To medical institutions from U. S. deposite fund. New-York. Albany. N. Y. University. Geneva. Buffalo. To colleges. N. Y. University. Geneva. St. Johns. Madison. District School Jour nal. For state normal school. To regents versity for § 2. There shall likewise be paid from the treasury on the warrant of the comptroller, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine from the income of the United States deposite fund: To the college of physicians and surgeons in the city of NewYork, one thousand dollars. To the Albany medical college, one thousand dollars. To the medical faculty of the university of New-York, one thousand dollars. To the medical institution of Geneva college, one thousand dollars. To the medical institution of the Buffalo university one thousand dollars. § 3. There shall in like manner be paid from the income of the said fund, for one year from the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, to the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty. To the university of the city of New-York, two thousand five hundred dollars. To Geneva college, two thousand five hundred dollars. To St. John's college at Fordham, two thousand five hundred dollars. To Madison university, two thousand five hundred dollars. To Hamilton college, two thousand five hundred dollars, provided that no part of the sums appropriated by this section shall be directly or indirectly applied to the support of any theological institutions connected with said colleges any or either of them. For the subscription to the District School Journal for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, two thousand four hundred dollars, pursuant to the provisions of the act chapter one hundred and thirty-three, of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. § 4. There shall be paid, in the manner provided by the act, chapter three hundred and eleven of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, out of the income of the United States deposite fund, the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the support and maintenance of the state normal school, in each of the years one thousand eight hundred and fifty and one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. § 5. There shall be paid by the treasurer, on the warrant of vt to the comptroller, out of the income of the literature fund, to the academies: regents of the university, one thousand five hundred dollars for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine and three thousand dollars for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, to be assigned by them to such academies and seminaries of learning subject to their visitation, for the purchase of text books, maps and globes, or philosophical or chemical apparatus, as may apply for a part of money for that purpose, on the terms prescribed in the second section of chapter one hundred and forty of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. To the regents of the university to be applied to defray the expense of establishing observatories in academies and to supply them with thermometers, barometers, rain guages and other instruments and to pay a proper compensation of observers, one thousand five hundred dollars for each of the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine and one thousand eight hundred and fifty. my. § 6. The treasurer shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, To Dela1. To the Delaware academy, for each of the years one thou-ware acadesand eight hundred and forty-nine and one thousand eight hundred and fifty, the sum of two hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents, being the interest, at six per centum, on four thousand, eight hundred and twenty-five dollars of state stook held by the comptroller, in trust for said academy, being part of an appropriation for said academy, by chapter one hundred and seventy of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. 2. To the Dutchess county academy, out of the income of the To Dutches s United States deposite fund, four thousand dollars. To the St. academy. Lawrence academy, two thousand dollars. § 7. The treasurer shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, out of the income of the United States deposite fund, for the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine and one thousand eight hundred and fifty. asylums. 1. To the financial agents of the several incorporated orphan To incorpoasylums their proportion of the sum of five thousand dollars, in rated orphan each of said years, to be distributed in the manner, and subject' to the conditions, regulations and restrictions prescribed by chapter four hundred and eighty-five of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. schools on 2. For the support of schools among the Indians, pursuant to Indian chapter one hundred and fourteen of the laws of one thousand reservations. eight hundred and forty-six, viz: On the Onondaga reservation, two hundred and fifty dollars Onondaga. each year. On the Cattaraugus reservation, three hundred and fifty dollars Cattaraugus. each year. tain moneys On the Allegany reservation, three hundred dollars each year. Allegany. On the St. Regis reservation, three hundred dollars each year. St. Regis. On the Oneida reservation, two hundred dollars each year. Oneida. § 8. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars of the income of Comptroller the United States deposite fund, set apart by the constitution to- to invest cergether with the residue thereof not hereby otherwise appropriated, shall be annually added to the capital of the Common School Fund, and the comptroller is hereby authorised and required to invest such surplus moneys in like manner as he is now authorised to invest moneys of the common school fund. Bulkhead, docks and wharves to Chap. 302. AN ACT to authorise Neziah Bliss and others to erect and maintain docks in the town of Bushwick, county of Kings. Passed April 10, 1849. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. It shall be lawful for Neziah Bliss, Mary A. Bliss, Hezekiah Bradford, David Provost, James Cunningham, Jabez Wilbe erected. liams, John T. Williams and Samuel Sneeden, respectively, and their respective heirs and assigns to erect and fill in, keep and maintain a bulkhead, docks and wharves adjacent to the land owned by them, or either of them, jointly or severally, in the town of Bushwick, in the county of Kings, lying in the East river, and extending into said river to a line designated upon a "Map of the shore of the East river, between Newtown and Bushwick creeks, showing the owners of land on the same, with the privileges in front, drawn by D. Ewen, city surveyor, NewYork," as the permanent water line of said town of Bushwick, and along the whole front of their joint or respective pieces of land. Said bulkheads, docks and wharves to be made firm and cranage may secure. Wharfage, § 2. The said owners, and their respective heirs and assigns, dockage and shall respectively be entitled to ask, demand, sue for and receive be charged. reasonable wharfage, dockage and cranage from persons using the same, but the legislature may at any time hereafter regulate the rates of dockage, wharfage and cranage, to be received by the said owners respectively in such manner as shall be deemed just and reasonable. Map to be filed. Permanent line. § 3. It shall be the duty of the said owners to cause the said map in the first section of this act mentioned, drawn by said Daniel Ewen, city surveyor, and upon which is designated particularly the land belonging to said owners respectively, to be filed within thirty days after the passage of this act, with the commis sioners of the land office; also a copy thereof in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings, and another copy thereof with the town clerk of said town of Bushwick, § 4. The outer water line marked upon said map shall be the outer water permanent water line in front of said town of Bushwick, and all future applications for the erection of docks upon the East river, in front of said town, shall be made to conform to said outer water line as marked upon said map. Streets. § 5. After the streets designated on the aforesaid map drawn by Daniel Ewen, city surveyor, and running from high water mark into the East river, shall be made by the owners respectively whose property fronts on them, they shall forever remain and be public streets for the free and common use and passage of the inhabitants of the county of Kings, and all others lawfully pass ing or repassing the same; saving and reserving, nevertheless, to the owners of the bulkheads, docks, or wharves, which may be built pursuant to this act across the ends of said streets, all wharfage, dockage and cranage from persons using the same as aforesaid. § 6. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any Saving rights of the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of clause. New-York. § 7. The legislature may at any time alter or repeal this act. Right to re Chap. 303. AN ACT to abolish the mayor's court of the city of Rochester. Passed April 10, 1849. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: peal. Court abol § 1. The mayor's court of the city of Rochester is hereby ished. abolished. § 2. The act entitled "An act in relation to the mayor's court Repeal. of the city of Rochester" passed March twenty-nine, 1848, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the first section of this act are hereby repealed, but nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to destroy, impair or take away any right or remedy acquired by any suitors in said court or the validity of any proceeding therein or right acquired thereby. books, &c., § 3. All records, books, dockets, and other papers of the pro- Records, ceedings in said mayor's court, or relating to such proceedings, where to be and in the custody of the clerk thereof, shall within twenty days deposited. after the passage of this act be transferred by such clerk to and be deposited with the clerk of the county of Monroe, to be by him preserved among the records of his office. and final process how § 4. Executions or other final process upon any judgment ren- Executions dered in such mayor's court before this act takes effect, may be issued thereon out of the supreme court in the same manner as issued. if such judgment had been rendered in such supreme court, and jurisdiction is hereby vested in the supreme court over all judgments and other civil proceedings heretofore had in such mayor's court. vested in su § 5. Jurisdiction over all civil suits pending in the said mayor's Jurisdiction court at the time this act takes effect, is hereby vested in the su- preme court. preme court, to proceed in such suits in the same manner as if such suits had been commenced in the said supreme court. transferred. § 6. All indictments and other criminal proceedings in the said Indictments, mayor's court at the time this act takes effect, shall be transferred &c., to be to and jurisdiction over the same vested in the court of oyer and terminer of the county of Monroe, in the same manner as if such indictments or other proceedings had originated in the last mentioned court. Money to be paid to F. Bates. Insurance how to be ade. en and held. Chap. 304. AN ACT to pay Francis Bates, certain sums of money for costs, and expenses paid by him in consequence of taking Barney Hiers, an escaped convict. Passed April 10, 1849, "three-fifths being present." The people of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 1. The treasurer shall pay on the warrant of the comptroller, to Francis Bates, or to his legal representatives, the sum of three hundred and forty-five dollars and sixty cents, in full of all claims against the state for his services, costs and expenses, in the capturing one Barney Hiers, an escaped convict, as well as the costs, fines and expenses of his indictment and conviction, in the state of Pennsylvania, growing out of said capture. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Orange County Mutual Insurance Company," passed March 15, 1837. Passed April 10, 1849. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. The president and directors of the Orange County Mutual Insurance Company be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to insure and take policies for five years, or for a shorter period, and instead of receiving a premium note, as now authorised by said act of incorporation to receive payment of the amount of premium in cash without said note, provided however that said company shall not insure more property and receive cash therefor, than is, or shall be insured in the manner and as is now provided for by said existing act, and provided also that all the funds of said corporation procured as aforesaid by either cash or notes, be subject to the payment of the losses and expenses of said company. Mortgages § 2. The said corporation may take and hold mortgages or any may be tak-real estate, chattels or tenements, to secure the payment of any surplus which said company may think necessary to invest, and the said corporation shall have power to proceed on said mortgage, or on any other security for the recovery of the money thereby secured to them, either at law or in equity as any other body corporate, or any individual might, and it shall be lawful for said corporation to purchase on sale or sales made by virtue of |