The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-07

ACTS CONCERNING PASSENGERS COMING To The CITY
OF NLw YORK, AND InE PUBLIC uCuru.
IN act 70 ap'tnd chapter four hnn5rct aud clgay-
three of me lars y etghtecn hundred and forty
Safn, doyto three hundre,f md mn Of Hp kirs Of
eighteen Hiod,ci a,ut fotten,,te ciprJf0 ivO hun
dled aHd sercty.hr, u hehrs Of eighteen hndrci
md mr., ond c,oJfo three hpwtrcd d,dtlirfy-Bine
n nc irtrS ~ eigdt7l hp,urodand mn.
The people Of the State Of New York, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol
lOws:-
81. The third section Of chapter three hundred
and Thirty. nine Of the laws Of eighteen hundred
and FIFTY is hereby amended 20 rs TO read a. fol-
lows wv hcuever any alien emigrant. VIII Jso per-
sonal property shall not exceed the value Of twenty
five dollars. shall! die an TIC passage to the port Of
New York, or in the Marine Hospital, or IN any
other establishment under the charge Of the com
mi.sioucrs; and in oil eases in which minor chill.
dttn Of alien Passengers .hnll become orphans by
their parents or last surviving parent dying
aforesaid, the personal property which such alien
erigrnnt, or such parent or parents, may have
had with them, shall be taken in charge by tho
Commissioner of Emigration, to be by them APP
rrupIatcd for Tire sole benefit Of the neat Of kin Of
such alien cnigrint, or Of said orphan cnldren and
said commission shall give ia their annual report
90 the Legislature description of ALI eases
~ viii property shall come into their possession
BY virtue of this section, aud the disposition made
81 the same, unless II shall appear that there arc
other persons entitled by viii otherwise to su,h
property or disttibutlye share thereof. Whenever
il shall 20 appear, the portion only 10 which tho
neat Of kin or said MINOR orphans would be legally
entitled shall be transferred 10 them applied TO
their ard the remainder shalt be- received, held
and distributed 10 the parties sevcrally entitled
thereto, ia the same manner aud with the same au-
thorty ~ by Law provided in respect TO the public
adm illustrator Of the city Of New York, except
that the said Commissioners are hereby authorized
to distribute the same after notice for creditors 10
appear aud put in their claims thin one week from
the publication Of the raid notice. The said notice
shall be publ; bed once in u the daily papers
If the city of New ork.
81. The third section Of chapter four hundred
and eighty.thiee, u the laws Of eighteen hundred
Md forty-setcn, u hereby amended TO read as
follows'-Ihc Commissioners Of Emigration. or
any one or more Of them, shall have aud exercise
children, actually chargeable upon or receiving sup
port ffom said commissioners, ms are now by law
Conferrtd upon the Governors Of the Aims House.
Cby section tx, of chapter two hundred aud forty
six, Of laws Of eighteen hundred aud forty. ninc),
except that the security therein named shRll apply
~ the several counties If the state, rs well a. to
the city Of New York.
S3. The first section Of an act, entitled An set
concerning pas cngcrs in vessels coming to tho city
q New ork," pns sed May fifth. eighteen hundred
and forty seven, as The same was aponded by tho
first section Of IN act, entitled can act TO amend
certain acts, concerning passengers coming to the
city Of New York, passed April eleventh, thou
sand eight hundred and forty -nine, is hereby fur
thor amended 20 ms 10 read rs follows:-Within
tweny-four hours after the landing Of any pas
scngers from any hip or vessel arriving OF the port
Of New \ ok, from any Of the United states othor
than this state, ~ from any country out Of the
nitcd states, the master Or commander Of tho
shp, or vessel, from which such passenger or pas
,engcrs shal have been LANDED, shall make report
in writing, on oath or affirmation 60 the Mayor II
the city OF New York, or ~ case Of his absence,
o. other psbilit. y ssrys, t. the per'sn