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and lectures for adults, gymnasiums, parochial houses and community centers; and to provide and maintain a place of higher education for girls or boys, or both, in connection with religious instruction, and when done in the state of New York, shall be under the control and supervision of the state board of regents of the university of the state of New York.

e. To provide a school for the education of priests, ministers, teachers and other official participants of the faith; to maintain and support students and graduates, and by an adequate system and conference provide for them churches and pulpits, as a regulatory and disciplinary order of religious promotion with a means of pensioning them after the age of seventy, or before in case of general debility, and to provide for them rules, by-laws, homes, livings, sustenance, clothes and anything that may be necessary for their welfare, enlightenment, education, study, advancement and comfort.

f. To do anything as herein expressed and anything that may be necessary for these objects and purposes, in accordance with the law of the state of New York, and where conducted without the state, under and by virtue of such laws of other states, territories, tributaries, and colonies of the United States and any foreign country, within the purview and under the officers and bylaws of the corporation.

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§ 4. The corporation hereby formed shall have power to take Powers as by bequest, devise, gift or operation of any law, ordinance, court, erty." judiciary, ministerial or executive of any government, either absolutely or in trust, to the extent of twenty-five million dollars, and to hold, purchase or lease any property, real or personal, whether situated in the state of New York or elsewhere, for any of its purposes; to convey such property and to invest and reinvest any principal and income thereof, and deal with and expend the income and principal of the corporation in such manner as in the judgment of the trustees will best promote its objects. Such corporation shall have all the powers which by the general corpora- Corporate tion law are conferred upon corporations, and in addition thereto powers. shall have all the powers and be subject to all the restrictions which now or may hereafter pertain by law to membership and religious corporations created by special law, so far as the same are applicable thereto and are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act. The persons named in the first section of this Organizaact, or a majority of them, shall hold a meeting and organize stitution, the corporation and adopt a constitution and by-laws not incon- by-laws." sistent with the constitution and laws of this state. The persons First named in the first section of this act shall constitute the first board of trustees. The constitution and by-laws shall prescribe Members; the manner of selection of members, the number of members which quorum, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the ete. meetings of the corporation, the number of trustees by whom the business affairs of the corporation shall be managed, the qualifications, powers and manner of selection of the trustees and officers of the corporation, the manner of amending the constitu

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tion and by-laws of the corporation, and any other provisions for the management and disposition of the property and regulation of the affairs of the corporation which may be deemed expedient. The corporation may adopt and use a seal and to alter and destroy the same at pleasure; may have offices and conduct its business affairs within the state of New York and elsewhere; and in general do such acts and things, including the establishment of regulations for the election of associates and successors, the establishment and regulation of qualifications for the selection of members, and their classification including corporations and voluntary associations as well as natural persons, as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act and to promote the purposes of such corporation.

§ 5. Such corporation shall have power to solicit, acquire and receive funds or property given, devised or bequeathed to it for the purposes of a permanent endowment, and shall have the power, subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the donors thereof, to invest any such funds in any securities which may be lawfully held by trustees or by savings banks under the laws of the state of New York, and it may expend the income of any such funds for any of the purposes herein before provided. It may also change the manner and form of such investments from time to time as may be expedient in the judgment of the governing body. Such corporation may solicit and acquire by gift such funds as may be in its judgment necessary for the proper payment of the expenses of its operation and maintenance. Such corporation shall have no power to issue certificates of stock or to pay or declare dividends.

§ 6. The corporation hereby formed is not established and shall not be maintained or conducted for pecuniary profit, or for the pecuniary profit of its members, but shall be and remain a charitable and religious corporation, and no officer, member or employee of the corporation shall receive or be lawfully entitled to receive any pecuniary profit from the operations thereof except reasonable compensation for services actually rendered the corporation in effecting one or more of its purposes.

§ 7. The persons hereinabove named shall be the governing body of such corporation, and shall hold office until their successors are elected in the manner provided by the by-laws.

§ 8. The office of the corporation hereby created shall at all times be within the state of New York, and the books and records of said corporation shall be kept in such office.

§ 9. This act shall take effect immediately.

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CHAPTER 261

AN ACT to repeal section two hundred and eighty-six-a of the highway law, relating to transparently illuminated rear plates.

Became a law April 1, 1925, 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:

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Section 1. Section two hundred and eighty-six-a of chapter thirty L. 1909, of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relating 2868 to highways, constituting chapter twenty-five of the consolidated repealed. laws," as added by chapter five hundred and seventy-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and eighteen and last amended by chapter five hundred and eighty of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty one, is hereby repealed.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

CHAPTER 262

AN ACT to repeal section one hundred and forty-nine-a of the highway law, relating to the purchase of land in certain counties.

Became a law April 1, 1925, 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:

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Section 1. Section one hundred and forty-nine-a of chapter L. 1909, thirty of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act 149a relating to highways, constituting chapter twenty-five of the con- repealed. solidated laws," as added by chapter twelve of the laws of nineteen hundred and sixteen, is hereby repealed.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

CHAPTER 263

AN ACT to amend the charter of the village of Lyons, in relation to the police justice.

Became a law April 1, 1925, 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:

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Section 1. Section one hundred and thirty of chapter seven L. 1907, hundred and fifty of the laws of nineteen hundred and seven, entitled "An act to revise, amend and consolidate the various amended. acts relating to the village of Lyons, in the county of Wayne, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts affecting such village,' is hereby amended to read as follows:

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§ 130. Police justice; jurisdiction, et cetera.. The police justice shall reside in and keep office in the village.1 He shall have exclusive jurisdiction, except as hereinafter provided, to issue all warrants in cases where the alleged crime or misdemeanor has been committed within the village of Lyons, and of all cases within the town of Lyons, of persons charged with being tramps, vagrants or disorderly persons, and all cases within the village of Lyons where summary conviction may be had, and in bastardy proceedings, and to hear and determine all complaints, and to conduct all examinations and trials in criminal cases that may now by law be had by a justice of the peace or before a court of special seessions;* and shall have the same power and jurisdiction in such criminal cases arising in said village which justices of the peace now have by law, or which may hereafter be conferred upon justices of the peace by law. He shall have the same powers in all cases as justices of the peace to administer oaths and take affidavits. He shall also have exclusive civil and criminal jurisdiction of all violations of the charter, by-laws and ordinances of said village, of the grade or class which, as to amount, punishment or penalty, would otherwise be within the jurisdiction either of courts of special sessions or justices of the peace of towns. The course of procedure and practice before the police justice, and in his court, shall be the same as prescribed by the laws of this state in like cases before justices of the peace, or courts of special sessions of towns, according to the nature of the proceedings, except as hereinafter provided. For the enforcement of any fine imposed upon or penalty recovered against any person for any violation of the charter, ordinances or by-laws of said village, the police justice may, unless the same with all costs is paid, commit such person to imprisonment, as in cases of fines for like amounts imposed under the penal or criminal laws of this state by the justices of the peace or courts of special sessions in towns, or, in his discretion, he may, unless the same with all costs is paid, commit such person for a number of days certain, not exceeding the number of the dollars of the fine, to the jail of Wayne county, or to the lock-up or place of confinement that shall be erected or provided by authority of said village, but such imprisonment shall not in any case exceed thirty days. In all cases of imprisonment in pursuance of the sentence, judgment or direction of said police justice, and in all cases of detention or temporary commitment directed by him, in addition to the other places of confinement provided by the general laws, said lock-up or place of confinement provided by said village may be used as a place of imprisonment. He shall keep a docket provided by the board of trustees, which shall remain the property of the village, in which he shall keep a record of all proceedings before him, commenced either with or without process, the date thereof, the nature of the offense charged, and what action was had thereon, and what disposition was made thereof, and all judgments, sentences and fines rendered or im

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posed by him, and whether collected, and if so, how and when, and all moneys and costs collected or paid, and when, together with a brief statement how and to what extent every judgment, sentence and imprisonment was carried out or complied with. Said docket shall be subject to inspection at all times by the trustees, or any of them, and by any inhabitant of said village and by any person interested in any matter mentioned therein. The police justice shall collect and receive all fees, fines and allowances that are by law collectible by justices of the peace or courts of special sessions in towns, or that may be imposed or received by him, to enforce the charter or any of the by-laws or ordinances of said village or in any prosecution for a violation of section one hundred and thirty-three of this act. And at the first meeting of the board of trustees in every month he shall return thereto, in such form as the board of trustees may prescribe, a sworn tabular statement of all such fees, fines, allowances and moneys collected or received by him, directly or indirectly, during the last month preceding, and with it the receipt of the treasurer of the village, showing the payment of all such fines, allowances, fees and moneys into the village treasury for the benefit of the village; and any omission to render such statement or to pay over any moneys collected or received by him, or any part thereof, before such first meeting of the board in each month, or any false statement, or any intentional omission from such statement of any of said matters or portions of the moneys received by him, shall be sufficient cause for his removal from office by the board of trustees. The board of trustees may also appoint some justice of the peace of the town of Lyons who shall, at any time when the police justice shall be unable to perform the duties, or any of them, of his office, on account of necessary absence from the village, sickness, or any other cause that does not vacate his office, perform all the duties and have all the powers and be subject to all the regulations herein provided in respect to said police justice, and for such services he shall receive a proportionate share of the salary of said police justice, to be determined by the board of trustees, which amount paid him shall be deducted from the salary of said police justice, and such justice of the peace shall receive no fees, pay or allowances from any source for such services, except such proportionate share of said salary. But said justice of the peace shall make all statements and accounts as hereinbefore provided, for the period during which he shall discharge the duties of police justice. Said justice, thus designated, shall continue to discharge such duties in the cases herein provided, during his term of office. If both said police justice and said justice of the peace thus designated shall at any time be temporarily absent from the village or unable to perform the duties of this office, the board of trustees may designate any other justice of the peace of the town of Lyons to perform the duties of said office during said temporary absence or disability, and he shall receive payment therefor in the same manner and subject to the same regulations, including payment for his services, as here

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