with sections one hundred and twenty-eight to one hundred and thirty-six, both inclusive, of this article shall be published once in each week for six successive weeks in at least two newspapers published in the county to be designated by the board of supervisors, one of which shall be a newspaper published in the town or village specially affected, if such resolution relates to a single town or village and there be a newspaper published therein. After the date specified in such resolution, which shall be subsequent to such publication, no taxes upon dogs shall be assessed in any town or village in such county affected by such resolution, and the board of supervisors may at any subsequent meeting thereof prescribe a different annual registration fee but must publish such change at least once each week for three successive weeks in at least two newspapers to be designated by the board of supervisors, but such registration fee must be uniform in any one year in all the towns and villages of the county to which such sections of this article are then applicable. The board of supervisors of such county may thereafter by resolution adopted, filed and published in like manner determine that the provisions of such sections shall not apply to such county, or to any separate town or village therein to which such provisions have been made to apply as aforesaid, and after the date specified in such resolution the provisions of law for assessment and collection of taxes on dogs shall apply to such county or to any separate town or village affected by the resolution last above mentioned, as if the resolution applying such sections had not been adopted. When a resolution is in force which applies such sections to any town and to any village therein, separately, it shall be deemed to mean that the said sections apply, in respect to such town, to that portion thereof only which is outside of the corporate limits of such village and to the dogs owned or harbored in such outside territory. None of the provisions of this or of the ensuing sections of this article shall apply to any village situate in two or more counties, or to any village in two or more towns, unless a resolution is in force which applies such sections to all parts of the towns in which such villages are situate. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 374. AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the salaries of the county judge and the surrogate of Queens county. Became a law, May 19, 1908, 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 thirty-eight of section two hundred and twenty-two of chapter six hundred and eighty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act in relation to counties, constituting chapter eighteen of the general laws," is hereby amended to read as follows: 38. Queens.-$10,000; $10,000. § 2. The increases of salary provided for by this act shall take effect at the expiration of the terms of the present incumbents, respectively. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 375. AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and ninety-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An act to provide for the licensing of dogs in cities of the second class, for the care and protection of lost, strayed and homeless dogs, for securing and protecting the rights of the owners thereof, and for the protection of the public," in relation to the destruction of dogs. Became a law, May 19, 1908, 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. Section fourteen of chapter two hundred and ninetyfour of the laws of nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An act to provide for the licensing of dogs in cities of the second class, for the care and protection of lost, strayed and homeless dogs, for securing and protecting the rights of the owners thereof, and for the protection of the public," as amended by chapter eightytwo of the laws of nineteen hundred and four, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 14. Contracts for seizing and impounding dogs. The mayor of any city of the second class instead of authorizing the construction of a building as provided in the last section may, in his discretion, contract with any incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals having jurisdiction in such city, for the capture and impoundage of all unlicensed dogs, and for the maintenance of a shelter for lost, strayed or homeless dogs therein, provided, however, that the compensation to be paid to such person or corporation by such contract shall not exceed in any one year the amount collected by the city from the payment of license fees during the current year for which such contract is made. The mayor may prescribe in the contract the manner in which the work is to be done and in which payments are to be made by the city thereunder and may also direct the disposition to be made of any and all dogs seized pursuant to the provisions of this act. A police justice of any such city shall also have power to order the destruction of any dog which he may deem dangerous or vicious, whether licensed or not, after three days' written notice to and an opportunity to be heard by the owner of such dog. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 376. AN ACT to amend section forty-seven of the Greater New York charter, in relation to the powers of the board of aldermen. Became a law, May 19, 1908, 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: Section 1. Section forty-seven of the Greater New York charter, as amended by chapters one hundred and sixty-eight and four hundred and thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred. and seven, with respect to the powers of the board of aldermen, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 47. The board of aldermen shall have power to provide by ordinance for the acquisition, construction or establishment of markets; for the acquisition and construction of parks, parkways, playgrounds, boulevards and driveways; for the building of bridges over, and of tunnels under any stream or waterway within or adjoining the limits of the city; for the building of docks. wharves or piers, and for acquiring land by purchase or condemnation, for said purposes; for acquiring, constructing, improving, permanently Lettering and equipping public buildings, including school houses, libraries and sites therefor for the usc of the city; for the repaving of streets; for building, repairing and equipping boats and vessels or other floating craft of any kind that may be needed for the use and purposes of the city; for the establishing, building and equipping of telegraph or other systems of communication for the use and purposes of the police department and other departments of the city government; for the construction and equipment of public comfort stations; for the making and completing of maps of all the territory embraced within each of the boroughs of said city; for the making and completing of surveys, maps and profiles in condemnation proceedings; and for any of the foregoing purposes may create loans and authorize the issue of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, to pay for the same, payable at such times, and in such manner, as it may by ordinance prescribe; and at such rates of interest as the board of commissioners of the sinking fund may prescribe; but no bonds or other evidences of indebtedness shall be issued. under the authority of this section, unless the proposition for creating such debt shall first be approved by a majority vote of the whole board of estimate and apportionment, entered on the minutes of record of such board. In case any bonds or corporate stock shall have been heretofore issued under authority of this section, as to which the board of aldermen did not prescribe any rate of interest by ordinance, the rate that may have been otherwise fixed and specified shall be the legal and valid rate. In addition to the specific purposes hereinbefore set forth, the board of aldermen may also create loans and authorize the issue of bonds for any other purpose connected with the exercise of the various powers conferred by this act upon the city of New York or any department or official thereof; provided, however, that no bonds or other evidences of indebtedness shall be issued for such additional purposes unless first approved by a unanimous vote of the board of estimate and apportionment, entered upon the minutes of record of said board; provided, however, that all the powers in this section or elsewhere in this act granted to the board of alder men shall be subject to the control of the board of estimate and apportionment over all the strect, avenues, highways, boulevards, concourses, driveways, bridges, tunnels, parks, parkways, waterways, docks, bulkheads, wharves, piers and all public grounds and waters which are within or belong to the city as provided in this act. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 377. An ACT to amend the Greater New York charter, in relation to the appointment and duties of an additional police clerk, in the first division of the city of New York. Became a law, May 19, 1908, 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: Section 1. Section thirteen hundred and ninety-four of the Greater New York charter, as re-enacted by chapter four hundred and sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, as amended by chapter four hundred and ten of the laws of nineteen hundred and three, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 1394. Police clerks. The board of city magistrates of the first division shall have the authority and duty of appointing nine police clerks; each board shall regulate the time, place and manner of the discharge of the duty of the police clerks; but the police clerks in the first division in office on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and two, shall continue to hold office until the expiration of their several terms. Each police clerk in the first division shall be appointed for the term of four years, and, on making the appointment, the board shall cause three certificates to be signed by its president and secretary, each of which shall state the term of the office, the borough and division from which and the term for which the appointment is made, and when it will expire, and the secretary shall deliver one of said certificates to the person so appointed, and shall cause the other certificates to be filed, one in the office of the city clerk, and one in the office of the clerk of the county in which is situ |