bonds. same, in which case, the said board may reject all of said proposals, and readvertise said bonds for sale in the same manner as aforesaid, such sale to be conducted in like manner as aforesaid. Said bonds Record of shall be denominated "sewerage loan bonds of the village of Mount Vernon," and shall be numbered consecutively as issued; and a record of said bonds, showing the number, amount, rate of interest, and the times when payable, shall be kept by said clerk. The credit of said village is hereby pledged for the payment of such bonds as may be issued by authority of this act. The said board ef trustees are hereby Tax to pay authorized, in addition to the amount of taxes now authorized by law, to be levied and collected in any one year upon the taxable property in said village, to levy and collect thereon in each year, in the same manner as the general village taxes are now by law to be levied and collected, an amount sufficient to pay the interest upon said bonds, and the principal thereof, so far as such interest and principal will accrue and become due during that year, until said bonds shall be fully paid. bonds and interest. Duty of Supt. of Appropriation. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 84. AN ACT to authorize the construction of an iron bridge over the Erie canal at Prospect street in the city of Lockport, and making an appropriation therefor. BECAME a law without the approval of the Governor, in accordance with the provisions of article four, section nine of the Constitution, March 28, 1889. 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 Superintendent of Public Works is hereby authorized to construct an iron bridge over the Erie canal at the southerly end of Prospect street, in the city of Lockport, upon plans to be prepared, furnished and approved by the State Engineer and Surveyor, and for constructing the same the sum of four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid on the warrant of the Comptroller to the order of said Superintendent of Public Contract Works. The work of constructing said bridge shall be done upon contract executed by and between said Superintendent of Public Works and the contractor or contractors to whom the work therefor shall be awarded; and said work shall be let and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders, after due publication and advertisement, soliciting bids therefor, based upon said plans and specifications to be prepared and furnished as herein before provided. for work, how let. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 85. AT ACT to authorize the construction of a stone wall on the berme bank side of the Erie canal in the city of Schenectady, and making an appropriation therefor. APPROVED by the Governor, March 28, 1889. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: priation. SECTION 1. The Superintendent of Public Works is hereby author- Duty of ized and empowered to cause to be built, a stone wall and culvert on public Supt. of the berme bank side of the Erie. canal, commencing at the Rotterdam Works. bridge, in the city of Schenectady, and running west a distance of forty-seven hundred feet, or so far as the said superintendent may deem necessary; and the sum of eighteen thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of Approany money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act; and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same upon the warrant of the Comptroller to the order of the Superintendent of Public Works, for the purposes herein described. The work of building said wall and Contract culvert shall be done upon contract executed by and between the said for work, Superintendent of Public Works and the contractor or contractors to whom the work therefor shall be awarded, and said work shall be let and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders, after due publication and advertisement soliciting bids therefor, based upon Plans, how said plans and specifications to be prepared, furnished and approved by the State Engineer and Surveyor. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 86. AN ACT to amend chapter nine hundred and twelve of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Cohoes," and other acts amendatory of the same. APPROVED by the Governor March 28, 1889. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: how let. furnished. charter SECTION 1. Section seven of title three of chapter nine hundred city and twelve of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, amended. incorporating the city of Cohoes, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: tions, by 7. The clerk shall give notice in writing of every election to be Notice of held under this act, except as herein otherwise provided, to the city elecinspectors of election of the several election districts in said city at city clerk. least one week before the day of election, and said inspectors shall proceed as provided by the general laws of the State in relation to long open. elections other than town elections. The polls at such election shall Polls, how be opened at seven o'clock in the morning and shall be kept open till five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 87. AN ACT to amend section one of title five of chapter eight hundred and nineteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled, "Act to incorporate the village of New Brighton," as amended by chapter one hundred and forty of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and chapter three hundred and ninetyfour of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five. APPROVED by the Governor March 28, 1889. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Village SECTION 1. Section one of title five of chapter eight hundred and charter amended. nineteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of New Brighton," as amended by chapter one hundred and forty of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventytwo, and chapter three hundred and ninety-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows: Limitation § 1. The board of trustees shall have power to raise, annually, by taxation upon the taxable inhabitants of the village of New Brighton, and upon the property therein liable to taxation, such sum of money as they shall deem proper, not exceeding two per cent upon the assessed valuation of the property within said village; the same to be expended in payment of the expenses of the corporation for roads and improvements, and to carry into effect the several powers, duties and privileges granted, imposed and conferred by this act, hereby amended, and they shall, on or before the first day of April in each year, determine what sum shall be raised by tax for the then current year, and shall proceed to levy, assess and collect the same in the manner prescribed in the next section, and such tax shall, in each year, be levied and assessed between the first day of April and the fifteenth day of Expendi- May. Said board of trustees shall expend annually for the purchase of material and the maintenance of the roads, streets and avenues at street pur- least one-half of the tax so raised. Levy and collection thereof. ture for poses. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 88. AN ACT to extend the corporate existence of "An association for the relief of respectable aged indigent females in the city of New York." APPROVED by the Governor March 29, 1889. 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 corporate existence of "An association for the re- Charter lief of respectable aged indigent females in the city of New York," extended. incorporated by chapter sixty-nine of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act to incorporate an association for the relief of respectable aged indigent females in the city of New York," is hereby extended to the tenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty. CHAP. 89. AN ACT to provide for the completion of the addition of the building situated in the Central Park in the city of New York and occupied by the American Museum of Natural History and for grading the grounds about the same and constructing the approaches thereto. APPROVED by the Governor March 29, 1889. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: tion of ad author grounds, SECTION 1. The department of public parks in the city of New Comple York with the concurrence of the board of estimate and apportion- dition to ment is hereby authorized to complete the construction of the addi- building, tion to the building in that part of Central Park formerly known as ized. Manhattan square and now used and occupied by the American Museum of Natural History, also to grade the grounds in the neigh- Grading of borhood of said musuem and to construct proper drives, pathways and drives, etc. approaches thereto, according to the architectural plans approved of by the department of public parks on the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, or as the same may be modified by the joint consent of the commissioners of public parks and the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History, and to equip Equipment the said building when completed and to make such alterations and feedpleted repairs to the original building now occupied by said museum as the building. said commissioners and trustees shall jointly agree to be necessary. The commissioners of said department shall provide for the usual compensation of the architect or architects out of the said fund hereby provided for the erection of the addition of said building. Said equipment shall include all the cases and fittings required for the Equippreparation, exhibition and preservation of the specimens, books and what to other property of the museum that are now or may be placed within include. the building and shall also include everything necessary for the proper lighting and display of the collections in the exhibition halls of the of com museum, provided that the trustees of the said Museum of Natural HisHours for tory shall conform to such rules and regulations relating to the hours of opening and closing the same as may from time to time be made by the said board of estimate and apportionment. opening and clos ing. Issue and sale of § 2. For the purpose of providing means for carrying into effect city bonds. the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the comptroller, upon being thereunto authorized by the board of estimate and apportionment, to issue and sell, but not at less than their par value, bonds or stock of the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New Limitation York in the manner now provided by law payable from taxation, but and inter- not exceeding in the aggregate in addition to sums heretofore appropriated for said purpose the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding three per centum per annum and redeemable within a period of time not exceeding thirty years from the date of their issue. of amount, est. When payable. Repeal. Duty of Public In. struction; To apportion income of U. S. De posit fund, for salaries of school com'rs; and cities § 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 90. AN ACT to amend chapter five hundred and fifty-five of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the general acts relating to public instruction," and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, relating to powers and privileges of union free school districts. APPROVED by the Governor March 29, 1889. 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 six of title three of 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," and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 6. He shall apportion and set apart from the income of the United States deposit fund so appropriated the amounts required to pay the annual salaries of the school commissioners elected or elective under this act, to be drawn out of the treasury and paid to the several commissioners, as hereinbefore provided; and he shall also apportion to each of the cities of the State, and to each of the incorporated vilTo certain lages of the State having a population of five thousand and upwards, villages and to each union free school district having a like population, which employing employs a superintendent of common schools, out of the income of superin- the said fund, and if insufficient, the deficiency out of the free school To cities fund so appropriated, the sum of eight hundred dollars; and in case having any city is entitled to more than one Member of Assembly according one Mem- to the unit of representation adopted by the Legislature, five hundred ber of dollars for each additional Member of Assembly, to be expended according to law, for the support of the common schools of the city. Conditions But said superintendent shall make no allotment to any city or district for the expenses of a superintendent unless satisfied that such tendent; more than Assembly. of allotment to |