$ 28, as added by L. 1916, ch. 566, amended. leges which may be attended oy the holder of a state scholarship issued under the provisions of chapter two hundred and ninetytwo of the laws of nineteen hundred and thirteen and the acts amendatory thereof. (5) A boy above the age of sixteen years and not over the age of nineteen years who does not possess a certificate issued as herein provided, showing that he is enrolled for military training and is meeting the requirements of the military training commission as to such military training, shall not be employed or continued in employment by any person, firm or corporation within this state, or by any officer, manager, superintendent or other employee acting in behalf thereof, unless such boy has been exempted by the commission under its rules and regulations. § 2. Section twenty-eight of such chapter, as inserted by chapter five hundred and sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and sixteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 28. Field training for boys. Within the limit of appropria tions therefor, the commission shall establish and maintain state military camps of instruction for field training of boys who are physically fit and above the age of sixteen years and not over the age of nineteen years and who are accepted therefor by the commission. In determining the persons to receive such field training, where moneys available are not sufficient to provide for all, preference shall be given in the following order unless otherwise provided by law: (1) To male pupils in attendance during the preceding school year in secondary schools; (2) pupils in attendance at state agricultural schools and state agricultural colleges during that period; (3) the other boys above specified. The camps shall be located in such places throughout the state as the commission may determine. Any society, organization or association having a fair ground and entitled to an apportionment of state moneys under sections three hundred and ten and three hundred and eleven of the agricultural law, shall, upon the request of the commission, allow the use of its grounds, or part thereof, for any such camp, when the grounds are not needed for its own purposes, unless previously leased to other parties; and if any such society, association or organization shall refuse to allow the use of its grounds as above provided, the moneys otherwise due to it under such law shall be withheld each year in which such refusal occurs. Such field training shall be given annually, during the summer months, and shall for each detachment of boys, cover a period of not less than two or more than four weeks, as the commission may determine. Such camps and the training and discipline thereat shall be under the direction and charge of the commission. The major-general commanding the national guard shall detail for service at such camps, such number of officers and enlisted men of the national guard and naval militia as may be required by the commission. Such officers and enlisted men during such detail shall receive pay, subsistence and transportation as authorized in this chapter and the regulations issued thereunder for officers and enlisted men of their grades and length of service on duty under orders of the major-general, commanding the national guard. § 3. Section twenty-nine-a of such chapter, as inserted by chap- $ 299, as ter five hundred and sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and sixteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: 8 29-a. State military property, including armories, may be used. The authorities in charge of armories shall, upon the application of the military training commission, allow the use of any armory of the national guard and naval militia for the conduct of military drills provided for by this article, when such armory is not then required for the use of the national guard or naval militia, and shall authorize the temporary use by boys for whom military instruction is provided as prescribed in this article, for the purpose of such drills, of arms and other equipment of the national guard and naval militia, belonging to the state, not then required for the use of the national guard or naval militia, and of arms and other equipment which may have been rendered obsolete and unserviceable and which may be retained and issued for such purpose, under such rules and regulations as the proper military authorities may prescribe. The military authorities of the state are authorized and empowered to loan to the military training commission such military property as may be necessary in the organization and maintenance of field. training camps, and to carry out the provisions of this article. 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Words "of the major-general commanding the national guard, subject to the supervision," omitted. 7 Word "shall" substituted for word "may." 8 Words "when such armory is not then required for the use of the national guard or naval militia," new. added by L. 1916, ch. 566, amended. Chap. 471. AN ACT to incorporate the American Power Boat Association. Became a law May 6, 1918, with the approval of the Governor. three-fifths being present. Passed, The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The American Power Boat Association is hereby constituted and created a body corporate by the name and style of American Power Boat Association, for the purposes of a membership corporation and with the powers stated and provided in the constitution and by-laws of the said association as at present organized and as the same may be hereafter amended, stated and provided, and by that name said association shall be in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, defending and being defended, in all courts and places and in all matters and things whatsoever and shall and may have and use a common seal and may change and alter the same at pleasure. § 2. The said association shall have perpetual succession, and be capable of taking and holding, by grant, gift, bequest, or devise, subject to all the provisions of law relating to devises and bequests by last will and testament, real or personal property, or both, for the purposes of said association, with the right to convey or mortgage the same and to invest and reinvest the same. § 3. The real and personal property of said association shall be taken, bought, sold, administered, controlled and managed by the council of said association under its constitution and by-laws when in session duly convened as such council, their agents and servants, duly authorized, with full authority to take such action with reference to the property of said association as may be lawful. The said association shall not, however, by said act of incorporation, have power or authority to do any banking, real estate or other business, or embark in any business whatsoever, except that which is necessary to take, hold and dispose of such real and personal property of which it may become the owner or possessor and to carry out the purposes and objects of its organization. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 472. AN ACT to amend the general corporation law, in relation to the manner of voting stock held by fiduciaries. Became a law May 6, 1918, 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: added to ch. 28. Section 1. Chapter twenty-eight of the laws of nineteen hun- $ 23a dred and nine, entitled "An act relating to corporations generally, L. 1909, constituting chapter twenty-three of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended by inserting therein, after section twenty-three, a new section, to be section twenty-three-a, to read as follows: 23-a. Stock held in fiduciary capacity; how voted. Fiduciaries, whether appointed by last will and testament or by the court, shall have the same right and power, either in person or by proxy, at all corporate meetings to vote any and all shares of stock held by them in a fiduciary capacity, in any corporation organized under the laws of this state, as the deceased or legal owner thereof had in his lifetime. And where such stock is registered on the books of such corporation in the name of, or has passed by operation of law or by virtue of any last will and testament, to more than two fiduciaries, and dispute shall arise among them, the said shares of stock shall be voted by a majority of such fiduciaries, and in such manner and for such purpose as such majority shall authorize, direct, or desire the same to be voted. If the number of fiduciaries shall be even and they shall be equally divided upon the question of voting such stock, it shall be lawful for the court having jurisdiction of their accounts, upon petition filed by any of such fiduciaries or by any party in interest, to direct the voting of such stock in the manner which, in the opinion of such court, will be for the best interests of the parties beneficially interested in the stock. Fiduciaries, whether appointed by last will and testament, filed in any court of this state, or by any court of this state, shall have all the foregoing rights and powers, subject to the foregoing limitations, to vote any and all shares of stock, held by them in a fiduciary capacity, in any corporation, organized under the laws of any other state, providing nothing in the laws of the state, under which the corporation was organized. prohibits the exercise of such rights and powers. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. L. 1909, amended by L. 1909, ch, 281, chaps. 485, ch. 298, L. 1913, ch. 168, L. 1915, ch, 654, L. 1916, ch. 416, and L. 1917, ch. 623, amended. Chap. 473. AN ACT to amend the liquor tax law, generally. Became a law May 6, 1918, 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 eight of chapter thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act in relation to the traffic in liquors and for the taxation and regulation of the same, and to provide for local option, constituting chapter thirty-four of the consolidated laws," as amended by chapter two hundred and eighty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, chapters four hundred and eighty-five and four hundred and ninety-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten, chapter two hundred and ninety-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and thirteen, chapter six hundred and fifty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and fifteen, chapter four hundred and sixteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and sixteen and chapter six hundred and twenty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 8. Excise taxes upon the business of trafficking in liquors; enumeration. Excise taxes upon the business of trafficking in liquors shall be of seven grades, and assessed as follows: 1. Upon the business of trafficking in liquors to be drunk upon the premises where sold, or which are so drunk, whether in a hotel, restaurant, saloon, store, shop, booth or other place, or in any outbuildings, yard or garden appertaining thereto or connected therewith, there is assessed an excise tax to be paid by every person engaged in such traffic, and for each such place where such traffic is carried on by such person if the same be in a city or borough having by the last state census a population of five hundred thousand or more, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars; if in a city or borough having by said census a population of less than five hundred thousand, but more than fifty thousand, the sum of twelve hundred dollars; if in a city or village having by said census a population of fifty thousand or less, but more than seven thousand and five hundred, the sum of one |