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1808 249 (1808)

handle is hein.ssl/ssny0398 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF TIE STATE OF NEW-YORK, PASSED AT THE THIRTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE$ BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF ALBANY, JANUARY 26, 1808. C H A P. I. AN ACT to aread an Act, entitled An ./Jct for the 6etter Governmenf of the City of'New.-York, and to grant certain additional Powverm and Rig/hts to the Mfayor, .Ildernief and (unionalty thereof, and to ex. plain, continue and amend the respfective .,lcts therein inentioned, piass- ed 2d Apiril, 1806. Passed January 26, 1808. B E it enacted by the Peolle qf;he State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New-York, to reserve all that partof the water adjacent to the wharves of said city, from the cast sidce of Coenties' slip to the west side of Whitehall slip, for tho sole accommodation of sloops and other market vessels using the trade of the said city, from the 20th of Maich until the 20th of Decehibe , in each and every year ; and that during the time aforesaid, no regis- tered or sea vessel shall be suffered to use the slips or wharves within the above described limits, without special permission, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. C H A P. If. AN ACT in Addition to the .Act, entitled .An Act for giving Relief in. Cases of Insolvency. Pmsed February 5, 1808. B E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, rep resented in; Senate and Alssembly, That whenever upon the application of any insolvent debtor, or his creditors, day has been given or shall be given by the recorder of the city of New-York, or any commissioner author- ized by law to attend before him, for any of the purposes specified in the act, entitled an act fbr giving relief in cases of insolvency, it shall and may be lawful, in case of the death, sickness, absence, resignation or removal from office of the said recorder or commission- cr, for the chancellor or any judge of the supreme court, or for the successor in office to such recorder or commissioner, to discharge the duties required by the said act, in like manner as might have been done by the said recorder or commissioner before whom day way have been given as aforesaid. roL. r. H h