supervisors. $3. The judges of the county courts in said county, Meeting of shall meet the board of supervisors on Thursday of the judges and first week in which they shall hold their annual meeting, at the place where the board shall then be in session, and proceed in the same manner as now by law required, to the appointment of officers. S 4. So much of section twenty-ninth of title four of Repeal. chapter five of part first of the Revised Statutes, as requires the judges of county courts in the county of Jefferson, to meet the board of supervisors on any other day than the one herein provided, be and the same is hereby repealed. CHAP. 91. AN ACT to authorize the Buffalo and Black-Rock railroad company, to construct their road over and upon cer. tain lands belonging to this State. Passed April 8, 1834. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Road may pass over S1. The Buffalo and Black-Rock rail-road company are hereby authorized to construct their road over certain lands belonging to this state, between the city of Buffalo state lande. and the village of Black-Rock. And Powers of ca. sioners. $ 2. The canal commissioners are hereby invested with a general and supervisory power over so much of said rail- al cominis road as passes over any canal belonging to this state, or approaches within ten rods of such canal, so far as such power may be necessary to preserve the free and perfect. use of the canals of this state, and necessary for making any repairs, improvements or alterations in the same, or convenient for procuring materials for the same. said company shall not construct their rail-road over any lands belonging to this state and within ten rods of such canal, unless said company shall lay before the commissioners aforesaid, a map, plan and profile, as well of the canal as of the route designated for their rail-road, exhibiting distinctly and accurately the relation of each to the other, at all places within the limits of ten rods as aforesaid, and shall thereupon obtain the written permission of said canal commissioners, with such conditions, instructions and limitations as, in the judgment of said canal commissioners, the free and perfect use of such canal may require. Corporation created. City to be divided into CHAP. 92. AN ACT to incorporate the city of Brooklyn. The People of the State of New-York, represented in S 1. The town of Brooklyn, shall hereafter constitute and be known by the name of the city of Brooklyn. The inhabitants of the said city shall be a corporation by the name of "the mayor and common council of the city of Brooklyn." S2. The said city shall be divided into nine wards, as nine wards. follows, viz: The five districts of the village of Brooklyn, as they are now laid out, shall constitute the same number of wards, and shall be respectively numbered and designated as wards, in the same manner as they are now numbered Sixth ward. and designated as districts. The sixth ward shall comprise the following district, viz: Beginning on the westerly side of the present village of Brooklyn, against the bay or East river, and against the village line and street designated on a map of the said village by the name of Districtstreet; running from thence southerly along Districtstreet and the village line to the Red-Hook road, and along the said road and village line to a corner; thence northerly along the said Red-Hook road and village line to the centre of a street now called Fulton-street, or the turnpike road of the Brooklyn, Jamaica and Flatbush turnpike company; from thence southerly along the centre of the said turnpike road to a corner opposite to a road called the Giwanus road; from thence westerly along the centre of the said Giwanus road to the centre of road called the Port road, which runs from Flatbush to Giwanus mills; from thence northerly along the centre of the road leading to the said Giwanus mills, now owned by Nehemiah Denton and John C. Freeke, to or opposite to the easterly corner of a lot of salt meadow, now owned by Nehemiah Denton; from thence on a course due west over the meadow and mill-pond of the said Nehemiah Denton, to the centre of the Giwanus creek, commonly called the Mill creek; from thence southerly along the centre of the said creek, to a bay called the Giwanus bay; from thence westwardly along the said bay, to the westerly side of RedHook, and from thence eastwardly along the bay and East river, (so called,) to the place of beginning. The seventh ward shall comprise the following district, viz: Beginning in the centre of Fulton-street, against the line or bounda ry of the present village of Brooklyn, and against the line Seventh ward. of the before described sixth ward, and from thence northeasterly along the line of the present village to the Wallabout bay; from thence along the said bay to the easterly side of the Wallabout bay, and to the line of the town of Bushwick; from thence easterly and southeasterly along the said line, to the centre of the road running from the village of Bedford to the town of Bushwick and Newtown, formerly called the Newtown road; from thence westerly, southerly and westerly and southerly, along the said road as it now runs, to the centre of the road of the Brooklyn, Jamaica and Flatbush turnpike company in the said. village of Bedford; from thence westwardly and northerly along the centre of the said turnpike road, to a point opposite the centre of the Giwanus road before mentioned, and from thence along the centre of the said turnpike road and the line of the before described sixth ward, to the place of beginning. The eighth ward shall comprise the Eighth ward. following district, viz: Beginning in the centre of the turnpike road of the Brooklyn, Jamaica and Flatbush turnpike company, opposite to the centre of the Giwanus road; from thence southerly along the centre of the said turnpike road, to the line of the town of Flatbush; from thence westwardly along the said line, and crossing a highway called Martence's lane, to the line of the town of NewUtrecht; from thence westwardly along the said line to the southerly corner of the town of Brooklyn, and from thence northwesterly along the said line of the said town of New-Utrecht, to the bay or river at a place called the Narrows; from thence northeastwardly along the said bay or river, and along the bay called the Giwanus bay, to the centre of the Giwanus mill creek (so called;) from thence along the centre of the said creek along the boundaries of the before described sixth ward, crossing the mill-pond and meadow of Nehemiah Denton, to the centre of the Giwanus mill road; from thence southerly along the centre of said road, to the centre of the Giwanus road; thence eastwardly along the centre of the said road, and along the line of the sixth ward aforesaid, to the place of beginning. The ninth ward shall comprise the following Ninth ward. district, viz: Beginning in the centre of the road of the Brooklyn, Jamaica and Flatbush turnpike company, opposite to the centre of the Giwanus road; from thence southerly along the centre of the said turnpike road, and along the line of the before described eighth ward, to the line of the town of Flatbush; from thence eastwardly along the said line, and crossing a highway called the Clove road, and a highway called the New-Lotts road, and also the road of the turnpike company aforesaid which leads to Jamaica, to the place where the lines of the towns of Legislative power. Two aldermen in each ward. Mayor. His powers. President in Brooklyn, Flatbush and Bushwick meet together, and from thence northwesterly along the line of the town of Bushwick, to the centre of the road leading from Bedford to the towns of Bushwick and Newtown, formerly called the Newtown road, as the same is mentioned in the previous boundaries of the seventh ward; from thence along the centre of the said road and along the line of the said seventh ward, to the centre of the turnpike road aforesaid in the village of Bedford; from thence westwardly along the centre of the said turnpike road and the line of the said seventh ward, to the place of beginning. of the mayor $ 3. The legislative power shall be vested in a mayor and board of aldermen, who together shall constitute and be denominated the common council, and a majority of the whole number shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. S 4. Two aldermen shall be annually elected for each ward. Such aldermen shall at the time of their election be freeholders of the said city, and residents in the wards for which they shall respectively be chosen. S5. The mayor shall at the time of his election be a freeholder and resident of the said city. No person who shall have been elected an alderman shall be capable of holding the office of mayor during the term for which he shall have been so elected an alderman. $6. The mayor shall preside in the common council, but shall have no vote therein. Every ordinance or resolution passed by the board, shall, before it shall take effect, be presented to him for his approbation. If he approve thereof, he shall sign it; if not, he shall at the next regular or special meeting of the board, state to the said board his objections thereto; whereupon they shall again vote, and if such ordinance or resolution shall again pass, it shall take effect notwithstanding his objections; but such objections shall be entered upon the minutes of the board, and published in the newspaper or newspapers to be employed by the said corporation as hereinafter provided. If he shall not state his objections at the time above specified, such ordinance or resolution shall take effect in the same manner as if he had signed it. $ 7. The said board shall elect one of their number to the absence be president thereof, who, during a vacancy in the office of mayor, or whenever he shall be absent from the city, or be prevented by sickness or any other cause from attending to the duties of his office, shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties of mayor of the said city. the first seven $ 8. The electors of the first seven wards of the said Assors of city shall elect annually, by general ticket, four assessors, ward. and the other wards shall together elect, in like manner, one assessor, who shall compose a board of assessors for the said city. They shall perform all the duties required by law to be performed by assessors in towns, except as hereinafter provided. They may divide and apportion their duties in such manner as they or a majority of them may deem most expedient. In making assessments they shall have regard to a just relation in the valuation of real estates between the several wards of the said city. They shall complete their assessment rolls on or before the first day of July, and deliver them on or before the first day of August in each year, to the city supervisors, to be elected in pursuance of the subsequent provisions of this act. The said city supervisors may equalize, alter and correct the said assessment rolls, and shall deliver the same within fifteen days after they shall have received them, to the board of supervisors of the county, who shall issue warrants to the collectors on or before the first Tuesday in September in each year. the first seven $ 9. The electors of the first seven wards of the said Collectors of city shall by general ticket elect annually two collectors, wards. and the mayor of the said city shall assign to the said collectors their collection districts; and the eighth and ninth wards shall in like manner elect one collector, and each of the wards of the said city shall elect one constable. of the first $10. The electors of the first seven wards shall annu- Supervisors ally, by general ticket, elect five freeholders as supervi- even wards. sors, and the eighth and ninth wards shall in the same manner elect one freeholder as supervisor, and such supervisors shall for all purposes compose part of the board of supervisors of the county of Kings. elections, S11. General state elections shall be held in the said General state city by wards. The common council shall appoint inspectors thereof, and also of the elections for officers of the said corporation. The number of the said inspectors shall be three for each ward. They shall be residents of the wards for which they shall respectively be appointed, and have the same powers as are given by law to inspectors of general state elections. The inspectors for the first election for officers of the said corporation, shall be appointed by the president and trustees of the said village of Brooklyn. $ 12. Elections for such officers of the said city as are Election for by the provisions of this act to be elected, shall be held city officers. annually in each of the wards therein, on the second Tuesday of April, at such places as the common council shall |