§§ 2, 3]    Powers and Rights of the Corporation.           3

First. The borough of Manhattan shall consist of ail that por¬
tion of The City of New York, as hereby constituted, known as
Manhattan Island, Nuttin or Governor's Island, Bedloe's Island,
Bucking or Ellis Island, the Oyster Islands, and also Blackwell s
Island, Randall's Island and Ward's Island in the East or Harlem
rivers.

Second. The borough of The Bronx shall consist of all that por¬
tion of the city of New York, as hereby constituted, lying northerly
or easterly of the borough of Manhattan, between the Hudson
river and the East river or Long Island sound, including the
several islands belonging to the municipal corporation heretofore
known as the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of
New York, not included in the borough of Manhattan.

Third. The borough of Brooklyn shall consist of that portion
of The City of New York, as hereby constituted, hitherto known
as the city of Brooklyn.

Fourth. The borough of Queens shall consist of that portion -
of Queens county included in The City of New York, as hereby
constituted.

Fifth. The borough of Richmond shall consist of the territory
known as Richmond county.
SeeL. 1883, ch. 410, %\;

Name; powers and rights of the corporationj seal.

§ 3. The name of the corporation constituted by this act shall
be "The City of New. York," and the same.shall by that name,
be a body politic and corporate in fact and in law with power to
contract and to be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to have
a common seal and to have perpetual succession, with all of the
rights, properties, interests, claims, demands, grants, powers,
privileges and jurisdictions held by the mayor, aldermen and
commonalty of the city of New York, and held by each of th^
municipal and public corporations or parts thereof, other than
counties, by this act united and consolidated with the corpora¬
tion known as the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city
of New York, except so far as modified or repealed by the pro¬
visions of this act.

L. 1882, ch. 410, % 26.

(a) The corporation   of the city of    rest v. The Mayor. 74 N. Y.  161, 166;

New York is a public corporation, and    Davidson v. The Mayor. 3 Robt. 230;

as such its charter is always subject to    s. G., 37 How. Pr. 343 ; People ej: rel.

amendment  or alteration by the legis-    Churchyard x. Board of Counoihnen

lative  power, except as restrained by    of Buffalo, 47 N. Y. State Rep. 149.
some constitutional inhibition.   Dema-