for. All such bids or proposals shall be enclosed in sealed envelopes and delivered to the board or to such person as it may designate to receive the same, but no such bid or proposal shall be received unless there shall accompany the same a certified check payable to the order of the board in such amount as shall be specified in said notice, and in case of the neglect or failure of any such bidder to enter into such contract within five days after an award thereof to him by the board, such check shall be forfeited and shall be paid into and credited to the fund hereinafter provided for the furnishing of such materials and the making of such improvements. Such bids or proposals shall be opened by the board in the presence of a majority of the members thereof, and it shall thereupon award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, Award of or the board may reject such bids in its discretion and readvertise for further bids or proposals. Any contract so awarded shall be executed in duplicate by the contractor and the board through the chairman and secretary thereof. The work to be performed and Inspection the materials required to be furnished in the execution of such and macontract shall be subject to the inspection and approval of such terials. person or persons as the board shall designate for such purpose. § 3. Section eight of such chapter is hereby amended to read as follows: contracts. of work enter and public § 8. The board and all persons acting under its authority and Right to direction shall have the right to enter, appropriate, occupy and use use streets any public street, highway, square, avenue, road and other public and ground including such lands as have or shall hereafter be aban- grounds. doned by the state of New York for canal purposes3 for the purpose of constructing such intercepting sewers and system and such other sewers, interceptors and structures as such board may be directed to construct by the common council and board of estimate and apportionment of said city, and for the carrying out of the purposes of this act; but the board shall in all cases restore such public street, highway, square, avenue, road and other public ground and lands to its former state of usefulness. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. 3 Words " including such lands as have or shall hereafter be abandoned by the state of New York for canal purposes," new. 4 Words" and such other sewers, interceptors and structures as such board may be directed to construct by the common council and board of estimate and apportionment of said city," new. 5 Word"the new. L. 1865, ch. 264, § 7a amended. Merger authorized. Degree of D. D. S. may be CHAPTER 188 AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and sixty-four of the laws of Became a law March 24, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section seven-a of chapter two hundred and sixtyfour of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An act to incorporate the New York College of Dentistry," as added by chapter thirty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 7-a. The New York College of Dentistry is hereby authorized to merge or consolidate with any university of the state of New York, 1and to convey its real and personal property without consideration to such university. The said merger or consolidation shall be approved by resolution, passed by a majority vote of all the duly elected members of the governing body of both the New York College of Dentistry and such university. Such university shall assume all the debts and obligations of the New York College of Dentistry. Such university shall confer the degree of doctor of dental surgery (D. D. S.) upon such students as shall have satisfactorily conferred. completed the course and met the requirements leading to such degree, as may be prescribed by the university of the state of New York. Merger, when effective. The merger or consolidation contemplated by this act shall be effective upon the passage of a resolution approving the said merger or consolidation, by the governing body of the New York College of Dentistry and such university. Upon the passage of such resolutions by the governing body of the New York College of Dentistry and such university, the New York College of Dentistry shall be deemed dissolved in contemplation of law. The merger or consolidation, contemplated in this act, must be effected 2on or before March thirteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 Remainder of sentence new. 2 Remainder of sentence formerly read: "within a period of one year from the date this section takes effect." CHAPTER 189 AN ACT making an appropriation for the payment of state contributions to counties in aid of public health measures, pursuant to article two-b of the public health law. Became a law March 25, 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. The sum of thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars and eighty-three cents ($38,725.83), or so much thereof as may be necessary therefor, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of state contributions to counties in aid of maintenance by counties of public hospitals, clinics, dispensaries and similar institutions and in aid of public enterprises and activities by counties for improvement of the public health and public health work, as provided in article two-b of the public health law, as added by chapter six hundred and sixty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and amended by chapter two hundred and seventy-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-four. The moneys hereby appropriated shall be available for the payment of contributions heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue to counties under such article, and shall be paid out by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller on certificates of approval issued or to be issued by the state commissioner of health as provided in such article. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 190 7 AN ACT making an appropriation for the contributions of the state for the repair and improvement of town highways, in accordance with the requirements of section one hundred and one of the highway law, maintenance and repair of county roads, to meet the requirements of chapter one hundred and thirty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven. Became a law March 25, 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: ation for for town Section 1. The sum of two million six hundred and ten thousand Appropridollars ($2,610,000) is hereby appropriated from any moneys in state conthe state treasury not otherwise appropriated, payable by the state tributions treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller. Such sum, or so highways. much thereof as may be necessary, shall be available for the contributions of the state to the several towns based upon the amount of taxes levied therein, for the repair and improvement of town highways, sluices, culverts and bridges having a span of less than five Appropriation for state confor county tributions roads. L. 1909, ch. 59, feet, in the proportions fixed by section one hundred and one of the highway law, and for complying with the requirements of such section. § 2. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, payable by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller. Such sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be available for the contributions of the state for the repair and maintenance of county roads as provided by chapter one hundred and thirty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 191 AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to the enumeration of the inhabitants of the state, and making an appropriation therefor.1 Became a law March 25, 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. Subdivisions one and four of section one hundred and forty-one of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and subds. 1, 4 nine, entitled "An act in relation to the sovereignty, boundaries, § 141, amended. survey, great seal and arms of the state, congressional districts, senate districts, and apportionment of the members of assembly of this state, and enumeration of the inhabitants of the state, constituting chapter fifty-seven of the consolidated laws," such section having been amended by chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and fifteen, are hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows: 1. Regulations. Adopt, and cause to be printed and distributed to enumeration supervisors and enumerators, regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, specifying in detail the methods to be followed in taking such enumeration, prescribing their duties, and the manner of making and transmitting returns by such officers, and providing generally for the proper enforcement and the economical administration and carrying into effect of the provisions of this article. 4. Returns; tabulations. Prescribe the contents of returns and direct the manner and time of making and transmitting such returns by supervisors and enumerators, and cause such returns to be tabulated and arranged so as to show the number of inhabitants exclusive of aliens, the number of aliens, and the total number of inhabitants in each village, town, county, city and borough of a city, of the state. He may, if he deems it advisable, cause such 1 The amendments effected by this act are so numerous and extensive that it is impracticable to indicate the changes made. tabulation to be made of the inhabitants of other political subdivisions, or districts of the state and may provide for an enumeration of the inhabitants thereof for such purpose. In any city in a county containing more than one senate district, or which, in the opinion of the secretary of state, may be entitled to more than one senate district under a reapportionment, such tabulation shall show the result of such enumeration in such city, by blocks inclosed by streets or public ways. He may, in his discretion, direct the enumeration supervisors to tabulate and arrange the returns submitted to them by the enumerators of their districts. He may also, if he deems it advisable, contract with any person for the tabulation of such returns. 143, 146 amended. § 2. Sections one hundred and forty-two, one hundred and forty- §§ 142, three, one hundred and forty-six, one hundred and forty-seven, one 149, 151, hundred and forty-eight, one hundred and forty-nine, one hundred 153 and fifty-one and one hundred and fifty-three of such chapter, as amended by chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and fifteen, are hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows: § 142. Appointment of chief enumeration supervisors and enumeration supervisors. The secretary of state shall appoint without examination, during the month of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and in such month in every tenth year thereafter, and at pleasure remove, a chief enumeration supervisor, at a compensation of seven thousand dollars, a deputy chief enumeration supervisor, at a compensation of five thousand dollars, thirty-two enumerition supervisors, at a compensation of two thousand dollars each, twelve enumeration supervisors, at a compensation of fifteen hundred dollars each, and thirty-nine enumeration supervisors, at a compensation of one thousand dollars each. Each person so appointed shall be a citizen of the United States, and if appointed for a district, a qualified voter of the district for which he is appointed and shall have resided in such district for a period of at least one year previous to his appointment. Such chief enumeration supervisor, deputy chief enumeration supervisor, and enumeration supervisors shall take office immediately upon their appointment and shall hold office until the completion of the enumeration and the tabulation thereof, unless sooner removed by the secretary of state. secretary of state shall issue and deliver to such chief enumeration supervisor, deputy chief enumeration supervisor and enumeration. supervisors a certificate of appointment, which shall be signed by him, and shall state and accurately describe the boundaries of the district, if any, to which such supervisor is assigned. Such chief enumeration supervisor, deputy chief enumeration supervisor and enumeration supervisor shall each immediately upon receiving such certificate and before entering upon the duties of his office take and subscribe and file in the office of the secretary of state an oath of office in the form to be prescribed by the secretary of state, to the effect that he will perform the duties of his office to the best of his ability, that he will report to the secretary of state all inaccurate enumerations coming to his knowledge, and The |