STATED TERMS.-Second Tuesday of January, first Tuesday of June, and the last Tuesday of September. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, AND SOLICITORS AND COUNSELLORS IN CHANCERY. CITIES. ALBANY. The CHARTER of this city was granted, as is express. ed therein, "at the humble petition of the Justices of the Peace of the said town of Albany," to the inhabitants thereof, "by the name or names of The Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of Albany," by THOMAS DONGAN, Governor, July 23d, 1686, in the second year of the reign of JAMES II. Its officers are a Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Assistant Aldermen, Supervisors, Assessors, Collectors and Constables, Treasurer or Chamberlain, Sheriff, Coroner, Clerk of the Market, High Constable, sub-Constable, Marshal or Sergeant at Mace. These are the officers named in the Charter. There are five Wards in this City, each of which is entitled to elect two Aldermen, two Assistants, one Supervisor, one Assessor, one Collector, and two Constables. Two Aldermen, two Assistants, and one Constable are to be annually chosen in each of the said wards on the last Tuesday of September; and one Supervisor, one Assessor, and one Constable in each of the said wards, annually on the first Tuesday of May. The officers holding any city election are required to give five days previous notice of the time and place where such election is to be holden, in at least three public places in each ward. The Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Assistant Aldermen, in this, as in the other cities in this state, constitute the Common Council. The MAYOR is annually appointed by the Common Council, and holds his office for one year, or until another be appointed and sworn in his stead. The Aldermen, Assistants, and Chamberlain, are to be sworn into office on the second Tuesday of October in each year, or as soon thereafter as they shall attend in Common Council. The RECORDER is appointed by the senate, on the nomination of the governor, and holds his office for five years. A LIST of the MAYORS and RECORDERS of the city of Albany from the granting of the charter to the present time. Appointed. MAYORS. 1686 Peter Schuyler, 1694 Johannes Abeel, 1695 Evert Bancker, 1696 Derrick Wessels, 1698 Hendrick Hansen, 1699 Peter Van Brugh, 1700 Jan Jans Bleecker, 1701 Johannes Bleecker, 1702 Albert Ryckman, 1703 Johannes Schuyler,. 1706 David Schuyler, 1707 Evert Bancker, 1709 Johannes Abeel, 1710 Robert Livingston, jr., 1719 Myndert Schuyler, 1721 Peter Van Brugh, 1723 Myndert Schuyler, 1725 Johannes Cuyler, 1726 Rutger Bleecker, 1729 John De Peyster, 1731 Hans Hansen, 1732 John De Peyster, 1733 Edward Holland, Appointed. 1741 John Schuyler, 1742 Cornelius Cuyler, 1746 Dirck Ten Broeck, 1748 Jacob Ten Eyck, 1750 Robert Sanders, 1754 Hans Hansen, 1756 Sybrant G. Van Schaick, 1761 Volkert P. Douw, 1770 Abraham C. Cuyler, 1778 John Barclay, 1779 Abraham Ten Broeck, 1783 John Ja. Beekman, 1786 John Lansing, jr., 1790 Abraham Yates, 1796 Abraham Ten Broeck, 1799 Philip S. Van Rensselaer, 1816 Elisha Jenkins, 1819 Philip S.Van Rensselaer, 1821 Charles E. Dudley, 1824 Ambrose Spencer, 1826 James Stevenson, 1828 Charles E. Dudley, 1829 John Townsend. RECORDERS. 1686 Isaac Swinton, 1759 Volkert P. Douw, 1761 John Ten Eyck, 1778 Abraham Yates, jr., 1780 Leonard Gansevoort, 1789 Peter W. Yates, 1793 John Tayler, 1797 Abraham Van Vechten, 1808 John Van Ness Yates, 1810 T. Van Wyck Graham, 1811 John Van Ness Yates, 1816 Philip S. Parker, 1821 Estes Howe, 1825 Ebenezer Baldwin, 1826 James McKown. ROBERT LIVINGSTON was the first town clerk of the city of Albany, and was appointed by Governor DONGAN at the time of granting the charter. OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF ALBANY FOR THE YEAR 1830. The Aldermen, Assistants, and Constables, were chosen September 29, 1829. The Aldermen are ex officio Justices of the Peace. Any Alderman in the city of Albany is authorized, under the law of the state relating to Justices of the Peace, to try any action for the recovery of a penalty to the amount of twenty-five dollars or under, incurred by or under any By-law of the city, but he has no other jurisdiction by virtue of that law. Wards. Supervisors. 1st Barent P. Staats, Collectors. Constables. Anthony Brooks, Abraham Sickles. John Buckbee, John Bowne, Ivers Barton. Isaac Conklin. The Supervisors, Collectors and Constables were chosen May 4, 1829. COMMITTEES appointed by the Mayor, since the elec. tion in September, 1829. Board of Magistrates.-The Recorder, Messrs. Staats, Cassidy, Gates, Steele, and Stillwell. |