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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... deem it expedient , a general statement of the situation and condition of the city , in rela- tion to its government , finances , and im- provements . SECOND . To recommend to the adoption of the Common Council all such measures connect ...
... deem it expedient , a general statement of the situation and condition of the city , in rela- tion to its government , finances , and im- provements . SECOND . To recommend to the adoption of the Common Council all such measures connect ...
Page 109
... deemed of itself , sufficient at that day , but the security of pri- vate right has been greatly increased , and the value of that security highly exalted since that period . " A known law of the Province " would not now be suffi- cient ...
... deemed of itself , sufficient at that day , but the security of pri- vate right has been greatly increased , and the value of that security highly exalted since that period . " A known law of the Province " would not now be suffi- cient ...
Page 134
... deemed valid beyond the year , unless renewed by the Common Council , and it became the practice after the peace of 1783 , for the Council annually to renew the By - Laws of the preceding year , in one entire collection with little or ...
... deemed valid beyond the year , unless renewed by the Common Council , and it became the practice after the peace of 1783 , for the Council annually to renew the By - Laws of the preceding year , in one entire collection with little or ...
Page 144
... and in the mode therein prescribed . So the Act of January 31st , 1817 , Ch . 25 , authorized the Com- mon Council to make public cisterns in any of the streets , whenever they should deem it expedient ; and 144 NOTES AND.
... and in the mode therein prescribed . So the Act of January 31st , 1817 , Ch . 25 , authorized the Com- mon Council to make public cisterns in any of the streets , whenever they should deem it expedient ; and 144 NOTES AND.
Page 145
... deem it expedient ; and the Act of April 9th , 1813 , Ch . 86 , Sec . 200 , gave the Common Council the like power , as to wells and pumps to be made in any of the streets . The statute powers have become so ample , so vari- ous , and ...
... deem it expedient ; and the Act of April 9th , 1813 , Ch . 86 , Sec . 200 , gave the Common Council the like power , as to wells and pumps to be made in any of the streets . The statute powers have become so ample , so vari- ous , and ...
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Page 231 - 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 136 - ... the law of the land or the judgment of his peers. The words by the law of the land...
Page 26 - Anne, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, queen, defender of the faith, &c.
Page 100 - 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 346 - ... the several appropriations 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 319 - 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 77 - ... 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...
Page 52 - 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 123 - 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...