26 $100,000 reappro priated. CHAP. 33. AN ACT reappropriating money for the erection of an armory in the county of Kings. PASSED February 16, 1883; three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred thousand dollars, appropriated by chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, as amended by chapter four hundred and eighteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, for the erection of an armory in the eastern district of the city of Brooklyn, is hereby reappropriated for the erection of an armory in said district, for the use of that portion of the infantry of the eleventh brigade, whose head-quarters are in said district, said armory to be erected upon the land in said district heretofore purchased by the board of supervisors of the county of Kings, for the purpose of said armory, said sum to be expended under the direction of the adjutant-general, the inspector-general and the chief of ordnance of this state; but no part Condition. of this appropriation shall be expended by them, except upon a contract for the completion of the armory at a cost not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, nor until a warranty deed for such land with full covenants shall be executed and delivered by said county of Kings to the state of New York, which warranty deed shall be taken and accepted by the state as sufficient evidence of the title thereto. And the amount herein reappropriated shall be paid by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller as the same may be required by the commissioners hereby authorized to expend the money. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 34. AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred and sixteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty, entitled "An act supplementary to the act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Hebrew Benevolent Society of the city of New York,'" passed February second, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. PASSED February 20, 1883; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section one of the act entitled "An act supplementary to the act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Hebrew Benevolent So-. ciety of the city of New York,' passed February second, eighteen hundred and thirty-two," passed April twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty, is hereby amended so as to read and shall hereafter read as follows: $1. The Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society of the may hold city of New York may take, have, hold and enjoy real and personal real estate. estate of the annual income of not exceeding fifty thousand dollars. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Society CHAP. 35. AN ACT to authorize the towns of Philadelphia, Theresa and Alexandria, in Jefferson county, and the towns of Hammond and Morristown, in St. Lawrence county, stockholders in the Black River and Morristown Railroad Company, to join in consolidating said road with another railroad. PASSED February 20, 1883; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: may consolida SECTION 1. The commissioners of the towns of Philadelphia, Commis Theresa and Alexandria, in the county of Jefferson, and of the towns soners of Hammond and Morristown, in the county of St. Lawrence, ap- consent to pointed in pursuance of chapter nine hundred and seven of the laws tion of of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and the acts amendatory thereof, railroads. and such other officer or officers of the said towns as are authorized to act in the place and stead of any of such commissioners, or who by virtue of their office have charge of the stocks in the Black River and Morristown Railroad Company, owned by said towns, respectively, are hereby authorized and empowered to join with the individual stockholders of said company in consolidating said railroad with the Utica and Black River Railroad Company, on the terms heretofore provided by written contract between said companies, or with such other railroad company as may own and operate a railroad connecting with the Black River and Morristown railroad. Said commissioners Powers of or officers shall have the power to represent their respective towns in the negotiations for such consolidation, and to vote upon the stock then held and owned by the towns they respectively represent, at any meeting called on the subject, and the power to sign for their respective towns, under seal, articles of consolidation containing the terms thereof, which shall not be inconsistent with the terms of the aforesaid written contract in case consolidation be effected with the Utica and Black River Railroad Company, otherwise they shall have power jointly with the other stockholders to settle and adjust terms of consolidation. The acts of a majority of the commissioners or officers aforesaid of any of said towns in the premises shall be binding on the towns they are empowered to represent, respectively, after due notice to their associates; provided, however, that by the terms of consolidation the said stocks of said towns shall not be put in or surrendered at less than their par value, and that the stocks of the company with which consolidation shall be made shall not be put in at a sum exceeding the par value thereof. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Commissioners may grant lands described. Description. CHAP. 36. AN ACT to repeal title seven, chapter twenty, part one, volume one of the Revised Statutes, concerning the importation into this state of persons held in slavery, their exportation, their services, and prohibiting their sale. PASSED February 20, 1883. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Title seven, chapter twenty, part one, volume one of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 37. AN ACT to authorize the commissioners of the land office to grant all the interest of this state in certain lands formerly under the waters of the Catskill creek, in the village of Catskill, in the county of Greene, but which have since been filled in. PASSED February 20, 1883, by a two-thirds vote. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The commissioners of the land office shall have power to grant in the manner, and to the extent, and subject to the restric tions provided by section sixty-seven of article four of title five, chapter nine of part first of the Revised Statutes, as amended by section one of chapter two hundred and eighty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty, all the interest of this state in the following described lands which were formerly under the waters of the Catskill creek, in the village of Catskill, in the county of Greene, but which have since been filled in, viz.: All the lands in front of and adjacent to other lands belonging to the "Hop-o'-nose Knitting Company, limited," bounded and described as follows, viz.: Beginning at a point in the division line between the lands of the said "Hop-o'nose Knitting Company, limited," and lands of Frederick Cooke, where said line intersects the former shore line of the Catskill creek, and distant seventeen links on a course north, fifty-one degrees west, from a marked elm tree, standing on said Cooke's land; thence from said place of beginning in range with said division line, and crossing filled or made land formerly under the waters of said creek north, thirty-two degrees and fifteen minutes east, one chain and ninety links, to a mark in the face of the present wharf, distant one chain and ninety-four links on a course north, twenty-seven degrees and thirty minutes east, from the elm tree aforesaid, thence along the line of the wharf north, fortysix degrees and forty-five minutes west, two chains and fourteen links, to an angle in the wharf line; thence south, sixty-eight degrees west, seventeen links, to the point where the wharf of said "Hop-o'-nose Knitting Company, limited," intersects the wharf line of Charles C. Abeel; thence across lands formerly under water and along the line of said lands of Charles C. Abeel south, seventy-one degrees west, two chains and eighty-one links, to the former shore line of said creek, and at the north-westerly corner of the lands herein described; thence along said former shore line south, forty-five degrees and forty-five minutes east, three chains and twenty-six links; thence north, eighty degrees and forty-five minutes east, one chain and three links, to the place of beginning, containing seven hundred and ninetythree one-thousandths of an acre of land. § 2. All the proceedings heretofore had and taken in the application of said "Hop-o'-nose Knitting Company, limited," for said lands, now pending before said commissioners, shall have the same validity as if had and taken after this act takes effect. §3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 38. AN ACT to release and grant the interest of the people of the state of New York in certain real estate in the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, and state of New York, to John Pax, as executor of the will of Elizabeth Zwirlein, de ceased. PASSED February 20, 1883, by a two-thirds vote. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: released SECTION 1. All the estate, right, interest and property of the peo- Interest of ple of this state, acquired by escheat on the death of Markus Zwirlein, state late of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, in and to the following described lands and premises, namely: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and state of New York, being part of the outer lot number one hundred and thirty-six, as surveyed by Joseph Ellicott and bounded as follows: Beginning on the west side of Michigan street one hundred Land feet northerly from the north line of Goodell street; thence westerly, described. parallel with Goodell street, fifty feet; thence northerly, parallel with Michigan street, twenty feet; thence easterly, parallel with the first bound, fifty feet, to Michigan street; thence southerly, on the west. line of Michigan street, twenty feet, to the place of beginning, being the same premises conveyed to the said Markus Zwirlein by Michael Catlin and wife, by deed dated the twenty-seventh day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty, and recorded in clerk's office of the county of Erie, in liber one hundred and thirty-four, page three hundred and three of deeds, the sixteenth day of December, eighteen hundred. and fifty-two, is hereby released and granted to John Pax of the said city of Buffalo, as executor of the will of Elizabeth Zwirlein, late of said city of Buffalo, deceased, widow of the said Markus Zwirlein, deceased, his successors and assigns forever. vested § 2. Nothing herein contained shall affect the right, title, claim or Not to interest of any person in and to said premises, as heir at law, devisee impair or grantee of the said Markus Zwirlein, or of any creditor by judg- rights. ment, mortgage or otherwise. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Interest of state released. tion. CHAP. 39. AN ACT to release all the estate, right, title and interest of the people of the state of New York in and to certain real estate in the village of Norwich, in the county of Chenango and state of New York, of which Johanna Holmes died. seized, unto Catharine Hayes, James Hayes, and the heirs at law of Joanna Hayes, deceased, grandchildren and only devisees under the last will and testament of Johanna Holmes, deceased. PASSED February 20, 1883, by a two-thirds vote. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. All the estate, right, title, and interest and property of the people of the state, acquired by the alienage or death of Johanna Holmes, late of the village of Norwich, Chenango county, New York, deceased, by escheat in and to the following property: "All that certain tract or parcel of land situate in the village of Norwich, in the county of Chenango and state of New York, north-west from the vilDescrip- lage academy, bounded as follows," to-wit: Beginning at the northeast corner of a piece of land cultivated by Mr. Guernsey with Nathaniel Eggleston, and on which one Samuel Cole now resides, and on the south side of Fair street; thence running south from the street seven rods; thence east four rods; thence north seven rods to Fair street; thence west along Fair street to the place of beginning, being the same premises conveyed by James Holmes to Johanna Holmes by deed dated the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and recorded in the Chenango county clerk's office in liber one hundred and twenty-three, page five hundred and six, on the nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, are hereby released to Catharine Hayes, James Hayes and the heirs of Joanna Hayes, deceased, grandchildren and the only devisees. of Johanna Holmes, deceased, their heirs and assigns forever. Not to impair vested rights. Number of be boarded § 2. Nothing herein contained shall prejudice the rights of any person acquired as heirs at law or as creditors, purchasers, or mortgagee of said premises, or any part thereof. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 40. AN ACT to prevent baby farming. PASSED February 20, 1883; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. No individual shall receive or board more than two ininfants to fants under the age of three years in the same place at the same time, unless within two days after the reception of every such infant beyond the first two, a license shall be duly issued by the mayor or board of health of the city or town wherein such infant is so to be received or without license. |