mon gaming-house for the purpose of gaming for money or other property, and that idle and dissolute persons resort to the same for that purpose, such justice, whether the name of the persons last mentioned are known to the complainant, or not, shall issue a warrant, commanding the sheriff or any constable to enter into such house or building, and there to arrest all persons who shall be there found playing for money, or otherwise, and also the keepers of the same, and to take into their custody all the implements of gaming there found, and to bring the said persons and implements before such justice, to be dealt with according to law.

N. Y. Rev. Stat.,

Title 13, Chap. 20, Part 1.

Persons meeting with carriages, etc., to turn to the right.

2 Gray, 181.

Penalty etc., for violating preceding section.

Proviso.

Chapter forty-four of Revised Statutes of 1846.

(2002.) SECTION 1. Whenever any persons shall meet each other on any bridge or road, traveling with carriages, wagons, carts, sleds, sleighs, or other vehicles, each person shall seasonably drive his carriage or other vehicle to the right of the middle of the traveled part of such bridge or road, so that the respective carriages, or other vehicles aforesaid, may pass each other without interference.

(2003.) SEC. 2. Every person offending against the provisions of the preceding section shall, for each offense, forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, and shall also be liable to the party injured for all damages sustained by reason of such offense: Provided, That proceedings shall be commenced for the recovery of such forfeiture within three months after the offense shall have been committed, and any action for such damages shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action shall have accrued.

ploying driver

drunkenness.

(2004.) SEC. 3. No person owning, or having the direction or con- Penalty for em trol of any coach, or other carriage or vehicle, running or traveling addicted to upon any road in this State, for the conveyance of passengers, shall employ, or continue in employment, any person to drive such coach, carriage, or other vehicle, who is addicted to drunkenness, or to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors; and if any such person shall violate the provisions of this section, he shall forfeit at the rate of five dollars per day for all the time during which he shall have kept such driver in such employment.

(2005.) SEC. 4. If any driver, whilst actually employed in driving such coach, carriage, or vehicle, shall be guilty of intoxication, it shall be the duty of the owner or person having the charge or control of such coach, carriage, or other vehicle, on receiving written notice of the fact, signed by any passenger who witnessed the same, and certified by him under oath, forthwith to discharge such driver from such employment; and every person who shall retain or have in such service within six months after the receipt of such notice, any driver who shall have been so intoxicated, shall forfeit at the rate of five dollars per day for all the time during which he shall keep any such driver in such employment after receiving such notice.

owner of coach, driver, on notice toxicated.

etc., to discharge

of his belng in

horses guilty of

etc.

(2006.) SEC. 5. No person driving any carriage or vehicle for Driver running the conveyance of passengers for hire upon any road or highway misdemeanor, in this State, with or without passengers therein, shall run his horses, or cause or permit them to run, upon any occasion, or for any purpose whatever; and every person who shall offend against the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the

court.

(2007.) SEC. 6. It shall not be lawful for the driver of any carriage used for the conveyance of passengers för hire, to leave the horses attached thereto, while any passenger remains in or upon the same, without making such horses fast with a sufficient halter, rope, or chain, or without some suitable person to take the charge and guidance of them, so as to prevent their running; and if any such driver shall violate the provisions of this section, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars; but no prosecution shall be commenced therefor after the expiration of three months from the time of committing the offense.

Penalty on

driver for leav

ing horses un

fastened.

Owners of car

riage liable for

persons in their employ.

(2008.) SEC. 7. The owners of every carriage running or travelinjuries done by ing upon any turnpike road or public highway, for the conveyance of passengers for hire, shall be liable, jointly and severally, to the party injured, in all cases, for all injuries and damage done by any person in the employment of such owners as a driver, while driving such carriage, to any person, or to the property of any person, whether the act occasioning such injury or damage be willful, negligent, or otherwise, in the same manner as such driver would be liable.

Time for remov

limited.

Condition.

Chapter forty-six of Revised Statutes of 1846.

(2009.) SECTION 1. Whenever any logs, timber, boards, or planks, ing timber, etc., in rafts or otherwise, shall be drifted upon any island in any of the waters of this State, or upon the banks or shores of such waters, the owner of such logs, timber, or lumber may, at any time within two years, remove the same, on paying or tendering to the owner or occupant of the land such reasonable damages as may have been caused by reason of such occupancy or removal; and if the owner shall not, within the said two years, make such payment or tender, and take such logs, timber, or lumber from such lands, unless he and the owner or occupant of such lands shall otherwise agree, the same shall be deemed the property of the owner or occupant of the lands.'

Penalty for de

stroying marks on timber, etc.

(2010.) SEC. 2. Whoever shall unlawfully cut out, alter, or destroy any mark of the owner, made on any logs, timber, or lumber, put

1 As amended by Act 141 of the Laws of 1859. p. 395, approved and took effect February 12, 1859.

into any lake, river, stream, or pond, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten dollars for each log, stick of timber, or piece of lumber, the mark of which he shall have so altered, cut out or destroyed; and shall be liable to the party injured in three times the amount of damages.

evidence of guilt

(2011.) SEC. 3. In any suit under the provisions of the preceding Possession of defendant, when section, if such logs, timber, or lumber, shall be found in the pos- presumptive session of the defendant, with the marks cut out, altered or destroyed, it shall be considered presumptive evidence of his guilt, and the burden of proof shall be upon him to discharge himself. (2012.) SEC. 4. Whoever shall convert to his own use, without Liability of perthe consent of the owner thereof, any logs, timber, boards, or logs, etc. planks, floating in any of the waters of this State, or lying on the banks or shores of such waters, or on any island where the same may have drifted, except as in this chapter provided for, shall be liable to the owner thereof in treble the amount of damages.

son converting

CHAPTER LVIII.

LOST GOODS AND STRAY BEASTS.

Chapter forty-seven of Revised Statutes of 1846.

goods, etc,

how

(2013.) SECTION 1. When any person shall find any lost money Notice of finding or lost goods, if the owner thereof be known, he shall immediately given. give notice thereof to such owner. If the owner thereof be unknown, and such money or goods be of the value of three dollars or more, the finder shall, within two days, cause notice thereof to be posted in two public places within the township where the same were found; and shall also, within seven days, give notice thereof, in writing, to the township clerk of such township, and pay him twenty-five cents for making an entry thereof in a book to be kept for that purpose.

Owners of car

riage liable for

persons in their employ.

(2008.) SEC. 7. The owners of every carriage running or travelinjuries done by ing upon any turnpike road or public highway, for the conveyance of passengers for hire, shall be liable, jointly and severally, to the party injured, in all cases, for all injuries and damage done by any person in the employment of such owners as a driver, while driving such carriage, to any person, or to the property of any person, whether the act occasioning such injury or damage be willful, negligent, or otherwise, in the same manner as such driver would be liable.

Time for removing timber, etc., limited.

Condition.

Penalty for de

stroying marks

Chapter forty-six of Revised Statutes of 1846.

(2009.) SECTION 1. Whenever any logs, timber, boards, or planks, in rafts or otherwise, shall be drifted upon any island in any of the waters of this State, or upon the banks or shores of such waters, the owner of such logs, timber, or lumber may, at any time within two years, remove the same, on paying or tendering to the owner or occupant of the land such reasonable damages as may have been caused by reason of such occupancy or removal; and if the owner shall not, within the said two years, make such payment or tender, and take such logs, timber, or lumber from such lands, unless he and the owner or occupant of such lands shall otherwise agree, the same shall be deemed the property of the owner or occupant of the lands.'

(2010.) SEC. 2. Whoever shall unlawfully cut out, alter, or destroy on timber, etc. any mark of the owner, made on any logs, timber, or lumber, put

1 As amended by Act 141 of the Laws of 1859. p, 395, approved and took effect February 12, 1859.