APPENDIX. Laws to be Repealed by the Salt Springs Law. [EXPLANATION.- Page reference is to eighth edition Revised Statutes. Section reference immediately following is to the text of the revision, which will take the place of the laws repealed.] (LAWS 1825, CHAPTER 326, PAGE 786.) Sall manufacturing lots; proviso.- XLIV. And be it further enacted That it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the Onondaga salt springs, as soon as may be after the passing of this act, to lay out into salt manufacturing lots, of six rods in front as nearly as may be, the blocks of one hundred feet depth, bordering on the north-easterly side of the lateral canal, as laid out by the surveyor-general, from the Walton tract to the village of Salina, which have not already been so laid out; that if any individual or company having the right to any such lot, or to any other lot laid out according to the provisions of the act entitled "An act to amend the several acts in relation to the salt springs in the county of Onondaga," passed April 23d, 1823, as a salt manufacturing lot, shall have erected on such lot a suitable and convenient salt manufactory, to contain a good and sufficient building with ample store-rooms, and proper and suitable reservoirs or cisterns for holding salt water, and a block of kettles not less than fourteen in number, of the capacity of at least ninety gallons each, well set therein, it shall be the duty of the superintendent to lease such lot to him or them, on the same terms and conditions as are imposed in the leases of the salt manufacturing lots laid out under and by virtue of the last mentioned act, and to expire at the same time with those leases Provided, That not more than one manufactory of two blocks of kettles shall be erected on any one of such lots. : Id. page 790, obsolete. The like in Geddesburg; proviso.- XLV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the Onondaga salt springs to lay out so many salt manufacturing lots as he may think necessary, on any of the lands of the state lying on the north and south banks of the canal, in and adjoining the village of Geddes, reserved for the use of salt manufactories, five rods in front on the canal, and of sufficient depth for the accommodation of salt manufactories; and in case the present holders of salt marsh lots at said village of Geddes, or any of them, shall, on or before the first Monday of June next, surrender or release their lots, or any of them, to the people of this state, it shall be the duty of the said superintendent to lease to the several persons making such surrender or release, two lots so laid out on the canal, for each of the marsh lots so surrendered or released, with all the privileges granted to lessees and manufacturers at the said village of Geddes by the fifteenth section of the act relating to salt springs in the county of Onondaga, passed June 15th, 1812, and to expire at the same time; and the person making such surrender or release, shall by lot, draw for their respective lots on the canal, under the direction of the superintendent: And further, That it shall and may be lawful for the said superintendent, by and with the consent of the canal commissioners, to take from the Erie canal at Geddes, water sufficient to carry a pump, for the purpose of raising salt water from the reservoir at Geddes to supply the works on the canal to be erected under this act: Provided, That the water hereby authorized to be taken from the canal, shall be used for no other purpose than for pumping salt water, and may at any time be taken, lessened, or stopped by the canal commissioners or by the superintendent of the Onondaga salt springs, whenever the same may in their opinion be necessary for the use of the locks, or for the pumps at Salina. Id. 790, section 5 of Revision. Priority of rights; provisos.-XLVII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said superintendent, inspector and engineer, at their first monthly meeting to be held pursuant to the provisions of the twelfth section of this act, or as soon thereafter as may be, to examine and determine, according to the provisions of all the laws existing prior to the passing of this act, the priority of the rights of the several salt manufactories upon the said reservation, whether they be manufactories of coarse or fine salt, to the salt water to be drawn from the wells belonging to the state, and which shall be taken possession of for the use of the state, pursuant to the provisions of this act; and they shall make a list of all the said manufactories, distinguishing therein which are manufactories of coarse, and which manufactories of fine salt; and shall set opposite to each of the said manufactories upon the said list, the name or names of the owner or owners of every such manufactory; and shall number the said manufactories so placed upon such list, putting the manufactory or manufactories first entitled to said salt water first upon the list, and marking them number one; the manufactory or manufactories second entitled to the said salt water, second upon the said list and marking them number two; and so on, until the whole are numbered; and all manufactories hereafter to be built upon any part of the said reservation not now actually leased or built upon, shall be placed upon said list as the same shall be put into operation, according to the dates of the leases of the lots upon which the same shall be erected, the oldest lease having priority; and the determination of the said superirtendert, inspector and engineer, when so made, shall be final and conclusive as to the right of every such manufactory to the water to be drawn from the wells, and furnished from the pump works belonging to the state; and the said superintendent shall cause such list, so made out and signed by him and the said inspector and engineer, to be printed and made public in the same manner that the rules, ordinances and regulations of the said salt works are to be printed and published; and the said engineer shall thereafter supply the said several manufactories now erected, or hereafter to be erected, with salt water, according to the priority of their rights, as established by the said list, and not otherwise: Provided, That any person aggrieved by any decision of said officers, may within thirty days appeal therefrom to the circuit judge of the seventh district, who shall proceed to review and re-examine such decision at such time and place, and in such manner as he shall think proper, and he may reverse, confirm or modify such decision, and his determination in the premises shall be conclusive, and the expense of such appeal to be defrayed by the appellant, and before the hearing of such appeal, six days' notice in writing shall be given to the said superintendent: And provided further, That nothing in this section contained, shall prevent the present manufacturers of salt, in the village of Geddes, who may exchange their lots in the manner directed in the forty-fifth section of this act, from receiving their supply of water, in the same manner as though no such exchange should be made, and their manufactories respectively, shall be placed upon the said list, and numbered according to their rights as now existing: And provided further, That the said engineer shall not furnish, or permit to be furnished, from the pump works belonging to the state, any salt water to any manufactory not placed upon said list. |