apply to or affect the Cornell University endowment fund, hitherto pledged and appropriated.

Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the Legislature to be chosen at the next general election of Senators, and that in conformity with section one of article thirteen of the Constitution, it be published for three months previous to the time of such election.

TITLES OF ACTS

PASSED AT THE ONE HUNDRETH SESSION,

1877.

[The beginning of the titles of the acts included in this compilation are, in this list, printed in heavier type.]

CHAP. 1. An act to legalize the assessment roll of the town of Kingsbury, in the county of Washington, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and the tax levied thereon. Passed January 11, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 2. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the village of Edgewater, and for advertising the sale of lands for unpaid taxes in said village. Passed January 17, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 3. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, in the county of Queens. Passed January 19, 1877; threefifths being present.

assessors of the village of Wellsville, collection of taxes therein. Passed

CHAP. 4. An act to amend chapter five hundred and fifty of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An act authorizing the city of Schenectady to raise money for school purposes." Passed January 25, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 5. An act to legalize the official acts of the Allegany county, and to extend the time for the January 25, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 6. An act to amend chapter three hundred and ninety-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled "An act to authorize the village of Corning, Steuben county, to borrow money to construct water-works for said village." Passed January 31, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 7. An act authorizing the board of supervisors of the county of Albany to issue bonds to pay a portion of the bonds of said county, that will mature during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. Passed January 31, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 8. An act to amend the charter of the Young Men's Association of the city of Buffalo. Passed February 1, 1877.

CHAP. 9. An act to authorize the extension of the time for the collection of taxes in the several towns of the State. Passed February 2, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 10. An act to amend chapter six hundred and thirteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An act to authorize the formation of corporations for the safe-keeping and guaranteeing of personal property." Passed February 5, 1877. CHAP. 11. An act to extend the powers of county judges while in counties other than their own, for the purpose of holding courts therein. Passed February 6, 1877. CHAP. 12. An act to provide for the purchase of a steam fire engine and fire apparatus in the village of Brockport, and for the more effectual protection of said village against fire. Passed February 8, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 13. An act to provide for the payment of the interest due on certain bonds of the county of Greene, known as the bonds to refund taxes to banks, by issuing new bonds. Passed February 8, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 14. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages," passed December seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and the several acts amendatory thereof, so far as relates to the village of Corning, in the county of Steuben. Passed February 8, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 15. An act to amend section seventy-three of chapter three hundred and seventy of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to the city of Elmira." Passed February 9, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 16. An act to amend chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled "An act for the incorporation of villages." Passed February 13, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 17. An act making an appropriation for the expenses and compensation of certain commissioners and their employes appointed under chapter three hundred and eightytwo of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Passed February 14, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 18. An act to enable the town of Duanesburgh, Schenectady county, to issue bonds to pay debts incurred under the provisions of chapter sixty-four, laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and chapter four hundred and one, laws of eighteen hundred and fiftyseven. Passed February 14, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 19. An act to amend the charter of the city of Syracuse. Passed February 16, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 20. An act authorizing the trustees of the First Methodist church and the Young's Society of Jamesville, Onondaga county, to convey certain real estate. Passed February 16, 1877.

CHAP. 21. An act to establish the salaries of the county judge and surrogate of Washington county. Passed February 16, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 22. An act to amend chapter three hundred and eighty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled “An act to amend and consolidate the laws in relation to Amsterdam village, in Montgomery county." Passed February 17, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 23. An act to repeal section one of chapter fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages, passed December seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and the several acts amendatory thereof so far as relates to the village of Corning, in the county of Steuben." Passed February 17, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 24. An act in relation to the Superintendent of State Prisons. Passed February 17, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 25. An act to authorize the Utica Mechanics' Association to borrow money to pay its floating debt, and to issue bonds and execute a mortgage to secure the payment of the same. Passed February 20, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 26. An act to authorize the city of Newburgh, to borrow moneys and issue bonds therefor in payment of the enlargement and improvement of the water-works of said city. Passed February 21, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 27. An act establishing the salary of the deputy comptroller and making appropriations for certain expenses of the government, and supplying deficiencies in former appropriations, for the fiscal year ending September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. Passed February 26, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 28. An act to amend section twenty-nine of article third, chapter sixth, title sixth of part first of the revised statutes relating to the compensation of electors of president and vice-president of the United States. Passed March 1, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 29. An act to amend chapter two hundred and thirty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to establish free schools in school district number four, in the town of Eastchester, Westchester county,' passed June eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three." Passed March 3, 1877; threefifths being present.

CHAP. 30. An act to authorize the county of Kings to raise moneys to continue relief supplies to the outdoor poor. Passed March 3, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 31. An act to amend chapter one hundred and thirty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled "An act authorizing the incorporation of rural cemetery associations." Passed March 3, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 32. An act to amend chapter one hundred and seventy-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled "An act to revise, amend and consolidate the laws in relation to the village of Norwich, in the county of Chenango," passed March twentythird, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and other acts amendatory thereof. Passed March 3, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 33. 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 March 3, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 34. An act further to amend 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." Passed March 5, 1877, three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 35. An act to amend chapter seven hundred and sixty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled “An act to establish the compensation of county judges and surrogates, pursuant to the fifteenth section of the amended sixth article of the constitution." Passed March 6, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 36. An act to amend chapter one hundred and four of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled an act to amend an act entitled “An act in relation to the Syracuse city water-works company, passed April fifth, eighteen hundred and fortynine." Passed March 6, 1877.

CHAP. 37. An act to amend section one of chapter six hundred and thirty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act authorizing the New York society for the relief of the ruptured and crippled to hold real and personal estate." Passed March 6, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 38. An act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Columbia to provide for the payment of the principal of a portion of the bounty debt of said county by issuing new bonds. Passed March 9, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 39. An act to release the right, title and interest of the people of the State of New York in and to certain real estate, of which Thomas Dalton died seized, to William E. Duncan. Passed March 9, 1877; by a two-third vote.

CHAP. 40. An act to release to certain charitable institutions the interest of the people of the State of New York, in certain personal property formerly of James Kelly of the city of New York, deceased. Passed March 9, 1877; by a two-third vote.

CHAP. 41. An act to repeal chapter one hundred and sixteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An act to incorporate the Butternuts and Sherburne turnpike company," and to continue the turnpike therein authorized, and declaring it to be a public highway. Passed March 9, 1877.

CHAP. 42. An act to amend chapter six hundred and six of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Cambridge," passed April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the several acts amendatory thereof. Passed March 14, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 43. An act in relation to the foundling asylum of the sisters of charity in the city of New York. Passed March 15, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 44. An act to authorize the extension of the time for the collection of taxes in the several towns of the State. Passed March 15, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 45. An act to enable the commissioners of the alms-house of the city of Kingston to borrow a sum of money not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and to provide for the payment thereof. Passed March 15, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 46. An act to amend chapter one hundred and twenty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of a system of graded schools in the village of Ithaca." Passed March 16, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 47. An act to legalize the action of the village of Whitehall.

1877; three-fifths being present.

Passed March 16,

CHAP. 48. An act making an appropriation for the payment of a portion of the general fund state debt. Passed March 16, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 49. An act to extend the corporate existence and charter of the Glen Cove Mutual Insurance Company. Passed March 20, 1877.

CHAP. 50. An act to amend chapter one hundred and thirteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "An act in relation to the common schools in the village of Elmira." Passed March 20, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 51. An act to provide for the completion of the court-house in the third judicial district in the city of New York. Passed March 21, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 52. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to the city of Elmira," passed May. seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. Passed March 22, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 53. An act relative to lands in the city of New York, devised by Charlotte E. Jenkins, late of said city, deceased, authorizing the mortgaging or sale thereof and the disposition of the proceeds thereof in accordance with the provisions of the will of said deceased. Passed March 22, 1877.

CHAP. 54. An act in regard to the powers of the associate rector of St. Luke's Memorial church, in the city of Utica, county of Oneida, and state of New York. Passed March 22, 1877.

CHAP. 55. An act to authorize a tax of one-third of a mill per dollar of valuation to provide for a deficiency in the sinking fund, under section three of article seven of the constitution. Passed March 22, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 56. An act to incorporate the Watertown Fire Insurance Company, organized under the general act to incorporate fire insurance companies, December seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed March 22, 1877.

CHAP. 57. An act to change the name of the Rochester and Pine Creek Railroad Company to that of the Silver Lake Railway Company. Passed March 22, 1877; threefifths being present.

CHAP. 58. An act to amend chapter two hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to incorporate Washington fire engine company number one, in the town of Eastchester, county of Westchester," passed March thirty, eghteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed March 22, 1877.

CHAP. 59. An act to provide for the superintendent of the poor of the county of Otsego, to be the keeper of the poor-house of said county. Passed March 22 1877; threefifths being present.

CHAP. 60. An act in relation to running ferry boats by the Union Ferry Company of Brooklyn across the East river. Passed March 23, 1877.

CHAP. 61. An act to authorize the payment of certain moneys out of the state treasury to the heir-at-law of James Green, deceased. Passed March 23, 1877; by a two-third

vote.

CHAP. 62. An act to amend chapter three hundred and forty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act in reference to the Young Men's Association for mutual improvement in the city of Albany." Passed March 23, 1877. CHAP. 63. An act to amend the charter of the Lafayette Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn. Passed March 27, 1877.

CHAP. 64. An act to amend section seven of chapter six hundred and thirty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act in relation to the benevolent fund of the late volunteer fire department in the city of New York," passed April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, as amended by chapter nine hundred and sixty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and as further amended by chapter two hundred and ninety-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy. Passed March 27, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 65. An act to regulate the execution and transfer of negotiable instruments given for patent rights. Passed March 28, 1877.

CHAP. 66. An act to provide for the completion of the census or enumeration of the inhabitants of this State. Passed March 28, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 67. An act to amend chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act to amend an act, passed May third, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled 'An act to amend an act to incorporate the city of Troy, passed April twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixteen, and the several acts amendatory thereof, and also to amend other acts relating to the city of Troy.'" Passed March 28, 1877; three-fifths being present.