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fHAK "t. lAX ACT to ftiBMKl the p«n«l taw. In raia^
, Uon to ip<>tor veii^pJaa 91) ferryooata.
B«caai« a law April 12, U17, with th* approval of tb« Oav#rnor^ PaMad, three- ilftha beliiK prMenU
The People of the SUte ot New York, V«pre««nt'>c] In Senale and AMembly. do •ria<'t H.l folloWii:
Se<-ti<.n 1. Chapter eljfhfy eight or the lawa of ninateen humlred ami nine, enti¬ tled "An »ct provioing rc>r the punlf'h- ment of crime, ."unatltutlns chapter forty of the conmilUlnled lawn," In hereliy aiDeiidfc) by adilliiK Ihereto. after Hecilon •icbt hundred nnci ii«.v«nty-one thereof. >< »ew section, to be section eight I unci red and aevei.ty-two, to read aa follows:
f 872. Motor vehic l.n on ferrvboats. A Chauffaurjor operator In charge of a mo¬ tor vehicle who leaves It iiriattendefl at any time when It i» tieing carried on any ferryboat operntlng In this state, or ho- tween this state and another Ktaie. and from or to a city of flve hunclred thou¬ aand Inhabitants or over. Is guilty of a misdemeanor. Within the meaning of thi.s •ectlon, a motor vehicle is left iinattende.I unless such chaiiffeur or operator In charge l.s on or Immediately near such motor vehicle and at n place which af¬ fords ea^y and Immediate acce.'cs to the operating, guiding and br.-iking appliances.
i 2. This act Khali take effect June flrat, rineteen hundred and seventeen. Btate of New York, Oftlce of the .Secre¬ tary of Slate, ss:
I have compared the preceding with the original law on flle In thi... offlce. ancl do hereby c-rtlfy that the sam^ Is a c'orrect transcript therefrom and of the whole of ^id original law.
FRANCIS M. HT'GO,
Secretary of State.
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tM^Ai N0TICE.8.
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
CHAP. irr.
AN AC1> to amend the general corpora¬ tion law. In relation to the change of name of business, transportation and membei ship rorpot^tlons. Becanit a law April U, 1917, with th* approval of the Oovernor. Passed, three- fifths being present.
The People of the State of New Tork, represented In Senate and Aasembly, do «nact as follows:
Section I Section sixty of chapter twon- ty-elght of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relating to cor¬ porations generally, constituting chapter twenty-tliree of tho consolidated laws," as ¦ mended by chapter two hundred and nlnety-slic of the laws of nineteen hun¬ dred and ten, Is hereby amended to r«tt4 as follows:
*"¦} 60, Petition by corporation to change name, A petition to as.sume another cor¬ porate name may be made by a domestic corporatlim other than a corporation or¬ ganized under the buslncfls ^corporations Jaw, the transportation corporations law or the membership corporations law, or organized under nny law repealed hv either of those laws, whether incorporat¬ ed by a reneral or spoclnl law, to the su¬ preme curt at a special term thereof held In the Judicial district In which Its principal business offlce shall be situotecl, fr, If It 1)1) other than a stock corporation. at a spec ial term held In the Judicial dl.-"- trlct in v.hlch it.-i certlflcate of Incorpora¬ tion la filed or recorded, or In which It* principal property is situated, or In which Ha princ'l|ial operations are or theretofore have been conducted. If It be a banking. Insurance or rallniad corporation, the pe¬ tition mii.st be authorized by a resolution cf the directors of the corporation, and approved. If a linnklng corporation, by the supcrlntendc-nt of liiinks: If an In BUrance corpor.atlcin, bv the suiierintendent cf Insurance, and If a railroad corpora¬ tion, by the pulillc service cominlHSlnii. Tho petition to change the name of anv other corji'ira.tlon inu'^t have annexed thereto a certlflcate of the secretary of •tate, that the iianie which such cor¬ poration proposes to nnsunie Is not the name of any other corporation appearing on biB Index of corporations as aulhorlz ed to do liuslness under the laws of tlie atate of New Vork, or n name which ho deems so iieiirlv resembling it, as to be calculated lo deceive,
i 2. Article three of said general cor¬ poration law In liereliv amended bv adding at tho end of said iirticle a new section, to be section Blxty-six. lo read as follows:
i 66. Cliange of name of business, trans¬ portation and meiiilier.shlp corporal ions. Any corporation now existing or here¬ after orKanizecl un.ler the buainess cor¬ porations law, the transportation cor¬ porations law or the membership corpora¬ tions law, or organized under any law re¬ pealed by either of those laws, may 111 any time change Its name, provlcled sucb change has been authorized by vote of the holders of record of at least two-thirds of the entire capital stock Issued and out Btanding, Irrespective of class or cliisHeH of stock: or If the corporation Is one au¬ thorized to issue any or all of Its shares without nominal or par value, then by vote of 'the holders of record of at least two-thirds of the entire number of shares issued and outstanding, irrespective of class or classes of shares;, or It It Is a nonstock corporation, then by vote of at least two-thirds of its members. Such vote shall be taken at a meeting of the Stockholders, shareholders 6r members •peclallv called for that purpose. The notice of the meeting shall state the time and place thereof, the present name of the corporation and Ihe name It proposes to assume. Such notice shnll be signed by the president or vice-president and the Bocrotary and shall be published once a week for two successive weeks In a newspaper published and circiilatlnR in the'county wherein its principal business office Is located, or If It haa no business ofHco, In the county In w'hlch Its principal corporate propertv Is situated, and a cniiy of sucb "notice shall on or before the day of the flrst publication be filed In the OfHce of the secretary of state, and a copy chall on or before the flrst day of publlca- tlo',1 he either served personally cm each stockholder shareholder or member, or mailed to him at his last known post- oflice address. The proposed name shall be reserved for such corporation by the secretary of state for a period of forty days from the date of tho flllng of the copy of the notice In hig.oftlce. No action shall be taken bv the stockholders, share¬ holders or members to change the name of the cprporatlon unless there aball be presented to the meeting a certlflcate in duplicate of the secretary of stato that tne name which such corporation pro¬ poses to assume is not tho name of any other corporation appearing on his index of corporations na authorized to do busi¬ ness under the laws of tho Btato of New Tork. or a name which ho deems so near¬ ly resembling It as to bo calculated to de¬ ceive.
No such iiorporatlon shall assume a cor¬ porate name which shall contain any ¦word or words prohibited by law to a corporation of lll<e character. Tnless the coriHJratlon Is a charitable or l)enevolent corjKiratlon. the name which tho corpora¬ tion proposes to assume shall havo such word or words, abbrevlatiwi. afBx or pre¬ fix therein or thereto, aa will clearly In- aioato that it is » corporation as distin¬ guished from a natural person, flrm. as¬ aociatlon or copartnership.
Upon the adoption of a reaolutlon by the atockholders, sharoholdors or members to change tho name of such corporation to the name proposed In said notice, tho cor¬ poration shall file In the ofllco of tho sec- rotary of Btato nnd In tho ofTco of tho clerk of the county in which its principal business offlco is located, or if It has no husfhena offlce In tho offlco of tho dork of tha county In which its princlpaj cor¬ porate proporly Ib situated, a certlflcate •t(nod. verlflod and acknowledged by Its president or vico-preoident and secretary. Tt. vorlBcation sbsH l>o in tho form ro- quirod of i pleadlnir tn a court of rocord and tho acknowiodinlant «hat> l>e in the form roqtilffid of • lood to »>• r«cortllod «1tbln this tt»t* tuch Mrtlflcat* atMO
' Mat* An^ aet lofth the resolution adapted by the sto'ckholderh. Hlia.reholdera or , merot>era, the date of tbe adoption »f such reaoiuttofy, th« date on which th* certiflcstte of inc;or|>oratlon was tiled in ' tho ofHce of \he' aec-rciniy of Binie, lb* , law unaer which the orporation wao ui- ganized, the iiaiiie under whicb the said corporation was .jrisiniilly Incorporjjled, and any subseciucnt changes therein, and the name whl'h the corporation deslius to aclopt. There shall be attached thereto the affldaxlts of service and publicatioil of the ncitUe of the.meeting and fhe cer¬ tlflcate of the seeretary cif state herein provi.led for The cirimratlon shall pub¬ lish a copy of the resolution adopted nt such meeting oiiee a week for two suc¬ cessive weeks in the newspaper In whl'-h the noti.e of the meeting waH published The c'orp«>ration shall file In the offlce of tbe RC'-retary of state within forty days after the copy of Ihe notice of meeting was flled In his office an afTliiavlt of pub¬ lication of the resolution herein renulred On and after the day on which such affl- d;ivlt is flled. the corporation shall be known by the nnme adc>pred in such r<so- lutlon and by no cnher name.
Any action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, .-oiniii.-nceil by or atcalnst a corporation whose nnme Is so changed shall not abate, nor shall any relief, re¬ covery or other proceedings therein be prevented. Impeded or Impaired ir, conse- ciuence of such change of name. The plaintiff In the action or the party Insti¬ tuting the special proceeding, or the peo¬ ple, as tho case recjulres. may at any time obtain an order amending any of the papers or proceedings therein, by th* substitution of the new name, without costs and without prejudice to the action or proceeding
I 3. This act shall take effect September flrst. nineteen hundred and seventeen. State of New York. Offlce of tho Secro- tary of State, ss:
I havei compared the preceding with the
original law on flle In this offlce, and do
I hereby cerlify that the game la a correct
'• transcript therefrom and of the whole of
said original Uw.
FRANCIS M, HVGO,
¦ Secretary of State.
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority,
I'HAf^. 179. AN ACT to amend the education law, relative to clothing for state pupils and the cost of maintenance and Instruction of pupils In institutions for the instruc¬ tion of tho deaf and dumb. Became a law April 14, 1917, with tho approval of the t;«vernor. Passed, three- flfths being present.
'Th* Psoplo of tho State of New Tork, represented \i\ Senato and Assembly, do enAct as follows:
Secticin 1. Subdivisions three and four of section nine hundred and seventy-flve of chapter twenty-one of the laws of nine¬ teen huniJred and nine, entitled "Aq act relating to education, constituting chap¬ ter sixteen of the consolidated laws," are hereby amended to read as followa:
3. It In any case all or any of said moneys are not expended before the ex¬ piration of the periods of appointment of such pupils, as provided in the foregoing subdivislcfhs of this section, then the uji- expended residue shall go Into tbe general clothing fund of the said Institutions, to be devoted to furnishing state pupils with suitable clothing,
4. It said sums shall not be paid to the said Institutions as recpilred In subdivi¬ sions one and two of thla section, wlthltt six months after the annual meeting of the supervLsors ot any of said counties, the sums so unpaid shall bear Interest at the rate of seven per centum per annum, from t'.- exjilratlon of aald alx months until the ^ line be paid.
9 2. Sections nine hundred and seventy- nine and nine hundred and eighty of sai.l . liapter. as amended by chapter three hunclred and twenty-two of the laws of ninet.-en hundred and ten, are hereby amended to read as follows:
I 979, Maintenance of children. Tho chililren placed in said inatitutlons. In pursuance of the last two sections, shall be maintained therein at the exjiense of the county from where they came, pro¬ vided that such expense shnll not exc ed three hnnder.l and fifty dollars each per year, until thev attain the age of twelve years, unb-ss tbe directors of the Institu¬ tion to which a child has been sent shall find that Hvn'h cliil.l i.s not a proper sub¬ ject to remain in said institution.
i 980. Payment of expenses of tuition and n'.alnteiiance The expensea for the board, tuition and clothing for such deaf- mute children, placed as aforesaid in said Institutions, not exceeding the amount of three hundred and flfty dollars per year, above allowed, shall be raised nnd collect¬ ed as are other expenses of the county from which such children shall be receiv¬ ed: and the bills therefor, properly au¬ thenticated by the principal or one of the offlcers of the Institution, shall be paid to said Instltut. Ul by the said county; and Its county treasurer or chamberlain, aa the case may lie, la hereby directed to pay the same on presentation, so that the amount thereof may be borne by the proper county.
t 3. This act shall tako effect immedi¬ ately. , State of New Vork. Oflice of tho Secre¬ tary of State, ss:
I hnve compared the preceding with the original law on flle in this oftlce, and do hereby certify that the same Is a correot Jranscrlpt therefrom and ot the whole of said original law.
KRANCI.S M. HfOO.
Secretary ot State.
LAWS OF NEW YORK-—By Authority.
CHAP. 184.
AN ACT to amend the Insurance law. in
relation to the valuation of annuities.
Became a law April 10, 1917, with the
approval of the Governor. Passed, three-
lU'ths being piesent.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fullows:
Section 1, Section eighty-four of chapter thirty-three of the laws of nineteen hun¬ dred and nine, entitled "An act In rela¬ tion to insurance corporations, consti¬ tuting chapter twenty-eight of the c'on- sulldated taws," as amended by chniiter I three hundred and one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, chapter six I hundred and sixteen of the laws ot nine¬ teen hundred and ten, and chapter three hundred and four of the laws of nineteen hundred and thirteen. Is hereby amended to read as follows:
I g4. Valuation of pollotes. The super¬ intendent of Insurance shall annually make valuatlonB of all outstanding poU- ' cles, additions, thereto, unpaid dividends and all other obligations of every life in¬ surance corporation doing business In this state. All valuations made by him or by his authority shall bo mado upon the net premium basis. Tho legal minimum standard for contracts issued before the flrst day of January,, nineteen hundre<l and one, Blftill bo the actuaries' or com¬ bined experience table of mortality with Interest at four per centum per annum. and for contracts Issued on or after said : day shall bo the American experience ta- I bio of mortality with interest at throe and ' one-half per centum per annum; provided : that tho legal minimum valuation of all contracts Isaued on or after the" ni*t day of January, nineteen hundred and seven shall bo in accordance with the e*lect aM« ultimate method, and on the basis th»- tho rate ot mortality during tho first fl^o years after the issuance of said contract* I respectively shnll t>e calculated aiH;ordlB# ta tho following porconta»OB of the r«t«# shown by the American ezporlonc* Ubio 1 of mortality, to wit: ftrst Insuranco year flfty per conturn thereof, second lnsuranc< >-««r sixty-flro per centum tboraof, thtr4 tnrjranc* year g***nty-flvo por centum thok^of, fourth Insurance year «l|fhty-flv* par oantvm thorMf. and fifth IkMinuMO yaar ninoty-flvo ^r centum thorsof. The Btiportnt«ndent may vary th« tgtandards ot iBtuMt Mi« inortmlStj- i" the caa. «« eoi^
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poratfons from toroign ' cotnrtri«tf aV fl> contracts laauod by sncb .cdrponntiolu Ih other countrlaa than the United Statts. and In partlcnjlar cases of Invalid lives and other extra hazards, and -value ikiII-
cleS in giuui'a. Umi a|>i>i ukilua ttt HWltt^.s
for frac?tions of a year and otherw-lse. and accept the valuation of the department of Insurance of any other state or country If made upon the basis and .nccordlng to the Btanclards herein reriiilred In place of the valuation he^ln leJjuired. No polio Issued after the thirty-first day of De-
' .ember, nineteen hundred and six, shall be vrtlued as term Insurance unless pre¬ miums are based u[>on net term rales, and no policy with level i>remluins issued after said date shall be valued as term In¬ surance for the first policy year. Tbe legal minimum standard for the valuation
, of annuities Issueri after January (IrKt nineteen hundred and aeven. .shall be M'- Cllntock's "Tables of Mortality Amonx Annuitants" with interest at four per centum per anjium. but annuities deferred ten or more years and written In con¬ nection with life or term insurances shall be valued on the same mortalHy tnhio from which the consideration or premi¬ ums were computed, with Interest not higher than three and one-ha^f per .en¬ tutn p?r annum. The legal' minimum standard for. the valuation of Industrial pullclcs issued after^the flrst day of Janu¬ ary, nineteen hundred and seven, shall be the American experience table of mor¬ tality with Interest at three and one-half per centum per annum, provld*d. tb.it any life insurance corporation may volun¬ tarily value Its Industrial policies written
I on the weekly premlmum payment plan
I according to the standard Industrial mor¬ tality table or tho substandard IndustrinI mortality table. Any life Insurance cor¬ poration may voluntarily value Its poli¬ cies, or any class thereof, according to the American experience table of mortal¬ ity, or if Industrial, at Its option, accord¬ ing to tho standard Industrial mortality table or substandard industrial moriallty table, at a lower'rate of Interest than that
! above prescribed, but not lower than three percentum per annum, and with or without reference to the select and ulti¬ mate method of valuation, and In every such case shall report the standards used by It In making the same to the superin¬ tendent of Insurance In Its annual state¬ ment, provided that no such standards. If adopted, shnll he aban.loned without the con-ent of tho BU|>orintendent of Insur¬ ance flrst obtained In writing, I 2. This act shall take effect Iminedl-
' ately. State of New Tork, Offlce of tho Secre¬ tary of State, ss:
I have compared tho preceding with the original law on fllo In this offlce, and do hereby certify that the same Is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law,
FRANCIS M. HT'OO,
Secretary of State,
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
CHAP, m, AN ACT to amend the public health law, In relation to consolidated health dis¬ tricts,
Hecamo a law April Hi, 1917, with the approval of the Governor, Passed, three- fifths being present.
The People of the Stale of New Vork. representee! In Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Chapter forty-nine of Ihe laws of nineteen hundred and nine, en¬ titled "An act in relation to the publi.' health, constituting chapter forty-flve of tha consolidated laws," is hereby amended by Inserting therein a new section, to be section twenty-a, to read as follows:
i 20-a. Kxpenses of consolidated health district. A consolidated health district may adopt the estimate system as provid¬ ed by section twenty of this chapter, and, as provided by such section, may make and Hie with the c:lerk of the board of su¬ pervisors of the county, or If such dlstrii t be located In more than one county, with the clerk of the board of supervisors of each such county, an estimate for the re¬ mainder of tho current year and for the ensuing calendar year, and may issue a certlflcate of Indebtedness upon the credit of the district for such portion of siic-li estimate as may be needed to pay the e.x¬ penses of, the board until the tax levi.d on account of such assessment shall have been collected nnd paid to the bciard as prnvided by section twentv of this chap¬ ter. Such tax when collected ahall be ap¬ plicable in the flrst Instance to the pa.v¬ nient of such certlflcate.
; 2. This act shall take effect Ininiedlatelv State of New York, Offlce of the Secre¬ tary nf State, ss:
I have compared the preceding with the original law on ftle In this offlce, and d.> hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law
FRANCIS M. HUGO.
Secretary of State
LAWS OF NBW YORK—By Authority.
CHAP, 187, AN ACT to amend the banking law in relation to the retjulrements as to mort¬ gage loans.
Became a law April 16, 1917. with tbe approval of the Governor. Passed, three- fifths being present.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact aa follows:
Section 1, Section two hundred and forty-one of chapter three hundred anc". sixty-nine of Ihe laws of nineteen hun¬ dred and fourteen, entitled "An act in re¬ lation to banking corporations, and indi¬ viduals, partnerships, unincorporated as¬ sociations and corporations under the su¬ pervision of the banking department, con¬ stituting chapter two of tho conaolldated laws," Is hereby amended to road as fol¬ lows :
, i 241. Requirements as to mortgage loans; abstract of title or title policy; in¬ surance of buildings; recording.
1. In all cases of loans upon real prop¬ erty, a bond secured by a mortgage of tho real estate upon which tho loan is mado. together with a complete abstract of title to such real estate, signed by the perscni or corporation furnishing such abstract of title, or the production, for registration of the mortgage, of a duplicate certlflcate of title under the land title registration laws of the state of New York, or a policy of t tie Insurance of a title company autho¬ rized to insure titles to "real estate in the state of New Tork, shail be required of Iho borrower.
2. Whenever buildings aro Included In tho valuation of any real property upon which a loan shall bo mado by a savlr.gs blink. th«fr shall bo Insured by the mort- g Igor In such company or companies as the savings bank shall direct, and the policy of Insuranro shall l>o duly assigned to the savings bank, or tho loss made pay¬ able to tho savings bank, aa its Interests may appear; and any such savings bank may renew ouch policy of insurance In tho same or such other company or companies ns It may elect, from yoar to yoar, or for n. longor or shorter term. In caso the mortgagor shall neglect to do so, and may charge tho amount paid to tho mortgagor. All the noceasary charges and exp»nse» paid by the savings bank for such o- nownl or renewals shall be paid by tho mortgagor to tho savings bank and shall be a Ilen upon the property mortgaged, recoverable with Intereot from tho time of p.-yment aa part of the moneys secured to be paid by tho mortgage
3. Every mortgage and every assign¬ ment of a mortgage taken or held by a savings bank shall immediately bo record¬ ed or registered under the land title regis¬ tration law In the offlce of the proper re¬ cording officer of tho county in which tho r«al property doacribod In tho mortgage Is located.
I 1 Buhdlrlslon seven of aoctlon throo htindred and eighty-six of such chaptar I* horohr amended to read as followr:
7. Evory mortgage ond orory aasisn- ai««t of a mort«K«« tmlioij by any au^h
AfimciHstiSLi a^tfiip lmm*lffitiit«»y r^Kted In ib. office iroh* proper roco'nllng ^IPCft ot tho county ia which the real estate de' scribed In such mortgage ts lacitcd; cs cepting, that, vl>«re the title to tho prop¬ erty demrnbod i" ""i" lOorlgiMsrB. «i lu the mortgage to which such asslftnment refers, haa been regtstored said mortgasie or assignment ahall be flled with the reg¬ istrar of the county wherein the property ia located, and shall be noted on the origi¬ nal and on the owner's duplicate certlfl¬ cate ot title, and a registration topy of said mortgage or assignment and of tho mortgage as.-igned shall be obtained by such association, '
t 3. This act shall take effect Immedi¬ ately.
State of New York. Offlce of the Secre¬ tary of St.ite. ss:
1 have cijiripared the preceding with the original law on file in this otflce, and d . hereby certify tbat the sione is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law.
FRA.NCIS M. HCGO.
Se. retary of State
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
CHAP. ISR .¦\!)/ ACT to amend tho penal law. In rela¬ tion to disposition of contetits of de- ¦
stroyed .^lot machines.
Became a law April 16, 1917. with the approval of the Governor, Passed, three- fifths belUK Iiresent,
The Peo|i|e of the State of New York, represer-ied In Senate and Assembly, do enact as f.llows:
Section 1 The penal law is hereby amended by inserting therein^ after sec- tlon nine hundred and el8tit>-flve, a new qpction, to be section nine hundred and elghty-flve-a, to read as follows:
I 986-a, Iiispositlon of contents of de¬ stroyed slot machine. Thn offlcer destroy¬ ing a slot machine pursuant to the pro- I visions of sections nine hundred and eighty-four and nine hundred and eighty- 1 five of this chapter shall pay over any moneys found therein to the police pen- I sion fund of the city in which sucli de- ' structlon O'.'curs, or. if there be no such fund or such destruction occurs in an.i town outside of a city, such money shnll be paid into^the poor fund cif such town or city. If such machine have contents of value other than mone». the same shall be sold by the offlcer destroying the ma¬ chine and the proceeds disposed of as above provided for the dl.sposltion of money contents.
I Z This act shall take effect September flrst, nineteen hundred ancl seventeen State of New York, Offlce of the Secre
tary of State, ss:
I have compared the preceding with the original law on flle In this offlce. and do hereby certify that Ihe same ts a correct transcript therefrom and of tho whole of said original law.
FRANCIS M. HCGO,
Secretar>' of State
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
CHAP, l!tS, AN ACT to amend the conservation law, in relation to the manner of killing mal¬ lard and black ducks bred In captivity. Became a law April Ifi, 1917, with tbe approval nf the Governor, Passed, three- flftbs belni; present.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section I Subdivision two of section three hun.lred and seventy-two of chapter six hundr.'d and forty-seven of t)ie laws of nineteen hundred and eleven,- entitle.l "An act relating to ..onservatlon o{ land, forests, waters, parks, hydraulic power, flsh and Kame, constituting chapter sixty- flve of the consolidated laws," added b,\ chapter three hundred and eighteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and twelve, ns amended hy chapter nlnetv-two of lb., laws of nineteen humlred an.l fourteen and by chapter four hundred and slxt>- slx of the laws of nliielc.en liundred unci flfteen, Is hereby amended to read as fol¬ lows:
2. Manner of killing. Any person to whom such a license shall have been is¬ sued may kill such elk, deer, pheasants .ir ducks In the manner ancl at the times herein set forth, as follows: Elk. deer, pheasants, mallard ducks or black dueks^ may be killed at any time, in any manner, except that mall^fd ducks or black ducks may be killed by shooting onl\ during tlie open season for wild fowl. Mallard clucks or black ducks, killed by shooting, shall not be bought, sold or trafflcked Iri, ex¬ cept under such niles and regulations as the commission may prescribe. Any per¬ son may posse.ss or sell such elk, deer pheasants or ducks for food as herein¬ after set forth.
t 2. This net shall take effect Initnedlately. State of New York, Offlce of the Secre- ! tary of State, ss:
I have compareil the preceding with the original law on flle in this office, and do hereby certify that the same la a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of bald original law.
FRANCIS M. HCGO,
Secretary' of State.
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
CHAP. 199. AN ACT to amend the general inunii ipa!
law. In rtriatlon to taxation of transient
merchants.
Became a law April 17, 1917, with the approval of the Governor. Passed", three- flfths being present. ^
The People of the State of New York. , represented In Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ^
Section 1 Chapter twenty-nine of the . laws of nineteen hundred and nin*, en- 1 titled "An act relating to municipal < or- I porations, constituting chapter twenty- four of the consolidated laws," Is ber«-by amended by inserting therein a new sec¬ tion, to be section elghty-flve-a, to read as 1 follows:
} 85-a, Taxation of transient merchants The legislative body of a city, the t.'Wii board of a town or the lioard of trustees of a village has power to provi.lo that a tax shall be levied upon all persons Or corporations conducting transient retail i business therein, and may provide for the [ collection of such tax by requiring a permit j nnd bond, cash deposit or other secuvlty I before the commencement of business by ; such persons or corporations. Such tax 1 shall be based upon the gross amount of ! sales and shall be at the same rate oa | ather property is taxed for the year In j such cl«y, town or vlllage. If at tho time - such tax becomes due and payable, {he \ tax rate for the current year of such c Ity. 1 town or village has not been flxed. the | same shall be estimated by the assesvors 1 thereof. An ordinance or resolution pro¬ viding for a tax hereunder may require verifled reports to be flled from time to time relating to stock and sales, and may ' make such further requirements ss may be necessary In order to determine the amount of such tax, and to provide for | tbe collection thereof. A transient biisi- j ness Is one conducted In a store, hotel, | house, building or stnictiiro for the sale at retail of goods, wares or merchandise, excepting food produc;ts, and which Is In¬ tended to be conducted for a temporary period of time and not permanently If the place In which a business Is condu.-tod Is rented or leased for a period of two months or leas, such fact shall be pre¬ sumptive evidence that tho business car¬ ried on therein Is a transient bustness. Any person or corporation falling to pay said la«, or failing to obey the provisions of an ordinance or resolution adopted hereunder, shall be guilty of a misde¬ meanor. I
II This act shall take effect immediately I State of New Torti, Offlco of tho Socro- j
tary of Btate. ss: !
I havo compared tho pre.%ilng with tho original taw uo fllo In thla offloo, and do haroby c«rttt]r tlutt tha aamo ta a corroct transctrtpt th«r«from and of tho wholo of aald orlctnal law.
THAlfCn U. HtrOO, Jaafstary of Stat*.
CEMETERY CHARGE OF TOWN BOARD
In an ogl0ffu died with the Town' Hoard on Ttitaday, Counselor Sanforti .\. iMvisorl adviees the Board that It has tho right of control and supervi-1 sion over the entire cemeiery known as the Rockville Cemetery, situated between Lynbrook and Rockville Cen¬ tre, with the exception of the.-plot owni-d by the First .Methodist Protes¬ tant Church of l.ynbrook, and that as (o that plot the burial of bodies iherc- in le subjoot to the supervision and )(filiation of the Town Roard. He further advises that tho cost of .siipi-r- \ ision on the pferl of iho Tow n Siijhi- visor or a person dosiKii&tod by hi.n shall ho a town rhatpo.
The opinon was rendered after a niitiiher of laxiia.^crs livini,; xiottr thi Roil<\illo Ceniotefy had asked the Town Hoard as to what body had con¬ trol of tho cemetery. .\ portion of ibo hiirial CTound is overnin with ntider- hrti.sh and grapses. Some of the fenros enclosing the lots are in a - tiitnblo down condition.
.Mr. Davison finds Ihat undtr Sec¬ tion '¦','¦"2 of the Town Law tho Su-1 pervisor has power lo rotnovo jjra.ss | and woods frotn reinoterloR of tfiis , kind iwice a voai, and to erect a fonoe around it, .
Read the Na.''Rau Post for lot al and vicinity news, 1
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Classi Column
These little ads^ Sell Exchange & Bui Tri| One-Tomorro"
Prepare ior Ihe
Food Dictator
With the Diind of every hmisowife planning to feed hor fainily with Iho ttttnosl ocon- oiny, th(> way is paved for her U) do "Hor Hit." if a
Reliable AngleiroR Cabinet Range
is inslallod, .\vo yon ready fctr what may conio If not. stop into ono of our offlces, si'loct yotir ranpe now. and enlist its services for tho coininf; .•;tiiiiiiiir ancl the years to come.
Nassau and Suffolli Lighting Co.
CioorKo .Mac-Donald. I'rrsidont
Hciiipstotid Rockville Centre
Kri'opoi I and .Mineola
WANTED
SALKSLADV Wanted for Kenrral dry Roods. .latnes S. Lewis. West .Morriek Road aiid Church St root. Freeport.
WK IIAVK a lai-Ro demand for sIlKhl- ly used men's <lotho8 and ftirs: fjood prices paid. J. Ke,cpl & Son, 47 R^i.ioad Avenue. Freeport. Phono 36S-W. 7-1-4t
WANTKI)—Furnished toom for man and wife: or ¦will board in private family Box X, Nassau Post,
FOR SALE
FOR SALK Hiipniohilo roadster. IIH.S model, perfect condition, brand new tiros, self-starter, many extras. Can he soon at Frank Smith's (larane. lielliiior.. I., I. Pric.' f-i'.i.n. 7-t;-L't.
MORTGAGE LOANS
MONEY
TO LOAN th MN» AND MOITfiAGC 9Dick ActiM. E. N. EDWARDS FREEPORT. L. I
FDR RENT
We Have Appiications
lor houses to rent, lurnished or unlurnished, Irom desirable lenanls. Will be pleased to list yonr properly eilher lor Sale, Rent or Kxrhange.
JAMES HANSE
Tel. 77 33%AILJtOAD AVE. FREEPORT, L. I.
FOR RI'A'T 4 room apart,nont anrt bath; first floor, $IK Broadway and ftosedait) Ave., J. D. Conn.'^ky, tei. 86.
FOR SALK Small ftirnished hon.^e, throe rooms; jiardon, chicken .'•op, ;;ata,m.; ht^allhy location. Box i, .Mi'i ric k. I'liciiio !lii(; Frooport. ti-S-tf
FOR SALK At Kacridc'i'. about 2f>t> cMra laiyc sized pigeons - Address Iliiv 1. .Nassau I'ost.
(iARACi; FOR RKNT or storage, \h7 S. tlifiM Stifot, ooiii.r .Smith, Fro< pott, 6-.10-4t
\0 EXTRA CHARdE FOR IT
Idvertisemenis lor The IMassau Posl iDay be lell at G. I. Brailhivaite's Stationery Store, Railroad Avenue, Freeport.
AUTOMOBILES
ro RKNT Dead storage spare foi automobiles |2 per month. P. 0. box 67, Freeport.
HOMK VILLA, ir.7 S. (Jrovo Stre.'t, corner Smith Street, oan aeoonitrio- dat< lew gliosis with dostralilo focitiis titid homt: table, T^thle hoard also I', ll phoiii 171 R, Freeport.
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'-'l.'l Miller .i>onne Freepori
roKi'oiiAnoNs oitt.\m/fi»
In Sow Vork until .July Isl, i^HJ^O
lo'hidinK complete outfit, Accoll^^t^¦.
oollectod evervwhore
.Suite I'-Iis. Times liiiihJinir
Ibln.t. anil 42d St lei. I()>27 Rryant
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