City of Rochester, NY Article XVI ANNEXATIONS

§ 16-1 Territory annexed.

1. The territory which has been heretofore or is herein annexed to the City of Rochester remains in the respective Assembly Districts of Monroe County in which it is now contained, until the same are changed according to law; and the proper officials of the state, the County of Monroe and the City of Rochester must make provisions for the voting of the electors of such territory.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907; c. 368, L. 1908; c. 359, L. 1915; c. 547, L. 1918; c. 519, L. 1922; c. 819, L. 1926; c. 615, L. 1932]

2. The title to all real and personal property vested in, belonging to, or held by, or in the name of School Districts Numbers 2 or 10 of the Town of Brighton, or in, by, or in the name of any boards or officers thereof, is hereby transferred to and vested in the City of Rochester.

All moneys belonging to said school districts, or to any of them, shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the City of Rochester.

All valid contracts entered into by said school districts which remain unexecuted, excepting contracts of employment, shall be assumed and performed by the City of Rochester, and all the outstanding indebtedness of the said school districts, as now existing shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester as the same shall become due and payable.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 659, L. 1913]

3. The title to all real property in the territory hereby annexed, vested in, belonging to, or held by, or in the name of the Town of Irondequoit, the Town of Brighton, the Town of Chili or the Town of Gates, or in, by, or in the name of any boards or officers thereof, is hereby transferred to and vested in the City of Rochester, except that District School Number 8 of the Town of Brighton shall remain under the control of the authorities of said school district, and the title to said property shall not be changed.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 659, L. 1913]

4. The powers and duties of all town, village, highway and school district officers and employees over and with respect to the territory hereby annexed, shall cease and determine, except as hereinafter provided for the collection by the proper officers of certain taxes now levied.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 659, L. 1913]

5. School district taxes heretofore levied by or on behalf of Districts Numbers 1, 2 and 3 of the Town of Irondequoit, Number 8 of the Town of Brighton, and Number 3 of the Town of Gates, on property hereby annexed, shall be collected by the proper officers of said respective school districts.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 659, L. 1913]

6. All taxes of School Districts Numbers 2 and 10 of the Town of Brighton which shall have been levied and shall remain uncollected, in whole or in part, shall be and are hereby declared to be valid and effectual, notwithstanding any irregularity in the making, levying or assessment of the same, and shall be valid liens on the lands against which the same are assessed, and shall belong to the City of Rochester, and shall, so far as the same are levied on lands in the annexed territory, be collectible in the same manner as other taxes and assessments levied by the City of Rochester, its boards or officers; and all taxes of said school districts upon lands not hereby annexed, shall be collected by the proper officers of said respective school districts, and when collected shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the City of Rochester.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 659, L. 1913]

7. Assessments for the cost and expense of construction of sewers in the Town of Gates heretofore levied upon the property deemed benefited and the liens thereof, shall not be affected by the passage of this act, and they shall be collected in the same manner and by the same officials as though this act had not been passed.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 659, L. 1913]

8. The City of Rochester shall assume and shall be chargeable with the sum of $2,000 to be applied upon the debt of School District Number 1 of the Town of Irondequoit, and the sum of $3,000 to be applied upon the debt of School District Number 3 of the Town of Irondequoit, and with the sum of $5,000 to be applied upon the debt of School District Number 3 of the Town of Gates; and said sums shall be paid in the year 1914 to the respective treasurers of said districts and applied upon the respective debts of said district.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 659, L. 1913]

9. Public highways and streets in the territory which has been heretofore or is herein annexed to the City of Rochester shall be and become highways and streets of the City of Rochester, and the rights, easements and title of all towns and villages in and to such highways and streets in such territory shall vest in and become the property of the City of Rochester.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 659, L. 1913; c. 122, L. 1914; c. 359, L. 1915; c. 547, L. 1918; reenacted by c. 519, L. 1922]

10. Franchises or rights granted to or held by public service corporations, or other corporations, in the territory which has been heretofore or is herein annexed, whether acquired by grant, contract or otherwise, shall not be extended or enlarged, and the territory in respect to which such franchises or rights were granted, shall not be extended or enlarged by reason of the annexation of such territory.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 659, L. 1913; c. 122, L. 1914; c. 359, L. 1915; c. 547, L. 1918; c. 519, L. 1922; c. 819, L. 1926]

11. The municipal corporation known as the Village of Charlotte shall cease and determine, and all offices, positions and employments under and pertaining to the local government of said village are hereby abolished, and the terms of office of all officers of said village, and the duration of employment of all employees thereof, of whatever grade or character, are hereby terminated.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 359, L. 1915]

12. The powers and duties of all town, village, highway and school district officers and employees, over and relating to the territory hereby annexed, shall cease and determine, except as hereinafter provided for the collection by the proper officers of certain taxes now levied.

[c. 359, L. 1915]

13. The title to all real and personal property vested in, belonging to, or held by, or in the name of the Village of Charlotte, or School District Number 4 of the Town of Greece, or in, by, or in the name of any board or officer thereof, is hereby transferred to and vested in the City of Rochester.

All moneys belonging to said village and to said School District Number 4, or to either of them, must be paid over to the Treasurer of the City of Rochester.

All books, records, tax rolls, assessment rolls, deeds, contracts and documents belonging to or in possession of the Village of Charlotte, its boards and officers, belonging to or in the possession of School District Number 4 of the Town of Greece, its boards and officers, shall forthwith be turned over to the Mayor of the City of Rochester, and the Mayor shall file the same in the proper offices, except that rolls and documents necessary to collect taxes of School District Number 4 upon property not annexed shall not be turned over.

All valid contracts entered into by said village or said School District Number 4, which remain unexecuted, excepting contracts of employment, shall be assumed and performed by the City of Rochester, and all the outstanding indebtedness of said village and of said School District Number 4, shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester as the same shall become due and payable.

All taxes and assessments of said village or of said School District Number 4, which have been levied and remain uncollected, in whole or in part, shall be and are hereby declared to be valid and effectual, notwithstanding any irregularity, error or omission in the making, levying or assessment of the same, and shall be valid liens on the lands against which the same are assessed, and shall belong to the City of Rochester, and shall, so far as the same are levied upon lands in the annexed territory be collectible in the same manner as other taxes and assessments levied by the City of Rochester, its boards and officers; and all taxes of said School District Number 4 upon lands not hereby annexed shall be collected by the proper officers of said school district or of the County of Monroe and, when collected, shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the City of Rochester.

All taxes levied by or on behalf of or for the benefit of School District Number 10 of the Town of Greece upon lands hereby annexed, which remain uncollected, shall be collected by the proper officers of said school district or of the County of Monroe.

[c. 359, L. 1915]

14. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to interfere with the contract made by the County of Monroe for the construction of a bridge across the Genesee River at or near the Latta Road and the approaches thereto, or with the completion of said contract or the manner, method and supervision of work to be done thereunder, or with the payment of the cost and expense thereof.

[c. 359, L. 1915]

15. The City of Rochester has the power to assess on the territory deemed benefited, in the manner provided in this Charter, the whole or part of the cost and expense of any work or improvement made by or under the direction of the Village of Charlotte, its boards or officers, or of any work or improvement in other territory annexed, done or made by or under the direction of one or more public officials, provided such work was or is completed after the first day of January 1914.

[c. 505, L. 1917 (previously amended by c. 359, L. 1915)]

16. The Village of Charlotte and School District Number 4 of the Town of Greece, their boards and officers shall not, after the passage of this act, have the power to issue any bonds or notes except with the approval in writing of the Mayor of the City of Rochester and shall not have the power to incur any indebtedness at any one time or for any one purpose exceeding $500 in amount, without like approval and shall not convey, sell or transfer any property, real or personal, without like approval and shall not have the power to enter into any contract which calls for the payment of money after the first day of January 1916, or for the doing of any work after said date, without like approval. The Director of Finance of the City of Rochester may examine the books, records and accounts of the Village of Charlotte and said School District Number 4 and of their boards and officers, and may make an inventory of their moneys and property, both real and personal.

[c. 359, L. 1915; L.L. No. 5-1974]

17. Taxes for towns, schools or highway purposes hereafter and during the year 1915, spread or levied on lands in the territory herein annexed, shall be only for such proportionate share of the expense thereof as will be incurred prior to January 1, 1916; and in case a greater amount is spread or levied upon lands in such territory, it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors to cancel the same so far as it exceeds said amount and if it has been paid to refund such excess and to charge the same against the proper town or district.

[c. 359, L. 1915]

18. The title to all real and personal property vested in, belonging to or held by or in the name of School Districts Numbers 3 and 6 of the Town of Gates and Numbers 1, 8 and 10 of the Town of Greece, or in, by or in the name of any board or officer thereof, is hereby transferred to and vested in the City of Rochester.

All moneys belonging to said school districts or to any of them shall be paid to the Treasurer of the City of Rochester.

All valid contracts entered into by said school districts which remain unexecuted, excepting contracts of employment, shall be assumed and performed by the City of Rochester, and all the outstanding indebtedness of said school districts as now existing shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester, as the same shall become due and payable.

[c. 547, L. 1918]

19. School taxes heretofore levied by or on behalf or on account of Districts Numbers 11 and 15 of the Town of Greece on property hereby annexed shall be collected by the proper officers of said respective school districts, or of said town, or of the County of Monroe.

[c. 547, L. 1918]

20. School taxes heretofore levied by or on behalf or on account of Districts Numbers 3 and 6 of the Town of Gates, and Numbers 1, 8 and 10 of the Town of Greece shall be collected by the proper officers of said respective school districts, of said respective towns, or of the County of Monroe, and when collected shall be paid to the Treasurer of the City of Rochester.

[c. 547, L. 1918]

21. The City of Rochester shall assume and shall be chargeable with the sum of $2,000 to be applied upon the debt of School District Number 15 of the Town of Greece.

[c. 547, L. 1918]

22. The title to all real property in the territory hereby annexed, vested in, belonging to, or held by or in the name of the Town of Gates, or the Town of Greece, or in, by or in the name of any board or officer thereof is hereby transferred to and vested in the City of Rochester.

[c. 547, L. 1918]

23. The title to all real property in the territory hereby annexed, vested in, belonging to, or held by or in the name of any political subdivision of the state, or any assessment district or special district, or in, by or in the name of any board or officer thereof, is hereby transferred to and vested in the City of Rochester. The title to all personal property and all money vested in, belonging to, or held by or in the name of any assessment district or special district included within the territory hereby annexed, or in, by or in the name of any board or officer thereof, is hereby transferred to and vested in the City of Rochester. All the outstanding indebtedness of each and every assessment district or special district included within the territory hereby annexed shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester as the same shall become due and payable. All valid contracts entered into by said assessment districts or special districts or by any board or officer thereof, excepting contracts of employment, shall be assumed and performed by the City of Rochester.

[c. 547, L. 1918]

24. The powers and duties of all town, village, highway, school district and assessment district officers and employees, over and with respect to territory hereby annexed, shall cease and determine, except as hereinafter provided for the collection by the proper officers of certain taxes and assessments.

[c. 547, L. 1918]

25. All special assessments levied during the year 1918 in special assessment districts included within the territory hereby annexed, shall be collected by the proper officers of such assessment districts, or of the towns in which they are located, or of the County of Monroe, and shall when collected be paid to the Treasurer of the City of Rochester.

[c. 547, L. 1918]

26. The City of Rochester has the power to assess on the territory benefited, in the manner provided in this Charter, the whole or part of the cost and expense of any work or improvement heretofore made in the territory hereby annexed, for the cost of which there is an indebtedness outstanding and the payment of which is, or has herein been made a charge upon the City of Rochester.

[c. 547, L. 1918]

27. The franchise tax on every mercantile and manufacturing corporation having real property or tangible personal property, or its principal financial office located in the territory hereby annexed, which tax becomes payable or is levied, assessed, appraised or determined on or after the first day of September 1918, shall be distributed and a proportionate amount credited to and paid to the City of Rochester, the same as though the territory hereby annexed were at the time a part of the City of Rochester.

[c. 547, L. 1918]

28. (Reserved)

[c. 547, L. 1918, repealed by c. 339, L. 1945]

29. Taxes for town, school or highway purposes, or for the use or benefit of an assessment district or special district included within the territory hereby annexed, hereafter and during the year 1918 spread or levied on lands in the territory hereby annexed, shall be only for such proportionate share of the expense thereof as will be incurred prior to January 1, 1919, and in case a greater amount is spread or levied upon lands in such territory, it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Monroe to cancel the same so far as it exceeds said amount, and if it has been paid, to refund such excess and to charge the same against the proper town or district.

[c. 547, L. 1918]

30. Assessments for the cost and expense of construction of public works or for the carrying out of the terms of any existing contract, in the Towns of Brighton and Irondequoit, heretofore levied in whole or in part upon the territory hereby annexed and the liens thereof, shall not be affected by the passage of this act, and they shall be collected in the same manner and by the same officials as if this act had not been passed.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

31. The title to all real and personal property vested in, belonging to or held by or in the name of School District Number 5 of the Town of Brighton, or in, by or in the name of any board or officer thereof, is hereby transferred to and vested in the City of Rochester.

All moneys belonging to said school district shall be paid to the Treasurer of the City of Rochester.

All books, records, tax rolls, assessment rolls, deeds, contracts and documents belonging to or in the possession of School District Number 5 of the Town of Brighton, its board and officers, shall forthwith be turned over to the Mayor of the City of Rochester, and the Mayor shall file the same in the proper offices, except that rolls and documents necessary to collect taxes heretofore levied upon property not annexed shall not be turned over.

All valid contracts entered into by said school district which remain unexecuted, excepting contracts of employment, shall be assumed and performed by the City of Rochester, and all the outstanding indebtedness of said school district as now existing shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester as the same shall be come due and payable.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

32. School taxes heretofore levied by or on behalf or on account of District Number 2, Union Free School District Number 3 and District Number 4 of the Town of Irondequoit on property hereby annexed shall be collected by the proper officers of said respective school districts, or of said town, or of the County of Monroe.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

33. All taxes of School District Number 5 of the Town of Brighton which shall have been levied and shall remain uncollected, in whole or in part, shall be and are hereby declared to be valid and effectual, notwithstanding any irregularity in the making, levying or assessment of same, and shall be valid liens on the lands against which the same are assessed, and shall belong to the City of Rochester, and shall, so far as the same are levied on lands in the annexed territory, be collectible in the same manner as other taxes and assessments levied by the City of Rochester, its boards or officers; and all taxes of said school district upon lands not hereby annexed shall be collected by the proper officers of said school district, and when collected shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the City of Rochester.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

34. The City of Rochester shall assume and be chargeable with the sum of $400 to be applied upon the debt of School District Number 2 of the Town of Irondequoit, with the sum of $1,200 to be applied upon the debt of Union Free School District Number 3 of the Town of Irondequoit, with the sum of $300 to be applied upon the debt of School District Number 4 of the Town of Irondequoit, with the sum of $300 to be applied upon the Town of Irondequoit's share of the cost of the construction of the East Side Boulevard.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

35. The title of all real property in the territory hereby annexed, vested in, belonging to, or held by or in the name of the Town of Irondequoit, or the Town of Brighton, except the Town Hall in the Town of Brighton located in the territory hereby annexed, or in, by or in the name of any board or officer thereof, is hereby transferred to and vested in the City of Rochester.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

36. The powers and duties of all town, village, highway, school district and assessment district officers and employees, over and with respect to the territory hereby annexed, shall cease and determine, except as herein provided for the collection by the proper officers of certain taxes and assessments.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

37. All special assessments levied during the year 1922 on the territory hereby annexed included in whole or in part within any special assessment district or districts shall be collected by the proper officers of such assessment district or of the towns in which they are located, or of the County of Monroe and shall when collected be paid to the Treasurer of the City of Rochester.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

38. The City of Rochester has the power annually to assess on the property benefited any part of any tax or assessment, or the whole thereof, in the manner otherwise provided in this Charter, for the whole or part of the cost and expense of any work or improvement heretofore made in the territory hereby annexed, for the cost of which there is an indebtedness outstanding and the payment of which is, or has herein been made, a charge upon the City of Rochester.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

39. (Reserved)

[c. 519, L. 1922, repealed by c. 339, L. 1945]

40. Any officer of the City of Rochester may examine all books, records, tax rolls, assessment rolls, deeds, maps, contracts and documents of the Town of Brighton or the Town of Irondequoit or any school districts, assessment districts, or special districts of such towns, and all other boards and officers, affecting the territory hereby annexed.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

41. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, general or special, no new school, assessment or special districts shall after the taking effect of this act and prior to the first day of January 1923, be erected or created within, or including any part of, the territory hereby annexed, without the approval in writing of the Mayor of the City of Rochester.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

42. Taxes for town, school or highway purposes, or for the use or benefit of an assessment district or special district included within the territory hereby annexed, hereafter and during the year 1922, spread or levied on lands in the territory hereby annexed, shall be only for such proportionate share of the expense thereof as will be incurred prior to January 1, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and in case a greater amount is spread or levied upon lands in such territory, it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Monroe to cancel the same so far as it exceeds said amount, and if it has been paid refund such excess and to charge the same against the proper town or district.

[c. 519, L. 1922]

43. The powers and duties of all town, village, highway, school district and assessment district officers and employees, over and with respect to the territory hereby annexed, shall cease and determine except as hereinafter provided. The City of Rochester is hereby authorized and required, within 60 days after written demand therefor made upon the City Engineer, to grant, execute and deliver, without cost or compensation, properly executed perpetual easements to the Town of Brighton, for the use of such town or any sewer districts or water districts which are now laid out or which may hereafter be laid out for the laying, constructing, maintaining and repairing of any and all pipes and conduits, determined by such Town of Brighton or the commissioners of such sewer or water districts to be necessary, across, under or over the lands hereby annexed at any point or points deemed necessary by such Town of Brighton, for the use of said Town of Brighton or of any sewer or water districts, provided, however, that said point or points shall not be located in such place or places or any work done or maintained in such a manner as will interfere with the use of said premises hereby annexed for the use of a railroad and its necessary connections, to be constructed by the City of Rochester. In case it shall at any time be found necessary to remove or relocate any of said pipes, as herein provided for, by reason of a change in the plans of the City, the cost of such change shall be borne by the City of Rochester. All pipes so laid, constructed, maintained or repaired, as herein provided, shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer of the City of Rochester as to manner of construction and repair, but the said City shall not be liable for any injury arising directly or indirectly from any act or thing done or omitted by virtue of the grant of any such easement.

It shall be the duty of the City to maintain and keep in a proper state of repair, any bridge across the territory hereby annexed, together with the approaches thereto of not less than the present width, and said City shall provide for all natural drainage through existing culverts in the territory hereby annexed, as shall be found necessary from time to time.

The said City of Rochester is hereby required to execute and deliver to said Town of Brighton, within 60 days after demand therefor has been made upon the City Engineer, perpetual easements and rights-of-way for the laying out and construction of any public highway or highways across said described lands, and in such case any and all bridges on said new highways across said lands and all approaches thereto, shall be constructed and maintained in a proper state of repair by said Town of Brighton. Such bridges shall be constructed at such height as required by said City Engineer and so as not to interfere with the use of said lands for railroad purposes. The said City shall not be liable for any injury arising directly or indirectly from any act or thing done or omitted by virtue of the grant of any such easement.

[c. 819, L. 1926]

44. The City of Rochester shall assume and be chargeable with the sum of $20 to be applied upon the debt of Sewer District Number 2 of the Town of Brighton.

[c. 819, L. 1926]

45. Public highways and streets in the territory which has been heretofore or is herein annexed to the City of Rochester shall be and become highways and streets of the City of Rochester, and the rights, easements and title of all towns and villages in and to such highways and streets in such territory shall vest in and become the property of the City of Rochester, except as hereinbefore provided.

[c. 819, L. 1926]

46. The City of Rochester shall assume and be chargeable with the sum of $115 to be applied upon the debt of School District Number 5 of the Town of Irondequoit, with the sum of $20 to be applied upon the debt of the Point Pleasant Fire District of the Town of Irondequoit and with the sum of $2 to be applied upon the Town of Irondequoit's share of the cost of the construction of the East Side Boulevard.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 820, L. 1926]

47. The powers and duties of all town, village, highway, school district and assessment district officers and employees, over and with respect to the territory hereby annexed, shall cease and determine.

[§ 631, c. 755, L. 1907, added by c. 820, L. 1926; c. 615, L. 1932]

48.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6 of this act and without a referendum vote as provided by Section 14 of Article 9 of the Constitution, there being no people in the territory proposed to be annexed, all that part of the Town of Chili included in the following described territory is hereby annexed to and shall form a part of the City of Rochester:

All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Chili, known and described as beginning at a point formed by the westerly line of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's property and the northerly line of the Scottsville Road.

Thence (1) South fifty-nine degrees fifty-eight minutes eighteen seconds west along the northerly line of Scottsville Road a distance of sixty-nine and twenty-five hundredths feet to the City line as established by Chapter 284 of the Laws of 1940;

Thence (2) North twelve degrees twenty-four minutes thirty-seven seconds west a distance of seven hundred eighty-six and fifty-seven hundredths feet to a point;

Thence (3) North eighty-nine degrees thirty-seven minutes fifty-seven seconds west a distance of two thousand two hundred sixty-one and twenty-one hundredths feet to a point;

Thence (4) North two degrees thirty-one minutes fifty-one seconds west a distance of three hundred ninety-three and thirty-four hundredths feet to a point;

Thence (5) South eighty-six degrees fifty-six minutes fifty-three seconds west a distance of two thousand nine hundred forty-two and sixty-four hundredths feet to a point [said Courses to (5) inclusive hereinbefore described are the City lines as established by said Chapter 284 of the Laws of 1940];

Thence (6) North three degrees fifty-six minutes thirty-eight seconds west a distance of one thousand fifteen and forty-six hundredths feet northerly to a point, said point being the northwest corner of lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by the W. N. Britton Realty Co. Inc., by deed recorded in the Monroe County Clerk's office June 13, 1945 in Liber 2253 of Deeds at page 78;

Thence (7) North eighty-nine degrees fifty minutes thirteen seconds east along the northerly line of lands so conveyed to the City of Rochester a distance of three thousand eight hundred seventy and ninety-eight hundredths feet to an angle in said line;

Thence (8) South eighty-nine degrees thirty-seven minutes fifty-seven seconds east along the said northerly line a distance of one thousand two hundred four and sixty-five hundredths feet to the westerly line of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's property;

Thence (9) South twelve degrees twenty-four minutes thirty-seven seconds east and along the westerly line of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's property a distance of two thousand forty-eight and fifty-four hundredths feet to the place of beginning.

(b) The territory hereby annexed to the City of Rochester shall cease to be a part of the Town of Chili or of the school district in which such territory is now located. The Town of Chili, excluding the portions thereof so annexed, shall remain a separate and distinct town, except as hereafter may be provided pursuant to law. The portion of the school district not embraced in the territory so annexed shall remain a separate and distinct school district, subject to restriction providing for alteration and installation of school districts in towns.

(c) The territory above described when annexed to the City of Rochester shall constitute a part of the 19th Ward of said City until otherwise provided by law and all the laws applicable to the City of Rochester not inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall apply to such territory. All unpaid taxes heretofore legally levied against said annexed territory and existing and unpaid at the time this act shall take effect, shall continue to be due and payable and be collected, in all respects the same as if this law had not been enacted.

(d) The bonded and other indebtedness of that part of the Town of Chili included in the territory to be annexed under this act, or that of any other municipal corporation or school district included wholly or partly within such territory, including principal and interest which exists when this act takes effect, shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester as the same shall become due and payable to the supervisor, treasurer, acting treasurer or such other officer performing the duties of treasurer of said town, municipal corporation or school district, as the same shall become due and payable in the same proportion to the whole bonded and other indebtedness of said town, municipal corporation or school district as the assessed valuation of the territory to be annexed bears to the whole valuation of such town, municipal corporation or school district as shown by the last assessment roll of the Town of Chili, made prior to the date when such annexation shall become effective under this act.

(e) All questions arising as to the apportionment of any taxes to be borne by the territory to be annexed prior to the date when annexation shall become effective shall be equitably and fairly agreed upon by representatives of the City of Rochester, of the Town of Chili and of any other party or parties interested therein or affected thereby and such representatives shall have the power to adjust any other disputes, differences or matters which may arise because of such annexation and for which no definite solution is expressly provided for herein.

(f) This act shall in no way affect the Third Assembly District of Monroe County.

[§§ 1-6, c. 821, L. 1946]

49.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6 of this act, and without a referendum vote as provided by Section 14 of Article 9 of the Constitution, there being no people in the territory proposed to be annexed, all that part of the Towns of Chili and Gates included in the following described territory is hereby annexed to and shall form a part of the City of Rochester:

All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Towns of Chili and Gates, County of Monroe, and State of New York, known and described as follows:

Beginning at a point formed by the westerly line of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's property and the northerly line of Scottsville Road:

Thence (1) Southwesterly along the northerly line of Scottsville Road a distance of sixty-nine and twenty-five hundredths feet to the City line as established by Chapter 284 of the Laws of 1940;

Thence (2) Northerly a distance of seven hundred eighty-six and fifty-seven hundredths feet to a point;

Thence (3) Westerly a distance of two thousand, two hundred sixty-one and twenty-one hundredths feet to a point;

Thence (4) Northerly a distance of three hundred ninety-three and thirty-four hundredths feet to a point;

Thence (5) Westerly a distance of two thousand nine hundred forty-two and forty-six hundredths feet to a point;

Thence (6) Southerly a distance of four hundred sixty-five and seventy-two hundredths feet to a point;

Thence (7) Westerly a distance of seven hundred twenty-one and seventy-one hundredths feet to a point;

Thence (8) Southerly a distance of two thousand three hundred forty and fifty-one hundredths feet to a point;

Thence (9) Easterly to the northeasterly corner of the premises conveyed to the City of Rochester by Charles A. Miller, et al, and recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2328 of Deeds at page 242. [Said course (2) to (9) inclusive hereinbefore described are the City lines as established by said Chapter 284 of the Laws of 1940.]

Thence (10) Southerly along the easterly line of lands acquired by the City of Rochester by Deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's Office in Liber 2328 of Deeds at page 242 to the Scottsville Road.

Thence (11) Southwesterly along the northwesterly line of the Scottsville Road to the intersection of said line with the northerly line of Weidner Road;

Thence (12) Westerly along the northerly line of Weidner Road to its intersection with the northeasterly line of the right-of-way of the Niagara Lockport Ontario Power Company as conveyed to them by Deed recorded in the Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 775 of Deeds at page 89;

Thence (13) Northwesterly along said northeasterly line to its intersection with the easterly line of Beahan Road;

Thence (14) Northerly along the easterly line of the Beahan Road to the northerly line of land acquired by the City of Rochester from Charles Miller, et al, by Deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2328 of Deeds at page 242;

Thence (15) Easterly along the northerly line of said lands conveyed by Charles Miller, et al, to the City of Rochester to the southwesterly corner of lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by Ward B. Roder and wife by Deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2378 of Deeds at page 86;

Thence (16) Northerly along the easterly line of lands now or formerly owned by John Jenkins and Jean Hyland being also the westerly line of lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by Deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2378 of Deeds at page 86 to the northeasterly corner of lands now or formerly owned by Jean Hyland;

Thence (17) Southwesterly along the northerly line of said Jean Hyland's lands being also the southerly line of lands acquired by the City of Rochester by Deed recorded in Monroe

County Clerk's office in Liber 2378 of Deeds at page 86 to the easterly line of Beahan Road;

Thence (18) Northwesterly along the easterly line of Beahan Road to the southerly line of a parcel of land reserved by Ward B. Roder and wife in a Deed to the City of Rochester recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2378 of Deeds at page 86;

Thence (19) Easterly along the southerly line of said reserved parcel to the southeasterly corner thereof;

Thence (20) Northwesterly parallel to the Beahan Road and along the easterly line of said reserved parcel to the northeasterly corner thereof;

Thence (21) Westerly along the northerly line of said reserved parcel to the easterly line of Beahan Road;

Thence (22) Northwesterly along the easterly line of Beahan Road to the intersection of said line with the easterly line of the right-of-way of the B. and O. Railroad.

Thence (23) Northeasterly along the said easterly line of the B. and O. Railroad, being also the westerly line of lands acquired by the City of Rochester by Deeds recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2370 of Deeds at page 312 and Liber 2376 of Deeds at page 44 to the intersection of said easterly line of the right-of-way of the B. and O. Railroad and the southerly line of Brooks Avenue;

Thence (24) Easterly along the southerly line of Brooks Avenue to the westerly line of Clarence Street shown on the proposed Subdivision of Pleasant Hill recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 29 of Deeds at page 27;

Thence (25) Southerly along the westerly line of said Clarence Street to the southerly line of said Pleasant Hill Subdivision;

Thence (26) Easterly along the southerly line of said Pleasant Hill Subdivision being also the northerly line of lands acquired by the City of Rochester by Deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2370 of Deeds at page 312, to the easterly line of Grosvenor Street in said subdivision;

Thence (27) Northerly along the easterly line of said Grosvenor Street to the southerly line of Brooks Avenue;

Thence (28) Easterly along the southerly line of Brooks Avenue to the westerly line of Roxborough Street in said subdivision;

Thence (29) Southerly along the westerly line of said Roxborough Street to the southerly line of said Pleasant Hill Subdivision. (Said Courses 27, 28 and part of 29 are the lines of the parcel of land conveyed to the City of Rochester by Raymond W. Fetzner et al, by Deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2389 of Deeds at page 454);

Thence (30) Easterly along the southerly line of said Pleasant Hill Subdivision and the northerly line of lands acquired by the City of Rochester by Deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2370 of Deeds at page 312 to the westerly line of Buell Road as shown on the map of Brooks Avenue Gardens recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 42 of Maps at page 12;

Thence (31) Southerly along the westerly line of said Buell Road being also the easterly line of lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by Francis E. Bianchi and wife by Deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2370 of Deeds at page 312 to the line between the Town of Gates and the Town of Chili which is also the northerly line of the premises conveyed by the W. N. Britton Realty Company, Inc. to the City of Rochester by Deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2253 of Deeds at page 78;

Thence (32) Easterly along the northerly line of the last above mentioned parcel to the northeasterly corner thereof;

Thence (33) Southerly along the easterly line of said lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by Deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2253 of Deeds at page 78, and being also the westerly line of the right-of-way of the Pennsylvania Railroad to the northerly line of Scottsville Road which is the place of beginning;

(b) The territory hereby annexed to the City of Rochester shall cease to be a part of the Towns of Chili and Gates or of the school districts in which such territory is now located. The Towns of Chili and Gates, excluding the portions thereof so annexed, shall remain separate and distinct towns, except as hereafter may be provided pursuant to law. The portions of the school districts not embraced in the territory so annexed shall remain separate and distinct school districts, subject to restriction, providing for alteration and installation of school districts in towns.

(c) The territory hereby annexed to the City of Rochester shall constitute a part of the 19th Ward of said City until otherwise provided by law and all the laws applicable to the City of Rochester not inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall apply to such territory. All unpaid taxes heretofore legally levied against said annexed territory and existing and unpaid at the time this act shall take effect, shall continue to be due and payable and be collected, in all respects the same as if this law had not been enacted.

(d) The bonded and other indebtedness of that part of the Town of Chili in the territory to be annexed under this act, or that of any other municipal corporation or school district included wholly or partly within such territory and now located in such town, including principal and interest, which exists when this act takes effect shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester as the same shall become due and payable to the supervisor, treasurer, acting treasurer or such other officer performing the duties of treasurer of such town, municipal corporation or school district, as the case may be, as the same shall become due and payable, in the same proportion to the whole bonded and other indebtedness of such town, municipal corporation or school district as the assessed valuation of the territory to be annexed bears to the whole valuation of such town, municipal corporation or school district as shown by the last assessment roll of the Town of Chili, made prior to the date when such annexation shall become effective under this act.

All questions arising as to the apportionment of any taxes to be borne by that part of the territory to be annexed now located in such Town of Chili, prior to the date when annexation shall become effective shall be equitably and fairly agreed upon by representatives of the City of Rochester, of the Town of Chili and of any other party or parties interested therein or affected thereby and such representatives shall have the power to adjust any other disputes, differences or matters which may arise because of such annexation and for which no definite solution is expressly provided for herein.

(e) The bonded and other indebtedness of that part of the Town of Gates in the territory to be annexed under this act, or that of any other municipal corporation or school district included wholly or partly within such territory and now located in such town, including principal and interest, which exists when this act takes effect, shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester as the same shall become due and payable to the supervisor, treasurer, acting treasurer or such other officer performing the duties of treasurer of such town, municipal corporation or school district, as the case may be, as the same shall become due and payable, in the same proportion to the whole bonded and other indebtedness of such town, municipal corporation or school district as the assessed valuation of the territory to be annexed bears to the whole valuation of such town, municipal corporation or school district as shown by the last assessment roll of the Town of Gates, made prior to the date when such annexation shall become effective under this act.

All questions arising as to the apportionment of any taxes to be borne by that part of the territory to be annexed now located in such Town of Gates, prior to the date when annexation shall become effective shall be equitably and fairly agreed upon by representatives of the City of Rochester, of the Town of Gates, and of any other party or parties interested therein or affected thereby and such representatives shall have the power to adjust any other disputes, differences or matters which may arise because of such annexation and for which no definite solution is expressly provided for herein.

(f) This act shall in no way affect the Third Assembly District of Monroe County.

[§§ 1-6, c. 887, L. 1947]

50.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7 of this act, all that part of the Town of Brighton in the County of Monroe included in the following described territory is hereby annexed to and shall form a part of the City of Rochester:

All that tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Brighton, County of Monroe and State of New York, and more particularly bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point in the southerly line of the City of Rochester where the westerly line of the Minnie Warren property intersects the same, said point being one hundred fifty feet south of the southerly line of Westfall Road measured at right angles thereto;

Thence southerly along the westerly line of the Minnie Warren property to the southerly line of the said Minnie Warren property;

Thence easterly along the southerly line of the Minnie Warren property to the easterly line of Town Lot number 63 of the Town of Brighton;

Thence southerly along the easterly line of Town Lot number 63 of the Town of Brighton to the northerly waterline of the Barge Canal;

Thence westerly along the northerly waterline of the Barge Canal to a point in the existing City line, said point being one hundred fifty feet east of the easterly line of the West Henrietta Road, measured at right angles thereto;

Thence northerly along the existing City line, said line being parallel to the easterly line of the West Henrietta Road and one hundred fifty feet easterly therefrom to an angle or corner in said existing City line;

Thence easterly along the existing City line, said line being one hundred fifty feet south of and parallel to the southerly line of Westfall Road, measured at right angles thereto, to the place of beginning.

(b) The territory described in Section 1 of this act, when annexed to the City of Rochester, shall constitute a part of the 14th Ward of such city, until otherwise provided by law, and all the laws applicable to the City of Rochester, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall apply to such territory.

Any person elected or appointed to any office in the Town of Brighton who is a resident of the territory so annexed to the City of Rochester shall continue to hold and shall exercise and perform the duties of his or her office in such town during the term for which he or she was elected or appointed and shall continue to receive the salary, pay, fees or other emoluments of his or her office during his or her incumbency. All unpaid taxes heretofore levied against such annexed territory and existing at the time this act shall take effect shall be due and payable and collected in all respects the same as if this law had not been enacted.

(c) The bonded and other indebtedness of that part of the Town of Brighton included in the territory to be annexed under this act, or that of any other municipal corporation or school district included wholly or partly within such territory, including principal and interest, which exists when this act takes effect, shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester as the same shall become due and payable, to the supervisor, treasurer, acting treasurer or such other officer performing the duties of treasurer of such town, municipal corporation or school district, as the case may be, as the same shall become due and payable, in the same proportion to the whole bonded and other indebtedness of such town, municipal corporation or school district as the assessed valuation of the territory to be annexed bears to the assessed valuation of such entire town, municipal corporation or school district, as shown by the last assessment roll of the Town of Brighton made prior to the date when such annexation shall become effective under this act.

(d) All questions arising as to the apportionment of any taxes to be borne by the territory to be annexed prior to the date when annexation shall become effective, shall be equitably and fairly agreed upon by representatives of the City of Rochester, of the Town of Brighton and of any other party or parties interested therein or affected thereby, and such representatives shall have power to adjust any other disputes, differences or matters which may arise because of such annexation and for which no definite solution is expressly provided for herein.

(e) This act shall in no way affect the Second Assembly District or the 50th Senatorial District of Monroe County and the voters residing in such annexed territory shall continue to cast their ballots for Member of Assembly and Senator in the manner provided by law, and proper provision to enable them so to do shall whenever necessary be taken by the Council of the City of Rochester and by the Board of Elections of the County of Monroe.

[c. 753, L. 1949]

51.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this act and without a referendum vote as provided by Section 14 of Article 9 of the Constitution, there being no people in the territory proposed to be annexed,

All that part of the Town of Greece, included in the following described territory is hereby annexed to and shall form a part of the City of Rochester:

All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Greece, County of Monroe, and State of New York, being a part of Lot 28, Second Division of Lots west of the Genesee River, Township 2, short range, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning in the west line of lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 1037 of Deeds, page 360, at a point therein, distant, one hundred fifty feet north of the north line of Latta Road;

Thence (1) North along said west line of lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by said deed a distance of seven hundred feet to the northwest corner thereof, said point being eight hundred fifty feet north of the north line of Latta Road;

Thence (2) East along said north line, being also parallel to the north line of Latta Road a distance of three hundred ninety feet to the northeast corner of said lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by said deed recorded in Liber 1037 of Deeds, page 360;

Thence (3) South along said east line a distance of seven hundred feet to a point one hundred fifty feet north of the north line of Latta Road measured at right angles therefrom;

Thence (4) Westerly along a line parallel to and one hundred fifty feet distant northerly at right angles from the north line of Latta Road a distance of three hundred ninety feet to the point of beginning.

(b) The territory hereby annexed to the City of Rochester shall cease to be a part of the Town of Greece or of the school districts in which such territory is now located. The Town of Greece, excluding the portions thereof so annexed, shall remain a separate and distinct town, except as hereafter may be provided pursuant to law. The portions of the school districts not embraced in the territory so annexed shall remain separate and distinct school districts, subject to restriction, providing for alteration and installation of school districts in towns.

(c) The territory hereby annexed to the City of Rochester shall constitute a part of the 23rd Ward of said City until otherwise provided by law, and all the laws applicable to the City of Rochester not inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall apply to such territory. All unpaid taxes heretofore legally levied against said annexed territory and existing and unpaid at the time this act shall take effect, shall continue to be due and payable and be collected, in all respects the same as if this law had not been enacted.

(d) The bonded and other indebtedness of that part of the Town of Greece in the territory to be annexed under this act, or that of any other municipal corporation or school district, included wholly or partly within such territory and now located in such town, including principal and interest, which exists when this act takes effect, shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester as the same shall become due and payable to the supervisor, treasurer, acting treasurer or such other officer performing the duties of treasurer of such town; municipal corporation or school district, as the case may be, as the same shall become due and payable, in the same proportion to the whole bonded or other indebtedness of such town, municipal corporation or school district, as the assessed valuation of the territory to be annexed bears to the whole valuation of such town, municipal corporation or school district as shown by the last assessment roll of the Town of Greece, made prior to the date when such annexation shall become effective under this act.

All questions arising as to the apportionment of any taxes to be borne by that part of the territory to be annexed now located in such Town of Greece, prior to the date when annexation shall become effective, shall be equitably and fairly agreed upon by the representatives of the City of Rochester, of the Town of Greece, and of many other party or parties interested therein or affected thereby and such representatives shall have the power to adjust any other disputes, differences or matters which may arise because of such annexation and for which no definite solution is expressly provided for herein.

(e) This act shall in no way affect the Fourth Assembly District of Monroe County.

[c. 365, L. 1954]

52.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this act, and without a referendum vote as provided by Section 14 of Article 9 of the Constitution, there being no people in the territory proposed to be annexed;

All that part of the Town of Brighton, included in the following described territory is hereby annexed to and shall form a part of the City of Rochester:

All those tracts or parcels of land situate in the Town of Brighton, County of Monroe, and State of New York, known and described as follows:

Parcel A

All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Brighton, County of Monroe and State of New York, being a part of Lot 11, Second Division of Lots, Township 13, Range 7, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning in the east boundary of the City of Rochester, it being in the west line of said Lot 11 exactly two hundred fifty feet north of the north line of Blossom Road measured along said east boundary;

Thence (1) Northeasterly in said east boundary line a distance of one thousand six hundred ninety-six and fifty-three hundredths feet, more or less, to the south line of Dorchester Road;

Thence (2) Easterly along the south line of Dorchester Road about three hundred eighty-six and forty-three hundredths feet to the easterly line of land conveyed to the City of Rochester by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2727 of Deeds, page 134;

Thence (3) Southwesterly along said easterly line of land conveyed to the City of Rochester and continuing along the easterly line of land conveyed to said City of Rochester by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2831 of Deeds, page 220, a distance of seventeen hundred thirty-two and five hundredths feet to a point two hundred fifty feet north of the north line of Blossom Road;

Thence (4) Westerly in a direct line a distance of three hundred sixty-nine and ninety hundredths feet to the point of beginning.

Parcel B

All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Brighton, County of Monroe and State of New York, being a part of Lot 76, Second Division of lots, Township 13, Range 7, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning in the easterly line of Lot 78, Second Division of lots, Township 13, Range 7, said point being also in the westerly line of said Lot 76, distant thirty and thirty-eight hundredths chains southerly from the northwest corner thereof, said point being the northwest corner of lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2808 of Deeds, page 264;

Thence (1) East in said north line of lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by said deed, twenty-three and thirty-two hundredths chains to the northeast corner thereof;

Thence (2) South twenty-seven degrees west nine and three hundredths chains;

Thence (3) North eighty-seven and one-quarter degrees west six and thirty-five hundredths chains;

Thence (4) South twenty-seven degrees west about twenty chains to the north line of Crittenden Road;

Thence (5) West along the north line of Crittenden Road about four hundred seventeen and twenty-one hundredths feet to another east line of said lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by said deed recorded in Liber 2808 of Deeds, page 264;

Thence (6) North along said east line, being also along the east line of premises of Norbert W. Haefner and wife a distance of three hundred twenty and seventy-seven hundredths feet to the northeast corner thereof;

Thence (7) West along said north line one hundred feet to the northwest corner of said Haefner premises;

Thence (8) South along said west line of said Haefner premises a distance of three hundred twenty and seventy-seven hundredths feet to the north line of Crittenden Road;

Thence (9) West along the north line of Crittenden Road about three hundred eight and sixty-nine hundredths feet to a west line of said premises conveyed to the City of Rochester by said deed recorded in Liber 2808 of Deeds, page 264;

Thence (10) North along said west line being also along the east line of premises of William C. Jenson and wife a distance of three hundred sixty and nineteen hundredths feet to a south line of said lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by said deed;

Thence (11) West along said south line, being also along the north line of premises of William C. Jenson and wife a distance of one hundred eighteen feet to the east line of said Lot 78;

Thence (12) Northerly along the east line of said Lot 78 being also along the west line of said Lot 76, about fourteen hundred ninety-four and nineteen hundredths feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.

(b) The territory hereby annexed to the City of Rochester shall cease to be a part of the Town of Brighton or of the school districts in which such territory is now located. The Town of Brighton, excluding the portions thereof so annexed, shall remain a separate and distinct town, except as hereafter may be provided pursuant to law. The portions of the school districts not embraced in the territory so annexed shall remain separate and distinct school districts, subject to restriction, providing for alteration and installation of school districts in towns.

(c) The territory designated as Parcel A hereby annexed to the City of Rochester shall constitute a part of the 21st Ward and the territory designated as Parcel B hereby annexed to the City of Rochester shall constitute a part of the 14th Ward of said City until otherwise provided by law and all the laws applicable to the City of Rochester not inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall apply to such territory. All unpaid taxes heretofore legally levied against said annexed territory and existing and unpaid at the time this act shall take effect, shall continue to be due and payable and be collected, in all respects the same as if this law had not been enacted.

(d) The bonded and other indebtedness of that part of the Town of Brighton in the territory to be annexed under this act, or that of any other municipal corporation or school district, included wholly or partly within such territory and now located in such town, including principal and interest, which exists when this act takes effect, shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester as the same shall become due and payable to the supervisor, treasurer, acting treasurer or such other officer performing the duties of treasurer of such town, municipal corporation or school district, as the case may be, as the same shall become due and payable, in the same proportion to the whole bonded or other indebtedness of such town, municipal corporation or school district as the assessed valuation of the territory to be annexed bears to the whole valuation of such town, municipal corporation or school district as shown by the last assessment roll of the Town of Brighton, made prior to the date when such annexation shall become effective under this act.

All questions arising as to the apportionment of any taxes to be borne by that part of the territory to be annexed now located in such Town of Brighton, prior to the date when annexation shall become effective, shall be equitably and fairly agreed upon by the representatives of the City of Rochester, of the Town of Brighton, and of any other party or parties interested therein or affected thereby and such representatives shall have the power to adjust any other disputes, differences or matters which may arise because of such annexation and for which no definite solution is expressly provided for herein.

(e) This act shall in no way affect the Second Assembly District of Monroe County.

[c. 241, L. 1954]

53.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this act, and without a referendum vote as provided in Section 14 of Article 9 of the Constitution, there being no people in the territory proposed to be annexed, all that part of the Town of Chili, included in the following described territory is hereby annexed to and shall form a part of the City of Rochester:

All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Chili, County of Monroe, and State of New York, being a part of the Cornelius C. Six Tract, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning in the south line of Scottsville Road at a point where the east line of lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2760 of Deeds, page 195, intersects the same, said point being about three hundred ninety-nine feet west of the westerly right-of-way line of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company;

Thence (1) Southerly at right angles to the south line of Scottsville Road, being along said east line of lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by said deed a distance of six hundred twenty-three and sixty-six hundredths feet to the northerly right-of-way line of said Pennsylvania Railroad;

Thence (2) Westerly along said northerly line of said Pennsylvania Railroad forming an interior angle of one hundred twenty-seven degrees, twenty-two minutes, forty seconds, a distance of one hundred four and ninety-four hundredths feet to a corner or angle in said northerly right-of-way line of said Pennsylvania Railroad;

Thence (3) Westerly along said right-of-way line, forming an interior angle of one hundred sixty-three degrees, thirty-eight minutes, twenty seconds, a distance of one hundred sixty-two feet to a corner or angle in said right-of-way line;

Thence (4) Southeasterly along said right-of-way line forming an interior angle of two hundred fifty-eight degrees, thirty minutes, a distance of twenty-four and fifty hundredths feet to a point;

Thence (5) Southwesterly forming an interior angle of ninety-three degrees a distance of forty-seven and forty-five hundredths feet to the southwesterly corner of said premises conveyed to the City of Rochester by said deed in Liber 2760 of Deeds, page 195;

Thence (6) Northerly forming an interior angle of seventy-seven degrees, twenty-nine minutes, being along the west line of said premises conveyed to the City of Rochester a distance of seven hundred seventy-nine and ninety-two hundredths feet to the south line of Scottsville Road;

Thence (7) Easterly along the south line of Scottsville Road a distance of two hundred seventy-six and eighty-nine hundredths feet to the point of beginning.

(b) The territory hereby annexed to the City of Rochester shall cease to be a part of the Town of Chili or of the school districts in which such territory is now located. The Town of Chili, excluding the portion thereof so annexed, shall remain a separate and distinct town, except as hereafter may be provided pursuant to law. The portions of the school districts not embraced in the territory so annexed shall remain separate and distinct school districts, subject to restriction, providing for alteration and installation of school districts in towns.

(c) The territory hereby annexed to the City of Rochester shall constitute a part of the 19th Ward of said City until otherwise provided by law, and all the laws applicable to the City of Rochester not inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall apply to such territory.

All unpaid taxes heretofore legally levied against said annexed territory and existing and unpaid at the time this act shall take effect, shall continue to be due and payable and be collected, in all respects the same as if this law had not been enacted.

(d) The bonded and other indebtedness of that part of the Town of Chili in the territory to be annexed under this act, or that of any other municipal corporation or school district, included wholly or partly within such territory and now located in such town, including principal and interest, which exists when this act takes effect, shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the City of Rochester as the same shall become due and payable to the supervisor, treasurer, acting treasurer or such other officer performing the duties of treasurer of such town, municipal corporation or school district, as the case may be, as the same shall become due and payable, in the same proportion to the whole bonded or other indebtedness of such town, municipal corporation or school district as the assessed valuation of the territory to be annexed bears to the whole valuation of such town, municipal corporation or school district as shown by the last assessment roll of the Town of Chili, made prior to the date when such annexation shall become effective under this act.

All questions arising as to the apportionment of any taxes to be borne by that part of the territory to be annexed now located in such Town of Chili, prior to the date when annexation shall become effective, shall be equitably and fairly agreed upon by the representatives of the City of Rochester, of the Town of Chili, and of any other party or parties interested therein or affected thereby and such representatives shall have the power to adjust any other disputes, differences or matters which may arise because of such annexation and for which no definite solution is expressly provided for herein.

(e) This act shall in no way affect the Third Assembly District of Monroe County.

[c. 242, L. 1954]

54.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6 of this act all that part of the Town of Irondequoit included in the following described territory is hereby annexed to and shall form a part of the City of Rochester:

All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Irondequoit, County of Monroe and State of New York, being a part of Lot 38, Township 14, Range 7, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the west line of Portland Avenue with the north line of lands conveyed to Rochester General Hospital by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office December 31, 1951, in Liber 2728 of Deeds at page 350;

Thence south along the west line of Portland Avenue a distance of seventeen hundred twenty-four and seventeen hundredths feet to the north corporation line of the City of Rochester;

Thence west along said north corporation line a distance of about eighteen hundred fifty-five and eighty-nine hundredths feet to a corner or angle in said corporation line; thence north along said corporation line of the City of Rochester about sixteen hundred sixty-six and thirty hundredths feet to the north line of said lands conveyed to Rochester General Hospital by said deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office December 31, 1951, in Liber 2728 of Deeds at page 350;

Thence east along said north line, about eighteen hundred fifty-four and thirty-four hundredths feet to the point of beginning, containing about seventy-two and twenty-five hundredths acres of land more or less.

(b) The territory described in Section 1 of this act, when annexed to the City of Rochester, shall constitute a part of the 22nd Ward of such city, until otherwise provided by law, and all the laws applicable to the City of Rochester and to the City School District of such City not inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall apply to such territory. All unpaid taxes heretofore legally levied against said annexed territory and existing and unpaid at the time this act shall take effect shall continue to be due and payable and be collected in all respects the same as if this law had not been enacted.

(c) Any disputes, differences or matters which may arise because of such annexation and for which no definite solution is expressly provided for herein shall be equitably and fairly agreed upon by the Town Board of the Town of Irondequoit and the City Council of the City of Rochester and any other party or parties interested therein or affected thereby.

(d) This act shall in no way affect the First Assembly District and the fifty-second Senatorial District of Monroe County and the voters residing in such annexed territory shall continue to cast their ballots for member of assembly and senator in the manner provided by law, and proper provision to enable them so to do shall whenever necessary be taken by the Council of the City of Rochester and by the Board of Elections of the County of Monroe.

(e) Within a reasonable time after such annexation the City of Rochester shall cause a survey to be made of the annexed territory and cause the boundaries of the same to be marked with monuments, or adopt and ratify such a survey and marking previously made, and shall cause a map of the City, including the territory annexed, to be made and filed in the Monroe County Clerk's office.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this act, the territory described in Section 1 hereof shall not become annexed to the City of Rochester nor shall any of the foregoing provisions of this act become operative unless and until the consent of the City of Rochester by its Mayor and Council be obtained in the manner provided by law for the passage of local ordinances, such consent to be given or denied by such City authorities on or before the second Tuesday in June 1957. If such consent shall be given on or before said date, and if on the date of such consent there are no people in the territory proposed to be annexed, then the territory described in Section 1 hereof shall become a part of the City of Rochester upon the last day of June 1957 without a referendum vote and all the provisions of this act shall be and become effective. If on the date of such consent there are people in the territory proposed to be annexed, then and in that event such territory shall not become annexed to the City of Rochester, nor shall any of the foregoing provisions become operative, unless the people of the territory proposed to be annexed have consented to such annexation by a majority vote of those voting on a referendum called for that purpose on the following question to be submitted to them as hereinafter provided: "Shall the territory described in Section 1 of Chapter (here insert the number of this Chapter of the Laws of 1957, entitled "An act to provide for extending the boundaries of the City of Rochester, and the boundaries of the City School District of the City of Rochester, by annexing thereto a portion of the Town of Irondequoit, and to provide for the government of the annexed territory") be annexed to the City of Rochester." The qualified voters of such territory may vote upon this question on the third Tuesday in June 1957, at a polling place to be designated in the territory proposed to be annexed, by the Board of Elections of the County of Monroe. The Board of Elections of the County of Monroe shall be in charge of such vote and shall cause a notice of such vote specifying the time and place for holding the same and the question to be submitted to be published at least once, not later than 10 days before the day such voting is to occur, in a newspaper published in the City of Rochester and posted not later than 10 days before the day such voting is to occur in at least one conspicuous place in such territory and shall also cause to be delivered to such polling place the necessary and legally prepared secret paper ballots for voting of such question and the expense of such posting, ballots and other preparations shall be charged against the City of Rochester. The polls shall be opened for voting upon such question from 4:00 in the afternoon until 7:00 in the evening. The voting shall be by secret ballot. One of the Commissioners of Election shall be designated to act as Poll Clerk and shall keep a poll list of all voters participating in the vote. Any resident of the territory proposed to be annexed who is a qualified voter therein on the day of said vote shall be entitled to vote as provided above. At the close of the polls, the Board of Elections of the County of Monroe shall canvass the vote and make and certify returns thereof in duplicate and shall cause one of such returns to be filed in the office of the Board of Elections of the County of Monroe and one in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Rochester on or before the fourth Friday in June 1957. Such Board of Elections shall immediately canvass the returns from such election district and file a certificate of the result in the offices of the Secretary of State and the City Clerk of the City of Rochester. If a majority of the votes cast upon such question shall be in the affirmative, then the territory described in Sections 1 of this act shall become a part of the City of Rochester on the first day of July 1957, and the other provisions of this act shall be and become effective and the Town of Irondequoit and any municipal corporation or school district therein in which the territory so annexed to the City of Rochester was included shall remain a separate and distinct town, municipal corporation or school district, as the case may be, exclusive of the portion thereof so annexed.

(g) This act shall take effect immediately.

[c. 360, L. 1957]

55.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this act, and without a referendum vote as provided by Section 14 of Article 9 of the State Constitution, there being no people in the territory proposed to be annexed, all that part of the Town of Gates in the County of Monroe included in the following described territory is hereby annexed to and shall form a part of the City of Rochester.

All those tracts or parcels of land, situated in the Town of Gates, County of Monroe and State of New York, known and described as follows:

Parcel 1

Beginning at the intersection of the south line of Brooks Avenue with the west line of Clarence Street, shown on the proposed Subdivision of Pleasant Hill, a map of which subdivision is filed in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 29 of Maps at page 27;

Thence (1) Southerly along the west line of said Clarence Street to the southerly line of said Pleasant Hill Subdivision;

Thence (2) Easterly along the southerly line of said Pleasant Hill Subdivision, being also the northerly line of land acquired by the City of Rochester by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2370 of Deeds at page 312, to the easterly line of Grosvenor Street in said subdivision;

Thence (3) Northerly along the easterly line of said Grosvenor Street to the southerly line of Brooks Avenue (said Third Course is the westerly line of land conveyed to the City of Rochester by Raymond W. Fetzner et al by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2398 of Deeds at page 454);

Thence (4) Westerly along the southerly line of Brooks Avenue to the westerly line of said Clarence Street, being the point of beginning.

Parcel 2

Beginning at the intersection of the southerly line of Brooks Avenue with the westerly line of Roxborough Street in said Pleasant Hill Subdivision;

Thence (1) Southerly along the westerly line of said Roxborough Street which is the easterly line of land conveyed to the City of Rochester by Raymond W. Fetzner et al by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2389 of Deeds at page 454, to the southerly line of said Pleasant Hill Subdivision;

Thence (2) Easterly along the southerly line of said Pleasant Hill Subdivision and the northerly line of lands acquired by the City of Rochester by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2370 of Deeds at page 312, to the westerly line of Buell Road as shown on the map of Brooks Avenue Gardens filed in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 42 of Maps at page 12;

Thence (3) Southerly along the westerly line of said Buell Road, being also the easterly line of lands conveyed to the City of Rochester by Francis P. Bianchi and wife, by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2370 of Deeds at page 312, to the line between the Town of Gates and the Town of Chili, which is also the northerly line of the premises conveyed by the W. N. Britton Realty Company, Inc. to the City of Rochester by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2253 of Deeds at page 78;

Thence (4) Easterly along the northerly line of said premises conveyed to the City of Rochester by deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2253 of Deeds at page 78, being the southerly line of said Brooks Avenue Gardens Tract and the southerly line of property conveyed to the County of Monroe by Vera Frederick by deed dated January 6, 1949, and recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2526 of Deeds at page 362, to the southeast corner of the land so conveyed by Vera Frederick to the County of Monroe;

Thence (5) Northerly along the east line of the land so conveyed by Vera Frederick to the County of Monroe by the last above-mentioned deed, to the westerly line of land appropriated by the State of New York from William Steinkamp, Jr., by Appropriation Contract No. 21 recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office on May 7, 1910, in Liber 799 of Deeds at page 488;

Thence (6) Northwesterly along division line of lands of the State of New York and lands conveyed to the County of Monroe by Vera Frederick, by the above-mentioned deed, to the south line of Brooks Avenue;

Thence (7) Westerly along the south line of Brooks Avenue to where the south line of Brooks Avenue intersects the westerly line of Roxborough Street, being the place of beginning.

(b) The territory described in Section 1 of this act, when annexed to the City of Rochester, shall constitute a part of the 19th Ward of said city, until otherwise provided by law, and all the laws applicable to the City of Rochester, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall apply to such territory.

All unpaid taxes heretofore levied against such annexed territory and existing at the time this act shall take effect shall be due and payable and collected in all respects the same as if this law had not been enacted.

[c. 309, L. 1950]

56. An act to provide for extending the boundaries of the City School District of the City of Rochester by annexing thereto a portion of the Town of Irondequoit and to provide for the government of the annexed territory.

[c. 1956, c. 816]

57.

(a) The City of Rochester shall contain on and after the effective date of this act, in addition to the territory presently contained within its boundaries, the following described territory:

All that tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Brighton, County of Monroe and State of New York, and being part of Town Lot No. 53, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point in the City line of the City of Rochester where it crosses the south line of the Schwalbach Estate as shown on a survey of said estate recorded in Monroe County Clerk's office in Liber 2891 of Deeds, page 21;

Thence (1) Southwesterly along the south line of said Schwalbach Estate a distance of four hundred eighty-two and ten-hundredths feet to the northeast corner of Lot AR-35 as shown on a resubdivision map of Summit View filed in Liber 125 of Maps, page 61, in Monroe County Clerk's office;

Thence (2) Westerly making an interior angle with Course 1 of one hundred fifty-nine degrees forty-three minutes a distance of one hundred eighty-six and eighty-five hundredths feet to an angle point in the Rochester City line;

Thence (3) Northeasterly making an interior angle with Course 2 of fifty-six degrees forty-six minutes along the Rochester City line a distance of six hundred eighty-seven and seventy-hundredths feet to an angle in said City line;

Thence (4) Southeasterly along said City of Rochester line a distance of four hundred sixty-five and seventy-hundredths feet to the point of beginning.

(b) The territory described in Section 1 of this act is hereby annexed to the City of Rochester pursuant to the provisions of § 714 of the General Municipal Law.

(c) The territory annexed to the City of Rochester pursuant to this act shall be included in the South Council District of the City of Rochester.

[§§ 1, 2, 3, L.L. No. 7-1980; § 1, L.L. No. 1-2006]

§ 16-2 Laws and ordinances applicable.

[§ 636, c. 755, L. 1907; c. 659, L. 1913; c. 122, L. 1914; c. 359, L. 1915; c. 547, L. 1918; c. 519, L. 1922; c. 615, L. 1932]

The territory which has heretofore or is herein added and annexed to the City of Rochester becomes a part of said City and is governed and administered in all respects the same and is subject to the same laws and ordinances as the remainder of said city.