CHAP. 730. An Act to incorporate the "Cosnios Life Policy Trust Company" of New York. Passed May 8, 1868.

CHAP. 731. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the act for the incorporation of Insurance Companies," passed April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed May 8, 1868.

CHAP. 732. An Act in relation to transfer of securities deposited by insurance companies with the Superintendent of the Insurance Department, and to amend the act entitled "An act to establish an Insurance Department," passed April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 733. An Act to authorize the board of trustees of the village of West Troy to purchase a lot and build a house for the use of John Duffy Steam Fire Company, and Finney Hose Company. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 734. An Act for the protection of the planting of oysters in the towns of Gravesend and Flatlands, Kings county. Passed May 8, 1868: three-fifths being present. CHAP. 735. An Act to authorize Maria T. Levere, an alien, to hold and convey real estate, and to confirm conveyances heretofore made. Passed May 8, 1868, by a two-thirds vote. CHAP. 736. An Act to lay out, open, extend and work certain highways in the town of West Farms, in the county of Westchester, known as Fairmount avenue and Berrian avenue. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 737. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Utica. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 738. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the several acts relative to the city of Rochester," passed April eighth, eighteen hundred and sixtyone, concerning the annual taxes, extending the assessment rolls and conveyances by the city. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 739. An Act to authorize the commissioners of highways of the towns of Lockport and Newfane to purchase the Long Causeway turnpike, located on the boundary line between said towns, and owned by David Maxwell. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 740. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act for the better regulation of firemen in the city of Brooklyn," passed February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and the acts amendatory thereof, passed April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixtytwo, and May second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Passed May 8, 1868; threefifths being present.

CHAP. 741. An Act to provide ways and means for the support of government. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 742. An Act to enable the St. Jean Baptist French Church of the city of Troy to reorganize. Passed May 8, 1868.

CHAP. 743. An Act to incorporate the Peekskill Waterworks Company. Passed May 8, 1868. CHAP. 744. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for a supply of water in the village of Cohoes," passed April twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 745. An Act to confirm and render valid the official and corporate acts of the Northwestern Dispensary in the city of New York. Passed May 8, 1868.

CHAP. 746. An Act to incorporate "The Put's Point Trotting Park Association," in the town of Crown Point, Essex county. Passed May 8, 1868.

CHAP. 747. An Act to incorporate the Hamburgh Driving Park Association. Passed May 8, 1868.

CHAP. 748. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company," passed March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. Passed May 8, 1868.

CHAP. 749. An Act in relation to Franklin avenue, in the town of West Farms, in the county of Westchester. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 750. An Act to amend chapter five hundred and ninety-six of the Laws of eighteer hundred and sixty-five, being an act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the purchase or construction and maintenance of a free bridge across the Mohawk river at Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery." Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 751 An Act to provide for the completion of the improvement of Third street, in the city of Brooklyn, and for the collection of the expense thereof. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 752. An Act to amend the law of proceedings against the Grand Trunk Railway
Company of Canada, a foreign corporation, in courts of law. Passed May 8, 1868.
CHAP. 753. An Act to incorporate the East New York Savings Bank. Passed May 8, 1868.
CHAP. 754. An Act to authorize the Peekskill Iron Company to construct a bridge over
Peekskill creek, in the town of Cortlandt, Westchester county. Passed May 8, 1868;
three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 755. An Act to incorporate the Port Jervis Water Works Company. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 756. An Act incorporating the Safe Deposit Company of Binghamton. Passed May 8, 1868.

CHAP. 757. An Act to so amend section one of title one of the act to amend and consolidate the several acts in relation to the charter of the village of Penn Yan as to include within the corporate limits of said village the new addition to the cemetery of said village. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 758. An Act to incorporate the Northam Hydraulic Company. Passed May 8, 1868. CHAP. 759. An Act for the relief of James D. Shuler, conferring jurisdiction on the Canal Appraisers to hear and determine his claim for compensation for lands appropriated to the enlargement of the Erie canal. Passed May 8, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 760. An Act to incorporate "The National Burglar Insurance Company" of the city of New York. Passed May 8, 1868.

CHAP. 761. An Act to amend an act for the preservation of the public health, passed April tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and to repeal chapter one hundred and sixty-nine of the Laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, amendatory thereof. Passed May 9, 1868; threefifths being present.

CHAP. 762. An Act to incorporate the East Side Association of the city of New York. Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 763. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to incorporate the city of Troy,'" passed March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twentytwo. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 764. An Act to amend title ten of chapter eight of part three of the Revised Statutes relative to bawdy houses. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 765. An Act authorizing the Supervisors of the several counties in the second judicial district, not including the county of Kings, to appropriate and pay compensation to Justices of the Supreme Court, and to stenographers for said court. Passed May 9, 1868; threefifths being present.

CHAP. 766. An Act to empower Ulster Lodge number fifty-nine of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of New York, in the village of Saugerties and county of Ulster, to hold and convey real and personal estate, and constitute the same a corporation. Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 767. An Act to extend Lorimer street, in the city of Brooklyn. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 768. An Act to incorporate "The Williamsburgh Sharp Shooters' Society," of the city of Brooklyn. Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 769. An Act to amend section three of an act entitled "An act to consolidate common school districts numbers three, four and five, in the village of Huntington, Suffolk county," passed April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 770. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the West Farms Fire Department," passed April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 771. An Act to repeal chapter two hundred and seventy of the Laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend the Revised Statutes in relation to laying out public roads, and the alteration thereof, in the towns of North Castle, Bedford and Lewisborough, in the county of Westchester,'" passed April twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present

CHAP. 772. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Cambridge," passed April sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 773. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the several acts relative to the village of Ballston Spa," passed April twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 774. An Act to provide for the payment of appropriations heretofore made to "The Dispensary of the Troy Hospital." Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 775. An Act to authorize the magistrates in the city of New York to commit orphans nd friendless children to the care of the society known as the Shepherd's Fold of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New York. Passed May 9, 1868; threefifths being present.

CHAP. 776. An Act to vest certain real estate belonging to the State, in the town of Marlborough, Ulster county, and to establish a public highway. Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 777. An Act for the regulation of Public Cemeteries in Saratoga county. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 778. An Act to authorize the Port Richmond and Bergen Point Ferry Company to hold real estate, to increase its capital stock, and to fix rates of ferriage, and to increase its number of directors, and for other purposes. Passed May 9, 1868.

QUAP. 779. An Act in relation to mortgages executed by railroad companies. Passed May 9, 1868. CHAP. 780. An Act in relation to a system of sewerage in and for the city of Syracuse. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 781. An Act to amend the act entitled "An act to extend the operation and effect of the act passed February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, entitled 'An act to authorize the formation of corporations for manufacturing, mining, mechanical or chemical purposes,' passed April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 782. An Act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the East India Telegraph Company," passed April third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 783. An Act to authorize the town of Crawford, in the county of Orange, to issue bonds and take stock in the Middletown and Crawford Railroad Company. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 784. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of corporations to secure parsonages and other property, for the use of Presiding Elders of the Methodist Episcopal Church," passed April fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed May 9, 1868. CHAP. 785. An Act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to the preservation of moose, wild deer, birds and fresh water fish, passed May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 786. An Act to regulate the rates of toll on the road and bridge of the Williamsburgh
and Bushwick North Road Turnpike and Bridge Company. Passed May 9, 1868.
CHAP. 787. An Act to repair the State Works on De Grass river in St. Lawrence county.
Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 788. An Act to authorize the construction of certain ditches in the town of Minden,
Montgomery county. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 789. An Act to authorize the construction of a free bridge over the Seneca river, in the towns of Mentz and Conquest, in Cayuga county. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 790. An Act to authorize the commissioners of highways of the town of Brighton to acquire the right of way for such portions of the river road in said town as have been wholly or partially destroyed, through any adjacent orchards or sites of fruit trees, by an assessment of damages to the owners in the same manner as in other cases. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 791. An Act to more particularly define the duties of overseers of highways, and their appointment, in conformity with the provisions of chapter five hundred and twenty-two of Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 792. An Act to enable incorporated Rural Cemeteries in Schoharie county to acquire title to lands where the owner or owners are unwilling to sell, or where the cemetery

association and the owners cannot agree upon the value thereof. Passed May 9, 1868 three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 793. An Act relative to immigrants and other passengers arriving at or departing from the port of New York. Passed May 9, 1808; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 794. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the charter of the village of Johnstown, and the several acts amendatory thereof, and to extend the boundary of said village." Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 795. An Act to facilitate the construction of a railroad through the county of Allegany, and to amend chapter three hundred and forty-four of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, being an act entitled "An act empowering certain towns in the counties of Cattaraugus and Erie to convey the right of way for railroad purposes." Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 796. An Act to amend section three of chapter eight hundred and seventeen of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to lay out and construct a road from the river road, in township number fourteen in the town of Johnsburgh, to the Carthage road, near the head of Long lake, in the county of Hamilton." Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 797. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the drainage of the low lands in the north part of the town of Amherst, in the county of Erie," passed April twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present. CHAP. 798. An Act to amend chapter three hundred and sixty-five of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act to authorize the discharge of mortgages of record in certain cases." Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 799. An Act to revive an act entitled "An act respecting the appropriation of the waters of the Black river for the use of the Black River canal and the Erie canal feeder," passed April third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, so far as the same may apply to the claims of George Smith and the heirs of William Smith. Passed May 9, 1868; threefifths being present.

CHAP 800. An Act to incorporate the "Commercial Warehouse Company," of Albany. Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 801. An Act to close a portion of old Bushwick road cr avenue, from Grand street to Marshall street, in the city of Brooklyn. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 802. An Act to facilitate the construction of the Newburgh and Wallkill Valley Railroad. Passed May 9, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 803. An Act to amend the acts to provide for the incorporation of religious societies, so far as the same relate to churches in connection with the Protestant Episcopal Church. Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 804. An Act for the disposition of the surplus moneys arising upon sales, pursuant to part three, chapter eight, title fifteen of the Revised Statutes, entitled "Of the foreclosure of mortgages by advertisement." Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 805. An Act to enable the National Safe Deposit Company of the city of New York to complete its organization and commence business. Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 806. An Act to incorporate the "Fire Proof Warehousing Company." Passed May 9, 1868.

CHAP. 807. An Act to incorporate a seminary of education under the name of "The Clifton Springs Female Seminary." Passed May 11, 1868.

CHAP. 808. An Act to incorporate the Waddington Canal and the Water Works Company. Passed May 11, 1868.

CHAP. 809. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Lockport," passed April eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and the act amendatory thereto, passed April twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Passed May 11, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 810. An Act to amend chapter two hundred and fifty of the Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate Empire Hook and Ladder Company Number One, of Upper Nyack," passed April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixtythree. Passed May 11, 1868.

CHAP. 811. An Act to authorize certain towns in the counties of Oswego, Cayuga and

Wayne to issue bonds and take stock in and for the construction of the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad. Passed May 11, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 812. An Act authorizing the placing of an obstruction at the intersection of Big ditch with the Wallkill river. Passed May 11, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 813. An Act to divide the Eighth and Tenth wards, and create a new ward in the city of Brooklyn. Passed May 12, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 814. An Act to divide the Ninth ward and create a new ward in the city of Brooklyn. Passed May 12, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 815. An Act to change the boundaries of the First and Second wards of the city of Albany, and define and establish the boundaries thereof. Passed May 13, 1868.

CHAP. 816. An Act to incorporate the "People's Safe Deposit Company of the State of New York." Passed May 14, 1868.

CHAP. 817. An Act making appropriations for certain public and charitable institutions. Passed May 14, 1868, by a two-thirds vote.

CHAP. 818. An Act to incorporate the village of Port Chester. Passed May 14, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 819. An Act to regulate, grade, widen, macadamize and improve a public highway in the towns of East Chester and Westchester, in the county of Westchester, commonly called the "Old White Plains Road," and also a portion of First street in the village of Mount Vernon. Passed May 14, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 820. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to prevent frauds in the sale of tickets to passengers upon railroads, steamboats and steamships," passed April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Passed May 14, 1868.

CHAP. 821. An Act to provide for widening the Coney Island plank-road, in the county of Kings, and for the subsequent management thereof. Passed May 15, 1868.

CHAP. 822. An Act to incorporate the International Dock Company. Passed May 15, 1868. CHAP. 823. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation of villages,' passed December seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, so far as the same relates to the village of Mount Vernon, and to confer additional powers upon the trustees thereof," passed May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Passed May 16, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 824. An Act to incorporate the Vesuvius Fire Proof Warehousing Company. Passed May 16, 1868.

CHAP. 825. An Act in relation to a State ditch in the towns of Mentz and Montezuma, Cayuga county. Passed May 16, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 826. An Act to incorporate the New York Elevator Company. Passed May 16, 1868. CHAP. 827. An Act to incorporate the Industrial Savings Bank of the city of Newburgh. Passed May 19, 1868.

CHAP. 828. An Act relative to summary proceedings to recover the possession of land. Passed May 19, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 829. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the Fayetteville and Syracuse Plank-Road Company to construct a railroad on and near its present route," passed April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed May 19, 1868.

CHAP. 830. An Act making appropriations for the support of Government. Passed May 19, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 831. An Act to incorporate "The Bowling Green Savings Bank of the city of New York." Passed May 19, 1868.

CHAP. 832. An Act in relation to the sale of the Marine Hospital grounds. Passed May 19, 1869; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 833. An Act for the relief of Dorothea M. Palmer, wife of Henry N. Palmer, conferring jurisdiction on the Canal Appraisers to hear and determine her claim for compensation for lands appropriated to the enlargement of the Erie canal. Passed May 19, 1868; three-fifths being present.

CHAP. 834. An Act authorizing and directing the Canal Board to investigate the claim of Ann Mackintosh, of Buffalo, New York for damages, etc. Passed May 19, 1868; three-fifths being present.