their and every of their rights, members and appur tenances, together with all the profits, benefits and With all therefrom. Power to the corporation to lay out and advantages which shall or may accrue and arise at profits arising all times hereafter, for dockage or wharfage, within the said dock, with all and singular the rents, issues, profits, gains, and advantages which shall or may arise, grow, or accrue by the said City-Hall, or Stat-House, and ground thereunto belonging, market-houses, bridge, dock, burying place, ferry and other the above mentioned premises, or any of them; and also, all and every the streets, lanes, highways And all streets, lanes, alleys, and alleys within the said city of New York, and and highways. Manhattan's Island aforesaid, for the public use and service of the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the said city, and of the inhabitants of Manhattan's Island aforesaid, and travellers there; together with full power, license and authority to the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, and their successors for ever, to establish, appoint, order and direct the establishing, making, laying out, ordering, amending and repairing of all streets, lanes, alleys, highways, water-courses, ferry and bridges in and throughout the said city of New-York and Manhattan's Island, aforesaid necessary, needful and convenient for the inhabitants of the said city, and Manhattan's Island aforesaid, and for all travellers and passengers there: Provided always, That this said licence so as above granted, for the establishing, extend to the making, laying out of streets, lanes, alleys, high- taking away ways, ferries and bridges, be not extended or be con- right. strued to extend, to the taking away of any person er person's right or property, without his, her, or amend streets, Power of laying out streets not to any person's Grants to the their former houses, lands and tenements. their consent, or by some known law of the said Proinhabitants of vince. And for the considerations aforesaid, I do likewise give, grant, ratify and confirm unto all and every the respective inhabitants of the said city of New-York and of Manhattan's Island aforesaid, and their several and respective heirs, and assigns, all and every the several and respective messuages, tements, lands, and hereditaments, situate, lying and being in the said city, and Manhattan's Island, aforesaid, to them severally and respectively granted, conveyed and confirmed, by any the late Governors, Lieutenants, or Commanders in Chief, of the said Province, or by any of the former Mayors or deputy Mayors 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. Grants to the corporation of all waste and vacated lands on Manhattan's Island. 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, vacant, unpatented and unappropriated lands, lying, and being within the said city of New York, and on ManhatExtending to tan's Island aforesaid, extending and reaching to the Low-Water- Low-Water-Mark, in by and through all parts of the said city of New-York, and Manhattan's Island aforesaid, together with all rivers, rivulets, coves, creeks, ponds, waters and 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 their or 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 Manhattan's Island, or of other parts of the said province. and silver To hold to And I do by these presents, give, grant and con- Royalties of fishing, fowlfirm unto the said Mayor, Aldermen and Common- ing, hunting, mines, &c. alty of the said city of New-York, and their successors forever, the royalties of fishing,, fowling, hunting, hawking, minerals and other royalties and pri vileges, belonging or appertaining to the city of New-York, and Manhattan's Island aforesaid (gold Except gold and silver mines only excepted) to have, hold and en- mines. joy all and singular the premises, to the said Mayor, the said corAldermen and Commonalty of the said city of New-poration and York, and their successors forever, rendering and sors for ever; paying therefore unto his most sacred majesty, his yearly quitheirs, successors or assigns, or to such officer or Beaver skin. officers, as shall be appointed to receive the same, yearly forever hereafter, the annual quit-rent or acknowledgment of one Beaver skin, or the value thereof in current money of this province, in the said city of New-York, on the five and twentieth day of March, yearly forever. their succes Under the rent of one Jurisdiction of 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 and reach itself, and may and the city to exshall be able to reach forth and extend itself, as well Water-Mark in length and in breadth as in circuit, to the farthest Island Manextent of, and in, and throughout all the said Island Manhattan's, and in and upon all the rivers, rivulets, tend to Low all round the hattan's. coves, creeks, waters and water courses, belonging to the same 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 enjoin and command, that the aforesaid Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the city aforesaid, and their successors, shall and may freely and The Corpo- quietly have, hold, use, and enjoy, the aforesaid ration quietly to enjoy all liberties, authorities, jurisdictions, franchises. rights, royalties, privileges, exemptions, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and premises aforesaid, in manner and form aforesaid, according to the tenor and effect of the aforesaid grants, patents, customs, and letters patents of grant and confirmation, without the let, hinderance or impediment of me, or any of my successors, governors, lieutenants, or other officers whatsoever. their liberties. 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, a Mayor and Recorder, Town-Clerk, and six AlRecorder, Town-Clerk, dermen, and six Assistants, to be appointed, nomisix Aldermen and six Assist-nated, elected, chosen and sworn, as hereinafter is particularly and respectively mentioned, wh shall be forever hereafter called, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New-York; and that Chamberlain, there shall be forever, one Chamberlain, or TreaCoroner, Clerk surer, one Sheriff, one Coroner, one Clerk of the ants. ven sub consta market, one high constable, seven sub-constables, of the Market, Sheriff, Highand one marshal or serjeant at mace, to be appointed, Constable, sechosen, and sworn in manner hereinafter mentioned. bles, and one And I do, by these presents, for and on the be- chosen and ap Marshal, to be half of his most sacred majesty aforesaid, his heirs, pointed. 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, for ever hereafter, be, and shall be, by force of these presents, one body corporate and politic, in deed, fact, and name, by the name of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of Mayor, Recorthe City of New-York; and them by the name of, and Assi-tants der, Aldermen, The Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City make a Body of New York, one body corporate and politic, in politic. deed, fact, and name; I do really and fully create, ordain, make, constitute, and confirm by these presents; and that, by the name of, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the 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 New-York, be, and shall be, forever hereafter, per- tel by that sons able, and in law capable, to have, get, receive, name. and possess lands, tenements, rents, liberties, jurisdictions, franchises, and hereditaments to them and their successors, in fee-simple, or for term of life, lives, or years, or otherwise; and also goods. and chattels; and also, other things, of what na corporate and And to have perpetual succession, by the Name of The Mayor, Alder men&CommonThe alty, and capa of sell and demise ble to purchase lands and chat |