LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, PASSED AT THE SIXTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF ALBANY, THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1846. ALBANY : PRINTED BY C. VAN BENTHUYSEN AND CO. ....... 1846. STATE OF NEW-YORK, SECRETARY'S OFFICE. } Albany, May 14, 1846. Pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An act relative to the publication of the Laws," passed April 12, 1843, I hereby certify that the following volume of the Laws of this State, was printed under my direction. N. S. BENTON, Secretary of State. In this volume every law which received" the assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature," in pursuance of the IX. section of the sixth article of the Constitution of this State, is designated immediately under its title as having been passed by a two-third vote. See Laws of 1842, chap. 306. LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PASSED AT THE SIXTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE LEGIS- § 1. If any collector of taxes in any of the cities and Time exten towns of this state, except the city of New-York and the county of Kings, shall, within the time now provided by law, pay over all moneys by him collected, and shall, within ten days thereafter renew his bond to the satisfaction, in towns, of the supervisor of the town, or in his absence, of the town clerk, and in any city, of the majority of the supervisors of such city, to be expressed in writing on such bond, which bond shall be filed and have the effect of a collector's bond as provided by law; and shall, also, within the time aforesaid, deliver to the county treasurer of his county a certificate of the approval of such bond, signed by the officer making such approval, the time for collecting the taxes and making the returns thereof, shall be extended to the first day of March may ended Drawing of jurors confirmed. CHAP. 2. AN ACT authorising the court of general sessions of the peace, in and for the city and county of New-York, to extend the term of said court in certain cases. Passed January 20, 1846. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : § 1. Whenever the trial of a cause shall have been commenced in the court of general sessions of the peace, in and for the city and county of New-York, and the same shall not be concluded before the expiration of the term of said court, it shall be lawful for the said court to continue in session, until the conclusion of said trial, and to proceed to judgment, if they shall so deem necessary, in cases where convictions shall be had. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 3. AN ACT to confirm and legalize the drawing of the grand and petit jury of the county of Otsego. Passed January 26, 1846. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. The drawing of the panel of grand and petit jurors by the sheriff, clerk, and one of the judges of Otsego county, at the clerk's office in Cooperstown, on the 19th day of January 1846, for the term of the court of common pleas and general sessions of the peace, to be holden in and for said county, on the second day of February next, shall be held to be legal and valid in all respects as if notice of such drawing had been duly published in the manner prescribed by law. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. СНАР. 4. AN ACT to authorise the circuit judge of the sixth circuit to change the times of holding his courts in said circuit. Passed January 30, 1846.. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: rized to alter holding courts. § 1. The circuit judge of the sixth circuit is hereby au- Judge autho thorized, within six weeks after the passage of this act, to the times of alter the times now fixed and appointed for holding the circuit courts and courts of oyer and terminer in and for any or either of the counties in said circuit, to such other times as he shall deem proper. The said circuit judge is also hereby authorized, within the same time, to alter the times and places now appointed and fixed for holding the law and equity terms by said circuit judge in and for said circuit, to such other times and places as he shall deem proper. published. § 2. In case the said circuit judge shall so alter the time Notice to be of holding any of said courts in said circuit, he shall immediately publish a notice of the time or times and places to which such change shall be made, in the manner prescribed in sections seven, eight and nine, of title four, chapter one, and part three of the Revised Statutes. § 3. The said circuit judge shall not, in case he shall, un- Restriction. der the provisions of this act, make any change in the time of holding any of said courts, again change the time of holding any of said courts, until one month prior to the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 5. AN ACT in relation to the trial of convicts in county and Passed January 31, 1846. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: be brought § 1. Whenever it shall appear to the court in which an Prisoners to indictment is pending, and to be tried against any person for before court an offence committed by him, while imprisoned in any coun- corpus. ty prison, or in any one of the state prisons, on the person on habeas |