therein prejudicial to the interest of his Majesty. To his Excellency, The Governor of the province of 15th January, 1730. R. BRADLEY, Attorney General. MEMORANDUM. THIS REPRINT of the Charter has been made from one printed by order of the Common Council in 1832, and that was taken from a prior copy certified many years before by T. Wortman, as City Clerk, to be a true copy. The Editor has compared the Edition of 1832 with the Charter as reprinted in 1793 by Hugh Gaine, and certified to be a true copy by Robert Benson, Clerk. That was the best printed, and probably the most accurate copy of the Charter that has appeared. Several palpable Errors in the copy of 1832 have been detected, and the Errata at the end of this volume, will contain those of them and others which have unavoidably crept into the present Edition. 9 An ACT for confirming unto the city of New-York, its rights and privileges. Passed the 14th of October, 1732. GEO. II. men, and I. BE it declared and enacted by the Governor, the 6th Council, and the General Assembly of the colony, of A.D. 1732. New-York, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Mayor, Aldermen and ComThe Maymonalty, of the city of New-York, shall, and may, or, Alderforever hereafter remain, continue, and be a body cor- Commonporate and politic, in re facto et nomine by the name alty of the city of of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New York, New-York; and by that name to sue, plead, and be impleaded, and to answer, and to be answered, without any seizure or forejudger, for, or upon any, pretence of any forfeiture or misdemeanor at any time heretofore done, committed, or suffered. to them de lid. II. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, All letters That all and singular letters patent, grants, charters; heretofore patent, &c. and gifts, sealed under the great seal of the colony of made New-York, heretofore made and granted unto the May-clared vaor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, of the city of NewYork, be, and are hereby declared to be, and shall be good, valid, perfect, authentic, and effectual in the law, and shall stand, be taken, reputed, deemed, and adjudged good, perfect, sure, available authentic, and effectual in the law, against the King's Majesty, his heirs, and successors, and all and every person and persons, whomsoever, according to the tenor and effect of the said letters patent, grants, charters, and gifts. III. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all and singuiar letters patent, grants, charters, and guts, seared under the great seal of the colony of New-York, heretofore made and granted unto the Mayor, A.dermen, and Commonalty of the city of NewYork, be, and are, to all intents and purposes, hereby rated and confirmed. IV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New-York, and their successors, shall, and may forever hereafter, peaceably have, hold, use, and enjoy, ail and every the rights, gifts, charters, grants, powers, liberties, privileges, franchises, customs, usages, constitutions, immunities, markets, duties, tolls, lands, tenements, estates and hereditaments, which have heretofore been given, or granted, unto the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of NewYork, by any letters patent, grant, charter, or gift, sealed under the seal of the colony of New-York. V. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this present act shall be accepted, taken, and reputed, to be a general and public act of Assembly; of which all and every the judges, and justices of this colony, in all courts, and all other persons, shall take notice on all occasions whatsoever, as if it were a public act of assembly, relating to the whole colony; any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. PASSED APRIL 7, 1830.-Cн. 122. The People of the State of New-York, represented in tive power. 1. The legislative power of the Corporation of the City of New-York, shall be vested in a board of LegislaAldermen, and a board of Assistants, who together shall form the Common Council of the City. Each ward 2. Each Ward of the City shall be entitled to elect one person to be denominated the Alderman of the entitled to Aldermen Ward, and the persons so chosen, together shall form and Assisthe Board of Aldermen; and each Ward shall also be tants, entitled to elect one person to be denominated an Assistant Alderman; and the persons so chosen, together shall form the Board of Assistants. eligible. 3. The Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen shall be Who are chosen for one year; and no person shall be eligible to either office, who shall not at the time of his election, be a resident of the Ward for which he is chosen. The annual election for Charter Officers shall com Election of &c. First elec second mence on the second Tuesday in April, and the Officers elected shall be sworn into office on the second Tuesday in May thereafter; and all the provisions of law now in force in regard to the notification, duration and conduct of elections for Members of Assembly, and in regard to the appointment, powers and duties of the inspectors, holding the same, shall apply to the annual election of Charter Officers. 5. The first election for Charter Officers, after the tion on the passage of this law, shall take place on the second Tuesday Tuesday in April, one thousand eight hundred and of April, thirty-one; and all those persons who shall have been 1831. Power to cial electi on. elected under the former laws regulating the election of Charter Officers, and shall be in office at the time of the passage of this law, shall continue in office until the officers elected under this law shall be entitled to be sworn into office. 6. The Board of Aldermen shall have power to direct direct spe- a special election to be held, to supply the place of any Alderman whose seat shall become vacant by death, removal from the city, resignation, or otherwise; and the Board of Assistants shall also have power to direct a special election to supply any vacancy that may occur in the Board of Assistants; and in both cases, the person elected to supply the vacancy, shall hold his seat only for the residue of the term of office of his immediate predecessor. duties. Meeting of 7. The boards shall meet in separate chambers, and the Board 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 and other officers, determine the rules of its own proceedings, and be the judge of the qualifications of its own members. Each board shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and the doors of each shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy; and all resolutions |