LAWS

OF THE

STATE OF NEW.

PASSED AT THE

THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSIO

OF THE

LEGISLATURE,

BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF ALBANY, THE TWENTY,

FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1814.

WITH REFERENCES AND EXPLANATORY NOTES;

And also, in an abridged form, such of the Reports and Documents laid before

the Legislature as are of public concern. The whole to be

accompanied by a copious Index.

ALB A NY:

PRINTED BY H. C. SOUTHWICK.

1814.

District of New-York, ss. BE it remenbered, that on the first day of May, in the thirty-eighth year of the Independenee of the Univeri States of America, H. C. SOUTHWICK, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:

“ LAWS OF THE STATE OF New-YORK, passed at the thirty-seventh session of the Legislature, begun and held at the city of Albany, the twenty-fifth day of January, 1814. With references and explanatory notes, and also, in an abridged form, such of the reports and documents laid before the Legislature as are of public concern. The whole to be accompanied by a copious Index.”

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THERON RUDD, Clerk

of the District of New-York.

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THE Abbreviations and References adopted in the Revised Laws of 1813, will be continued in the Laws of each Session, with this additional reference, that V. N. & W. will denote the present Revised Laws-as for example: V.N. & W. v. 2. 217. 10. refers to Van Ness & Woodworth's Revision, volume 2, page 217, section 10.

PASSED AT THE THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF
THE LEGISLATURE, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE

CITY OF ALBANY, JANUARY 25, 1814.

CHAP. I.
An ACT to alter the name of the Corporation of Trinity Church in
New-York, and for other purposes.

Passed January 25, 1814.
WHEREAS at the time of passing the act entitled, “An Act

Recital.
for making such alterations in the charter of the corporation of
Trinity Church, as to render it more conformable to the constitu-
tion of the State," and for some years afterwards, the said corpora-
tion, although possessing several places of public worship besides
Trinity Church, was the only incorporated religious society in the
city of New-York,in communion of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in this State, but several other religious societies of the same de-
pomination have since been formed in the said city and duly in-
corporated. And whereas, by an act passed the tenth day of
March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-eight, the said corporation of Trinity Church was enabled
to take and use the name of “ The Rector and Inhabitants of the
city of New-York in communion of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the state of New York,"which name the said corporation
by their petition to the Legislature pray may be altered as having
now become improper, and that such further legislative provi-
sions may be made as to remove all doubts respecting their char-
ter rights, occasioned by the formation of other religious societies,
in the said city of New-York; Therefore,

1. BE it enacted by the people of the State of New-York, repre- Corporate sented in Senate and Assembly, That from and after the passing of this act, the said corporation of Trinity Church, instead of their present name, shall take and use the name of The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of Trinity Church in the city of NewYork.”

II. And be it further enacted, That all male persons of full age, Persons qu who for the space of one year, preceding any election, shall tied to vote have been members of the congregation of Trinity Church aforesaid, or of any of the chapels belonging to the same, and forming part of the same religious corporation, and who shall hold, occupy or enjoy a pew or seat in Trinity Church, or in any of the said chapels, or have partaken of the holy communion therein, within

Name.