When purchaser may enter into possession. etc. § 9. The purchaser at such sale receiving such certificate, or his executors, administrators, or assigns, may, in case the lands are not redeemed as herein provided, enter into the possession of such real estate, and for the purpose of obtaining such possession such purchaser, or his legal representatives or assigns, shall have all the remedies of a purchaser of real estate sold under execution, and such purchaser may hold, occupy and enjoy the same during the term for which it was sold against the owner or owners thereof, and all persons claiming under him or them, and shall be at liberty, within the time aforesaid, to remove all the buildings or materials which he may erect or place thereon. 10. This act shall take effect immediately. Law amended. Collector give certain notices. Fees. CHAP. 33. AN ACT to amend chapter five hundred and fifty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the general acts relating to public instruction." PASSED March 3, 1877; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section eighty-four, article seven, title seven, of chapter five hundred and fifty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixtyfour, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the general acts relating to public instruction," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 84. The collector, on the receipt of a warrant for the collection of taxes, shall give notice to the tax-payers of the district, by publicly posting written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, notices in at least three public places in such district, one of which shall be on the outside of the front door of the school-house, stating that he has received such warrant and will receive all such taxes as may be voluntarily paid to him, within two weeks from the time of posting said notice. Such collector shall also give a like notice, either personally or by mail, at least ten days previous to the expiration of the two weeks aforesaid, to the ticket agent at the nearest station of any railroad corporation assessed for taxes, upon the tax list delivered to him with the aforesaid warrant, and no school collector shall be entitled to recover from any railroad corporation more than one per cent fees on the taxes assessed against such corporations, unless notice shall have been given as aforesaid, and in case the whole amount of taxes shall not be so paid in, the collector shall forth with proceed to collect the same. He shall receive for his services on all sums paid in as aforesaid, one per cent, and upon all sums collected by him after the expiration of the time mentioned, five per cent, except as hereinbefore provided, and in case a levy and sale shall be necessarily made by such collector, he shall be entitled to traveling fees, at the rate of ten cents per mile, to be computed from the school-house in such district. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 34. AN ACT further to amend chapter four hundred and sixtythree of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Oswego." PASSED March 5, 1877; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section twenty-two of title two of chapter four hun- Laws of dred and sixty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty, 1860, sec. entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Oswego," is hereby chap. 463, further amended so as to read as follows: 22, title 2, amended. certain § 22. All officers elected or appointed under this act, except recorder, Term of justices of the peace, aldermen, commissioners of public charity, com- office of missioners of deeds, commissioners of common schools, fire commis- officials sioners, police commissioners and assessors, shall hold their respective offices until the time appointed for the first meeting of the common council, after the annual charter election in each year, unless sooner removed or disqualified, and until their successor shall qualify. But the common council may at pleasure remove any officer appointed by them. § 2. Section twenty-three of said title shall read as follows: 23. The aldermen shall hold their offices for the term of two years. Aldermen One alderman from each ward shall be elected annually. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 35. AN ACT to amend chapter seven hundred and sixty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act to establish the compensation of county judges and surrogates pursuant to the fifteenth section of the amended sixth article of the constitution." PASSED March 6, 1877; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: to hold for two years. chap. 767, SECTION 1. Section three of chapter seven hundred and sixty-seven, Laws of of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act to 1872, sec. 3, establish the compensation of county judges and surrogates, pursuant amended. to the fifteenth section of the amended sixth article of the constitution," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Salaries of County 3. The salaries of the county judges, who perform the duties of judges and the office of surrogate, are hereby fixed in the counties named and at surrothe sums stated as follows: gates. Warren In the counties of Warren, Franklin, Schenectady, Wayne, Rockland, and other Lewis and Delaware, two thousand dollars each. counties $2,000. and others In the counties of Chenango, Madison, Greene, Herkimer, Living- Chenango ston, Montgomery, Chemung and Broome, three thousand dollars each. 23,000. Steuben In the counties of Steuben and Richmond, three thousand five hunand others dred dollars each. $3,500. Schoharie In the counties of Schoharie, Cortland, Sullivan, Genesee, Essex, and others Orleans, Tioga, Tompkins, Wyoming and Suffolk, two thousand five $2,500. Putnam and others $1,500. Seneca $1,000. Allegany $2,700. Fulton $2,250. Hamilton $800. for coun hundred dollars each. In the counties of Putnam, Yates and Schuyler, one thousand five hundred dollars each. In the county of Seneca one thousand dollars. In the county of Allegany, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. In the county of Fulton, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Whenever in any county where there is now a separate county judge Provision and surrogate, the supervisors shall decide to have but one officer to ties where act as county judge and surrogate, the salary of such officer shall be offices are five hundred dollars less than the aggregate salary herein allowed to the county judge and surrogate of such county. separate. Laws of 1864, sec. 2, § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. CHAP. 36. AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and four of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled An act to amend an act, entitled "An act in relation to the Syracuse city water-works company, passed April fifth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine." PASSED March 6, 1877. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The second section of an act, chapter one hundred and chap. 104, four, laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act amended. to amend an act, entitled 'An act in relation to the Syracuse city water-works company,' passed April fifth, eighteen hundred and fortynine," is amended so as to read as follows, namely: Capital stock may be increased. § 2. It shall be lawful for said company to increase their capital stock from three hundred thousand dollars, to such an amount as shall in the judgment of the board of directors be advisable, not exceeding one million of dollars, and such increase may be made from time to time, as shall by said board of directors be deemed expedient. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 37. AN ACT to amend section one of chapter six hundred and The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and 1867, sec. 1, SECTION 1. Section one of chapter six hundred and thirty-eight of Laws of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act au- chap. 638, thorizing the New York society for the relief of the ruptured and amended. crippled to hold real and personal estate," is hereby amended to read as follows: and hold sonal § 1. The New York society for the relief of the ruptured and crip- Taking pled are hereby authorized to take by purchase, devise or otherwise, ing of real and to hold, transfer and convey, for the purposes of this corporation, and perand for no other purpose, real property to an amount not exceeding property. the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in value, and personal property to an amount not exceeding seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, provided, that any such devise shall be subject to the Provisos. existing laws in relation to wills, and provided further that no salary, fees or compensation, shall be paid to or received by any trustee or offcer of said society out of any funds or property of the society. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 38. AN ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Columbia to provide for the payment of the principal of a portion of the bounty debt of said county, by issuing new bonds. PASSED March 9, 1877; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: bounty falling due SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for the board of supervisors of the Provision county of Columbia to provide for the payment of twenty-five thou- for paying sand dollars of the bounty debt of said county, falling due on the debt first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and in 1877 and seventy-seven, and of fifteen thousand dollars of said bounty debt 1878. falling due on the first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, by loans upon new bonds, instead of raising the money required therefor by tax. The said board of supervisors New bonds may issue coupon bonds, executed by the chairman and clerk of the may be board, and countersigned by the county treasurer, in denominations of Denomione thousand dollars, to which the county seal shall be affixed, drawing nation, interest at seven per cent per annum, and payable, twenty thousand and terms dollars of the whole amount required for such purposes, on the first ment.. issued. interest of pay Sale. tion. Interest of State released. Rights of certain parties not affected. day of March in each of the years one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. 82. The board of supervisors of the county of Columbia, or a committee of its members appointed by said board for that purpose, shall dispose of such bonds, or any part thereof to such persons or corporations, and upon such terms as shall be deemed by them most advantageous for such county, but not for less than par, and the money that shall be raised or loaned by such disposition of said bonds, shall be immediately paid over to the county treasurer, to be by him applied to the payment of the principal of the said bounty debt of said county, becoming due as aforesaid, and for no other purpose. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 39. AN ACT to release the right, title and interest of the people of the state of New York in and to certain real estate, of which Thomas Dalton died seized, to William E. Duncan. PASSED March 9, 1877; by a two-third 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 which the people of the state of New York have acquired by escheat, of, in and to the lot of land situate at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, whereof Thomas Dalton died seized, and more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the tenth ward of the city of Brooklyn, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the southerly side of Butler street, at a point distant three hundred feet easterly from the south-easterly corner of Smith and Butler streets, running thence south-easterly along said southerly side of Butler street, twenty-five feet; thence south-westerly parallel with said. Smith strect one hundred feet; thence north-westerly parallel with Butler street twenty-five feet, and thence north-easterly parallel with Smith street one hundred feet to the point of beginning, with the appurtenances, being the same premises conveyed to William E. Duncan by Margaret D. Wynn and John T. Wynn, her husband, by deed, dated April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and recorded in the register's office of Kings county, April first, eighteen hundred and seventyfour, in liber eleven hundred and fifty-two, of conveyances, at page one hundred and ninety-seven, is hereby released to William E. Duncan, his heirs and assigns forever. § 2. Nothing herein contained shall impair or release any claim, right or interest of any purchaser, devisees, heir at law or creditor by mortgage, judgment or otherwise, in the said real estate. §3. This act shall take effect immediately. |