aldermen least board of every statement of amounts to be of said city to prepare and submit to said board, at one week before the first day of March in each and year, a statement setting forth the amounts by law authorized to necessary be raised by tax in that year, on account of the corporation of raised. the city of New York, as hereby constituted, or for city purposes within said city as created by this act, and purposes for which said city is liable, and on account of the counties of New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond, and also an estimate of the prob able amount of receipts into the city treasury during the then current year from all the sources of revenue of the general funds, including surplus revenue from the sinking funds of the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York and of any of the municipal and public corporations, or parts of municipal and public corporations by this act consolidated with the municipal corporation known as the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York, other than the surplus of revenues of any such sinking funds for the payment of interest on the city debt of the municipal corporation known as the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York, or the like debts of the municipal and public corporations by this act consolidated as aforesaid, and the said board of aldermen is hereby authorized and directed to deduct the total amount of such estimated receipts from the aggregate amount of all the various sums which, by law, it is required to order and cause to be raised by tax in said year, for the purposes aforesaid, and to cause to be raised Tax auby tax such sum as shall be as nearly as possible but not less than the balance of such aggregate amount after making such deductions, by fixing a tax rate in cents and hundredths of a cent upon each dollar of assessed valuation. 4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. 3 Formerly "two weeks." 4 Word "only " omitted. 5 Words " new. such sum as shall be as nearly as possible but not less than,” 6 Remainder of sentence new. thorized. Chap. 7. AN ACT to amend chapter five hundred and forty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the charter of the village of Medina, and the several acts amendatory thereof," generally. Became a law February 28, 1912, 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. Sections seven, eleven and fifty of chapter five hundred and forty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the charter of the village of Medina, and the several acts amendatory thereof," are hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows: 7. List of village officers; mode of choosing; official year; terms of office. The village shall have a president, not less than six trustees, three assessors, a treasurer, a clerk, who shall be exofficio village collector, a street commissioner, a village attorney, a police justice and two inspectors of election for each village election district. The village may also have a deputy clerk and a village engineer. There shall be a board of health in the village, consisting of three persons, appointed by the board of trustees, in the manner provided by article two of the public health law. The president, trustees, treasurer, police justice and assessors shall be elective officers. All other village officers shall be appointed by the board of trustees, except as otherwise provided herein. An“official year "begins at noon on the first Monday after the third1 Tuesday of March, and ends at noon on the same Monday in the next calendar year. From and after the annual election of nineteen hundred and ten the term of office of the president shall be two years and of the treasurer, clerk, street commissioner, attorney and inspectors of election shall be one official year, of each assessor and trustee elected for a full term, three official years and of a police justice four calendar years. The term of each village officer except police justice begins at noon on the first Monday after the annual election. A full term of the police justice begins at noon on the first day of January succeeding the 1 Formerly" first." annual election at which he was elected. Subject to the provisions of this act one-third of the trustees and one assessor shall be elected each year for a full term. 11. Annual election. The annual election shall be held in such village on the third Tuesday in March. All other village elections are special elections. At all village elections the polls shall open at eight o'clock in the morning and remain open until five o'clock in the afternoon. The board of trustees shall by resolution adopted at least ten days before every village election designate the place of holding the election, or if there is more than one election district in the village, the place of holding the election in each district. The board, or such members thereof, as are in office, also shall, at least ten days before the election, cause notice thereof to be published at least once in the official paper, if such paper is published in the village and a printed copy thereof conspicuously posted in at least six public places in the village, specifying the time and place or places of holding the election, the hours of opening and closing of the polls thereof, the offices, if any, and the terms to be filled, and setting forth in full all propositions to be voted upon. If the board or such members thereof as are in office neglects to appoint the place or places for the annual election, the election shall be held at the place or places of the last preceding election. An annual election of the village officers shall not be invalid because of a failure to give such notice. A vote upon a proposition shall be void unless due notice of the election has been given. 2 4 § 50. Fiscal year. The fiscal year begins on the first day of February, and ends the last 3 day of the succeeding January. No expenditures shall be made for indebtedness incurred by the village from the last day of February to the last 2 day of March, except for current expenses. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 Formerly "first." 2 Formerly" fifteenth." 3 Formerly "fourteenth." 4 Formerly "February." L. 1909, ch. 541, § 16 amended. Commis sion and work clared in furtherance of vote of electors authoriz ing bond issue. Use of proceeds Chap. 8. AN ACT to amend section sixteen of chapter five hundred and forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act to provide for the paving and improvement of streets in the village of Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer county, and to provide for the method and means of paying therefor." Became a law February 28, 1912, 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 sixteen of chapter five hundred and forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act to provide for the paving and improvement of streets in the village of Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer county, and to provide for the method and means of paying therefor," is hereby amended to read as follows: § 16. Said commission and the work authorized under the provisions of this act are hereby declared to be in furtherance of a vote of the qualified electors of the village of Hoosick Falls, held June twelfth, nineteen hundred and eight, whereby a proposition was adopted to borrow not to exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars upon the credit of the village, and to issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of grading and paving the streets of said village, and the proceeds of the sale of said bonds are hereby declared to be for the purpose of paying for the village portion of the improvements herein authorized, under section thirteen, subdivisions two and three of this act. The proceeds of said bonds shall be used bonds. only for the payment of the cost of such work as is properly chargeable against the village of Hoosick Falls, according as the accounts and vouchers for the same are audited and transmitted to the board of trustees, through the secretary of the said public improvement commission herein established. The proceeds realized from work how the sale of the bonds, together with the proceeds of the assessments levied under this act, shall constitute the fund which shall be applicable for defraying the expense of the work authorized to be done by said commission. Said commission shall have no power to authorize any work to be done beyond that which can be paid ex for from the proceeds of the sale of said bonds and the assess of Fund for constituted. Limita tion of authori zation of work; ception. 1 ments levied hereunder. Except that the said commission is Chap. 9. AN ACT to provide for the creation of a commission on barge canal operation, to inquire into the subject of the proper methods to be applied in the operation and maintenance of the enlarged canals, and to report thereon, to inquire into and report on the subject of the type or style of craft properly suited to the navigation of the said enlarged canals, and to recommend as to what statutory changes may be necessary to the proper operation, maintenance and repair of said enlarged canals, and making an appropriation to meet the expenses of such commission. Became a law February 28, 1912, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a two-thirds vote. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: sion cre Section 1. A commission, to consist of five persons, of which commisthe state engineer and surveyor and superintendent of public ated. works, holding office at the time this act shall take effect, shall be members, the remaining three members to be appointed by the governor from among persons who shall have had executive experience in the administration of the canals of this state, is hereby created. 1 Remainder of section new. |