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... constitution prescribing its powers . " ( a ) And in another case , ( b ) Chief Justice Nelson says : " The Charter of New York confers upon the Corpora- tion many powers and privileges that belong to them in ( a ) 6 Wendell , 655 ( b ) ...
... constitution prescribing its powers . " ( a ) And in another case , ( b ) Chief Justice Nelson says : " The Charter of New York confers upon the Corpora- tion many powers and privileges that belong to them in ( a ) 6 Wendell , 655 ( b ) ...
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... constitutional provisions of 1775 , and subse- quently , relating to them ; and the effect of the Act of 1828 , repealing the colonial laws , upon them . The general powers of the Corporation will then be classed and discussed ; which ...
... constitutional provisions of 1775 , and subse- quently , relating to them ; and the effect of the Act of 1828 , repealing the colonial laws , upon them . The general powers of the Corporation will then be classed and discussed ; which ...
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... constitutions and directions con- tained in the respective charters , patents and grants afore- said . By the second section , " all the patents , grants and char- ters , made , given and granted as aforesaid , unto all and every the ...
... constitutions and directions con- tained in the respective charters , patents and grants afore- said . By the second section , " all the patents , grants and char- ters , made , given and granted as aforesaid , unto all and every the ...
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... constitution of 1777. Various statutes were passed within that period to endue that body with new powers , or to aid in the exer- cise of those before possessed . A reference to some of the most important of these and which appear to ...
... constitution of 1777. Various statutes were passed within that period to endue that body with new powers , or to aid in the exer- cise of those before possessed . A reference to some of the most important of these and which appear to ...
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... , or expire by their own limita- tions . " There can be no doubt that this was the constitutional theory of the Colonial government , from 1683 down to the date of the Revolution . Whatever may be traced appear- 30 THE CHARTERS .
... , or expire by their own limita- tions . " There can be no doubt that this was the constitutional theory of the Colonial government , from 1683 down to the date of the Revolution . Whatever may be traced appear- 30 THE CHARTERS .
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act of April adjoining aforesaid Aldermen and Commonalty amended appointed authority boundary bounded bridge Broadway Brooklyn Burgomasters charter clause colony Commissioners Common Council common law confirmed Corporation Court creek crown Dongan Dutch East river east side erected established extended exterior street ferry forty feet four hundred feet Front street Fulton Ferry Governor grant ground brief high and low high water mark highway Hudson river inches inhabitants king laid land under water Legislature letters patent Long Island low water mark Manhattan Island Mayor Nassau Island North river Note ordinance owners parcel passed patent persons petition piers privileges proprietors provisions recited Red Hook regulating shore slip south side South street space statute street or wharf thence thereof tion Van Tienhoven vested Ward water lots Water street west side West street wharfage wharves York
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Page 51 - All offices for the weighing, gauging, measuring, culling or inspecting any merchandise, produce, manufacture or commodity whatever, are hereby abolished; and no such office shall hereafter be created by law; but nothing in this section contained shall abrogate any office created for the purpose of protecting the public health or the interests of the State in its property, revenue, tolls or purchases, or of supplying the people with correct standards of weights and measures, or shall prevent the...
Page 170 - An act to reduce several laws relating particularly to the City of New York, into one act...
Page 58 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose.
Page lxvii - The people of this State, in their right of sovereignty, are deemed to possess the original and ultimate property in and to all lands within the jurisdiction of the State...
Page 302 - ... to the said donee or donees, grantee or grantees, for his, her or their use, for the uses and purposes therein named, expressed, or intended and for no other use or purpose whatever.
Page 48 - In the popular meaning of the term, nearly every corporation is public, inasmuch as they are all created for the public benefit. Yet if the whole interest does not belong to the government, or if the corporation is not created for the administration of political or municipal power, it is a private corporation.
Page xxv - York, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto ; or unless such person shall be under arrest, or such property shall be under seizure, by virtue of process or authority of the State of New York.
Page xxiv - The state of New Jersey shall have and enjoy exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the sound between Staten Island and New Jersey lying south of Woodbridge creek, and of and over all the waters of Raritan Bay lying westward of a line drawn from the light-house at Prince's bay to the mouth of Mattavan creek; subject to the following rights of property and of jurisdiction of the state of New York; that is to say: 1.
Page xxv - Jersey, which now exist, or which may hereafter be passed. 3. The State of N.ew York shall have the exclusive right of regulating the fisheries between the shore of Staten island and the middle of the said waters, provided that the navigation of the said waters be not obstructed or hindered.
Page xciv - ... the high and mighty lords, the states general of the United Netherlands...