TITLE 5. place where the Claverack creek empties into the said Major Abraham's creek; then up along the middle of said Claverack creek until the said Claverack creek strikes the line of the manor of Livingston; then along the line of the said manor of Livingston to the westerly bounds of the county; then along the westerly bounds of the county to the place of beginning. The said city of Hudson is divided into two wards, in the manner following, that is to say: First ward. 1. The first ward shall contain all that part of said city, lying westerly and northerly of a line commencing on the southeasterly side of what was formerly the Farmers' turnpike road, at Major Abraham's creek, near the bridge in Columbiaville, and running along the southeasterly side of the road until it intersects the old road at Whitlock's gate; thence along the southeasterly side of said old road until it intersects the road leading up the dugway; then along the southeasterly side of said road to the southeasterly side of Third-street; then along the southeasterly side of Third-street to the Highland turnpike road; and then along the easterly side of the said turnpike to the line of the manor of Livingston. Second ward. Schenectady. First ward Description of this ward conformed to Laws of 1829, ch. 101, § 2. 2. The second ward shall contain all that part of said city, not included in the first ward. By the Laws of 1854, ch. 179, the city of Hudson was divided into four wards. S4. The city of Schenectady shall contain all that part of the county of Schenectady, bounded as follows: beginning on the easterly bank of the easterly branch of the Mohawk river, eight chains above the mouth of a creek called Church mill creek, and running thence east until it intersects a line running from the mouth of said mill creek south eight degrees east; then south eight degrees east, to the southerly bounds of the patent of Schenectady; then along the same easterly until it intersects the north bounds of the manor of Rensselaerwyck; then along the same easterly to the easterly bounds of the patent of Schenectady; then along the same to the middle of the Mohawk river; then up along said middle and the middle of the aforesaid east branch to a point opposite the place of beginning; and then in a straight line to the place of beginning. The said city of Schenectady is divided into two wards, in the manner following, that is to say: 1. The first ward shall contain all that part of said city, beginning at the northwest corner of a lot of ground formerly belonging to Nicholas Van Patten, deceased, on the easterly bank of a branch of the Mohawk river, and running thence along the northerly bounds of said lot to the street; then along the said street southerly until it comes opposite to the centre of Union-street; then along through the middle of said street and the road that leads from said city to Nistigauna to the easterly bounds of the patent of Schenectady; then along said bounds as they run to the Mohawk river; then along said river up the stream thereof as it winds and turns until it comes opposite to where the east bounds of said Schenectady patent comes to said river; then with a straight line to the middle of said river; then up the stream through the middle as it turns and winds until it comes about five chains above the upper ferry; and then with a straight line to the place of beginning. TITLE 5. ward. 2. The second ward shall contain all that part of said city, Second beginning at the northwest corner of the lot formerly belonging to Nicholas Van Patten, deceased, being also the place of beginning of the first ward on the easterly bank of a branch of the Mohawk river, and running thence along the same up stream to the mouth of a creek called the Church mill creek; then up the said branch of the Mohawk river eight chains; then due east until it intersects a line running from the mouth of said mill creek south eight degrees east; then south eight degrees east, to the southerly bounds of the patent of Schenectady; then along the same southeasterly until it intersects the north bounds of the manor of Rensselaerwyck; then along the same easterly to the easterly bounds of the patent of Schenectady; then along the same as it runs to the road that leads from Schenectady to Nistigauna, being the southeasterly corner of the first ward; and then along the same as it runs, to the place of beginning. By the Laws of 1833, ch. 293, the description of the boundaries of the $5. The city of Troy shall contain all that part of the Troy. county of Rensselaer, bounded as follows: beginning in the west bounds of the county, at the northwest corner of the town of Greenbush, and running thence easterly along the north bounds of Greenbush to a point south of the southeast corner of the lot now or lately owned and occupied by the Troy wool and cotton factory; then north to the public highway leading from Troy to the white meeting-house in Greenbush; then westerly along the north side of said highway to the east line of the farm now or late of Lemuel Hawley; then along the said farm, and the farm now or late of Stephen Van Rensselaer, heretofore occupied by John Bulsan, and the farm now or late of John Boardman, to the Poesten kill; then northerly, crossing the said kill on the line dividing the farm now or late of John D. Dickinson, from the farm now or late of Stephen Van Rensselaer, heretofore occupied by Ephraim Morgan, and the farm now or late of George Tibbits, to the northeast corner of the last mentioned farm; then westerly along the north bounds thereof to a line drawn parallel to the Hudson river, from the foot of the first range of hills east of the TITLE 5. mouth of the creek on which the mill now or late of John D. Vander Heyden stands; then northerly along said line to the foot of the said first range of hills; then west to the west bounds of the county; and then southerly along the same to the place of beginning. The said city of Troy shall be divided into six wards, in the manner following, that is to say: First ward. 1. The first ward shall contain all that part of said city, bounded South, by Poesten kill: West, by the west bounds of said city: North, by a line running through the centre or middle of Ferry-street, and parallel with the same, from the said west bounds of said city to the east bounds of the village of Troy, as established by law immediately before the incorporation of said city; and then on the said east bounds to said Poesten kill. Second ward. Third ward. Fourth ward. Fifth ward. Sixth ward. Lines to be taken ag 2. The second ward shall contain all that part of said city, bounded on the South, by the north bounds of said first ward: West, by the west bounds of said city; and North, by a line running from the said west bounds of said city through the centre or middle of State-street, and parallel therewith, to the aforesaid east bounds of the village of Troy, and then along the same to the place of beginning. 3. The third ward shall contain all that part of said city, bounded on the South, by the north boundary line of said second ward: West, by the west bounds of said city; and North, by a line drawn from the same west bounds of said city; and North, by a line drawn from the same west bounds of said city, to and through the centre or middle of Elbowstreet, to the aforesaid east bounds of said village; and then along the same, to the north bounds of said second ward. 4. The fourth ward shall contain all that part of said city, bounded on the South, by said third ward: West, by the west bounds of said city: North, by the north bounds thereof; and East, by the aforesaid east bounds of said village. 5. The fifth ward shall contain all that part of said city, not included in either the said first, second, third or fourth wards, which lies northerly and easterly of a line, beginning at the bridge standing across Poesten kill, near the grist-mill of Townsend McCoun, in said city, and running along the south line of the road running over and across said bridge, up the hollow, until it intersects the road, usually called the Schuyler road; and then by a line running due south, to the south bounds of said city. 6. The sixth ward shall contain all that part of said city, not included within the bounds of either of the before mentioned wards. By the Laws of 1837, ch. 242, two wards, the Seventh and Eighth, were erected. By the Laws of 1851, ch. 186, two more wards, Ninth and Tenth, were erected. By the Laws of 1836, ch. 515, a portion of the city was annexed to the town of Greenbush; and by the Laws of 1836, ch. 444, a portion of the town of Lansingburgh was annexed to the city of Troy. $6. All lines, which, in the bounds of the said cities or TITLE 5. wards, are described by courses indicated by the magnetic needle needle, are respectively to be taken as the magnetic needle pointed at pointed at the several times when such lines were originally establishestablished. time of their ment. parties not S 7. None of the bounds or lines assigned for the limits of Rights of any of the said cities or wards, shall be construed to affect the to be af right or title of any person or body politic, or to confirm the bounds or right of any patent whatsoever. NOTE BY THE EDITOR. [These are all the cities embraced in the Revised Statutes, and therefore all that are included in this publication, because the laws since passed creating cities are local in their application. The following cities have been created since the Revised Statutes took effect: Buffalo, by Laws of 1832, ch. 179. Brooklyn, by Laws of 1834, ch. 92. [The preceding fourth and fifth Titles of Chapter II. of the FIRST PART OF THE REVISED STATUTES, were passed on the 3d of December, 1827, being included in the Act "concerning the territorial limits and divisions, the civil polity, and the internal administration of this state," approved and signed on that day, by DE WITT CLINTON, Governor of the State.] fected. |