CHAP. 519. An Act to authorize the construction of an iron bridge over the Black River canal, in the village of Port Leyden, in the county of Lewis. Passed May 1, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 520. An Act for the payment of Peter Voorhees and James L. Voorhees for damages sustained by them in the draining of the Cayuga marshes. Passed May 1, 1868; threefifths being present. CHAP. 521. An Act for the relief of the Co-operative Ironfounders' Association of West Troy. Passed May 1, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 522. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Oddfellows' Hall. Association of the City of Buffalo," passed March 28th, 1867. Passed May 1, 1868. CHAP. 523. An Act to amend the charter of the village of Palatine Bridge. Passed May 1, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 524. An Act to legalize the election of trustees in Free Union School district number one of the town of Plattsburgh, and the several acts of the board of education of said district. Passed May 1, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 525. An Act to amend the certificate of incorporation of the New York Ophthalmic Hospital. Passed May 1, 1868. . CHAP. 526. An Act to incorporate the Orthopedic Dispensary in the city of New York Passed May 1, 1868. CHAP. 527. An Act to incorporate the village of Corfu. Passed May 1, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 528. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Highways of the town of Deerfield to borrow money to pay indebtedness. Passed May 1, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 529. An Act to incorporate the Rhinebeck Gas Company. Passed May 1, 186. CHAP. 530. An Act to enable the village of Mexico, in Oswego county, to raise money for certain purposes. Passed May 1, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 531. An Act to lay out, construct and maintain a public road from the foot of East Second street, in Long Island city, to D street, in Blissville, Queens county, and to close certain streets in Long Island city, Queens county. Passed May 1, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 532. An Act to authorize the formation of a railroad company and the construction of a railroad for public use, from the Utica and Black River Railroad, by way of Forestport and Port Woodhull to Bellinger Town and branches. Passed May 2, 1868. CHAP. 533. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend and reduce to one act the several acts relating to buildings and the keeping and storage of combustible materials in the city of New York," passed May fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Passed May 2, 1868. CHAP. 534. An Act to regulate the use of certain docks in the city of Albany. Passed May 2, 1868. CHAP. 535. An Act to amend the Metropolitan Police Law, concerning the Police Life Insurance Fund. Passed May 2, 1868. CHAP. 536. An Act to provide for building a bridge across the Tonawanda creek, on the Tonawanda Indian reservation, and making an appropriation for the same. Passed May 2, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 537. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a turnpike corporation for improving and making a road from the village of Newburgh, on the Hudson river, to Cochecton, on the Delaware river," passed March twentieth, eighteen hundred and one, and in relation to toll-gates and tolls upon the turnpike road of said corporation. Passed May 2, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 538. An Act explanatory of chapter one hundred and ninety-four of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An Act to provide for a Convention to revise and amend the Constitution." Passed May 2, 1868; three-fifths being present. CEAP. 539. An Act to authorize the extension of railroad tracks from Atlantic avenue to Prospect park, in the city of Brooklyn. Passed May 2, 1868. CHAP. 540. An Act to amend an act, passed May ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act making the turnpike and bridges of the Ravenswood, Hallett's Cove and Williamsburgh Turnpike and Bridge Company free, and providing for the mainte ance of the same, and for the rebuilding of the bridge over Newtown creek." Passed May 2, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 541. An Act authorizing the city of Syracuse to loan its credit in aid of the Syracuse and Chenango Valley Railroad Company. Passed May 2, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 542. An Act to incorporate the Shelter Island Wharf and Improvement Company. Passed May 2, 1868. CHAP. 543. An Act to extend the charter of the Greenport and Shelter Island Ferry Cɔmpany. Passed May 2, 1868. CHAP. 544. An Act authorizing the city of Syracuse to loan its credit in aid of the Syracuse Northern Railroad Company. Passed May 2, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 545. An Act to incorporate the Manhattan Express. Passed May 2, 1868. CHAP. 546. An Act empowering the Board of Supervisors of the county of Westchester to require the collectors of the different towns in that county to pay over taxes at stated times. Passed May 2, 1868. CHAP. 547. An Act conferring upon the Brooklyn Patent Pressed Brick Company power to hold real estate. Passed May 2, 1868. CHAP. 548. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act for the improvement of lands in and near the Wallabout Bay, in the city of Brooklyn, and for laying out and constructing a basin, dock and streets therein," passed May eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed May 2, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 549. An Act to regulate, grade and macadamize the highway known as the Westchester Turnpike and Post Road, commencing at a point in said road on the line dividing the towns of West Farms and Morrisania. Passed May 2, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 550. An Act to incorporate "The New York and Brooklyn Iron Tubular Tunnel Company." Passed May 2, 1868. CHAP. 551. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the construction of a railroad from the city of Poughkeepsie to the Connecticut or Massachusetts line, and to authorize towns to subscribe to the capital stock thereof," passed April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and to ratify proceedings heretofore had under said act. Passed May 2, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 552. An Act to authorize the making and opening of a road or avenue from Mamaroneck harbor, in the town of Mamaroneck in the county of Westchester, to some point in the village of White Plains in the county of Westchester, to be called Mamaroneck avenue. Passed May 2, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 553. An Act to authorize certain towns in the counties of Sullivan and Orange to issue bonds and take stock in any company now organized or that may hereafter be organized, within three years after the passage of this act, for the purpose of building a railroad from the village of Monticello, in the county of Sullivan, through the towns of Thompson and Forestburgh in said county of Sullivan, and the town of Deerpark in the county of Orange, to Port Jervis, Orange county. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present; without the approval of the Governor.* CHAP. 554. An Act to authorize the Comptroller to invest the moneys belonging to the Cornell Endowment Fund. Passed May 4, 1868, without the approval of the Governor.* CHAP. 555. An Act appointing William O. Wood, of Red Creek, Wayne county, William I. Dutcher and Henry Nichols, of the village of Westbury, in Wayne and Cayuga counties, commissioners to construct ditches, to increase and make available the water power of Duck lake in Cayuga county. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 556. An Act to amend charter of the village of Olean. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 557. An Act to amend the charter of Saratoga Springs, passed March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for the purpose of securing a supply of pure and wholesome water for the use of said village. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 558. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the charter of the village of Macedon," passed April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 559. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to consolidate and amend the several acts relating to the village of Peekskill, to alter the bounds and to enlarge the powers or the corporation of said village," passed March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 560. An Act to amend the charter of "The Up-Town Savings Bank," in the city of New York. Passed May 4, 1868. CHAP. 561. An Act to enable the electors of the town of Hamilton in the county of Madison, the town of Vienna, Oneida county, and the town of Clifton Park, Saratoga county, to vote by districts for town officers. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 562. An Act appointing Guy C. Humphrey, Samuel Nichols and Chauncey Lumm, commissioners to drain into the Golden Hill creek certain low lands in the town of Somerset in Niagara county, and to prevent the overflow of water in said town, and on lands in the town of Yates, Orleans county. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 563. An Act creating the office of "Metropolitan Fire Marshal," and prescribing its powers and duties. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 564. An Act changing the name of the Wolstenholme File Manufacturing Company, to "The Buffalo File Company." Passed May 4, 1868. CHAP. 565. An Act fixing the compensation of the Coroners of the city and county of New York. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 566. An Act to amend "An act to incorporate The People's Savings Bank of the town of Yonkers in the county of Westchester," passed April fifth, eighteen hundred and sixtysix. Passed May 4, 1868. CHAP. 567. An Act to incorporate the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital. Passed May 4, 1868. CHAP. 568. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the towns of West Farms, Morrisania and Yonkers to widen, make and extend a highway in said towns, to be known or called the Central Road or Avenue," passed April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 569. An Act to amend chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An act to extend the time for the commencement and construction of the Grand Hotel Company of New York city," passed March twentysecond, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Passed May 4, 1868. CHAP. 570. An Act to authorize certain towns and villages in the counties of Onondaga, Madison and Chenango to issue bonds to take stock in the Syracuse and Chenango Valley Railroad Company. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 571. An Act to authorize certain towns in the counties of Onondaga, Oswego and Jefferson to issue bonds in aid of the Syracuse Northern Railroad Company. Passed May 4, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 572. An Act to incorporate the Cartmen's Protective Union of the city and county of New York. Passed May 4, 1868. CHAP. 573. An Act to afford the same facilities to passengers or property transported by steamboat on the Hudson river as is afforded by railroad. Passed May 4, 1868. CHAP. 574. An Act to authorize the town of Argyle, in the county of Washington, to raise money by tax for the erection of a court house and jail therein, for said county. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 575. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act for the correction of assessments and equalization of taxes," being chapter four hundred and fifty-three of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 576. An Act to provide for the consolidation of the Greenpoint and Williamsburgh railroad with the Nassau railroad of Brooklyn. Passed May 5, 1868. CHAP. 577. An Act authorizing the village of Douglas, in the counties of Delaware and Sullivan, to subscribe for and take capital stock in certain stock companies in said village. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 578. An Act relating to the old burying ground in the village of Fulton, Oswego county. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 579. An Act in relation to appeals from decisions of Canal Appraisers. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 580. An Act to authorize the town of Westchester, in the county of Westchester, to raise money to lay sidewalks in said town. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 581. An Act to repeal the charter of the Bellvale Turnpike Company. Passed May 5, 1868. CHAP. 582. An Act to authorize "The Erie and New England Railroad Company" to establish and maintain a steamboat ferry on the Hudson river, at some point between Stony Point and Fort Montgomery, on said river. Passed May 5, 1868. CHAP. 583. An Act in relation to reopening and maintaining a ditch, situated on the east side of and parallel to the Genesee Valley Canal, in the towns of Groveland and West Sparta, in the county of Livingston. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 584. An Act to authorize the town of Sheldon, county of Wyoming, to raise money to purchase the right of way through said town, for the Attica and Allegany Valley Railroad Company, or any company that will construct a railroad from the village of Attica to village of Arcade, in said county, on or near the route already located for the Attica and Allegany Valley Railroad. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 585. An Act to incorporate the Working Women's Protective Union. Passed May 5, 1868. CHAP. 586. An Act relating to the recording of sheriffs' certificates upon the sale of real CHAP. 588. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act appointing railroad commissioners of the town of Johnstown, and modifying their powers and duties," passed March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 589. An Act to incorporate the Chateaugay Waterworks Company. Passed May 5, 1868. CHAP. 590. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to the village of Hornellsville," passed April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 591. An Act to prevent burials near the reservoirs and ponds used for the supply of the city of Brooklyn with water. Passed May 5, 1868. CHAP. 592. An Act to amend chapter six hundred and fifty-nine of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An act in relation to the collection of taxes in the city of Utica." Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 593. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Binghamton," passed April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed May 5, 1868; threefifths being present. CHAP. 594. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning the proof of wills, executors, administrators, guardians and wards, and surrogates' courts," passed May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 595. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Poughkeepsie Female Guardian Society," passed April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. Passed May 5, 1868. CHAP. 596. An Act declaring the effect of judgments of the courts of countries foreign to the United States. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 597. An Act to incorporate the Freewill Baptist General Conference of North America. Passed May 5, 1868. CHAP. 598. An Act to provide the means to increase the revenues of the sinking fund, under section three of article seven of the Constitution, so as to make such fund sufficient to preserve the public faith. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 599. An Act to authorize the purchasing and applying of disinfectants for use in prisons. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 600. An Act to declare the village of Williamsville a separate road district, and to provide means by tax therein for keeping streets, alleys, sidewalks and crosswalks in repair. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 601. An Act to enable the tax paying electors of the village of Geneseo to raise money in aid of "The Wadsworth Normal Training School," located in that village. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 602. An Act to amend "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for buding a bridge over Chambers' creek, in the towns of Newburgh and New Windsor in the county of Orange, and for making free the present toll bridge over Murderer's creek in the town of New Windsor,'" passed April first, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 603. An Act supplementary to an act entitled "An act declaring the village of Adams a valid corporation," passed May twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 604. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Moresville Turnpike Company," passed April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 605. An Act in relation to draining certain lands in the town of Fishkill, in the county of Dutchess. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 606. An Act to incorporate Lafayette Fire Engine Company Number One, of South Rondout, in the town of Esopus and county of Ulster. Passed May 5, 1868. CHAP. 607. An Act to authorize the town of Manlius, Onondaga county, to appropriate money for the erection of a monument to the memory of soldiers killed in the late war. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 608. An Act to release the interest of the State to a certain lot in the village of Clyde to Ellen Gaffney and others. Passed May 5, 1868, by a two-thirds vote. CHAP. 609. An Act confirming the acts of William R. Crandall, a constable of the town of Marshall, Oneida county. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 610. An Act to authorize the town of Canisteo to raise money for the benefit of Canisteo Academy. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 611. An Act in relation to the Law Library in the city of New York. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 612. An Act in relation to the working of the quarry contract at the State Prison at Sing Sing. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 613. An Act to legalize certain acts of the town meeting held in the town of Stafford, in the county of Genesee, March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 614. An Act appointing Jesse P. Haines, Elijah C. Odell and Moses C. Crapsey, commissioners for draining certain lands in the town and city of Lockport, in the county of Niagara. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 615. An Act conferring additional corporate powers upon the village of Ellenville. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 616. An Act to legalize the acts of G. S. Sawins, Samuel Hopper, Joseph Newton, H. W. Seymour and S. H. Kirkland, as trustees of the corporation of the village of Antwerp. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 617. An Act to incorporate the Round Lake Camp Meeting Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Troy Conference. Passed May 5, 1868. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths CHAP. 618. An Act for the relief of James L. Howard. CHAP. 620. An Act to legalize the acts and proceedings of Abraham Davids, as Justice of the CHAP. 621. An Act supplementary to an act passed April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, to provide for rebuilding a bridge in the town of Lorraine, Jefferson courty, and for raising money by tax for that purpose upon the town of Lorraine in said county. Passed May 5, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 622. An Act to authorize the Corporation of the city of Albany to reduce the width of De Witt street, between Perry and Robin streets, in the city of Albany. Passed May 5, 1868; tree-fifths being present. CHAP. 623. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation of Life and Health Insurance Companies, and in relation to agencies of such companies,' passed June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three," passed April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Passed May 6, 1868. CHAP. 624. An Act to amend the act entitled "An act to lay out, open and grade Second |