New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-28
ssc CO., LANDS IN sEw-YoRK crrr.

cNc o, LANDS IN sEw-YoRK crrY.
On the @ist '4y Of January last, the Con,miaa;r.
eFs OF Tue HndOfice made the following communi.
Gallon 20 the Senate, witch. on motion Of Senate,
bsa'ie was committed to the delegation from tia
City cf New-YOrk:
Comsanioaiion from 0s Corsrri,sone,, Of "A, yn,Aos
r' 70 ss Tn p Pa S e' q ground 'seasd from
Al meeting of the Commissioner of the Land Orcs RIA
81 the ee: Of the Secretary Of sse "Wednesday Dec III
8l 81 COCO p m pres nt Robert Campbell Idsu,enant
Governor D. H. Floyd Jones, Secretary Of state; Robsn
De9nssson, Controllers Philip Donh. inner rs,af,f c.,
O. Myers, Attorney.Geaefo; Van r. Richmond sta,s En-
The ate Engineer and Surveyor submitted the slov,,
preamble and resolution, which adopted on motion Of
wAe,d has been sceTsned by the survey made BY the
sste Engneer aud Surveyor under chapter So Laws Of
b00 sd the resolutions Of The Land COMMISSIONER Of Ap
II sud nov 1850 that the State Of New York l. ovns
q fourteen parcels Of ground reclaimed from harbos Of
New York OF which four psrcss by resolution OF the
subsequently patented the City Of New.Yori aad s,ras
she authorities fths City Of Newly have msniss!ed
,ohey,as chapter 5e Laws Of 1860 seen. % consr
plate the be sold only to the city Of NegYo ard
does clearly give 10 the Commissioners OF the md (fcs
the power right advertise and sell the said several par
cells public srcor az the general statutes relating public
provide resve TO other state lands in the CJ Of New
Rsored Tha. the honorable the eai,sture se STATE Of
NewYork Do respectfully requested a. the ensuing sson
to pass Authorizing the state Engineer and 5nr7eyor
said parcels remaining unsod to be appraised
put into arksts the appraised valuations said a 70 embrace
The owners Of Ito ID snds 10 have, In all ess Pre-
epTe rTg.s purchase the same 81 the sppraSei
parcels remaining unso the raid day that IN the
be decleed to fall under Ae opsrons of the general sls.
sod by the state Engineer and Surveyor public sscoa
STATE OF NEw.ToAK, L.
0rvrcE oF THg SEcKETARY or SrATs, ~
certify the foregoing TO be 1s extract FROM Ds Drts
Of the Co8nis,oGefs the Land Office file IN this Office
Witness hand and the seal Of office Of the Secretary
r. IL HENRY p. WILCOX, Dep. Sc. Stat.
1t is well known that Mr.. Cbil1s, one ~ the old.
est and ablest aneers of the State, has been for
nearly two years engaged in surveying the lands ~
ing around the port OF New York, and bis repor
with all the maps anu descriptions OF these several
parcels Of groond, was insde to the Commissioner
OF the Land Office in the beginning Of the late Win.
ter Some OF these parcels OF land, lying outside or
400 feet from low-waier mark, are Of considerable
extent and consequent vague, admitting in s0na
places Of division by streets or alps. They ',Fr
from this down TO small triangular lots OF few ct
in extent in either direction.
Senator Bradley to-day presents The report o. tho
Newly ork City delegation IN response 20 the action
and request Of the Land Office Commissioners. Il Is
very yo.un.inous, bearing The marks OF legal re-
search aud devoted through most Of It's pages 10,
recital Of the grants 10 the city by charter and acts
Of he onil and State legislatures the provisions
OF which relsting to lands under water are all
reced The report then sets forth that lhe requess
Of the Commissioners, ii granted, would reverse toe
past policy of the State, and reminds ,he Senate thai
these Land. are those reclaimed by owners Of adjacent
lands those reclaimed by the Corporation in altering
or euarging slips and extending streets whose org
nal lines ex ended beyond the line Of 400 reet rcn
low water mark lands also reclaimed by the city in
extending or widening streets whose lines wen
within tie line Of 400 feet from low water wark and
small parCel Of land sd dining and forming part Of
tie mad iats in the re,lr Of Tie United States Cob
Dock and within the line Of low water mark o.
neap tides, reclaimed by the riparian owner.
Ii claims that the City Of New-York i now, snd
for nearly two hundred years has been, the "wnsr ia
lee simple Of these lanes, and invested with iGI
power TO dispose OF them that the whole discretion
As to the extent TO which the city shouli Lay oai
streets INTO the river, and the extent 10 which pen
should Oe carried, 10 What extent sips aud docks
sLould be enlarged, or how far they should 6H up,
has Dee and IS vested III The CorporatioD with full
power 10 DO everything necessary to execute their
rights; that the Legislature cSnnot DOW recall tboss
gian,s and that the matter has pssse4 ron toe
ha nds oi Government.
The Committee eDlsTge somewhat upon the ben.-
fts tue cy hss and vel does confer upon The State
Al large and close up by reporting bill 70 repeal
he sci Of April II, 1863 being "an act 10 authorize
the sale o. certain lands belonging 70 toe Safe sad
20 empower tue Corporation Of tbe Cn, o. se".
York % purchase the same
LOCATION oY BAGGAGE CARS.
Tie Senate passed large portion OF to-aJ zee
sion m discussing al amenl ment TO the railroad IA"
by which railroad companies may be pefmi!sedo
run tlaus with the baggage car IN the ress instesdH
the irOni. After quite animated diserssion, ~
senate adjourned without oisposing OF TIE qnest0'
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