is habitually disturbed, or who requests, advises or procures any female to become an inmate of any such house or place, or who as agent or owner, lets a building or any portion of a building, knowing that it is intended to be used for any purpose specified in this section, or who permits a building or a portion of a building to be so used, is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall be construed to apply to any part or parts of a house used for any of the purpose herein specified. § 2. This act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred and five. Chap. 271. AN ACT to amend the membership corporations law relating to corporations for the prevention of cruelty. Became a law, April 22, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Article five of the membership corporations law is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be numbered seventy-three. § 73. Change of location of office.-Any membership corporation for the prevention of cruelty to animals now existing or hereafter organized under the laws of this state, may at any time change the location of its principal office from the town, village, or city named in its certificate of incorporation to any other town, village, or city in the same county, provided such change has been authorized by a vote of the members of said corporation at a special meeting of the members thereof, called for that purpose. When such change shall be authorized by the members, as herein provided, the president and secretary and a majority of the directors of such corporation shall sign a certificate stating the name of such corporation, the town, village, city and county where its principal office was originally located and the town, village or city in said county to which it is desired to change the location of its principal office, and that such change has been authorized, as herein provided, and the name of the directors of said corporation and their respective places of residence, which certificate shall be verified by the oaths of all persons signing the same, and when so signed and verified, it shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and a duplicate theref* filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which said principal office is located, and thereupon, the location of the principal office of such corporation shall be changed as stated in said certificate. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 272. AN ACT to authorize the board of trustees of the village of Salamanca, Cattaraugus county, to appoint a board of water commissioners. Became a law, April 22, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The board of trustees of the village of Salamanca shall appoint for such village a board of three water commissioners, in the same manner as if such board had been established within the village by the adoption of a proposition therefor at an annual election, in pursuance of section sixty of the village law. Such board of water commissioners shall have all the powers and be subject to the duties prescribed or imposed by the village law. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. So in original. Chap. 273. AN ACT to amend the poor law by requiring monthly reports from county superintendents of the poor, overseers of the poor and other officials, to the state board of charities with relation to children placed in family homes. Became a law, April 22, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Article eight of chapter two hundred and twenty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled "An act in relation to the poor, constituting chapter twenty-seven of the general laws," as amended by chapter one hundred and seventeen of the laws of nineteen hundred and two, is hereby amended by adding to such chapter a new section to be known as section one hundred and forty-one-a, which shall read as follows: § 141-a. Reports with relation to children placed in family homes.— The superintendents of the poor of counties, the overseers of the poor of cities and towns and all other public officers by whatsoever name or title known who are authorized by law to place out dependent children in family homes by adoption, indenture or otherwise, are hereby required to report to the state board of charities on blanks provided by such board, the particulars with relation to each child so placed out. Such report shall state the name, age and sex of the child so placed out, together with the father's full name and residence, the mother's full name and residence, and the religious faith of the parents. The report shall also state the full names and residence of the heads of the family with whom such child is placed, their relationship to the child, if any, the religious faith of the heads of such family, and their occupation or occupations, together with such further information as the state board of charities may require on the blanks provided. Such reports for the preceding month shall be filed with the state board of charities on or before the tenth day of each month. § 2. This act shall take effect July first nineteen hundred and five. Chap. 274. AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and amend the several acts relating to the village of Mechanicville and to repeal certain acts," relating to the appointment of inspectors of election. Became a law, April 22, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: amended. Section 1. Section six of title two of chapter one hundred and Charter six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and amend the several acts relating to the village of Mechanicville, and to repeal certain acts," as amended by chapter one hundred and forty of the laws of eigh teen hundred and ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: of election, ment of, manner of. § 6. The board of trustees shall before each annual election, Inspectors appoint from the qualified electors of said village two inspectors appoint of election for each district, but such inspectors shall not both be chosen from the same political party, nor shall a person be appointed inspector for a district in which he is not entitled to vote. Such inspectors shall be appointed from lists submitted by the caucus or primary at which nominations of candidates to be voted for at such annual election are made. Each of such lists shall contain the names of one or more persons qualified under the election law to serve as inspectors of election, and shall be certified by the presiding officer and secretary of said caucus or primary and filed in the office of the village clerk in the same manner and at the same time as the party certificate of nominations made by such caucus or primary. A vacancy in the office of inspector of election in any district shall be filled in like manner from the additional names contained in such lists. If such lists contain no additional names a vacancy may be filled by the board of trustees by the appointment of a person qualified to act as inspector, who is known, or is proved to the satisfaction of the board, to be a member of the same political party as that in which such vacancy occurred. Each board of inspectors may appoint a resident elector of the district clerk of the poll. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. tendent of public works to act with board of public buildings and grounds Pennsyl vania. Chap. 275. AN ACT authorizing the superintendent of public works to investigate and report as to the acquisition of toll bridges across the Delaware river between this state and the state of Pennsylvania. Became a law, April 22, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Superin- Section 1. The superintendent of public works is hereby authorized and directed to take such action in conjunction with the board of public buildings and grounds of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or such other board or officer as may be desigof state of nated by the laws of that commonwealth, as may be required under this act and the laws of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of determining as to the advisability of acquiring the rights, franchises and property of the persons, firms and corporations owning and maintaining toll bridges across the Delaware river between this state and Pennsylvania. Such superintendent shall consult with such board of public buildings and grounds, or other board or officer, of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of determining the amount required to purchase or otherwise acquire such toll bridges, and the rights, franchises and property connected therewith, and the necessary procedure to be followed in acquiring such toll bridges, and the rights, franchises and property connected therewith and in distributing the proceeds of the sale thereof among the persons or corporations entitled thereto. Contracts for purchase of property and franchisca. § 2. The superintendent of public works, in conjunction with such board of public buildings and grounds, or other board or officer, of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, may acquire options and make contracts for the purchase of such toll bridges, and the rights, franchises and property connected therewith. |