Official acts legalized. Rights not affected. Chap. 27. AN ACT to legalize the official acts of Thomas B. Dickey, a justice of the peace of the town of Mentz, in the county of Cayuga. BECAME a law February 15, 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: § 1. The official acts of Thomas B. Dickey, a justice of the peace, duly elected in and for the town of Mentz, in the county of Cayuga, and who failed to take and subscribe the official oath. or to give an official bond, until after the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, are hereby made legal and valid as they would have been had he taken and subscribed the official oath before the county clerk of Cayuga county before the said fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. § 2. Nothing in this act shall affect the rights of any party to any suit or proceeding now pending. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Charter amended Chap. 28. AN ACT to amend chapter fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An act to further amend chapter one hundred and forty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled 'An act to amend and consolidate the several acts in relation to the charter of the city of Rochester,' and to consolidate therewith the several acts in relation to the charter of said city," and the several acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. BECAME a law February 16, 1894, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, by a two-thirds vote. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section two of chapter fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An act to further ameud chapter one hundred and forty-three of the laws of eighteen hun dred and sixty-one, entitled 'An act to amend and consolidate the several acts in relation to the charter of the city of Rochester, and to consolidate therewith the several acts in relation to the charter of said city,'" is hereby amended so as to read as follows: aries. § 2. The boundaries of said city shall be as follows: Begin. City boundning at a point in the present northerly line of said city of Rochester, which said point is in the middle of the Ridge road eight chains and seventy-five links distant easterly from the top of the east high bank of the Genesee river; thence south, fifteen minutes east, to the north line of Norton street; thence easterly on the said north line of Norton street to a point two hundred feet easterly from the east line of lot number forty-eight, in the town of Irondequoit; thence southerly on a line parallel with the said east line of said lot number forty-eight, and at a dis tance of two hundred feet easterly therefrom, to the south line of the highway called Waring street; thence southeasterly along the south line of said Waring street, and the said line continued to a point which would be the intersection of the said line with the east line of the highway known as Culver road; thence southwesterly on said line of said Culver road to the north line of lot number thirty-seven, in the town of Brighton; thence westerly on the north line of said lot number thirty-seven, and on the north line of lots forty-five and fifty-three, in the said town of Brighton, to a point in the north line of said lot fifty-three, two hundred and ninety feet easterly from the northeast corner of lot number sixty-one in said town; thence southerly, on a line parallel with the east line of said lot number sixty-one, to the northerly line of a road known as Elmwood avenue; thence westerly along the northerly line of said road known as Elmwood avenue to a point, which said point is at the intersection of the northerly line of said Elmwood avenue with the westerly line of the lands now owned by the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company; thence southerly on the westerly line of the said lands now owned by said railroad company, to a point in the center of the Westfall road, so called; thence westerly along the center of the Westfall road to a point in the center of the said Westfall road, where the said road makes an angle to the north; thence southwesterly in a straight line twenty-four hundred feet through lands now owned by, or known as the Harmon farm, and the Baker farm, to a point where the east bank of the Genesee river intersects the west line of the Wolcott road, so called; thence northeasterly along the east shore of the Genesee river, about eight hundred and fifty feet to a point where the northerly line extended of a road running between the lands of E. Chapin and Matthias Kondolf, on the west side of said river, would intersect said east bank of said river; thence westerly along said line so extended and continuing along the said line to a point where the said line intersects the easterly line of lands now owned by the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad Company; thence northeasterly along the east line of said lands owned by said company, to a point where the east line of said railroad would be intersected by the center line of Genesee street produced southwesterly; thence northeasterly through the center of a road, which is the continuation of Genesee street, to a point where the center line of said Genesee street intersects the present southerly line of said city, which is the north line of lot seven and south line of lot forty-six of the town of Gates; thence westerly along the said line to a point where the said line would be intersected by the east line of lots seventy-five, seventy-six 'and one hundred sixty-eight in said town of Gates produced southerly; thence northerly along the said produced line to the south line of lot number twenty-two of said town of Gates; thence westerly on the south line of said lot twenty-two to the east line of the highway known as Thurston road; thence northerly along the east line of said highway to the north line of said lot twentytwo; thence easterly on the north line of said lot twenty-two to the above mentioned produced east line of lot one hundred and sixty-eight of the town of Gates; thence northerly along said produced line to the east line of said lot one hundred sixty-eight, and along the east line of said lot one hundred sixty-eight to the northerly line of the highway known as Chili road; thence westerly along the northerly line of said Chili road, to the west line of a street known as Gardiner avenue; thence northerly along the west line of said Gardiner avenue sixty feet; thence westerly at right angles with Gardiner avenue, seventy-five feet; thence southerly, parallel with the said Gardiner avenue, to the aforesaid northerly line of Chili road; thence westerly along the northerly line of said Chili road to the easterly line of a highway called Lincoln avenue; thence northerly along the easterly line of said Lincoln avenue, to the south line of a highway called the Buffalo road; thence easterly along the southerly boundaries of the said Buffalo road to the east line of lot one hundred sixty eight of the town of Gates; thence northerly along the east line of lots one hundred sixty-eight, seventy-six, seventy-five, seventy-four and seventy-three of the town of Gates, continued on the east line of lots seventy-two, seventy-one and seventy of the town of Greece, to a point twenty rods north of the center of the highway known as the Big Ridge road; thence easterly parallel with the center line of said road and twenty rods distant northerly therefrom and on said line produced easterly to a point twelve hundred feet easterly from the east ine of Lake avenue; thence northerly on a line parallel with Lake avenue ten hundred and eleven feet, to a point; thence north, thirty-six degrees and twenty-six minutes west, eight hundred and eighty-eight feet to a point; thence north, twelve degrees and four minutes. west, to the center of a road leading to Hanford's Landing; thence easterly along the center of said road leading to Hanford's Landing to a point fifty feet, westerly, from the west high bank of the Genesee river; thence northerly, parallel with the top of the west high bank of the Genesee river, and fifty feet distant, westerly therefrom, to the south line of Holy Sepulchre cemetery, which is the north line of the lands of William Merrill; thence easterly along said line and said line produced easterly to the east bank of the Genesee river; thence northerly along the east bank of the Genesee river in its various courses, to the north line of lot fourteen, in the township fourteen, in the seventh range of township, in the town of Irondequoit; thence easterly along the north line of said lot fourteen, to the west line of the lands owned by the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company; thence southerly along the west line of the lands owned by the said Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company to a point at which the south line of the lands owned by Hosea Rogers, produced westerly, would intersect the western boundaries of the lands of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company; thence easterly along the said south line of the lands owned by Hosea Rogers, produced to the eastern boundaries of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company; thence southerly along the eastern boundaries of said Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company's lands to a point on the east line of lands recently purchased from Charles Howard by the city of Rochester; thence southerly along the easterly line of lands recently purchased from Charles Howard, W. G. Curloss, Emma First ward. Second ward. D. Culross, Elbert G. Callister, John D. Callister and Elizabeth Callister, to the south line of said lands recently purchased by the city of Rochester from Elizabeth Callister; thence easterly along the south line of said Elizabeth Callister's land to the east side of a road, which said road is in continuation of North Saint Paul street in the city of Rochester; thence seventeen degrees and forty minutes, southeast, to the middle of the Ridge road: thence westerly along the middle of the Ridge road to the place of beginning. § 2. Section four of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 4. The said city shall be divided into twenty wards, as follows: First ward. All that part of the said city included within a line beginning at a point in the center of the Genesee river, and of the Erie canal; thence running westerly along the center of the Erie canal to the center of Allen street; thence easterly along the center of Allen street to the center of State street; thence southerly along the center of State street to the center of Mumford street; thence easterly along the center of Mumford street to the center of the Genesee river; thence southerly along the center of the Genesee river to the place of beginning, shall constitute the first ward. Second ward. All that part of the said city included within a line beginning at the center of the Genesee river and Mumford street; thence running westerly along the center of Mumford street to the center of State street; thence northerly along the center of State street to the center of Allen street; thence westerly along the center of Allen street to the center of the Erie canal; thence northerly along the center of the Erie canal to Jay street; thence easterly along the center of Jay street, and the center line thereof continued easterly, to the center of the Genesee river; thence southerly along the center of the Genesee river to the place of beginning, shall constitute the second ward. Third ward. Third ward.-All that part of the said city included within a line beginning at a point in the center of the Genesee river and of the Erie canal; thence running westerly along the center of the Erie canal to the center of lands formerly used for the Genesee Valley canal; thence southerly along the center of the said lands formerly used for the Genesee Valley canal to the south line of the Strong tract; thence along the south line of the Strong tract to the center |