And also in tows of § 2. The said Daniel H. Fitzhugh, committee as aforesaid, and Ogden. and his successor, is also authorized and empowered to con Contract of sale to be recorded. Wife to vey by deed in fee simple all the lands of the said William. W. Wadsworth, situated in the town of Avon in the county of Livingston, and in the town of Ogden, county of Monroe, which have been contracted to be sold by John Gott or William Cushing, as the agent or attorney of the said William W. Wadsworth, since the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six; but before any such conveyance shall be executed by said committee, the contract of sale executed by said Gott or by said Cushing, as the agent or attorney of said Wadsworth, shall be acknowledged or proved in the same manner as deeds of real estate, and be recorded in the county in which the lands described in the contract are situated. § 3. The said committee shall not execute any deed under join in deed. the power hereby conferred on him, unless the wife of the said William W. Wadsworth shall join with him in the execution of such conveyance. Bond to be given. Real estate not to exceed $150,000. § 4. Before exercising the power conferred by this act, the said Daniel H. Fitzhugh shall execute and file in the office of the clerk of the county of Livingston a good and sufficient bond, in a penalty to be fixed, and with one or more sureties to be approved by a justice of the supreme court, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as committee, under the power herein granted to hin, and conditioned, also, that he shall invest the proceeds of such sales, and render true and exact accounts thereof, as shall be required by the supreme court. Chap. 57. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate a gas light company in the village of Brooklyn," passed April 18, 1825, and to confirm the election of directors. Passed March 12, 1850, "three-fifths being present.” The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 1. The first section of the act entitled "An act to incorporate a gas light company in the village of Brooklyn," passed April 18, 1825, is hereby amended by inserting after the word Provided, the following words: "That the value of such real estate shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: and." Election of when held. 2. The election of directors of the Brooklyn Gas Light directors Company, on the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, instead of the second Monday in January of that year, as directed by said act, and all subsequent elections and proceedings of the company since the said election in eighteen hundred and forty-seven, are hereby ratified and confirmed. company to how made. §3. The Brooklyn Gas Light Company shall, within Report of thirty days after the first day of May and November in every whom, and year, during the continuance of their charter, make returns under oath of the officers of said company to the common council of the city of Brooklyn, the quantity of gas consumed in said city, for the use of the city, for every six months previous to the first days of May and November in each year; and said company shall furnish to the said common council from time to time any information under oath as aforesaid, as the said common council may desire, and call for by resolution of their board. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 58. AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the town of Poughkeepsie. Passed March 14, 1850. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: tended to § 1. If the collector of the town of Poughkeepsie in the Time excounty of Dutchess, shall, on or before the 16th day of 25th March. March instant, renew his security to the satisfaction of the supervisor of said town, and deliver to the treasurer of said county a certificate from said supervisor, of his approval of such security, and pay over to said treasurer the taxes collected by said collector prior to the date of the renewal of such security, then the time for his collecting and making final returns of taxes in said town is hereby extended to the 25th day of March inclusive instant. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Commis. Chap. 59. AN ACT to authorize the appointment of commissioners to open Division avenue, and establish the boundary line between the city of Brooklyn, village of Williamsburgh and towns of Bushwick and Flatbush. Passed March 15, 1850, "three-fifths being present." The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. It shall be lawful for the judge of the county court of sioners, how Kings county, and he is hereby required to appoint five disappointed. interested freeholders of said county of Kings, commissioners Shall take oath. for the purposes hereinafter named, upon application to the said county court being made for that purpose, provided ten days notice of such application shall be given by publication in two daily papers one published in the city of Brooklyn, and the other in the village of Williamsburgh. Two of said commissioners shall be residents of the city of Brooklyn, and one of the village of Williamsburgh, one of the town of Flatbush and one of the town of Bushwick. The said commissioners, before they enter upon their duties, shall take and subscribe an oath before a justice of the peace, that they will faithfully and impartially perform the duties which shall devolve upon them by virtue of their appointment; and immediately thereafter, shall fix upon a time when they will meet to And give ten view the premises, and hear the parties interested, and shall days notice give notice of the time and place of such meeting, by publication for ten days in the same papers in which notice of application for their appointment was published: they may adjourn from time to time, as may be necessary. meeting. Division laid out. 2. It shall be the duty of the said commissioners so apareuue, how pointed, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to lay out, open and continue "Division avenue" from its present termination at its intersection with South Sixth street in the village of Williamsburgh, as near as they may deem proper and advisable on its present line (as far as the avenue is now laid out and used), and in as straight a line as may be consistent with the interest of property to be affected thereby, southerly to a point where it would intersect "Fulton avenue" if the same was extended and continued, or to the Jamaica turnpike, at the discretion of said commissioners. The said avenue, so to be laid out, shall be eighty feet in width. The said commissioners shall have power to enter upon all such lands as they shall deem it necessary to enter upon for the purpose of executing the powers and duties conferred upon them by this act. avenue, how § 3. The said commissioners are hereby authorized and Map of said empowered to cause an accurate map of the said avenue, as made. laid out by them, to be made by a competent surveyor, showing the lines and boundaries of said avenue, and also the centre line of said avenue, which map shall be signed by them and filed in the office of the clerk of the county, and the centre line of said avenue, as laid down on said map, Boundary shall, and it is hereby declared to be the boundary line of line. the city of Brooklyn, between the village of Williamsburgh and the towns of Bushwick and Flatbush, on that part of the city which adjoins the said village and towns. said line. §4. All those pieces or parcels of land which shall by the Effect of boundary line above mentioned be included in said city, village or towns, shall, and they are hereby declared to be and form part of the said city, village or towns in which by the said line they are placed. Streets, how § 5. All the streets and avenues laid out on the commis- extended. sioners' map, and extending to the present line of the city of Brooklyn (except where the same have been closed by law), are hereby extended to "Division avenue," as it shall be laid out and opened by the said commissioners. Private pro be taken and made. § 6. If in opening said Division avenue, it shall be ne- perty may cessary to take any private property therefor, the said com- award missioners shall award the owner or owners thereof such compensation therefor as in their opinion shall be just and proper. Said commissioners shall make a report of their proceedings in the opening said avenue, and shall sign the same, and file it in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings. how pro §7. All the expenses of the laying out and opening the Expenses, said avenue, surveyors' and commissioners' fees, and the vided for. compensation awarded the owner or owners of property taken, shall be apportioned by the said commissioners in and upon the lands lying contiguous or near thereto in the city of Brooklyn, and in the village of Williamsburgh, and in the towns of Flatbush and Bushwick, as they shall deem just and equitable; which sums shall be certified to the supervisors of the county of Kings by the said commissioners, and shall be assessed, levied and collected in the said city, village and towns, and form part of the next annual tax thereof upon the property on which the same shall be assessed by the commissioners as certified by them to the said supervisors. Division § 8. The said commissioners are hereby authorized and avenue to be required to cause said Division avenue, immediately after it graded &c. shall have been opened, to be graded and turnpiked, or Pay of commis. sioners. Vacancies, otherwise made a good and level road, and shall apportion the expense thereof in the same manner as provided for the expenses of the opening; and the same shall be assessed, levied and collected in the next annual tax, after the same shall be certified to the said supervisors. § 9. All the commissioners mentioned in or appointed under this act shall each receive two dollars per day for each day necessarily spent in attending to the matters and business connected with said avenue; and a majority of said commissioners shall have power to act, and form a quorum for the transaction of business. § 10. The said county court shall have power, and the how filled. county judge is hereby authorized to appoint commissioners to fill any vacancy that may occur by death, resignation, or otherwise. Board of commis. sioners. And their duties. § 11. The mayor of the city of Brooklyn, the president of the village of Williamsburgh, and the supervisor of the town of Bushwick, shall constitue a permanent board of commissioners, whose duty it shall be to cause said Division avenue, after it shall have been opened, graded, turnpiked, or otherwise made a good and level road as provided for in the eighth section of this act, to be kept in good repair; and they are hereby required to meet together on the first Wednesday in each of the months of March, May, July, September and November in each year, and examine the whole of said avenue, and direct and cause all repairs to be made and work to be done on the said avenue, which they or a majority of them shall deem necessary and proper for the preservation or protection of the same, and the making and keeping it in good order and repair. They shall apportion the expense thereof, including the pay of the commissioners, upon the city of Brooklyn, the village of Williamsburgh and the town of Bushwick, in proportion to the amount of lands belonging thereto, and fronting on said avenue; and the amount so apportioned shall be collected in the next annual tax, after the same shall be certified to the said supervisors by the said commissioners, or a majority of them. § 12. This act shall take effect immediately. |