Laws of the State of New York

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Page 111 - York" and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever; and...
Page 46 - ... shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy.
Page 20 - York, for the education of such poor children as do not belong to or are not provided for by any religious society...
Page 234 - He shall also execute a bond to the people of this State, in the penal sum of...
Page 256 - Society for promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and protecting such of them as have been or may be liberated...
Page 553 - ... disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court-martial, unless required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in a due course of law. So help you God.
Page 531 - That every citizen so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch with a box therein to contain not less than twenty-four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball : or with a good rifle, knapsack, shot-pouch and powder-horn, twenty balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter...
Page 48 - ... as shall be requisite for its immediate accommodation in relation to the convenient transacting of its business, and such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales, upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts.
Page 48 - The said corporation shall not, directly or indirectly, deal or trade in any thing except bills of exchange, gold or silver bullion, or in the sale of goods really and truly pledged for money lent and not redeemed in due time, or goods which shall be the proceeds of its lands.
Page 257 - Library," and by that name, they and their successors, shall and may forever hereafter, have perpetual succession, and shall and may by the same name be persons, capable in the law, to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...

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