Cupidity in some, real unwillingness in others to have their farms broken up, and dread, probably, on the part of the great majoof tumult, disorder, and numberless petty annoyances, from the throng of laborers, rity,

who, it was perceived, would find employment on the work, led to public meetings, unfriendly resolutions, and memorials to the Legislature. The chief propositions of the applicants to the Legislature were

1st. That the legal possession and use of the land should remain with the original owners, after being paid for by the Corporation ! 2d. That if not used for the purposes of the Aqueduct, the land should revert to its original owners.

3d. That provision should be made to prevent trespasses on the property of the inhabitants.

4th. That the persons, through whose lands the Aqueduct should pass, should have the right to use the water, by allowing reasonable compensation for it.

5th. That the Judges of the County Courts should act as Appraisers, instead of Commissioners appointed by the Vice Chancellor. The Legislature very properly refused to accede to propositions such as these, but in order to quiet apprehensions, that land taken for the Aqueduct might be used for other

purposes, and to insure to the owners, through whose possessions the water passed, free and convenient access to all portions of their farms, as well as for other purposes, they passed the annexed law.

AN ACT To AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLYING THE ClTY "

OF NEW YORK WITH PURE AND WHOLESOME WATER," PASSED MAY 2, 1834.