A certain section repealed. signate the masters of the said court to tax costs therein; and that the masters so designated, shall, during the pleasure of the said court, have the exclusive taxation of costs therein. II. And be it further enacted, That the twentieth section of the act, entitled "an act concerning the court of chancery,” be and the same is hereby repealed. [Note.-By the 20th section of the act referred to in the 2d section of this act the right to designate taxing masters was limited to the 18th June, 1814.-V. N. & W. v. 1, 493.-This authority was so given in a limited manner to the former chancellor, (Lansing) but under the present chancellor, Kent, the limitation is removed.] Recital. CHAP. CLXIV. An ACT to amend an act, entitled "an act to incorporate the Passed April 15, 1814. WHEREAS the president and directors of the Newburgh and Plattekill turnpike company have represented to the legislature, that a mistake has been made in their act of incorporation, in fixing the site of one of the gates on the said road; To remedy which, BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repreActed at sented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful be erected a certain place. for the president and directors of the Newburgh and Plattekill turnpike company, and they are hereby authorised, to place a gate for the collection of toll on the said turnpike road, at or near the dwelling-house of William Wilson, in the town of Newburgh, any thing in the fifth section of the act hereby amended, to the contrary notwithstanding. [Note. This company was originally incorporated April 5, 1810, sess. 33, ch. 162. Another act was passed June 12, 1812, W. v. 6, 477.] to be raised main purpo ses. CHAP. CLXV. An ACT to enable the mayor, recorder and aldermen, of the city of New-York, to raise money by tax. Passed April 15, 1814. I. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, re191,000 dolls. presented in Senate and Assembly, That the mayor, recorder and by tax in N. aldermen, of the city of New-York, as the supervisors of the said York for cer- city and county of New-York, or a majority of them, of whom the mayor or recorder shall be one, shall be and hereby are empow ered, as soon as conveniently may be, after the passing of this act, to order and cause to be raised by tax, on the estates real and personal of the freeholders and inhabitants of, and situate within the said city, and to be collected, a sum not exceeding one hundred and one thousand dollars, to be applied to the sup 79,000 dolls. raised by tax port and maintenance of the poor of the said city and county, the support and repairs of the bridewell of the said city, the support and maintenance of criminal persons, the repairing and taking care of other public buildings in the said city, belonging to, and under the custody and care of the mayor, aldermen and commonalty, of the city of New-York, the making, regulating, repairing and improving the public streets and roads in the said city and county, the defraying of other contingent expenses arising within and properly chargeable to the said city and county, and for defraying the expenses which the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New-York, may sustain or be put to, in exercising the powers vested in them by the act passed the ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, entitled "an act to reduce several laws relating particularly to the city of New-York, into one act," and for supplying the deficiencies of former taxes, upon any and every of the wards of the said city, owing to the insolvency or inability of the collectors of the said wards, or any or either of them, or others, and fees of collection not heretofore provided for, such deficiencies, however, to be assessed on the estates real and personal of the freeholders and inhabitants of, and situate within the said wards respectively, where they shall happen as aforesaid : And also, a further sum not exceeding seventy-nine thousand dollars by tax, on the estates real and personal of the freeholders more to be and inhabitants of, and situate within the said city, to the south-in N. Yorks erward of a line beginning at the North River, at a place called for certain Deklyne's ferry, a little to the northward of the state-prison, and running thence easterly, in front of the new banking houses, to the road commonly called the Sandy Hill road, and through the said road to the northward of Pottersfield and the house of William Neilson, to the Bowery-road, and across the Bowery-road to a street commonly called Stuyvesant-street, and through the middle thereof to the East River, to be applied to the payment of so many watchmen, as the mayor, aldermen and commonalty, of the city of New-York, in common council convened, shall appoint and employ, for watching and guarding the said city, to the purchasing of oil, providing lamps and putting up the same, and repairing, cleansing and lighting those which now are, or hereafter may be erected within that part of the said city last described, to the cleansing and repairing public wells and pumps in the said city, and to defray the other contingent expenses arising in and properly chargeable to that part of the said city, to the southward of the line aforesaid, as the said mayor, aldermen and commonalty, in common council convened, may, from time to time, direct, and for supplying the deficiencies of former taxes upon the same part of the same city, last described, owing to the insolvencies and fees of collectors not heretofore provided for, such deficiencies, however, to be assessed on the estates real and personal of the freeholders and inhabitants of, and situate within the said wards respectively, where they shall happen as aforesaid, to the southward of the line aforesaid. purposes. How to be 11. And be it further enacted, That the said several sums of m money shall be assessed in the manner directed by the act, enti- assessed and collected and to whom to be paid. Compensa. tion to the different collectors for tled an act for the assessment and collection of taxes;" and each person's tax in one ward shall be collected in one payment, and the monies so collected, paid into the hands of the treasurer or chamberlain of the said city, at such time after the passing of this act, as the said mayor, recorder and aldermen, as the supervisors of the city and county of New-York, or a majority of them, of whom the mayor or recorder shall be one, shall appoint and direct. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the collectors of the first, second and third wards of the said city, to retain in their hands, three cents on each dollar by them collecttheir services ed; the collectors of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and tenth wards of the said city, to retain in their hands four cents on each dollar by them collected; and the collectors of the eighth and ninth wards of the said city, to retain in their hands five cents on each dollar by them collected, and no more, as a full compensation for their trouble in collecting and paying to the said treasurer or chamberlain the monies which shall be raised by virtue of this act. [Note.-The mayor, recorder and aldermen, of New York are by law supervisors of that city, V. N. & W. vol. 2, 399. § 150.-For other matters, see appendix.] Recital. CHAP. CLXVI. An ACT to authorise the Administrators of Jetur Gardiner, deceased, to convey certain lands, and to authorise the Executors of William Fritz to sell and convey certain other lands. Passed April 15, 1814. WHEREAS it appears from the petition of Susannah Gardiner, administratrix, and Shubael Johnson and Fletcher Gardiner, administrators of Jetur Gardiner, deceased, late of the town of Walton, in the county of Delaware, that the said Jetur Gardiner was, in his life time, seised in fee, as tenant in common, of an equal undivided half part of lots number fourteen and fifteen, in a division of lot number six, in great lot number thirty-five, in the Hardenburgh patent, which said lots each contain two hundred and fifty-eight acres, and that Obadiah Sands, as tenant in common, was seised of the other undivided half of the said lots; and that they, the said Jetur Gardiner and Obadiah Sands, by a certain obligation, bond or contract, bearing date on the tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, contracted and bound themselves to convey the said two lots of ground to Joseph Webb, Isaac Gillet, Jacob Hathaway and Henry Jaynes, for and upon the consideration therein mentioned: And whereas, The said petitioners have requested that they may be empowered to fulfil the said agreement on the part of the said Jetur Gardiner, deceased: Therefore, 1. BE it enacted by the people of the State of New-York, repreGardiner to sented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful The adminis trators of J. certain cont veyance. for the said Susannah Gardiner, Shubael Johnson and Fletcher execute a Gardiner, administrators of the said Jetur Gardiner, deceased, to grant and convey to the said Joseph Webb, Isaac Gillet, Jacob Hathaway and Henry Jaynes, their heirs and assigns, all the right, interest, profits, claim and demand, which the said Jetur Gardiner had, at the time of his death, in lots number fourteen and fifteen, in a division of great lot number six, in great lot number thirtyfive, in the Hardenburgh patent; and the deed or conveyance to be executed therefor by the said Susannah Gardiner, Shubael Johnson and Fletcher Gardiner, shall vest all the title, interest and estate, in the said two lots of land, which the said Jetur Gardiner had, at the time of his death, in the said Joseph Webb, Isaac Gillet, Jacob Hathaway and Henry Jaynes, their heirs and assigns, in as full and effectual a manner as if the said deed had been executed by the said Jetur Gardiner, deceased, in his life time: Provided always, That no deed or conveyance shall be executed by the said Susannah Gardiner, Shubael Johnson and Fletcher Gardiner, for the said two lots of land, or any part thereof, until the monies due upon the promissory notes mentioned in the said bond or obligation, as having been given by the said Joseph Webb, Isaac Gillet, Jacob Hathaway and Henry Jaynes, shall have been faithfully paid and discharged. Proviso. clared assets. II. And be it further enacted, That the monies which shall be Monies rereceived by the said Susannah Gardiner, Shubael Johnson and ceived deFletcher Gardiner, on account of and under the said agreement, shall be assets in their hands, as administrators of the said Jetur Gardiner, deceased. And whereas, William Fritz, late of the town of Germantown, Recital. in the county of Columbia, in and by his last will and testament, did give and bequeath unto the heirs of his daughter Caty, deceased, his farm, lying in Kiskatom, in the county of Greene, which he directed to be disposed of at the best possible advantage, the money to be loaned on interest, and each to share equally with the other, her eldest daughter Caty with the others; and also to receive his other legacy separately and individually as they arrive to a lawful age; and by said will, the testator appointed Philip Fritz, William Fritz and William Becker, his executors: And whereas, The said executors have, together with Nicholas Dick, who intermarried with the said Caty Fritz, deceased, presented their petition, praying, that a law may be passed empowering the said executors to sell and convey the said farm, so devised to the heirs of the said Caty Dick: Therefore, sell a certain loan the me III. Be it further enacted, That the said executors may sell Executors of and convey the farm aforesaid, and to loan the monies therefrom W. Fritz to arising for the benefit of the heirs of the said Caty Dick, to re- farm, and to ceive and apply the money arising from such sale to the educa- nies, etc. tion of the said children of said Caty, according to their respective shares; and on the sale, to convey, by a good and sufficient deed, the aforesaid premises. [Note. This act requires no remark.] Recital. real estate. CHAP. CLXVII. An ACT to authorise and empower the Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Stephens Church, in the city of New-York, to sell and convey the property therein mentioned, and for other purposes. Passed April 15, 1814. WHEREAS the Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Stephen's church, in the city of New-York, are owners of the several lots of ground herein after mentioned, situate in the tenth ward of the city of New-York, which were purchased by them for the purpose of a burying ground for the use of the congregation of the said church: Aud whereas, It is represented to the Legislature that the said lots of ground have been so divided and cut up by streets and avenues, lately laid out in the city of New-York, as to have become useless for the purposes for which they were originally intended, and that it would, therefore, promote the interest of the said church, if they could be empowered to sell and convey the said several lots of ground, so that by the proceeds thereof, another piece of ground might be purchased for a burying ground: Therefore, I. BE it enacted by the people of the State of New-York, representRecter, &e. ed in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for to sell certain the Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Stephen's church, in the city of New-York, to sell, alien and convey in fee simple, all or any part or parts of those certain eight lots of ground now belonging to them, situate, lying and being in the tenth ward in the city of New-York, between First-street and Second-street. To hold estates pro ducing an annual in some of 6000 dollars. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Stephen's church, in the city of New-York, to hold real and personal estate producing an annual income of six thousand dollars. [Note. The recital sufficiently explains the object of this act.] A certain ter called the CHAP. CLXVIII. An ACT to vest certain powers in the freeholders and inhabitants of the Village of Jamaica, in the County of Queens. Passed April 15, 1814. I. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the district of country conritory descri- tained within the following bounds, that is to say: Beginning at bel and to be the Newtown road, so called, where it intersects the turnpike village of Ja road leading from Jamaica to Brooklyn; thence north-west along the said road until it intersects the line which divides the towns of Jamaica and Flushing; thence easterly along the said division until it comes to the land of Richard Rhodes; thence about southeast along the west side of the land of the said Richard Rhodes, until it intersects the turnpike road leading from Jamaica to Hemp maica. |