able. tion and furnishing of additional buildings for the purposes of said House of Refuge for Women, on the land owned by the state How pay of New York in Hudson, New York. To be paid by the treasurer of the state on the warrant of the comptroller, to the treasurer of the board of managers of said House of Refuge for Women at Hudson, New York, as they shall require the same, such requirements being notified to the comptroller in writing, specifying the purpose for which said sums are required. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Act amended. Compensation. Chap. 42. AN ACT to amend chapter six hundred and ninety-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act authorizing boards of supervisors to appoint superintendents of the poor to act as keepers of alms-houses, and fixing their compensation." APPROVED by the Governor February 16, 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. Section two of chapter six hundred and ninety-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended so that it shall read as follows: § 2. The board of supervisors of each county shall determine the compensation the superintendent of the poor shall receive for acting as such during the term for which he shall be elected, which compensation shall not be thereafter increased or diminished during his term of office, except as provided by the first section of this act. This act shall not apply to the county of Steuben. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 43. AN ACT to authorize the purchase by the state of certain lands heretofore purchased by the county of Oneida for the purpose of being used as a county asylum for the insane, and to appropriate the money necessary therefor. APPROVED by the Governor February 16, 1893. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: estate. Section 1. It shall be duty of the comptroller of the state upon Purcha presentation to him of the certificate of the attorney-general that proper conveyances have been executed by the county of Oneida to the people of the state of New York, of an indefeasible title free from all incumbrances of the real estate situate in the city of Rome, and county of Oneida, and state of New York, heretofore purchased by the county of Oneida for the purpose of a county asylum for the insane, to accept the title thereto in behalf of the state, and to issue his warrant upon the treasury of the state for the sum of one hundred and four thousand six hundred and twenty-one dollars, that being the sum at which the said real estate was appraised by the commission created by chapter four hundred and sixty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety, which said sum shall be paid by said state treasurer to the treasurer of the county of Oneida. § 2. For the purpose of making such payment and purchase, Appropriathe sum of one hundred and four thousand six hundred and twentyone dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 44. AN ACT authorizing the village of Ellenville in the county of Ulster to raise money by the issuing of bonds for the establishment of a gas or electric light plant for said village. APPROVED by the Governor February 16, 1893. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: may raise lighting Section 1. The board of trustees of the village of Ellenville, Trustees Ulster county, New York, are hereby authorized to raise a sum money for not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars, for the purpose of defray. system, Issue of bonds therefor. able. ing the cost and expense of erecting, purchasing or procuring the necessary machinery, apparatus, fixtures, poles and wire for an electric light system in said village of Ellenville, or for the erecting, purchasing or procuring the necessary machinery, apparatus, fixtures, pipes and lamp posts for a gas light system in said village of Ellenville, and for defraying the cost and expense of all labor and material which may be necessary in putting up said machinery and apparatus for electric light or gas light and in establishing and operating such electric light system or such gas light system in said village. § 2. Said board of trustees are hereby authorized to issue bonds in the name of the village of Ellenville, to an amount not exceeding the sum of eighteen thousand dollars, to raise the money provided for by the preceding section, said bonds to run for a period not exceeding twenty years, and to be sold at not less than par and to bear interest at a rate not exceeding four per centum per annum, and to be for one thousand dollars each with interest payable When pay- annually. The first bond shall mature on the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and the remainder of said bonds to be made payable at such times that one of said bonds shall mature upon each first day of June after the payment of said first bond. Said board of trustees shall cause to be added to the general tax to be raised in each year, the amount of the principal of the bond which will mature that year and the amount of the interest to become due that year and such two sums shall be levied and collected the same and as a part of the general tax of that year and when collected shall be applied in payment of such bond and interest. Tax for principal and interest. Establishment of lighting system. § 3. Said board of trustees are hereby authorized to make all necessary arrangements, regulations and contracts for purchasing and putting up and maintaining the necessary apparatus for lighting said village with electric light or gas light and for doing any and all acts necessary or proper to be done in and about purchasing, erecting and putting in operation the electric light system in said village or the gas light system in said village, and in placing poles and wires along said village streets or laying pipes and erecting lamp posts in and through said village streets and said board of trustees are hereby authorized to purchase land and to erect and maintain a suitable building or buildings for the operation of said electric light system or said gas light system. of system. light to inhabitants. 4. Said board of trustees shall have the exclusive control Operation of operating and running said electric light system or said gas light system, and they shall also have the exclusive right to make all necessary arrangements, rules and regulations for supplying said village and the streets and public buildings thereof with electric light or gas light and also within their discretion to furnish to the inhabitants of said village lights for commer. Furnishing cial and family use from said village system of lighting, at such rates and prices for the same as shall be fixed and determined by said board, and to demand and enforce payment for all such light in the name of said village. And the said board of trustees shall cause the clerk of said village to make and publish annually an itemized report of all receipts and expenditures in connection with said lighting system. Annual report. from sale of light, § 5. It shall be the duty of said board of trustees to appropriate Receipts all sums of money received from the sales of light to individuals how apfurnished by said system as follows: First. To pay the necessary expenses connected with the running and repairing and manufacturing said electric light system or said gas light system and to extend the same if the board of trustees deem it advisable. Second. All additional sums to be used as a sinking fund for the purpose of paying the bonds and interest when due or of reimbursing the village treasury in the amount paid from the village treasury in the redemption of the bonds and interest paid as provided in section two of this act, and after said bonds shall have been fully paid and redeemed all such additional sums of moneys received for the sales of light shall be applied in payment of the ordinary and current expenses of said village. § 6. This act shall take effect immediately. plied. 1 Employ. ment and Chap. 45. AN ACT relative to the powers of the janitor or keeper of the court-house of the county of Kings. APPROVED by the Governor February 16, 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. At and after the passage of this act the janitor or discharge keeper of the court-house of the county of Kings is empowered to of certain help. employ and discharge any and all assistants, watchmen or helpers or other persons, whose duty it is to attend to the care, management and cleanliness of the said court-house; but in no case shall the amount of money expended for the services of said assistants, watchmen or helpers or other persons exceed the amount appropriated by the board of supervisors for such services. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Act amended Duty of chief engineer of courthouse. Chap. 46. AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred and twenty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act relative to the chief engineer in and for the county of Kings." APPROVED by the Governor February 16, 1893. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senato and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section one of chapter three hundred and twentyseven of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act relative to the chief engineer in and for the county of Kings," is hereby amended to read as follows: § 1. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer of the courthouse of Kings county, after the passage of this act, to exercise a general supervision of the different heating apparatus in the county court house, hall of records, county jail, and the several armories of the national guard located in Kings county and to examine into their condition, the need and character of repairs to be made thereto, from time to time and to prepare all specifications therefor and superintend the execution of any work that may be required to be performed thereunder in addition to the |