special of any city ordinance, or of the laws concerning the internal police of the state, and is hereby empowered to hold courts of special sessions for the trial of all offenses triable in a court of special sessions. Every court of special sessions held by said police Court of justice, or by one of the judges of the municipal court of said sessions. city, or the mayor, or one of the police commissioners or aldermen in the place of said police justice, as is provided by section two hundred and sixty-seven of this act, shall, subject to the power of removal, provided for in chapter one, of title six, of part one, of the code of criminal procedure, have exclusive jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all charges of misdemeanor and such other offenses or crimes punishable as such, as are defined by section fifty-six of the code of criminal procedure, or other statute now or hereafter passed, where the offense has been committed within the city of Rochester, and of petit larceny committed as a second offense within said city, and the complaint has been made to said police justice, or one of the officers acting in his place, or one of the judges of the municipal court; and the said police justice, or other officer acting in his place, shall have power to impose any sentence, punishment, fine, imprisonment, or both, as is provided in such cases by the provisions of the penal code or by the special statutes of this state. The board of police commissioners shall have power to appoint, from time to time, a stenographer, who shall perform such duties Stenog as they shall, from time to time, require of him. The police magistrate, or person acting in his stead, shall have power to require such stenographer to take the evidence in all criminal cases or proceedings pending before him; and shall have power to require such stenographer to transcribe his short-hand notes, and deliver to the district attorney of the county of Monroe a copy of such transcript; and shall have power to require such stenographer to transcribe his notes and deliver a copy thereof to the defendant in any action, upon the payment to the clerk of such police court of the sum of ten cents per folio for each folio of such transcript. The salary of such stenographer shall be fixed by said board of police commissioners, and shall be paid in the same manner in which the salary of the police clerk is now paid. In any action Trials by brought for the violation of any ordinance, or of the laws concerning the internal police of the state as aforesaid, a trial by jury may be had upon the demand of either party, made before rapher. jury. Fees. Jurisdic tion as to violations under charter. the actual commencement of such trial, and such trial shall be conducted in the manner provided for trials by jury in justices' courts by the code of civil procedure, and the jurors summoned, as well as those acting or sitting upon the trial, and the officer executing the venire and attending the jury, which officer may be one of the members of the police force of said city, to be nominated by said police justice, shall be entitled to the fees allowed by law to jurors and constables for similar services in trials by jury before justices of the peace or justices' courts, and which fees shall be paid to the said police justice for the purposes aforesaid by the party demanding such jury trial, at the time such demand is made, and upon the failure to pay the same, such demand for a trial by jury shall be disregarded, but the fees allowed to said officer, if he be one of the members of said police force of said city, for summoning or attending upon such jury, shall be retained by the police clerk and be paid by him to the treasurer of said city to the credit of the contingent fund. The municipal court of said city shall also have jurisdiction of all suits brought for a violation of any regulation, by-law or ordinance passed, enacted or adopted by the common council, board of health or executive board of said city, where the sum for which judgment is demanded in the complaint does not exceed five hundred dollars, exclusive of costs; provided the same be instituted by or under the direction of the city attorney, or said common council, board of health or executive board. 16. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 29. AN ACT to amend chapter thirty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act to authorize the county treasurer of Kings county to designate one of his assistants to act as deputy in his absence. BECAME a law February 19, 1891, 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: amended. Section 1. Section one of chapter thirty-five of the laws of eigh-Act teen hundred and seventy-two is hereby amended so as to read as follows: a county Treasurer §1. The county treasurer of Kings county is hereby author. Deputy ized to appoint one of his assistants to act as dep- treasurer. uty treasurer of said county, to be and to act as deputy treasurer of said county during the pleasure of said treas urer, and to have and possess, in the absence of said treasurer, all the power possessed by him except that of signing bonds or certificates of indebtedness; the said treasurer shall be responsible for the acts of said deputy; such appointment shall be in writing and filed with the clerk of the county of Kings; after the appoint to give new ment of such deputy treasurer, and before he enters upon the duties of his office, the treasurer shall execute and file a new bond for the faithful performance of his duties as such treasurer, which new bond shall be in the place and stead of the bond already executed and filed by him; and any default or misfeasance in office of such deputy treasurer shall be deemed to be a breach of the condition of the bond given, or to be given by the said treasurer under the provisions of this act. §2. This act shall take effect immediately. 12 bond. Charter amended. Officers of associa tion. Annual meeting. Other meetings. Chap. 30. AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled "An act to incorporate the association of the alumni of Union college." BECAME a law February 19, 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 three of chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 3. The officers of said association shall be a president, a vicepresident, a secretary, a treasurer, and an executive committee consisting of these four officers and five other alumni, all of which officers shall be elected annually. § 2. Section five of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 5. There shall be an annual meeting of the said association at Union college on the day preceding the annual commencement, at which the officers of the association shall be chosen, and also the alumni trustee of Union college, whose election is provided for by the amendment of the charter of Union college, passed by the board of regents of the state of New York, on June second, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Only duly qualified members of the association under its by-laws shall be entitled to vote for officers of the association or for said alumni trustee. Other meetings of the association may be held as provided by said by-laws. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 31. AN ACT in relation to the disposition of insurance money realized from loss by fire of the State Normal and Training School at Oneonta, and authorizing the temporary use of the State Armory at Oneonta for school purposes. BECAME a law February 20, 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: tion of money. Section 1. It is hereby directed that the amount of insurance Disposiwhich may be realized from the loss of the State Normal and insurance Training School at Oneonta, by fire, shall be placed in the hands of the treasurer of the state of New York, and the said treasurer is directed to place the entire amount of such funds to the credit of the local board of said State Normal and Training School for immediate use in repairing the old building or in the erection of a new building on the site of the one destroyed, on plans to be approved by the state superintendent of public instruction. All payments under this act shall be made to the treasurer of the state, on warrants drawn upon the comptroller by the state superintendent of public instruction. use of § 2. The adjutant-general of the state is hereby authorized and Temporary directed to place the state armory at Oneonta at the disposal armory. of the local board of the State Normal and Training School at Oneonta, for temporary use as a Normal and Training School, so far as the same may be made available for such time as may be necessary to restore the Normal School building to its proper use. §3. This act shall take effect immediately. |