Documents, Volume 18, Part 1, Issues 1-43The Board, 1852 - New York (N.Y.) |
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... five thousand children were obtaining a misera- ble subsistence by begging and pilfering about the streets and wharves of our city . This fact should admonish us that no state or condition can be so elevated , as to afford perfect ...
... five thousand children were obtaining a misera- ble subsistence by begging and pilfering about the streets and wharves of our city . This fact should admonish us that no state or condition can be so elevated , as to afford perfect ...
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... five thousand dollars . The other items of expenditure during the past season under the head above mentioned , consist of a small addition made to the house of the keeper at Croton dam , to be used as a kitchen ; this was essential to ...
... five thousand dollars . The other items of expenditure during the past season under the head above mentioned , consist of a small addition made to the house of the keeper at Croton dam , to be used as a kitchen ; this was essential to ...
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... five miles on the upper part of the island , which is not seen on the map , ) make an aggregate of fully two hundred miles ! In April , as early as the opening spring would permit , the department commenced the great work of lowering ...
... five miles on the upper part of the island , which is not seen on the map , ) make an aggregate of fully two hundred miles ! In April , as early as the opening spring would permit , the department commenced the great work of lowering ...
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... five thousand dollars , it had al- ways been assumed that these pipes must of necessity be taken apart , hoisted out of the trench , the deep - cutting , reaching to the depth of sixteen feet , ) excavated , the pipes lowered in , and ...
... five thousand dollars , it had al- ways been assumed that these pipes must of necessity be taken apart , hoisted out of the trench , the deep - cutting , reaching to the depth of sixteen feet , ) excavated , the pipes lowered in , and ...
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... five dollars , in the discretion of the magistrate hearing the complaint , is found to be quite inadequate to check the evil ; the requisite proof is not always attainable , or if obtained , is met by the pro- duction of a permit from ...
... five dollars , in the discretion of the magistrate hearing the complaint , is found to be quite inadequate to check the evil ; the requisite proof is not always attainable , or if obtained , is met by the pro- duction of a permit from ...
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66 of Lungs aforesaid Age Unknown Aldermen and Commonalty amount Apoplexy BOARD OF ALDERMEN Broadway building bulkhead cents Cholera Clerk Cloudy Committee Common Council contract Corporation Court Croton Aqueduct curb and gutter Cyanosis D. T. VALENTINE Delirium Tremens Disease dollars Dunkin duty East river easterly Eleventh avenue Erysipelas estimate and assessment expense feet ferry Honorable Body hundred inches westerly interest iron James January John laid lease license light line or side lots Marasmus Mayor ment North North river northerly line number of deaths ordinance owners paid parties paving persons Philadelphia gas piers pipes Pleurisy Police Premature Birth present public cart public lamps Rain received Regulating rent repairs REPORT OF DEATHS respectfully Scrofula Second avenue Sewer side of Tenth South southerly stories high Tenth avenue thence northerly thereof Third avenue thousand tion Total West street westerly line Womb York
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Page 646 - Michigan of the second part, witnesseth, that the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to them in hand, paid by the said party of the second .part...
Page 592 - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Page 240 - ... it shall be lawful for the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty to pay the sum or sums mentioned in the said report...
Page 589 - An act to amend an act for the more effectual prevention of fires in the city of New York, and to amend the acts heretofore passed for that purpose," passed April 4, 1849, is hereby repealed.
Page 648 - And the said parties of the first part, for themselves, their heirs, executors, and administrators, do covenant and agree to and with the said party of the second part...
Page 589 - AN ACT FOR THE MORE EFFECTUAL PREVENTION OF FIRES IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND TO AMEND THE ACTS HERETOFORE PASSED FOR THAT PURPOSE,
Page 253 - ... may immediately or at any time or times thereafter take possession of the same or any part or parts thereof without any suit or proceeding at law for that purpose...
Page 256 - ... in any court having cognizance thereof, and it shall 'be sufficient to declare generally for so much money due to the plaintiff or plaintiffs therein by virtue of this act, and the report of said commissioners, with proof of the right and title of the plaintiff or plaintiffs to the sum or sums demanded shall be conclusive evidence in such suit or action.
Page 250 - Commissioners, or any two of them, the said court shall, by rule or order, after hearing any matter which may be alleged against the same, either confirm the said report, or refer the same to the same Commissioners for revisal and correction, or to new Commissioners...
Page 254 - ... by virtue of this act, all the covenants, contracts and engagements, between landlord and tenant, or any other contracting parties, touching the same, or any part thereof, shall, upon the confirmation of such report in the premises as shall be confirmed by the court aforesaid, respectively cease and determine, and be absolutely discharged...