St. Lawrence County AN ACT for the relief of the town of Clifton in the county of Saint Lawrence. Became a law April 3, 1915, 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 assessors of the town of Clifton, in the county of Saint Lawrence, are hereby authorized to file in the office of the comptroller and of the conservation commission copies of the assessment-roll of such town for the year nineteen hundred and twelve, and the comptroller is hereby authorized and empowered to take action relative to the assessment of state lands upon such roll in the same manner and with the same effect as if the assessors had on or before August first, nineteen hundred and twelve, fully complied with the requirements of section twenty-two of the tax law. § 2. Upon the approval of such assessment by the state comptroller, as required by section twenty-two of the tax law, the board of supervisors of the county of Saint Lawrence shall cause to be reassessed and levy upon the lots or parcels of wild or forest lands. belonging to the state described in said assessment-roll the taxes for the year nineteen hundred and twelve, and shall direct the collection thereof, and any such tax which shall not have been paid to the town collector shall be returned by him to the county treasurer and state comptroller as though they were originally levied as taxes for the year nineteen hundred and twelve against the lands affected. All Counties AN ACT to legalize acts and proceedings by towns and town boards in counties described in section four hundred and sixty of the town law, relating to the water supply in such towns, contracts and evidences of indebtedness therefor, and providing for the payment of such indebtedness. Became a law April 3, 1915, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths beings present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. All acts and proceedings heretofore done or performed by any town or town board thereof described in section four hundred and sixty of the town law, with reference to or in connection with the establishment of a water supply system in such town, or in any part thereof, and all bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness or other evidence of debt, issued or executed in connection therewith, are hereby legalized, ratified, validated and confirmed; and such town and its town board are hereby authorized to make and levy an assessment or assessments, as described in article twenty-four of the town law, for the purpose of providing moneys to pay such bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness or other evidence of debt. Orleans County AN ACT repealing chapter one hundred and fifty of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, in relation to the sale of property for unpaid taxes in the county of Orleans and validating and legalizing all conveyances made pursuant to such act. Became a law April 5, 1915, 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 one hundred and fifty of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An act to authorize the treasurer of Orleans county to sell property for unpaid taxes," as amended by chapter twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, is hereby repealed. § 2. All conveyances made pursuant to the provisions of such act, and any amendments thereto, are hereby validated and legalized. § 3. The rights of all parties, and other persons who have acquired any rights or interests in lands heretofore conveyed or sold by virtue of the acts hereby repealed, or any of them, shall not be affected by such repeal; and all certificates heretofore issued and conveyances heretofore made by the county treasurer of Orleans county, or contracts of sale of lands heretofore made pursuant to any of the provisions of said acts shall have the same force and virtue, and ownership thereof and title thereto shall be completed in the same manner as if such acts had not been repealed, or declared void, and any title or ownership derived through such procedure and pursuant to such acts shall be valid, legal titles thereto. § 4. All conveyances of lands heretofore made by the treasurer of Orleans county, pursuant to the provisions of said acts, and all conveyances hereafter made by the treasurer of Orleans county for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of tax sale certificates issued by said county treasurer, are declared to be valid and legal. And any person, firm, municipality, organ interest in any property heretofore sold for unpaid taxes in said. county of Orleans and for which said county treasurer has issued a certificate of sale thereof, who or which does not redeem or has not redeemed the same within three years from the date of the recording of such tax sale certificate in the office of the clerk of the county of Orleans, shall be precluded and debarred from making or establishing any claim thereto or interest therein; and upon the expiration of the period of three years from the date of the recording of such tax sale certificate, such fact shall be conclusive evidence that the sale pursuant to which each such conveyance was made, and all proceedings prior thereto, from and including the assessment of the lands and all notices required by law or to be given to perfect the title thereto, were regular and lawful, and were regularly and lawfully given, published and served, according to law, and said title shall vest in said purchaser, or purchasers, or his or their assigns, absolutely. 5. This act shall not affect any proceedings now pending in any court regarding said act, or any of its provisions. § 6. This act shall take effect immediately. Westchester County AN ACT to provide for the taxation of certain real property in the county of Westchester. Became a law April 28, 1915, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths beings present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. All real property purchased or acquired by the county of Westchester after October first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and situated within the limits of said county, if purchased or acquired for county purposes, shall be subject to taxation notwithstanding the exemption provided in subdivision three of section four of the tax law. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |