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the loan officers of the county of Albany the sum of thirty four pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Suffolk the sum of twenty pounds, for every of the loanofficers of the county of Queens the sum of eighteen pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Kings the sum of ten pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Richmond the sum of ten pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Westchester, the sum of thirty pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Dutchess the sum of fifty pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Orange the sum of twenty-two pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Ulster the sum of thirty-three pounds, for every. of the loan-officers of the county of Columbia the sum of thirty-three pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Rensselaer the sum of thirty-five pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Washington the sum of thirty-five pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Clinton the sum of twenty pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Saratoga, the sum of twenty-five pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Montgomery the sum of twenty-five pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Otsego the sum of twenty pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Herkimer the sum of twenty pounds, for every of the loan-officers of the county of Tioga the sum of twenty pounds, and for every of the loan-officers of the county. of Ontario the sum of twenty pounds; and the said loanofficers respectively shall retain in their hands so much of the interest money paid in to them, as will pay them their said respective salaries, and shall pay the remainder of the said interest to the treasurer of this state annually, on or before the last Tuesday of June in every year, and the receipt of the said treasurer shall be to the said loan-officers and every of them, their heirs, executors and administrators, a sufficient discharge.

XXVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Loan offices That the respective loan-offices in this state shall be kept, where keps. at the court-house of each respective county, and where there is no court-house at the place where the court of common pleas shall be held in the same county, or at some convenient place near the same, except in the counties of Orange and Westchester, in each of which counties, there being two court-houses, the loan-officers shall meet alternately, first at or near one court-house, and then at or near the other.

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XXVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Perjury hereThat if any person shall falsely swear or affirm, in any of the cases where an oath or affirmation is required to be taken by this act, or shall wilfully and knowingly act contrary to any oath or affirmation he has taken in pursuance

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of this act, such offence is hereby declared to be perjury, and the offender being convicted thereof, shall suffer the pains and penalties as in cases of wilful and corrupt perjury. XXVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforeInfpected, &s. said, That the respective loan-officers shall permit any person at seasonable times, to search and view the books of mortgages in their hands and custody, upon paying one shilling for the search and the entry of the respective mortgages in the books of the said loan-officers, shall have the like priority, operation and effect as if such mortgages were registered in the office of the clerk of the county in which the lands mortgaged lie.

Loan-officers

to enter miputes of their proceedings.

XXXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the new loan-officers, beginning at the other end of the said book, shall insert the minutes of their proceedings therein, as follows: First, the day they meet, place, house and loan-officers present; second, if any one is absent, they shall at their next meeting minute the cause of his absence; third, shall enter the hour that every one applies for the loan of money and the sum he applies for ; fourth, shall enter down the reason why a prior applicant had not the money according to his application and the substance of examinations for clearing titles and value ; fifth, shall enter down the monies received from the treasurer and the monies delivered to or received from the loan-officers of another county, and the day when, with a copy of the notice thereof to be delivered to the treasurer, and by whom; sixth, the last day of their four days of meeting for receiving of monies yearly, they shall enter whose mortgages are foreclosed and the number and sums of them; seventh, shall enter the orders for and copies of the advertisements for sale, and places at which they are so to be set up, and the persons names that are to set them up; eighth, shall enter the names of the purchasers of lands and prices sold for, and payment of the overplus to whom it belongs, with the time and witnesses of such payment; ninth, in case any principals or part thereof are paid in before the times of payment in the mortgages, the whole amount of such principals so paid in shall be entered in the said book; tenth, shall enter the cause of all suits and the informations they have received, and of whom, at length, or if too long refer to them in papers apart, minuting the substance; eleventh, shall enter their meetings with the judges and supervisors and persons present, together with the minutes of all proceedings of such judges and supervisors, particularly what were the deficiencies laid before them, what measures were taken for assessing and levying such deficiencies, and which of the said judges and supervisors were for assessing or for neglecting or delaying it.

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XXXVI. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- Form of deeds said, That the deeds to be granted by the new loan-offi- to be given cers for any lands to be sold by them, whereof the equity officers. of redemption is foreclosed, shall be in form following, to

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in the year of

between the new loan

of the first part, and

of the

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second part, Witnesseth, That the said loan-officers of the
county of
for and in consideration of the sum of
them in hand paid by the said whereof they acknow-
ledge the receipt, and discharge the said heirs, execu-
tors and administrators thereof for ever, have, pursuant
to a law of the state of New-York, entitled An act for loan-
ing monies belonging to this state, granted, bargained, sold,
released, enfeoffed and confirmed, and by these presents do
grant, bargain, sell, release, enfeoff and confirm unto
heirs and assigns, all that together with all and all
manner of improvements, hereditaments and appurten-
ances whatsoever to the same belonging, or in any wise
appertaining, and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim
and demand whatsoever of the new loan-officers of the
county of and their successors, to the above bargain-
ed premises and every part thereof; To have and to hold
the above bargained premises and every part thereof, with
the appurtenances, to the said heirs and assigns for
ever. In witness whereof, the said loan-officers of the
county of
have hereunto set the seal of their corpora-
tion, together with their hands, the day and year above
written. Sealed and delivered in the presence of

To which deed the loan-officers shall affix the seal of the loan-office, and respectively subscribe their names, in the presence of two witnesses.

XXXVII. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- Form of their said, That upon every sale of lands the new loan-officers bonds. shall fill up the blanks in one of the loose sheets of blank mortgages like to the original mortgage, and attest the same as a true copy under their hands and the seal of the loan-office, and give it instead of the original mortgage for evidence of the title to the purchaser; and the bond to be given by the loan-officers shall, be in the following form, to wit:

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NOW all men by these presents, That we are held and firmly bound unto the people of the state of New-York, in the sum of to be paid to the people of the state of New-York, for payment whereof, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, and dated the

thousand

day of in the year of our Lord one

Power of the

common council of New-York

ject.

The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden shall and do well and truly perform the office and duty of one of the loan-officers of the county of pursuant to the act, entitled An act for loaning monies belonging to this state, and shall demean himself therein, without favour, malice or partiality, then the obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Sealed and delivered in the presence of

XXXVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the power and authority by this act on this fub. given to, and duties required to be done by the judges and supervisors of the several other counties of this state, shall be vested in and exercised by the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New-York, in common council convened, so far as the matters and things in this act contained relate to the county of New-York; and the mayor, recorder, aldermen and assistants, for the time being, of the city of New-York, shall be subject to the like penalties and forfeitures, as the said judges and supervisors are subject to for any default or neglect.

Preamble.

New loanoffice of Tio

An ACT for giving further Time to the new Loan-Officers of Queens County to loan the Monies in their Hands not already loaned.

Passed 14th February, 1793. Sess. 16, ch. 29.

SEVENTEENTH SESSION. CHAP. XXXIV.
An ACT relative to the new Loan-Officers of the County of

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Tioga.

Passed 25th March, 1794. HEREAS by an act passed during the last session of the legislature, it is enacted, that the courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace, in and for the county of Tioga, shall be held alternately in the town of Union and in the town of Newtown; And whereas doubts have arisen whether the new loan-officers of the said county, are authorized to hold their offices alternately at the places where the said courts are now held: There fore,

Be it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, ga where held represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the new loan-officers of the county of Tioga, and they are hereby required to hold the new loanoffice for the county of Tioga in the said towns of Union and Newtown alternately, at or near the places of holding the said courts; and that the next meeting of the said new loan-officers shall be held in the town of Union as aforesaid.

An ACT to erect part of the Counties of Ulster and Ot

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TWENTY-FIRST SESSION. CHAP. XVI.
An ACT for dividing the County of Orange.

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Passed February 23d, 1798.

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ND be it further enacted, That all losses and de- Loffes on cer. ficiences which may happen on any mortgage of tain mortga any lands, tenements or heraditaments situated in the said ges how county of Rockland, taken by virtue of the act, entitled An act for emitting the sum of two hundred thousand pounds in bills of credit, for the purposes therein mentioned, anď also by virtue of the act, entitled An act for loaning monies belonging to this state, shall be borne by the same county of Rockland, and the supervisors of the said county shall cause the same to be raised in the same county and paid to the loan-officers of the county of Orange, appointed by virtue of the said acts, and all losses and deficiences which may happen on any mortgage of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, situated in the county of Orange, as now limited, taken by virtue of the said acts, shall be borne and raised in and by the said county of Orange.

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whom to be examined.

VI. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may Accounts of be lawful for the supervisors of the counties of Orange the loan f and Rockland, at each and every of their annual meetings in their respective counties, to appoint two or more of the supervisors of their respective counties, whose duty it shall be to attend at any of the meetings directed by the said acts for inspecting and examining the mortgages, minutes and accounts of the loan-officers appointed in the county of Orange under the acts aforesaid, and that one of the judges and the supervisors so nominated and appointed as aforesaid, of each respective county, or a majority of them, shall be sufficient for the purposes in the said acts mentioned, any law to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

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VII. And be it further enacted, That for the more con- Judges and venient attendance of the said judges and the supervisors fupervifors of the counties aforesaid, for the purposes in the last pre- meet. ceding clause mentioned, instead of meeting at the courthouses on the north and south side of the mountains alternately, on the first Tuesday in October, as directed by the two acts aforesaid, it shall be lawful, and the said judges and supervisors are hereby required to meet at the house of Stephen Sloot, in the Clove, any law to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

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