6 CHAP. 357. An act to amend section one of chapter one hundred and seventy of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled “ An act to amend section nine of chapter four hundred and sixty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-three, entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation of life and health insurance compa nies, and in relation to agencies of such companies.'”. Passed May 19, 1876. CHAP. 358. An act to amend chapter eight hundred and thirty-eight of the laws of eigh teen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “ An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to May 19, 1876. teen hundred and seventy-five, entitled “An act to require the payment of certain 1876; three-fifths being present. Life Insurance Company. Passed May 19, 1876. Young Men's Christian Association," passed May eight, eighteen hundred and sixty nine. Passed May 19, 1876. Chap. 362. An act to consolidate the corporations entitled “The proprietors of the Long Wharf at Sag Harbor,” and “The Sag Harbor Wharf Company," and relating to the franchises and property thereof. Passed May 19, 1876, by a two-third vote. eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled “An act to amend the act passed April Passed May 19, 1876. being present. Harriet Perry and certain of her descendants. Passed May 19, 1876. teen hundred and seventy-three, entitled “An act to amend the twenty-third section 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 367. An act to amend and make additions to chapter four hundred and sixty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty, entitled ": An act to revise the charter of the city of Oswego,” and the acts amendatory thereof. Passed May 20, 1876; three fifths being present. Chap. 368. An act to amend chapter seven hundred and fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, entitled " An act to incorporate the city of Watertown,” passed May eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and also to amend chapter eight hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the city of Watertown,' passed May eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and to confirm the acts of the common council in reference to local assessments for local improvements, " passed May twenty-eighth, eigh teen hundred and seventy-one. Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. Chap. 369. An act to authorize the city of Watertown to levy a tax and to borrow money and issue bonds of the city therefor, for the purpose of liquidating its present indebt. edness. Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 370. An act to authorize the city of Elmira to borrow money, and issue the bonds of the city therefor in payment of the floating debt of said city. Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. one.'" CHAP. 371. An act to amend chapter eighteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty two, entitled “An act to revise the charter of the city of Utica.” Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 372. An act to amend chapter four hundred and twenty-one of the laws of eigh teen hundred and seventy-four, entitled “An act to secure to children the benefits of an elementary education. Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 373. An act to provide for the formation of road districts, in certain cases within the corporate jurisdiction of plank and turnpike road companies, and for the maintenance and improvements of roads therein. Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 374. An act to amend section nine of chapter five hundred and sixty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled “ An act to amend chapter five hundred and fifty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the general acts relating to public instruction.'” Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 375. An act to amend an act entitled " An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of the surviving members of the first regiment of New York Volunteers, who served in the war with Mexico.': Passed May 20, 1876, by a two-third vote. CHAP. 376. An act to prevent the deposit of mud, earth, soil, ashes, or refuse in the Vorth or Hudson river, and to prevent the filling up the navigable waters of said river, and to preserve the navigation thereof. Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. Chap. 377. An act to authorize the city of Rochester to exchange the mortgage bonds issued by the Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad Company to such city, for second mortgage bonds upon the section of such railroad lying between Rosses,” on the Buffalo division of the Erie railway, and Sonyea, in Livingston county. Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 378. An act to provide for the election of school commissioners in the city of Binghamton. Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 379. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to revise, amend and consolidate the several acts in relation to the charter of the city of Hudson, passed May first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, passed May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventythree, and to repeal chapter five hundred and one of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five.” Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 380. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the several laws in relation to the village of Whitehall, passed March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and other acts amendatory thereof.” Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 381. An act to provide ways and means for the support of government. Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 382. An act appointing commissioners to investigate certain lateral canals of this State, and to report upon the disposition to be made thereof. Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 383. An act to reappropriate certain moneys in the treasury heretofore appropriated for the rebuilding of Glens Falls feeder to the Champlain canal. Passed May 20, 1876; three fifths being present. CHAP. 384. An act respecting the powers of the Canal Board, and the adjustment of tolls. Passed May 20, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 385. An act relating to the appointment and duties of engineers employed on the canals of this State. Passed May 23, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 386. An act making an appropriation to pay the expenses of the collection of tolls, superintendence, ordinary repairs and maintenance of the canals for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and to provide for deficiencies in former appropriation. Passed May 23, 1876; three fifths being present. CHAP. 387. An act to encourage improvement in steam canal propulsion in this State. Passed May 23, 1876. CHAP. 388. An act to enlarge the powers of the Canal Board. Passed May 23, 1876 three-fifths being present. CHAP. 389. An act to amend chapter five hundred and four of the laws of eighteen hun. dred and seventy-five, entitled An act to amend chapter four hundred and fifty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled An act to protect the fisheries of Cross lake, in the county of Onondaga, State of New York; also of Clyde and Seneca rivers, in the counties of Wayne and Cayuga. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 390. An act to amend chapter two hundred and ninety of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled " An act in relation to courts of special sessions in, and to regulate the police of the county of Rensselaer.” Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CAAP. 391. An act in relation to the inspection and running of steamboats on Chautauqua lake. Passed May 24, 1876. CHAP. 392. An act to amend an act entitled “ An act to incorporate the village of Spring ville," passed April eleven, eighteen hundred and thirty-four. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 393. An act to amend chapter ninety of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled “An act in relation to the manual labor school upon the Tonawanda reserva tion.", Passed May 24, 1876; three-fisths being present. Chap. 394. An act to further amend the act entitled "An act to incorporate the trustees of Clarkson High School, and to provide for the management and support of such school,” passed April sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 395. An act for the protection and propagation of fish in the waters of Tonawanda creek, in Genesee county. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 396. An act to amend chapter two hundred and seventy-seven of the laws of eigh teen hundred and seventy-five, entitled “An act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to the preservation of moose, wild deer, birds and fish,” so as to exempt Chautauqua lake from certain provisions of said act. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 397. An act to legalize the action of the board of supervisors of the county of Niagara concerning the duties and compensation of the superintendent of the poor of said county, and to copfer upon said board of supervisors further powers and duties. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 398. An act to provide for the election and compensation of coroners in the county of Rensselaer. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 399. An act to amend an act entitled " An act to authorize the making and opening of a road or avenue from the intersection of the highway running east of Rockland lake with the highway running from the lake to Rockland lake landing, in the county of Rockland, to intersect the highway running from Upper Piermont to Orangeburgh,” passed April twenty-one, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as amended and extended by an act entitled as above, and to extend Highland avenue south to the State line, passed April twenty-four, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, as further amended by an act entitled as last above, passed April twenty-three, eighteen hundred and seventy three. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 400. An act to amend chapter three hundred and eighty-two of the laws of eigh teen hundred and seventy-five, entitled “An act for the preservation of fish in Chau tauqua lake.” Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 401. An act to confirm and legalize the acts of David Day, Second, John B. Chand ler and Thomas C. Mills, commissioners duly appointed pursuant to chapter eight hundred and eighty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, to open and deepen Birch creek, in St. Lawrence county, and drain swamp lands, in making their determination to make the improvements referred to in their petition to the county judge and their assessment therefor, with rights of appeal and to provide for a further assessment. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present, CHAP. 402. An act to declare Swiss creek, in Lewis county, a public highway. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 403. An act to declare Independence creek and its tributaries, in Lewis county, a public highway. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CRAP. 404. An act to abolish the office of railroad commissioner in the town of German Flats, in Herkimer county, and to provide for the perforınance of the duties of such commissioners. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 405. An act to authorize the town of Saugerties, in the county of Ulster, to raise money to build a dock, and ceding to said town of Saugerties certain lands under the waters of the Hudson river for the purpose thereof. Passed May 24, 1876, by a two third vote. CHAP. 406. An act to amend chapter two hundred and ninety-four, laws of eighteen hun dred and thirty-one, being an act incorporating the village of Plattsburgh, passed April twenty-six, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 407. An act extending the powers of the trustees of the village of Canandaigua Passed May 24, 1876; three-fisths being present. CHAP. 408. An act to authorize municipal corporations in the counties of Clinton, Essex and Washington, to sell stock held by them in the New York and Canada railroad com pany. Passed Vay 24, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 409. An act to enable the court of general sessions of the peace of the city and county of New York to appoint an interpreter. Passed May 24, 1876; three-fifths be ing present. CHAP. 410. An act relinquishing title and jurisdiction to the United States over certain land covered with water at West Point. Passed May 25, 1876, by a two-third vote. CHAP. 411. An act to amend chapter three hundred and twenty-nine of the laws of eigh teen hundred and seventy-four, entitled “ An act to re-enact and amend an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the annexation of the towns of Morrisania, West Farms and Kingsbridge, in the county of Westchester, to the city and county of New York, passed May twenty-three, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 412. An act making appropriations for the payment of the principal and the in terest of the canal debt for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and to provide for the payment of the principal and interest of the debt contracted under section twelve of article seven of the Constitution. Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 413. An act in relation to the clerks, officers and attendants of the marine court of the city of New York. Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 414. An act to amend chapter six hundred and seventy-one, laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled "An act to establish regulations for the port of New York.” Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 415. An act supplementary to chapter seven hundred and thirty-seven, laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled “An act in relation to the creation and formation of water-works companies in towns and villages of the State of New York.” Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 416. An act to amend chapter four hundred and forty of the laws of eighteen bundred and seventy-three, entitled “An act requiring commissioners of highways to act as inspectors of plank-roads and turnpikes.” Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 417. An act to authorize the common council of the city of Syracuse to appro priate and expend five thousand dollars toward the expenses of celebrating the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 418. An act further to amend chapter five hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the village of Flushing,' passed April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and the several acts amendatory thereof, passed March twentieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 419. An act to provide for the payment of expenses incurred by the city of Auburn, in making improvements in front of property owned oy the State. Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 420. An act to provide for the maintenance, support and government of the poor in Queens county. Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 421. An act to authorize the trustees of the First Baptist Church and Sooiety of the town of Somerset, Niagara county, to sell and convey their real estate. Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 423. An act to amend chapter three hundred and fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled "An act to establish a board of police and fire commissioners of the city of Utica.” Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 424. An act in relation to streets in Long Island City. Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 425. An act to provide for the completion or cancellation of all pending con tracts for new work upon and extraordinary repairs of the canals; and making an appropriation to pay the expenses of such necessary extraordinary repairs as may be approved of and directed by the Canal Board. Passed May 25, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 426. An act to enable a wife to be a witness cases of criminal conversation. Passed May 26, 1876. CHAP. 427. An act to amend chapter three hundred and twenty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to provide for the completion of a public highway in the counties of Essex and Franklin, and applying the non-resident highway taxes upon certain lands in the said county of Essex for that purpose,” and the act amending the same, passed April twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Passed May 26, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 428. An act to amend chapter three hundred and thirty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act authorizing the construction and maintenance of a highway from the north line of the township of Hollywood, in the county of St. Lawrence, into township number twenty-five, in Franklin county." Passed May 26, 1876. CHAP. 429. An act to provide for payment for the use and occupation of armories and drill-rooms in the city of New York.” Passed May 26, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 430. An act to amend chapter five hundred and sixty-nine of the laws of eigh teen hundred and seventy, entitled "An act to authorize the sale of the lands belonging to and occupied by the Seamen's Retreat,' on Staten Island.” Passed May 26, 1876, by a two-third vote. CHAP. 431. An act further to amend chapter three hundred and seventy-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-eight, entitled “An act to simplify and abridge the practice, pleadings and proceedings of the courts of this State.” Passed May 26, 1876. CHAP. 432. An act to provide for a further supply of pure and wholesome water for the twenty-third and twenty-fourth wards of the city of New York.” Passed May 27, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 433. An act to amend chapter fifty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and sev enty-one, entitled “An act to provide a further supply of pure and wholesome water for the city of New York.” Passed May 27, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 434. An act to provide for the audit and payment of claims for repairs, print ing, labor and other incidental matters in and about public school buildings, incurred during the years eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, eighteen hundred and seventy, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and eighteen hundred and seventy-two, by the trustees of the common schools of the several wards of the city of New York, and to provide means therefor. Passed June 1, 1876; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 435. An act to amend chapter two hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of companies to construct plank-roads and of companies to construct turnpike roads," passed May seven, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. Passed June 2, 1876. CHAP. 436. An act to amend chapter six hundred and four of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled “ An act to provide for the surveying, laying out and monumenting of certain portions of the city and county of New York, and to provide means therefor. Passed June 2, 1876; three-fifths being present. |