increased over and above the amount provided in the annual appropriation ordinance for that year, and no contract involving the expenditure, and no expenditure for any improvement to be paid out of the general or special funds of the city, or for defraying the expenses and liabilities of the city shall exceed in any one year the amount provided in the annual appropriation ordinance to be paid out of said general and special funds so appropriated and set apart, but the said several funds shall be maintained for, used and devoted to the particular purpose specified in the annual appropriation ordinance, except as such appropriation ordinance shall be from time to time amended by the transfer of any funds appropriated therein, but nothing herein contained shall prevent the expenditure of unappropriated funds in such amount as might be otherwise legally expended, nor the application to current administration expenses or public improvements of any amount otherwise lawfully borrowed therefor.

§ 2. All laws and parts of laws in anywise conflicting herewith are hereby repealed.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 4*

A local law in relation to the limitation of expenses.

Became a law December 12, 1927, with the approval of the Mayor, no petition protesting. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Mechanicville. Be it enacted by the city council of the city of Mechanicville as follows: Section 1. Section forty-eight of chapter one hundred and seventy of the laws of nineteen hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Mechanicville," as amended by section one of chapter five hundred and seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty, enacted as a local law by section one of local law number seven of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled "A local law in relation to the limitation of expenses, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Expenditures, limitation of. The municipal council shall not make or pass any order, resolution or motion appropriating money beyond the annual appropriation in the budget, for current department expenses in excess of two thousand dollars, or make, or authorize to be made any contract involving in any such year a liability on the part of the city in excess of two thousand dollars over and above the amount appropriated by the council by its annual appropriation ordinance, but such limitation shall not apply to such contracts as may be (a) for public lighting; (b) authorized by vote of the taxable inhabitants appearing upon the last assessment roll upon a question submitted for that purpose; (c) for the immediate preservation of the public peace, *Numbered 5 by the city of Mechanicville.

health or safety, which contains a statement of its urgency, and is made or passed by a four-fifths vote.

§ 2. All laws or parts of laws in anywise conflicting herewith are hereby repealed.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 5*

A local law, entitled a local law in relation to the liability of the city on contracts made without appropriation.

Became a law December 23, 1927, with the approval of the Mayor, no petition protesting. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Mechanicville. Be it enacted by the city council of the city of Mechanicville as follows:

Section 1. Section thirty-seven of chapter one hundred and seventy of the laws of nineteen hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Mechanicville," is hereby superseded and enacted as a local law, amended and made to read as follows: Upon the completion of any work for which an assessment has been authorized, the council shall ascertain and determine the cost. of any such work and the amount thereof to be assessed, adding thereto the amount of any damages which have been awarded, if any, and shall cause the commissioner of accounts to apportion such assessment in accordance with such ordinance. The commissioner of accounts shall make a report in writing of the assessment so made and deposit the same in his office, and cause to be published in the newspaper in which ordinances are directed to be published, once each week for two consecutive weeks, a notice that the report has been completed and so deposited, and that he will, at a time and place therein to be specified, not less than ten days. from the first publication of such notice, review and report, and that at such time and place the parties interested can be heard; and the commissioner of accounts shall at such time and place hear the parties interested, and thereafter review the report, correct the same where proper, sign and file the same in his office, with all the objections in writing which have been left with him by the parties interested. The council shall thereupon confirm such assessment as provided in section fifty. Any error, omission or inefficiency in any assessment, or in the amount thereof may be corrected and any further expense properly chargeable thereto may be assessed by a reassessment or supplemental assessment in manner and form as aforesaid. In the event that any assessment or any part thereof shall be set aside by the court, or be found or deemed to be illegal or incorrect, the council may proceed in the manner provided by section thirty-six to adopt an ordinance for a reassessment of the amount deemed necessary to be reassessed upon the property equitably chargeable therefor, and they may, * Numbered 6 by the city of Mechanicville.

by ordinance, ascertain and determine the amount so to be assessed, and the commissioner of accounts shall proceed thereunder to make such reassessment and the same shall thereafter be confirmed by the council in the manner above provided in this action, and the council shall also have the power to compromise and to cancel in whole or part such assessment as may be found or deemed to be illegal or incorrect as above provided.

§ 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.

CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

LOCAL LAW No. 1*

A local law amending section one hundred and ten of chapter five hundred and seventy-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and two and acts amendatory thereof, relating to the giving of notice in certain cases. Became a law June 7, 1927, with the approval of the Mayor, no petition protesting. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Middletown. Be it enacted by the common council of the city of Middletown as follows: Section 1. Section one hundred and ten of the charter of the city of Middletown is hereby amended to read and provide as follows: § 110. When the board of health shall by resolution request the council to order the construction or rebuilding of a sewer through or in any part of the city designated in such resolution, and shall therein certify that the same is necessary as a sanitary measure and for the protection of the public health, the council shall order and direct such construction or rebuilding without giving notice of any hearing thereon. It shall, however, cause a notice of the said request and of its direction to be published once a week for two weeks, or at its option served personally upon the owners of all property along the line of the proposed improvement.

§ 2. Section one hundred and ten of chapter five hundred and seventy-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and two and acts amendatory thereof, is hereby superseded.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 2+

A local law providing for the appointment and terms of office of fire police. Became a law June 7, 1927, with the approval of the Mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Middletown.

Be it enacted by the common council of the city of Middletown as follows: Section 1. Section one hundred and twenty-nine of the charter is hereby amended to read and provide as follows.

§ 129. The mayor of said city shall be authorized, whenever the public interest shall require, to appoint special police officers not exceeding twenty in number, except as herein otherwise provided, who shall hold their office by virtue of such appointment, for such period as the mayor shall direct, not exceeding one month under any one appointment, except that the mayor may appoint to hold office for not to exceed one year under any one appointment, such number of persons to be fire police as he may deem necessary and proper. Such special officers and fire police shall forthwith take the oath of office, and shall thereupon become vested with all the powers, and shall discharge all the duties of police officers under this act, and in pursuance of the statutes of this state, as they

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may be directed by the mayor or other competent authority. The mayor shall report all such appointments to the common council at its first meeting thereafter.

§ 2. Section one hundred and twenty-nine of chapter five hundred and seventy-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and two and acts amendatory thereof, is hereby superseded.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 3*

A local law providing for the election and term of office of officers of the fire department.

Became a law June 7, 1927, with the approval of the Mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Middletown.

Be it enacted by the common council of the city of Middletown as follows: Section 1. Section thirteen of the charter is hereby amended to read and provide as follows:

§ 13. An election shall be held in each odd-numbered year in such manner as the common council shall designate, for the election of a chief, two assistant chiefs, a secretary, and a treasurer of the fire department, who shall respectively hold their offices for the term of two years and until their successors are chosen and confirmed. Their term shall commence on July first following their election. All persons duly enrolled as members of the engine, hook and ladder and hose companies of said city, who shall not have resigned, been removed or suspended, and no others, shall be entitled to vote at such elections. The common council shall provide for the place of holding, the manner of conducting, returning the votes cast, and confirming the officers elected at all future elections for chief engineer and assistants.

§ 2. Section thirteen of chapter five hundred and seventy-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and two and acts amendatory thereof is hereby superseded.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 4

A local law amending section one hundred and twenty-seven of the charter of the city of Middletown, relating to the number of lieutenants of the police department.

Became a law December 8, 1927, with the approval of the Mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Middletown.

Be it enacted by the common council of the city of Middletown as follows: Section 1. Section one hundred and twenty-seven of chapter five hundred and seventy-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and * Numbered 5 by the city of Middletown.

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