ditioned that if such proposal be accepted the obligor will enter into a contract, in conformity with said proposal with said water board. Any or all proposals so received may be rejected by said Rejection commissioners, if in their judgment the same are not for the best interest of the city. of pro posals. contracts. § 19. All contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsible Award of bidder, and every person who shall enter into any contract for the supply of materials or performance of any work, shall be required to give satisfactory security to said commissioners for the faithful performance of his contract. etc., in con. tracts pro § 20. No commissioner or member of the common council of said Interest, city, shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract, pur-hibited." chase or work done under this act, under penalty of forfeiture of his office, and in addition thereto he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and all such contracts shall be void. books and powers of § 21. It shall be the duty of the said commissioners, to keep a Record record of all their proceedings in suitable books, and keep a registers. register of the names of all persons furnished with water, together with the rates charged therefor, and they shall have and General exercise a general supervisory and controlling power and direction commisin all matters relating to the preservation and continuance of the work authorized by this act, and of all lands, property and rights acquired thereunder. sioners. highways. § 22. The said commissioners and persons acting under their Use of authority, shall have the right to use the ground or soil under any street, highway or road in the county of Cayuga, for the purpose of laying pipes and conduits and introducing water into, and through any portion of the city of Auburn or county of Cayuga adjacent to said city, and maintaining and keeping the same in repair, but they Restora shall cause the surface of said street, highway or road to be surface. restored to its former state, or to such a state as shall not unnecessarily have impaired its usefulness. tion of rules and 23. The said water board shall make such by-laws, rules, By-laws, regulations and orders for the preservation, protection and man- ordinances agement of said water works, and the use and control of the water, as they shall deem advisable, and shall establish and impose penalties for a violation thereof or non-compliance therewith, not exceeding twenty-five dollars in any one case. common council shall enact such ordinances for the preservation and protection of said water works, and the property connected Penalty for injury to etc. therewith, as the water board shall request, which ordinances shall have the same force and effect as any ordinance enacted by said common council, and said common council shall impose such fines, penalties and punishments for the violation or infringement thereof as they are now authorized to impose for the violation of any ordinance which they are now authorized to enact under the charter of said city. § 24. If any person shall willfully do, or cause to be done, any property, act whereby any work, materials or property whatsoever, erected or used by said city, or by said commissioners, or by any person acting under their authority, for the purpose of procuring or furnishing water shall in any manner be injured, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be punished accordingly. Rules to be printed, etc. Recovery of penalties. § 25. The rules and regulations for the use of the water shall be printed on each permit, and distributed to each house or building supplied therewith, which shall be notice to the owners or occupants thereof. Any penalty established by said water board for any violation of or non-compliance with the rules, regnlations, by-laws or orders made by it may be recovered in an action at law instituted by said board, in any court having iuris Cutting off diction, and the observance of said rules, regulations, by-laws and orders, may be enforced by cutting off the supply cf water. supply. Annual report. Other reports. Repeal. § 26. The said commissioners, on the first Monday in March in each year shall deliver to the mayor of said city, to be presented to the common council, a report in detail of all moneys expended by them during the preceding year, and the purposes for which said moneys were expended, the receipts for water rents and from all other sources during the same period, and the amount of moneys on hand and invested as herein provided for. The said commissioners shall also, whenever required by 'he common council, make such other report as shall be by it demanded, and shall, if required, appear before said common council, or any com mittee appointed by it, and exhibit their records, books, vouchers and other papers, and give such explanation thereof and informa tion relating thereto as shall be requested. § 27. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 8 28. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 37. AN ACT to authorize the common council of the city of Auburn to borrow money and issue bonds for contingent expenses of said city. BECAME a law February 22, 1894, 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: bonds. Section 1. The common council of the city of Auburn is hereby Issue of authorized to borrow upon the credit of the city of Auburn the sum of nine thousand five hundred dollars, payable at such times and upon such terms and at such rate of interest, not exceeding five per centum per annum, as said council shall determine, and issue the bonds of the city therefor, signed by the mayor and city clerk and sealed with the seal of said city. tion of § 2. The moneys realized from said bonds shall be paid to the Dispositreasurer of the city of Auburn, who shall place the same in and proceeds. to the credit of the contingent fund of said city. bonds and § 3. The common council of the city of Auburn shall levy and Tax for cause to be raised by taxation in said city in the usual way, with interest. and in addition to the amount of city taxes for city purposes, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five and in each year thereafter, an amount sufficient to pay the principal sum of said bonds, issued as hereinbefore provided, falling due each year, together with the interest annually falling due on the said bonds issued under this act until the said bonds and the interest thereon are fully paid. The sum so raised for such purpose annually shall be set apart and kept and applied by the treasurer to the payment of the amount of the said bonds and interest when due each year and for no other purpose. Such bonds, as Cancellathey fall due, shall be paid and canceled as soon as the moneys bonds. are raised by taxes for the purpose in each year, and a record made of the cancellation thereof in the books of the said treasurer in relation to said bonds aforesaid. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. tion of Act amended. School trustees. trustees. Chap. 38. AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred and five of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled "An act to consoli date school districts number six and number fifteen in the town of Mentz, in the county of Cayuga, into one school dis trict and to provide for the organization of a school and academy therein, and to enable the said district to loan money to erect the necessary buildings therefor," and the acts amendatory thereof. BECAME a law February 22, 1894, 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. Section two of said chapter three hundred and five of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven and the acts amendatory thereof, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 2. David B. Smith, Amasa K. King, James D. Button, Finlay M. King, Alfred Mead, Jacob D. Schoonmaker, William D. Osburn, George Randall and William A. Halsey, are hereby appointed trustees of said district, to be divided by lot at their first meeting into three classes, to be numbered one, two and three, and hold their offices, as follows: Class number one until the first annual meeting, which shall be held on the first Tuesday in May, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight; class number two until the next annual Election of meeting thereafter; and class number three until the next annual meeting thereafter; and at each annual meeting there shall be elected three trustees, to supply the place of those whose terms of office shall expire, and all those elected at the annual meetings shall each hold their offices for three years unless elected to fill a vacancy. The date for holding the annual meetings hereafter is hereby changed from the first Tuesday in May to the first Tuesday in August, and the trustees whose terms of office will expire on the first Tuesday in May, eighteen hundred and ninetyfour, are hereby extended until the first Tuesday in August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and those whose terms of office would expire on the first Tuesday in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, are hereby extended until the first Tuesday in Aug. ust, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and those whose terms of Annual meetings. Terms extended. elect. office would expire on the first Tuesday in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, are hereby extended until the first Tuesday in August, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. If at any annual Failure to meeting there shall be a failure to elect, those whose terms of office would expire shall hold their offices until others are elected in their stead. Notice of the annual or special meetings, shall be Notice of given by posting the same in three public places in said district and by publishing the same in a newspaper, if one is published in said district. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. meetings. Chap. 39. AN ACT making an appropriation for compensation of officers and employes, for maintenance, for transportation of convicts, and for ordinary repairs of the Western House of Refuge for Women. BECAME a law February 22, 1894, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senato and Assembly, do enact as follows: tion. Section 1. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appro- Appropria priated out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated for compensation of officers and employes, for maintenance, for transportation of convicts and for ordinary repairs of the western house of refuge for women, established by chapter two hundred and thirty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety. The treasurer of the State shall, on the warrant of the How paycomptroller, pay to the treasurer of the board of managers of said house of refuge such sums as may, from time to time, be required for the purposes and within the provisions of this act. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. able. |