of nineteen hundred and twenty, was reappropriated, is hereby repealed, to the extent of the unexpended, unobligated balance thereof, amounting when this act takes effect to the sum of eight hundred and eighty-three thousand, nine hundred and seventynine dollars and forty-seven cents ($883,979.47); and such unexpended unobligated balance of the reappropriation shall lapse immediately, become a part of the general fund and be available for other appropriations.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

L. 1923, ch. 696, 81 amended.

CHAPTER 234
AN ACT to amend chapter six hundred and ninety-six of the laws of nineteen

hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act to provide for the erection and
construction of buildings, including heating, lighting, plumbing and equip-
ment, for the New York State Ranger School at Wanakena, New York, and

making an appropriation therefor,” generally. Became a law April 1, 1925, 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 one of chapter six hundred and ninety-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled

An act to provide for the erection and construction of buildings, including heating, lighting, plumbing and equipment, for the New York State Ranger School at Wanakena, New York, and making an appropriation therefor,” is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 1. The trustees of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University are hereby authorized and empowered to execute all necessary contracts in behalf of the people of the state of New York for the erection and construction of a building, including heating, lighting, plumbing and permanent equipment, for the New York State Ranger School, on a site now owned by the state of New York at Wanakena, New York, to be selected by such trustees and the state architect.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Contracts for construction of buildings.

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CHAPTER 235
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the salary of supreme

court librarian at Delhi.
Became a law April 1, 1925, 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 eleven hundred and seventy-four of chapter twenty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An 1 Words“

act relating to education, constituting chapter sixteen of the con. solidated laws,' such chapter having been amended by chapter one hundred and forty of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten and such section last amended by chapter five hundred and fifty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty, is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 1174. Supreme court library at Delhi. The justices of the supreme court of the sixth judicial district, or a majority of them, shall appoint a librarian for the supreme court library, located at Delhi, Delaware county, which librarian shall hold his office during the pleasure of said justices. Such appointment shall be in writing and signed by a majority of said justices and filed in the office of the clerk of Delaware county. The salary of such librarian shall by one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, and shall be paid in quarterly payments on the last day of each of the months of March, June, September and Decemb... of each year, by the county treasurer of the county of Delaware, from the funds in his hands as such treasurer. Said librarian shall be subject to the directions of said justices, and shall be governed by such rules and regulations as they shall make from time to time.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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amended.

CHAPTER 236
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the committees appointed

by the appellate division to investigate the character and fitness of appli-
cants for admission to the bar, and making an appropriation for the ex-

penses and disbursements of such committees.
Became a law April 1, 1925, 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. Subdivision one of section eighty-eight, of chapter L. 1909,

ch. 35, thirty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled “An act in relation to the administration of justice, constituting chap- mbl.is ier thirty of the consolidated laws," as last amended by chapter three hundred and thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-two,3 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1. Upon the state board of law examiners certifying that a Admission

a person has passed the required examination, or that the exam- to practice

by appelination has been dispensed with, the appellate division of the late divisupreme court in the department in which such person shall have resided for at least six months prior to such application, if it shall be satisfied that such person possesses the character and gener

eral fitness requisite for an attorney and counsellor-at-law, shall admit him to practice as such attorney and counsellor-at-law in all the

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sion.

Expenses of committee on character and fitness.

and offices of committees in first and second de partments.

Salaries of em ployees, how fixed.

courts of this state. The members of the committee appointed pursuant to the rules of civil practice by the appellate division in each department to investigate the character and fitness of applicants for admission to the bar, shall be entitled to their necessary traveling, hotel and other expenses, incurred in the performance of their duties, payable by the state out of moneys appropriated therefor, upon certificate of the presiding justice

of the appellate division by which such committee is appointed. Employees 'The committee on character and fitness appointed pursuant to

the rules of civil practice by the appellate division of the supreme court in the first judicial department and the committee on character and fitness appointed pursuant to the rules of civil practice by the appellate division of the supreme court of the second judicial department, may each, with the written consent of the justices of each of such appellate divisions or a majority of such justices, acting for their respective appellate divisions, from time to time, appoint and remove a secretary, stenographers and assistants, and procure a suitable office for each committee, properly fur. nished and equipped and all books, stationery, blanks, postal cards, expressage and postage stamps, as shall be required for the proper performance of the duties of each such committee.

The salaries of such secretary, stenographers and assistants shall be fixed for each department by the justices of the appellate division in each department or a majority of them in each department.

The salaries of such secretary, stenographers and assistants and

the necessary expenses under the terms of this act in the first ment, how judicial department, shall, in the said first judicial department, be paid. paid by the comptroller of the city of New York. If money be not

if available for the payment of the salaries and expenses authorized hereinbefore by this section, the comptroller of the said city of New York shall cause special revenue bonds or certificates of indebtedness to be issued to provide the necessary funds therefor.

The salaries of such secretary, stenographers and assistants and the necessary expenses under the terms of this act in the second judicial department shall be payable by the comptroller of the state out of moneys appropriated therefor, upon the certification of the presiding justice of the said appellate division. To provide the money necessary therefor, the comptroller of the state shall annually apportion a sum equal to the total amount of salaries and expenses, as fixed by the justices of the appellate division of the second department, or a majority of them, and certified by the presiding justice of the said appellate division, among the counties composing the second judicial department and cause the same to be levied and collected on the real and personal property in said counties in the same manner in which state taxes are levied and

collected. Appro- The sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000), or so much priation.

thereof, as may be necessary for the committee in the second judi

Salaries of employees in first

.

Salaries of
employees
in second
depart-
ment, how
paid.

cial department, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of this act,

payable by the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller on fine the certification of the presiding justice of the appellate division, second judicial department, as provided by this act.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

state tax

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CHAPTER 237
AN ACT to provide means for the support of government.
Became a law April 1, 1925, 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. There shall be imposed for the fiscal year beginning Direct * July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, taxes aggregating one levied. it and one-half mills on each dollar of real and personal property in

this state subject to taxation, for the purposes hereinafter menai tioned, which taxes shall be assessed, levied and collected by the I annual assessment and collection of taxes of that year in the man

ner prescribed by law, and shall be paid by the several county treasurers into the treasury of this state to the credit of the general

fund, to be held by the treasurer for the purposes specified as Purposes. The follows:

For services relating to the state debt including the annual contri. State debt. butions to sinking funds for the amortization of the principal of mit debt, the redemption of serial bonds and the interest on debt.

For the support of common schools, including the payment of Support of district and teachers' quotas, academic quotas, nonresident aca- schools. demic tuition, and aid in the payment of salaries of teachers in public schools of the state, to be apportioned as provided by chapter six hundred and eighty of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

CHAPTER 238
AN ACT to authorize the board of education of union free school district

number six of the towns of Babylon, Suffolk county, and Oyster Bay,
Nassau county, and the village of Amityville, Suffolk county, to acquire
all of the old cemetery known as the Amityville cemetery, in the village
of Amityville, Suffolk county, adjoining property of such district now
used for school purposes, and to provide for the removal of remains in such

cemetery and the reinterment thereof.
Became a law April 1, 1925, 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. Acquisition by condemnation of all of old cemetery for school purposes. The board of education of joint union free school district number six of the towns of Babylon, Suffolk county

and Oyster Bay, Nassau county, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire and take by condemnation in the manner hereinafter specified, for school purposes, all of the old cemetery in the village of Amityville, Suffolk county, New York, sometimes known as the Amityville cemetery, and being the cemetery adjoining the property of such school district fronting on Ireland place and on Park avenue in the village of Amityville, Suffolk county, and now used for high school and grade school purposes.

§ 2. Appraisal of damages; petition for appointment of commissioners. At any time after this act takes effect the board of education of joint union free school district number six of the towns of Babylon, Suffolk county, and Oyster Bay, Nassau county, may present to the county court of Suffolk county in its petition praying for the appointment of three commissioners to appraise the damages for the taking of the fee or reversionary estate, or both, in the lands embraced in such old cemetery to be acquired and all of the rights therein, after having first given notice thereof, and of the time and place at which the same will be so presented, by publication thereof in two newspapers published in the county of Suffolk once a week for six successive weeks prior to the presenting of such petition.

§ 3. Appointment and qualification of commissioners. Upon the presentation of such petition, with due proof of publication of notice of such application in the manner aforesaid, the county court shall appoint three freeholders, all of whom shall be residents of the county of Suffolk, and not interested in the lands to be taken, and at least one of whom shall be a resident of the village of Amityville, who shall inquire into and determine what damages, if any, the owner or owners of the fee or reversionary estate, and the rights of any kind, in the lands embraced in such old cemetery to be thus acquired for said school purposes, will sustain by reason of the taking thereof.

§ 4. Commissioners to take oath of office; hearings. Before entering upon the duties of their office the commissioners appointed by the county court, as aforesaid, shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file the same in the office of the clerk of the county of Suffolk. They shall appoint a time and place for a hearing and serve ten days' notice thereof upon the board of education of joint union free school district number six of the towns of Babylon, Suffolk county, and Oyster Bay, Nassau county, filing the same with the president or clerk of such board of education, and shall also publish the notice thereof in two newspapers published in the county of Suffolk once a week for four successive weeks prior to such hearing. They shall meet at the time and place so appointed and may adjourn from time to time. They shall personally examine the lands, the compensation for which and in respect to which is to be determined by them, and may take testimony in relation thereto. They shall keep minutes of their proceedings and reduce to writing all evidence taken before them. They shall make and return to the county court of Suffolk