sale, as said common council may determine. bonds. § 3. It shall be the duty of said city to be caused to be raised Payment of yearly by tax upon the taxable property in said city, in the same manner as the other general taxes are levied, a sum sufficient to pay the interest upon said bonds, when and as the same shall become due and payable and from time to time in like manner, to raise the money necessary to pay the principal of said bonds as they shall fall due. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 14. AN ACT to amend section one hundred and ten of chapter five Became a law, February 22, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Section 1. Section one hundred and ten of chapter six hundred and fifty of the laws of nineteen hundred and four, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Rome," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: from police departments § 110. The amount raised for the maintenance of the police Payments department and the fire department, shall with the moneys re- and fre ceived under the excise law of the state and the earnings of the fund, police, be set apart in a separate fund, to be designated the police and fire department fund, and the fund and moneys under the control of said board shall be paid by the city treasurer only upon warrants drawn by said board upon such treasurer and signed by the president of the board and the city clerk, stating in every instance the name of the person or corporation to whom it is payable, the amount thereof, what the payment is for and, for which department the payment is made, with a reference to the resolution authorizing the payment, specifying the date thereof; Jurisdiction ceded to United States. Concurrent jurisdiction of the state retained. Exemption from payment of taxes. and the said board shall not have the power to expend in any one year any greater sum than is authorized by the common council. The city treasurer is authorized and directed to pay over and transfer to the police and fire department fund, immediately upon the passage of this act, all moneys on deposit with him to the credit of the police department fund, and the fire department fund, and thereafter the said board may use said moneys and issue warrants thereon for the expenses, debts, and obligations of either or both of said departments. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 15. AN ACT giving the consent of the state of New York to the pur- Became a law, February 23, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Section 1. The consent of the state of New York is hereby given to the purchase by the United States of any lands in the vicinity of Popolopen creek in the county of Orange, for the purpose of increasing the water supply of West Point, New York, and for the erection thereon of all needful buildings or structures, and to the purchase of a right of way to carry water through pipes from any point on said stream to the United States reservation at West Point, New York. § 2. The said consent is given and the said jurisdiction is ceded upon the express condition, that the state of New York shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the said land, so far as that all civil or criminal process which may issue under the laws or authority of said state may be executed therein, in the same manner as if such consent had not been given or jurisdiction ceded, except so far as such process may affect the real or personal property of the United States. § 3. So long as said lands and franchises shall remain the property of the United States, and no longer, the same shall be and continue exonerated from all taxes, assessments and other charges, which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this state. take effect. § 4. This act shall take effect upon the filing by the United When to States in the department of state of the state of New York of proper evidence of the purchase of said lands and franchises by the United States, either by agreement with the owners thereof, or in the mode provided by the laws of the United States or of the state of New York. Chap. 16. AN ACT to amend chapter thirty of the laws of nineteen hundred and four, entitled "An act providing for the planting of shade trees in the village of Kenmore, county of Erie," by authorizing a petition of property holders on a portion of a street. Became a law, February 23, 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: planting of trees. Section 1. Sections one, two and four of chapter thirty of the laws of nineteen hundred and four, entitled "An act providing for the planting of shade trees in the village of Kenmore, county of Erie," are hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows: § 1. Upon a petition of the property holders owning more than Petition for one-half in frontage of the property upon either side of any street or portion of street in the village of Kenmore, county of Erie, the board of trustees of such village may by resolution direct all property holders on such side of said street or portion of street to plant shade trees thereon, on either side thereof, at such points and of the kind and at an expense to be specified in said resolution. Before said resolution is adopted, the clerk of such village shall give notice to each person or corporation owning land fronting ou said side of said street or portion of said street in the manner provided by the village law for giving notice of the consideration of a petition for a street improvement. Such notice shall state the general objects of the petition, the name and side of the street or portion of street along which it is proposed to plant such trees, and shall specify the time and place of the hearing of such petition. petition. Hearing on § 2. If upon such hearing, the said board of trustees are satisfied of the genuineness of such petition, and that it represents the owners of more than one-half the property fronting on said side of said street or portion thereof, such trustees shall order and direct by resolution the planting of shade trees on said side of said street or portion thereof, by the owners of the property fronting thereon, specifying the kind of trees, the expense thereof for planting, care and maintenance for three years, and the number thereof, and the location where the same are to be planted, provided that not more than one tree shall be planted on every thirty feet of frontage on either side of said street. Proposals for plantIng. § 4. The board of trustees of said village shall not contract for the planting of any shade trees for and on behalf of said village as herein before provided save upon written proposals, after advertising therefor once in each of two successive weeks in the official newspaper of said village, and also in any newspaper that may be published within the limits of said village. The said board of trustees may reject any or all proposals submitted as aforesaid, and readvertise for bids if they deem it advisable, and may require a bond on the part of the person or corporation to whom any contract may be awarded for the planting of such shade trees, containing such warranties as it may be determined to include in such contract. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 17. AN ACT empowering the board of supervisors of Westchester Became a law, February 23, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Section 1. The board of supervisors of Westchester county may make provision for the payment of the liability of any town or towns in such county, for the cost of construction or improve ment of any highways in such town or towns as hereinafter provided. to borrow § 2. The board of supervisors of Westchester county may upon Authority the application of any town or towns, liable or to be made liable money. to taxation in whole or in part for the cost of construction or improvement of any highway or highways in such town or towns, pursuant to a vote of a majority of the duly qualified electors of any such town or towns, at an annual town meeting, or special town meeting, duly called for that purpose, or upon the written request of the highway commissioners and town board of such town or towns, authorize such town or towns to borrow such sums of money for and on the credit of such town or towns as may be necessary for such purpose. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 18. AN ACT providing for the payment of the balance due news- Became a law, February 23, 1905, with the approval of the Governor. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and propriated. Section 1. The sum of twenty-six thousand one hundred twenty Amount ap dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, payable by the treasurer, upon the warrant of the comptroller, for the payment of the balance due newspapers in the various counties in this state, for the publication of the general laws of the state for the year nineteen hundred and four. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |