CHAP. 243. An act to further amend chapter one hundred and thirty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-two, entitled "An act in relation to common schools in the city of Utica," and chapter sixty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An act in relation to common schools in the city of Utica." Passed May 9, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 244. 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 May 9, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 245. An act authorizing the state treasurer and other state officers to publish in the state paper, monthly statements of bank balances, and for other purposes. Passed May 9, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 246. An act to amend chapter one hundred and ninety of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to authorize the payment of certain moneys out of the state treasury to the heirs-at-law of Maria Brimmayer, deceased," passed April twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. Passed May 9, 1877; by a two-third vote.

CHAP. 247. An act to amend chapter three hundred and thirty, laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to amend the charter of the village of Deposit, situated partly in the town of Sanford, Broome county, and partly in the town of Tompkins, Dalaware county, and to revise and compile the several acts relative to said village," passed April twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Passed May 9, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 248. An act requiring the superintendents of the poor of the county of Genesee to convey to the board of supervisors of said county the lands and appurtenances known as the poor-house farm, situate in the town of Bethany, in said county. Passed May 9, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 249. An act to provide for lighting the county of Wyoming, state of New York. present.

streets in the village of Perry, in the Passed May 9, 1877; three-fifths being

CHAP. 250. An act to dissolve the College of Missionaries. Passed May 9, 1877. CHAP. 251. An act relative to lands devised by Jesse Browne, deceased. Passed May 9, 1877.

CHAP. 252. An act to confer upon the trustees of the village of Middletown, in the county of Orange, power to restrain and regulate the construction of wooden buildings, structures, additions or improvements, and to cause the removal or repair of unsafe walls or chimneys. Passed May 9, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 253. An act to amend chapter one hundred and seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act in relation to the superintendent of State prisons, and for the more efficient and economical management of said prisons." Passed May 10, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 254. An act to enable Long Island City to refund a portion of its Newtown debt. Passed May 10, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 255. An act authorizing the supervisor of the town of Newtown, Queens county, to issue and exchange certain bonds. Passed May 10, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 256. An act to amend chapter three hundred and seventy-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An act to conform the charters of all savings banks, or institutions for savings, to a uniformity of powers, rights and liabilities, and to provide for the organization of savings banks, for their supervision and for the administration of their affairs." Passed May 10, 1877.

CHAP. 257. An act in respect to the printed minutes of the proceedings of the common council of the city of Buffalo. Passed May 10, 1877.

CHAP. 258. An act to release and convey to Mary Graham the interest of the people of the State of New York in certain real estate. Passed May 10, 1877; by a two-third

vote.

CHAP. 259. An act to release and convey to Caroline Kertz the interest of the people of the State of New York in certain real estate in the city of Brooklyn Passed May 10, 1877; by a two-third vote.

CHAP. 260. An act to extend the time to complete the city and county hall in the city of Buffalo, and the county jail of Erie county, and the term of the commissioners appointed for that purpose. Passed May 10, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 261. An act to punish trespassing on railroads. Passed May 10, 1877. CHAP. 262. An act to release the interest of the people of the State of New York in the real estate of which Thomas Smith died seized, to Thomas Scally of the city of Albany. Passed May 10, 1877; by a two-third vote.

CHAP. 263. An act to incorporate the Cathedral of the Incarnation in the diocese of Long Island. Passed May 10, 1877.

CHAP. 264. An act establishing a ferry from Essex village, in the county of Essex, across Lake Champlain to the town of Charlotte, in the State of Vermont. Passed May 10, 1877.

CHAP. 265. An act in relation to a fund or property proceeding from the trustees for the Society of United Christian Friends in the city of New York, a religious corporation, or from the congregation or society of said corporation. Passed May 10, 1877. CHAP. 266. An act to amend chapter two hundred and eighty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled "An act to incorporate societies for the improvement of poultry, small birds, domestic animals and fish culture. Passed May 10, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 267. An act in relation to the recorder's court of the city of Utica. Passed May 10, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 268. An act in relation to the collection of taxes and the sales of land therefor in certain towns of Queens county. Passed May 10, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 269. An act to amend chapter four hundred and forty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled "An act supplemental to the act entitled 'An act to revise the charter of the city of Syracuse,' passed March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and the acts amendatory thereto." Passed May 10, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 270. An act relative to the arrears of taxes and assessments in the city of Brooklyn. Passed May 11, 1877; three-fifths being present.

'CHAP. 271. An act to legalize and confirm the drawing of the names of persons to serve as jurors. Passed May 12, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 272. An act to authorize the city of Elmira to issue bonds for the payment of certain other bonds of said city falling due on or before March first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. Passed May 14, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 273. An act to authorize the transfer of certain real estate to the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels. Passed May 15, 1877.

CHAP. 274. An act conferring certain powers on the clerk of the surrogate's court of the county of New York. Passed May 16, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 275. An act making appropriations for certain expenses of government and supplying deficiencies in former appropriations. Passed May 16, 1877; by a two-third

vote.

CHAP. 276. An act to prohibit the throwing of cinders, ashes, refuse and garbage into the waters of Long Island sound, and into the bays and harbors opening into the same. Passed May 17, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 277. An act extending the time for the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Waterford to file their claim for damages with the canal appraisers. Passed May 17, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 278. An act in relation to the improvement of the Croton aqueduct in the city of New York. Passed May 17, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 279. An act to confirm the official acts of William J. Merritt as notary public of Kings county. Passed May 18, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 280. An act to enable the town of Newtown, in Queens county, to consolidate a portion of its bonded debt and equalize the time of payment thereof. Passed May 18, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 281. An act to provide for the enlargement of the school-house site of school district number nine of the towns of Ellicott, Ellery and Gerry, in the county of Chau tauqua. Passed May 18, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 282. An act to realize the interest of the people of the State of New York in certain lands, of which Michael Schmitts died seized, to Katharine Schmitts. Passed May 18, 1877; by a two-third vote.

CHAP. 283. An act further to amend chapter eight hundred and sixty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to amend the charter of the city of Brooklyn." Passed May 18, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 284. An act to enable the city of Brooklyn to acquire certain lands lying in Atlantic avenue, decided to be the property of the heirs of John Cowenhoven. Passed May 18, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 285. An act in relation to certain matters and proceedings in surrogates' courts in cases of disqualification. Passed May 19, 1877.

CHAP. 286. An act to repeal chapter three hundred and thirty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled "An act for the relief of the Bath Library Association," passed April sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Passed May 19, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 287. An act to amend chapter six hundred and fifty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled an act to provide for the election of a receiver of taxes and assessments for the town and village of Lansingburgh, in the county of Rensselaer. Passed May 19, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 288. An act to amend chapter five hundred and eighty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled “An act to lay out and improve a public highway or avenue and concourse in continuation of a public highway or avenue heretofore laid out from Prospect park in the city of Brooklyn, toward Coney Island in the county of Kings, as amended by chapter four hundred and eighty-nine, of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five." Passed May 19, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 289. An act to provide for the adjustment and payment of a deficiency in the State tax of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, arising out of 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 19, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAI. 290. An act further to amend chapter five hundred and ninety-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled "An act in relation to the bonded debt of the town of Eastchester, county of Westchester." Passed May 19, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 291. An act to amend chapter five hundred and fifty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled "An act to incorporate the Niagara Grand Island Bridge Company." Passed May 19, 1877.

CHAP. 22. An act relating to the payment of assessments for local improvements in the city of Brooklyn. Passed May 19, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 293. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to revise, amend and consolidate the laws in relation to the village of Norwich, in the county of Chenango,' passed March twenty-three, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and the act amendatory thereto, passed April third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,' passed April twenty-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Passed May 19, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 294. An act to authorize the town of Mooers, in the county of Clinton, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of relieving the poor of said town from suffering caused by the late conflagration in said town, and to levy and collect a tax for the payment of the same. Passed May 19, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 295. An act to provide for the payment of the award made by the board of audit, created under chapter two hundred and twelve of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. Passed May 19, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 296. An act to provide for the removal of eel weirs and other devices for taking fish, from the Delaware river, or of any of its tributaries, and to prevent the mainte nance of such devices. Passed May 19, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 297. An act establishing a ferry from Barber's Point, in the town of Westport, in the county of Essex, across Lake Champlain. Passed May 19, 1877.

*So in the original.

CHAP. 298. An act to provide for payment for the use and occupation of the rooms occupied by the several courts provided for by chapter three hundred and twenty-nine of the laws of eighteen 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-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Passed May 21, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 299. An act to further amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Masonic Hall Association in the western district of the city of Brooklyn," passed April twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, as amended by an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the Masonic Hall Association in the western district of the city of Brooklyn,' passed April twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. passed April twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy. Passed May 21, 1877. CHAP. 300. An act to amend chapter seven hundred and sixty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled "An act to empower Ulster Lodge number fifty-nine, of the Independent order of Odd Fellows of the State of New York, in the village of Saugerties and county of Ulster, to hold and convey real and personal estate, and constitute the same a corporation." Passed May 21, 1877.

CHAP. 301. An act reappropriating moneys for the reconstruction of the Oneida Lake canal. Passed May 21, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 302. An act to repeal chapter one hundred and forty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to amend chapter ninety-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, entitled 'An act to incorporate the trustees of the Minard fund for the benefit of widows and orphans of deceased preachers of the Genesee annual conference.'" Passed May 21, 1877.

CHAP. 303. An act to further 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 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 21, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 304. An act in relation to countersigning warrants for payments from the treasury of the city of New York. Passed May 21, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 305. An act further to amend chapter seventy-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled "An act to amend the act to combine into one act the several acts relating to the city of Albany, passed April twelfth, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and the several acts amendatory thereof, so far as they relate to the city of Albany." Passed May 21, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 306. An act to amend chapter sixty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws in relation to the village of Geneva, in the county of Ontario." Passed May 21, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 307. An act authorizing the trustees of the village of Saratoga Springs to make certain expenditures for the purpose of purchasing hose and erecting a fire alarm telegraph. Passed May 21, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 308. An act to authorize the mayor and common council of the city of Buffalo to make an appropriation to reimburse claimants for advances made to construct building for Taylor Hose Company Number One of Buffalo. Passed May 21, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 309. 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 seventyseven. Passed May 22, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 310. An act making an appropriation to pay certain awards made by the canal appraisers, and to pay counsel employed on behalf of the state, also reappropriating money to pay certificates of indebtedness, outstanding. Passed May 22, 1877; by a two-third vote.

CHAP. 311. An act in relation to corporations or joint-stock territories, or dominion of Canada. Passed May 22, 1877.

companies of other states

CHAP. 312. An act in relation to the compensation of the several officers, keepers, guards, matrons and teachers of the Sing Sing, Auburn and Clinton prisons, and the superintendent of the state lunatic asylum for insane convicts at Auburn, and to fix the rate of interest to be paid on convict deposits. Passed May 22, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 313. An act to authorize the town of Wilna, in the county of Jefferson, to reissue bonds to redeem and pay the bonds issued by said town in aid of the Utica and Black river railroad company, by virtue of chapter six hundred and twenty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Passed May 22, 1877; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 314. An act to authorize the postponement of the levy of a tax to pay bonds issued by the city of Oswego, to facilitate the construction of the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, not yet matured, and to authorize the issue of new bonds in place thereof. Passed May 22, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 315. An act further to amend chapter three hundred and twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act to amend an act in relation to the rates of wharfage, and to regulate piers, wharves, bulk-heads and slips, in the cities of New York and Brooklyn." Passed May 22, 1877.

CHAP. 316. An act to amend chapter thirty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for a supply of water in the city of Yonkers." Passed May 22, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 317. An act in relation to arrears of taxes in the city of New York, and to provide for the reissuing of revenue bonds in anticipation of such taxes. Passed May 22, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 318. An act to suspend the operation of parts of chapters four hundred and forty-eight and four hundred and forty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to continue in force the laws superseded thereby, and to regulate proceedings in civil actions. Passed May 22, 1877.

CHAP. 319. An act making certified copies of records in the offices of the comptroller of the state of New York and the treasurer of the state of New York evidence in the courts of this state. Passed May 23, 1877.

CHAP. 320. An act relative to the bonded indebtedness of cities, villages, towns and counties. Passed May 23, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 321. An act to amend chapter three hundred and forty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled "An act regulating the forfeiture of life insurance policies." Passed May 23, 1877.

CHAP. 322. An act to amend an act, entitled "An act respecting elections other than for militia and town officers," passed April fifth, eighteen hundred and forty-two," as amended by chapter six hundred and ninety-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two. Passed May 24, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 323. An act for the relief of William McDonald, for materials supplied for the repairs of certain roads in the city of New York. Passed May 25, 1877; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 324. An act transferring the interests of the people of the State of New York in the "National Antietam Cemetery," to the Government of the United States. Passed May 25, 1877; by a two-third vote.

CHAP. 325. An act to confirm and legalize the acts of William M. Summers as notary public of the county of Kings, since March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. Passed May 25, 1877.

CHAP. 326. An act to release to Marian Carr and Adella E. Perry, the daughters and only heirs-at-law of Miles Perry, deceased, all the right, title and interest of the people of the state of New York in certain real estate in the town of Riga and county of Monroe. Passed May 25, 1877; by a two-third vote.

CHAP. 327. An act to release to Louisa Pecott, of Oswego city, New York, formerly Louisa Daigneau of the same place, the title and interest of the people of the state of New York in the real estate of which Joseph Daigneau, of Oswego, died possessed. Passed May 25, 1877; by a two-third vote.

CHAP. 328. An act to confirm, reduce and levy a certain assessment for improving part of Union street, in the city of Brooklyn. Passed May 25, 1877; three-fifths being present.