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Page 51 - the constitutional provision that " no private or local bill, which may be passed by the legislature, shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.
Page 6 - the Legislature, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall appoint three commissioners, whose duty it shall be to reduce into a written and systematic code the whole body of the law
Page 14 - No private or local bill, which may be passed by the Legislature, shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.
Page 76 - In a city which includes an entire county, or two or more entire counties, the powers and duties of a board of supervisors may be devolved upon the municipal assembly, common council, board of aldermen, or other legislative body of the city.
Page 57 - The charters of the city of New York, known as Dongan and Montgomerie charters, so far as the same or either of them are now in force, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall continue and remain in full force.
Page 98 - concerning, affecting, or relating to the construction, alteration or removal of buildings or other structures in any of the municipal and public corporations included within the City of New York as constituted by this act
Page 38 - An Act to consolidate into one act and to declare the special and local laws affecting public interests in the city of New York.
Page 8 - It is scarcely safe for any one to speak confidently of the exact condition of the law in respect to public improvements in the cities of New York and Brooklyn. The enactments in reference thereto have been modified, superseded and repealed so often and to such an extent, that it is difficult to ascertain just what statutes were in force at any particular time/
Page 9 - an act to consolidate into one act and to declare the special and local laws affecting public interests in the City of New York,
Page 124 - Any head of department or borough president, may, with the consent of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, consolidate any two or more bureaus established by law, and may change the duties of any bureau