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Legal  Questions 
Inaccurate  Tax  Bill 
The  assessors  in  my  home  town  in 
Schuyler  County  made  a  mistake  in  the 
assessment  roll,  adding  to  my  list  an  item 
of  30  acres  of  land  which  I  do  not  own. 
I  have  paid  the  assessments  on  two 
items  covering  my  property,  sending  a 
money  order  for  the  amount,  but  the  col¬ 
lector  returned  the  money  order  to  me. 
saying  “it  was  an  erroneous  tax,”  but 
that  he  had  to  collect  what  my  amount  is 
in  the  collector’s  book.  I  am  not  blam¬ 
ing  the  collector,  but  I  wish  to  ask  if 
the  authorities  can  legally  collect  from 
me  the  tax  on  the  fictitious  30  acres. 
Also,  I  wish  to  ask  if  the  collector’s  re¬ 
turning  the  money  order  to  me  can  be 
made  to  prove  I  have  paid  nothing  on 
my  taxes?  mbs.  E.  M.  W. 
New  York. 
The  tax  law  provides  as  follow’s:  The 
collector  shall  receive  the  tax  on  personal 
property  or  on  part  of  any  lot,  piece  or 
parcel  of  land  charged  with  taxes,  pro¬ 
vided  the  person  paying  such  tax  shall 
furnish  such  particular  specification  of 
such  part.  In  case  the  tax  on  the  re¬ 
mainder  thereof  shall  remain  unpaid  the 
collector  shall  enter  such  specification  on 
his  return  to  the  county  treasurer,  clearly 
showing  the  part  on  which  the  tax  re¬ 
mains  unpaid,  and  if  the  part  on  which 
the  tax  shall  be  so  paid  shall  be  an  undi¬ 
vided  share,  the  person  paying  the  same 
shall  state  to  the  collector  who  is  the 
owner  of  such  share,  and  the  collector 
shall  enter  the  name  of  such  owner  on  his 
account  of  arrears  of  taxes,  and  such 
share  shall  be  excepted  in  case  of  a  sale 
for  the  tax  on  the  remainder. 
The  board  of  supervisors  of  any  county 
may  correct  any  manifest  clerical  or  other 
error  in  any  assessment  or  returns  made 
by  any  one  or  more  town  officers  to  such 
board,  or  which  may,  or  shall  have  prop¬ 
erly  come  before  such  board  for  its  ac¬ 
tion,  confirmation  or  review ;  and  cause 
to  be  refunded  to  any  person  the  amount 
collected  from  him  of  any  tax  erroneously 
or  improperly  assessed  or  levied,  and  upon 
the  order  of  the  county  court  it  shall  re¬ 
fund  any  such  tax.  In  raisin®'  the  amount 
so  refunded,  or  necessary  to  supply  the 
deficiency  caused  by  the  correction  of  any 
error  in  such  assessment,  such  board 
shall,  in  the  same  or  next  ensuing  tax 
levy,  adjust  and  apportion  such  amount 
upon  the  property  of  the  several  towns 
and  wards  of  the  county  as  shall  be  just, 
taking  into  consideration  the  portion  of 
the  State,  county,  town  and  ward  has 
been  benefited  thereby.  Such  board  shall 
ascertain,  fix  and  determine  the  amount 
which  any  person  or  corporation  is  equit¬ 
ably  entitled  to  receive  back  from  any 
town  for  taxes  paid  while  the  boundary 
line  between  towns  was  in  dispute  and 
cause  the  same  to  be  levied  and  collected. 
N.  T. 
Water  Rights  in  Lake 
There  is  an  artificial  lake  located  in 
this  State  (New  York)  which  is  fed  by 
two  streams.  Neither  stream  is  navigable, 
but  both  streams  are  popular  fishing 
sources,  and  have  been  so  for  many  years. 
The  State  has  given  a  franchise  to  a  local 
water  company  to  use  the  waters  as  a 
source  of  water  supply  for  a  nearby  town¬ 
ship.  The  property  surrounding  the  lake 
and  bordering  thereon  is  owned  in  sep¬ 
arate  lots  by  A,  B,  C  and  D.  A  has 
erected  a  dam  which  conserves  the  water 
and  forms  the  lake.  A’s  deed  of  property 
reads  as  follow's :  First  definite  lines 
and  dimensions  are  given  to  the  water 
line  of  the  lake  and  abutting  property, 
and  then  provides :  “All  land  under  water 
and  to  high-water  mark  of  the  lake.” 
A’s  claim  is  as  follows  :  1.  That  he  has 
the  right  to  raise  the  water  of  the  lake 
to  such  height  as  will  meet  his  require¬ 
ments.  2.  That  without  his  consent  no 
one  can  fish,  boat,  build  boat  landing,  cut 
ice  or  in  any  way  make  use  of  the  w'ater 
of  the  lake.  S.  W.  B. 
New  York. 
A  probably  has  a  Tight  to  raise  the 
water  to  such  height  as  will  meet  his  rea¬ 
sonable  requirements,  provided  it  does 
not  thereby  endanger  the  rights  of  persons 
below  him.  A  private  park  for  the  propa¬ 
gation  and  protection  of  fish,  birds  or 
quadrupeds  may  be  established  by  the 
owner  or  person  having  the  exclusive 
right  to  hunting  or  fishing  on  the  private 
land  or  land  and  water  by  publishing  once 
a  w'eek  for  four  weeks  in  a  newspaper 
printed  in  the  county  where  such  land 
and  waters  are  situate,  a  notice  substan¬ 
tially  describing  the  same,  and  stating 
that  it  will  be  used  as  a  private  park,  and 
by  posting  notices  of  the  size  and  charac¬ 
ter  required  by  law.  If  the  State,  how¬ 
ever,  with  the  knowledge  of  the  owner, 
stocks  the  waters,  the  owner  may  not 
limit  the  fishing  therein,  and  the  public 
has  a  right  to  fish  therein.  All  dams 
shall  be  constructed  with  fish-ways,  and 
the  Conservation  Commission  may  make 
an  order  directing  the  construction  of  the 
fish-way.  Before  the  construction  of  dams 
is  commenced  on  any  of  the  inland  waters 
of  the  State  the  plan  thereof  and  the 
name  and  location  and  length  of  the 
waters  shall  be  given  to  the  Conservation 
Commission. 
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