shall be reserved for the support of the gospel and schools, and be designated as such, and one other lot adjoining to the former for promoting literature and designated as such, and the grantee of any lot in either of the said towns, shall previous to his obtaining a grant, pay into the treasury the sum of six dollars in compensation of the expence of the survey thereof. Letters patent to from the surveyorgeneral. VIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the compurchasers missioners of the land office to cause letters patent to be issued to the purchasers of the lands in the county of Onondaga sold by the surveyor general, upon their paying the purchase money with lawful interest from the time it ought to have been paid, at any time before the first day of January next; and in all cases where letters patent are to be issued for lands sold or located by any law of this State, it shall be lawful for the commissioners of the land office to cause the same to be issued in the name of the person entitled to the land thereby to be granted. Records of of towns ties. And whereas the making a map of this State, and of the bounds of the several counties and towns within the same, has heretofore been enjoined on the surveyor general, but no adequate provision having been made in the premises. Therefore IX. Be it further enacted, That the supervizors of the several counties boundaries within this State, the supervizor and clerk of each town thereof respectand couu- ively, and the clerk of each county are hereby enjoined to deliver to the surveyor general, or to his order, all and every document, other than such as may be filed therein as records and copies of such records in their respective possession, relative to the bounds of the several counties and towns within this State, to the end that he may be the better enabled to form and compleat such map, and if after having received such documents, he shall deem it necessary to ascertain from actual survey, the bounds of any and every county within this State, he shall cause proper surveys thereof to be made at the expence of the people of this State. And whereas it is represented, that the surveyor general has been necessarily prevented from making certain returns of surveys of lands, so that letters patent for the same could not be obtained within the time limited by law. Therefore making X. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the commissioners Time exof the land office, at any time before the first day of March next, to tended for grant letters patent for any lands for which they might have granted the certain same since the thirtieth day of March one thousand seven hundred and grants. ninety five; and that the persons entitled to the same be allowed at any time previously to perform the conditions respectively enjoined on them by law. cations to be void. XI. And be it further enacted, That in every case where a location Certain lohas been made in virtue of any law of this State and the person having made the same shall neglect to procure the title which the surveyor general is legally authorized to give him until the first day of March next, and also in every case, where a location as aforesaid shall hereafter be made, and the person making the same shall neglect to procure the title as aforesaid within one year thereafter, such locations shall be null and void, and the person or persons having made the same be debarred of the rights which they might have by virtue thereof. oaths. XII. And be it further enacted That whenever it shall be necessary Administo authenticate by oath, any business to be done by any person under tering of the superintendance or direction of the surveyor general, such oath may bę administered either by himself or by any public officer authorized to administer oaths. XIII. And be it further enacted That the second section of the act Part of act entitled "An act further to amend an act entitled "an act for the speedy repealed. sale of the confiscated and forfeited estates within this State and for other purposes therein mentioned" shall be and hereby is repealed. recited CHAP. 70. AN ACT for the relief of the examiner in chancery. PASSED the 11th of April, 1796. aminer in Be it enacted by the People of the State of New York, represented in Fees of exSenate and Assembly, that instead of the present allowance to the chancery. examiner in chancery for taking the examination of every deponent, he shall be entitled, for taking the examination, to one shilling and sixpence for each sheet containing ninety words, and for making a fair copy thereof for the witness to sign, nine pence for each sheet containing ninety words, and for copies of all depositions and exhibits for parties nine pence for each sheet containing ninety words. to be in And be it further enacted That this act shall continue and be in force How long until the last day of February which will be in the year of our Lord one force. thousand seven hundred and ninety eight and no longer. VOL. 3.92 INDEX. A. ACADEMIES. See EDUCATION. ACCOUNTS, AUDIT OF. Commissioners to state accounts-chap. 20, 13th sess.. Cranbury, Francis-chap. 23, 12th sess.... Divers-chap. 23, 13th sess., 134; chap. 52, 13th sess., 183; chap. 48, 15th sess., 335; chap. 6, 16th sess.. Forfeited estates, certain claims against - chap. 26th, 17th sess... Payment of certain accounts, concerning-chap. 58, 15th sess Rutgers, Henry, and others - chap. 15, 12th sess.. Town officers-chap. 30, 17th sess. See, also, APPROPRIATIONS, AUDITOR. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. British subjects - chap. 50, 16th sess.... Married women-chap. 51, 15th sess.. See, also, CONVEYANCES. ACTS AMENDATORY AND SUPPLEMENTARY. chapter twenty-one-chap. 19, 15th sess., 283; chap. 57, 17th sess., 532; 28 390 354 21 505 454 348 Eight session: chapter thirty-nine-chap. 7, 14th sess., 204; chap. 43, 15th sess., 331; chapter eighty-nine-chap. 12, 14th sess., 211; chap. 74, 18th sess. 624 chapter forty-seven-chap. 21, 12th sess., 25; chap. 2, 13th sess. 106 621 chapter ninety-two-chap. 10, 12th sess., 10; chap. 29, 14th sess. 372 |