tions of certification of returns. pating in the election. Any resident of the territory proposed Qualifica to be annexed who is a qualified voter therein under the provisions voters. of section one hundred and sixty-two of the election law on the day of the meeting shall be entitled to vote upon such question. At the close of the polls, such inspectors shall canvass the vote and make Canvass: and certify returns thereof in triplicate, and shall cause one of and filing such returns to be filed in the office of the clerk of the town of New Hartford, in the county of Oneida, one in the office of the city clerk of the city of Utica and one in the office of the secre tary of state, on or before the first Tuesday in June, nineteen hundred and twenty. If a majority of the votes cast upon such Affirmative question shall be in the affirmative, then the territory described vote, in section one of this act shall be, from the completion of such filing, a part of the city of Utica and the other provisions of this act shall be and become operative.1 8. This act shall take effect immediately. majority effect. Chap. 657. AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to construction of sewers in certain villages. Became a law May 10, 1920, 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: added to Section 1. Chapter sixty-four of the laws of nineteen hundreds 264a, and nine, entitled "An act relating to villages, constituting chapter L. 1909, sixty-four of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended by insert- ch. 61. ing therein a new section to follow section two hundred and sixtyfour, to be section two hundred and sixty-four-a thereof, to read as follows: 264-a. Construction of sewers in certain villages wholly at expense of property benefited. The board of health of any village having an established sewer system and adjoining a city having a population of between four hundred thousand and six hundred thousand population, may in the interest of the public health, 1 The official return of votes cast at the special election, held May 25, 1920, shows: voles in favor, 471; votes against, 510. present to the board of sewer commissioners a petition for the construction of an extension of the present sewer system of not to exceed five hundred feet in length. Such petition shall specifically set forth the street or streets upon which the proposed sewer is to be constructed, together with the names of all the owners. of property fronting thereon. The board shall thereupon cause a notice of at least ten days to be given to each person owning land fronting on the portion of such street or streets, of a time and place when it will meet and hear persons interested in the construction of such sewer. After such hearing the board may, if in their judgment it is best for the public health, grant the petition in whole or in part, and shall construct a sewer as ordered, and assess the entire expense thereof upon the property benefited. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 658. AN ACT authorizing the redemption of certain land situate in the town of Wilton, Saratoga county, New York, sold to the people of the state of New York for the nineteen hundred and fifteen tax. Became a law May 10, 1920, 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. Redemption proceedings may be brought for the redemption of the one acre parcel of land situate in the town of Wilton, county of Saratoga, New York, known as great lot number nine, seventeenth allotment, Kayaderosseras patent, Saratoga county, which was conveyed to the people of the state of New York, from the nineteen hundred and fifteen tax sale thereof, with the same force and effect as if the time to redeem, as fixed by law, had not expired. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 659. AN ACT to amend chapter seven hundred and sixty of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Watertown," generally. Became a law May 10, 1920, 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. 760, amended by Section 1. Section fifty-eight of chapter seven hundred and L. 1897, sixty of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled $ 58, as, "An act to revise the charter of the city of Watertown," as last L. 1918, amended by chapter four hundred and forty-seven of the laws of amended. nineteen hundred and eighteen,' is hereby amended to read as follows:2 § 58. The city assessors. The city assessors shall, except as herein otherwise provided, have as to the city all the powers and perform all the duties conferred and imposed upon town assessors by the revised statutes and all other general laws of the state relating to taxes and assessments and shall make up the assessmentroll for the city in the same manner as is provided for assessment rolls of towns except that they shall complete and *filed said roll on or before the first day of September which date shall be deemed the date of assessment; it shall be their duty to make assessments for all local improvements in accordance with the provisions of this act. It shall be the duty of the assessors to keep a book in which shall be entered a daily record of all transfers of real property within the city so far as it is possible so to do from the records in the office of the county clerk; said assessors shall also keep their office in the city hall and at least one of said assessors shall keep the same open from nine to twelve o'clock in the morning and from one to five o'clock in the afternoon on all business days, except when said assessors shall be engaged in the examination and valuation of the real property of the city. ch. 447, § 2. Section one hundred and seventy-three of said act is 173 hereby amended to read as follows: So in original. 1 Previously amended by L. 1905, ch. 485; L. 1908, ch. 327. 2 Section materially amended. amended. Assess ment roll; filing, notice of review. 8 174 amended. Review of assessment. L. 1897, ch. 760, § 51, as L. 1908, 173. When the assessors shall have completed their assessment roll, they shall file the same with the city clerk and shall give notice for thirty days, by posting such notice in three public places in the city and by publication thereof in the official and all daily newspapers published in the city, that such roll is completed and filed, and that all persons interested may examine the same at the city clerk's office, and also that on the first Tuesday of October3 next ensuing the board of review will sit to review the same. § 3. Section one hundred and seventy-four of said act is hereby amended to read as follows: 174. The board of review shall sit to review such assessment on the first Tuesday in October,3 in each year, and shall continue their session as long as necessary, not more than four consecutive days, and when they have finished their review, shall forthwith file the corrected assessment roll certified by the board of review, together with their minutes certified as aforesaid, in the office of the assessors.4 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 660. AN ACT to amend chapter seven hundred and sixty of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Watertown," generally.1 Became a law May 10, The People of the 1920, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the City. State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section fifty-one of chapter seven hundred and sixty of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled amended by "An act to revise the charter of the city of Watertown," as amended by chapter three hundred and twenty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and eight, is hereby amended to read as follows: ch. 327, amended. 3 Formerly" September." 4 Word assessors "substituted for words "city clerk." 1 The amendments effected by this act are so numerous and extensive that it is impracticable to indicate the changes made. to control how paid § 51. All of the funds of the city not expressly placed in the Council control of any board shall be under the control of the city council, funds. and no moneys shall be paid out of such funds by the city treasurer Moneys, except upon warrants drawn by the auditor upon the treasurer out. and approved by the city manager, stating in every instance the name of the person or corporation to whom it is payable, the amount thereof, what the payment is for, and from what fund it is to be made. The moneys raised by taxes for the Roswell P. Flower Me- Separate morial Library, the municipal civil service commission and the funds. plumbing board shall be paid to the city treasurer and by him placed in separate funds to be known as "the Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library fund," "the civil service fund" and the “ "plumbing fund" respectively, and the moneys so set apart shall be used only for the purposes of said Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library, municipal civil service commission and plumbing board respectively. The Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library fund shall be control. under the control of the trustees of the Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library, the civil service fund shall be under the control of the municipal civil service commission, and the plumbing fund shall be under the control of the plumbing board, and no moneys shall be paid out by the city treasurer from any of these Moneys, funds except upon a warrant or warrants drawn by the trustees out. of the Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library, the municipal civil service commission and the plumbing board in control of said funds respectively, which warrant or warrants shall in every instance state the name of the person or corporation to whom the warrant is payable, the amount thereof, what the payment is for, the fund upon which it is drawn, and be signed by the president and clerk of the trustees of the Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library, the municipal civil service commission and the plumbing board respectively. how paid amended by § 2. Section fifty-five of said act, as amended by chapter fours 55, as hundred and eighty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and five, L. 1905, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 55. The city treasurer. The city treasurer shall be the fiscal officer of the city; he shall be the collector of all taxes, assessments and water rates; he shall perform the duties, possess the powers and be subject to the liabilities and obligations prescribed by law for town collectors, subject to the provisions of this act; and all taxes, water rates and assessments within the limits of the city shall be received or collected by him; and he ch. 485, amended. |