sessed valuation of the real and personal estate of such county or city, to be ascertained as prescribed in this section in respect to county or city debt. This is to certify that at a joint assembly of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, held in the Assembly Chamber, in the city of Albany, on Wednesday, the 20th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, in pursuance of law, Chester S. Lord, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, was declared duly elected as a Regent of the University of the State of New York, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Honorable William L. Bostwick. In witness whereof, we have placed our hands and the seals of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, this 21st day of Janaury, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF, NEW TOWNS ERECTED OR TOWN BOUNDARIES AN ACT to divide the town of Wilmurt, Herkimer county, and to erect a new town therein to be named Webb, pursuant to chapter 686 of the Laws of 1892, being chapter 18 of the General Laws. Passed January 25, 1896, by the board of supervisors of Herkimer county, at its annual session, at Herkimer, two-thirds of all the members elected thereto voting in the affirmative, twenty members voting therefor. The Board of Supervisors of Herkimer county, in pursuance of the statutes for such cases made and provided do enact as follows: Section 1. The town of Wilmurt shall be and it is hereby divided by and following the line of division: Beginning on a point on the county line between the counties of Herkimer and Hamilton, where the south line of lot No. 76 of the Moose River tract intersects and crosses said dividing line between the said counties of Herkimer and Hamilton; thence southwesterly along the south boundary of lots Nos. 88, 100, 112, 124, 136 of township No. 3, Moose River tract, to the southeast corner of lot No. 10, Township No. 2, Moose river tract; thence southwesterly along south boundaries of lots Nos. 10, 22, 84, 46, 58, 70, 82, 94, 106, 118, 130 and 142; thence along the south boundaries of lots Nos. 10, 23, 36, 49, 62, 75, 88, 101, 114, 127, 139, 149, 157, 163 and 167, township No. 1, Moose River Tract, to the patent line of Adgate's eastern tract; thence northwesterly along the westerly boundary of township 1, Moose River tract and the northeast boundaries of Adgate's eastern tract, Deaveroux lot and on the last-mentioned line and course to the westerly line of the county of Herkimer. Section 2. All that part of the present town of Wilmurt lying and being northerly of said line shall be and constitute a new and separate town which is hereby named and distinguished as the town of Webb. Section 3. All the remaining part of said town of Wilmurt shall remain and continue to be the town of Wilmurt and known and distinguished as the town of Wilmurt, and from and after the passage of this act all laws now in force applicable to the town of Wilmurt shall apply to the town of Wilmurt. Section 4. The first town meeting in the town of Webb hereby erected shall be held in said town on the 11th day of February, 1896, at the boat shop occupied by Riley Parsons in said town, and thereafter the annual town meetings of said town shall be held on the same day as the annual town meetings of the other towns of the county of Herkimer are held, and Riley Parsons, David Charbonneau and George Goodsell are hereby appointed to preside at such first town meeting, so to be held in said new town of Webb, who shall appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls for the clection of town officers for said town, and shall have and exercise all the powers conferred by law upon justices of the peace when presiding at town meetings. Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately. We, Rufus H. Smith, chairman, and W. D. Newell, clerk of the board of supervisors of Herkimer county, N. Y., do hereby certify and attest that the foregoing resolution and act was duly passed at a regular annual session of said board duly held at Herkimer on the 25th day of January, 1896, two-thirds of all the members elected to said board being present and voting in favor thereof, and the vote of said members was as follows: Ayes: William Tibbitts, Danube. J. W. Ford, Fairfield. G. I. Seaman, Frankfort. Henry Spohn, German Flatts. A. T. Smith, Herkimer. T. P. Parker, Litchfield. Frank Senioe, Little Falls town. F. W. Smith, Little Falls city, 1st district. R. I. Davis, Little Falls city, 2d district. Wheeler Knapp, Manheim. B. K. Brown, Newport. C. B. Gray, Norway. E. E. Kelly, Ohio. J. A. Harvey, Wilmurt. Frank L. Brace, Winfield. Seal. In witness whereof, we have set hereto our hands and affixed the official seal of said board this 25th day of January, 1896. W. D. NEWELL, RUFUS H. SMITH, Chairman. Clerk. HERKIMER COUNTY, ss.: I, W. D. Newell, clerk of the board of supervisors of Herkimer county, hereby certify that I have compared the above act with the original on file in my office, and the same is a correct and true copy thereof, and of the whole thereof. Seal. W. D. NEWELL, Clerk. Endorsed: Filed Feby. 17, 1896. ANDREW DAVIDSON, Deputy Secretary of State. AN ACT to change, establish and define the northern boundary line of the town of Lake Pleasant and the southern boundary line of the town of Long Lake, in the county of Hamilton, and to legalize certain acts of the assessors of the town of Lake Pleasant. Whereas, Chapter two hundred of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty, entitled "An act changing the boundaries of certain towns in the county of Hamilton, and for other purposes," fixed the boundary line between the towns of Long Lake and Lake Pleasant at the south line of township number six of Totten and Crossfield's purchase, and Whereas, An act passed by the board of supervisors of the county of Hamilton, on November fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixtyone, entitled "An act to change the boundary lines between the towns of Arietta, Long Lake and Morehouse, in the county of Hamilton" (being chapter four hundred and ninety-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-two), so changed the southern boundary line of said town of Long Lake as to leave certain lots and parts of lots in said township six still in said town of Long Lake although separated from the remainder of said town of Long Lake by a distance of nearly two miles, and Whereas, Since said act of November fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, the town of Lake Pleasant has assumed and has exercised jurisdiction over said lots and parts of lots and said town of Long Lake has made no claim thereto, and Whereas, Pursuant to the provisions of chapter six hundred and eighty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, (known as the "County Law"), notice has been given of an intention to apply to the board of supervisors of said county to establish and define the boundary line of said towns, which said notice has been duly published and served and due proof thereof has been furnished to this board, and Whereas, Application has also been made to this board, subscribed by at least twelve freeholders of the town of Long Lake and also subscribed by at least twelve freeholders of the town of Lake Pleasant, to change the boundary line of said towns as they now exist, and reference being made to the map of the Adirondack forest, compiled by authority of the fisheries, game and forest commission, and on file in the state department at Albany, for a description of lands showing the proposed alteration; and said application and notice having been duly posted and published and due proof thereof having been furnished this board as provided by said "County Law." Therefore, The Board of Supervisors of the county of Hamilton, do enact as follows: Section 1. The northern boundary of the town of Lake Pleasant is hereby changed, established and defined as follows: Commencing on the northeasterly line of township number six, of Totten and Crossfield's purchase, at the point where the old or former line (prior to eighteen hundred and sixty), between the towns of Arietta and Lake Pleasant intersects said northeasterly line, and running from said point of intersection a southeasterly course on said northeasterly line of township number six and townships number seven and eight of said purchase, to the northwesterly corner of the town of Wells- said line being also the southwesterly line of townships number thirty-two, thirty-three and thirty-four of said purchase, thereby taking from the town of Long Lake as now appears all that part of township number six of Totten and Crossfield's purchase lying east of the easterly line of the town of Arietta, and annexing the same to the town of Lake Pleasant. § 2. The southern boundary of the town of Long Lake shall be (as now appears on said map of the Adirondack forest) as follows: Commencing on the east line of the county of Hamilton, Vol. I 110 |