The Charter of the City of New York: With Notes Thereon. Also, A Treatise on the Powers and Duties of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Assistant Aldermen, and the Journal of the City Convention |
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... , 185 186 AND HEREIN . 1. As a Justice of the Peace . In the case of the arrest of offenders , 187 Vagrants , 188 Poor Children , ib . Profane swearing , xib . Disturbance of religious meetings , 189 Violation of Sunday ,
... , 185 186 AND HEREIN . 1. As a Justice of the Peace . In the case of the arrest of offenders , 187 Vagrants , 188 Poor Children , ib . Profane swearing , xib . Disturbance of religious meetings , 189 Violation of Sunday ,
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... meetings , 189 Violation of Sunday , ib . ib . Apprentices , 2. As a Judge . In the Special Sessions , 190 In the General Sessions , 191 In the Court of Common Pleas , ib . In the Oyer and Terminer , 192 ( 3. ) His Executive duties ...
... meetings , 189 Violation of Sunday , ib . ib . Apprentices , 2. As a Judge . In the Special Sessions , 190 In the General Sessions , 191 In the Court of Common Pleas , ib . In the Oyer and Terminer , 192 ( 3. ) His Executive duties ...
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... meetings , Sunday , Forsaken children , Gun Powder , Fires , Apprentices , Coroners , 3. As Judges . 201 202 ib . ib . 203 204 ib . 206 In the Special Sessions , 208 In the General Sessions , ib . In the Oyer and Terminer , 209 In the ...
... meetings , Sunday , Forsaken children , Gun Powder , Fires , Apprentices , Coroners , 3. As Judges . 201 202 ib . ib . 203 204 ib . 206 In the Special Sessions , 208 In the General Sessions , ib . In the Oyer and Terminer , 209 In the ...
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... Meeting House . Montgomerie Ward to begin at the south - easterly corner of the East Ward , opposite to Rodman's Slip , Montgom four hundred foot below low water mark , in the East erie Ward River , and from thence to run along the ...
... Meeting House . Montgomerie Ward to begin at the south - easterly corner of the East Ward , opposite to Rodman's Slip , Montgom four hundred foot below low water mark , in the East erie Ward River , and from thence to run along the ...
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... Meeting of the Board duties . 7. The boards shall meet in separate chambers , and and their a majority of each shall be a quorum to do business . Each board shall appoint a President from its own body , and shall also choose its Clerk ...
... Meeting of the Board duties . 7. The boards shall meet in separate chambers , and and their a majority of each shall be a quorum to do business . Each board shall appoint a President from its own body , and shall also choose its Clerk ...
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Page 344 - ... made by the common council, the objects for which the same were made, and the amount of moneys expended under each ; the moneys borrowed on the credit of the corporation, the authority under which each loan was made, and the terms on which the same was obtained, shall be clearly and particularly specified.
Page 304 - A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business. Each house shall determine the rules of its own proceedings, and be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members...
Page 26 - Anne, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, queen, defender of the faith, &c.
Page 306 - Governor, and if he approve, he shall sign it; if not, he shall return it with his objections to the house, in which it shall have originated, which shall enter the objections at large on its journals, and proceed to reconsider it.
Page 54 - City for the time being or the major part of them have and may and shall have full power Authority and Lycensc to frame Constitute Ordain make and Establish from time to time all Such Laws Statutes rights Ordinances and Constitutions which to them or the greater part of them Shall Seem to be good useful! or necessary for the good rule and government of the body Corporate...
Page 11 - Philadelphia, be, and shall be, for ever hereafter, persons able and capable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 343 - Whenever there shall be a vacancy in the office of Mayor, and whenever the Mayor shall be absent from the city, or be prevented by sickness, or any other cause, from attending to the duties of his office, the President of the board of Aldermen shall act as Mayor...
Page 125 - Court, may be removed by concurrent resolution of both houses of the Legislature, if two-thirds of all the members elected to each house concur therein. All other judicial officers, except Justices of the Peace...
Page 35 - Name aforesaid they shall and may be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 79 - We do hereby, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, give and grant full Power and Authority, from time to time, to administer Oaths for the Discovery of Truth, in any Matter in controversy or depending before them...