volumes. Volume one shall contain the names of the taxable persons and of the property, as required by law, within the town of Union, and not within the villages in said town. Volume two shall contain the names of the taxable persons and of the property, as required by law, within the villages in the town of Union and not outside of such villages.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Greater

New York charter amended.

Deputy tax commissioners to assess

property.

Chap. 454.

AN ACT to amend the Greater New York charter by providing for a separate statement of the value of land in assessments of real estate and for the publication of the annual record of the assessed valuation of real estate in the city of New York.

Accepted by the city.

Decame a law, May 7, 1903, 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 eight hundred and eighty-nine of the Greater New York charter is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 889. It shall be the duty of the deputy tax commissioners, under the direction of the board of taxes and assessments, to assess all the taxable property in the several districts that may be assigned to them for that purpose by said board, and they shall furnish to the said board, under oath, a detailed statement of all such property, showing that said deputies have personally examined each and every house, building, lot, pier or other assessable property, giving the street, lot, ward, town and map number of such real estate embraced within said districts, together with the name of the owner or occupant, if known; also the sum for which, in their judgment, each separately assessed parcel of real estate under ordinary circumstances would sell if it were wholly unimproved; and separately stated, the sum for which, under ordinary circumstances, the same parcel of real estate would sell with the improvements, if any, thereon; with such other information in detail relative to personal property or otherwise, as the said board may, from time to time, require. Such deputies shall commence to assess real and personal estate on the first Tuesday in September in each and every year.

§ 2. Section eight hundred and ninety-two of the Greater New York charter is hereby amended to read as follows:

record.

§ 892. There shall be kept in the several offices established by the department of taxes and assessments books to be called "the annual Annual record of the assessed valuation of real and personal estate of the borough of," in which shall be entered in detail the assessed valuation of such property within the limits of the several boroughs of the city of New York as established by this act. In such books the assessed value of real estate shall be set down in two columns; in the first column shall be given, opposite each separately assessed parcel of real estate, the sum for which such parcel under ordinary circumstances, would sell if wholly unimproved; and in the second. column shall be set down the sum for which the said parcel under ordinary circumstances would sell, with the improvements, if any, thereon. The said books shall be open for public inspection, examination and correction from the second Monday in January until the first day of April in each year; but on the said last mentioned day the same shall be closed to enable the board of taxes and assessments to prepare assessment rolls of the several boroughs for delivery to the board of aldermen. The said board previous to and during the time the said books are open as aforesaid for inspection shall advertise the tise for infact in the City Record and in such other newspaper or newspapers record. published in the several boroughs created by this act as may be authorized by the board of city record.

§ 3. Section nine hundred and seven of the Greater New York charter is hereby amended to read as follows:

To adver

spection of

record of

ments,

prepared.

delivered to

§ 907. Beginning with the first day of April in each year the board Annnel of taxes and assessments shall cause to be prepared from the books assessof annual record of assessed valuations of real and personal estate in when the several offices of the department of taxes and assessments in the several boroughs, assessment rolls for each of said several boroughs, and shall, as soon as such rolls are completed, annex to each of said rolls their certificates that the same is correct in accordance with the entries in said several books of record. The rolls so certified must, Rolls to be on the first Monday of July in each year be delivered by the board of aldermen. taxes and assessments to the board of aldermen, which shall meet at noon on that day at the city hall, or usual place of meeting, in the borough of Manhattan, for the purpose of receiving the same and for the purpose of performing such other duties in relation thereto as are prescribed by law; except that whenever said first Monday in July shall fall on a legal holiday, said rolls shall be delivered by said board of taxes and assessments on the next succeeding day thereafter to the board of aldermen, which shall meet at noon on such next

succeeding day, at the place and in the manner and for the purposes When rolls hereinafter specified. In the event of the board of aldermen failing to meet to receive said rolls, the same may be delivered to the city clerk, with the same effect as if delivered to the board of aldermen.

are to be

delivered to city clerk.

List of voters,

how ar

ranged.

Registry printed, as suppleinent to City Record.

Annual

record, how printed.

Within three weeks after the delivery of the assessment rolls to the board of aldermen the board of taxes and assessments shall furnish to the supervisor of the City Record a copy of the annual record of the assessed valuation of real estate, omitting from the said annual record two columns headed respectively "size of house" and "houses on lot."

§ 4. Section one thousand five hundred twenty-seven of the Greater New York charter is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 1527. It shall be the duty of the supervisor of the City Record to cause the list of registered voters, made and delivered by the chairman of the boards of inspectors of election to the captains of police, and by them delivered to him to be arranged by assembly districts, and by election districts of assembly districts, commencing with the first, and in such manner that the names of all registered voters residing at any given number of any street shall appear together, and those of each street in each election district shall appear arranged by house numbers, in consecutive order, each street separately. And as soon as the entire registry of voters shall be completed, and the copies thereof made and delivered, the said supervisor shall forthwith cause the same to be printed and published in the City Record, and in the form and manner herein prescribed; and such publication shall be made within one hundred and eight hours after the close of each annual registration. The registry of each assembly district shall be printed separately as a supplement to the City Record, and each supplement containing the registry of one assembly district shall be sold separately to persons wishing to purchase the same at not less than five cents per copy. All money received therefor shall be paid into the city treasury to the credit of the general fund.

It shall be the duty of the supervisor of the City Record to cause the annual record of the assessed valuation of real estate, made and delivered to him by the board of taxes and assessments, to be printed. in type not smaller than nonpareil, and published in the City Record; and such publication shall be made within ninety days after the delivery to him of the said annual record. The annual record of the assessed valuation of real estate of each section, district or ward, shall be printed separately as a supplement to the City Record. On each supplement shall be printed the number of the section, district or ward, therein contained, its boundaries or an outline map, and the name of the borough in which it is situated. Each supplement con

taining the assessed valuation of real estate of one section, district or ward, shall be sold separately to persons wishing to purchase the same at a price for each supplement to be determined by the board of City Record; such number of copies shall be published as said board shall determine. All moneys received therefor shall be paid into the city treasury to the credit of the general fund.

§ 5. Paragraph eighth of section two hundred and thirty of the Greater New York charter is hereby amended to read as follows:

Eighth. Such sum as may be necessary to provide for the compilation and publication of the registry of voters, and such sum as may be necessary to provide for the compilation and publication of the annual record of the assessed valuation of real estate.

§ 6. This act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred and three.

Supplement, how

sold.

Chap. 455.

AN ACT to enable the town of Islip to acquire docks and landing places for public use, and to borrow money for that purpose, and relating to the powers of trustees of town lands of said town in respect to such docks and landing places.

Became a law, May 7, 1903, 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:

purchase

and build

Section 1. The town of Islip, in the county of Suffolk, shall have Powe power, by a majority vote of the town board of said town, to pur- docks and chase docks at Islip and Bay Shore in said town, and to acquire sites bulkheads. for and to build docks and bulk-heads at Sayville, West Sayville, Bayport, and East Islip, in said town, for public use; and to expend for such purposes a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, to be raised as hereinafter provided, and to expend such additional sums as shall hereafter be appropriated by vote of the electors at any regular town meeting, in said town, for the purpose of purchasing, constructing and maintaining such docks, bulk-heads and landing places. Such docks and landing places shall be adjacent to highways and to tide water.

whom

§ 2. The title to all such docks and landing places, so purchased, Title, in shall be taken for the use of said town, in the name of the trustees of vested. town lands of said town, as created by chapter five hundred and three of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven; and such trustees

and their successors in office shall have the charge and supervision of all such docks, bulk-heads and landing places, and the power to prescribe rules and regulations for the use thereof by the public; and to take, in their names as such trustees, for the use of said town, leases of land under water adjoining such landing places, whenever authorized to do so by a majority vote of the town board of said town. Such trustees of town lands shall hereafter be chosen, as are other town officers, at each regular biennial town meeting in said. town; and section three of chapter five hundred and three of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, is hereby amended accordingly.

§ 3. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, said town, with the approval of its electors, expressed by a majority vote at any regular town meeting in said town, and with the auPower to thority of the board of supervisors of said county, shall have power to borrow a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, on the credit of said town, and to issue its obligations therefor.

borrow

money.

§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

Water

rents, to

able.

Chap. 456.

AN ACT in relation to water rents and extra water charges in the borough of Queens of the city of New York, for the period from and including May first, nineteen hundred, to and including April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and to legalize payments thereof heretofore made.

Accepted by the city.

Became a law, May 7, 1903, 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. All water rents and extra water charges chargeable whom pay upon buildings in the borough of Queens, in the city of New York, for the three years from and including May first, nineteen hundred, to and including April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, shall be payable to the department of water supply, gas and electricity, of the city of New York, until the statement and account thereof shall be returned to the comptroller of the city of New York, as hereinafter provided. Any such water rent or extra water charge may be paid to the department of water supply, gas and electricity without