their and every of their rights, members and appur tenances, together with all the profits, benefits and With all therefrom. 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, 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 Power to the corporation to lay out and amend streets. Power of laying out streets not to extend to the any person's |