tribution, finance law. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be deemed Free disto prevent such commission from making such free distribution of such material as may be feasible. priation. § 2. The sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), or so much Approthereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for carrying out the provisions of this act, to be paid out by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller upon vouchers approved by the president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 262. AN ACT reappropriating the unexpended balance of certain appropriations made by chapter five hundred and thirteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten and chapter five hundred and forty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and twelve, for certain litigation to prevent smoke nuisance in the county of Richmond. Became a law April 9, 1914, 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. The sum of five thousand dollars, being the unexpended balance of appropriations made by chapter five hundred and thirteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten and chapter five hundred and forty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and twelve, for the payment of experts, investigators, cost of printing and other expenses in the prosecution of litigation to prevent the smoke nuisance in the county of Richmond, is hereby reappropriated for the payment of experts, investigators, cost of printing and other expenses in the prosecution of litigation to prevent the smoke nuisance in the county of Richmond. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Improve ment au thorized. Appropriation. Plans specifications. Chap. 263. AN ACT to provide for the improvement of the canal basin near Became a law April 9, 1914, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate Section 1. The superintendent of public works is hereby authorized to deepen and otherwise improve the basin at or near the entrance to the Erie canal at lock number one in the city of Albany. The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, payable from the barge canal fund, so-called, consisting of the proceeds of bonds and abandoned canal lands sold pursuant to chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and three, and acts amendatory thereof, for such deepening and imand provement. Plans and specifications for such work shall be prepared by the state engineer and surveyor. No part of such apAppropria-propriation shall be available except for necessary advertising, for the making of surveys and the preparation of plans and specifications until a contract or contracts shall have been entered into for the completion of the work within the balance of the appropriation remaining after such expenses shall have been deducted. Such moneys shall be payable by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller on the order of the superintendent of public works, except the portion thereof needed for making the necessary survey and the preparation of plans and specifications, which shall be payable on the order of the state engineer and tion not available till con tracts made. Moneys, how payable. 1 Chap. 264. AN ACT to amend the Greater New York charter, in relation to salaries of the teaching staff of the board of education. Became a law April 11, 1914, 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: ch. 378, re-enacted and amended Section 1. Section ten hundred and ninety-one of the Greater L 1897, New York charter, as re-enacted by chapter four hundred and 1091, as sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, and amended by L. 1901, by chapter nine hundred and two of the laws of nineteen hundred ch 466, and eleven, chapter four hundred and fifty-nine of the laws of by L. 1911, nineteen hundred and twelve, and chapters five hundred and thirty-four and eight hundred and thirty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby amended to read as fol- 53, 838, P. lows: BOARD OF EDUCATION; POWER TO FIX SALARIES; METHOD, REGULATING. 1091. The board of education shall have power to adopt bylaws fixing the salaries of all members of the supervising and the teaching staff; and the salaries of all principals and teachers shall be regulated by merit, grade of class taught, length of service, experience in teaching, or by a combination of these considerations. Such by-laws shall establish a uniform schedule of salaries for the supervising and the teaching staff throughout all boroughs. The salaries of the members of the supervising and teaching staffs shall be as follows: The salary, including the annual increment, to which a present member is entitled under a specific salary schedule now existing shall not be reduced, nor shall any position in the elementary schools to which any member of the supervising or teaching staff was eligible on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven, be abolished by the operation of this act. Beginning with the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twelve, third month following the taking effect of this act, the salaries, including the annual increments, of all members shall be not less than those fixed in the schedules and schedule conditions approved by the board of ch. 902, L. 1912, ch. 459, and L. amended. education on the seventeenth and twenty-fourth days of May, nineteen hundred and eleven. After said date, if a present male member be advanced to a position higher in rank, his salary including the annual increment, in the advanced position shall be not less than the compensation provided by statute for the position on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and eleven, nor less than that received by him immediately prior to such advance. The salary and annual increment of any male person, who was, on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven, on an eligible list for license number one, or who was, on that date, serving as a pupil teacher in the fourth term work of any training school for teachers in said city, or who was, on that date, a student in any such training school, and who was appointed, after said date, from an eligible list for license number one, or who, as a regularly matriculated student in any college located in the city of New York and recognized by the regents of the university of the state of New York, had, prior to said date, completed or entered upon a regularly prescribed course approved by the state commissioner of education, in the department of education in such college,1 and who was appointed, after said date, from an eligible list for license number one, or who had resigned from the teaching force of the public school system of the city of New York, prior to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven, and was, after said date, reappointed from an eligible list for license number one,2 shall be not less than the compensation provided by statute for the position on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and eleven. The salary of a principal, assistant to principal, head of a department or male teacher in the grades of the seventh and eighth years appointed to teach in elementary schools prior to January first, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall be not less than that now fixed for any regular teacher in the elementary schools. In the schedules of salaries hereafter adopted there shall be no discrimination based on the sex of the member, except as hereinbefore provided. A copy of such schedules and schedule conditions approved by the board of education on the seventeenth and twenty-fourth days of May, nineteen hundred and eleven, certified by the secretary of the board, shall, within thirty days hereafter, be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The board of examiners shall 1 Words "or who was, on that date, a student in any such training school in the department of education in such college," new. 2 Words "from an eligible list for license number one, or who had resigned .. reappointed from an eligible list for license number one," new. issue to a principal or a teacher who has had experience in schools other than the schools in the city of New York, a certificate stating that experience of such teacher is equivalent to a certain number of years of experience in the schools of the said city. The board of examiners shall issue to a principal or teacher who has had experience in schools other than the high and training schools of the city of New York, a certificate stating that the experience of such teacher is equivalent to a certain number of years of experience in the high and training schools of the said city. Such certificates made by the board of examiners shall be final and conclusive on all matters pertaining to experience therein stated, and shall entitle their holders to salaries in accordance with the schedules of salaries established in conformity with this section, in like manner as though the years mentioned in such certificates had been served in those schools of the city of New York that are respectively mentioned in such certificates. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 265. AN ACT in relation to the office of the district attorney of the county of Richmond providing for the election of district attorney, and the appointment of assistant district attorneys, stenographers, clerks and other employees for such office. Became a law April 11, 1914, 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: tion in Section 1. The present district attorney of the county of Rich- continuamond shall continue in said office until the thirty-first day of De- office. cember, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and his successor shall be Election of chosen at the annual election to be held next preceding the said successors. thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and sixteen, for the term of three years, and thereafter district attorneys of the county of Richmond shall be chosen by the electors in said county once in every three years. § 2. The district attorney of the county of Richmond shall Salary. receive for his services as such district attorney, a yearly salary of five thousand dollars. |