at least four weeks in a newspaper published in the county of Erie, requiring all persons having relatives or friends buried in said burying ground to disinter and remove said human remains. therefrom, together with the tombstones and appurtenances thereunto belonging, within a time to be specified in said notice, which shall not be less than four weeks from the last publication of said notice, and that any remains, monuments, headstones, markers or appurtenances which have not been removed as aforesaid within the time therein specified will be removed by the said trustees, and reinterred in some other suitable and proper place, under the supervision of the supervisor of the town of East Hamburgh. tion from § 3. After the removal of such human remains in the manner No exemp herein provided, no claim of exemption from taxation in any form taxation. or for any legal purpose, by reason of such premises being used as a place for the burial of the dead shall be made by the said trustees or owner, or owners of said premises, or be allowed to them or to any one of them, and the said trustees are hereby authorized and Abandonempowered to declare said premises abandoned for burial pur- ance of poses and to convey said premises to any person legally representing the said Obadiah Baker and Anna Baker, the original grantors thereof. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. ment and convey premises. Chap. 7. AN ACT reappropriating money for the erection of suitable monu- Became a law February 17, 1898, with the approval of the Governor. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Unex Section 1. The sum of fifty thousand dollars, being the unex- Pened pended balance of money appropriated by chapter eight hundred printed. reappro and fifty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, Submission of proposi tion. Chap. 8. AN ACT authorizing the town of Morristown, Saint Lawrence Became a law February 17, 1898, with the approval of the Governor. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Section 1. The town board of the town of Morristown, in the county of St. Lawrence, shall submit to the first annual town meeting held in such town, after the passage of this act, a proposi tion to raise by tax the sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars for the purpose of reimbursing Daniel G. McLarin for money of the town held by him as collector and stolen from him on April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for which Tax upon he has accounted to such town. If such proposition is adopted adoption thereof. such money shall be raised in the tax levy of the then current year, in the same manner as other taxes are raised in such town; and when collected shall be paid to the said Daniel G. McLarin for the purpose specified herein. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 9. AN ACT to make the office of sheriff of Tioga county, a salaried The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and fees of without fee or Section 1. The sheriff of the county of Tioga next elected or Salary and appointed and thereafter to be elected or appointed shall receive sheriff. as compensation for all his services which are now a county charge upon the said county of Tioga, an annual salary of one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; he shall also be entitled to receive and retain to his own use his fees and perquisites in all civil cases in which the same are to be paid by private per sons or corporations other than the county of Tioga; he shall also be entitled to be reimbursed for his actual and necessary traveling expenses in the performance of his duties in criminal actions and proceedings. The salary above provided shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office, and from it he shall pay all such assistants other than those whose salaries are herein specifically provided for, as shall be proper to enable him to conveniently exercise the duties of his office, and in considera- Duties, tion of which he shall do and perform all duties now or which reward. may hereafter be imposed upon him by law, and including the serving of subpoenas issued by the district attorney; his duties as officer of the courts and in summoning jurors for the courts held in said county, and in the performance of all other services. which have heretofore been performed by the sheriff of said county, or his deputies, which are a county charge, without fee or reward from the county of Tioga, except as above provided, although the statute or law imposing such duty may provide that a fee or other compensation be paid therefor. There shall be one Underunder-sheriff and one deputy sheriff who shall be appointed by deputy. the sheriff and serve during his pleasure. The sheriff shall be responsible for their official acts and may require bonds, subject to his approval, from under-sheriff and deputy for the faithful performance of their respective duties. Said under-sheriff shall receive an annual salary of three hundred and fifty dollars, and the deputy sheriff an annual salary of two hundred dollars, the same to be, respectively, in full compensation for all their ser sheriff and vices to said county of Tioga; and they shall be entitled, respectively, to be reimbursed by said county, for their actual and necessary traveling expenses in the performance of their respective duties in criminal actions and proceedings in all cases where the fees and expenses are now, by law, a county charge. It shall be the duty of one of said officers, who shall be designated by the sheriff to attend all terms of court, held in said county, as one of the officers of said court, and perform such duties as may be required of him by law, or by the court, or by the sheriff. The residence. sheriff, and with the consent of the sheriff, his under-sheriff or deputy sheriff, shall also be entitled to use and occupy the resi dence, with heat and light for the same, now used and occupied by the sheriff of said county, or which may hereafter be erected for such purpose, without charge or expense. Use and occupa tion of Undertak ing of sheriff. Special deputies. Court officers. Jail and supplies therefor. § 2. The sheriff, before entering upon the duties of his office shall execute to the county of Tioga and file with the treasurer of said county, an undertaking to said county, in addition to any other now required by law, in the sum of two thousand dollars, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the county judge of Tioga county, to the effect that he will faithfully perform the duties devolving upon him, and pay over to said treasurer as herein provided all moneys which shall come into his hands payable to said treasurer. § 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the sheri from appointing as many special deputies as he may choose to appoint, but the compensation of such special deputies shall not in any case be a county charge. § 4. At each term of court, held in said county, where a grand jury, only, shall be in attendance, the sheriff shall summon four constables to attend as such court officers; and when a petit jury, only, shall be in attendance, the sheriff shall summon five constables of the county to attend as court officers; and when both petit and grand juries are to be in attendance, the sheriff shall summon seven constables to attend as such court officers; except as herein provided, no other court officers shall be summoned or appointed except by the order of the judge holding the court. § 5. The jail of the county shall be kept by the sheriff of the county as now required by law. All books, records, furniture, implements, tools, materials and supplies of whatever nature necessary for the custody and maintenance of the prisoners and persons detained within said jail shall be provided by the said accounts and tures for food. Contracts for food and sup sheriff under the supervision and control of the board of supervisors, and his actual and necessary disbursements in providing for the same shall be a county charge, and shall be paid by the county, as follows: The sheriff shall keep a correct and item- Itemized ized account of said disbursements in a book or books provided Vouchers. for that purpose at the expense of the county, and each item of such account shall specify the date on which it was incurred, to whom paid, the place where paid, and for what or the purpose for which it was paid. The sheriff shall obtain a voucher for each item incurred by him, so far as practicable, and if any such item exceed the sum of twenty dollars it shall be duly verified as to its correctness and the payment thereof by the affidavit of the person furnishing the same. The expenditures for food Expendi of said prisoners and for preparing the same for use, shall be kept in a separate place in said book or books, and separately stated in his annual report; but the board of supervisors of said county may by contract provide, with a person or persons other than the sheriff, for the food and supplies for the maintenance plies. of the prisoners and other persons detained within said jail, in which case such food and supplies shall be furnished without cost or expense to him, and, thereupon, on notice to such sheriff, and service on him of a copy of such contract, the authority of such sheriff to provide such food and supplies shall cease, except that in case of the making of such contract an itemized account of such food and supplies may be presented to such sheriff on the first day of each and every month, whose duty it shall be immediately to certify the same, so far as such account shall be correct and true, and to specify as disallowed any items or charges which shall be erroneous in such account; the said account, so certified, may thereupon by the claimant, be presented to the chairman of the board of supervisors, who, if satisfied of the correctness thereof, shall thereupon countersign the same, and the said account, thus certified and countersigned, may be presented to. the county treasurer of said county, who shall pay the amount thereof, on demand, to such claimant, or his assigns, less all such items designated by said sheriff or chairman as erroneous. Any item of such account designated as erroneous, as above provided, shall be included in an account, which, duly verified by the claimant, shall be presented to said board of supervisors at their annual session, and audited by them in the same manner as other county charges. An itemized account, count to together with the vouchers therefor, for all expenses and dis- supervis Annual ac ors |