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§ 71. Special meeting. In case such proposition shall be submitted to such electors at a special meeting, the common council shall by resolution prescribe by whom, and in what manner and at what place or places, within such city such special meeting shall be held.

$72. Notice of submission.-Whether such proposition shall be submitted at the annual election or at a special meeting, the city clerk shall give at least two weeks' notice of such submission by publishing at least twice, notice thereof in two newspapers published in any such city, and by posting such notices in at least one public place in each ward of such city, at least ten days prior to the time mentioned in such notice for such submission, which notice shall set forth the estimated cost of such bridge and the proposed location of the same, and the time and place or places of such submission.

§73. Ballots. The vote shall be by ballot and ballots therefor shall be provided by the common council for that purpose of two kinds, one containing the words "For the building of a bridge and borrowing the money by the city to defray the cost of the same," and the other containing the words " Against building a bridge and borrowing the money by the city to defray the cost of the same."

$74. Polls of special meeting; certificate of result. If such special meeting be held, the polls of such special meeting shall be kept open at least from nine o'clock in the forenoon until four o'clock in the afternoon, and the persons directed to hold and holding the same shall certify the result thereof to the common council, and if such proposition is submitted at the annual election, the inspectors of such election shall certify the result thereof to the common council and such common council shall at its next regular meeting held after such result is so certified or at a special meeting called for that purpose by resolution to be entered in its minutes, declare according to the fact whether such proposition was carried. or not and whether a majority of such votes were cast in favor of or against such proposition and such declaration shall be conclusive evidence of the fact it shall declare.

75. Erection of bridge; acquisition of lands.-If such proposition is carried and so declared, then such common council is authorized to erect such bridge and acquire such land as may be needed for the approaches thereof, and if for any reason such lands

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cannot be acquired by purchase, to acquire the same by condemnation for the public use thereof, pursuant to existing laws.

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$76. Issue of bonds. Such common council is authorized to borrow such sum of money as may be needed to defray the cost of such bridge, and such land, at a rate of interest not exceeding four per centum per annum and to secure the payment of the sum so borrowed, to issue the bonds of the city to an amount not exceeding such cost. Such bonds shall be an obligation of such city and shall be signed by the mayor of such city, countersigned by the clerk, and shall bear the corporate seal of such city, but the interest coupons or warrants need only be signed by the mayor. The principal of such bonds or obligations shall be made payable at such times and in such amounts not exceeding fifty years from their date, as the common council may deem best, and shall bear interest at the rate of not exceeding four per centum per annum; the interest thereon shall be payable semi-annually and the principal and interest may be made payable in the city of New York.

877. Lien on city property. The principal and the interest of such bonds or obligations shall be a lien on the taxable property of such city, and the credit of such city is hereby pledged for the payment of the same, and the money so borrowed shall be used and appropriated for the purpose contemplated by this article, and for no other purposes, and such bonds or obligations shall not be sold for less than par.

878. Tax for interest and principal. The common council of such city shall have power, and it shall be their duty, from time to time, and as often as it may become necessary, to provide for the payment at maturity of the principal of all bonds or obligations authorized by this article, and issued pursuant thereto, and the interest thereon, and to include in the annual tax levy and cause to be levied and collected each and every year until such bonds and the interest thereon shall be fully paid, such sum or sums of money as will be necessary to pay such bonds or obligations and the interest thereon at maturity, and see that the moneys so raised and collected are applied to the payment of such principal and interest.

879. Bridges to be free.- Every bridge erected pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sections, shall be free to the public.

Police Matrons.

§§ 80-91

§ 80. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall not apply to any bridge erected or authorize the erection of any bridge on the Hudson river below Waterford, or on the East river or over water forming a part of the boundaries of the state.

ARTICLE V.

POLICE MATRONS.

SECTION 90. Police station houses for the detention of women; how

designated.

91. Police matrons; how appointed.

92. Term of service, salaries, vacancies.

93. When police matrons to reside at station houses.

94. Women under arrest to have separate accommodations.

95. Proceeding in case of arrest of women.

96. Women defined.

97. Appropriations under article, how made.

§ 90. Police station houses for the detention of women; how designated. The mayor of every city containing a popula tion of twenty-five thousand shall and the mayor of every other city when authorized by a resolution of the common council may designate one or more station houses within his city for the detention and confinement of all women under arrest in such city. Such mayor or board of commissioners of police may at any time designate for such purpose any additional station house or houses, or may revoke the designation of any station house or houses theretofore designated, provided that at least one such station house shall at all times be so designated for such purpose in each city.

§ 91. Police matrons; how appointed. The mayor of each city shall appoint for each station house designated as provided in the preceding section, not more than two respectable women who shall be known as police matrons in the same manner and under the restrictions governing the appointment of patrolmen, so far as the same may be applicable, except that any rule or regulation as to the age of a person appointed patrolmen shall not apply to matrons appointed under the provisions of this article. No women shall be appointed a police matron unless suitable for the position and recommended therefor in writing by at least twenty women of good standing, residents of the city in which the appointment is made. In cities where there are no station houses, and where the county jail is used for the purposes of a house of detention, it shall be

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deemed a compliance with the provisions of this article if there shall be in constant attendance at such jail, so long as any woman is detained under arrest therein, a woman properly qualified for and who shall perform the duties herein imposed upon police matrons. § 92. Term of service, salaries, vacancies.-Police matrons shall on appointment, hold office until removed, and they may be removed at any time by the authority appointing them, after an opportunity to be heard, by written order stating the cause of such removal. Upon the death, resignation or removal of a police matron, her successor shall be appointed as soon as may be, in the manner herein before provided. A police matron shall receive a compensation or salary to be fixed by the common council in the several cities where such matrons shall be provided, not exceeding in any case the minimum salary paid to patrolmen in the city in which such matron is appointed.

§ 93. When police matrons to reside at station house.-When only one police matron is attached to a police station, she shall reside there, or within a reasonable distance therefrom, and shall hold herself in readiness to respond to any call therefrom at any hour of the day or night, and each matron shall, during such hours as may be fixed by the head of the police department, remain in such station and hold herself in readiness to respond to any call therefrom. So long as any woman is detained or held under arrest in a police station to which a police matron is attached, it shall be the duty of such matron to remain constantly thereat, ready for service; or if there be more than one matron attached to such station, then one of them shall be constantly ready for service. A police matron shall, subject to the officer in charge of such station house, have the immediate care and charge of all women held under arrest in the station to which she is attached, and she may at any time call upon the officer in charge of such station for assistShe shall be subject to the authority of the board of police, or if there be no such board, then to the chief of police in the city where she may be appointed, and to the rules prescribed by such authority, but at a station where she may be on duty she shall be subject only to the authority of the officer in charge thereof.

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§ 94. Women under arrest to have separate accommodations. -It shall be the duty of the boards of commissioners of police in every city, or if there be no board of police, then of the mavor of such city, to provide sufficient accommodations for women held un

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der arrest to keep them separate and apart from the cells, corridors and apartments provided for males under arrest, and to so arrange each station house that no communication can be had between the men and women therein confined, except with the consent of the matrons and officers in charge of such station house.

§ 95. Proceeding in case of arrest of women. Whenever a woman is arrested and taken to a police station, to which a matron is attached, it shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the station to cause such matron to be summoned forthwith, and whenever, in any city in which a police matron has been appointed, a woman is arrested and taken to a station house to which no matron is attached, it shall be the duty of such officer to cause such woman to be removed as soon as possible to the nearest station house within such city to which a police matron is attached. No such separate confinement nor any such removal of any woman shall operate to take from any court any jurisdiction it has.

§ 96. Woman defined. The term "woman" as used in this article shall not include any female either actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years, whose care is assumed by any society, referred to in section two hundred and ninety-three of the penal code; but every such female upon being taken to a station house shall be at once transferred therefrom, by the officer in charge. to the custody of such society.

§ 97. Appropriations under article, how made. The proper local authorities of each city in which a police matron has been appointed shall appropriate annually such sum as may be needed. for the separate care and confinement in station houses of any women arrested in such city, and for the appointment, salary and maintenance of police matrons for the purposes of this article.

ARTICLE VI.

LODGING HOUSES.

SECTION 110. Daily register to be kept in licensed lodging house before elections.

111. Boards of health to prepare registers.

112. Returns to be made to boards of health.

113. Cost of registers to be a city charge; registers to be open to

the public.

114. Lodging house defined.

115. Violation of preceding sections a misdemeanor; revocation

of license.

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