Liabilities remitted. Saving clause. Alterations to be made Appropria tion. Justice when elected. office. heim, in the county of Herkimer, since the first Tuesday of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, shall be held to be of the same force and validity as if the said Adam Smith had taken the oath of office within the time, and in the manner prescribed by law and the constitution of this state. §2. All liabilities and forfeitures incurred by the saidAdam Smith, for having executed any of the duties of the said office of commissioner of highways, without having ta- . ken the oath of office within the time prescribed by law, are hereby remitted. 3. This act shall not affect the rights of any party to any suit or legal proceeding which may have been had or commenced in consequence of the invalidity of any proceeding by the said commissioner, previous to its passage. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 20. AN ACT providing for warming and ventilating the capitol. § 1. The trustees of the capitol are authorised and directed. to cause such alterations to be made in the mode of warming and ventilating the capitol as they shall decide to be best calculated to supply a pure and agreeable atmosphere, and to promote health and comfort. §2. Five thonsand dollars are hereby appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, which shall be paid or so much thereof as shall be necessary, by the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 21. AN ACT in relation to the Police Justice in the village of Passed February 5, 1848. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. The police justice of the village of Saratoga Springs shall be elected at the next annual town meeting to be held in the town of Saratoga Springs, in the same manner as other town officers are elected in said town. Tenure of § 2. The said police justice shall hold his office for two years, so that a police justice shall be elected every second year hereafter, in the manner above mentioned. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 22. AN ACT to release the interest of the State in certain real estate in the town of Catskill, in the county of Greene, to the "Union Meeting House Society of Cauterskill." Passed February 5, 1848, by a two-third vote. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: the state § 1. All the right, title and interest of this state, of in and Interest of to all that certain piece or parcel of land, situate at Cauters- released to kill, in the town of Catskill, in the county of Greene, bound- the society ed and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point one hundred and forty-three feet distant, on a course forty-six degrees and fifty minutes east, from the north-east corner of the Thorp House (so called,) and running thence north fifty-. eight degrees and forty-five minutes east, forty-eight feet, thence north thirty degrees and twenty-five minutes west, thirty-eight feet, thence south fifty-eight degrees and fortyfive minutes west, one hundred and eighteen feet, thence south, thirty degrees and fifteen minutes east, thirty-eight feet, and thence north fifty-eight degrees east, seventy feet, to the place of beginning, is hereby released to, and vested in "the trustees of the Union Meeting House Society of Cauterskill," their successors and assigns forever. §2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 23. AN ACT to authorise the city of Hudson to borrow a sum of money, to be applied to the payment of certain bonds and debts now owing by said city. Passed February 5, 1848, "three-fifths being present." The People of the State of Nw-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: council ney. §1. The common council of the city of Hudson is hereby Common authorised to borrow a sum of money, not exceeding eight may borthousand dollars, for the purpose of paying off a mortgage row mo upon the school houses and lots, of one thousand five hundred dollars, and the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars, which was borrowed pursuant to and under the act entitled' "An act to authorise the common council of the city of Hudson to borrow money on the credit of said city," passed May 3d, 1839; and to execute bonds therefor, under the common seal of the corporation of said city, and the signature of the mayor and clerk thereof. chargeable) §2. The said sum of one thousand five hundred dollars Lan shall be a debt chargeable upon the corporation at large of on city. When and said city; and the said sum of six thousand five hundred dollars shall be a debt chargeable upon the compact part of said city. 3. The loan of the sum hereby authorised shall be for a term how repaid not exceeding eight years, and shall be repaid in eight equal annual instalments, and the interest not to exceed the rate of seven per cent per annum, shall be paid annually, and the common council of said city are hereby authorised to raise by tax, upon real and personal property of said city, in the same manner as the general taxes of said city are levied and collected, the annual interest of the above mentioned loan, and to pay over the same in discharge of such interest, and also in each year in which an instalment of the above loan shall become due and payable, to raise, levy and collect in the same manner, a sum equal to that instalment, and to pay over the same in discharge thereof. Recorder's salary. For unex of his pre. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 24. AN ACT relative to the Mayor's Court of the city of Passed February 5, 1848, "three-fifths being present." The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 1. There shall be paid to the Recorder of the city of Albany, for all judicial services rendered by him, in lieu of all compensation heretofore provided, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, to be paid by the county, at the end of each quarter. §2. There shall in like manner be paid the said recorder, pired term for his services during the unexpired term of his predecessor, decessor. under the law of September thirteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, a proportionate amount of the salary above provided. Fees to be §3. The said recorder shall charge and receive from all charged persons the same fees and perquisites for the performance of counted for any official services by him as are charged by county judges, and ac and shall account for and pay over the same to the county treasurer of the county of Albany, in the sa ne manner as the county judge of said county is required by law to do. Powers of § 4. The Albany mayor's court shall have power to send to any other criminal court having jurisdiction of the offence charged, any indictment found or pending in said mayor's court, and the court to which the same shall be sent, shall have the same power over the said indictment as if it had been found therein. mayor's court. jurors. 5. The treasurer of the county of Albany shall pay on the Pay of certificate of the clerk of the city and county of Albany to jurors for the trial of civil causes in the Albany mayor's court, the same compensation as is now provided by law to be paid jurors in the county court of said county. §6. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 25. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled "An act to establish the old line between the towns of Mayfield and Northampton, in the county of Fulton." Passed February 7, 1848. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. The act entitled “An act to establish the old line be- Repeal tween the towns of Mayfield and Northampton, in the county of Fulton," passed February 19th, 1842, is hereby repealed. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 26. AN ACT in relation to the public buildings of Onondaga county. Passed February 8, 1848, "three-fifths being present." The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : lands for buildings § 1. The board of supervisors of the county of Onondaga Title to are hereby authorised to procure and receive the title to the proper proper lands in the city of Syracuse for the purpose of erect- public ing thereon suitable buildings for the courts, for the public to be prooffices, and a jail, if the board deem proper, which shall be more centrally and conveniently situated, than the present buildings. cured. the county sold. § 2. The said board is also authorised to sell the whole or Lands any part of the lands now owned by the county of Ononda- owned by ga in the city of Syracuse which are occupied by the court- may be house and jail, and by the clerk's office, and to convey the same by a quit claim deed signed by the chairman and clerk of the board, for the purpose of providing other lots for said public buildings, and for the erection of said buildings. may be §3. The said board may borrow on the credit of the coun- Money ty, a sum of money not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, borrowed payable by instalments, and appropriate the same to the by supervi erection of said buildings. It shall be the duty of said board to cause the necessary amount from time to time to be levied sors. Use of the buildings. Notice to when buil upon the taxable property of the inhabitants of said county and collected as other taxes are levied and collected, for the purpose of paying the money so borrowed with the interest thereon as the same shall fall due. 4. The said board may arrange with the corporation of the city of Syracuse, for the joint use of any building so erected, for the courts and public offices. § 5. Whenever the building committee of said proposed be given buildings shall give public notice that the same are comdings are pleted, the sheriff shall remove the prisoners to said new jail, completed. the clerk shall remove the records to the new office provided Rooms may be for him, and all the courts of the county shall thereafter be held in the buildings provided for, under this act. § 6. The board of supervisors may provide suitable rooms provided to in which the courts of the county may be held during the hold courts. time that the new court house shall be in progress of being erected, and the said courts of the county are hereby authorised to be held in the rooms so provided, whenever the board shall give public notice to that effect. Corpora § 7. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 27. AN ACT to incorporate the Clinton Monument Association. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : § 1. William C. Bouck, Luther Bradish, Willard Parker, tion creat'd Herman C. Adams, Samuel B. Ruggles, and William W. First trus tees. Campbell, of the city of New-York, Eleazer Lord of the county of Rockland, Rensselaer Bently of the county of Rensselaer, Daniel Cady of the county of Fulton, William Parmelee of the city of Albany, Alfred Conkling of the county of Cayuga, Henry K. Smith, and Millard Fillmore of the city of Buffalo, Daniel Crouse of the county of Madison, Malcom Snowden of the county of Westchester, and Oliver Phelps of the county of Ontario, and such other associates as shall subscribe and pay at least one dollar for the purpose contemplated in this act, shall be and are hereby constituted a body. corporate, by the name of the Clinton Monument association of the State of New-York, for the erection of a monument to the memory of De Witt Clinton, late governor of this state, and as such shall have the powers and be subject to the conditions so far as applicable, contained in title three of chapter eighteen, of part first of the Revised Statutes. §2. The persons named in the first section of this act, shall be the first trustees of the said Clinton Monument association hereby created, and shall hold their offices until and |