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Classification of Cities, Etc.

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CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES, ETC.

Sec. 2. All cities are classified according to the latest

2 State enumeration, as from time to time made, as follows: The 3 first class includes all cities having a population of two hun4 dred and fifty thousand, or more; the second class, all cities 5 having a population of fifty thousand and less than two hun6 dred and fifty thousand; the third class, all other cities. Laws 7 relating to the property, affairs or government of cities, and the 8 several departments thereof, are divided into general and 9 special city laws; general city laws are those which relate to all IO the cities of one or more classes; special city laws are those which relate to a single city, or to less than all the cities of a class. 12 Special city laws shall not be passed except in conformity with 13 the provisions of this section. After any bill for a special 14 city law, relating to a city, has been passed by both branches 15 of the Legislature, the house in which it originated shall imme16 diately transmit a certified copy thereof to the mayor of such 17 city, and within fifteen days thereafter the mayor shall return 18 such bill to the house from which it was sent, or if the session 19 of the Legislature at which such bill was passed has termi20 nated, to the Governor, with the mayor's certificate thereon, 21 stating whether the city has or has not accepted the same.

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In every city of the first class, the mayor, and in every other

Classification of Cities, Etc.

23 city, the mayor and the legislative body thereof concurrently, 24 shall act for such city as to such bill; but the Legislature may 25 provide for the concurrence of the legislative body in cities 26 of the first class. The Legislature shall provide for a public 27 notice and opportunity for a public hearing concerning any 28 such bill in every city to which it relates, before action thereon. 29 Such a bill, if it relates to more than one city, shall be trans30 mitted to the mayor of each city to which it relates, and shall 31 not be deemed accepted unless accepted as herein provided, 32 by every such city. Whenever any such bill is accepted as 33 herein provided, it shall be subject as are other bills, to the 34 action of the Governor. Whenever, during the session at 35 which it was passed, any such bill is returned without the 36 acceptance of the city or cities to which it relates, or within 37 such fifteen days is not returned, it may nevertheless again be 38 passed by both branches of the Legislature, and it shall then 39 be subject as are other bills, to the action of the Governor. 40 In every special city law which has been accepted by the city or cities to which it relates, the title shall be followed by the 42 words "accepted by the city," or "cities," as the case may be; 43 in every such law which is passed without such acceptance, by 44 the words "passed without the acceptance of the city," or 45 "cities," as the case may be.

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Elections, How Held.

ELECTIONS, HOW HELD.

Sec. 3. All elections of city officers, including super2 visors and judicial officers of inferior local courts, elected in 3 any city or part of a city, and of county officers elected in the 4 counties of New York and Kings, and in all counties whose 5 boundaries are the same as those of a city, except to fill vacan6 cies, shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday 7 in November in an odd-numbered year, and the term of every 8 such officer shall expire at the end of an odd-numbered year. 9 The terms of office of all such officers, elected before the first 10 day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, II whose successors have not then been elected, which under 12 existing laws would expire with an even-numbered year, or in 13 an odd-numbered year and before the end thereof, are extended 14 to and including the last day of December next following the 15 time when such terms would otherwise expire; the terms of 16 office of all such officers, which under existing laws would 17 expire in an even-numbered year, and before the end thereof, 18 are abridged so as to expire at the end of the preceding year. 19 This section shall not apply to any city of the third class, or to 20 elections of any judicial officer, except judges and justices of inferior local courts.

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Oath of Office.

OATH OF OFFICE.

ARTICLE XIII.

I Section 1. Members of the Legislature, and all officers,

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executive and judicial, except such inferior officers as shall be 3 by law exempted shall, before they enter on the duties of their 4 respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or 5 affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will sup6 port the Constitution of the United States and the Constitu7 tion of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully dis8 charge the duties of the office of

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9 best of my ability;" and all such officers who shall have been 10 chosen at any election shall, before they enter on the duties

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of their respective offices, take and subscribe the oath or 12 affirmation above prescribed, together with the following addi13 tion thereto, as part thereof:

14 "And I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have 15 not directly or indirectly paid, offered or promised to pay, 16 contribute, or offered or promised to contribute any money 17 or other valuable thing as a consideration or reward for the 18 giving or withholding a vote at the election at which I was 19 elected to said office, and have not made any promise to 20 influence the giving or withholding any such vote," and no 21 other oath, declaration or test shall be required as a qualification for any office of public trust.

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affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Alabama, so long as I continue a citizen thereof, and that I will faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter to the best of my ability, so help me God." Which oath may be administered by the presiding officer of either House of the General Assembly, or any officer authorized by law to administer an oath.

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ARKANSAS.

Senators and Representatives and all judicial and executive, State and county officers, and all other officers, both civil and military, before entering on the duties of their respective offices, shall take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation: "I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of - upon which I am now about to enter."

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CALIFORNIA.

Members of the Legislature, and all officers, executive and judicial, except such inferior officers as may be by law exempted, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective

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offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, and that I will fathfully discharge the duties of the office of according to the best

of my ability." And no other oath, declaration or test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust.

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