A Treatise Upon the Estate and Rights of the Corporation of the City of New York, as Proprietors |
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... inches ; and on the south - westerly side , one hun- dred and forty - eight feet in depth . The grantees were to build South street for the whole width of the lot thus granted , such street being seventy feet wide , and contigu- ous to ...
... inches ; and on the south - westerly side , one hun- dred and forty - eight feet in depth . The grantees were to build South street for the whole width of the lot thus granted , such street being seventy feet wide , and contigu- ous to ...
Page 235
... inches , to Front street , and also thirty - eight feet by about one hundred and fifty - five feet from the south side of Front to the northerly side of South street . They awarded the owners thirty thousand dollars , which was paid ...
... inches , to Front street , and also thirty - eight feet by about one hundred and fifty - five feet from the south side of Front to the northerly side of South street . They awarded the owners thirty thousand dollars , which was paid ...
Page 291
... the 20th day of April , 1777 , owned an inch of land in this State , held it under a grant from the king , or under a Dutch grant . titles , remained subject to the servitudes or burthens which RIGHTS IN STREETS . 291.
... the 20th day of April , 1777 , owned an inch of land in this State , held it under a grant from the king , or under a Dutch grant . titles , remained subject to the servitudes or burthens which RIGHTS IN STREETS . 291.
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... inches , ( 229 ft . 6 in . ) from the corner of the south side of Water street ; thence in a direct line to a point or station opposite the west side of Coenties slip , two hundred and twenty - eight feet six inches , ( 228 ft . 6 in ...
... inches , ( 229 ft . 6 in . ) from the corner of the south side of Water street ; thence in a direct line to a point or station opposite the west side of Coenties slip , two hundred and twenty - eight feet six inches , ( 228 ft . 6 in ...
Page lii
... inches from the west side of Greenwich street . The ordinance made the west line of West street , one hundred and two feet nine inches further , or three hun- dred and two feet nine inches from low water mark . It appears by the maps ...
... inches from the west side of Greenwich street . The ordinance made the west line of West street , one hundred and two feet nine inches further , or three hun- dred and two feet nine inches from low water mark . It appears by the maps ...
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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.
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