New York Assembly. Motion for Leave to Bring in a Bill, [3 February 1787]

New York Assembly. Motion for Leave to Bring in a Bill

[New York, February 3, 1787]

Mr. Hamilton moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the charter of the Corporation for the relief of Widows and Children of Clergymen in communion of the Church of England, in America.1

Ordered, That leave be given accordingly.

Mr. Hamilton, according to leave, brought in the said bill, entitled An act to amend the Charter of the Corporation for the relief of the Widows and Children of Clergymen in the communion of the Church of England, in America, which was read a first time, and ordered a second reading.

New York Assembly Journal description begins Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York (Publisher and place vary, 1782–1788). description ends , 1787, 34.

1. The act introduced by H was passed by the legislature on February 19, 1787. It provided that the name of the corporation be changed; that its by-laws conform to the laws of New York; and that its accounts be subject to the revision of the governor, chancellor, and chief justice of the state (Laws of the State of New York, I description begins Laws of the State of New York Passed at the Sessions of the Legislature Held in the Years 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783 and 1784 Inclusive, being the First Seven Sessions (Albany, 1886). description ends I, 411–12).

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Title: New York Assembly. Motion for Leave to Bring in a Bill, [3 February 1787]
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Date: 3 February 1787

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Cite as: “New York Assembly. Motion for Leave to Bring in a Bill, [3 February 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-04-02-0014. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 4, January 1787 – May 1788, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 32.]