Proviso. cents for each additional horse, mule or ox; for every horse, rode, led or driven, five cents; for every cart or waggon, drawn by one horse or mule, six cents; for every wheeled pleasure carriage, drawn by one horse, twelve and an half cents; for every four wheeled pleasure carriage, drawn by two horses, twenty-five cents; for every sleigh or sled drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, six cents, and in the same proportion if drawn by a greater or less number; for every score of horses, mules or cattle, twenty cents, and in like proportion for a greater or less number; for every score of sheep or hogs, eight cents; and in like proportion for a greater or less number every stage waggon, drawn by two horses, twelve and an half cents, and three cents for each additional horse : Provided, however, That no wheeled carriage, the tire whereof is six inches in width shall be subject to toll on the said road. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said company hereby Privileges ete. of the incorporated, shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges, corporation. powers and immunities, given and granted, in and by the general act on that subject, and shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions, restrictions and regulations contained in the above mentioned general act, excepting as is herein otherwise enacted. [Note.-Add this to the table of turnpikes, V. N. & W. v. 2. page 359.] Recital Comptroller dollars. CHAP. CLII. An ACT authorising the Comptroller to loan money to the town of Stratford, in the county of Montgomery. Passed April 15, 1814. WHEREAS the inhabitants of the town of Stratford, in the county of Montgomery, have, by their petition, requested a loan of two thousand dollars, for the purpose of improving a road in the said town, which will be conducive as well to the convenience of the public, as beneficial to the owners of the land in the said town: And whereas, Several of the non-resident proprietors through whose lands the said road passes, have expressed their assent to the provisions of this act : I. BE it enacted by the People of the state of New-York, repreto toan 2,000 sented in Senate and Assembly, That the Comptroller of this state be and he hereby is authorised to loan to the town of Stratford, in the county of Montgomery, the sum of two thousand dollars, to be applied by the commissioners herein after named, to the improvement of a road leading from the meeting-house in the town of Salisbury, to the village of Johnstown, through the said town of Stratford, beginning at a point opposite to the dwelling-house of Kerley Ward, in the said town of Stratford, and following the track of the said road, as laid out by the commissioners of highways of the said town, southeasterly to the foot of the hill over which the said road passes, situate north-west of and near the late dwelling-house of Moses Hix, of the said town of Stratford, deceased. II. And be it further enacted, That for the re-payment of the said repayment. sum of two thousand dollars, with lawful interest, the supervisors of the county of Montgomery, shall, at their annual meeting, or Provision for Tax to be the first Tuesday in October, yearly and every year, until the said sum of two thousand dollars, with lawful interest, shall be satisfied and paid, order and direct a tax of one cent on every acre of land in Glen, Bleecker and Lansing's patent, and in Lott and Low's patent, comprehended within the bounds of the said town laid on cer of Stratford, and a tax of five mills for every acre of land in Jer- tain lands. seyfield patent, comprehended within the bounds of the said town of Stratford, which shall be owned by any person who is not a resident of the said town of Stratford, which said tax to be collected in the mode prescribed in and by the act, entitled " an act for the assessment and collection of taxes," and the monies arise ing from the said tax, the Comptroller shall retain and apply to the satisfaction and payment of the said sum of two thousand dollars, and the lawful interest thereof, from year to year, and it shall be the duty of the Comptroller, on or before the first day of September yearly, to give a certificate of the amount that shall remain due of the said sum of two thousand dollars, after deduct- be given, ing the interest thereon, to be transmitted to the treasurer of the county of Montgomery, to be by him laid before the supervisors of the said county at their next meeting. A certain certificate Owners of to pay cer troller. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any of the owners of land in Glen, Bleecker and Lansing's certain langs patent, and in Lott and Low's patent, comprehended within the tain monies bounds of the said town of Stratford, in and by this act authorised to the Comp to be taxed, to pay to the Comptroller of this state five cents for every acre of land he shall own in the said patents, or either of them, with lawful interest from the day on which the said two thousand dollars shall be loaned by the said Comptroller, and for any of the owners of land in Jerseyfield patent, comprehended within the bounds of the said town of Stratford, in and by this act authorised to be taxed, to pay to the said Comptroller two cents and five mills for every acre of land he shall own in the said last mentioned patent, with lawful interest from the day on which the said two thousand dollars shall be loaned by the said And then are Comptroller, which payment shall exempt such owner or owners six years from the payment of the tax hereby authorised to be laid for the from the tax hereby laid. term of six years from the first Tuesday of October next. IV. And be it further enacted, That the owners of land in the said above mentioned patents, comprehended within the bounds to be exempt of the said town of Stratford, shall be exempt, for the term of six tax for six years from the first Tuesday in October next, from the payment years. of any taxes which may be necessary and required for the contingent expenses of the said town of Stratford, and county of Mont gomery. exempt for Such owner's from town the monies, compensa V. And be it further enacted, That Daniel Cady, James Lansing Commission and Reuben Brooking, of the town of Johnstown, in the county ers appoint of Montgomery, be and they are hereby appointed commis- ed to apply sioners to apply the said money to the improving of that part of and their the said road herein before designated, for which services they tion. shall respectively be allowed two dollars for every day they shall be employed, and that the said commissioners shall account to How to af the supervisors of the county of Montgomery, for the proper appro. count griation of the said money, and shall enter into bond to the peo To give bond. Comptroller to pay such commissioners certain monies. Commission the road, &c. ers may alter Supervisors missioners certain mo nies, ple of this state for the true performance of their trust, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, which bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county of Montgomery. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Comptroller is hereby authorised to pay to the said commissioners above named, after they shall have filed such bond as aforesaid, as well the said two thousand dollars as the arrears of taxes due to the said town of Stratford from non-resident owners of land in the said town, which money shall be applied by the said commissioners to the improvement of that part of the said road herein before designated, and if there shall remain in the hands of the said commissioners a surplus of money after that part of the said road herein before designated shall have been improved and completed, then and in that case the said commissioners shall apply such surplus money to improve the said road, beginning at the dwelling-house of the said Kerley Ward, herein before named, and progressing north-westerly to the west bounds of the said town of Stratford. VII. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners may make alterations and deviations from the track of the said road as they may think proper and necessary for the convenience of the public, VIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of to pay come the supervisor of the said town of Stratford, and he is hereby required, to pay to the said commissioners above named, all the monies which he has received or which he shall receive from the treasurer of the county of Montgomery, for the arrears of taxes which are now due to the said town of Stratford, for lands owned by persons not residing in the said town, and not otherwise appropriated. [Note. This loan promotes an important object, and evinces the just sense entertained by the Legislature, of making and improving roads throughout the state.. J. Hays, C. Noble, S. Page and others, may make a roll ing dam over the Susque hannah. CHAP, CLIII, An ACT authorising Isaac Hays, Curtis Noble and Sherman Page, and their associates, to erect a dam across the Susquehannah river, in the town of Unadilla. Passed April 15, 1814. BE it enacted by the People of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for Isaac Hays, Curtis Noble and Sherman Page, and such other persons as now are, or hereafter may be, associated with them, for the purpose of manufacturing wool and cotton goods at Unadilla, in the county of Otsego, at any time after they shall be du, ly incorporated for such purpose, according to the law in such case made and provided, to erect and maintain a rolling dam across the Susquehannah river, opposite and adjoining the land of Uriah Hanford, in the town of Unadilla, not exceeding two feet six inches high from the bottom of the said river, the lowest side from the ridge not to be less than twelve feet wide; Provided, viso. Further pro That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorise the Proviso. said persons or their associates to obstruct said river so as to overflow any person's land without the consent of the owner thereof: And provided further, That the said persons and their associates Further pro shall so construct and keep the said dam as not to interrupt the navigation of the said river: And provided also, That if the erection of the said dam, within the period hereby limited, shall be viso. found productive of inconveniences, either to the public, or persons living in the vicinity thereof, the authority hereby granted to the said Isaac Hays, Curtis Noble and Sherman Page, and such other persons as now are or hereafter may be associated with them, shall and may be revoked by the court of common pleas of the county wherein said dam is situated. [Note. Add this to the general act authorising dams, &c.—V. N. & W. v. 2, 285.] CHAP. CLIV. An ACT to alter the time of holding Town-Meetings in the several towns in the county of Saratoga. Passed April 15, 1814. March, 20 BE it enacted by the People of the state of New-York, represent- Town-meetings to be ed in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the first Tues- held the first day of May next, the town-meetings in the several towns in the Tuesday of county of Saratoga shall be held on the first Tuesday in March nually. annually; and that all such town-officers, whose duty it is to meet on the last Tuesday in March, shall meet on the last Tuesday in February, in every year, to do and transact such business as to their respective offices may appertain. [Note-By the act "relative to the duties and privileges of towns," V. N. & W. vol. 2, 125, the annual town-meetings throughout the state are required to be held on the first Tuesday of April. This act provides a different day for Saratoga county, owing to the inconveniences produced by the former act.] CHAP. CLV. An ACT to revive an act, entitled "An Act to authorise John Harris to establish a ferry across the Cayuga Lake between the places therein mentioned,” passed March 29th, 1809. Passed April 15, 1814. act revived BE it euacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre- A certain sented in Senate and Assembly, That the act, entitled "an act au- for 10 years. thorising John Harris to establish a ferry across the Cayuga Lake between the places therein mentioned," passed March 29th, 1809, be and the same is hereby revived and in full force, and shall continue in force for the term of ten years from the passing of this act: Provided, That nothing in this act, or the act hereby reviv Proviso ed, shall authorise the said Harris to establish or keep any ferry across said Lake at any time when the bridge erected between the villages of East and West Cayuga is passable for carriages. [Note. The act referred to is in sess. 32, ch. 160.-That act was passed by the ase sent of the Cayuga bridge company, and its continuance was limited to five years. It was declared, however, by that act, that it should not prejudice any of the charter rights of the bridge company.] Road, how tinued. CHAP. CLVI. An ACT to amend an act to incorporate the Canajohary and Passed April 15, 1814. I. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, reprefar to be con sented in Senate and Assembly, That the president and directors of the Canajohary and Charleston turnpike road and bridge company, shall continue their road no farther to the west than the church near the place where said road intersects the road leading on the south side of the Mohawk river; and that the time for completing the remainder of said road be extended to the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. Time for completing it extended. Toll to be received. II. And be it further enacted, That the said president and die rectors of said company be allowed to take and receive from all descriptions of persons, using their bridge, the same toll that is allowed by the act incorporating the Fort Hunter bridge com pany. [Note. Add this to the table of turnpikes.-V. N. & W. vol.2. page 359.] Recital. T. Attwood and A. M. Attwood, assume the surname of CHAP, CLVII, An ACT to authorise Thomas Attwood and Anna-Maria WHEREAS it appears from the petition of Thomas Attwood and Anna-Maria Attwood, that the taking upon them respectively of the surname of Bridgen, will be beneficial to them: Therefore, BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful authorised to for 'homas Attwood and Anna-Maria Attwood, respectively, in all courts and places, and in all deeds, contracts, proceedings and instruments, whatsoever, to assume, use and take the surname of Bridgen, instead of Attwood; and by that surname and no other, the said Thomas Attwood and Anna-Maria Attwood, shall be called and known in law, and be respectively capable of taking, holding, buying, selling, conveying, devising or otherwise disposing of, all or any estate, real or personal, whatsoever; and by Bridgen. |