TABLE OF TITLES OF ACTS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK PASSED FROM JANUARY 1, 1882, WHEN CHAP. 410, L. 1882 (THE NEW YORK CITY CONSOLIDATION ACT), WAS DEEMED ENACTED, TO AND INCLUDING THE SESSION OF 1897, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN EXPRESSLY REPEALED. NOTE. For convenience of reference these statutes are arranged, as to subject-matter, under the same chapter headings and titles as those in the Greater New York Charter. Acts which do not appropriately belong under the headings and titles mentioned, will be found under the title of "Miscellaneous." In cases where the titles of the acts did not sufficiently indicate the subject-matter, further explanatory words have been inserted in brackets. To acts which have been superseded by or revised into the Greater New York Charter, or relate to the same subject-matter, the sections of the charter have been appended. Temporary and private acts are, of course, omitted. CHAPTER I. BOUNDARIES, BOROUGHS, POWERS, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY. 1884. An act to provide for the purchase of the island known as Riker's island, in the county of Queens, by the commissioners of public charities and correction of The City of New York, to provide for the annexation thereof to the city and county of New York, and to provide funds for such purchase..... ....... 1885. An act to grant to the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of The City of New York, certain land under water in East river, for docks and for the beneficial enjoyment of Riker's island 1890. An act to create a commission to inquire into the expe diency of consolidating the various municipalities in the State of New York, occupying the several islands in the harbor of New York...... Ch. Page. 262 469 311 1895. An act to annex to the city and county of New York ter- 1896. An act consolidating the local governments of the terri- See Charter, § 1. 328 809 597 1498 540 703 488 588 CHAPTER II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. 1883. An act to amend chapter 504 of the Laws of 1870, entitled "An act to authorize the construction of a railroad in One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, and in certain streets and avenues in The City of New York.".. Compare Charter, § 45. 1884. An act relating to the board of aldermen of The City of New York [providing for election of additional alderman, to be known as president of board of aldermen, and regulating removal and suspension from office of same, and duties of vice-president of board].. Amended L. 1888... Superseded, Charter, § 26. 1887. An act relating to the board of aldermen of The City of New York [providing for election of twenty-five aldermen, besides president of board, one for each of the twenty-three assembly districts, and two in twenty-fourth assembly district]. .... ....... Superseded by Charter, § 24. 1888. An act to prevent the use of certain parks and streets [West End avenue above Seventy-first street, or any street bounding on Morningside park, except One Hundred and Tenth street and Tenth avenue] in The City of New York for railroads...... Amended L. 1894.. 1888. An act to regulate the keeping of intelligence offices, employment agencies or other places where a fee is charged for the procuring of employment or situations in The City of New York...... Amended L. 1891. Compare Charter, § 49, subd. 20. ... 410 681 330 659 1888. An act to authorize the construction [by Madison Square Garden Company] of an arcade over certain sidewalks [bounded by East Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh streets, Madison and Fourth avenues] in The City of New York See Charter, § 49, subd. 3. 1888. An act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a public market-place for farmers and market-gardeners [the nineteenth ward, above Fifty-seventh street and east of First avenue] in The City of New York, for the acquisition of lands for this purpose, and for the regulation and management of the same....... Compare Charter, §§ 48 and 416, subd. 7. 1888. An act to authorize the use of sand upon tracks of street surface railroads, in cities of this state having a population of five hundred thousand or more.. 1891. An act to provide for rapid transit in cities of over one million inhabitants.... Amended L. 1892... Amended L. 1892. Amended L. 1894.. Amended L. 1895... Compare Charter, § 45. 519 887 1892. An act in relation to Madison avenue in The City of New Amended L. 1895..... See Charter, § 49, subd. 20. 1895. An act to prevent the use of certain streets [above Fiftyninth street and west of Central park] in The City of New York for railroads... Compare Charter, § 45. 1896. An act in relation to the construction of railroads upon, along or through Charles street, in The City of New York ... Compare Charter, § 45. 764 115 237 412 763 870 1878 ... 331 365 1896. An act in relation to the construction of railroads upon, along or through Perry street, in the City of New York... 332 365 Compare Charter, § 45. 1896. An act to prohibit the construction of street railways in West Eighty-seventh and West Eighty-eighth streets, between Central park west and the North river, in The City of New York...... Compare Charter, § 45. 1897. An act for the protection of purchasers of coal in cities of the first and second class, and providing for the enforcement thereof, and to repeal chapter five hundred and thirty-nine of the Laws of eighteen hundred and eightyeight .... Compare Charter, § 49, subd. 2. 1897. An act to authorize the use of the stoop line in certain streets, avenues and thoroughfares surrounding the public markets in The City of New York, for the display and sale of all kinds of merchandise.... See Charter, § 49, subd. 19. 722 879 174 252 318 682 1897. An act for the licensing and regulating bonds of auction- CHAPTER IV. THE EXECUTIVE. 1884. An act to center responsibility in the municipal government of the City of New York [dispensing with confirmation by the board of aldermen of mayor's appointments to office] ... ....... Superseded by Charter, ch. 4, § 118. 1895. An act to authorize the mayor of The City of New York to make removals from public office in certain cases...... Superseded by Charter, § 95. CHAPTER V. THE MAYOR. 1897. An act to provide for examinations to ascertain and determine the merit and fitness of persons seeking to enter the civil service of the state of New York and the cities thereof, the ratings upon such examination and the persons by whom the same shall be conducted.... See Charter, §§ 123-125. CHAPTER VI. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. Title 1.-The Comptroller. 1884. An act relating to the comptroller of The City of New York [making office elective, providing for removal or suspension therefrom, and filling of vacancy]........... Superseded by Charter, § 149. 1884. An act to authorize the appointment of a deputy auditor of accounts in the auditing bureau of the finance department of The City of New York..... Superseded by Charter, § 150, subd. 4. 1887. An act in relation to countersigning warrants for payments from the treasury of The City of New York [authorizing mayor to designate his chief clerk or president of the board of aldermen to countersign warrants]. Amended, L. 1888..... 1897. An act to aid the financial administration of The City of New York. [Authorizing an appropriation to enable the the comptroller of the city to examine accounts of municipal corporations consolidated by the Greater New York charter Title 2.-The Bonds and Obligations of the City. 1882. An act to provide for the exchange of coupon bonds of The City of New York into registered bonds... See also L. 1885, ch. 426, p. 735. Superseded by Charter, § 172. |