. Essex county, , illustrated . \KK CITV HOSPITAL. marks. Among the latter we may name the popular and saf<financial institution, called in its honor, the North Ward Nation,ilBank. All the Old Norths sisters which deported themselvesover the territory joining right angles at the crossing of Broadand Market Streets, died spinsters, leaving no issue, and theirnames have gone into forgetfulness, only as the oldest inhab-itant is induced to bring forth his treasures at the behest ofsome kindly ambitious soul, who is full of anxiety to write .1book, or to say the least, make an effort, w
. Essex county, , illustrated . \KK CITV HOSPITAL. marks. Among the latter we may name the popular and saf<financial institution, called in its honor, the North Ward Nation,ilBank. All the Old Norths sisters which deported themselvesover the territory joining right angles at the crossing of Broadand Market Streets, died spinsters, leaving no issue, and theirnames have gone into forgetfulness, only as the oldest inhab-itant is induced to bring forth his treasures at the behest ofsome kindly ambitious soul, who is full of anxiety to write .1book, or to say the least, make an effort, with the city of Newark fihis subject, before the sere and yellow leaf of his existence shallhave waxedand waned, orthe bauble ofliterary fami-sh a 11 h a \ ebursled, whenjust within hisreach. T h e firstcharter of thecity of New-ark, the histor-ian informs us,w a s grantedby the legisla-ture in it wasthat she casta w a y t li escarcely soiledshoes of hertownship boy-hood, and puton span new j. , cnv ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED. 139 boots, manhood, aiul started forth as a cityproper. As in nearly all young communities, thegreat men soon out-grew the places for theirpolitical enthrallment, and as Newark did notprove an exception, however devoutly it mighthave been wished for, there were continual callsfor supplements to the charter, and the legisla-ture was kept busy fulminating supplementsuntil they became confusing and , in 1S54, the Common Council appointeda Board of Commissioners to unravel the tan-gled skein of sujjplemenis and touch with indexfinger the tender spots in the derine of the grow-ing crop of seekers and holders of oflices undertheir provisions. The commissioners entered heroically uponthe task, and finally succeeded to their ownsatisfaction, in preparing a code from which hadbeen, as they thought and had abundant andsatisfactory reasons for believing, eliminated allthe questionable features, but. when the
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