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A53029
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The charter of the city of New-York; Charter (1686)
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New York (N.Y.).; Limerick, Thomas Dongan, Earl of, 1634-1715.
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1694
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Wing N828; ESTC W18936
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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
or Deputy Mayor and Aldermen of the said City of New-York by Deed Grant Conveyance or otherwise howsoever To hold to their Several and Respective Heirs and Assigns forever And I do by these Presents Give and Grant unto the said Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the said City of New-York All the Waste Vacent Unpatented Unappropriated Lands lying and being within the said City of New-York and on Manhattens Island as aforesaid extending and reaching to the Low-Water-Mark in by and through all Parts of the said City of New-York and Manhattans Island as aforesaid To gether with all Rivers Rivolets Coves Creeks Ponds Water Water-courses in the said City and Island or either of them not heretofore given or granted by any of the former Governors Lieutenants or Commanders in chief under some of their hands and Seals or Seal of the Province or by any of the former Mayors or Deputy Mayors and Aldermen of the said City of New-York to some respective Person or Persons late Inhabitants of the said City of New-York or Manhattans Island or other parts of the said Province And I do by these presents Give Grant and Confirm unto the said Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the said City of New-York and their Successors forever the Royalties of Fishing Fowling Hunting Hawking Mineral and other Royalties and Privileges belonging or Appertaining to the City of New-York and Manhattans Island aforesaid Gold and Silver Mines only excepted To Have Hold and Enjoy all and singular the Premises to the said Mayor Alder-men and Commonalty of the said City of New-York and their Successors forever Rendering and paying therefor unto his Most Sacred Majesty his Heirs Successors or Assigns or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same yearly forever hereafter the annual Quit-Rent or Acknowledgement of one Beaver Skin or the value thereof in Currant Money of this Province in the said City of New-York on the 25th day of March yearly forever And moreover I will and by these presents do grant appoint and declare that the said City of New-York and the Compass Precincts and Limits thereof and the Jurisdiction of the same shall from henceforth extend to reach it self and may shall be able to reach forth and extend it self as well in length and in breadth as in Circuit to the furthest extent of and in and throughout all the said Island Manhattans and in and upon all the Rivers Rivolets Coves Creeks Water and Water Courses belonging to the said Island as far as low water mark And I Do also for and on the behalf of His most sacred Majesty aforesaid his Heirs and Successors firmly enjoyn and Command That the afore-said Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the City aforesaid and their successors shall and may freely and quietly Have Hold Use and enjoy the aforesaid Liberties Authorities Jurisdictions Franchises Rights Royalties Priviledges Exemptions Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premisses aforesaid in manner and form aforesaid according to the tenor and effect of thè aforesaid Grants Patents Customs and Letters Patents of Grants and Confirmation without the Let Hinderance or Impediment of me or any of my Successors Governours Lieutenants or other Officers whatsoever And also I do for and on the behalf of his Most Sacred Majesty aforesaid his Heirs and Successors Grant to the Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the said City of New-York and their Successors by these presents That for the better Government of the said City liberties and precincts thereof There shall be forever hereafter within the said City A Mayor and Recorder Town Clerk and six Aldermen and six Assistants To be appointed nominated elected chosen and Sworn as herein after is particularly and respectively mentioned who shall be forever hereafter called The Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New-York And that there shall be forever one Chamberlain or Treasurer one Sheriff one Coroner one Clerk of the Market one High Constable Seven Sub Constables and one Marshal or Serjant at Mace To be appointed chosen and Sworn in manner hereafter mentioned And I do by these presents for and on the behalf of his Most Sacred Majesty aforesaid his Heirs Successors and Assigns Declare Constitute Grant and Appoint That the Mayor Recorder Aldermen and Assistants of the said City of New York for the time being and they which hereafter shall be the Mayor Recorder and Aldermen and Assistants of the said City of New-York for the time being and their Successors forever hereafter be and shall be by force of these presents one Body Corporate and Politick in deed fact and name by the name of the Mayor Aldermen Commonalty of the City of New-york and them by the name of the Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New-York one Body Corporate Politick in deed fact name I do really fully create ordain make Constitute and Confirm by these presents And that by the Name of the Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the said City of New-York they may have perpetual succession and that they and their Successors forever by the Name of Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of â—ew-York be and shall be forever hereafter Persons able and in Law capable to have get receive and possess Lands Tenements Rents Liberties Jurisdictions Franchises and Hereditaments to them and their Successors in see simple or for term of Life Lives or years or otherwise and also Goods and Chattels and also other things of what nature kind or quality soever and also to give grant let set and assign the same Lands Tenements Hereditamants Goods and Chattles and to do and execute all other things about the same by the name aforesaid And also that they be and forever shall be hereafter Persons able in Law capable to plead and be impleaded answer be answered unto defend be defended in all or any the Courts of his said Majesty and other places whatsoever and before any Judges Justices and other person or persons whatsoever in all all manner of actions suits complaints demands pleas causes matters whatsoever of what nature kind or quality soever in the same and in the like manner and form as other People of the said Province being Persons able and in Law capable may plead and be impleaded answer and be answered unto defend and be defended by any lawfull wayes and means whatsoever And that the said Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the said City of New-York and their Successors shall and may forever hereafter have one common Seal to serve for sealing of all and singular their affairs and businesses touching and concerning the said Corporation And I shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the said City of New-York and their Successors as they shall see cause to break change alter and New make their said Common Seal when and as often as to them it shall seem convenient And further know ye That I have Assigned Named