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Chap. 486.

AN ACT in relation to the enlargement of Hoffman island for quarantine purposes, and making an appropriation therefor. BECAME a law May 4, 1894, 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. The sum of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for prosecuting the work of enlarging Hoffman island for quarantine purposes, in accordance with the plans, specifications and estimates prepared by the state engineer and surveyor. Such money shall be expended under the direction and supervision of the board of commissioners created by chapter two hundred and seventy of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, consisting of the mayor of the city of New York, the mayor of the city of Brooklyn, the state engineer and surveyor, the quarantine commissioners and the health officer of the port of New York, and shall be paid by the treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller, upon vouchers approved by a majority of all the members of such board.

§ 2. Of the above amount appropriated the sum of fifty thouavailable. sand dollars shall be available immediately, and the balance of one hundred and ten thousand dollars shall be payable on the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

Construction of buildings.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 487.

AN ACT authorizing the construction of new buildings at Sing Sing prison, making an appropriation therefor, and authorizing the expending of certain moneys for that purpose.

BECAME a law May 4, 1894, 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. The superintendent of state prisons is hereby author. ized to cause to be constructed a new building for a chapel, hospi

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tal and mess-room, buildings connected therewith for a kitchen, bake-ovens, boiler-house and store-room, and new workshops at the Sing Sing prison, and provide said buildings with all necessary fixtures; he is hereby authorized to expend for that purpose, ture of cerout of the moneys received by the agent and warden of said moneys Sing Sing prison "as the proceeds of the labor of prisoners and the sale of articles manufactured by them," and now standing to the credit of said agent and warden in the bank or banks desig nated for such deposits, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much of it as may be necessary.

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§ 2. The work and labor on said buildings to be erected under the provisions of this act, as far as practicable, are to be done by the prisoners imprisoned in said Sing Sing prison; and the moneys authorized to be expended under the first section of this act will be drawn from the bank and accounted for in the same counted for manner as moneys drawn for the maintenance of the industries carried on in said prison, and as provided by law, relating thereto. §3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 488.

AN ACT for the dispositon and use of insurance moneys received for loss or damage of property in the state normal and training schools.

BECAME a law May 4, 1894, 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:

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Section 1. Where any loss or damage, against which insurance Deposit of exists, occurs to the real or personal property of any of the normal bank. and training schools of the state, the moneys realized from such insurance shall be deposited by each company in which such property is insured in a bank to be designated by the state comptroller, subject to the check of the local board of managers of such school, countersigned by the state comptroller, and shall be Disposition kept as a separate fund to the credit of the local board of managers of such school, and shall be immediately available to be expended under the direction of such local board of managers,

and use of same.

subject to the approval of the state superintendent of public
instruction, to repair or replace, wholly or partially, the real or
personal property so damaged or destroyed.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Real estate released

from taxes.

Chap. 489.

AN ACT to release from taxes heretofore levied on certain real
estate of Saint Mark's hospital of New York city.

BECAME a law May 4, 1894, 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. The real estate in the city of New York of Saint Mark's hospital of New York city, situated at number one hundred and seventy-seven Second avenue, and designated on the map of the tax commissioners of said city as in block four hundred and sixty-seven, section two, used for charitable and hospital purposes, is hereby released and discharged from all taxes heretofore levied and assessed thereon, and now unpaid for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Charter amended.

Issue of paving bonds.

Chap. 490.

AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the
laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act to
incorporate the city of Mount Vernon."

BECAME a law May 4, 1894, 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 two hundred and five of chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Mount Vernon," hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 205. The common council, may also, from time to time, issue bonds for such sums as may be necessary to pay two-thirds of the expenses of paving streets of this city, provided that the aggregate

of such bonds shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. Such bonds shall be of such denomination as the common council may determine, bear interest at a rate not exceeding four per centum per annum, and mature in sums not exceeding ten thousand dollars in any one year. Said bonds shall be signed by the mayor and city clerk, and sealed with the city seal. The common council shall convert said bonds into money at not less than their par value, or may obtain loans on the same, and the proceeds therefrom shall be used only for the payment of two-thirds of the cost of such paving.

Chap. 491.

AN ACT to amend the legislative law.

BECAME a law May 4, 1894, 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 thirteen of chapter six hundred and eightytwo of the laws of eighteen ninety-two as amended by chapter twenty-four of the laws of eighteen ninety-three, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 13. Officers remaining after adjournment.—The presiding officer of each house may designate the officers thereof to remain after the adjournment of the legislature to perform duty under the direction of the clerk of each house respectively, for not to exceed ten days, and they also may designate each one officer to remain thirty days after the adjournment of the legislature. Such officers shall receive the same per diem compensation respectively, as they were entitled to receive during the session, to be paid upon the warrant of the comptroller on the certificate of the clerk of the house for which appointed.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Appropriation for expenses of

Chap. 492.

AN ACT making an appropriation for the payment of expenses of a convention to revise and amend the constitution of the state.

BECAME a law May 4, 1894, 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. The sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, convention, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the general fund to be paid by the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller, for the payment of the expenses of a convention to revise and amend the constitution of the state, pursuant to the provisions of chapter eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Act

amended.

Purchase of land and erection of

Chap. 493.

AN ACT to amend chapter six hundred and twenty-seven of the laws of eighteen, hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An act authorizing the city of Yonkers to purchase and erect a crematory in which to burn garbage and other substances."

BECAME a law May 4, 1894, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a two-thirds vote.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Chapter six hundred and twenty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An act authorizing the city of Yonkers to purchase and erect a crematory in which to burn garbage and other substances," is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 1. The common council of the city of Yonkers is hereby authorcrematory. ized to purchase a lot of land and to erect or cause to be erected thereon a crematory or other apparatus, with enclosures for the same and approaches thereto, for the burning and destruction of garbage, dead animals and other substances, and to cause all garbage, dead animals, and like substances to be destroyed

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