An act to continue in force certain acts therein mentioned. Passed March 29, 1816. Chap. 58, p. 58. to manufacturing incor continued in 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, re- Act relative presented in Senate and Assembly, That the act, entitled "An act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes," and the act perations entitled "An act to amend an act relative to incorporations for manu- force. facturing purposes," shall be and continue in force until the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and no longer. established. $2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing Pin manufac of this act, and during the time in which the acts above mentioned tories may be shall continue in force, it shall and may be lawful, for any five or more persons, who shall be desirous of forming a company for the purpose of manufacturing pins, or for the purpose of manufacturing beer, ale or porter, or for the purpose of extracting lead from ore, to associate together, and form a company according to the directions and under the restrictions mentioned in the act, entitled "An act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes;" and such company, when so formed, and their successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, with all the privileges, capacities and liabilities, in the last aforesaid act mentioned and contained. An act to amend the act, entitled "An act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes." Passed April 14, 1817. Chap. 223, p. 265. $1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the passing of this act it shall and may be lawful for any five or more persons, who shall be desirous of forming a company for the purpose of manufacturing morocco and other leather, to associate together and form such company, according to the directions and restrictions mentioned in the act, entitled "An act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes," passed March 22d, 1811; and such company when formed, and their successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, with all the privileges, capacities and liabilities in said act mentioned and contained: Provided nevertheless, That no company or companies who shall become a body corporate under this act, shall be allowed to locate their establishment in any other counties than Greene and Delaware: And also, That the capital stock of any such company shall not exceed the sum of sixty thousand dollars: And provided further, That it shall be lawful for the legislature, at any time after two years, to dissolve any incorporations who may be formed under this act. An act reviving the act relative to incorporations for manufactu- VOL. III. Act revived. Preamble. Power of corporations gages. and the same is hereby revived and continued in force for the term of five years from the passing of this act. An act in addition to the act, entitled, "An to amend the act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes." Passed April 7, 1819. Chap. 102, p. 119. S1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be lawful for any company who shall become a body corporate under the act entitled, "An act to amend an act, entitled An act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes,"" passed April 14th, 1817, to locate their establishment in the county of Oneida, any thing in the proviso to said act to the contrary notwithstanding. An act to revive and continue in force and operation an act, entitled "An act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes," passed March the 22d, 1811. Passed January 26, 1821. Chap. 14, p. 9. $1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New-York represented in Senate and Assembly, That an act, entitled "An act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes," passed on the twenty-second day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, be hereby revived and continued in full force and operation, any thing contained in any other law to the contrary notwithstanding. An act to amend an act, entitled "An act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes." Passed April 16, 1822. Chap. 213, p. 217. WHEREAS doubts exist whether the trustees of manufacturing companies, incorporated under and pursuant to the act hereby amended, have the power to secure the payment of debts contracted by them, by mortgaging their real estate: Therefore, in order to remove such doubts, $1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, to give mort-represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be lawful for the trustees of any such company to secure the payment of any debt contracted or to be contracted by them in the business for which they were incorporated, by mortgaging all or any part of the real estate of such company; and every mortgage of such trustees shall be as valid to all intents and purposes, as if executed by an individual owning the real estate: Provided, That the written assent of the stockholders owning more than two-thirds of the stock of the company shall first be given. Proviso. Act relating to Weights and Measures. An act concerning standard measures of capacity. Passed April 29, 1829. Chap. 297, p. 433. measures of $1. The unit or standard of measures of capacity, as well for li- Standard of quids as for dry commodities not measured by heaped measure, from capacity. which all other measures of capacity shall be derived and ascertained, shall be the gallon. gallons. $2. There shall continue to be two kinds of gallons, one for the Two kinds of measure of all liquids, and one for the measure of all other substances not measured by heaped measure; the first to be denominated the gallon, for liquid measures, and the second to be denominated the gallon for dry measures. $3. The gallon for liquids, shall be a vessel of such capacity as to Liquors. contain at the mean pressure of the atmosphere, at the level of the sea, eight pounds of distilled water at its maximum density. $4. The gallon for dry measure shall be a vessel of such capacity Dry meaas to contain at the mean pressure of the atmosphere, at the level of sures. the sea, ten pounds of distilled water, at its maximum density. be made of $5. Such standard gallons shall be made of brass; and in case of Standard to loss, shall be restored, according to the proportions above mentioned, brass. under the direction of the state sealer of weights and measures. the No. 2. $6. All other measures of capacity for liquids, shall be derived Division by from the liquid gallon by continual division by the number two, so as to constitute half gallons, quarts, pints, half pints and gills. Multiplica tion by the $7. All other measures of capacity, for substances not being liquids, shall be derived from the dry gallon by continual multiplica- No. 2 tion, by the number two in the ascending scale, so as to constitute pecks, half bushels and bushels; and by continual division by the same number in the descending scale, so as to constitute half gallons, quarts, pints, half pints and gills. three sec 58. The eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth sections of the second Repeal of Title of the nineteenth Chapter of the First Part of the Revised Sta- tions. tutes, shall be and they are hereby repealed; and until the legislature shall make provision, by law, for the construction of the standard weights and measures prescribed in the said second Title, the standard weights and measures now in the office of the secretary of state, shall be and remain the standards for ascertaining all weights and measures throughout this state. Acts relating to the Poor. An act concerning the maintenance of certain persons, formerly slaves. Passed March 22, 1816. Chap. 45, p. 37. S1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, re- slaves of presented in Senate and Assembly, That all persons heretofore those whose manumitted by this state, and formerly the slaves of persons whose forfeited, estates were how sup ported. Money how to be appro priated. School fund. Money and be delivered to school commission estates have been forfeited, and who were slaves at the time of such forfeiture, and who then and since have resided, and still reside in this state, and are unable to support themselves, shall be maintained as paupers by the overseers of the poor of the city or town in which they shall reside, at the expense of this state, and the accounts of the said overseers for such expense, being certified and approved by the mayor of such city, or by the supervisor and justices of the peace of said town, or a majority of them, shall be paid by the treasurer of this state, on the warrant of the comptroller, in favor of such overseers. An act relative to monies in the hands of overseers of the poor. S 1. It shall be lawful for the inhabitants of any town in such counties as have abolished the distinction between county and town paupers, and in such counties as may hereafter abolish such distinction, at any annual or special town-meeting to appropriate all or any part of the monies and funds remaining in the hands of the overseers of the poor of such town after such abolition, to such objects, and for such purposes, as shall be determined on at such meeting. $ 2. If any such meeting shall appropriate such money or funds for the benefit of common schools in their town, the money so appropriated shall be denominated "the common school fund of such town," and shall be under the care and superintendence of the commissioners of common schools of said town. $3. If any such meeting shall appropriate such money or funds for securities to the benefit of common schools, after such appropriation shall have been made, and after the conmissioners of common schools shall have taken the oath of office, the overseers of the poor of such towns shall then pay over and deliver to the said commissioners, such monies, bonds, mortgages, notes and other securities, remaining in their hands as such overseers of the poor, as will comport with the appropriation made for the benefit of common schools of their town. Suits. Permanent school fund. Loans on bond and mortgage. S4. The said commissioners of common schools may sue for and collect in their name of office, the money due or to become due on such bonds, mortgages, notes or other securities, and also all other securities by them taken under the provisions of this act. $5. The monies, bonds, mortgages, notes and other securities aforesaid, shall continue and be a permanent fund, to be denominated the common school fund of the town appropriating the same, the annual interest of which shall be applied to the support of common schools in such towns, unless the inhabitants of such town, in annual town-meeting, shall make a different disposition of the whole of the principal and interest, or any part thereof, for the benefit of the common schools of such town. $6. The said commissioners of common schools whenever the whole or any part of the principal of said fund shall come to their hands, shall loan the same on bond, secured by a mortgage on real estate of double the value of the monies so loaned, exclusive of buildings or artificial erections thereon. $7. The said commissioners of common schools may purchase in Foreclosure the estate on which the fund shall have been secured, upon the fore- of mortgage. closure of any mortgage, and may hold and convey the same for the use of said fund. $8. The said commissioners of common schools shall retain the Interest how interest of said common school fund, which shall be distributed and to be applied. applied to the support of common schools of such town, in like manner as the public money for the support of common schools shall be distributed by law. ers to account annually. $9. The said commissioners of common schools shall account an- Commissionnually, in such manner and at such time as town-officers are required by law to account, and shall deliver to their successors in office all monies, books, securities and papers whatsoever, relating to said fund, and shall take a receipt therefor, and file the same with the town clerk. An act relative to the office of superintendent of the poor. Passed May 2, 1829. Chap. 352, p. 538. $1. No supervisor of any town, or county treasurer, shall be appointed to hold the office of superintendent of the poor in any county in this state. Act concerning Navigation of certain Waters. An act concerning vessels lying in the bay and harbor of New- $1. The provisions of section tenth, Title tenth, Chapter twentieth of the First Part of the Revised Statutes, shall extend to the harbor of New-York, embracing the bay as far as the village of Castleton, on Staten Island, and thence up the East river as far as the south point of Blackwell's island. $2. The said section as hereby amended, shall be in force from and after the first day of May next. Act relating to Insurance made in this State by Foreign Companies. An act concerning marine insurance in the state of New-York. 1. All the provisions of Title twenty-first of Chapter twenty of the First Part of the Revised Statutes, respecting insurance of property in this state, made in foreign countries, and by individuals and associations unauthorised by law, and all the prohibitions, requirements and penalties therein contained, are hereby extended and applied to contracts of insurance, or by way of insurance against marine losses and risks, or by lending money on respondentia or bottomry, and to all persons, associations or companies, and agents of the same, making, effecting or procuring any such insurance, or contracts, by |