fifty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, chapter four hundred and seventy-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and three and chapter six hundred and forty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and four, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 15. Mink, skunk, muskrat and foxes.-The close season for mink, skunk and muskrat in the counties of Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Genesee, Greene, Jefferson, Livingston, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Wayne, Washington, Schoharie and Wyoming, shall be from May first to October thirty-first, both inclusive. The close season for foxes in the counties of Chautauqua, Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Wayne, Washington and Wyoming, shall be from May first to September thirtieth, both inclusive. Muskrat houses shall not be injured or destroyed at any time. The provisions of this section except the provisions relating to muskrat houses, do not apply to the acts of an owner or possessor of lands thereon, or to the territory of a city or incorporated village. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. AN ACT to amend the forest, fish and game law, relative to tak ing fish with setlines, tip-ups, or by spearing, in Young's lake and Weaver's lake in the town of Warren, Herkimer county. Became a law, May 22, 1906, 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. Chapter twenty of the laws of nineteen hundred, entitled "An act for the protection of the forests, fish and game of the state, constituting chapter thirty-one of the general laws," is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be section ninety-one, and to read as follows: § 91. Fish not to be taken by set lines, tip-ups or spearing in Young's lake and Weavers' lake in Herkimer county.- Until the first day of June, nineteen hundred and eleven, no fish shall be taken in Young's lake or Weaver's lake in the town of Warren, in Herkimer county, by means of set lines or tip-ups, *So in original. nor until said first day of June, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall any fish excepting suckers be taken with spears in said lakes. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 538. AN ACT to amend the forest, fish and game law, in relation to the close season for trout in Wyoming county. Became a law, May 22, 1906, 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 forty-one of chapter twenty of the laws of nineteen hundred, entitled "An act for the protection of the forests, fish and game of the state, constituting chapter thirty-one of the general laws," as amended by chapter five hundred and ninety-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred, chapter four hundred and forty of the laws of ninteen hundred and three, chapter six hundred and forty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and four, and chapter four hundred and twenty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and five, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 41. Trout; close season; special. The close season for trout in Spring brook in the counties of Monroe and Livingston, shall be from September first to March twenty-eighth, both inclusive; in the brooks in the towns of Gilboa and Conesville, Schoharie county, except the Schoharie river, from August first to April thirtieth, both inclusive; in all the brooks, streams and waters inhabited by trout in the counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Cortland and in the waters of Fall Brook creek and its tributaries in the county of Cayuga, from July sixteenth to April fifteenth, both inclusive; in the brooks and streams of Orange county from September first to March thirty-first, both inclusive; in Wyoming county, from July sixteenth to April fifteenth, both inclusive, excepting therein and therefrom the west branch of the Oatka creek in the town of Gainesville, and in the counties of Saratoga, Rensselaer, Warren and Washington, from September first to April thirtieth, both inclusive. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 539. AN ACT to amend the forest, fish and game law by providing for the appointment of game protectors for Jamaica bay and adjacent waters on Long Island and making an appropriation therefor. Became a law, May 22, 1906, 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. Article twelve of chapter twenty of the laws of nineteen hundred, entitled "An act for the protection of forests, fish and game of the state constituting chapter thirty-one of the general laws," and the acts amendatory thereof, is hereby amended by adding an additional section to be known as section one hundred and eighty, and to read as follows: § 180. In addition to the game protectors now provided for, the commission may appoint two additional game protectors, who shall be assigned to enforce the law for the protection of fish in Jamaica bay and adjacent waters as prescribed by the forest, fish and game law, and also shall perform such duties as the said commissioner may direct. Each of the two game protectors appointed as aforesaid, shall receive not to exceed one thousand dollars a year, and his actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses while in the discharge of his official duties, not exceeding four hundred and fifty dollars a year. The sum of fifteen hundred dollars or so much, thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of purchasing a gasolene, naphtha, steam or electric launch and other necessary equipment to be used by the game protectors to enforce the law in Jamaica bay and the adjacent waters. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 540. AN ACT to authorize the comptroller of the city of New York to examine and pay the claim of the Harlem Presbyterian church. Became a law, May 22, 1906, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the city. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The comptroller of the city of New York is hereby authorized to examine into the claim of the Harlem Presbyterian church of the city of New York, for a refunding of taxes heretofore paid by or on behalf of the said Harlem Presbyterian church, and if it shall appear that the said Harlem Presbyterian church was exempt from the payment of said taxes during the period in which such taxes were levied, to settle and adjust the same and in the manner now provided by law, to cause the same to be paid to said Harlem Presbyterian church. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 541. AN ACT to authorize the commissioners of the sinking fund of the city of New York to cancel and annul certain assessments affecting property in the city of New York and directing the comptroller to mark such assessments accordingly. Became a law, May 22, 1906, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the city. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The commissioners of the sinking fund of the city of New York, are hereby authorized and empowered in their discrction, and on such terms as they deem proper, to cancel and annul any and all assessments, and sales to the city of New York for assessments, affecting property in the city of New York now belonging to the houses of good shepherd, and to declare said property hereafter exempt from such assessments, and the comptroller of the city of New York is hereby directed to mark such assessments and sales for assessments, upon the assessment books of the city of New York, in accordance with the determination of said commissioners. § 2. This act to take effect immediately. Chap. 542. AN ACT to authorize the commissioners of the sinking fund of the city of New York in their discretion to cancel certain assessments made against the property owned by the Church of Saint John the Evangelist, in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York. Became a law, May 22, 1906, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the city.. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The commissioners of the sinking fund of the city of New York are hereby authorized in their discretion, and upon such terms as they may deem proper, to cancel and annul any and all assessments affecting property situate in the borough of Manhattan in the city of New York, now belonging to the Church of Saint John the Evangelist of the city of New York, and the comptroller of the city of New York is hereby directed to mark such assessments upon the proper assessment books of the city of New York in accordance with the determination of said commissioners. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |