terms and

manner of

Plains, to the Irvington village line; the old Sprain road, from
the Tarrytown and White Plains road, to the Yonkers line; the
Lander road, from the Tarrytown and White Plains road at the
fair grounds, to the Saw Mill river road; the old Tuckahoe road,
from Central Park avenue opposite the Greenville hotel, crossing
Platt avenue, to the Yonkers line; the issuance of which amount
of bonds of said town for said purposes was authorized by the
board of supervisors of the county of Westchester by an act of
said board duly adopted March seventh, nineteen hundred and
four, upon the application of said town pursuant to the vote of a
majority of the qualified electors of said town at a biennial town
meeting thereof held November third, nineteen hundred and three,
which act, except as inconsistent herewith, is ratified and con-
firmed. Said bonds shall be designated "road bonds," shall be Bonds,
registered in form, shall be two hundred and twenty-five in num- Issue of.
ber, two hundred and twenty-four of the denomination of one
thousand dollars each and one of the denomination of one thou-
sand five hundred dollars, shall bear date as of the first day of
May, one thousand nine hundred and five, and shall be payable as
follows: eight of said bonds of the denomination of one thousand
dollars each on the first day of May in each of the years nineteen
hundred and six to nineteen hundred and thirty-three inclusive
and the bond of the denomination of one thousand five hundred
dollars on the first day of May, nineteen hundred and thirty-three,
and said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum
per annum payable semi-annually. The said bonds shall be signed
by the supervisor and the seal of the town shall be affixed and
attested by the town clerk, and said bonds shall be in such form
as said supervisor may determine and shall recite that they are
issued pursuant to the authority of this act, which recital shall
be conclusive evidence of their validity and the regularity of their
issuance. The said bonds shall be sold from time to time by the
supervisor of said town at public or private sale at not less than
the par value thereof.

taking of

§ 2. The supervisor of said town shall give an undertaking in Underthe principal sum of one hundred thousand dollars to the town supervisor. of Greenburgh to be approved by the town board as to the form thereof and the sufficiency of the surety or sureties, and said surety, or said sureties in the aggregate, shall justify in a sum not less than one hundred thousand dollars, which undertaking

Payment ef bonds.

shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duty of said supervisor in issuing the aforesaid bonds and the lawful application of the funds arising therefrom, and of the funds which may be raised by tax for the payment thereof which may come into his hands.

§ 3. There shall be raised annually by tax upon the taxable property of the town of Greenburgh outside of the incorporated villages of Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Hastings, Irvington, and that part of the village of White Plains lying within the town of Greenburgh, a sum sufficient to pay the interest on and principal of the said bonds as the same shall become due.

§ 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any litigation now pending.

§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

Unpaid taxes on

real property

assessed in certain years.

Chap. 106.

AN ACT for the relief of the county of Yates, relative to the collection of uncollected taxes therein of the years eighteen hundred ninety-eight, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, nineteen hundred, nineteen hundred one, and nineteen hundred two, and empowering and directing the county treasurer thereof to collect such taxes by advertisement and sale of lands upon which the same were assessed.

Became a law, March 30, 1905, 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. Every tax on any real property in the county of Yates, assessed in and for the years eighteen hundred ninetyeight, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, nineteen hundred, nineteen hundred one and nineteen hundred two, not assessed as non-resident lands, still remaining unpaid and uncollected, shall in no way be invalidated by reason of the failure, omission or neglect of any public officer to comply with any of the provisions of sections eighty-nine and one hundred fifty of chapter nine hundred eight of the laws of eighteen hundred ninety-six, known as the general tax law, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental

of unpaid

manner of.

thereto; and all such taxes are, notwithstanding such failure, neglect or omission, hereby legalized, re-assessed and re-levied upon the property upon which the same were originally assessed and levied, and the same shall be a charge and lien upon such property for the amount of such tax, with interest thereon as provided by the tax law; and the county treasurer of said county Collection is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to collect all such taxes, taxes that shall remain unpaid and uncollected on August first, nineteen hundred five, together with interest thereon and expenses, as provided by the tax law, by advertisement and sale of the lands upon which the same were originally assessed and levied in accordance with the terms and provisions of the tax law relative to the advertisement and sale of non-resident lands for uncollected and unpaid taxes thereon, which provisions of the tax law are hereby made applicable to the collection, by adver tisement and sale, of such taxes in the county of Yates for the said years eighteen hundred ninety-eight, eighteen hundred ninetynine, nineteen hundred, nineteen hundred one and nineteen hundred two.

taxes not

by failure

to sell real

§ 2. Every tax on any real property in said county of Yates Unpaid for said years eighteen hundred ninety-eight, eighteen hundred invalidated ninety-nine, nineteen hundred, nineteen hundred one and nine- property. teen hundred two of non-resident lands as such, shall in no way be invalidated by reason of the failure, omission or neglect of any public officer to heretofore advertise and sell such real property as provided by the tax law; and all such taxes are, notwithstanding such failure, neglect or omission, hereby legalized; and every such tax shall be a charge and lien upon the property upon which it was originally assessed and levied for the amount thereof, with interest as provided by the tax law; and such property shall still be subject to advertisement and sale for the payment of such taxes in accordance with the terms and provisions of the tax law; and the county treasurer of said county is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to collect all such taxes for the said years eighteen hundred ninety-eight, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, nineteen hundred, nineteen hundred one and nineteen hundred two, as shall remain unpaid and uncollected on August first, nineteen hundred five, together with interest thereon and expenses, as provided by the tax law, by advertisement and sale thereof, in accordance with the terms and pro

visions of the tax law for the collection of taxes on non-resident lands.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 107.

AN ACT to amend the Greater New York charter by exempting

from levy and sale by virtue of an execution all pensions or annuities payable out of the public school teachers' retirement fund.

Accepted by the city.

Became a law, March 30, 1905, 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. Chapter four hundred and sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, entitled "An act to amend the Greater New York charter, chapter three hundred and seventy-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled 'An act to unite into one municipality under the corporate name of the city of New York, the various communities lying in and about New York harbor, including the city and county of New York, the city of Brooklyn, and the county of Kings, the county of Richmond and part of the county of Queens, and to provide for the government thereof,'" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

§ 1092-a. The moneys, securities and effects of the public school teachers' retirement fund, and all pensions or annuities granted and payable from said fund shall be and are exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and from all process and proceedings to enjoin and recover the same by or on behalf of any creditor or person having or asserting any claims against, or debt or liability of, any pensioner or annuitant of said fund.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 10S.

AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to working the

highways.

Became a law, March 30, 1905, 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 fifty-one of chapter five hundred and sixtyeight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An act in relation to highways, constituting chapter nineteen of the general laws," as amended by chapter three hundred and eightysix of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and chapter twenty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred, is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 51. Vote thereon.-Upon the written request of twenty-five taxpayers of any town, the electors thereof may, at a special or biennial town meeting vote by ballot upon the question of chang ing the system of taxation for working the highway; but no person residing in an incorporated village or city, exempted from the jurisdiction of commissioners of highways of the town, shall sign such request, or vote upon such question. A town which has adopted the money system of taxation for working and repairing its highways, in pursuance of this section, cannot again vote upon the question of changing its system of taxation, until at least four years have elapsed since the money system of taxation was adopted.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.