CHAP. 120. AN ACT for the erection of a court-house and jail in the county of Columbia. Passed April 16, 1834. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: county. $1. The treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller, Loan of $10,shall, out of any moneys in the treasury belonging to the 500 to the capital of the common school fund, pay the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars to the commissioners appointed by the board of supervisors of the county of Columbia, hereinafter mentioned, to be expended by the said commissioners in erecting and completing a new courthouse and jail in said county, which sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars, shall be charged in the books of the comptroller as a debt due from the county of Columbia to this state, with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum; and the said debt shall belong to the common school fund. $ 2. The board of supervisors of the county of Colum- Money to be bia are hereby directed at their annual meetings in each raised by tax of the years one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, to cause to be levied and collected from the taxable inhabitants of said county, over and above all expenses of collecting the same, a sum equal to the one-fifth part of the aforesaid sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars and the interest, at the rate aforesaid, which may be due on the first day of February then next ensuing, upon so much of the principal sum as shall then remain unpaid. repai S3. The treasurer of said county shall, within ten days Loan to be after the aforesaid sums shall be collected and paid to him, pay the same into the treasury of this state, and upon such payment being made, the same shall be an extinguishment of so much of the said debt, so as aforesaid charged to said county. loan of urged to Hudson. $ 4. The treasurer of the state, on the warrant of the A further comptroller, shall, out of any moneys in the treasury be- $7000 to be longing to the capital of the common school fund, pay to the said commissioners the further sum of seven thousand dollars, to be expended for the purposes mentioned in the first section of this act; which sum of seven thousand dollars shall be charged on the books of the comptroller as a debt due from the city of Hudson to this state, with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent; and the said debt shall belong to the common school fund; and the corporation of the city of Hudson shall pay to the commissioners mentioned in this act, the further sum of three thousand dollars, at such time within one year from the date hereof, as such commissioners shall direct, to be expended by such commissioners for the purposes aforesaid. $5. The said sum of seven thousand dollars, with interest thereon at the rate aforesaid, from the time the same shall be paid to the said commissioners, shall be repaid by the city of Hudson into the state treasury, in the following manner, viz: the interest thereon annually on the first day of May in each year; five thousand dollars on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirtysix; the sum of one thousand dollars on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and the remaining sum on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight: which said sum of seven thousand dollars and the interest thereon, shall be and remain a lien and incumbrance upon the lots in the said city, on which the present court-house and jail now stand, and upon the lots enclosed and used therewith, which said lien and incumbrance shall be enforced by the attorney-general as if the same was a mortgage to the people of this state; and in case that any of the said sums and the interest or any part of it shall not be paid out of the avails of the sale of said lots, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of the county of Columbia, to cause to be levied and collected from the taxable inhabitants of said city, a sum which shall be sufficient, over and above all expenses of collecting the same, to pay the sum thus in arrear with interest thereon, until the first day of February then next; but it shall be lawful for the comptroller to release all or any of said lots from such lien and incumbrance whenever the common council of said city shall pay into the state treasury the sums for which such lots may be sold. $ 6. The sums which may thus be levied and collected from the inhabitants of the city of Hudson, shall be paid by the treasurer of the county to the treasurer of the state, within ten days after the same shall be collected and paid to the county treasurer, which payments shall be an extinguishment of so much of the debt so as aforesaid charged upon the said city. $ 7. The persons appointed for that purpose by the board of supervisors on the eighteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, together with Jehoiakim A. Van Valkenburgh and Henry C. Miller, shall be commissioners, and are hereby authorised to plan, devise, contract for and superintend the building of said court-house and jail until the same shall be completed; and the commissioners, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall execute a bond to the said supervisors and their successors, with security to be approved by the county treasurer, in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful application and expenditure of all moneys coming into their hands for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act. $8. The said commissioners shall account to the board To account. of supervisors for the expenditure of all moneys which shall come into their hands by virtue of this act, when called upon. $9. The said commissioners may appoint a person to superintend the building of said court-house and jail, and pay him a suitable compensation therefor. Superinten. dent. $10. In case of any vacancy which may happen in the Vacancies. number of said commissioners, the board of supervisors shall supply such vacancy. effect. 11. This act shall take effect immediately on its final Act to take passage. CHAP. 121. AN ACT for the relief of the trustees of the village of Passed April 18, 1834. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: of stock may $1. The trustees of the village of Poughkeepsie are Certificates hereby authorized to issue certificates of stock, to the be issued. amount of fifteen thousand dollars, payable by the said village, which certificate shall bear an interest of six per centum per annum, payable half yearly on the first Wednesday of June and December in each year, at the Phenix bank in the city of New-York. The said fifteen thousand dollars shall be payable in such sums, and at such times as the said trustees shall agree; which certificates shall be under the seal of the said corporation, signed by the president and treasurer thereof, and may be assignable. $2. That the faith of the said village, and the property thereof are hereby pledged for the final payment of the Pledge. Tax. said fifteen thousand dollars, and for the punctual payment of the interest thereon, shall be agreed upon by the said trustees. $ 3. The trustees of the said village are hereby authorized to issue certificates of stock to the amount, which the inhabitants and freeholders of said village shall by vote direct to be raised, by tax, at any time or times hereafter, which certificates shall be for the whole amount, or in such sums as shall in the whole be equal to the amount of tax at any time voted to be raised, and shall be redeemable with interest at such times and places as the said trustees shall agree or direct, and the faith and property of said village are hereby pledged for the punctual payment there of. CHAP. 122. AN ACT amending the act entitled "An act regulating the measuring of grain in the city of New-York," passed April 14, 1832. Passed April 18, 1834. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: $1. Whenever any recovery shall hereafter be had for any penalty or forfeiture incurred by violating the provisions of the fifth section of the act hereby amended, execution shall issue thereon immediately, and the court shall endorse on such execution the cause for which such judgment was rendered; and in case no goods or chattels can be found to satisfy such execution, the officer having the same shall commit such defendant to the jail of the county, and shall deliver to the keeper thereof a certified copy of such execution and endorsement, by virtue of which such keeper shall detain such defendant for a term not exceeding sixty days, without allowing him the benefit of the liberties of such jail. CHAP. 123. AN ACT to amend an act to incorporate the La Fayette fire company in the village of Lansingburgh. Passed April 19, 1834. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: $1. The capital stock of the La Fayette fire company in the village of Lansingburgh, is hereby authorized to consist of ten shares, in addition to the number specified in the act hereby amended, to be distributed to ten additional members in the manner now provided for the admission of members in said company. $ 2. This act shall take effect immediately after its pas sage. CHAP. 124. AN ACT for the relief of Barnes Gleason and John Drum. The People of the State of New-York, represented in S 1. The treasurer is required to transfer the payment of the sum of thirty dollars, made by Barnes Gleason, on the north half of farm lot number nineteen in the St. Regis reservation, on the seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, and to credit one half of the said sum to Barnes Gleason's remainder of the south half of the said lot, and the other half of the said sum to John Drum's part of the south half of the said lot. CHAP. 125. AN ACT extending the time of payment of certain moneys due from the county of Broome. Passed April 19, 1834. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: how to be S1. The comptroller is hereby authorized to receive Payments payment of the county of Broome for the moneys due and made. payable, or which shall hereafter become due and paya |