Document, Volume 4The Board, 1838 - New York (N.Y.) |
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10th avenue 12th ward adopted aforesaid Alms House amount appointed Appraisers aqueduct arch assessment Assistant Aldermen BOARD OF ALDERMEN Board of Assistant Bowery building Canal Centre street cents charge Chief Engineer Clerk Collectors Committee on Laws Committee on Wharves Common Council Company Comptroller contract contractors Corporation Croton Croton Aqueduct Croton River cubic yards deemed directed district Document dollars duty East River Elizabeth street erection estimate expense favor feet Harlaem River hereby high bridge honorable body John labor laid land M. C. PATERSON Manhattan Valley masonry Mayor ment necessary opinion ordinance owners paid passengers persons petition petitioners pier portion proper proposed purpose real estate received recommend referred the annexed regulating Resolved respectfully REPORT road slip stone Street Commissioner Street Committee Superintendent thereof THOMAS BOLTON tion Van Benthuysen ward Watch Watchmen Water Commissioners William York
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Page 262 - ... an act to reduce several laws relating particularly to the city of New York into one act...
Page 569 - That the aforesaid penalties shall and may be sued for and recovered, with full costs of suit, by action of debt, in any court having cognizance thereof, in the...
Page 22 - Every store-keeper shall take an oath faithfully to perform the duties of his office, and shall give a bond, to...
Page 494 - The city clerk shall keep in a book to be provided for that purpose a record of all dog licenses...
Page 346 - York with pure and wholesome water, under and by virtue of the act to provide for supplying the City of New York with pure and wholesome water...
Page 73 - Section 16, of the laws and ordinances of the city of New York, it is enacted, that in all cases where the Mayor shall deem it expedient to commute for alien passengers arriving at this port, instead of requiring indemnity bonds, he is authorized to receive such sum, in lieu of such bonds, as he shall deem adequate, not lest than one dollar and not more than ten dollars, for each passenger.
Page 491 - Each of said officials shall, before entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully execute the same, which said oath may be taken before the judge of said district or any United States district or circuit judge.
Page 569 - ... to special bail ; and that it shall and may be lawful for the corporate authority of any such city or township to compound for said penalties or either of them, either before or after suing for the same, upon such terms as they may think proper. Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to impair or in any wise counteract the full force and execution of the powers already vested in the corporate authorities of any such city or township, by their charters...
Page 63 - Jersey shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of and over the wharves, docks and improvements made and to be made on the shore of the said state, and of and over all vessels aground on said shore, or fastened to any such wharf or dock, except that the said vessels shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws, and laws in relation to passengers of the state of New York, which now exist or which may hereafter be passed.
Page 539 - Foreman of thc company shall attach one or more of the members of the said company to each of the said districts, for the purpose of making the visitation and examination directed in the next following section, who shall keep a record...