CHAP. 77, p. 140. Co. An act to divide the town of Junius, in the county of Seneca, in- SENECA to four towns. Passed March 26, 1829. § 1. All that part of the town of Junius in the county of Seneca, being the northwest part, bounded on the north and west by the present lines of the said town; on the east by the east lines of lots number six, nineteen, thirty-two, forty-four and fifty-seven; and on the south by the south line of lots number fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-six and fifty-seven, shall be, and remain a separate town by the name of Junius. Junius. Tyre erected. $2. All that part of the said town of Junius, being the northeast Town of part, bounded on the north and east by its present boundaries, on the south by the south lines of lots number fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two and sixty-three; and on the west by the west line of lots number seven, twenty, thirty-three, forty-five and fiftyeight, shall be erected into a separate town by the name of Tyre. $3. All that part of the said town of Junius, being the southwest Waterloo. part, bounded on the south and west by its present lines; on the north by the north line of lots number sixty-five, sixty-six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, sixty-nine and seventy; and on the east by the east line of lots number seventy, eighty-two and ninety-eight, and thence southerly to the south line of said town, shall be erected into a separate town by the name of Waterloo. $4. All the remaining part of the said town of Junius, being the Beneca Fulls southeast part, shall be erected into a separate town by the name of Seneca Falls. CHAP. 359, p. 552. An act relative to the division line between the towns of Falls- SULLIVAN burgh and Neversink, in the county of Sullivan. Passed May Co. 4, 1829. of Fallsburgh $1. The extent and limits of the town of Fallsburgh, in the coun- Boundaries ty of Sullivan, and the division line between said town and the town of Neversink, shall continue to be as heretofore established by the act entitled "An act to erect a new town from parts of the towns of Thompson and Neversink, in the county of Sullivan," passed March 9th, 1826, that is to say: The said division line shall commence at the northwest corner of division number three, in the third allotment of great lot number three in the Hardenburgh patent, and shall run thence easterly along the north line of said division number three, to the west bounds of the farm now or late of Thomas Hardenburgh; thence along the northerly and westerly bounds of said farm, to the north line of great lot number three, in the aforesaid patent; then easterly along said north line to the boundary line of the county of Ulster; and so much of the second Chapter of the First Part of the Revised Statutes as is repugnant hereto, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. WAYNE Town of Walworth erected. Ontario to remain. Commissioner to reside in Ovid. Tioga. CHAP. 196, p. 294. An act to divide the town of Ontario, in the county of Wayne. $1. From and after the first Monday of April next, all that part of the town of Ontario, in the county of Wayne, lying south of a line beginning at the southwest corner of lot number one hundred and seventy, in township number thirteen, in the third range of townships; and running from thence easterly along the south line of lots number one hundred and seventy-one, one hundred and seventy-two, one hundred and seventy-three, one hundred and seventy-four, seventy-nine, seventy-eight and seventy-seven, to the east line thereof; and from thence south along the west line of lot number seventy-six, to the southwest corner thereof; and from thence easterly along the south line of lots number seventy-six and seventy-five, to the east line of said township number thirteen, shall be and remain a separate town by the name of Walworth. S2. The remaining part of the town of Ontario shall remain a separate town by the name of Ontario. Acts relating to the Public Officers of this State, other than Militia and Town Officers. JUDICIAL OFFICERS. An act for the appointment of commissioners to perform certain duties of a justice of the supreme court in the county of Seneca, and in the eastern jury district of the county of Tioga, and for other purposes. Passed April 23, 1829. Chap. 237, p. 368. $1. The person administering the government of this state shall, from time to time, nominate, and with the consent of the senate, appoint a fit and proper person residing in the town of Ovid, in the In the east county of Seneca, and another residing in the eastern jury district of fury district, the county of Tioga, and being severally of the degree of counsellor in the supreme court, commissioners, who, by virtue of this act, shall be authorised and required to perform the duties and to execute every power which, according to law and the practice of said court, the justices of said court may perform and execute out of court, in all cases, both civil and criminal, to allow writs of habeas corpus and certiorari, and to execute the act entitled "An act for giving relief in cases of insolvency," and the act entitled "An act to abolish imprisonment for debt in certain cases," in like manner as such justices of the supreme court may execute the same; but the said commissioners shall not have power to do any act inhibited to other commissioners heretofore appointed under similar statutes. To take an oath. $2. Each of the said commissioners, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe the oath required by the constitution of this state, before one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the county where he shall reside, and file the same with the clerk of such county. $3. It shall be lawful for the said commissioners to receive the Their foea. same fees for services performed under this act, as the recorders of the several cities in this state are allowed to receive for the same services. $4. The said commissioner for the county of Tioga is hereby authorised and empowered to do and perform all such duties as a judge of the court of common pleas of said county, being of the degree of counsellor in the supreme court, could do and perform out of court, and to receive therefor the fees allowed by law. 5. The act entitled "An act to appoint commissioners to per- Repeal. form certain duties of a judge of the supreme court in the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Tompkins, Ulster and Sullivan," passed April 12th, 1824, is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the county of Tompkins. An act in relation to masters and examiners in chancery in the cities of New-York and Albany. Passed April 25, 1829. Chap. 272, p. 401. 1. It shall be lawful for the governor, by and with the consent of the senate, to appoint, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, ten masters in chancery, in and for the city and county of New-York, and five in and for the city and county of Albany, and three examiners in chancery for the city of New-York. An act relative to public notaries and commissioners of deeds in the several cities of this state. Passed March 17, 1829. Chap. 52, p. 112. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:1 $2. After the first day of January next, the governor shall nominate, and with the consent of the senate, appoint as many public notaries and commissioners of deeds in the city of New-York, as he in his discretion may deem necessary, so that the number of each in commission at any time shall not exceed one hundred. $3. So much of the first Title of the fifth Chapter of the First Part of the Revised Statutes, as limits the number of public notaries and commissioners of deeds in the city of New-York, is hereby repealed. An act for establishing a clerk's office of the supreme court in the village of Canandaigua, in the county of Ontario. Passed February 27, 1829. Chap. 42, p. 105. established. $1. It shall be the duty of the justices of the supreme court of ju- Office to be dicature of this state, to establish an additional clerk's office of the said supreme court, in the village of Canandaigua, in the county of Ontario, and by the first day of June next, the said justices shall appoint another clerk of the said court, to fill the said office. (1) The first section of this act is temporary. Seal. Clerk. To be furnished with docket. $2. The justices of the supreme court shall cause an additional seal to be made for the said court, as nearly similar as may be to the present seals of said court, and to be deposited with the clerk who may be appointed by virtue of this act; and all writs, process and other proceedings issued under such seal shall be as valid in law, as if the same had been issued under either of the present seals of the said court. $ 3. The clerk of the supreme court to be appointed by virtue of this act, shall have like powers, be subject to like duties, and be entitled to the same fees for services performed by him as the present clerks of the said court respectively are. $ 4. It shall be the duty of each of the clerks of the said supreme transcript of Court, residing in the cities of New-York and Albany, and in the village of Utica, to deliver to the clerk of said court, keeping his office in the village of Canandaigua, after the same shall be established, on or before the last day of every term, a transcript of the docket of all judgments that shall have been docketed in his office during the preceding term and vacation, and before the first day of the term in which such transcript shall be delivered, the same being first duly certified, which transcript shall be entered by the clerk at Canandaigua, in a book for that purpose, as a part of the docket of judgments in his office. Return of process. Penalty for neglect. Repeal. $5. After the first day of September next, the sheriffs and coroners of the several counties of Chautauque, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Allegany, Steuben, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Yates, Seneca and Cayuga, shall return all process issuing out of the supreme court, except attachments and writs of habeas corpus, to the office of the clerk of the said court, in the village of Canandaigua, and shall return all attachments and writs of habeas corpus, at the times and in the manner now prescribed by law. $6. No return made by any sheriff or coroner of either of the counties mentioned in section fifth of this act, of any process issuing out of the supreme court, to any other office than the one required by this act, shall be deemed sufficient to excuse such officer from the pains and penalties for a neglect to make returns according to law and the rules of the said court. $7. All provisions contained in any act or acts heretofore passed, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. An act directing the mode of appointment of an attorney for the Stockbridge and Brothertown tribes of Indians. Passed April 13, 1829. Chap. 126, p. 224. $1. The person administering the government of this state, shall nominate, and with the consent of the senate, appoint an attorney for the Stockbridge and Brothertown tribes of Indians. $2. That the person so appointed as an attorney, shall hold his of fice for the period of two years, and until another person shall be appointed. An act providing for the appointment of inspectors of unslaked lime in the county of Greene. Passed March 17, 1829. Chap. 53, p. 113. 31. The person administering the government of this state shall, from time to time nominate, and with the consent of the senate, appoint so many inspectors of unslaked lime in the county of Greene, as shall appear necessary, which inspectors shall, before they enter on the duty of their offices, take and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by the constitution of this state, before one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the aforesaid county; and said inspector or inspectors shall, when required by the owner or owners of any casks of unslaked lime, inspect, and mark or brand the same, designating the quality by first or second sort, on the head of each cask so inspected, with the initials of his christian name, and his surname at full length, for which said inspector or inspectors shall be paid for every cask so inspected, three cents, the one half to be paid by the seller and the other half by the purchaser. Each cask so inspected shall not contain less than three and one quarter bushels; but this act shall not be so construed as to debar any person or persons to sell or purchase casks of lime without such inspection; and such inspectors shall hold their officers until othes shall be appointed in their place or places. Acts relating to Elections other than for Militia and Town Officers. RESPECTING THE CHOICE OF ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE- An act directing the manner of choosing electors of president and et. $1. On the first Monday of November and the two succeding Election by days, preceding the time fixed by the law of the United States for general tickthe choice of president and vice-president of the United States, there shall be elected, by general ticket, as many electors of president and vice-president, as this state shall be entitled to appoint; and each elector in this state shall have a right to vote for the whole number: and the several persons, to the number required to be chosen, having the highest number of votes, shall be declared and deemed duly appointed electors. $2. The board of inspectors of each town, shall provide and keep Ballot-box. a box, to be entitled "electoral box," in which the ballots for electors, and which ballots shall be endorsed "electors," shall be deposited. $3. The county clerk of each county shall make three certified Duty of councopies of the statement of votes given for electors in his county, immediately after recording the same, and forthwith transmit, by mail, one of such certified copies to the governor, another to the secretary of state, and deliver the other as hereinafter directed. ty clerks. $ 4. One of the certified copies of such statement of votes given in n. each of the several counties herein named, shall be delivered by the |