L. 1916, chs. 123, 610. Municipal court code. §§ 27, 118. avenue; the center line of Church avenue from Remsen avenue to East Fifty-eighth street; the center line of East Fifty-eighth street from Church avenue to Farragut road; the center line of Farragut road from East Fifty-eighth street to East Thirty-first street; the center line of East Thirty-first street from Farragut road to Foster avenue; the center line of Foster avenue from East Thirty-first street to East Seventeenth street; the center line of East Seventeenth street from Foster avenue to Avenue R; the center line of Avenue R from East Seventeenth street to Nostrand avenue; the center line of Nostrand avenue from Avenue R to Avenue U; the center line of Avenue U from Nostrand avenue to Gerritsen avenue; the center line of Gerritsen avenue from Avenue U to Avenue U; the center line of Avenue U from Gerritsen avenue to Gerritsen's basin, or millpond; the center line of Gerritsen's basin, or millpond, to Sheepshead bay, to the line dividing the borough of Brooklyn from the borough of Queens in Rockaway inlet; the said line dividing the borough of Brooklyn from the borough of Queens from the said intersection in said Rockaway inlet to Stockholm street; the center line of Stockholm street from the said dividing line to Bushwick avenue; the center line of Bushwick avenue from Stockholm street to Kossuth place; the center line of Kossuth place from Bushwick avenue to Broadway; the center line of Broadway from Kossuth place to Fulton street; in which district there shall be two justices. (Subd. added by L. 1916, ch. 479, in effect May 9, 1916.) L. 1916, ch. 479, § 2. This act shall not affect any action or proceeding in the municipal courts as presently constituted, now pending, or affect any of the districts mentioned in said section c of said act before this amendment thereof, or affect in any wise the justices of the districts now existing who shall until the expiration of their respective terms be and continue as justices of said court for the districts for which they were elected, and of the districts by this act territorially changed and altered bearing the same number as that in and for which they were respectively elected. § 27. Joinder of parties; interpleader.-Subd. 4 added by L. 1916, ch. 610, in effect Sept. 1, 1916, as follows: 4. The deposition of a party to an action in this court or of a person who expects to be a party to an action about to be brought in this court may be taken at his own instance or at the instance of an adverse party, or by co-plaintiff or co-defendant at any time before or during the trial, in the same manner as such depositions are taken under the provisions of law applicable to like cases in the supreme court. § 118. Jury trial.-Subd. 3 added by L. 1916, ch. 123, in effect Apr. 3, 1916, as follows: 3. If an action is settled or discontinued before trial, all jury and jurors' fees paid by any party as provided in this act shall be returned forthwith to such party by the clerk of the court to whom such jury fee was paid. § 1. Acts of notaries legalized. L. 1916, ch. 280. § 142. Return of execution and satisfaction of judgment.-Subds. 2 and 3 amended by L. 1916, ch. 508, in effect May 11, 1916, as follows: 2. If no execution has been issued to a marshal and no transcript of the judgment has been filed in the office of a county clerk, the judgment may be satisfied by depositing with the clerk of the court in the district where the judgment is entered the full amount due on the judgment, with interest to the date of deposit; whereupon the clerk must mark the record of the judgment satisfied. 3. When a transcript of a judgment has been filed in the office of a county clerk and no execution has been issued to a sheriff, the judgment may be satisfied by depositing with the said county clerk the full amount due on the judgment, with interest to the date of deposit, accompanied by a certificate of the sheriff of the same county, dated on the day of deposit, that no execution upon the judgment is in his hands; whereupon the said county clerk shall cancel and discharge the docket of the judgment. NON-RESIDENTS. Actions against, upon demand barred by law of residence; see Actions. NORMAL SCHOOLS. Salaries of teachers for fiscal year ending July 1, 1916; see L. 1916, ch. 534. NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. L. 1916, ch. 280.-An act to legalize and confirm the official acts of notaries public and commissioners of deeds. (In effect Apr. 24, 1916.) Section 1. The official acts of every person as notary public or commissioner of deeds within the state of New York, heretofore commissioned as such, which acts have been performed since the first day of March, nineteen hundred and fifteen, so far as such acts may be affected, impaired or questioned by reason of change of residence made after appointment, or by reason of misnomer or misspelling of name or other errors made in the appointment or commission of said notary public or commissioner of deeds, or by reason of omission or failure to take the prescribed oath of office within the time required by law, or by reason of such persons being under the age of twenty-one years, or by reason of the expiration of the term of office of such notaries public or commissioners of deeds, or by reason of failure of a notary public to file his certificate of appointment and official oath as such notary in a county other than the county in which such appointment was made and the certificate of such appointment was duly filed, where such notary public or commissioner of deeds has acted in good faith, upon payment being made by such notary public or commissioner of deeds of the legal fees for holding such office or filing such certificate, are hereby legalized and confirmed and made effectual and L. 1916, ch.16. Panama-Pacific Exposition commission. §§ 3,5. valid, as the official acts of a notary public or commissioner of deeds legally qualified to perform the same, as fully as if neither of the various errors, omissions, matters and conditions hereinabove enumerated has occurred or existed. § 2. Nothing in this act contained shall affect any action or proceeding pending at the time this act takes effect. ONEIDA COUNTY. Board of elections abolished; Election L., § 209-a. Salary of stenographer of county court; Judiciary L., § 319. ONONDAGA COUNTY. Salary of transfer tax appraiser; Tax L., § 229. ONTARIO COUNTY. Salary of Surrogate; County L., § 232. OPTIONAL CITY LAW. Operation suspended, see Cities. PALISADES. Bond authorization, see Parks. PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION. L. 1912, ch. 541 (B. C. & G.'s Consol. Laws, Vol. 8, p. 1852). § 3. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to the actual necessary expenses incurred while in discharge of duties imposed upon them by the commission. Such commission may appoint a secretary and fix his compensation for all services to be performed in carrying out the provisions of this act, and the commission may also provide for such other clerical assistance and office facilities in this state or in San Francisco as it deems necessary, but no salaries or expenses shall be incurred after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen. (Amended by L. 1916, ch. 16, in effect Mch. 1, 1916.) § 5. The sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary for the accomplishment of the above specified purposes, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes of this act. Such money shall be paid by the treasurer on the warant of the comptroller issued upon a requisition signed by the chairman and vice-chairman of the commission, § 5. Expenses of commission. L. 1916, ch.16. accompanied by an estimate of the expenses for the payment of which the money so drawn is to be applied. On or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, such commission shall make a verified report to the comptroller of the disbursements made by it, and shall return to the state treasury the unexpended balance of money drawn in pursuance of this act. No indebtedness or obligation shall be incurred under this act in excess of the appropriation herein made. (Amended by L. 1916, ch. 16, in effect Mch. 1, 1916.) PARK DISTRICTS. Authority to establish, in certain towns; Town L., §§ 349-349-1. L. 1916, ch. 569. State park bonds; sale, etc. §§ 1, 2. PARKS. L. 1916, ch. 569.-An act making provision for issuing bonds to the amount of not to exceed ten million dollars for the acquisition of lands for state park purposes, and providing for a submission of the same to the people to be voted upon at the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen. effect May 15, 1916.) (In Section 1. There shall be issued, in the manner and at the times hereinafter recited, bonds of the state in an amount not to exceed ten million dollars, which bonds shall be sold by the state and the proceeds thereof paid into the state treasury, and so much thereof as may be necessary expended for the acquisition of lands for state park purposes as hereinafter provided. Such bonds when issued shall be exempt from taxation. § 2. Sale; interest; tax to pay; sinking fund.-The comptroller is hereby directed to cause to be prepared the bonds of this state to an amount not to exceed ten million dollars, said bonds to bear interest at the rate of not to exceed four and one-half per centum per annum, which interest shall be payable semi-annually in the city of New York. Said bonds shall be issued for a term of fifty years from their respective dates of issue, and shall be sold for not less than par. The comptroller is hereby charged with the duty of selling said bonds to the highest bidder after advertising for a period of twenty consecutive days, Sundays excepted, in at least two daily newspapers printed in the city of New York and one in the city of Albany. Advertisements shall contain a provision to the effect that the comptroller, in his discretion, may reject any or all bids made in pursuance of said advertisements, and, in the event of such rejection, the comptroller is authorized to readvertise for bids in the form and manner above described as many times as in his judgment may be necessary to effect a satisfactory sale. Said bonds shall be sold in such lots and at such times as may be required for the purpose of making partial or final payments in accordance with the provisions of this act. There is hereby imposed a direct annual tax at the rate of eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty cents together with interest on the debt for each one million dollars of bonds issued, to provide for a sinking fund for the redemption of the said bonds, together with the interest thereon. The tax imposed, as herein provided, shall be assessed, levied and collected in the manner prescribed by law, and shall be paid by the several county treasurers into the treasury of the state. The proceeds of such tax shall be invested by the comptroller in securities in which he is authorized by law to invest the trust and sinking funds of the state, and together with the interest arising therefrom, any premium received on the sale of said bonds, and interest accruing on deposits of |