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of any person, company or corporation furnishing to consumers natural or artificial gas or turns on or off, or in any manner interferes with any valve or stop cock or other appliances belonging to such person, company or corporation, and connected with its service or other pipes or enlarges the orifice of mixers, or uses natural gas for heating purposes except through mixers, without first procuring from such person, company or corporation, a written permit, to turn on or off such stop cock or valve, or to make such connections or reconnections, or to enlarge the orifice of mixers, or to use for heating purposes without mixers, or to interfere with the valves, stop cocks, or other appliances of such person, company or corporation, as the case may be; or

5. Retains possession of, or refuses to deliver any mixer or mixers, or other appliances which may be, or may have been loaned or rented to them by any person, company or corporation, for the purpose of furnishing gas through the same, or who sells, loans, or in any manner disposes of the same to any person or persons, other than the said person, company or corporation entitled to the possession of the same; or

6. Sets on fire any gas escaping from wells, broken or leaking mains, pipes, valves or other appliances used by any person, company or corporation, in conveying gas to consumers, or interferes in any manner with the wells, pipes, mains, gate boxes, valves, stop cocks, or any other appliances, machinery or property of any person, company or corporation engaged in furnishing gas to consumers, unless employed by or acting under the authority and direction of such person, company or corporation; or

7. Opens or causes to be opened, or reconnects, or causes to be reconnected, any valve lawfully closed or disconnected by a district steam corporation; or

8. Turns on steam, or causes it to be turned on, or to re-enter any premises when the same has been lawfully stopped from entering such premises;

is guilty of a misdemeanor. Pen. Code, § 651, as am'd L. 1888, c. 219; L. 1892, cs. 692, 699, and L. 1893, c. 692.

30 Hun, 507; 13 Abb. N. C. 59.

[Note. Several acts have been passed to regulate the price of gas in the cities of New York and Brooklyn; e. g., L. 1886, cs. 321, 322; L. 1887, cs. 270, 570; L. 1892, c. 338.]

See also Cities, §§ 12-14; Domestic Commerce Law, § 24; Fisheries, etc., Law, § 100; Gas-light Companies; Highway Law, § 164m; Malicious Mischief, § 4, subd. 8; Mechanics' Liens, §§ 17-29; Nuisance, § 10; Public Buildings Law, § 59.

GAS-LIGHT COMPANIES.

Note. These corporations were formerly chartered under L. 1848, c. 37. See Birdseye's R. S., 1st ed., p. 1244 et seq. Now to be chartered under Transportation Corporations Law. See also Business Corporations Law, §§ 16a-16g; Cities, §§ 12-14; Fisheries, etc., Law, § 100; Gas; Tax Law, §§ 183, 186, 189; Villages, §§ 201–203.

GATES.

ON CANALS; see Canal Law, § 177; Courts of Special Sessions, § 1, subd. 19.

ON CARS OF ELEVATED RAILROADS; see Railroad Law, §§ 139, 140, 187.

ON DAMS; see Malicious Mischief, § 4, subd. 2.

FOR TOLL-BRIDGES; see Transportation_Corporations Law, §§ 130-133.

ON TURNPIKES AND PLANK ROADS; see Transportation Corporations Law, §§ 130-134.

GATES, Town of.

For boundaries see Birdseye's Chronological Table of Statutes, under L. 1788, c. 64, p. 62.

GAUGING.

OFFICES FOR, ABOLISHED; see Constitution, § 65.

GEDDES, TOWN OF.

For boundaries see Birdseye's Chronological Table of Statutes, under L. 1788, c. 64, p. 57.

See Fisheries, etc., Law, §§ 70, 71.

GEESE.

GENDER.

MASCULINE INCLUDES FEMININE AND NEUTER; see Fisheries, etc., Law, § 301; Statutory

Construction Law, § 8.

GENERAL.

ASSIGNMENT; see Assignments for Benefit of Creditors.
CAUSES OF CHALLENGE DEFINED; see Trials, § 249.
CORPORATION LAW; see Corporations, §§ 1-40.
ELECTIONS; see Election Law.

FUND OF STATE TREASURY; see Executive Law, § 71; Legislative Law, § 48a; Liquor
Tax Law, § 13; Public Officers Law, § 14; Railroad Law, §§ 46, 165; Salt Springs
Law, § 4; State Funds, §§ 35-41, 91, 192; Statutory Construction Law; Statutory
Revision, etc; Tax Law, § 203; University Law, § 26.

GUARDIAN; see Guardian and Ward.

LAWS; see Constitution, §§ 42, 51, 105, 108; Corporations, §§ 3, 32, 36; and UNDER THE VARIOUS GENERAL LAWS.

MUNICIPAL LAW; see Municipal Law, §§ 1-30.

PARTNERS; see Partnership.

POWERS; see Real Property Law, §§ 113, 114, 116, 117, 122.

PROVISIONS; See Code Civil Procedure; Code Criminal Procedure; Penal Code; Repealing Acts; Revised Statutes; Statutes.

REPEALING ACTS; see Repealing Acts.

RULES OF PRACTICE; see Practice.

SESSIONS, COURT OF; see Court of General Sessions.

TERMS; see Appellate Division.

VERDICT; See Trials, §§ 205, 206, 310, 311.

GENESEE COUNTY.

COUNTY JUDGE AND SURROGATE OF; see County Law, § 222.

ELECTION AND JUDICIAL DISTRICTS CONTAINING; see Congressional Districts, § 1; Constitution, § 29; Supreme Court, § 31.

GAME LAWS IN; see Fisheries, etc., Law, § 73.

GRAND JURORS, HOW SELECTED IN; see Grand Juries, §§ 32, 35.

See also Grants; Trusts, etc.; Wills.

GILBOA, TOWN OF.

For boundaries see Birdseye's Chronological Table of Statutes, under L. 1788, c. 64, p. 40.

GILMAN, TOWN OF.

For boundaries see Birdseye's Chronological Table of Statutes, under L. 1788, c. 64, p. 42,

See Agricultural Law, §§ 60-70; Animals, §§ 35, 39; Public Health Law, §§ 62, 63.

GLASS.

EMPLOYEES OF COMPANIES FOR MAKING; see Trials, § 52.

THROWING, IN HIGHWAYS, ETC.; see Animals, § 42; Malicious Mischief, § 11.

For boundaries see Birdseye's Chronological Table of Statutes, under L. 1788, c. 64, p. 42.

GLENVILLE, TOWN OF.

For boundaries see Birdseye's Chronological Table of Statutes, under L. 1788, c. 64, p. 41.

GLOVERSVILLE, CITY OF.

For charter and acts relating thereto, see Birdseye's Supplement to Chronological Table of Statutes, under L. 1890, c. 55.

ACTS DONE IN, NOT AFFECTED BY REVOCATION OF LETTERS; see Surrogates' Courts, § 117. AS TO CUTTING TIMBER ON INDIAN RESERVATION; see Indian Law, § 59.

AS DEFENSE UPON INDICTMENT FOR LARCENY; see Larceny, §§ 21, 22.

PURCHASERS OR MORTGAGEES IN; see Purchasers.

SUBPOENAS SERVED IN; see Evidence, §§ 34-38.

OF EXECUTOR, ETC., ON SALE; see Executors, etc., § 80.

See Personal Property.

GOODS AND CHATTELS.

GORHAM, TOWN OF.

For boundaries see Birdseye's Chronological Table of Statutes, under L. 1788, c. 64, p. 60.

GOSHEN, TOWN OF.

For boundaries see Birdseye's Chronological Table of Statutes, under L. 1788, c. 64, p. 35.

GOSPEL AND SCHOOL LOTS.

1 Laying out lands for support of gospel and schools. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in every township so laid out or to be laid out as aforesaid the surveyor general shall mark one lot on the map gospel and one other lot schools which lots shall be as nearly central in every township as may be and the lots so marked shall not be sold but the lots so marked gospel shall be reserved for and applied to supporting the gospel in such township and the lot marked schools for the use of schools in such township. L. 1789, c. 32, § 2.

2 Leasing same. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New York represented in Senate and Assembly, That the supervisors and two commissioners from time to time to be chosen by the towns in which the lots appropriated for the support of the gospel and schools respectively lie shall have power from time to time to lease the said lots on such terms and for such time as they shall think proper not exceeding twenty-one years and that the monies arising from such leases be appropriated according to the provisions of the act* relative to said lots passed the twenty third day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight. L. 1807, c. 135, § 1.

3 Commissioners to pay over moneys. And be it further enacted, That all commissioners for leasing said lots chosen in pursuance of the aforesaid act* having any monies in their hands not appropriated by their respective towns, shall pay over to the commissioners to be chosen in pursuance of this act who are authorized to collect and receive the same and appropriate the same in such manner as shall be directed by their respective towns in pursuance of the aforesaid act. Id., § 2.

4 Power to hold and lease such lots in Onondaga county. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the supervisor of each of the towns in the county of Onondaga, for the time being in conjunction with such commissioners, not exceeding three in number as the freeholders and inhabitants of any of the said towns, shall at their annual townmeeting respectively appoint, shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered, to enter upon and take possession of the lots of land situate in the several towns for which such supervisors and commissioners shall have been appointed which were designated for gospel and school lots by virtue of the act entitled "An act for the further direction of the commissioners of the land office, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the 11th day of April 1796, and thereupon the supervisor and such commissioners of any of the said towns in which such lots of land may be situated shall and may lease the same upon such terms and for such period of time, as they in their discretion may deem proper not exceeding ten years: Provided nevertheless, That whenever the freeholders and inhabitants of any of the said towns, shall in legal town-meeting instruct the said supervisor and commissioners in the premises the leases of the same lands shall be made conformably to such instructions subject to the limitation of time as aforesaid. L. 1798, c. 48, ¶ 1.

5 Same: suits for possession and for trespasses. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the supervisor and commissioners of any of the said towns as aforesaid and they are hereby authorized and empowered to institute such suit or suits and prosecute the same to judgment, in the name of such supervisor as may be necessary for the recovery of the possession of any of the said lots designated as aforesaid, or for any trespasses that may have been heretofore, or shall be hereafter committed thereon, or upon the breach of any of the covenants which may be contained in any of the said leases made in pursuance of this act; which said suits shall not be abated or any way affected in law by the death or removal from office, of any such supervisor as aforesaid. Id., ¶ 2.

And be it further enacted, That the monies 6 Rentals, etc., how applied. arising from the leasing of the said lots of land as aforesaid and from the tres

*This subject, SS 4-8.

passes as aforesaid shall be applied to the use of schools, or support of the gospel, in the original townships as surveyed, in which such lots shall be respectively situated and for no other purpose; which said application shall be made either for schools or gospel or both, and in such way and manner as the freeholders and inhabitants of the towns in which the same lands shall lie shall in legal townmeeting from time to time direct, order and appoint. Id., ¶ 3.

7 Annual report; delivery of documents, etc., to successors; penalty. And be it further enacted, That the said supervisors and commissioners shall, and hereby are, required to report to the towns, for which they shall have been appointed at their annual town meeting, their proceedings under this act; and upon the expiration of their offices or removal from office, shall deliver over to their successors in office, all such leases and documents as they may be possessed of by virtue of this act; and also all such monies as they may have received upon and by virtue of the leases aforesaid. And in case any of the supervisors or commissioners shall refuse or neglect to report their proceedings as aforesaid or deliver over such leases and documents or pay over the monies as aforesaid such supervisor or commissioner shall forfeit and pay to the town for which he shall have been appointed twenty-five dollars, to be applied for the uses and in the manner aforesaid; which said penalty shall be recovered in the name of the supervisor of the town for the time being in which the same penalty shall have been incurred, by action of debt, bill, plaint or information in any court of record having cognizance thereof. Id., ¶ 4.

8 Reporting trespassus, etc.; prosecution; proceeds. And be it further enacted That it shall, and is hereby declared, to be the duty of the several supervisors of the towns in the said county of Onondaga, to take charge of, and oversee the lots of land situate in the respective towns (for which such supervisor shall have been appointed) and which were designated by the act aforesaid for the promotion of literature, and such other lots in each town as are reserved to the people of this state; and in case of any encroachment, or trespasses upon the same lands, to report the author or authors thereof, to the assistant attorney general for the district, including the said county of Onondaga who is hereby authorized and required to institute and prosecute to judgment such suit or suits in the name of the people of the state of New York, against such trespassers as he may deem necessary and the monies recovered in such suits, he is hereby required to pay over to the treasurer of this state. Id., ¶ 5.

9 Moneys arising from rents of lots. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New York represented in Senate and Assembly That the monies arising from. the annual rents and profits of the gospel lots in each township shall be equally divided by the supervisor and commissioners appointed in each township between the several religious societies legally organized in such townships and that the monies arising from the annual rents and profits of the several school lots shall be distributed among the schools kept in each respective township by teachers to be approved of by the supervisor and commissioners constituted by the act* to which this is an amendment or a majority of them in said township in proportion to the aggregate number of days which the scholars in each respective school shall have respectively attended such schools in the year immediately preceding such division. L. 1808, c. 218, § 1.

10 Certain powers, etc., extended. And be it further enacted That the powers privileges and restrictions contained in the first mentioned act* passed 23d March 1798 shall be and the same are hereby extended to all the townships in this state wherein any lot or lots of land are reserved for the support of the gospel and schools: Provided nevertheless That where in any of the aforesaid townships the lots are already leased according to the vote of the people of any such township in legal town meeting assembled in pursuance of the provisions of, the act* aforesaid such lease or leases shall be deemed to be good and valid in law anything in the aforesaid act to the contrary notwithstanding. Id., § 2.

*This subject, §§ 4-8.

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