Laws of the State of New York Relating to Villages (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Laws of the State of New York Relating to Villages (Classic Reprint) written by Frank S. Becker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Laws of the State of New York Relating to Villages The Constitution of 1846 required the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated vil lages. Accordingly a general act for the incorporation of villages was passed in the following year (laws 1847, chap. The Constitution of 1846, however, did not require villages to be incorporated under general law, and the Legislature continued to pass special charters. The general Village Law was revised and te-enacted in 1870(laws 1870, chap. And the act of 1847 was 'repealed except as to villages incorporated under it but the constitutional provi sion prohibiting the incorporation of villages by special law was not adopted until November 3, 1874, taking effect January 1, 1875. Since January 1, 1875, all villages have been incorporated pursuant to the general law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.