STATE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.

AN ACT authorizing the selection of lands as a new site for the state industrial school.

Chapter 527, Laws of 1902.

Section 1. Selection of lands. For the purpose of acquiring a new site for the state industrial school, the governor, the comptroller, the president of the state board of charities, the state architect, and the president of the board of managers of said school, shall, as soon as practicable, select such lands in Monroe county as in their opinion should be secured for a new site for the state industrial school, and to which such school shall be removed. The lands so selected shall comprise one thousand acres, as near as may be. They shall cause to be made by the state engineer and surveyor a map or maps of the land so selected, which shall be certified by a majority of them and filed in the office of the secretary of state, and duplicates thereof in the office of the clerk of Monroe county.

§ 2. Contracts for sale of lands. They shall ascertain upon what terms the lands so selected can be purchased of the owner or owners thereof, and whether a good, clear and unincumbered title can be conveyed to the state of New York. They may enter into contracts with such owners, which shall bind such owners to convey to the state the lands described therein at any time within two years from the date thereof, if such conveyance shall be duly authorized hereafter and demanded on behalf of the state within that time.

§ 3. Estimates for improvements.-They shall also cause to be prepared a general plan of the buildings and improvements necessary to be constructed and made upon such lands in order to effect the removal of the state industrial school thereto, and shall cause to be prepared by the state architect preliminary plans and specifications of such buildings and improvements, and the estimated cost thereof.

4. Report to the legislature. They shall report to the legis lature of nineteen hundred and three, the terms upon which such lands can be purchased, and whether a good, clear and unincumbered title thereto can be conveyed to the state, and shall

attach to such report a corrected copy of each of such contracts. If such terms cannot be made with the owners of any of the lands so selected, and a contract for the purchase thereof has not been made, such report shall contain an estimate of the amount for which such lands can probably be purchased, based upon such facts as may be ascertained by them.

§ 5. Condemnation.- Whenever appropriation shall have been made for the purchase of the lands described in such map, and such lands cannot be purchased upon satisfactory terms from the owner or owners thereof, or it may be found necessary, in order to acquire title thereto, then they are hereby authorized and empowered to institute and conduct proceedings in the name of the people of the state of New York, under the condemnation law for the purpose of acquiring title to such lands.

§ 6. Lands when acquired to be a site for the state industrial school.- When such lands shall have been acquired by the state, they shall be known as the state agricultural and industrial school, and be used by the state for the purpose of caring for and training all juvenile delinquents properly committed thereto by courts of competent jurisdiction in accordnace with existing laws authorizing commitments to the state industrial school.

NEW YORK STATE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS. AN ACT authorizing the selection of lands as a site for the New York state training school for boys, and establishing the said school.

Chapter 718, Laws of 1904.

Section 1. Selection of lands.-For the purpose of acquiring a site for the New York state training school for boys, which is hereby established, the governor is authorized to appoint a commission of three members which shall, as soon as practicable, select, suitable lands within seventy miles of the city of New York upon which such school shall be located. The lands so selected shall comprise not to exceed five hundred acres. They shall cause to be made by the state engineer and surveyor a map or maps of the lands so selected, which shall be certified by a majority of them

and filed in the office of the secretary of state, and duplicates thereof in the office of the clerk of the county wherein such land: are located. (As amended by chapter 617 of the Laws of 1906 and chapter 665 of the Laws of 1907.)

§ 2. Contracts for sale of lands. They shall ascertain upon what terms the lands so selected can be purchased of the owner or owners thereof, and whether a good, clear and unincumbere. title can be conveyed to the state of New York. They may enter into contracts with such owners, which shall bind such owners to convey to the state the lands described therein at any time within two years from the date thereof, if such conveyance shall be duly authorized hereafter and demanded on behalf of the state within that time.

§ 3. Estimates for improvements. They shall also cause to be prepared a general plan of the buildings and improvements necessary to be constructed and made upon such land in order to effect the location of the said New York state training school for boys thereon, and shall cause to be prepared by the state architect preliminary plans and specifications of such buildings and improvements, and the estimated cost thereof.

§ 4. Report to the legislature. They shall report to the legislature of nineteen hundred and eight, the terms upon which such lands can be purchased, and whether a good, clear and unincumbered title thereto can be conveyed to the state, and shall attach to such report a corrected copy of each of such contracts. If such terms cannot be made with the owners of any of the lands so selected, and a contract for the purchase thereof has not been made, such report shall contain an estimate of the amount for which such lands can probably be purchased based upon such facts as may be ascertained by them. They shall at the same time submit to the legislature proposed bills for the purpose of completing the erection and equipment of new buildings on the site selected by them, for the removal of the inmates confined in the house of refuge for juvenile delinquents as established by the society for the reformation of juvenile delinquents in the city of New York, for the future commitment of juvenile delinquents and maintenance of such institution, and providing generally for carrying out the objects and purposes of this act. (As amended

by chapter 133 of the Laws of 1905, chapter 617 of the Laws of 1906 and chapter 665 of the Laws of 1907.)

§ 5. Condemnation. Whenever appropriation shall have been made for the purchase of the lands described in such map, and such lands cannot be purchased upon satisfactory terins from the owner or owners thereof, or it may be found necessary, in order to acquire title thereto, then they are hereby authorized and empowered to institute and conduct proceedings in the name of the people of the state of New York, under the condemnation law for the purpose of acquiring title to such lands.

§ 6. Lands when acquired to be a site for the New York state training school for boys.- When such lands shall have been acquired by the state, they shall be known as the New York state training school for boys, and be used by the state for the purpose of caring for and training all juvenile delinquents properly committed thereto by courts of competent jurisdiction in accordance with existing laws authorizing commitments to the house of refuge on Randall's Island.

87. Negotiations with city authorities. Such commission shall enter into negotiations with the city of New York acting by and through the commissioners of the sinking fund of said city for the purpose of agreeing on terms and conditions in consideration of which the state and managers of the society for the reformation of juvenile delinquents in the city of New York shall abandon the lands and buildings on Randall's Island in said city, now occupied by the house of refuge for juvenile delinquents in the city of New York, and shall relinquish all their right and interest therein and permit the same to revert to the city of New York. Such commission and said society shall execute an agreement with the said city of New York acting by and through said board of commissioners of the sinking fund of said city conditioned upon such abandonment and relinquishment whereby said city of New York shall convey in exchange therefor to the state of New York so much of the lands and buildings situated north of Clarkson street and extending from Albany avenue to Utica avenue in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, as are now used for state hospital purposes, under lease from said city, or as a potter's field by said city of New York, in fee simple, free and clear of all in

cumbrances; and in consideration thereof, the state of New York and said society for the reformation of juvenile delinquents of the city of New York shall agree to abandon and relinquish to the city of New York the buildings and lands on Randall's Island now occupied as a house of refuge for juvenile delinquents in the city of New York, together with all their right, title and interest therein, and the same shall revert to and become the property of the said city of New York, as provided in said agreement, subject, however, to the provisions of this section as to the continued occupancy of such lands and buildings by the state and the said society for the reformation of juvenile delinquents. Said contract shall provide, however, for the continued use and occupation of said lands and buildings on Randall's Island by the state of New York, and society for the reformation of juvenile delinquents in the city of New York, until other lands shall have been acquired under the provisions of this act, and buildings with their appurtenances shall have been constructed thereon sufficient to accommodate the inmates confined in said house of refuge on Randall's Island at the time of such removal, and also the necessary officers and employees required for the proper management and care of the institution there to be conducted as a state training school for boys not to exceed eight years.

At the time of the conveyance by the city of New York to the state, of said property in the borough of Brooklyn pursuant to any such agreement, the commissioners of the land office shall also as a part of the consideration therefor, quit-claim and release to the city of New York, all the title and interest of the people of the state of New York, if any, in and to the sunken meadow so called, in the East river, adjacent to Randall's Island. Such conveyance, however, shall expressly provide that such quit-claim and release from the state to the city shall be without prejudice to any claim of title thereto or the assertion of any such claim or the defense thereof, by any person or persons asserting the same in any action or proceeding and shall expressly reserve therefrom the land under water surrounding such sunken meadow between the same and the pier or bulk-head line, established by the secretary of war in eighteen hundred and ninety, and if hereafter in any action or proceedings the city shall establish title to such