212

amended.

§ 225 amended.

of Gloversville may loan to the city of Gloversville at such time or times and on such terms and at a rate of interest not exceeding five per centum per annum as it may deem advisable, any moneys of the board of education which are not deemed necessary by it for its immediate use. Such loan or loans shall be made only upon a written obligation or obligations of said city and the faith and credit of said city shall be pledged for the payment thereof and for all renewal or renewals of said loan or loans. § 21. Section two hundred and twelve of chapter two hundred and seventy-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 212. Investment of surplus from receipts. Any surplus which may accumulate from the water rents shall be judiciously invested by the chamberlain, under the direction and with the approval of the board of water commissioners, and may be used to make good any deficiency which may exist in any year. The board of water commissioners may loan to the city of Gloversville at such times and on such terms and at a rate of interest not exceeding five per centum per annum as it may deem advisable, any surplus or unused moneys of the water board. Such loan or loans shall be made only upon a written obligation or obligations of said city and the faith and credit of said city shall be pledged for the payment thereof and for all renewal or renewals of said loan or loans.

§ 22. Section two hundred and twenty-five of chapter two hundred and seventy-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 225. Commissioner of charities, his powers and duties. Except as otherwise provided by this act the commissioner of charities of the city of Gloversville shall have and exercise within said city the same powers and discharge the same duties to the exclusion of all other officials as overseers of the poor in the several towns of Fulton county. Said commissioner shall also possess all the powers and authority of the overseer of the poor in the several towns of the state in relation to the support or relief of indigent persons and the binding out of children, except as modified. by this act; and shall have and exercise all such other powers and duties as are conferred on overseers of the poor in the respective towns of this state by the general poor law thereof. He shall have the same power and exercise the same duties within said city as overseers of the poor and county superintendents of

the poor have in relation to bastards and the bringing of prosecution and settlement in bastardy cases. Except as herein otherwise provided, the city of Gloversville shall be deemed one of the towns of Fulton county for all purposes relating to the maintenance and support of the poor.

amended by

ch. 346,

§ 23. Section two hundred and twenty-six of chapter two hun- § 226, as dred and seventy-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety- L. 1903, nine as amended by chapter three hundred and forty-six of the amended. laws of nineteen hundred and three is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 226. Salary, oath, bond, et cetera, of commissioner. The commissioner of charities of said city shall receive for his services an annual salary of not more than one thousand dollars, to be fixed by the common council, to be paid monthly by orders of the common council upon the chamberlain, and paid out of the charities fund of said city. Before entering upon the duties of his office he shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file the same with the city clerk, and execute to said city a bond, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the common council, in the penalty of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.

§ 24. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 282.

AN ACT to 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," in relation to city and ward boundaries.

Became a law April 11, 1914, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.

Accepted by the City.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

ch. 26,

Section 1. Section three of chapter twenty-six of the laws of 1985 eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An act to revise, amended

by

L. 1887,

ch. 368, L. 1899,

ch. 361, L. 1907,

ch. 553,

and consolidate the several acts in relation to the city of Syracuse, and to revise and amend the charter of said city," as amended by chapter three hundred and sixty-eight of the laws of eighteen L. 1908, hundred and eighty-seven, chapter three hundred and sixty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, chapter five hundred and fifty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and seven, chapter one hundred and seventy of the laws of nineteen hundred and eight and chapter three hundred and twenty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, is hereby amended to read as follows:1

ch. 170, and

L. 1909, ch. 324, amended.

City

boundaries

§ 3. The boundaries of said city shall be as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of the Onondaga salt springs reservation and the southeast corner of lot number twenty-eight of the military township of Manlius, and running thence westerly along the north line of said salt springs reservation to the northerly line of Manlius strect; thence westerly along the northerly line of Manlius street to the southeast corner of Woodlawn cemetery; thence northerly along the east line of said cemetery to the north line of said cemetery; thence westerly along the north line of said cemetery and the same line produced to the west line of military lot number twenty-eight; thence westerly along the north line of said cemetery and the same line produced to the west line of military lot number twenty-eight; thence northerly along the west line of military lot number twenty-eight to a point one hundred and thirty-two feet at right angles from the northeasterly line of Boulevard; thence northwesterly parallel to Boulevard and one hundred and thirty-two feet therefrom to and across Court street to a point in the continuation of the last described line one hundred and thirty-two feet northwesterly at right angles from the northwesterly line of Court street; thence southwesterly parallel to Court street and one hundred and thirty-two feet therefrom to a point in the northeasterly line of subdivision twenty-two of military lot twenty-seven, Manlius (now Salina); thence northwesterly along said prolongation and the northeasterly line of said subdivision to the northwesterly line of said subdivision; thence southwesterly along said northwesterly line of said subdivision and the northwesterly lines of subdivisions twenty-one, twenty and nineteen to said reservation line; thence northwesterly along said reservation line to the northwesterly bank of the present channel of Bear Trap creek at or near the northerly line

1 Section materially amended.

of marsh lot number forty-seven; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly bank of the present channel of said creek to the northerly line of marsh lot eighteen; thence westerly along said line to the northeasterly line of Spring street; thence northwesterly along said northeasterly line of Spring street and the northeasterly line of the Liverpool road to a point opposite the most northerly corner of marsh lot number twenty-two in said reservation; thence southwesterly across said Liverpool road and along the northwesterly lines of said marsh lot number twentytwo and reclaimed lot number three to low-water mark of Onondaga lake; thence in a straight line southwesterly across said lake to the most northerly corner of reclaimed lot number thirty-nine; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly line of said reclaimed lot number thirty-nine and of farm lot number fifty-four of said salt springs reservation, to the blue line so-called, of the enlarged Erie canal; thence westerly along said blue line to a point in range with the southwesterly line of Willis avenue (formerly Quince street); thence southeasterly to and along said line of Willis avenue to the northerly line of lands of the Auburn branch of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad; thence westerly along said line of said railroad lands to the west line of farm lot number three hundred and thirty of said salt springs reservation; thence southerly along the westerly line of farm lots numbers three hundred thirty and one hundred and forty-three to the southwest corner of said farm lot number one hundred and fortythree; thence easterly along the southerly line of said farm lot number one hundred forty-three to a point in a northwesterly prolongation of the southwesterly line of Myrtle street; thence southeasterly in a straight line to and along said line of Myrtle street to the most northerly corner of Geddes cemetery; thence southwesterly, southeasterly and northeasterly along the northwesterly, southwesterly and southeasterly lines of said cemetery to the southwesterly line of Myrtle street; thence southeasterly along said line of said street to the southeasterly line of Tompkins street (formerly Fifth South street); thence northeasterly along said line of Tompkins street to a point in range with the southwesterly line of Avery avenue (formerly Filbert street); thence southeasterly in a prolongation of said line of Avery avenue to the westerly line of Avery avenue (formerly the Onondaga Hill road, so-called); thence southerly along said westerly line

of said Avery avenue to the south line of the Buckley tract produced; thence easterly parallel with the south line of the Onondaga salt springs reservation along the south line of said Buckley tract and the same line produced to the west line of the Reed tract; thence south along the said west line of the Reed tract to the south line of said Reed tract; thence east along said south line of the Reed tract to the southeast corner of said Reed tract; thence south thirty-one degrees twenty-one minutes east, four hundred and fifty-one and two-tenths feet; thence south thirteen degrees thirty-eight minutes east, twelve hundred and ninety-one and fivetenths feet; thence south eighty-five degrees eight minutes east, two hundred and thirty and ninety-five one-hundredths feet; thence south five degrees thirty-three minutes east, three hundred and thirty-seven and six-tenths feet; thence south eighty-four degrees thirteen minutes east to the west line of lot number ninety; thence south along the west line of lots numbers ninety, ninety-one and one hundred six to the southeast line of Englewood avenue; thence northeast along said southeast line to the west bounds of Saint Agnes' cemetery; thence along said cemetery south one degree twenty-five minutes east, six hundred and ninety-four feet; thence along the southerly bounds of said Saint Agnes' cemetery, as now constituted, to the northwest corner of the Norris land; thence east along the north line of the Norris land and the north line of the Walnut Grove tract, so-called, to the center of the mill race leading from Onondaga creek; thence northwesterly and northerly along the center of said raceway to the left bank of Onondaga creek; thence up along the left or westerly bank of said creek as it winds and turns to a westward prolongation of the south line of lot number ninety-three of said last mentioned reservation; thence easterly to and along said line of said lot ninetythree to the east line of lot thirteen of the Barr tract, so-called; thence southerly along the east line of lots numbers thirteen and fourteen of said Barr tract to the south line of lot number eight of said Barr tract; thence easterly along the south line of said lot number eight and a line parallel to and one hundred and thirtyfive feet southerly from the south line of Matson avenue to the easterly line of Salina street; thence northerly along the easterly line of Salina street to the north line of lot number three of block three of the Sheldon tract; thence easterly along a line parallel to and one hundred feet southerly from the south line of Matson avenue to the westerly line of the lands of the Syracuse, Binghamton and New York railroad; thence southerly along said line