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A53029 The charter of the city of New-York; Charter (1686) New York (N.Y.).; Limerick, Thomas Dongan, Earl of, 1634-1715. 1694 (1694) Wing N828; ESTC W18936 13,186 11

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Ordained Constituted and by these presents do assign name ordain and constitute Nicholas Bayard now Mayor of the said City of New-York to be present Mayor of the said City and that the said Nicholas Bayard shall Remain and continue in the Office of Mayor there until another sit Person shall be appointed and sworn in the said Office according to the usage and Custom of the said City as in and by these presents is hereafter mentioned and directed And I have assigned named ordained and Constituted 〈◊〉 by these presents do assign name ordain and Constitute Create and Declare James Graham Esq to be the present Recorder of the said City To do and execute all things which unto the Office of Recorder of the said City doth or may in any wise appertain or belong And I have assigned named ordained and constituted and by these presents do assign name ordain constitute create and declare John West Esq Town Clerk of the said City To do and execute all things which unto the Office of Town-Clerk may any wise appertain or belong And I have named assigned constituted and made and by these presents do Assign Name constitute make Andrew Bown John Robinson William Beakman John Delavall Abraham Depyster and Johannes Kipp Citizens and Inhabitants of the said City of New-York to be the present Aldermen of the said City And also I have made assigned named and constituted and by these Presents do assign name constitute and make Nicholas Demeyer Johannes van Brugh John de Brown Thenniss de Key Abraham Corbit and Wolfert Wobber Citizen and Inhabitants of the said City to be the present Assistants of the said City And also I have assigned chosen Named and Constituted and by these presents do Assign Choose Name and Constitute Peter Delanoy Citizen and Inhabitant of the said City to be the present Chamberlain or Treasurer of the City aforesaid And I have Assigned Named Constituted and Appointed and by these presents do assign name constitute and appoint John Knight Esq another of the said Citizens there to be present Sheriff of the said City And have assigned named and appointed and by these presents do assign Name Constitute and appoint Jarvis Marshall another of the said Citizens there to be present Marshall of the said City And I do by these presents Grant to the said Aldermen and Commonalty of the said City of New-York and their Successors That the Mayor Recorder Aldermen and Assistants of the said City for the time being or the Mayor Recorder or any three or more of the Aldermen and any three or more of the Assistants for the time being Be and shall be called The Common Council of the said City And that they or the greater part of them shall and may have full power and authority by Virtue of these presents from time to time To call and hold Common Council within the Common Council house or City Hall of the said City and there as occasion shall be to make Laws Orders Ordinances and Constitutions in writing and to add alter diminish or reform them from time to time as to them shall seem necessary and Convenient not repugnant to the Prerogative of his most Sacred Majesty aforesaid his Heirs and Successors or to any of the Laws of the Kingdom of England or other the Laws of the General Assembly of the Province of New-York For the good Rule Over-sight Correction and Goverment of the said City and Liberties of the same and of all the Officers thereof And for the several Trades-men Victuallers Artificers and of all other the People and Inhabitants of the said City Liberties and Precincts aforesaid And for the better preservation of Government and disposal of all the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Goods and Chattels of the said Corporation which Laws Orders Ordinances Constitutions shall be binding to all the Inhabitants of the said City Libertyes and Precincts aforesaid And which Laws Orders Ordinances and Constitutions so by them made as aforesaid shall be and remain in force for the space of three Moneths and no longer unless they shall be allowed of and confirmed by the Governor and Council for the time being And I do further on the behalf of his Sacred Majesty aforesaid his Heirs and Successors appoint and grant that the said Common Council of the said City for the time being as often as they make ordain establish such Laws Orders Ordinances and Constitutions as aforesaid shall or may make ordain limit provide set impose and tax reasonable Fines Amerciaments against and upon all persons offending against such Laws Orders Ordinances and Constitutions as aforesaid or any of them to be made ordained and established as aforesaid the same Fines and Amercements shall and may require demand levy take and receive by Warrant under the Common Seal To and for the use and behoof of the Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the said City and their Successors either by distress and sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Offendors therein if such Goods and Chattles may be found within the said City Libertyes and Precincts thereof Rendering to such offender and offenders the overplus or by any other lawfull ways or means whatsoever And I do by these presents Appoint and Ordain the assigning naming and appointment of the Mayor and Sheriff of the said City that it shall be as followeth viz. upon the Feast day of St. Michael the Arch-angel yearly The Lieutenant Governour or Commander in Chief for the time being by and with the advice of the Council shall nominate and appoint such Person as he shall think fit to be Mayor of the said City for the year next ensuing AND one other Person of sufficient Ability and Estate and of Good Capacity in understanding to be Sheriff of the said City of New-York for the year next ensuing AND that such persons as shall be named assigned and appointed Mayor And such Person as shall be named assigned and appointed Sheriff of the said city as aforesaid shall on the fourteenth day of October then next following take their several and respective Corporal Oathes Before the Governour and Council for the time being for the due Execution of their respective Offices as aforesaid And that the said Mayor and Sheriff so to be nominated assigned and apointed as aforesaid shall remain and continue in their said respective Offices until another fit Person shall be nominated appointed and sworn in the place of Mayor and another person shall be nominated and appointed in the place of Sheriff of the said City in manner aforesaid And further that according to the now usage and Custom of the said City the Recorder Town Clerk Clerk of the Market of the said City shall be persons of good Capacity and Understanding and such persons as his most Sacred Majesty aforesaid his heirs and successors shall in the said respective Offices of Recorder Town-Clerk and Clark of the Market appoint and commissionate for defect of such
appointments and comissionating by his Most Sacred Majesty aforesaid his Heirs and Successors To be such Persons ' as the Lieutenant Governours or Commanders in chief of the said Province for the time being shall appoint and commissionate which Persons so Commissionated to the said Offices of Recorder Town Clerk Clerk of Market shall have hold and enjoy the said Offices according to the tenor and effect of their said Commissions and not otherwise And further that the Recorder Town Clerk and Clerk of the Market Aldermen Assistants Chamberlain High Constables petty Constables and all other Officers of the said City Before they or any of them shall be admitted to enter upon and execute their respective Offices shall be sworn faithfully to Execute the same before the Mayor or any three or more of the Aldermen for the time being And I do by these presents for and on the behalf of his Most sacred Majesty his Heirs and Successors grant and give Power and Authority to the Mayor and Recorder of the said City for the time being to administer the same respective Oaths to them accordingly And further I do by these Presents grant for and on the behalf of his Most Sacerd Majesty aforesaid his Heirs and Successors that the Mayor and Recorder of the said City for the time being and three or more of the Aldermen of the said City not exceeding five shall be Justices and Keepers of the Peace of his Most Sacred Majesty his Heirs and Successors And Justices to hear and determine matters or Causes within the said City and Libertyes and Precincts thereof and that they or any three or more of them whereof the Mayor and Recorder or one of them for the time being to be there shall and may forever hereafter have Power and Authority by virtue of these presents to hear and determine All and all manner of Petty Lacernyes Riots Routs Oppre●●●ons Extortions and other Trespasses and Offences whatsoever within the said City of New-York and the Liberties and Precincts aforesaid from time to time arising and happening and which arise or happen and any wayes belong to the O●●●ces of the Justices of the Peace and the Correction and punishment of the Offences aforesaid and every of them according to the Laws of England and the Laws of the said Province and to do and to execute all other things in the said City Liberties and Precincts aforesaid so fully and in ample manner as to the Commission assigned and to be assigned for the keeping of the Peace in the said County of New-York doth or may belong And moreover I do by these Presents for and in behalf of his Most Sacred Majesty aforesaid his Heirs and Successors appoint that the Aldermen Assistants high Constables and Petty Constables within the said City be yearly chosen on the Feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel forever viz. one Alderman one Assistant and one Constable for each respective Ward one Constable for each Division in the out Ward in such Publick place in the said respective Wards as the Aldermen for the time being for each Ward shall direct and appoint And that the Aldermen Assistants and petty Constables be chosen by the Majority of Voices of the Inhabitants of each Ward And that the High Constable be appointed by the Mayor of the said City for the time being And that the Chamberlian shall be yearly Chosen on the said Feast day in the said City-Hall in the said City by the Mayor Aldermen and Assistants or by the Mayor or three or more of the Aldermen and three or more of the Assistants of the said City for the time being And I do by these presents Constitute and appoint the said John West to be the present Town-Clerk Clerk of the said Peace and Clerk of the Court of Pleas To be holden before the Mayor Recorder and Aldermen within the said City and Libertyes and Precincts thereof And further I do by these Presents for and on the behalf of his Most Sacred Majesty aforesaid his Heirs and Successors require strictly charge and Command That the Sheriff Town-Clerk Clerk of the Peace High Constable Petty Constables and all other Subordinate Officers in the said City for the time being and every of them respectively joyntly and severally as cause shall require shall attend upon the said Mayor Recorder and Aldermen of the said ●ity for the time being and every and any of them according to the duty of the respective places in and about the execution of such the Commands Precepts Warrants and Processes of them and every of them as belongeth appertaineth to be done or executed And that the aforesaid Mayor Recorder and Aldermen and every of them as Justices of the Peace for the time being by their or any of their Warrants all and every Person or Persons for High Treason or Petty Treason or for Suspition thereof or for other Fellonies whatsoever and all Malefactors and Disturbers of the Peace and other Offenders for other Misdemeanors who shall be apprehended within the said City or Libertyes thereof shall and may send and Commit or cause to be sent and Committed to the Common Goal of the said City There to remain and be kept in safe Custody by the Keepers of the said Goal or his Deputy for the time being until such Offender and Offenders shall Lawfully be delivered thence And I do by these presents for and on the behalf of his Most Sacred Majesty aforesaid his Heirs and Successors Charge and Require the keeper and keepers of the said Goal for the time being and his and their Deputy and Deputyes to receive take and in safe Custody keep all and Singular such Person and Persons so apprehened or to be apprehended sent and Committed to the said Goal by Warrant of the said Justices or any of them as aforesaid until he and they so sent and Committed to the said Goal from thence shall be delivered by due course of Law And further I do Grant and Confirm for and on the behalf of his Most Sacred Majesty aforesaid his Heirs and Successors That the said Mayor of the said City for the time being and no other according to the usage and practice accustomed in the said City of New-York in the time of my Predecessors the several Lieutenants Governors and Commanders in Chief of this Province shall have Power and Authority to give and Grant Lisences annually under the publick Seal of the said City to all Tavern keepers Inn-keepers Ordinary-keepers Victuallers all Publick Sellers of Wine Strong-Waters Syder Beer or any other sort of Liquors by Retail within the City aforesaid Manhattaus Island or their Liberties and Precincts thereof And it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Mayor of the said City for the time being to ask demand and receive for such Lisence by him to be given and granted as aforesaid such sum or sums of Money as he and the Person to whom such Lisence shall be given and