Chap. 24. AN ACT in relation to juvenile delinquents. Passed February 26, 1850, "three-fifths being present." The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: tion. § 1. From and after the passage of this act, it shall be the On convic duty of the several courts having criminal jurisdiction, and who shall hold courts within the limits of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth judicial districts of this state, to order all juvenile delinquents by them respectively sentenced, to be removed (and all such delinquents convicted in the Where sent, first, second and third judicial districts shall be ordered by such court to be removed to and confined in the House of Refuge established by the Society for the reformation of juvenile delinquents in the city of New York,) to the "WesternHouse of Refuge for juvenile delinquents" in the city of Rochester. of age. 2. All convicts under the age of seventeen years who Conviction shall be confined in the Auburn or Clinton prisons, and who under 17 yrs. shall hereafter be ordered by the inspectors of state prisons to be removed to a House of Refuge, shall be removed to where sent. said "Western House of Refuge" in the city of Rochester under the same regulations and conditions as is contained in the ninety-first, ninety-second and ninety-third sections of the act entitled "An act for the better regulation of the county and state prisons of this state, and consolidating and amending the existing laws in relation thereto," passed December 14, 1847. §3. All acts, and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro- Repeal. visions of this act, are hereby repealed. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. § 5 amended. Account of expense, how kept. Chap. 25. AN ACT to provide for the erection of a school-house in district number five in the town of Rome, and to change the site thereof. Passed March 1, 1850, "three-fifths being present." The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. The inhabitants of school district number five, in the town of Rome in the county of Oneida, entitled to vote, lawfully assembled at a district meeting, shall have power, by a majority of votes of those present, to change the site of the school-house in said district recently destroyed by fire, and to purchase a new site, and to determine what amount of tax shall be levied and collected to purchase such new site and erect a school-house thereon, and whether the same shall be payable in instalments, and how many, and at what times, and to direct the collection thereof according to such determination; and any meeting or meetings for the above purposes may be notified by the trustees of said district, by posting, in not less than fifty public places in said district, at least three days before such meeting, printed notices specifying the time, place and object thereof; and no other notice shall be necessary. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 26. AN ACT to amend "An act to drain the Pacama Fly and Beaverkill Swamp in the county of Ulster," passed February 17, 1848. Passed March 1, 1850, "three-fifths being present.' § 1. The sixth section of the act entitled "An act to drain the Pacama Fly and the Beaverkill Swamp in the county of Ulster," passed February 17, 1848, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Such commissioners shall keep accounts of the expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties, and shall keep the accounts of the expenses Pacama Fly. Beaverkill incurred by them in the draining of such fly and swamp respectively separate. The expenses incurred by them in the draining of the Pacama Fly shall be a lien on the lands benefited thereby, and shall be assessed on the owners of the lands so benefited in proportion to the quantity of land drained belonging to each owner respectively. The expenses incurred by them in the draining of the Beaver kill Swamp, swamp. shall be a lien on the lands benefited thereby, and shall be assessed on the owners of the lands so benefited in proportion to the quantity of land drained belonging to each owner respectively. Such assessments shall be completed, and Map made one copy thereof, with the map and survey mentioned and filed. in the preceding section of this act, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster, within three months after the work shall be completed." to be pub. § 2. Section seven of the act hereby amended shall be 7 amended. amended so as to read as follows: "The said commissioners, on the completion of said assessments, shall cause the same to be published in one or more newspapers published in the Assessments county of Ulster, for six successive weeks; and they shall lished. also publish the time and place when and where they will meet subsequent to said publication, for at least one day in every week for three successive weeks, for the purpose of receiving said assessment. The expenses of such publication Expense shall be a portion of the expenses mentioned in the preceding sections. thereof. county § 3. In case any of the owners of the lands assessed for draining either the Pacama Fly or Beaverkill Swamp, shall Appeal to be dissatisfied with any such assessments made by the com- judge. missioners, he or they shall have the right to appeal to the county judge of Ulster county for a correction of such assessment, provided the same shall be made by service of a notice thereof on one or more of said commissioners before the last publication of such assessment. The decision of the county judge upon such appeal shall be final, and the expenses of such appeal shall be paid by the party appealing. Commission. § 4. It shall be lawful for the owners of either the Pacama Fly or the Beaverkill Swamp, at any time hereafter, to er to open appoint a commissioner, or commissioners, to reopen or en- ditches. large the ditches or either of them, and have the expenses assessed and paid in the same manner as the expenses in draining each of said swamps are by the preceding sections directed to be assessed and paid. Such appointments shall be made at a meeting of the owners of such Pacama Fly or Beavernill Swamp, held pursuant to a notice signed by at Notice to be least three of such owners, and posted at some public place given. May borrow money. And mort. age real state. Proviso. contiguous to said Pacama Fly or Beaverkill Swamp, at least fifteen days before the time appointed for such meeting; the appointment to be made by a majority of the owners attending at such meeting. § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 27. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Society of the New Passed March 1, "three-fifths being present." The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. At any legal meeting of the governors of the New York Hospital, when neither the president nor the vice-president shall attend, it shall be lawful for the said governors to appoint one of their number to preside at such meeting. §2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 28. AN ACT to enable the commissioners of emigration to borrow money on mortgage in certain cases. Passed March 2, 1850, "three-fifths being present." The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. The commissioners of emigration are authorized to borrow from time to time such sums of money as may be needed for the support of the Marine Hospital, or for the reimbursement of the several cities or counties of this state, their expenses incurred for the support of emigrant paupers, or for any other expenditures as may be authorized by law to be made by the said commissioners; and to mortgage for the securing the payment of the moneys so borrowed, any of the real estate held or purchased by the said commissioners for the people of this state, or which may hereafter be purchased by the commissioners. § 2. Before executing any such mortgage, the commissioners of emigration shall present to the governor, comptroller and attorney general, a statement showing the reason of such loan and the intended application thereof, and a description of the real estate intended to be mortgaged; and no such mortgage shall be lawful, unless a certificate of approval thereof shall be first given, signed by the governor, comptroller and attorney general. Such certificate may be acknowledged, or framed, or worded in the manner by law provided in respect to conveyances of real estate. Every such mortgage shall be executed by a majority of the commissioners. § 3. The moneys so borrowed shall in no case be a claim against the state, but shall be repaid out of the surplus funds received by the commissioners, or from the proceeds of the lands mortgaged. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 29. AN ACT in relation to the support of the poor in the county of Herkimer. Passed March 2, 1850. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: to be over. § 1. The office of overseer of the poor is abolished in all Supervisors the towns of the county of Herkimer, and the powers and seers of the duties of overseers of the poor, except as otherwise provided poor. by this act, are hereby conferred upon the supervisors of the respective towns in said county; and the supervisors of each town in said county shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties aforesaid, and shall be subject to all the liabilities and penalties that overseers of the poor are now by law subject to. Temporary § 2. It shall be the duty of the supervisors of the several towns in said county to grant all the temporary relief to the relief. poor and indigent persons in their respective towns. The superintendents or superintendent of the poor shall, from time to time, advance to each supervisor such sums of money as he shall deem proper to be expended by such supervisor for the relief of poor or indigent persons; but the money so advanced to and remaining in the hands of the supervisor, shall not exceed in amount such sum as shall be fixed for each town by the board of supervisors; and it shall be the duty of each supervisor to enter in a book to be by him kept for that purpose, the name, age and sex of every person by him relieved, Must keep account. |