Shooting at a mark or at random for-
bidden, 2:79.

Shop in market to be let by the mayor,

I: 220; reported let, 222; in Broad-
way leased to L. Vanderburgh, 423.
Shore, James, Order of, on Walter
Webly, 1:49.

Shotwell, Abraham, Land grant of,
4: 384.

Shovel and tongs bought for Common
Council Chamber, 5: 287.
Shreve, see Shrieve.

Shrieve, Mary, widow of Thomas, or-
dered paid account of late husband,
7: 398, 413; mention of payment to,
423.
Shrieve (Shreve), Thomas, gentleman,
carpenter, elected constable Mont-
gomerie Ward, 5:464; sworn, 470;
exempt, 474; account of, ordered
paid, 6:77; appointed coroner, 304,
346, 391, 432; 7: 41, 103, 184, 231, 318;
sworn, 6: 306, 350, 394, 434; 7:41,
189, 237, 321; ordered paid, 6: 324-5;
7:65, 103, 113, 116, 161 (thrice), 169,
213, 215, 254, 263, 276, 323, 340, 359,
375; account of, deceased, ordered
paid to widow, 398; order of, men-
tioned, 413.

Shuckburgh (Schuckburgh), Dr.
Richard, given leave to continue
father-in-law's lease, 221; petition of,
for swamp land, referred, 262; peti-
tion of, for water lot, referred, 262-
3; land of, ordered surveyed, 6:87;
determination of measure to be used
in survey ordered referred to Chief
Justice, 87-8; decision reported, 89;
report of committee on survey, 88-
90; petition of, et al., as devisees of
Sir Peter Warren, for water lots,
referred, 166; granted, 288-9; grant
to, ordered delivered, 437-
Shundine, see Jandine.

Shute, Henry, appointed a fireman,
Out Ward, 7: 387.

Shute, Isaac, Account of, ordered paid,
6:78; corporation debtor, 79; elected
constable, Bowery, 222; absent at
swearing in, 226.

Shutt, Daniel, unknown voter, West
Ward, 2: 169, 171.
Sickells, see Sickles.
Sickels, see Sickles.

Sickles, Charles, cordwainer, sworn a
freeman, 5: 336.

Sickles (Sickels), Henry, carpenter,
appointed a fireman, Dock Ward, 6:
315; 7: 101, 146, 258, 386; sworn a
freeman, 6: 438; account of, ordered
paid, 7: 162, 202.

Sickles (Sickells), John, elected con-
stable, Harlem, 5:63; sworn, 66;
elected assessor, 6:66, 304, 346; or-
dered paid for services on Harlem
boundary commission, 8:93.

Sickles, Michael, cooper, sworn a free-
man, 5:336.

Sickles, Robert, appointed a public
measurer, 6:63.

Sicles (Sickells), Zachariah, appointed
a fireman, South Ward, 6:250, 315.
Sickness and mortality, Great, 2:203.
Sidnam, William, swears allegiance to
the crown, I: 12.
Siecker, see Seaker.

Silk, Lawrence, carman, allowed to
ride on cart, 4: 325.

Silver box for seal of Capt. Mayne's
freedom, 3: 458, 460.

Silversmith, Former residence of, 1:56.
Silvester, Francis, [2d,] Grant to, or-

dered delivered, 7: 433; successor to,
as fireman, appointed, 8: 65.
Silvester, John, appointed a fireman,
Dock Ward, 6:435; 7: 101, 146, 258,
386.

Silvester, see also Sylvester.
Simmons, John, innkeeper, ordered
paid for liquor for jury, 7: 440; ac-
count of, ordered paid, 8: 19, 79, 105,
112, 132, 139; Common Council meets
at house of, 98, 103.

Simms (Sims), William, listed voter,
South Ward, 2:164, 165; elected
constable, absent at swearing in, 3:
330; sworn, 376.

Simonse, Johannes, elected collector,
West Ward, 3: 44; elected assessor,
148, 181.

Simpkam, Peter, Property of, taxed,
I: 54.

Sims, see Simms and Syms.

Simson, James, listed voter, West
Ward, 2 168, 170.

Simson, Joseph, merchant, Petition of,
to build naval storehouse, rejected,
6:41-2.

Simson, Nathan, elected constable,
South Ward, 3: 181; sworn, 186.
Sincklair (Sincklar, Sinclar), Robert,
elected assessor, East Ward, I: 182,
191; 2: 14, 56; sworn, 17; agreement
with, for lot, I: 368; land granted to,
370; ordered to inspect contested
election returns; reports, 2:58.
Sinclair, Robert, [2d,] as executor,
given leave to sell lot, 7: 417.
Sincklar, see Sincklair.

Sinclar, see Sinclair.

Singer, James, elected constable, Dock
Ward; fined for refusing to serve,
6: 396.

Sinnett, George, elected constable,
Dock Ward, 6: 346; sworn, 350.
Sipkes, see Sipkins.

Sipkins (Sipkes), John, in dockage
arrears, 1: 128; house of, 185.
Skaats (Schaats), Bartholomew, gold-
smith, elected collector, East Ward,
4: 386, 441, 468; 5: 2, 28, 62, 98, 128,
153; petition of, et al., to enlarge
market house, granted, 4:413-14;
dock and slips leased to, 457, 488; 5:
19, 83, 112, 140, 148, 168, 188, 191, 218;
paid for boards, etc., 4:478; bond
ordered delivered to, 495; 5: 25, 107,
140; account of, ordered paid, 108,
140, 197, 217-18, 269; 6: 81; bond or-
dered returned to, 167, 249, 304, 367;
market stalls let to, 208, 241, 281, 291,
325; agreement with, 249; lease to,
approved, 255; lease to, ordered

sealed, etc., 284, 302, 340; directions
to, for dock repairs, 291-2; ordered
reimbursed for lost scow, 269; al-
lowed cost of new scow, 304; condi-
tions laid upon, 326; ordered reim-
bursed for wharf repairs, 354; lease
of market to, ordered engrossed, etc.,
6:13.
Skaats, Rynier (Rinaer, Rinier), Peti-
tion of, et al., for water lots, re-
ferred, 6: 247; elected constable, West
Ward, 431; 7: 34; sworn, 6: 435; 7:
41; house of, 37; account of, ordered
paid, 39; appointed high constable,
128, 184, 231; sworn, 131, 189, 237;
petition of, for preference in land
title, rejected, 171; ordered paid for
capturing burglar, 206; ordered paid
for pursuing suspected murderer,

224.
Skelton, Robert, elected constable,

South Ward; sworn, 1:214; listed
voter, 2: 163, 165.

Skinner, Abraham, ordered paid for
arresting felon, 6: 269; ordered paid
for erecting gallows, etc., 7:64; ac-
count of, ordered paid, 393, 462.
Skinner, Jonathan, Account of, or-
dered paid, 8: 109.

Skinner, Messrs. Ford &, Account of,
ordered paid, 7: 393, 462, 8:44
Skinner's Street, Complaint of owners
of lots fronting on, deferred, 7:210.
Skuyler, see Schuyler.

Slade, Peter, Petition of, for land, re-
ferred, I: 404.

Slade, [Peter?], Property of, men-
tioned, 2: 98.

Slate, or tyle, Bill to extend time
for roofing dwelling houses with,
6:450.
Slaughter, see Sloughter.

Slaughter house, A general, ordered
built at the Smith's fly near the Half
Moon, 1:46; Ashur Levy granted
leave to build, with G. J. Rose as
partner, 67; built and confirmed to
them, 68; loft over the, of G. J.
Rose, to be the general storehouse
for powder, 150; petition of E. Will-
son for land on which to build a,
404; committee on the, of I. Hors-
field at the ferry, 5:226; lease of,
formerly leased to John Kelly, sur-
rendered by T. Barnes, 281; draft of
surrender approved, 302; committee
on ground proposed for a public, by
Nicholas Bayard, 302; boundaries
of the land granted for, 303; grant
executed, 304, 323; law for regulat-
ing, 322, 357; 7: 25-6; renewed, 76,
118; petition for extension of lease,
94; granted, 107-8; executed, 161;
petition for several new, deferred,
246, 252; Law to amend law for regu-
lating, 285, 287-8.

Slaughter houses, ordered removed
from the city, I: 20; in Queen Street
near the gate abolished, 408; Law
against killing cattle except in, 2:
184; petition of J. Kelly to erect new,
near Sacketts, 3: 241; report of com-
mittee on, 249-51; of grant ordered,
252; fees of keeper, 266; law pro-
hibiting, in the Out Ward, 380; 4:
110-1; law for establishing fees for,
4: 129; committee for renewal of
lease of public, 31; report and lease
approved, 343-4.

Slaves, Indians not to be held as, I:
80; selling liquor to, and receiving
stolen goods from, forbidden, 85-6,
93, 139; masters of, to pay expenses
of their arrest and punishment, 92-3;
134; penalties for harboring, or re-
ceiving money or goods from, 223-4,
247; a fine collected for trading with,
232; disorderly, to be whipped, 277;
not to be harbored by free negroes,
277; Indian and negro, forbidden to
associate together on the Sabbath, 2:
102-3; Law appointing a place for the
living of, 458; negro or Indian, to
be whipped after conviction, 3:31;
Law restraining, from gambling,
277-8; 4:87-8; Law for regulating
the burial of, 3:296; 4:88-9; re-
ward for arrest of any Indian or
negro, violating the laws, 3:402; 4:
90; Law for punishing, "riding disor-
derly" through the streets, 89-90.
Sleigh, Charles, listed voter, East
Ward, 2: 173, 176; elected assessor,
West Ward, 3: 181, 210; petition of,

Smallwood, John, appointed a watch-
man, 8:15.

Smeede, see Smeedes.

Smeedes (Smeede, Smeedus), John,
taxed for new dock, 1:35; listed a
city creditor, 45; property of, taxed,
57.
Smeedes, Benjamin, appointed cap-
tain of carmen, I: 218.
Smeedus, see Smeedes.

Smeeman (Smema), Harman (Hor-
bert), taxed for new dock, 1:36;
property of, taxed, 54.

Smells, sources of offensive, 5: 119-20.
Smema, see Smeeman,

Smith, Abraham, elected assessor,

South Ward, 7: 230, 317; sworn, 238.
Smith, Bernardus, cordwainer, elected
collector, North Ward, 2: 202; house
of, 303; elected collector, East Ward,
3: 148; security for ferry lessee, 430,
432.

Smith, Christopher, Amount due from,
as a manager of lottery, 6: 324.
Smith, Cornelius, taxed on property,
I : 50.

Smith, Derrick, taxed for new dock,
1:34; well to be dug opposite house
of 47; property of, taxed, 55, 56.
Smith, Elias, Leases renewed to, 7:
458; account of, ordered paid, 8:24;
lease to, signed, 25.

Smith, English, ordered paid for mes-
sage, 1:234; sworn marshall, 249;
ordered paid, 264, 266, 275 (twice),
289 (as bellringer also), 320, 322,
337, 354, 364, 374, 377, 383, 395, 404,
409; house of, 315; petition of, for
increased salary, granted, 390.
Smith, George, listed voter, West
Ward, 2: 168, 170.

Smith, Gilbert, elected constable, East
Ward, 6: 345; ineligible, 350; again
elected, 7: 183; sworn, 189.
Smith, Jacob, appointed a fireman,
Dock Ward, 7: 146, 258, 386.
Smith, Jasper, and wife apply to be
wash-house keepers, 4: 307.
Smith, Jepthah, elected a constable,
West Ward, 4: 218; appointed high
constable; sworn, 230.

Smith, John, elected assessor, I: 182,
236 (South Ward); petition of, con-
cerning lot, considered, 229; report
on, 273.

Smith, John, [2d,] elected constable,

West Ward, 2: 383; appointed high
constable, 384; sworn, 386-7; elected
collector, 3:15; gone to England, 34
Smith, John, currier, House of, 3:266.
Smith, John, Mother of, asks lot for
him, 4: 227-8.

Smith, John, elected assessor, Dock
Ward, 52, 28, 62; sworn, 34, 66.
Smith, John, fed at corporation ex-
pense, 5: 228.

Smith, John, elected constable, South
Ward, 6: 222, 264; sworn, 226, 268;
as a Presbyterian trustee, land
granted to, et al., for Church, 7:12;
land grant to, recommended, 106;
grant ordered delivered to, 137; ac-
count of, ordered paid, 8:5.
Smith, John, of Westchester, Account
of, ordered paid, 7:418.
Smith, Josiah, elected assessor, Mont-
gomerie Ward, 4:386.

Smith, Josias [Josiah?], Petition of,

et al., for water lots, referred, 7:37.
Smith, Michael, taxed for new dock,
1:33; property of, assessed, 52.
Smith, Patrick, elected constable,
Montgomerie Ward, 5:29; sworn,

34.

Smith, Philip, taxed for new dock, 1:
35.

Smith, Robert, Account of, ordered
paid, 8:44.

Smith, Stephen, Account of, paid, 5:
316.

Smith, Thomas, haven master, Ac-
count of, for dockage, approved, 1:
122; account of, reported, 124; elect-
ed constable, Dock Ward, 126;
sworn, 130; presents account; com-
plains of dockage arrears, 151; ap-
pointed sole tax collector, 156;
refuses to produce title to land in
dock, 181.

Smith, Thomas, Esq., counsel for pe-
titioner for land, 6:371; signs Pres-
byterian memorial, 7:9-12; angular
lot granted to, et al., for Church,
12; counsel for ferry petitioners, 62;
opinion of, asked in question of
double office holding, 383, 405; opin-
ion of, reported, 399, 406; ordered
paid for land bought of church, 8:
2; account of, for drawing up inden-
tures, ordered paid, 3.

Smith, Hon. [Col.] William [“Tan-
gier"], present in Council, I: 283;
letter signed by, as Supreme Court
justice, to mayor, etc., concerning
dangerous state of old City Hall, 2:
16-17.

Smith, William ["Port Royal"], list-
ed voter, South Ward, 2: 164, 165;
elected alderman, West Ward, 202;
sworn, 204; on committee to choose
bellmen, 207; reports, 209-10;
survey committee; on committee to
inspect disputed East Ward returns,
208; reports, 211; on auditing com-

on