The Greater New York Charter as enacted in 1897

(Albany :  Weed-Parsons,  c1897.)

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CHAPTER IL

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

Sec. 17.  Legislative power; where vested.

18.   Council; number of; president; quorum; salaries.

19.   Council, how chosen; council districts.
30.  Term of office of members of the council.
21.  Mayor, an ex-officio member of the council.
33.  Time of meeting of council.

S3. When  president of  council  to act  as  mayor;  powers; temporary
chairman of council.

24.   Board of aldermen, how constituted; term of office ; vacancies, how

filled: salary.

25.   Id,; quorum.

26.   Id.; how president elected and removed.

37.   Council and board of  aldermen;  sergeant-at-arms;  rules;  journal;

sittings; expulsion of m.embers.

38.   City clerk, appointment, term, duties ; papers certified by him to be

evidence.

29.   Id.; proceedings of municipal assembly.

30.  Certain ordinances and resolutions, how passed, and approved; ayes

and noes published.

31.  Records open for inspection; other duties of clerk; sickness.

32.   Id.; records and papers delivered to and kept by the clex'k; clerks in

boroughs.

33.   Id.; salary and deputies.

34.  Licenses to auctioneers.

35.  Municipal assembly; journal; ayes and noes.

36.   Id.; no member eligible to any city office.

37.  Id.; meetings.

38.   Id.; style of ordinances.

39.   Id.; vote required to pass ordinances and resolutions.

40.   Mayor's veto.

41.   Ordinances to remain in force.

42.   Power to acquire additional water-works.

43.   Id.; to restrict height of buildings.

44.   Power to appoint special committees.

45.   Franchises for street railways^ ferries.

46.  Municipal assembly ; powers and duties of former boards.

47.   Id.; police, health, park, fire and building regulations.

48.  Id.; further powers; bonds for specified public improvements.

49.   Id.; ordinances and regulations for certain purposes.

60. Id.; foregoing enumeration of powers not restrictive; general power.
51. Id.; licenses to second-hand dealers; penalty for violating ordinance.
63. Id.; designating common jails.

63. Id.; assignment of places for holding courts of general and special
sessions and magistrates' or police courts.
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