the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four; and the board of supervisors of the county of Oneida, at their annual meeting in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, shall cause to be raised, by tax, on the taxable property of the county, a sum sufficient to pay the amount so borrowed, together with the interest thereon. sioners to $3. James Watson Williams, of Utica, in said county, Commis is hereby appointed a commissioner to superintend the com- complete pleting and furnishing of said court-house, and is hereby court-house. authorized to make such contracts as may be necessary thereto, and shall draw by his warrant, in his discretion, on the county treasurer of said county for the payment of such contracts so made, who shall pay such warrants when presented to him for payment; but the aggregate sum so to be drawn for shall not exceed the sum named in the first section of this act. $4. The said commissioners shall render to the board of supervisors of Oneida county, at their annual meeting in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, an account of all moneys received, and all disbursements made in pursuance of this act, with the vouchers therefor; the accounts of such commissioner for his services, as provided by the third section of this act, shall be audited and paid by the board of supervisors of said county, at their annual meeting in the year one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree, in the same manner as other county charges are audited and paid. $5. The sheriff of the county of Oneida is hereby authorized and required to take possession of the court-house named in this act, but is in no way to interfere with any contract heretofore or hereafter to be made for the completion and furnishing of the same. Commis sioners to render an account of ceived and expended. moneys re Sheriff to epocacourt-house. take posses sion of $6. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act Repeal. are hereby repealed. $7. This act shall take effect immediately. Increase of capital. Division of the stock. Installments. Powers applicable to sion or en works. Chap. 35. AN ACT to amend an act entitled, "An act to incorporate the Syracuse City Water-Works Company," passed April 5, 1849. Passed March 22, 1853. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: S1. It shall be lawful for the Syracuse City Water-Works Company to increase their capital stock from sixty thousand dollars to such amount as shall, in the judgment of the board of directors, be advisable, not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and such increase may be made from time to time as shall be deemed expedient. S2. Such increased stocks shall be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and shall be allotted to those persons who shall be shareholders at the time of such increase, in the ratio as nearly as may be of the shares held by them respectively, and if any of such shareholders shall decline to subscribe for such new shares, such shares may be taken by the other shareholders, or may be sold under the direction of the board. The instalments on such new shares may be called for in the manner provided by the original act, and may be collected, or the stock may be forfeited as therein prescribed. $3. The powers conferred by the eighth, ninth, tenth, future exten- eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth sections of the original charlargement of ter, shall apply to any future extension or enlargement of the works of the said company, and they shall be subject, in reference thereto, to the restrictions contained in the original charter, except so far as the same have been modified by an act of the Legislature amending said charter, passed April eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. $4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 36. AN ACT to provide for certain expenses chargeable upon the canal fund. Passed March 22, 1853, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: partment, $1. The expenses of the necessary furniture, books, Expenses of book-binding, blanks, printing, except such printing as is n provided for by the act entitled "An act to provide for the how paid. public printing," passed March fifth, eighteen hundred forty-six, postage, express transportation, light, and all other necessary incidental expenses of the canal department, shall be paid by the treasurer, on the warrant of the auditor of the canal department, out of any canal funds in the treasury. officers. $2. The compensation of collectors of canal tolls and Pay of canal weigh masters, the pay of their clerks and assistants, their office rent and necessary office expenses, such as shall be fixed and allowed by the canal board, and the compensation of inspectors of boats and their cargoes, or such portions of compensation and expenses as are not paid directly by the collectors of tolls, shall be paid by the treasurer, on the warrant of the auditor of the canal department, out of any canal funds in the treasury. $3. Penalties remitted by the canal board and tolls refunded, if not paid by a collector of tolls, may be paid by the treasurer, on the warrant of the auditor of the canal department, out of any canal funds in the treasury. $4. This act shall take effect immediately. Penalties retolls refunded, how mitted and paid. To borrow money. Secretary to give bonds for money loaned. Debt to be a lien upon the road. Chap. 37. AN ACT to authorize the Fredonia and Sinclearville Plank-Road Company to borrow money. Passed March 22, 1853, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 1. The Fredonia and Sinclearville Plank-Road Company is hereby authorized to borrow a sum of money, not to exceed ten thousand dollars, on the credit of said company, to be expended in the finishing the road belonging to said company, and paying contracts already made by said company. $2. The secretary of said plank-road company is hereby authorized to give his official bond or bonds for an amount in the aggregate not exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars, bearing an interest not exceeding seven per cent per annum, and payable at such time and times as the board of directors may determine, by a resolution of Isaid board to be entered in their minutes. $3. The debt that may be contracted under this act shall be a lien upon the said plank-road, until the same shall be paid in full; and in case a judgment or judgments shall be obtained upon said bond or bonds or any of them, and an execution issued, and sale had of the property of said company, it is hereby declared that the corporate rights and franchises now held by and belonging to said company shall, by virtue of such sale, pass to the purchaser or purchasers of such corporate property, and the said corporation shall not be thereby dissolved. 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 38. AN ACT to authorize the town of South Hempstead to sell a part of their common lands, and for other purposes. Passed March 22, 1853, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: tion to be lation to sale 1. The electors of the town of South Hempstead, in DeterminaQueens county, are hereby authorized to determine by made in reballot, at their next annual town meeting, whether such of certain portion of the common lands belonging to said town shall lands. be sold as will be sufficient to inclose one hundred acres of said lands as a farm; and to fence the same with suitable outside and division fences; and to erect suitable buildings and structures thereon for the accommodation of the poor of said town; and to pay the commissioners hereinafter mentioned for their services. result of bal S2. The result of such ballot shall be certified in wri- Certificate of ting by the presiding officers at such meeting, which lot. certificate shall be filed in the office of the town clerk. Should the result of such ballot be in favor of said sale, it shall be the duty of the town clerk, within ten days thereafter, to serve a certificate of such result on the county judge of said county of Queens. Three com missioners to $3. The said county judge, upon the receipt of such certificate, and as soon thereafter as his other public duties shall permit, shall appoint three commissioners, residents ed. of said town of South Hempstead, to carry out the provisions of this act, and to execute and deliver all necessary deeds of conveyance of lands hereby authorized to be sold; which deeds so executed shall convey all the estate, title and interest of said town in the lands so sold and every part thereof; the compensation which said commissioners shall receive for their services is to be fixed by said county judge by an order. commis $4. The said commissioners, before they enter upon the Bond of discharge of their duties, shall execute, together with one sioners. or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by said county judge, a bond in the penal sum of four thousand dollars to the people of this state, conditioned that they will in all |