The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TO THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF NEW 20 Rk +.
ARTfcLE I.
LleisIafire .4mendMenk.

po~r to make all needful laws Bylaws and regulations
Tor No municipal government of said city, and for the
yg assessing and collecting all taxes necessary for
ne lsyment Of the expenses Of the city government
The Legislative power shall be hereafter vested In
aicernan, who shall form the common council Of
city. The board of aldermen shall consist of
ags adeTmsn from each ward who shall be elected by
e topls OF the respective wards annually The board
at assistant aldermen shall consist Of members elected
spulxy in the respective wards in separate single dis
me Ter to each ten Thousand nhabitants II the fraction
- any ward shall amount to five thousand such ward
rlsbe entitled to member for the ssme if the frac.
ton e less than Eve thousand it shall not be entitled to
m>1bsr; but each ward shall have at least one repre-
sertive ir the board Of assistant alderman An appor
cuent Of members Of the board of assistant
sh be made by the common council at least six weeks
the election to be held next after the adoption Of
sh*yharor, and at its first session after the return of
ever enumeration provided for by the constitution of
this state and when made shall remain unaltered until
another state enumeration shall have been taken The
council may provide by law for the division Of
the city into common council election districts each dis
witch said lawn 80
be submitted to the electors and il approved by ma
jority of the voters the shall become law Each
district shall thencefoh be entitled to elect one alder
man and assistant alderman and such other charter
officers may hereafter be provided for by law No
person shall be member of either board exoept wbe
he shall be resident of the ward or district or which
he is chosen
IS The annual election for charter officers shall be
held on the day of the general State election when all
charter officers elected by the people shall be chosen
and the officers elected shall be sworn into office on the
State regulating shall apply to elections Of char
ter ocers and the Common Council may by law extend
the time for the canvass of the votes
L. The Common Council, during the year ono thou.
sand eight hundred and foryseven, may hold such
sions and often each Board shall by resolution ap
points bnt thereafter the Common Council shall annually
hold only three stated sessions of exceeding one
month each commencing on the first Monday ofJanuary,
May and September. The Mayor shall convene the
Common Council at any time between the sessions if
in his judgment any exgency shall have to
der to render such proceeding necessary the
in NJ voft
meeting is called in which the action Of the Com.
renee to which 1t shall have been convened. or to
such other matters as may be submitted by the Mayor
for It's consideration, during such session, and the
spectve Boards may adjourn, from day to day, until
such business shall be completed
The Boards shall sit in separate chambers and the
doors shall be kept when the public welfare
shall require secresy. majority of each shall be quo
rum to do business, but smaller number may adjourn
Of absent Eac soaS .ha spDon
president from its own body, shall choose its
clerk and other officers, determine the rules Of its own
proceedings he the judge of the election returns
qualifications OF its own members keep journal Of its
proceedings have to direct special elections to fill
to punish them for disorderly conduct and to expel
member by vote Of two thirds OF the members elected
been given him. but such resolution of expulsion ,hai
be OF no effect unless contain provision for special
election within two weeks thereafter to supply such va.
cancy provided, however, that such special election
shall not be ordered unless there be least twenty DAYS
OF the term of the expelled member unexpired The
two boards shall have concurrent powers and negative
each others proceedings and SHALL in all cases. act as
separate bodies and shall not appoint Joint committees
except COMMITTEES on accounts Each board NAV orri
nate amend concur in, reject any law ordinance or
resolution but no law, ord nance resolution shall
pass either board except by majority Of the members
elected Neither board shall adjourn for longer period
than three days. except by resolution be conquered
in BY the other body.
have passed the two boards SHALL before it shall take e
fec be presented, duly certified to the mayor Of the
city If no sPprsve he shall sign III IL not he shall
turn with his objections to the board in which it orgi
mated, within ten days thereafter or if such board Be-
not then in session, at its next stated meeting The board
to which it shall be returned shall enter the objections
large in their JOURNAL and cause the be pub
lshed in one or more Of the public newspapers OF the
city The board to which such act ordinance,
luton shall have been returned shall meeting not
less than eight days thereafter reconsider the
If after such reconsideration. twothrds of ell
the members elected to such board shall agree to pass
the same, it shall be SENT together with the objections
to the other board by which it shall be likewise recon
bers elected board It shall take effect as an act
or law of the Common Council In all such cases the
votes of both boards shall be determined by ayes and
noes and the Of the voting and
the passage of the reconsdered shall enter
ed on the journal of each board respectively.
". All laws, resolutions, or ordinances providing for
any specific improvement, or involving the sale, DISPOSE
ton appropriation Of public property or the expen.
lay ing any assessment SHALL before the same shall
be sent to the other boarp 10 the mayor and mme-
datey after the sdournmen; Of the board next after the
with the Of the persons voting against the
same by the clerk thereof in at least newspapers
luton ordinance which shall have passed one board
shall be acted upon the other board the same day
unless oy unanimou: consent except in Of INVASION
ss If any ordinance resolution passed by both
boards shall not be returned by tho mayor within ten
days Sundays exceped) after sha have been present
ed to him, the same shall be law in like manner as II
he had signed it. unless the close of the session of the
council shall prevent its return in which case
shall not be law until the expiration of FIVE days after
the commencement of the session of the Common
council
80 Annual and occasional appropriations shall be ,,.d
by the common council, oy law for every branch and
object Of city expenditure and money shall be drawn
from the treasury except the shall have been pre
vousiy appropriated to the purpose for which il was
drawn; nor unless the appropriation shall be based
ting by the several heads of departments Every war
rant drawn upon the city treasury shall specify the sp
preparation under which 1t drawn, and the date of the
TO- No money shall be borrowed on the credit of the
corporation unless the common council shall by law
direct the same in anticipation Of the for the
year in which the same shall be and shall pro-
vide in the same law for repaying the out of such
the law providing for the same shall be passed in each
posrd oy majority Of all the members elected and shall
De approved BY the electors at any charter election
Y Inc common council shall have power, and II
shall De their duty annually lay and raise by tax on
the real snd personal property in the city, whatever
laws OF the State for the recent of the nor
ton oil the state school fund TO The CITY and
nv, 1852. - u.nor amount as may he necessary for the
o. common schools; and for the erection pur-
chase Or Leasing Of school houses and the procuring
Sues mercer ana the fitting up thereof The common
councn shai nave power, and shall he their du,v 10
pass all proper and necessary laws for the imposiion
sssesmen ana collection OF the city taxes on sny pro-
and collection Of the city revsnue and iii
Que ,ne chyi Tor the care, regulation, improve.
personal for the laying out making opening w;Ssnn
regulating, and keeping in repair ali strests rnaS.
DOCKS PIERS slips sewers, wells and alleys and for NJ,
king the assessments therefor for regulating and ci
iecung wharfage. docksge, and crsnsgs from and unO
all water craft and all goods landed ior the extendn
Keeping up and repairing all the necessary means Tor
supply ing the city with water for collecting rev..
nue. iherefrom for securing the protection. health.
ornament peace and good order of the CITY
ior the care and regulation OF the prisons, markets.
houses OF correction aims houses and asy lums for b
support and regulation Of all Migrants and for
The establishment and regulation OF houses of ndustry
or Ior the employ of paupsrs vsgrants
ana ids and dsorderly parsons for the prevention and
sxtncuon Of nrss for the regulating hremeu watch.
noas L. d.