a number of tion, rules lations. § 2. A corporation created under and in pursuance of this act, Changing by a majority vote at an annual meeting, or at trustees. special meeting, duly called therefor, may determine to change the number of its trustees to three or some multiple thereof, not more than twenty-one. On such determination, a majority of the trustees shall sign, acknowledge, and file in the offices where the original certificate of such corporation is filed, a supplemental certificate specifying such reduction or increase; and thereon the number of trustees shall be the number stated in such certificate. If the number of trustees is increased, the corporation shall elect, at its next annual meeting, a sufficient number of trustees to hold office for one, two and three years, respectively, so that the terms of office of one-third of the whole number of trustees of such corporation shall expire at each annual meeting thereafter. If the number of trustees is reduced, the corporation shall thereafter elect at its annual meetings one-third of the number of trustees specified in such supplemental certificate, but the trustees in office when such certificate is filed, shall continue in office until the expiration of their terms, respectively. The said corporation, Constituwhen organized, and any camp ground or camp meeting associa- and regution heretofore organized under the laws of the state of New York, shall have power to adopt a constitution, and to prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the state or the United States, for the government thereof, and for the election of trustees and its officers. Onethird of the trustees shall be annually elected and vacancies filled in such manner as the constitution of said corporation shall prescribe. When the camp grounds proposed to be selected by Non-resisuch corporation shall be situated upon or near the borders of be memthis state, persons residing out of the jurisdiction of this state may be permitted to join in and become members of said corporation, and shall be eligible to be elected officers thereof. When the number of trustees do not exceed nine, or no constitution is Trustees, appointadopted by the corporation prescribing the mode of election of ment of by stewards. its trustees and officers, then the district stewards of any presiding elder's district, at their annual meeting may appoint, from time to time, trustees for such corporation within their district to supply the places of those whose term of office shall expire and to fill vacancies in the number of trustees. And when two or more districts join in such corporation, then the district stewards dents may bers. of each district, at their annual meeting, may appoint their equal proportion of said trustees. But in case the number of trustees can not be equally divided between the districts, then the districts in which the camp ground is located may appoint such trustees. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Consolidation act amended. Retirement of members partment. allowances. Chap. 73. AN ACT to amend chapter four hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to consolidate into one act and to declare the special and local law affecting public interests in the city of New York," with respect to retire ment from the fire department. BECAME a law March 1, 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 five hundred and nineteen of chapter four hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and eightytwo, entitled "An act to consolidate into one act and to declare the special and local laws affecting public interests in the city of New York," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 519. The board of fire commissioners shall have the power, of fire de- by a unanimous vote, to retire from all service in the said fire department, or to relieve from service at fires, any officer or member of the uniformed force of said department, who may, upon an examination by the medical officer, ordered by the said fire commissioners, be found to be disqualified, physically or menPensions or tally, for the performance of his duties; and the said officer or member so retired from service shall receive from said relief fund an annual allowance as pension in case of the total disqualification for service, or as compensation for limited service in case of partial disability; in every case, the said board of fire commissioners to determine the circumstances thereof, and said pension or allowance so allowed to be in lieu of any salary received by such officer or member at the date of his being so relieved or retired from fire duty in said department, and the said department shall not be held liable for the payment of any claim or demand for services thereafter rendered, and the amount mined total dis Partial dis ability. of such pension or allowance shall be determined upon the fol- How deterlowing conditions: In case of total permanent disability, caused in case of in or induced by the actual performance of the duties of his ability. position, or which may occur after ten years' active and continuous service in the said fire department, the amount of annual pension to be allowed shall be one-half of the annual compensation allowed such officer or member as salary at the date of his retirement from the service, or such less sum in proportion to the number of officers and members so retired as the condition of the fund will warrant. In case of total permanent disability not caused in or induced by the actual performance of the duties of his position, or which shall have occurred before the expiration of ten years' active and continuous service in the said fire department, the amount of annual pension to be allowed shall be one-third of the annual compensation allowed such officer or member as salary at the date of his retirement from the service, or in proportion to the number of officers and members so retired, as the condition of the fund will warrant. In case of partial permanent disability, caused in or induced by the actual performance of the duties of his position, or which may occur after ten years' active and continuous service in the said fire depart. ment, the officer or member so disabled shall be relieved from active service at fires, but shall remain a member of the uniformed force, subject to the rules governing said force, and to the performance of such light duties as the medical officer of the said fire department may certify him to be qualified to perform; and the annual allowance to be paid such officer or member shall be one-half of the annual compensation allowed as salary at the date of his being so relieved, or such less sum, in proportion to the number of officers and members so retired, as the condition of the fund will warrant. In case of partial permanent disability, not caused or induced by the actual performance of the duties of his position, or which may occur before ten years' active and continuous service in the said fire department, the officer or member so disabled shall be relieved from active service at fires, but shall remain a member of the uniformed force, subject to the rules governing said force and to the performance of such light duties as the medical officer of said department may certify him to be qualified to perform, and the annual allowance to be paid such officer or member shall not exceed one-third of the upon appli cation of annual compensation allowed as salary at the date of his being so relieved, or such less sum as the board may, in their discre tion, determine, or as the condition of the fund will warrant. Retirement Any officer or member of the uniformed force of the said fire member. department of the city of New York, who has or shall have performed duty therein for a period of twenty years or upwards, shall, upon his own application in writing, or upon a certificate of the board of medical officers, showing that such member is permanently disabled, physically or mentally, so as to be unfit for duty, shall, by resolution adopted by the board, be retired and dismissed from said force and service, and placed on the roll of the relief or pension fund, and awarded and granted, to be paid from the said relief or pension fund, an annual pension during his life-time of a sum of not less than one-half the full salary or compensation of such member so retired. The pensions granted under this section shall be for the natural life of the pensioner, and shall not be revoked, repealed or diminished. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Pensions for natural life. Completion of park and drive. Issue of bonds therefor. Chap. 74. AN ACT to provide for the completion of the construction of the Riverside park and drive in the city of New York. BECAME a law March 1, 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. The department of public parks of the city of New York is hereby authorized and empowered to complete the construction of the Riverside park and drive, upon plans to be deter mined upon and prepared by the commissioners of public parks, or a majority of them; and submitted to and approved by the board of estimate and apportionment of said city. The said plans shall include a viaduct over Ninety-sixth street, where said Riverside drive crosses said Ninety-sixth street, with proper approaches north and south thereof. § 2. For the purpose of carrying out the work authorized by the last preceding section, the comptroller of the city of New York is hereby required, from time to time, when thereto directed by said board of estimate and apportionment, to issue bonds or stock of work. the city of New York, in the manner now provided by law, to an mount not exceeding in the aggregate seven hundred and fifty housand dollars, and bearing interest at a rate to be fixed by said comptroller, not exceeding four per centum per annum, the mount thereof to be expended in any one Fear not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars. Said bonds, if issued, hall be payable from taxation, and shall be redeemable in not less than ten nor more than twenty years from their date of issue. §3. The said commissioners of public parks may, from time to Plans for time, adopt plans for any part of the work provided for by this act, and upon the approval thereof by the board of estimate and apportionment as aforesaid, the work, labor and materials Contracts. required therefor, shall be done and furnished by contract, and all the provisions of law and the ordinances regulating the performance of work in said city by contracts made with the lowest bidder upon public letting, shall apply thereto. The said board of Board of estimate and apportionment, when so requested by the depart-may direct ment of public parks, may, from time to time, in such amounts as the said board of estimate and apportionment shall deem necessary, for the payment of the work and materials, to be done and furnished as aforesaid, direct said comptroller to issue the aforesaid bonds or stock; provided, however, that the amount to be so issued shall not exceed in any one year the sum mentioned in the second section of this act. 4. This act shall take effect immediately. estimate bonds. of Chap. 75. AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled "An act to incorporate the New York society for the relief of widows and orphans of medical men," passed April eighteen, eighteen hundred and forty-three. BECAME a law March 1, 1804, 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 two of chapter two hundred and fourteen Charter of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled "An act to incorporate the New York society for the relief of widows |