Money to be raised by tax. Box to be made to them, or having property of theirs in his or their possession, shall apply to and govern the examinations authorised to be had in and by this act, so far as the same may be applicable. §3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 54. AN ACT to authorise the supervisors of Monroe county to raise money to build a bridge across the Genesee river. Passed February 21, 1848, "three-fifths being present.' The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. The board of supervisors of Monroe county are hereby authorised to raise by tax on said county, in the same manner as other county charges are raised, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, over and above the collector's and treasurer's fees thereon, and to expend the same for building a bridge across the Genesee river in the town of Wheatland, at the bend of the river above the old ferry, at or near where the road intersects the river, provided that a further sum sufficient to complete such bridge shall be otherwise furnished to said supervisors. CHAP. 55. AN ACT in relation to the supervisors of the county of Passed February 21, 1848, "three-fifths being present." The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : §1. The supervisors of the county of Rensselaer, by their drop bill clerk, shall provide a box with a suitable inscription thereon, and ac- and with an opening in the top, to be kept in the office of the against the clerk of said county, under lock and key, in which shall be supervisors dropped bills and accounts against said county, and on the counts morning of the second day of the annual meeting of the board of supervisors of said county, the clerk of said board shall take from said box all bills against said county, which he shall file as having been deposited with him on that day; and it shall not be lawful for the said board of supervisors in any year, to audit as against the said county any other bill than such as shall be found by the clerk of said board in the said box, on the morning of the said second day of said annual meeting of that year, except bills for the services of the supervisors and clerk. be raised 2. It shall be the duty of the said board of supervisors Money to of the county of Rensselaer, annually to raise by tax to be by tax. levied upon the real and personal estate and taxable property of said county, an amount of money which shall be sufficient to pay all bills which shall be audited by the said board during that year; and to pay all indebtedness for the year of the superintendents of the house of industry, and any balance which may be due the treasurer of said county, and the further sum of five thousand dollars for the contingent expenses of said county during the succeeding year. pervisors to §3. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall annually give Clerk of su notice in two of the newspapers printed in the city of Troy, given otice. and one in the village of Lansingburgh, of the time of holding the annual meeting of said board in each year, to be inserted in each of said papers at least once in each week for four weeks previous to such meeting, and requiring all persons having bills against the said county to deposite the same in the said box on or before the first day of the then next annual meeting of said board, and in default thereof, that such bills will not be audited at said annual meeting. CHAP. 56. AN ACT to provide for the election of the justices and the Passed February 28, 1848. and clerk ed. § 1. There shall be elected at the next charter election to Justices be held in the city of Troy, on the first Tuesday of March, to be electone thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, in the same manner as the general assessor of said city is now elected, three justices and one clerk of the justices' court, in and for the city of Troy, and all the provisions of the laws applicable to the election of the said general assessor, and the return and canvass of the votes, shall be applicable to the election of the said justices and clerk. office. § 2. One of the said justices shall hold his office for one Tenure of year, one for two years, and one for three years, from and after the second Tuesday of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight; and the common council of said city shall on that day designate by lot, which of said justices shall hold his office for one year, which for two and which for three years, and the clerk shall hold his office for three years; and there shall be elected at each annual charter election thereafter, one justice who shall hold his office for three years, and every third year thereafter one clerk of said court. Provision vacancy. §3. In case of a vacancy happening in the office of jusin case of tice or clerk, the common council of said city shall appoint a successor, who shall hold his office until the second Tuesday of March next after such appointment; and if such vacancy shall happen in the office of a justice whose term of office would not expire on the said second Tuesday of March, then there shall be elected at the annual charter election next after such vacancy, a justice to fill such vacancy from and after the second Tuesday of March following, for the residue of such unexpired term, and if in the office of clerk, a successor shall be elected for the term of three years; and whenever there shall be an election to fill a vacancy otherwise than by the expiration of the term of office, the ballot shall designate the person intended to fill the office for the unexpired Power of justices. be elected. term. 4. The said justices so to be elected, shall possess all the power and authority in all respects, as is now by law vested in the justices of the said justices' court, and they shall severally be justices of the peace of the county of Rensselaer, and shall have full power and authority to hear, try and determine all cases lawfully arising under the laws and ordinances of the common council of the city of Troy, and by virtue of their offices shall be commissioners of deeds for said city, and they shall be entitled to all the fees, compensation and emoluments that the justices of said court are now by law entitled to, and the said clerk so to be elected, shall possess the same power and authority, and be liable to the same duties as now by law appertains to the office of clerk of said court, and be entitled to the same fees, compensation and emoluments as the clerk of said court is now by law entitled to. Marshal to § 5. There shall, on or before the second Tuesday of March, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, be appointed by the common council of said city of Troy, a marshal in said city, with the same powers and duties now possessed by the marshal of said city, who shall hold his office for the term of three years from and after the second Tuesday of March eighteen hundred and forty-eight. The said marshal before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give the bond with the sureties now required by law to be given, to be approved by the mayor of said city, and the common council of said city, may in their discretion, require said marshal to renew his official bond, with the like sureties, to be approved in like manner, at the commencement of each year, during the continuance of his term of office. 6. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 57. AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the county of Albany. Passed February 28, 1848. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: tended. § 1. If the collectors of taxes in the several towns in the Time ex-. county of Albany, shall within the time now provided by law, pay over all moneys by them collected, and shall respectively renew their securities to the satisfaction of the supervisors of the said towns respectively, the time for collecting and making the final returns of taxes in said towns shall be extended to the first day of April next. §2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 58. AN ACT in relation to the seal of Broome county. Passed February 28, 1848. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Se nate and Assembly, do enact as follows: used. §1. The seal of the county of Broome, as used by the Seal to be clerk of said county, before the passage of the act entitled "An act in relation to the judiciary," passed May 12, 1847, shall continue to be the seal of the said county, to be used by the said clerk for the time being, for all purposes for which a county seal may be required; and the provisions of section seventy-two of said act, so far as relates to the seal of the supreme and circuit courts and the court of oyer and terminer of the counties, shall not be applicable to the county of Broome. §2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 59. AN ACT to relieve the Dutch Reformed Church, of Poughkeepsie from the operation of an act entitled "An act to equalize taxation," passed May 13, 1846. Passed February 28, 1848. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: leases or 1. So much of the act passed May 13, 1846, entitled Certain "An act to equalize taxation," as subjects certain leases or rents ex rents owned by and belonging to the Reformed Dutch church empted. Time extended anuexed to of the village of Poughkeepsie, is hereby declared to be inoperative, so far as relates to said leases and rents, which said leases and rents are hereby exempted from the operation of the said act, but nothing herein contained shall be held to impair the force and operation of said act, relative to any other property than the leases and rents aforesaid. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 60. AN ACT to extend the time for collecting taxes in the town of Salina. Passed February 29, 1848. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. If the collector of taxes in the town of Salina, Onondaga county, shall within the time now provided by law pay over all moneys by him collected, and shall renew his securities to the satisfaction of the supervisor of said town of Salina, the time for collecting and making the final return of taxes in the said town, shall be extended to the fifteenth day of April next. §2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 61. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled "An act to divide the town of Redfield, in the county of Oswego," passed February 21, 1843. Passed March 1, 1848. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Town of § 1. The act entitled "An act to divide the town of RedGreenboro field," passed February 21, 1843, is hereby repealed, and Redfield. the present town of Greenboro is hereby annexed to, and shall hereafter constitute a part of the town of Redfield. Highway labor. Moneys and books § 2. The commissioners of highways of the town of Redfield shall cause to be performed all the non-resident highway labor assessed upon the seventh township (now Greenboro,) on the public highways in said seventh township; also to apportion a just proportion of all the moneys raised in the town of Redfield for roads and bridges, on the roads and bridges in said seventh township. § 3. All monies now in the hands of any of the town officers of the town of Greenboro, or due to said town, shall be disposed of, paid to the proper officers of the town of Redfield, and they how to be |