Roads to be recorded. Compenfation to the commiffioners. How to be raifed. Overfeers to warn perfons to work on the order of any juftice. neglect. and other utensils as shall be directed and approved of by the surveyors and overseers of the highways respectively XXV. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners in the said county of Richmond, or the majority of them, shall from time to time enter in writing all the highways or roads by them laid out, altered or closed, and sign the same and cause them to be entered on the county records, and the clerk is hereby directed to enter the same, unless in case of public roads where a dispute arises about the necessity of laying out such road, in which case the said commissioners are to return their said proceedings to the supervisors as is herein before directed, and whatsoever the said commissioners shall do according to the powers given them by this act, being so entered in the county record, shall be valid to every purpose. XXVI. And be it further enacted, That each commis sioner in the said county of Richmond shall take and receive a sum not exceeding seventy-five cents for every day he shall be employed in laying out and regulating or opening highways as aforesaid, for his care and trouble in doing the business required by this act; and the said commissioners shall transmit heir accounts to the supervisors of the said county at any of their stated meetings of the number of days they hav respectively spent in doing the business required by th act, and the supervisors shall raise the same with the unty tax, which shall be paid by the county treasurer to he commissioners and overseers upon a warrant from the supervisors as in other cases, except where the commissioners are paid by private persons as before directed XXVII. And be iturther enacted, That upon the or der of any one justice of the peace the surveyors or overthe road upon seers of the several towns in the said county of Richmond, shall within eight days thereafter, warn and set to work the respective inhabitants and persons liable to mend and repair the highways and roads which by law they are Penalty for obliged to repair, and if any of the surveyors and overseers shall neglect or refuse to warn and set to work the inhabitants as aforesaid and see the said highways and roads amended and repaired, such surveyor or overseer shall for every such neglect or refusal forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, be recovered before any one justice of the peace of the said county where such neglect or rea fusal shall happen, which fines shall be applied towards repairing the said highways in such town wherein such fine shall arise. NINETEENTH SESSION. CHAP. LI. nhab An ACT to enable thenhabitants of the old Town of Flatbush, to establish and regulate a Night-Watch, and for other Purposes therein mentioned. Passed the 6th of April, 1796. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, Directors of a night watch and may be lawful for the freeholders and inhabitants of that part of the town of Flatbush in Kings county, commonly called the old town of Flatbush, at the next annual town meeting, or at a special town meeting to be called for that purpose to be held in Flatbush aforesaid, and in every year thereafter at such annual town meeting, to choose by a majority of votes three freeholders residing in the said old town of Flatbush, to direct, order, establish and regulate a night-watch in the said old town of Flatbush, who shall be called and known by the name and style of The directors of the night-watch. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for Their duty, the said directors being so elected as aforesaid to meet together, and being met, to order, establish and regulate a night-watch in the said old town of Flatbush, which watch shall consist of not more than six or less than three men, and an officer for each night, the said directors shall order such night-watch to be kept out of the inhabitants of the said old town of Flatbush, ho shall and hereby are required and directed in their turns to keep watch and guard in such manner and at such times and places as the said directors shall order and directs III. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be And power. lawful for the said directors, or any two of them, to make, establish and ordain such rules, orders and regulations for the government, conduct, duty and behaviour of the said watch and watchmen, and to impose such reasonable fines, penalties and forfeitures upon them or any of them, for default or neglect of the duties and services enjoined or required by such orders and regulations, as the said directors shall from time to time deem meet or convenient; Provided always, That no greater fine, penalty or forfeiture shall be levied for any one offence than eight shillings for an officer, and six shillings on every watchman. IV. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall after the passing of this act in the said old town of Flat bush, pull down, destroy or injure any fence made with pales or boards, or be aiding in the same, or shall wilfully break or deface any glass window, porch, knocker or other fixture in the said old town, and shall thereof be convicted before any justice of the peace in the said town or county, he or she for every such offence shall forfeit the sum of Penalty for breaking fening windows, ces, deftroy &c. On refufal of payment of. fender to be committed. Trustees to appoint fire. men. Privileges of five pounds, to be recovered with costs and levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of every such offender, one moiety of which forfeiture shall be paid into the hands of the said directors, for repairing the injury done or committed by such offender and for defraying the expenses of the night-watch, and the other moiety of such forfeiture to be paid to the person or persons who shall prosecute for the same to effect. V. And be it further enacted, That upon refusal of payment of such respective forfeiture or forfeitures, and want of sufficient goods and chattels whereon the same can be levied, it shall be lawful for such justice of the peace before whom such conviction or convictions shall take place, by warrant under his hand and seal to commit every such offender to the gaol of the said county, there to remain without bail or mainprize for the space of one month, and if any such offence shall be committed by any apprentice, servant or slave, such forfeiture shall be paid by his or her master, mistress or owner, or in default thereof such apprentice, servant or slave shall be committed to the said gaol in manner aforesaid. TWENTIETH SESSION. CHAP. XLIX, An ACT for the better extinguishing of Fires in the Town of Kingston, in the County of Ulster. 1. Passed 24th March, 1797. and may be lawful for the trustees of the freeholders and II. And be it further enacted, That each of the persons so to be nominated and appointed a fireman, shall during his continuance in office, be exempted and privileged from serving in the office of constable, and from being impanneled upon any jury or inquest, and for this purpose the name of each fireman to be appointed by this act shall ! ved. be entered with the clerk of the said county, and his certificate shall be sufficient evidence in all courts and elsewhere of such exemption and privilege; And further, That May be remo the said trustees or a majority of them shall have power from time to time to remove any fireman so to be appointed and others to appoint in the stead of those removed, when and as often as they shall think proper; And further, Trustees may That it shall be lawful for the said trustees or a majority ordain rules. of them to make, establish and ordain such rules and regulations for the government, duty and behaviour of the persons so to be appointed firemen as aforesaid, in the frequent working, using and trying the said fire-engines, tools and other implements, and to impose such reasonable fines and penalties upon such firemen or any of them for default in performing the duties thereby to be enjoined or required from them, as they from time to time may think proper, not exceeding the sum of five dollars for any one offence. III. And be it further enacted, That upon the breaking out of any fire within the limits aforesaid, the trustees. aforesaid and constables of the said town of Kingston then being in the limits as aforesaid, upon notice thereof shall immediately repair to the place where such fire shall happen with staves and such other badges of authority as shall be ordained by a majority of them to be worn, and be aiding and assisting as well in extinguishing the said fires as in preventing any goods from being stolen, and also in removing and securing the same and in the execution of the duties required of them by this act, together with the justices of the peace if any shall be present, they are hereby authorized to command the assistance of all and every of the able bodied inhabitants within the limits aforesaid, whose duty it shall be to obey and execute all orders and directions of the justices and trustees aforesaid in extinguishing said fires, removing and secur ing of goods, providing water for the engines, and assisting the firemen in working the same. Trustees and conftables to breaking out of any fire. attend on the IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful Inhabitants to procure fire. for the trustees aforesaid, or a major part of them, to dibuckets. rect and require the inhabitants or owners of dwelling houses and other buildings within the limits aforesaid, to provide themselves with such and so many fire-buckets, to be ready in such houses and buildings for the purpose of extinguishing fires, and to impose such reasonable fines and penalties for disobedience thereof as they shall think proper, not exceeding the sum of three dollars for each bucket. V. And be it further enacted, That all fines incurred and adjudged to be levied by the said trustees or a majority of them as aforesaid, shall be recovered by any one of the said trustees in his own name, before any justice of the Fines how to be recovered and applied. peace in the same county, with costs of suit, to be reported to the said board of trustees, and appropriated by a mas jority of them for the purpose of procuring and keeping in repair the fire-engines and other instruments necessary for the extinguishing of fires within the limits aforesaid. Truftees of the fire com pany annually CHA P. LXXXI. An ACT for extinguishing Fires in the Village of Jamaica, in Queens County. I. Passed Ist April, 1797. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, to be chofen. may be lawful for the proprietors of a certain fire-engine purchased by sundry inhabitants of the village of Jamaica, on the first Monday in May in every year, to choose not less than three nor more than five trustees, to be called The fire company of the village of Jamaica. To appoint Bremen. Finemen ex. empted from militia duty: And may be removed. Rules to be II. And be it further enacted, That the trustees so to be chosen as aforesaid, or the major part of them, shall have full power and authority to nominate and appoint a sufficient number of firemen (willing to accept) not exceeding thirteen, to have the care, management, working and using the said fire-engine and the other tools and implements to be provided for the extinguishing of fires within the said village, which persons so to be nominated and appointed as aforesaid shall be called The firemen of the village of Jamaica, who are hereby required to be ready at all fires, as well by night as by day, to manage, work and use the said fire-engine and other tools and implements aforesaid. III. And be it further enacted, That each of the persons so to be nominated and appointed, shall during his continuance in office, be exempt from military duty, except in times of invasion or other imminent danger; And further, That the said trustees, or a major part of them, shall have power from time to time to remove any firemen so to be appointed, and others to appoint in the room or stead of those so removed, when and as often as they shall think proper; And further, That it shall be lawful for the eftablished for said trustees, or a major mart of them, to make, establish and ordain such rules and regulations for the government of the persons so to be appointed firemen, for the purpose of using, trying and working the said fire-engines, tools and implements, and to impose on them such reasonable fines and penalties, not exceeding five dollars for any one offence, upon such firemen or any of them, in not performing the duties hereby to be enjoined or required from them, as they from time to time may think proper. their govern ment. |