The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-02
LAW Establishing the Twenty.first Ward In
the City Of New York.

Law Establishing the Twenty irst Ward In
the CRY OF New York.
AN ACT TO DIVIDE THE EIGHTEENTH WARD OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK INTO TWO wARDs.-PAssED
The people of the State of New York, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows
Sec. !. The Eighteenth ward Of the city Of New
York is hereby divided by line running through
the centre of Twenty-sixth street.
Sec. 2. All that portion OF said ward lying south
erly Of said line shall constitute and be known as the
Eighteenth ward Of said city.
Sec. g. All officers now elected or appointed in
and for said Eighteenth ward shall continue such
officers during the term respectively for which they
were elected or appointed, except in cases where
the persons so appointed elected shall to be
residents Of said Eighteenth ward, or Twenty-frst
ward.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the Common Coun-
Gil of said city, Immediately on the passage of this
act, to divide the said Eighteenth ward and Twenty
first ward into so many and such convenient election
districts as said Common Council shall deem pro-
per and to appoint places to hold elections therein,
and to appoint in addition to the inspectors in
office in said Eighteenth ward such further nspec-
tors Of election to conduct the next annual election
to be held in and for said ward
Sec. 5. An election shall be held in and for the
said Twenty-frst ward at the next annual election
held in said city, at which election there shall be
elected for said ward an alderman and assistant al.
derman, two assessors, two constables, two school
commissioners, two inspectors Of common schools,
five trustees OF common schools, and three inspectors
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The provisions Of law applicable to similar officers in
the several wards in the city of New York are here
by extended to the officers to be chosen at such cleo
tion and all the provisions of law relating to the
several wards OF the city of New York shall, so far
as the same are applicable apply to the said Twenty
first ward hereby created.
Sec. 6. Until the officers named in the fifth section
Of this act shall have been chosen or appointed and
duly qualified, the officers already chosen or APP
pointed for said Eighteenth ward shall continue to
perform the duties of their respective Offices in the
same manner as if the division provided for by this
act had not been made.
Sec. Z. The said Twenty.nrst ward, hereby created,
shall continue to form part of the sixth judicial dis
trct Of said city, ard the jurisdiction Of the police
and assistant justice for said district shall extend to
and embrace said Twenty-frs ward hereby created.
Sec. 8. The said Twentyfrst ward, hereby created,
shall continue to form part of the eighth congress
sona district Of this State and shall continue to
form part Of the sixth senate district Of this State,
and shall continue TO form part of the sixteenth
assembly district of the city and county of New
York, and with the said Eighteenth ward shall he
entitled to elect one member of the Assembly.
Sec. 0. This act shall take effect Immediately.