Proceedings authorizing construction and bond issue, Chap. 172. AN ACT to legalize the proceedings of the town of Marcy, in The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. All the acts and proceedings of the town of Marcy, in the county of Oneida, had and done by its town board, officers, agents, voters and taxpayers for the construction of a highway legalized. bridge over Nine-Mile creck on state route number twenty-five in such town, before, after and including the special town meeting held in such town on the thirty-first day of August, nineteen hundred and seventeen, whereby a proposition was adopted authorizing the town board of such town to borrow upon the credit of such town the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and to issue town bonds therefor for the purpose of paying for the construction of such bridge under such terms, conditions and restrictions as the board of supervisors of Oneida county may legally impose, the accrued interest and one-tenth of the principal of such bonds to be payable March first, nineteen hundred and nineteen and a like sum on March first each year thereafter until fully paid, are hereby ratified, legalized and confirmed, notwithstanding any defect, irregularity or the omission of any lawful requirement in or the want of any statutory authority for such acts and proceedings. And such bonds when so sold, issued, delivered and paid for at not less than par, shall become and be valid and binding obligations of such town, both as to principal and interest. The proper officers shall raise annually by tax upon the taxable property and inhabitants in such town in the manner provided by law, such sums as may be necessary to pay the principal and interest of such bonds as the same respectively become due. Bonds validated. for Tax payment. Pending actions. 2. This act shall not affect any action or proceeding pending in any court at the time this act takes effect. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 173. AN ACT to authorize the board of education of union free school district number eleven of Sangerfield and Marshall, Oneida county, to raise annually by tax for the years nineteen hundred and eighteen to nineteen hundred and twenty-three, both inclusive, certain sums to constitute a sinking fund for the redemption of bonds of such district hereafter maturing. Became a law April 10, 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. The board of education of union free school district number eleven of Sangerfield and Marshall, Oneida county, is hereby authorized to raise by tax upon the. property of the district, for the purposes of this act, in addition to current expenses, for the years nineteen hundred and eighteen to nineteen hundred and twenty-three, both inclusive, the following sums: In the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, three hundred dollars; in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, three hundred and forty-five dollars; in the year nineteen hundred and twenty, three hundred and ninety dollars; in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one, four hundred and thirty-five dollars; in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-two, four hundred and eighty dollars and in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-three, five hundred and twenty-five dollars. Such money shall, as soon as collected, be deposited in a savings bank, paying interest at the rate of at least three and one-half per centum per annum, to be credited semi-annually, and shall constitute a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds of such district hereafter maturing, as follows: Five hundred and twenty-five dollars shall be applicable to the payment of bonds maturing January first nineteen hundred and twenty-five; four hundred and eighty dollars shall be applicable to the payment of bonds maturing January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six; four hundred and thirty-five dollars shall be applicable to the payment of bonds maturing January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven; three hundred and ninety dollars shall be applicable to the payment of bonds maturing January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight; three hundred and forty-five dollars shall be applicable to the payment of bonds maturing January first, nine teen hundred and twenty-nine; three hundred dollars shall be applicable to the payment of bonds maturing January first, nineteen hundred and thirty, and the balance of such money together with accrued interest shall be applicable in approximately equal parts to the bonds of such district maturing on January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one and January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-two. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. $ 22 added to L. 1909, ch. 49. Chap. 174. AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the health districts around Lake George. Became a law April 10, 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. Chapter forty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act in relation to the public health, constituting chapter forty-five of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended by inserting therein a new section, to be section twentytwo, to read as follows: 22. Lake George health district. All the territory of Lake George and its water-shed within the town of Queensbury, Warren county; the towns of Fort Ann, Dresden and Putnam, Washington county, and the town of Ticonderoga, Essex county, south of the "Narrows" or original outlet of Lake George; and the entire territory of the towns of Hague, Bolton and Caldwell and the village of Lake George, Warren county; shall hereafter not be deemed to be the whole or a part of any present local health district but shall be a separate health district to be known as the Lake George health district. Within thirty days after the passage of this act the supervisor of each of such towns and the president of such village shall meet and elect a board of health of three members for such Lake George health district. Of the board of health first elected one member shall be elected to serve until January first, nineteen hundred and nineteen, one until January first, nineteen hundred and twenty, and one until January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-one. Prior to December thirty-first each year such supervisors and village president shall meet and elect one member of the board of health who shall serve three years from the January first following or until his successor has been elected and has qualified. When the duly elected members of the board of health of such district have qualified such board of health shall have all the rights, powers and duties in such district as are conferred or imposed upon the board of health of any consolidated health district; and the expenses of such district shall be defrayed in the manner set forth in section twenty of the public health law in its relation to consolidated health districts; or under the provision of section twenty-a of the public health law. This act shall not change the present districts for the registration of vital statistics nor the appointment, authority nor term of office of any of the registrars of vital statistics in any present district nor shall it change the administration of the health laws in the remainder of the towns of Queensbury, Warren county; Fort Ann, Dresden and Putnam, Washington county; and Ticonderoga, Essex county. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 175. AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of Port Jervis, in relation to maximum amount of annual city tax levy. Became a law April 10, 1918, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the City. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ch. 753, Section 1. Subdivision nine of section fifty-four of chapter seven L 1907. hundred and fifty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and seven, 64, subd. 8 entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Port Jervis," is hereby amended. amended to read as follows: tax levy; purposes: Umit. 9. A sum necessary for defraying the general and contingent Annual expenses of the city, for the payment of all salaries and other expenses not otherwise provided for, to be designated the general fund. The aggregate for the annual tax levy for the purposes of this section above specified, shall not exceed the sum of fifty 1 Formerly "forty." thousand dollars. In addition to the amounts which shall be L. 1914, ch. 369, § 238, subd. 8 renumbered subd. 9: new subd. 8 added. Chap. 176. AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to powers of savings banks. Became a law April 10, 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. Subdivision eight of section two hundred and thirtyeight of chapter three hundred and sixty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled "An act in relation to banking corporations, and individuals, partnerships, unincorporated associations and corporations under the supervision of the banking department, constituting chapter two of the consolidated laws," is hereby renumbered subdivision nine and a new subdivision eight inserted in place thereof to read as follows: 8. To receive as depository, or as bailee for safekeeping and storage, liberty bonds or other bonds or securities issued by the United States government for war purposes or otherwise. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |