Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of New YorkNew York State Department of State, 1927 - New York (State) |
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Albany Alfred Allegany amend Appointed April ARTICLE avenue to East Benjamin Gitlow boundary line Broadway Bronx Brooklyn Broome Buffalo canal Cattaraugus Cayuga center line Charles Chautauqua Chemung Chenango clerk Clinton Columbia Commission Commissioner Congress Constitution Cortland Delaware Department Division Dutchess East One Hundred East river Edward Election district Elmira Erie Essex Frank Franklin Fulton Genesee George George W Governor Hamilton Henry Herkimer Hudson river Island James Jefferson Jeremiah D John justices Kings Lawrence Legislature Lewis Lieutenant-Governor Livingston Madison Monroe Nassau Niagara Ogden L Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Oswego Otsego Park place of beginning President Queens Rensselaer Rochester Rockland Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Secretary senate district Seneca Smith Steuben street Suffolk Sullivan Supreme Court Syracuse term thence Thomas Tioga Tompkins Total town Ulster Utica void and scattering vote ward Warren Washington West Westchester William William H Wyoming York city
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Page 154 - The term corporations, as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associations and joint-stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships. And all corporations shall have the right to sue, and shall be subject to be sued, in all courts in like cases as natural persons.
Page 25 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 124 - ... that honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United States in the late Civil War, who are citizens and residents of this State, shall be entitled to preference in appointment and promotion, without regard to their standing on any list from which such appointment or promotion may be made. Laws shall be made to provide for the enforcement of this section.
Page 88 - The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief ; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace 01 safety of this State.
Page 50 - When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointment until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
Page 32 - The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 110 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same, except such parts as may require secrecy. The doors of each house shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy.
Page 92 - April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, which have not since expired, or been repealed or altered; and such acts of the Legislature of this State as are now in force, shall be and continue the law of this State, subject to such alterations as the Legislature shall make concerning the same.
Page 10 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 169 - And I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not directly or indirectly paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, or offered or promised to contribute, any money or other valuable thing as a consideration or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at the election at which I was elected to said office, and have not made any promise to influence the giving or withholding any such vote," and.no other oath, declaration or test shall be required as a qualification for any office of...