road Company. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company. Michigan Central Railroad Company. Illinois Central Railroad Company. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. Boston and Maine Railroad Company. Maine Central Railroad Company. Provided that at the time of making such investment the said railroads shall have earned and paid regular dividends of not less than four per centum per annum in cash on all their issues of capital stock for the ten years next preceding such investment, and provided the capital stock of any of said railroad corporations shall equal or exceed in amount onethird of the par value of all its bonded indebtedness; and further provided that all bonds hereby authorized for investments shall be secured by a first mortgage of the whole or a part of the railroad and railroad property actually in the possession of and operated by such company; also in the first mortgage bonds of the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad Company, or in the mortgage bonds of said railroad company of an issue to retire all prior mortgage debts of said railroad company, and provided the capital stock of said railroad company shall equal or exceed in amount, one-third of the par value of all its bonded indebtedness; and provided also that such railroad be of standard gauge of four feet eight and one-half inches. Not more than twenty per centum Limitation of the whole amount of deposits of any bank shall be loaned or invested in railroad bonds, and not more than five per centum of the deposits of any bank shall be invested in the bonds of any one railroad. Street railroad corporations shall not be considered railroad corporations within the meaning of this subdivision. 82 This act shall take effect immediately. of invest nents in railroad bonds. Act amended. Sale of real prop erty. Chap. 387. AN ACT to amend chapter sixty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled "An act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Onondaga to dispose of the property occupied by the Onondaga county penitentiary, and to provide for the erection of a new penitentiary or county jail," relative to the powers of said board. Became a law April 21, 1899, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senats and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section one of chapter sixty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled "An act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Onondaga to dispose of the property occupied by the Onondaga County Penitentiary, and to provide for the erection of a new penitentiary or county jail," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 1. The board of supervisors of the county of Onondaga is hereby authorized and empowered at any annual or special session, by a majority vote of the members thereof, to sell, transfer and convey the real property situated in the city of Syracuse and occupied by the Onondaga County Penitentiary to the person agreeing to pay therefor the highest price, pursuant to terms deemed most advantageous to the county. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. City charter amended. Chap. 388. AN ACT to amend chapter six hundred and fifteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Elmira." Accepted by the city. Became a law April 21, 1899, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section one hundred and five of title seven of chapter six hundred and fifteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled, "An act to revise the charter of the city of Elmira as amended by chapter three hundred and seventy-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five is hereby amended so as to read as follows: tion over defend § 105. Said court shall have the same jurisdiction over the per- Jurisdicsons of defendants as is now possessed by justices' courts of towns persons of pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-eight hundred and ants. sixty-nine of the code of civil procedure and for the purpose of conferring jurisdiction of the person the said city of Elmira shall be deemed a town and said court a justice's court thereof. Said Power to court is hereby given the power in any action or proceeding of cesses into which it has jurisdiction to send its processes and other mandates into any town of the county of Chemung for service or execution and to enforce obedience thereto with like power and authority as the county court. § 2 This act shall take effect immediately. send pro towns, ete. Chap. 389. AN ACT to amend the tax law, providing for a surrogate's transfer tax clerk in the county of Suffolk. Became a law April 21, 1899, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Chapter two hundred and thirty-four of chapter nine hundred and eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninetysix, entitled "An act in relation to taxation, constituting chapter twenty-four of the general laws," is hereby amended to read as follows: § 234. Surrogate's assistants in Kings and Suffolk counties.The county treasurer of the county of Kings shall, from time to time, retain out of any funds which he may have in his hands, on account of taxes collected under this article, a sum of money sufficient to provide the surrogate of the county of Kings with an assistant, to be known as the transfer tax assistant and a transfer tax clerk. Such assistants shall be appointed by the surrogate, and the transfer tax assistant shall receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars, and the transfer tax clerk, an annual salary of two thousand dollars. Such salaries shall be payable monthly. Such county treasurer shall also retain, out of such funds, a further sum not exceeding five hundred dollars in any one year, for the necessary expenses of such surrogate, in the assessment and collection of such tax. Such salaries and said amount shall be paid upon the certificates and requisitions of such surrogate, respectively. The ccunty treasurer of the county of Suffolk shall from time to time retain out of any funds which he may have in his hands on account of taxes collected under this article a sum of money sufficient to provide the surrogate of the county of Suffolk with a transfer tax clerk. Such transfer tax clerk shall be appointed by the surrogate and shall receive an annual salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars; such salary shall be payable monthly, and shall be paid upon the certificate and requisition of such surrogate. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Dange of corporate ame. Chap. 390.. AN ACT to change the name of the society heretofore known as "The First Baptist Church and Society of Hamilton," and sometimes called "The Hamilton Baptist Society," to "The First Baptist Church of Hamilton," and to legalize the incorporation thereof. Became a law April 21, 1899, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senat and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The name of the "Hamilton Baptist Society" commonly known as "The First Baptist Church and Society of Hamilton," a religious society organized pursuant to an act of the legis lature passed April fifth, eighteen hundred and thirteen by the selection of Samuel Osgood, Jonathan Olmstead and Joseph Colwell as the first trustees thereof, and whose certificate of incorporation was duly recorded in the office of the clerk of Madison county August tenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine in book one of religious corporations at page one hundred and twenty four, is hereby changed to "The First Baptist Church of Hamilton" and the provisions of chapter seven hundred and twentythree of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and the acts amendatory thereof having been made applicable to said society, such religious society is hereby declared to be duly incorporated under said act of eighteen hundred and thirteen and subject to the provisions of chapter seven hundred and twenty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and shall enjoy and exercise all the rights and powers it has heretofore possessed. etc., not § 2. Nothing herein contained shall in any way impair or affect Contracts, any contract, liability or obligation or duty of said corporation, affected. made, entered into or incurred before the passage of this act with or to any person or persons, corporation or corporations, with or to said corporation, or any proceedings instituted or that may be instituted to enforce any contract, obligation, liability or duty in favor of or against said corporation; but any and all such contracts, obligations, liabilities, duties and proceedings shall be and remain valid and binding in all respects to the same extent and liable to be enforced by and against said corporation by the name of "The First Baptist Church of Hamilton" in the same manner as if said name had not been changed. corpora §3. Eugene Sisson, Sylvester Burchard, Gilbert L. Gifford, John Trustees of W. Rowlands, David F. Estes and Walter F. Ingalls are hereby tion. declared to be the trustees of said corporation, to hold office until their successors are appointed according to law. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 391. AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to the power of trustees to prescribe the width of tires on vehicles. Became a law April 21, 1899, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section eighty-nine of chapter four hundred and fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An act in relation to villages, constituting chapter twenty-one of the general laws," is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a subdivision to be known as subdivision twenty-eight, and to read as follows: 28. Powers as to tires on vehicles --To prescribe the width of tires used on vehicles built to carry or carrying a weight of fif |