LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PASSED AT THE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGIS- VOLUME I. Chap. 1. AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and twenty-eight, of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by chapter two hundred and fifty-eight, of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act to amend chapter one hundred and twenty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled 'An act to provide for a village hall, in the village of Saratoga Springs."" APPROVED by the Governor January 17, 1893. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: amended. Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight, Act as amended by chapter two hundred and fifty-eight, of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby further amended, so as to read as follows: bonds. § 1. It shall be the duty of the president and village clerk of Issue of the village of Saratoga Springs, within ninety days after the passage of this act, to issue bonds on the faith and credit of said village, to an amount not exceeding ninety-five thousand dollars, with coupons attached, bearing semi-annual interest, at the rate of not exceeding four per centum per annum, payable on the first days of August and February in each year. The principal of Payments said bonds to be paid, at the rate of five thousand dollars per cipal. of prin Proviso. Issue limited. annum, commencing on the first day of August, in the year nineteen hundred and two. § 2. Nothing in this act shall in any manner impair the validity of any bonds, issued and sold under the acts hereby amended, and the whole.amount of bonds, issued and sold under this and said other acts, shall not exceed ninety-five thousand dollars. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Tax for bridge over canal. Chap. 2. AN ACT to authorize the city of Syracuse to levy a tax to provide the means to defray its share of the cost of constructing a hoist or swing bridge over the Erie canal from Mulberry street to Lock street in the city of Syracuse. APPROVED by the Governor January 18, 1893. 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 common council of the city of Syracuse is hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax, in the general tax levy for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to the amount of seven thousand dollars for the purpose of defraying the said city's share of the cost of the construction of the hoist, or swing bridge over the Erie canal, from Mulberry street to Lock street in said city, the construction of which was provided for by chapter six hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninetyAdditional two; said sum so authorized to be levied and raised to be in addiheretofore tion to the sums authorized to be raised by section one hundred to sums authorized. and six, of chapter twenty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, as amended by chapter three hundred and seventysix of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. . Chap. 3. AN ACT to further amend chapter twenty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An act to revise, amend and consolidate the several acts in relation to the city of Syracuse, and to revise and amend the charter of said city," and the several acts amendatory thereof. APPROVED by the Governor January 18, 1893. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: amended. Section 1. Section four of chapter twenty-six of the laws of Charter eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An act to revise, amend and consolidate the several acts in relation to the city of Syracuse, and to revise and amend the charter of said city," and the several acts amendatory thereof, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows: The said city shall be divided into nineteen wards, bounded and described respectively as follows: First ward.—All that part of said city bounded as follows: First ward. Beginning in the northeasterly line of said city at its intersection with the center line of Court street and running thence southwesterly along the center line of said street to the center of Oswego canal; thence southeasterly along the center line of said canal to a point in range with the southeasterly line of Marsh lot number thirty-four; thence southwesterly to and along said line of Marsh lot to the center of Onondaga creek; thence down along the center of the present channel of said creek and the same prolonged into Onondaga lake to the northwesterly line of the city; thence northeasterly and southeasterly along said city line to the place of beginning, shall constitute the first ward. ward. Second ward.-All that part of said city bounded as follows: Second Beginning in the northeasterly line of said city, at its intersection with the center line of Court street, and running thence southwesterly along the center line of said street to the center of the Oswego canal; thence southeasterly along center of said canal to a point opposite the center of Division street; thence northeasterly along the center of said street to the center of Townsend street; thence northwesterly along the center of Townsend street to a point opposite the center of Pond street; thence northeasterly along Third ward. Fourth ward. Fifth ward. Sixth ward. the center of Pond street to the center of Third North street; thence easterly along the center of Third North street to the city line; and thence northwesterly along the same to the place of beginning, shall constitute the second ward. Third ward. All that part of said city bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the center lines of the Erie and Oswego canals, running thence westerly along the center of said Erie canal to the center of Leavenworth avenue; thence northerly along the center of Leavenworth avenue to the boundary line of the first ward; thence northeasterly along the line of said first ward to the center of the Oswego canal, and thence southeasterly along the center of said canal to the place of beginning, shall constitute the third ward. Fourth ward.-All that part of said city bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the center of the Oswego canal with the center of James street and running thence southerly to the center of the Erie canal; thence easterly along the center of the Erie canal to the city line; thence northerly along said city line to the center of James street; and thence southwesterly along the center line of James street to the place of beginning, shall constitute the fourth ward. Fifth ward.-All that part of said city bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the center of the Erie canal with the center of Onondaga creek and running thence westerly along the center of said canal to a point opposite the center of Tioga street; thence southerly along the center of Tioga street to the center of Fabius street; thence westerly along the center of Fabius street to the center of Oswego street; thence southerly along the center of Oswego street to the center of Merriman avenue; thence easterly along the center of Merriman avenue to the center of Kellogg street; thence northeasterly on Kellogg street to the center of Slocum avenue; thence southeasterly on Slocum avenue to the center of West Onondaga street; thence northeasterly along the center of West Onondaga street to Onondaga creek; thence down along the center of said creek to the place of beginning, shall constitute the fifth ward. Sixth ward. All that part of said city bounded as follows: Beginning at the center of the Erie canal in range with the center line of Montgomery street and running thence southerly to and along the center of said street to the center of Jefferson street; |