1 Chap. 32. AN ACT to legalize, ratify and confirm the proceedings for the The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate ment of and acts of commis legalized. Section 1. All acts and proceedings had and taken for the ap- Appointpointment of J. W. Sherwood, Albert O. Bogert and Frederick Washburn, as commissioners for the drainage of certain swamp sioners, lands known as the "Nanuet Meadows" situated in the town of Clarkstown, in the county of Rockland, and all the acts and proceedings of such commissioners leading up to, but not including, the levying and collection of assessments to pay the cost of the drainage of such swamp are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity or the omission of any lawful requirement in such acts and proceedings; and all acts and proceedings of such commissioners in levying and collect- Assessing assessments to pay the cost of drainage and for the future made. maintenance and enlargement of the ditches, shall be had in accordance with articles three and four of the drainage law, constituting chapter fifteen of the consolidated laws of the state of New York. ments, how § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, but shall not affect Pending any action or proceeding now pending in any court. actions. Issue of of indebtedau ness thorized. Chap. 33. AN ACT to authorize the board of education of union free school district number four of the town of Rye, in the county of Westchester, to issue certificates of indebtedness for unpaid school taxes, and to provide for the payment of such certificates. Became a law March 21, 1911, 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. Whenever the collector of taxes of union free school certificates district number four of the town of Rye, in the county of Westchester, shall make a return of unpaid school taxes of such district, as provided by chapter three hundred of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An act to amend chapter six hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled 'An act to authorize the sale of lands for nonpayment of taxes, and the collection of unpaid taxes in the several towns of the county of Westchester."" The board of education of said school district shall have power, and it is hereby authorized and empowered, when it may deem the same necessary for the payment of the current expenses of said district for any fiscal year, to borrow upon the faith and credit of said district the amount of unpaid school taxes so uncollected, and issue certificates of indebtedness therefor, which shall be binding upon said district. Execution, form, etc., of certifi cates. Disposition Application of unpaid school § 2. The said certificates of indebtedness shall be issued in the name of the board of education of said school district, and shall be signed by the president of said board of education, and by the clerk thereof, and be under the seal of the said board of education, and shall be payable within such fiscal year or within nine months thereafter, and shall bear interest not exceeding six per centum per annum and shall be of such form and denomination as said board of education may prescribe. 3. The money derived from the sale of said certificates of inof proceeds. debtedness shall be paid to the treasurer of said school district. § 4. All unpaid school taxes of said district that may be collected by or paid to the supervisor of the town of Rye, in said Westchester county, pursuant to the provisions of said chapter six hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four as amended by said chapter three hundred of the laws of eighteen hundred and taxes collected. ninety-seven, shall be by him paid over to the treasurer of said district, and applied by said treasurer to the payment of said certificates of indebtedness. payment of § 5. If the amount of unpaid school taxes that may be collected Tax for by the supervisor shall be insufficient to pay said certificates of in- deficiency. debtedness, the said board of education may, and it is hereby authorized and empowered to raise the deficiency by taxation, and include the same in the amount to be raised by taxation in the said school district in the ensuing or annual tax levy, in addition to all other amounts to be raised or appropriated by the ensuing annual school meeting. § 6. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 34. AN ACT authorizing the fire commissioner of the city of New York to allow a pension to Marcella A. Graham, the sister of a former member of such department. Became a law March 22, 1911, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the City. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The fire commissioner of the city of New York is hereby authorized in his discretion to investigate the facts in relation to the service in the fire department of the city of New York, of Michael E. C. Graham, battalion chief, who died on February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and nine, from injuries received in the discharge of his duty, and in his discretion to allow to Marcella A. Graham, the sister of said Michael E. C. Graham and who was dependent upon him solely for her support, a pension for the period of her natural life not exceeding four hundred and eighty dollars per year payable monthly from the New York fire department relief fund in the same manner as other pensions. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Proceed ings relative to raising construc tion of pressure water system, legal Chap. 35. AN ACT to legalize, ratify and confirm the proceedings of the Became a law March 22, 1911, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. All the acts and proceedings taken by the village of Cherry Creek in the county of Chautauqua, through its qualified money for Voters, board of trustees, officers and agents, leading up to and at the annual election held therein March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, and leading up to and at the special election held therein ized. August twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten, authorizing the raising of the sum of thirty thousand dollars for the purpose of acquiring the necessary and proper land, rights of way, water rights, and the purchase of the necessary material and labor for the construction of a municipal water works system for said village in accordance with the map, plans and profiles therefor, approved by the state water supply commission, and filed in its office in the city of Albany on the seventh day of October, nineteen hundred and ten, are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity, or omission of any lawful requirement, in such acts and proceedings. Bond issue § 2. All the acts and proceedings had and taken by said village legalized. through its board of trustees, officers and agents, in relation to the sale and award on the twenty-eighth day of November, nineteen hundred and ten, at a price not less than par, of the bonds of said village, in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be used toward defraying the expenses of the construction of said water system, are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity, or the omission of any lawful requirement, in such acts and proceedings; and the said bonds so Bonds validated. directed. sold and awarded, consisting of twenty-five bonds of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, numbered one to twenty-five inclusive, bearing date December first, nineteen hundred and ten, payable one bond in numerical order on December first in each of the years nineteen hundred and eleven to nineteen hundred and thirty-five inclusive, bearing interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, are hereby declared to be valid obligations of said village of Cherry Creek, and the treasurer of said village is hereby directed to complete the sale Delivery of said bonds by delivering the same to the purchasers thereof at said sale, or their nominee, upon receipt of the price bid therefor. § 3. The said village of Cherry Creek, through its board of Balance trustees, officers and agents, is hereby authorized to sell and issue authorized. the bonds of said village in the amount of five thousand dollars, being the balance of the amount voted to be raised by the qualified voters of said village for the construction of said water system, such bonds to consist of five one thousand dollar bonds, numbered twenty-six to thirty inclusive, to be dated December first, nineteen hundred and ten, and to become due and payable one bond as consecutively numbered on December first in each of the years nineteen hundred and thirty-six to nineteen hundred and forty inclusive. bond issue payment. 4. The proper officers of said village in the manner required Tax for by law, are hereby directed to raise annually, by tax, a sum sufficient to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as the same shall become due. 5. In case the parties to whom said bonds were awarded shall Resale. for any reason decline to consummate the purchase thereof as above provided, the said village shall advertise and sell said bonds in the manner designated by section one hundred and twenty-nine of the village law. actions. 86. This act shall take effect immediately, but shall not affect Pending any action or proceeding pending in any court at the time it takes effect. of |