LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. PASSED AT THE 143D REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, BEGUN VOLUME I. Chap. 1. AN ACT making appropriation of money to be distributed by the commissioner of agriculture to certain counties of the state. Became a law January 22, 1920, 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: ation of received fees upon Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in Appropr!the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of two hundred moneys and forty-one thousand, five hundred and fifty-five dollars and for license thirteen cents ($241,555.13) to the commissioner of agriculture dogs. for apportionment to certain counties in the state, from which counties moneys were received by the state from town and city clerks for license fees upon dogs, since February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and nineteen. tionment. The amount of money apportioned to each such county shall Apporbe such proportionate part of the amount hereby appropriated as the full amount of such fees received by the state from such county subsequent to February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, sustains to the appropriation hereby made. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 Acts and proceedings of state engineer, Chap. 2. AN ACT to legalize, ratify and confirm and make effectual and valid the acts and proceedings of the state engineer and surveyor, the superintendent of public works, the canal board and the city of Oswego, the water service commission and its president, the common council and the mayor of the city of Oswego, in relation to the conveyance by the state to the city of Oswego of its interest in certain lands near the west end of barge canal dam number six in the Oswego river, the state's interest, if any, in the use of one-half of the surplus waters impounded by said dam and the right to attach to said dam and maintain forebay or race walls and to flow such waters as said city now is or may hereafter become entitled to use over the intervening state lands and structures, and in consideration of such conveyance by the state, the release of the state by the city of Oswego from certain claims and demands growing out of the taking or occupation by the state of lands of the city of Oswego and its predecessors in title, and out of the construction and maintenance and operation of the improved Oswego canal, and in relation to an undertaking by the city of Oswego to reimburse the state for any damages hereafter occasioned. Became a law January 26, 1920, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a two-thirds vote. Accepted by the City. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. All acts and proceedings of the state engineer and surveyor, the superintendent of public works, and the canal board pertaining, leading to and including the resolution of the canal public board, adopted on the second day of April, nineteen hundred and superin tendent of works and canal board, legalized. nineteen, whereby certain maps, known as numbers twenty-six hundred-b and twenty-six hundred-c, barge canal contract thirtyseven, were prepared, certified and approved and the superintendent of public works was authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the city of Oswego a quitclaim deed, releasing and conveying to said the city of Oswego the lands described on said map twenty-six hundred-b, and also releasing and conveying to said the city of Oswego the right, title and interest, if any, of the state in and to the use, at and below barge canal dam number six in the Oswego river, of one-half of the surplus waters of the Oswego river impounded by said dam, that is, one-half of the waters impounded by said dam over and above the amount or flow of water now or hereafter required for any and all canal uses and purposes, including the water which may be hereafter required for the operation of a second lock, together with the right to said the city. of Oswego to draw through the bulkhead gates of said dam and pass over any intervening state structures or lands to the land now or hereafter owned by said city, such waters as it now is or may hereafter become entitled to use and also the right to attach to said dam and bulkheads such race or forebay walls as are necessary to enable it to draw through the west side bulkhead gates of said dam, to pass to its own lands and make use of such portion of the said surplus waters as it now is or may hereafter become entitled to use; are hereby legalized, ratified, confirmed and made effectual and valid notwithstanding any defect, irregularity or the omission of any lawful requirements in or want of statutory authority for such acts and proceedings, and notwithstanding any statutory inhibition of said acts and proceedings as provided by section sixteen of the barge canal act, being chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and three as amended by chapter four hundred and ninety-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and seven, and by chapter thirty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and nineteen, or by section four hundred of the conservation law, being chapter six hundred and forty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, or by any other statute, and the superintendent of public works is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the city of Oswego such quitclaim deed, pursuant to the terms of said resolution of the canal board adopted April second, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and subject to all the conditions, reservations and exceptions therein provided, including the execution and delivery by the city of Oswego to the superintendent of public works of the release of all its claims and demands and the undertaking on its part, all as set forth in said resolution of the canal board. proceed § 2. All acts and proceedings of the city of Oswego, and of its acts and common council, mayor, water service commission and the presi- ings of dent of said water service commission, pertaining, leading to and Oswego including the acceptance of the terms and conditions of the said common city of and its council, mayor, and water service commission, legalized. L. 1869, ch. 882, resolution of the canal board, adopted April second, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and the releases of the state by the said the city of Oswego from all its claims and demands growing out of the taking or occupation of lands of the city of Oswego and its predecessors in title and out of the construction, maintenance and operation of the improved Oswego canal and in relation to an undertaking by the city of Oswego to reimburse the state for any damages hereafter occasioned, all as set forth in the resolution of the common council of the city of Oswego, adopted April fourteenth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and approved by the mayor of said city April fourteenth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and the resolution of the water service commission of said city, adopted April fourteenth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, are hereby legalized, ratified, confirmed and made effectual and valid, notwithstanding any defect, irregularity or the omission of any lawful requirement in or want of statutory authority for such acts and proceedings, and the mayor of the city of Oswego and the president of the water service commission of said city are hereby authorized and empowered to deliver to the superintendent of public works the releases and undertaking mentioned and described in said resolutions of the common council and water service commission of the city of Oswego upon said superintendent complying with the terms and conditions of the aforesaid resolution of the canal board, adopted April second, nineteen hundred and nineteen. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 3. AN ACT to amend chapter eight hundred and eighty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Green Island, and for other purposes," in relation to annual village elections, and the appointment and compensation of election officers. Became a law January 31, 1920, 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. Sections four, seven, eight and ten of chapter eight $84, 7, 8, hundred and eighty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty 10 re |