Sewerage act CHAP. 227. AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and twelve of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, entitled "An act to provide for the construction of a system of sewerage for the village of West Troy." BECAME a law without the approval of the Governor, in accordance with the provisions of article four, section nine of the Constitution, May 6, 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 two of chapter two hundred and twelve of the amended. laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, entitled "An act to provide for the construction of a system of sewerage for the village of West Troy," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Commissioners and clerk, pay. Engineer § 2. All services performed by said commissioners of sewers, and by the clerk thereof shall be rendered without compensation. The said receive no commissioners shall have authority to arrange for and provide competent engineering, superintendence and inspection of the work and the system of sewers herein provided for, and to employ counsel whenever the same shall be necessary. They shall keep a full record of their proceedings, which said record shall, upon the completion of the duties of said commissioners under this act, be by them filed with the board of trustees of the village of West Troy. ing and in spection. Record of proceedIngs, how filled. Sewerage when to be Supervis of. commis village trustees, in 1889. § 2. Section eight of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 8. The said commissioners of sewers shall cause the sewers and and drains, drains and system of sewerage provided for by this act to be completed completed. on or before the first day of November in the year one thousand eight, hundred and eighty-nine, but the said system of sewers, and any necessary repairs thereto, or connections therewith, shall be under the conon there- trol, direction and supervision of the said commissioners of sewers until the first day of November in the year eighteen hundred and ninetyReport of four. And within sixty days after the first day of November in the sioners to year one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine the said commissioners shall make to the board of trustees of the village of West Troy, a report of their proceedings to said date, and of the construction and expense of said sewers and drains, and of all the expenditures incurred by them and paid by their order or upon their warrant in and concerning the construction of the same. And annually thereafter, during the existence of this commission, and within thirty days after the first day of November in each of said years they shall make further report to said board of trustees of their proceedings, and of all expenses incurred by them in the management and maintenance of said system of sewers since their last previous report, and with their final report to be made in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four they shall surrender said sewers and drains and all the property and apparatus belonging thereto, together with a detailed map of the same as completed, to the board of trustees of said village, who shall thereafter have the custody and control thereof. Annual reports thereafter. Final report with map, when to be made. Repeal of $14. § 3. Section fourteen of said chapter two hundred and twelve of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six is hereby repealed. §4. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 228. AN ACT for building and constructing a waste-weir from the Erie canal at or near Adams Basin, Monroe county, New York, 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, May 6, 1889. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Superin SECTION 1. The State Superintendent of Public Works is hereby Duty of authorized to construct a suitable waste-weir from the Erie canal at or unent of near Adams Basin, Monroe county, for the escape and flow of water Public from said canal. Works. tion, and § 2. The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be Approprianecessary, is hereby appropriated out of moneys in the treasury not how exotherwise appropriated, to be paid on the warrant of the Comptroller pended. to the State Superintendent of Public Works, for the purposes of this act. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 229. AN ACT to amend section four of title five of chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy, entitled "An act for the incorporation of villages," and the acts amendatory thereof, relating to police constables, their powers, duties and compensation. BECAME a law without the approval of the Governor, in accordance with the provisions of article four, section nine of the Constitution, May 6, 1889. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: corpora SECTION 1. Section four of title five of chapter two hundred and Village inninety-one of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy, tion act entitled "An act for the incorporation of villages," as amended by amended. chapter fifty-nine of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and chapter one hundred and ninety-two of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, is amended so as to read as follows: constables, 84. The persons appointed police constables shall have the power Police and be subject to the same duties in criminal and civil cases, cogniz- duties and able by such justice as constables of towns, one of whom shall be chief powers of. of police, and all of whom shall be subject to the directions and orders of the president. They shall have the power and it shall be their duty to keep order in all public places in the village; to arrest persons concerned in riotous or noisy assemblages, or who are breaking the peace, or violating this act, or the by-laws, rules or ordinances of the village, and forthwith convey them before the proper authority, to be dealt or salary. with according to law, and to keep and retain such persons in custody until committed or discharged. Said police constables shall have power to execute any warrant or process issued by justices of the peace of the Their com- county or counties in which such village is situated. The said police pensation constables shall be paid for their services the same compensation as town constables for similar services, which shall be a charge upon the village, and shall be audited and allowed in the same manner as other village charges, except when such police constable shall be allowed an annual salary, fixed by the board of trustees; and the trustees of any village incorporated under this act are hereby authorized to fix and establish by resolution to be entered in their minutes an annual salary to be paid to any police constable elected or appointed under this act, which salary shall be in lieu of any fees to which such police constable might otherwise be entitled. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. City charter amended. Council to way, bridge tax CHAP. 230. AN ACT to amend chapter twenty-five of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Rome," as amended by section fifteen chapter five hundred and seventy-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five. BECAME a law without the approval of the Governor, in accordance with the provisions of article four, section nine of the Constitution, May 6, 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 three of title six of chapter twenty-five of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 3. It shall be the duty of the common council, as soon as practiraise high cable after every annual election under the provisions of this act, to and sewer determine what sum shall be raised for the ensuing year, not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, by a general tax for highway purposes, in addition to the sum hereby authorized to be raised for necessary and contingent expenses of said city, to defray the expenses of making, repairing and keeping in order the roads, highways, streets, sewers, bridges and public grounds in that portion of said city comprised within the limits of the corporation tax district. And the council of said city shall have power to levy and collect the same at the same time and in the same manner as other general city taxes are levied and raised. How and when col lected. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 231. AN ACT to provide for the making of repairs and improvements in and about the State armory at Walton, in the county of Delaware, 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, May 6, 1889. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: tion and SECTION 1. The Treasurer shall pay, on the warrant of the Comp- Appropriatroller, the sum of three thousand dollars, which is hereby appropri- how ex ated, for the making of repairs and improvements in the State armory pended. at Walton, in the county of Delaware, to be expended under the direction of the Adjutant-General, the Inspector-General and the Chie of Ordnance of this State, who are hereby appointed commissioners therefor. CHAP. 232. AN ACT to authorize the Board of Claims to hear and determine the claim of John and Valentine Brown against the State. BECAME a law without the approval of the Governor, in accordance with the provisions of article four, section nine of the Constitution, May 6, 1889. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: filed. SECTION 1. John and Valentine Brown of Mohawk, New York, are Claims, hereby authorized and empowered to file with the Board of Claims when to be their claims against the State of New York, arising out of a claim for work done about the year one thousand eight hundred and seventyfive in repairing the Erie canal, with the like effect as though such claim had been filed within the two years after such claim had accrued; and the said Board of Claims is hereby authorized to hear, audit and determine such claim without regard to the statute of limitations, Hearing provided said claim shall be filed with the said Board of Claims on or before the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. and determination. Townhouse, action of ing as to, CHAP. 233. AN ACT to ratify and confirm a resolution passed by the electors of the town of Ellenburgh, county of Clinton, authorizing the supervisor and justices of said town to purchase a site and build a town-house in election district number two of said town. BECAME a law without the approval of the Governor, in accordance with the provisions of article four, section nine of the Constitution, May 6, 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 action of the electors of the town of Ellenburgh, Clinton county, in passing a resolution at the annual town meeting town meet in said town, held April seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and legalized. eighty-eight, authorizing the supervisor and justices of the peace of said town to purchase a site in election district number two, and eause to be erected thereon a building suitable for holding elections, at a cost not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, is hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed. The supervisor and justices of the peace aforesaid are hereby authorized to purchase a site and erect a building thereon in accordance with the terms of said resolution. Duty of town buard. Convey ance to town. § 2. The conveyance of said lot or site shall be made to said town, and the cost of said site and building not exceeding the amount hereTax, where in before mentioned, shall be a charge upon said town, to be levied upon the taxable property therein, one-half of said amount in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and the balance in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety. levied. Control of § 3. The said building shall be under the charge, direction and building. control of the supervisor and justices of the peace of said town or a majority of them, as now provided by law for the supervision and control of town halls. Repeal. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 234. AN ACT to repeal chapter three hundred and seventy-one of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "An act constituting the town of Sherburne, in the county of Chenango, a single election district." BECAME & law without the approval of the Governor, in accordance with the provisions of article four, section nine of the Constitution, May 6, 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. Chapter three hundred and seventy-one of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "An act constituting the town of Sherburne, in the county of Chenango, a single election district," is hereby repealed. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |