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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST

OF BILLS THAT DID NOT BECOME LAWS FROM THE VETOES OF THE COUNCIL.

1778. November 5:

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An act for raising a further sum by tax, to be applied towards the public exigencies of this State,............ 214

1779. March 14:

An act for forfeitures and confiscations, and for declaring
the sovereignty of the People of this State in respect of
all property within the same,.....

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September 24:

An act for continuing the powers of the Commissioners
for detecting and defeating conspiracies, and for other
purposes therein mentioned,.....

October 15:

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226

An act to indemnify the Sheriff of the county of Ulster
against involuntary escapes on civil processes, and for
other purposes therein mentioned,.......

October 21:

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An act to prevent Horse racing and Theatrical Entertain-
ments,

1780. March 8:

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An act to facilitate the levying the taxes for supporting the
poor, and defraying the contingent expenses in the coun-
ties of Ulster, Orange, Westchester, Dutchess, Tryon
and Charlotte,...

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1780. May 12:

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An act for the more effectual suppression of vice and
immorality,

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An act for the amendment of the law directing the sales
of forfeited lands,....

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An act for the appointment of a Council to assist in the administration of the Government during the recess of the Legislature,....

1781. March 29:

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An act to amend an act entitled "An act for regulating the
Militia of the State of New York,"....

March 29:

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An act to prevent evil-minded persons supplying the enemy
with provisions, and for other purposes,........... 240

1782. April 13:

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An act to stay suits against public officers for a limited
time,

244

1783. March 20:

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An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors with respect to the imprisonment of their persons,......... 244 March 24:

An act to remove certain doubts relative to the powers of
the Commissioners of Sequestration,........

1784. January 15:

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An act declaratory of the alienism of the persons therein
described,

246

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January 15:

An act to amend an act relative to debts due to persons
within the Enemy's lines,....

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1784. March 30:

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An act for apprehending of persons in any county upon
warrants granted by the Justices of the Peace of any
other county,.......

November 25:

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An act to empower Elizabeth Debeavois, widow, and Jo-
hannes E. Lott and John Vanderbilt, Esquire, Adminis-
trators to the estate of Joost Debeavois, deceased, to sell
and dispose of the real estate of the said Joost Debea
vois, for the payment of his debts and other purposes,.. 256

November 27:

An act for the more easy assessment of taxes in the city
and county of New York, altering the mode of punish-
ment in certain cases of Petit Larceny, and for the con-
finement of vagrants and lewd persons to hard labor,.. 259

1785. March 1:

An act to regulate inoculation for the small pox in the
city and county of Albany, and in the counties of Suf-
folk and Dutchess,.

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An act to enable the Courts therein mentioned to issue
commissions for the examination of witnesses in certain

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March 8

An act incorporating the several tradesmen and mechanics

of the city and county of New York,..... 261

March 9:

An act to prevent delay in the collection of taxes, and for
giving relief in certain cases,...

March 21:

An act for the gradual abolition of Slavery within this
State,

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An act to remove doubts respecting an act entitled "An

act to abolish entails; to confirm conveyances by tenants

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in tail; to distribute estates real of intestates; to
remedy defective conveyances to joint tenants, and
directing the mode of such conveyances in future, passed
July 12, 1782,.

1785. April 6:

An act to incorporate the German Society for encouraging
emigration from Germany; relieving the distresses of
emigrants, and promoting useful knowledge among their
countrymen,

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An act to cure certain defects in deeds and conveyances of
real estate,........

April 20:

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An act incorporating the inhabitants residing within the
limits therein mentioned,..

April 22:

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An act for the relief of William Gilchrist,.

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1786. February 27:

An act for settling intestates' estates, proving wills and
granting administrations,.

279

1787. April 21:

An act for regulating the fees of the several officers and ministers of the Courts of Justice within this State,... 285

1789. July 15:

An act prescribing the manner of holding elections for
Senators to represent this State in the Senate of the
United States,.....

290

1790. April 3:

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An act for the relief of John Henry and others,......
April 3:

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to appropriate the
lands set apart to the use of the troops of the line of
this State, lately serving in the army of the United States,

291

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and for other purposes therein mentioned, and for extending relief to the persons therein named,"......... 293

1791. February 21:

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An act to invest the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty
of the city of New York with power to license and regu-
late the fees of Hackney Coaches, and to lay a tax on
all wheel carriages within the city and county of New
York,

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294

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An act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of
the city of New York to order the raising moneys by
tax for the purposes therein mentioned,.....

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298

1792. December 1:

An act for electing representatives for this State in the
House of Representatives of the Congress of the United
States of America,......

299

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1793. February 27:

An aet for vesting the lands appropriated for highways
and streets in the city of New York, in the corporation
of the said city,

303

1794. February 21:

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An act for the relief of Mathew Trotter,.............. 304 March 27:

An act further to amend the act entitled "An act for the better laying out, regulating and keeping in repair all common and public highways and private roads in the counties of Ulster, Orange, Dutchess, Westchester, Washington, Albany and Montgomery,..................... 305

1797. March 31:

An act enabling the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Com-
monalty of the city of Hudson to order the raising a
sum of money for the payment of a city watch,....... 310

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