appro § 2. The amounts shown to be appropriated for expenditure in Amounts the several counties of the state make up the total appropriation priated to be divided among the counties for maintenance and repair pur make up poses, and the itemized schedules attached hereto are for the pur divided pose of indicating the manner in which the amount to be ex- counties. pended in each county was arrived at. total to be among to be with § 3. The amounts hereby appropriated for use in the several Amounts counties of the state shall be deposited with the county treasurers deposited of such counties as provided by the highway law. Each county county of the state shall be responsible to the state for all funds or moneys treasurers. deposited with the treasurer thereof under this act and an action Counties to recover any loss to or of such funds or moneys may be brought sible. against the county by the comptroller of the state of New York in a court of competent jurisdiction. respon appropria money for expended. § 4. In addition to the amounts herein appropriated to be ex- Additional pended within the several counties of the state, there is also hereby tion for appropriated the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars use when ($1,200,000), being in lieu of the ten per centum which may be county retained from appropriations made for maintenance and repair of improved highways as provided by section one hundred and seventy-one of the highway law, which amount shall remain in the state treasury, and so much thereof as shall be necessary may be expended for use in any county when the money herein appropriated for such county has been expended or obligated. This sum or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be paid out by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the comptroller drawn upon the requisition of the state bureau of highways, issued when it becomes necessary to expend for the maintenance and reconstruction of improved state and county highways in any county. a greater sum than that herein appropriated for use in said county, or when it becomes necesary to supplement the state's share of reconstruction with federal aid, of any improved state or county highway. § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 34 AN ACT to amend the conservation law, in relation to the use of nets in the Became a law March 13, 1924, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 277 Section 1. Section two hundred and seventy-seven of chapter L. 1911, six hundred and forty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and ch. 647. eleven, entitled "An act relating to conservation of land, forests, amended waters, parks, hydraulic power, fish and game, constituting chapter sixty-five of the consolidated laws," as added by chapter L. 1911, ch. 647, $ 237 amended. three hundred and eighteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and twelve, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 277. Niagara river. Seines and squat nets may be used to take fish, except black bass, lake trout, white fish and maskalonge, in the Niagara river during the open seasons therefor1 in the months of2 November, December, January and March. Fish, except black bass, pike perch, other than blue pike perch, lake trout, whitefish, pickerel and maskalonge, may be taken by seine, machine or trap by citizens of the state in that part of the Niagara river in the town of Lewiston, Niagara county, during the time when Canadians may lawfully fish with such devices in said river on the Canada side opposite the town of Lewiston, provided a license therefor has been granted by the commission.* § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 35 AN ACT to amend the conservation law, in relation to the taking of pickerel and pike. Became a law March 13, 1924, with the approval of the Governor. 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 hundred and thirty-seven of chapter six hundred and forty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An act relating to conservation of land, forests, waters, parks, hydraulic power, fish and game, constituting chapter sixty-five of the consolidated laws, as added by chapter three hundred and eighteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and twelve and amended by chapter two hundred and three of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-three and by chapter fifty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby amended to read as follows: 5 § 237. Pickerel and pike; open season and limit; sale of. 1. Open season. Pickerel and pike in any number or quantity may be taken and possessed from May first to March first, both inclusive, except that, in Westchester and Putnam counties not forming a part of the Hudson river, they may be taken and possessed from June sixteenth to the last day of February, both inclusive, and except as herein provided. 2. Limit. In waters other than those in which the use of nets in taking pickerel is permitted, a person may take in one day 1 Words " during the open seasons therefor" new. 2 Words "the months of " new. 3 Words "other than blue pike perch" new. Remainder of section omitted which read: ", and provided that lake trout and whitefish must not be taken during November and December." 5 Previously amended by L. 1921, ch. 631. • Words "not forming a part of the Hudson river " new. 7 Sentence to here new. not to exceed fifteen pickerel not less than twelve inches in length, except that in the Saint Lawrence river a person may take in one day not to exceed fifteen great northern pike, locally known as "pickerel" not less than twenty inches in length. 3. Sale of. Such pickerel and pike may be bought and sold during the open season therefor. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 36 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the assessment and collection of school taxes. Became a law March 13, 1924, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ch. 21 ch. 140), Section 1. Section four hundred and ten of chapter twenty-one L. 1909, of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relat- (revision of ing to education, constituting chapter sixteen of the consolidated L. 1910, laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and forty of the laws § 410 of nineteen hundred and ten and as last amended by chapter four hundred and three of the laws of nineteen hundred and twentythree, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 410. Assessment of taxes. Immediately after a tax shall have been voted by a district meeting, for a purpose arising during the current school year the trustees shall assess it, and make out the tax list therefor, and annex thereto their warrant for its collection. Where a tax is voted at an annual school meeting for school purposes during the following school year the said trustees shall prepare their tax list therefor and annex thereto their warrant for its collection within thirty days after September2 first. But they may at the same time assess two or more taxes so voted, and any taxes they are authorized to raise without such vote, and make out one tax list and one warrant for the collection of the whole. They shall prefix to their tax list a heading showing for what purpose the different items of the tax are levied. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 Previously amended by L. 1911, ch. 830. Formerly "July." amended. § 7a added to L. 1865, ch. 264. Merger authorized. Degree of D. D. S. may be CHAPTER 37 AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and sixty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An act to incorporate the New York College of Dentistry," in relation to authorizing the merger or consolidation of the New York College of Dentistry with any university of the state of New York; authorizing such university to confer the degree of doctor of dental surgery (D. D. S.) and providing for the dissolution of the New York College of Dentistry and the payment of its debts. Became a law March 13, 1924, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Chapter two hundred and sixty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An act to incorporate the New York College of Dentistry," is hereby amended by adding thereto, after section seven thereof, a new section, to be section seven-a, to read as follows: § 7-a. The New York College of Dentistry is hereby authorized to merge or consolidate with any university of the state of New York. The said merger or consolidation shall be approved by resolution, passed by a majority vote of all the duly elected members of the governing body of both the New York College of Dentistry and such university. Such university shall assume all the debts and obligations of the New York College of Dentistry. Such university shall confer the degree of doctor of dental surgery (D. D. S.) upon such students as shall have satisfactorily conferred. completed the course and met the requirements leading to such degree, as may be prescribed by the university of the state of New York. Merger, when effective. The merger or consolidation contemplated by this act shall be effective upon the passage of a resolution approving the said merger or consolidation, by the governing body of the New York College of Dentistry and such university. Upon the passage of such resolutions by the governing body of the New York College of Dentistry and such university, the New York College of Dentistry shall be deemed dissolved in contemplation of law. The merger or consolidation, contemplated in this act, must be effected within a period of one year from the date this section takes effect. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 38 AN ACT to consolidate the corporations known as "The Temple Beth-El" and "The New Synagogue" into one corporation to be known as "Temple Beth-El." Became a law March 13, 1924, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: dation Section 1. The two corporations or religious societies in the city Consoll of New York known as "The Temple Beth-El" and "The New effected. Synagogue" are hereby consolidated into and created one body corporate or religious society, under the name and title of "Temple Beth-El," with the same powers, and subject to the same provisions, as if it had been duly incorporated under the general act of this state relating to religious societies. § 2. A general election for trustees of said society shall be Trustees, held on the last Sunday of January next, and until such election shall be had, Ben Altheimer, Saul Bernstein, Samuel F. Currick, David Dinkelspiel, Otto E. Dryfoos, Sydney H. Herman, Ida Klingenstein, Benjamin S. Moss, Leopold Stern, Roger W. Straus, Myron Sulzberger, Ludwig Vogelstein, David M. Bressler, Jacob L. Frankel, Aaron R. Hano, Max Kalter, Carl Rosenberger and Morris H. Rothschild shall be the trustees of said society, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the provisions contained in the laws of this state, relative to religious societies. trustees poration § 3. The acts of the trustees of the congregation "The Temple Acts of Beth-El" and "The New Synagogue" respectively, in relation to ratified. the union of the said congregations, and the transfer of their property, real and personal, to the corporation hereby created, are hereby ratified and confirmed; and the said corporation "Temple New corBeth-El" is hereby vested with and declared to be seized and pos- vested sessed of all the estate and property, real and personal, of the w said corporations "The Temple Beth-El" and "The New Synagogue" as fully and effectually as if the same had been duly conveyed by the deeds from the said last-named corporations to the said "Temple Beth-El" hereby incorporated. with property. liens, not § 4. Nothing herein contained shall impair the lien of any Certain mortgage, judgment or other charge, now existing upon the prop- rights, etc. erty referred to in the third section hereof, nor the rights of any affected. creditor of either of the congregations hereby consolidated; but all such claims shall be valid, and may be prosecuted against the corporation hereby created, to the same extent as if said debts or liabilities had been contracted or incurred by it. § 5. Nothing herein contained shall affect any action or proceeding now pending against either of said corporations; but all such actions and proceedings may, on motion, be continued against the corporation hereby created by its name of "Temple Beth-El" |