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ment by the Bar Association of the county to have the supreme court 

 transferred from Richmond to St. George. This movement involved the 

 possibility that our quarters in Borough Hall might be selected for court 

 purposes, in which event we would probably be required to vacate. In 

 anticipation of such a contingency, and in order that the city might have 

 the necessary legal authority to provide quarters for us elsewhere, a bill 

 amending our charter in this respect was introduced in the State Legis- 

 latuije. It passed both branches, was accepted by the city, signed by the 

 governor on May 5 and is now Chapter 208 of the Laws of 1910. The 

 full text of the act is as follows : 



An Act to amend chapter five hundred and twenty-six of the laws of 

 nineteen hundred and five, entitled " An act to incorporate the Staten 

 Island association of arts and sciences and to provide for the care and 

 housing of its museum and library by the city of New York," in relation 

 to the acquisition and leasing of lands and buildings for said museum, 

 and to provide funds by the city of New York therefor. 

 Became a law May 5, 1910, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, 

 three-fifths being present. 



Accepted by the City. 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and As- 

 sembly, do enact as follows: 



Section i. Section seven of chapter five hundred and twenty-six of 

 the laws of nineteen hundred and five, entitled " An act to incorporate 

 the Staten Island association of arts and sciences and to provide for the 

 care and housing of its museum and library by the city of New York," 

 is hereby amended to read as follows : 



§ 7. The commissioners of the sinking fund of the city of New York 

 may authorize the president of the borough of Richmond to provide such 

 room or rooms in the borough building, in the borough of Richmond, city 

 of New York, as may not. otherwise be in use, and they may otherwise 

 provide and set apart land in said borough for the erection of a suitable 

 buildling or buildings thereon, for the keeping and maintaining of the 

 museum, collection and library of the Staten Island association of arts 

 and sciences, subject to all the conditions in section two hundred and 

 seventeen, chapter four hundred and forty-six of the laws of nineteen 

 hundred and one, and for the purpose of providing means for the erection 

 of said building or buildings and for the purpose of acquiring land and 

 a building or buildings thereon, it shall be the duty of the comptroller of 

 the city of New York, upon being authorized thereto by the board of 

 estimate and apportionment, to issue and sell corporate stock of the city 

 of New York, in the manner now provided by law, sufficient for the same ; 

 and the board of estimate and apportionment may include in the annual 

 budget for the purpose of leasing land and the building or buildings 

 thereon and for the maintenance and care of said museum, collection and 

 library of the Staten Island association of arts and sciences a sum suffi- 



