CHAPTER 21 AN ACT to amend the state departments law, in relation to eliminating the division of departmental relations, and repealing section fifty-six of such law Became a law February 3, 1927, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assemblý, do enact as follows: ch. 343, Section 1. Section thirty-two of chapter three hundred and L. 1926, forty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, 32 entitled "An act providing for the civil departments in the state amended. government, pursuant to article five of the constitution, constituting chapter seventy-eight of the consolidated laws," as added by chapter five hundred and forty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 32. Divisions. There shall be in the executive department the following divisions: I. The division of the budget..... II. The division of military and naval affairs. III. The division of standards and purchase. 1IV. The division of state police. The assistant to the governor, with the approval of the governor, may establish, consolidate or abolish additional divisions and bureaus. (with § 2. Section fifty-six of such chapter, as added by chapter five 56 hundred and forty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and heading) twenty-six, including the words 'The division of inter-depart- repealed. mental relations" above the section, is hereby repealed. f § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 22 AN ACT to amend chapter four hundred and ninety-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, in relation to appropriations for the payment of claims arising from the destruction of tuberculous animals Became a law February 3, 1927, 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. 493, Section 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and ninety- L. 1926, three of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled i 1 "An act making appropriations for the commissioner of farms amended. and markets for the payment of claims arising from the slaughter of tuberculous bovine animals pursuant to the farms and markets law," is hereby amended to read as follows: 1 Formerly "V." Words "IV. The division of inter-departmental relations," omitted. L. 1926, § 3 amended. Advisory board. § 1. The several amounts hereinafter named, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated by the appropriations, are hereby appropriated from any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the several purposes specified, such appropriations to be immediately available and to be paid out on the order of the commissioner of farms and markets as provided in the farms and markets law, namely: For the payment of indemnities on account of tuberculous bovine animals killed pursuant to condemnation or order made subsequent to January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and prior to March first,' nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, the sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000). § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 23 AN ACT to amend chapter seven hundred and sixty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a state debt, and making an appropriation for the acquisition of historic lands by the conservation commissioner, and creating a temporary advisory board" Became a law February 3, 1927, 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 three of chapter seven hundred and sixty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a state debt and making an appropriation for the acquisition of historic lands by the conservation commissioner, and creating a temporary advisory board," is hereby amended to read as follows: § 3. A temporary advisory board on battlefields and historic sites is hereby created to consist of the conservation commissioner, the commissioner of education, three members of the senate to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate, three members of the assembly to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, and three persons to be appointed by the governor. The term of such board shall be until the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight. No member of such board shall receive any compensation for his services under this section, but shall be entitled to his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 Formerly read: "January first." 1 Formerly read: "nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, or until the taking effect of the law reorganizing the conservation department, and creating a division of parks and historic places therein." CHAPTER 24 AN ACT to amend section three of chapter thirty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An act in relation to the public buildings and grounds belonging to Erie county and city of Buffalo," in relation to the use of the city and county hall located at Buffalo Became a law February 3, 1927, 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 three of chapter thirty-one of the laws of L. 1880, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An act in relation to the ch. 31, public buildings and grounds belonging to Erie county and city amended. of Buffalo," is hereby amended to read as follows: hall to § 3. It shall be the duty of said trustees to determine and desig- Assignment nate by a certificate in writing, signed by them, what parts of said of parts of hall shall be assigned for the use of courts of record, whose terms courts, etc. are holden in said city, and the judges and officers thereof, and for the law library of the eighth judicial district, and what parts thereof shall be assigned to the use of the county of Erie and city of Buffalo, respectively. The execution of such certificate shall be acknowledged or proved as deeds of real estate are required to be to entitle the same to be recorded, and shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of said county, and the said trustees shall not permit said hall, or any part thereof, to be used for any purpose other than that of the public officers and courts, for whose use the same shall have been designated under the provisions of this act, 'except Use by that said trustees, with the consent of the board of supervisors of county Erie county and upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by bar assaid board of supervisors, may grant a license to the bar association of Erie county to occupy and use, until the same is needed for the public purposes aforesaid, any part of said hall adjacent to the law library of the eighth judicial district. Any license so granted shall be subject to revocation by the said trustees, upon the direction of said board of supervisors, upon ninety days' notice to said bar association. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 25 AN ACT to amend the state departments law and public officers law, in relation to seals, reports and rules Became a law February 3, 1927, 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: Erie sociation. Section 1. Section thirteen of chapter three hundred and forty- L. 1926, three of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An ch. 343, 1 Remainder of section new. § 13 amended. §§ 17, 18 added. L. 1909, amended. act providing for the civil departments in the state government, pursuant to article five of the constitution, constituting chapter seventy-eight of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended to read as follows:1 § 13. Seals. Each of the civil departments in the state government shall have an official seal. In addition to the divisions or bureaus required by law to have an official seal, any division or bureau of any department shall have such a seal, if so required by rules of the department. The official seal shall be used in the cases prescribed by law. Such rules also may prescribe other cases in which it shall or may be used. For the purposes of any provision of the law requiring the use of the official seal of the officer or body who or which is the head of a department, division or bureau, the seal of such department, division or bureau shall be deemed the official seal of such officer or body. § 2. Such chapter is hereby amended by inserting therein, in article one, two new sections, to be sections seventeen and eighteen, to read as follows: § 17. Reports by and to the department. Each department, other than the executive department, shall make an annual report to the governor and legislature, and the executive department shall make such a report to the legislature, on or before the fifteenth day of February, for the preceding calendar year. It shall contain such information concerning the department and its several divisions, bureaus, offices, agencies and institutions, and their activities. and affairs, and such recommendations, as the head of the department shall deem necessary or proper, and any matters required by express provision of law to be included in such report. A department also shall make such other and special reports as the governor or either house of the legislature may require. From time to time, the head of a department may require from any board, commission or other body in the department, not being the head thereof, or from any subordinate officer or employee, division or bureau of the department, or from any institution subject to the supervision of the department, or from any agency of the department, such reports or information as such head may deem necessary. Unless expressly authorized by the head of the department, there shall be hereafter no separate report, annual or otherwise, directly to the legislature or governor by any such board, commission, body, officer, division, bureau, institution or agency, except the state commission of correction, notwithstanding any existing provision of law authorizing or requiring such a report by an officer or body whose functions were assigned by this chapter to a department, or by such an institution... § 18. Rules of the department. Rules of the department, within the meaning of that expression as used in any law, are rules adopted or approved by the head of the department. § 3. Section sixty of chapter fifty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act in relation to public officers, 1 Section materially amended. constituting chapter forty-seven of the consolidated laws, hereby amended to read as follows:1 § 60. Official seals of court of appeals, governor and state departments, divisions and bureaus. The seal of the court of appeals, the privy seal of the governor and the official seal of each civil department of the state government shall be of metal with the device of the arms of the state surrounded with the inscription, State of New York, and the official designation of the court, official or department. The official seal, if any, of a division or bureau of a department shall have thereon the matter required for the official seal of the department and in addition thereto words or initials, or both, describing the division or bureau. The seal of such court, the privy seal of the governor, and the official seal of such a department shall be two and one-quarter inches in diameter. The official seal, if any, of such a division or bureau shall be one and three-quarters inches in diameter. Such seals shall be provided by the department of state. The seal of the court of appeals and privy seal of the governor heretofore provided by the secretary of state shall continue to be used by such court and officer until defective from wear or otherwise. Seals heretofore provided by the secretary of state for a state officer or body continued in office by the state departments law as head of such a department of the state government may be used as the official seal of such department until replaced by the department of state, by a seal conforming to the provisions of this section. Whenever any seal provided for in this section becomes defective from wear or otherwise, it shall be delivered to the department of state which shall cause it to be repaired and returned, or to be defaced with a suitable mark, or deposited with the ancient seals in the state library, and new seals, in the form prescribed by this section, to be provided for use instead. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 26 AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to the maintenance of monuments of the state boundary Became a law February 3, 1927, 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. 59, amended. Section 1. Section eight of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of L. 1909, nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act in relation to the s sovereignty, boundaries, survey, great seal and arms of the state, congressional districts, senate districts, and apportionment of the members of assembly of this state, and the enumeration of the inhabitants of the state, constituting chapter fiftv-seven of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended to read as follows:1 1 Section materially amended. |