Chap. 154. AN ACT to authorize increased compensation for the transportation of persons upon the Plattsburgh and Montreal Railroad in the county of Clinton. Passed April 12th, 1858, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Compensation may hereafter be charged for the transportation of persons upon the Plattsburgh and Montreal railroad in the county of Clinton, at the same rate per mile as is charged upon the Montreal and New York railroad in Canada, and in connection with which, said Plattsburgh and Montreal railroad was built, which rates shall not, however, exceed in any case, five cents per mile. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 155. AN ACT to confirm the official acts of Harman W. Pulver, as a justice of the peace. Passed April 12th, 1858. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. All the proceedings which have been had by and before Harman W. Pulver, as justice of the peace of the town of Pine Plains, in the county of Dutchess, and all official act done by him since the thirty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, up to the first of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, shall be held to be of the same force and validity as if the said Harman W. Pulver's office of justice of the peace and his duties as such justice had commenced on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. § 2. All liabilities and forfeitures incurred by the said Harman W. Pulver, for having executed any of the duties of the said office of justice of the peace from and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, are hereby remitted. §3. This act shall not affect the rights of any party to any suit or legal proceedings which may have been had or commenced, in consequence of the invalidity of any proceeding before the said justice previous to its passage. §4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 156. AN ACT relating to Superintendents of the Poor in Queens County. Passed April 12th, 1858, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The superintendents of the poor in the county of Queens shall hereafter, on the first Monday in December, March, June and September, report to the board of supervisors in writing, signed by a majority of said superintendents, verified by oath, first, the number of persons, males, females and children, under their charge in said poor-house, or elsewhere in said county, at the time of making such report; second, the number received in said poor-house, with date of entrance; third, the number of persons discharged, with date thereof; fourth, the length of time such person or persons were confined in said poor-house under their charge. § 2. The county superintendents of the poor of said county of Queens shall, in addition to the duties provided in the foregoing section, present at the same time and place, their accounts, verified by oath, to said board of supervisors, for services rendered, miles traveled, and public moneys received and expended by said superintendents for said poor, for the past quarter. § 3. The board of supervisors of Queens county, shall meet at the court-house in said county, on the days prescribed in the first section of this section of this act, at eleven o'clock, and shall proceed to examine the reports of the county superintendents of the poor of said county, and examine, audit and allow the accounts of said superintendents, for services rendered, miles traveled, and moneys expended by said county superintendents, for support of the poor thereof. Chap. 157. AN ACT to make valid the proceedings had before Stephen Forman, as a justice of the peace of the town of Kortright, in the county of Delaware. Passed April 12, 1858. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. All legal proceedings had before Stephen Forman, a justice of the peace of the town of Kortright, in the county of Delaware, from the twelfth day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-six, to the first day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, are hereby declared valid and effectual, as if said Forman had properly been elected by the people; but this act shall not affect any suit commenced. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 158. AN ACT to incorporate the New York Pure Passed April 12th, 1858, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Jonathan A. Keller, Robert M. Stratton, Henry Body corC. Banks, and their associates, and all other persons who porate. hereafter shall from time to time be associated with them, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the New York Pure Milk Company, for the purpose of furnishing and supplying the city of New York and vicinity with pure and wholesome milk, and of having, holding, exercising and enjoying all the rights, power and privileges necessary to the establishment of such a business, and to that end the said corporation may acquire, take, hold and transfer real and personal estate, and sue and be sued by their corporate name. stock. § 2. The capital stock of said company shall consist of Capital the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which shall be deemed personal property, and shall be divided into shares of ten dollars each; no assignment or transfer of any share shall be valid until such transfer shall be registered in the book to be kept for that purpose, and in accordance with the by-laws of said company. § 3. In addition to the general powers granted to corpo- To hold real rations by the third article of the eighteenth chapter of the estate. first part of the revised statutes, the said corporation shall have power to purchase and erect such buildings and other appliances as shall be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes and objects of the association and to make divisions of the capital stock. § 4. The concerns of the said corporation shall be man- Directors. aged by a board of directors, to consist of not less than five nor more than seven members, who shall be stockholders of said company, and who, except the first directors hereby First directors. &c. appointed, shall hold their offices fore* one year and until others are chosen in their places. 5. So soon as twenty-five thousand dollars of the capital stock is subscribed and paid in, the company may go into operation, and the said Jonathan A. Weller, Robert M. Stratton, Henry C. Banks, and such other persons as a majority of them shall elect (but not so as to exceed in number seven members), shall be the first directors of said company, with power to fill vacancies and elect officers, and such board of directors shall hold their offices for the first year and until others are chosen in their places by the stockholders, of whom a majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business; and said directors shall select from among themselves a president and secretary, for the time being. President, § 6. The stockholders shall, every year except the first, elect the directors, together with a president and secretary; said president and secretary shall be chosen from among the stockholders, and shall be ex-officio members of said board of directors; public notice of the time and place of such election shall be given by the directors for the time being, for at least two weeks previous thereto, in one ore* more of the newspapers published daily in the city of New York. In case it should at at any time happen that an election of directors should not be made on the day appointed by the by-laws of the said corporation, a new election shall be held with proper dispatch and on public notice; and the officers of the preceding year shall hold over until their successors shall be elected and inducted into office. Metalic cans for milk. By-laws, &c. § 7. The milk to be furnished by the said association shall be placed in metalic cans, which shall be locked before leaving the premises of the company, and the keys thereof retained by the officers, and the said milk shall in all cases be drawn by means of a faucet. The cows from whence the said milk shall be obtained shall be fed exclusively on hay, grain, grass or other dry vegetable provender, and shall be allowed such free air and exercise in the open fields as may be necessary to preserve them in good, sound and healthy condition. Any violation of either of the provisions of this act shall be and is hereby declared to be a forfeiture of this charter and all corporate rights thereunto pertaining. § 8. A majority of all the directors of said company *So in the original. shall |