into the county treasury and used to reimburse the county for any money advanced or to pay money borrowed to pay awards under this chapter.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Approved May 5.

Chapter 472.

An Act to amend the highway law, in relation to motor vehicles. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision two of section two hundred and eighty-two of chapter thirty of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relating to highways, constituting chapter twenty-five of the consolidated laws,” as added by chapter three hundred and seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten, such subdivision having been last amended by chapter seven hundred and sixty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

2. Restriction on operation. No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle who is under eighteen years of age, unless such person is accompanied by a duly licensed chauffeur or the owner of the motor vehicle being operated. No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle in a county wholly included within a city [for more than ten days in any calendar year] unless such person is a duly licensed chauffeur or operator, whether the owner of such vehicle or otherwise; provided, however, that a person of the age of eighteen years and upwards who shall reside outside of such county and within the state may so operate or drive, except as a chauffeur, for not to exceed ten days in any year without being so licensed. The secretary of state may, however, in his discretion, grant a written permit to any person desiring to fit himself to so operate or drive a motor vehicle, within such county. Such permit shall not continue for more than ten days from its date, but may be renewed from time to time not to exceed a total of thirty consecutive days. The holder thereof shall not so operate or drive unless at all times under the immediate supervision and control of an operator or chauffeur duly licensed under this article. Such holder, operator or chauffeur shall be liable for any violation of this act or of any local ordinance, rule or regulation permitted thereunder while so operating. The secretary of state may make any suitable regulations concerning the issue and use of such permits and may demand a fee of fifty cents for each such permit or renewal thereof.

§ 2. Subdivisions one and two of section two hundred and eighty-nine of such chapter, as added by chapter three hundred and seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten, and last amended by chapter seven hundred and sixty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, are hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 289. License of operators and chauffeurs; renewals. 1. License of operators or chauffeurs. Application for license to operate motor vehicles, as an operator or chauffeur, may be made, by mail or otherwise, to the secretary of state or his duly authorized agent upon blanks prepared under his authority in such form and with such proof of the applicant's fitness as the secretary of state shall in his discretion determine. The secretary of state shall

appoint examiners and cause examinations to be held at convenient points throughout the state as often as may be necessary. Such application, if for a chauffeur's license, shall be accompanied by a photograph of the applicant in such numbers and forms as the secretary of state shall prescribe, said photograph to be taken within thirty days prior to the filing of said application and to be accompanied by the fee provided herein. An owner of a motor vehicle or a member of his immediate family shall be granted an operator's license, subject to this article[, upon application, without examination]. Before [such] an operator's or chauffeur's [a] license is granted, the applicant [if not the owner of a motor vehicle or a member of his immediate family] shall pass such examination as to his qualifications as the secretary of state shall require. No operator's or chauffeur's license shall be issued to any person under eighteen years of age. To each person shall be assigned some distinguishing number or mark, and the license issued shall be in such form as the secretary of state shall determine; it may contain special restrictions and limitations concerning the type of motor power, horse power, design and other features of the motor vehicles which the licensee may operate; it shall contain the distinguishing number or mark assigned to the licensee, his name, place of residence and address, a brief description of the licensee for the purpose of identification and the photograph of the licensee if a chauffeur. Such distinctive number or mark shall be of a distinctly different color each year and in any year shall be of the same color as that of the number plates issued for that year. The secretary of state shall furnish to every chauffeur so licensed a suitable metal badge with the distinguishing number or mark assigned to him thereon without extra charge therefor. This badge shall thereafter be worn by such chauffeur affixed to his clothing in a conspicuous place at all times while he is operating or driving a motor vehicle upon the public highway. Said badge shall be valid only during the term of the license of the chauffeur to whom it is issued as aforesaid. Every person licensed to operate motor vehicles as aforesaid shall indorse his usual signature on the margin of the license, in the space provided for the purpose, immediately upon receipt of said license, and such license shall not be valid until so indorsed. Every application for a chauffeur's license filed under the provisions of this section shall be sworn to and shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars[, two dollars of which shall be for his examination aforesaid and three dollars for license fee]. Every application for an operator's license shall be sworn to and be accompanied by a fee of [one] two dollars [which shall be refunded if the application be denied]. [The] A license [hereunder] granted [on or before August first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall take effect on that date, and licenses issued prior to January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighteen,] hereunder at any time shall expire on [that date] the ensuing thirty-first day of January. A [chauffeur's] license in force when this section, as hereby amended, takes effect shall be deemed a [chauffeur's] license hereunder. Failure by an operator or chauffeur to exhibit his license to any magistrate, motor vehicle inspector, police officer, constable or other competent authority, shall be presumptive evidence that said person is not duly licensed under this article.

2. Operators' and chauffeurs' licensed registration book. Upon the receipt of such an application, the secretary of state shall thereupon file the same in

his office, and register the applicant in a book or index which shall be kept in the same manner as the book or index for the registration of motor vehicles, and when the applicant[, if a chauffeur,] shall have passed the examination provided for in the preceding section, the number or mark assigned to such applicant together with the fact that such applicant has passed such examina、 tion shall be noted in said book or index.

§ 3. Subdivision seven of section two hundred and ninety of such chapter, as added by chapter three hundred and seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten, and last amended by chapter seven hundred and sixty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

7. Any person making a false statement in the verified application for registration, or in an application for a license or in any proof or statement in writing in connection therewith, or who shall deceive or substitute or cause another to deceive or substitute in connection with any examination hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor [punishable by a fine of not exceed ing fifty dollars].

§ 4. Section two hundred and ninety-a of such chapter, as added by chapter seven hundred and sixty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 290-a. Suspension and revocation of a license of operator or chauffeur. The secretary of state may suspend or revoke any certificate of registration, or any license, issued to any person under the provisions of this article for any of the following causes: a. For a third or subsequent violation of the speed provisions of this article or ordinance or regulation made by competent local authority within one calendar year. b. Upon the conviction of the holder of a license of a felony under this act. c. Because of some physical or mental disability of the holder [arising or discovered since the original issuance of the license or its renewal], or the disability of the holder by reason of intoxication or the use of drugs. d. Because of the gross negligence of the operator whereby person or property has been injured. e. For going away without stopping and giving his name and address after causing injury to any person or damage to any vehicle. f. Operating a motor vehicle in a manner showing a reckless disregard for life or property of others. Before revoking such certificate or license, the holder thereof shall be entitled to a hearing before the secretary of state or his deputy, upon ten days' notice in writing. The secretary of state may likewise upon notice aforesaid revoke or suspend the license of any operator or chauffeur for any of the foregoing reasons upon the recommendation of any judge or city magistrate. [o]On the revocation of a certificate of registration or license to operate, neither the license nor the certificate shall be reissued unless upon investigation the secretary of state shall determine that the operator may again be legally permitted to operate. Upon the conviction of a person for an offense involving a third violation of section two hundred and eighty seven of this article, within one calendar year or of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs, or of injuring a person or property by reason of gross negligence in operating, or of going away without stopping or giving his name and address after causing injury to any person or damage to any vehicle, the secretary of state may immediately revoke the license of

the person so convicted and if any person convicted of any such offense shall appeal from the decision of such trial court, the secretary of state may suspend forthwith the license of the person so convicted and appealing and may order the license delivered to him and shall not reissue the same unless such person is acquitted upon such appeal, or unless the secretary of state in his discretion shall decide that such license shall be reissued,

Whenever any license or certificate shall have been revoked under the provisions of this article no new license or certificate shall be issued unless by the secretary of state to such person until after thirty days from the date of such revocation, nor thereafter except in the discretion of the secretary of state. Notice of revocation and suspension of any license or certificate of registration shall be transmitted forthwith by the secretary of state to the chief of police of the city or prosecuting officer of the locality in which the person whose license or certificate of registration so revoked or suspended, resides.

§ 5. This act, in so far as it amends section two hundred and eighty-two of such chapter, shall take effect August first, nineteen hundred and nineteen. § 6. In all other respects, this act shall take effect immediately, except that the fee for an operator's license for which an application is pending when this section takes effect shall be the fee heretofore payable.

Approved May 7.

Chapter 498.

An Act to amend the workmen's compensation law, in relation to payment of compensation.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section thirty-three of chapter eight hundred and sixteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and thirteen, entitled "An act in relation to assuring compensation for injuries or death of certain employees in the course of their employment and repealing certain sections of the labor law relating thereto, constituting chapter sixty-seven of the consolidated laws," as re-enacted by chapter forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and fourteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 33. Assignments; exemptions. Claims for compensation or benefits due under this chapter shall not be assigned, released or commuted except as provided by this chapter, and shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a debt, which exemption may not be waived. Compensation and benefits shall be paid only to employees or their dependents. In case of the death of an injured employee to whom there was due at the time of his or her death any compensation under the provisions of this chapter, not exceeding the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, the amount of such compensation shall be payable to the surviving wife or husband, if there be one, or, if none, to the surviving child or children of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, and if there be no surviving wife or children, then to the dependents of such deceased employee or to any of them as the commission may direct. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Approved May 9.

Chapter 531.

An Act to amend the education law, relative to part-time or continuation schools.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Article twenty-two of chapter twenty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relating to education, constituting chapter sixteen of the consolidated laws," as amended by chapter one hundred and forty of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten, chapter seven hundred and forty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and thirteen and chapter five hundred and sixty of the laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

ARTICLE 22.

GENERAL INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, UNIT TRADE AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, PART-TIME OR CONTINUATION SCHOOLS, PRACTICAL ARTS OR HOMEMAKING SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS OF AGRICULTURE, MECHANIC ARTS AND HOMEMAKING.

Section 600. General industrial schools, unit trade and technical schools, [and] schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, evening vocational schools, practical arts or homemaking schools and may be established in cities.

601. Part-time or continuation schools shall be established in cities and school districts.

[601] 602. Establishment of [such schools] general industrial schools and unit trade and technical schools, and schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, practical arts or homemaking schools, evening vocational schools; directors of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking.

[602] 603. Appointment of an advisory board.

[603] 604. Authority of the board of education over such schools.

[604] 605. State aid for general industrial schools, unit trade and technical schools, practical arts or homemaking schools, part-time or continuation schools, [and] schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking and evening vocational schools.

[605] 606. Application of such moneys.

[606] 607. Annual estimate by board of education and appropriations by municipal and school districts.

[607] 608. Courses in schools of agriculture for training of teachers.

§ 600. General industrial schools, trade schools and schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, may be established in cities. The board of education of any city[, and in a city not having a board of education the officer having the management and supervision of the public school system,] may establish, acquire, conduct and maintain as a part of the public school system of such city the following:

1. General industrial schools in communities of less than twenty-five thou