Constitution of the State of New York: Adopted in 1846 : with a Comparative Arrangement of the Constitutional Provisions of Other States, Classified by Their Subjects |
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... duties or taxes may properly and justly be imposed or laid with a politi- cal view , for the good government and benefit of the community . Md . , 254 . -No special privileges or immunities shall ever be granted by the Legislature ...
... duties or taxes may properly and justly be imposed or laid with a politi- cal view , for the good government and benefit of the community . Md . , 254 . -No special privileges or immunities shall ever be granted by the Legislature ...
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... duties of their functions ; therefore , no minister of the gospel , or priest of any denomination whatsoever , shall at any time hereafter under any pretense or description whatever , be eligible to , or capable of holding , any civil ...
... duties of their functions ; therefore , no minister of the gospel , or priest of any denomination whatsoever , shall at any time hereafter under any pretense or description whatever , be eligible to , or capable of holding , any civil ...
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... duties , or rendered incompetent to give evidence in any court of law or equity , in consequence of his opinions on the subject of religion ; and any party to any judicial proceeding shall have the right to use as a witness , or take ...
... duties , or rendered incompetent to give evidence in any court of law or equity , in consequence of his opinions on the subject of religion ; and any party to any judicial proceeding shall have the right to use as a witness , or take ...
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... duties , ought to be established , fixed , laid or levied , under any pretext whatsoever , without the consent of the people , or their Representatives in the Legislature . Mass . , 282 ; N. H. , 400 ; Md . , 254 ; Or . , 448 , -That ...
... duties , ought to be established , fixed , laid or levied , under any pretext whatsoever , without the consent of the people , or their Representatives in the Legislature . Mass . , 282 ; N. H. , 400 ; Md . , 254 ; Or . , 448 , -That ...
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... duties as are now required of the Com- missioner of the Land Office , or such as may hereafter be prescribed by law , and shall also be the keeper of the chancery records . He shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum ...
... duties as are now required of the Com- missioner of the Land Office , or such as may hereafter be prescribed by law , and shall also be the keeper of the chancery records . He shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum ...
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Page 19 - Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section, may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Page 34 - Each of the Justices shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus to any part of the State, upon petition by or on behalf of any person held in actual custody, and may make such writs returnable before himself or the Supreme Court, or before any Superior Court in the State, or before any Judge thereof.
Page 34 - Every act shall embrace but one subject, and matters properly connected therewith; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Page 6 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it ; completely, and without any denial ; promptly, and without delay, conformably to the laws.
Page 44 - Members of the legislature, and all officers, executive and judicial, except such inferior officers as may be by law exempted, shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective 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 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of , according to the best...
Page 15 - The legislature may, at any time after the approval of such law by the people, if no debt shall have been contracted in pursuance thereof, repeal the same ; and may at any time...
Page 34 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations, as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Page 15 - ... no such law shall take effect until, at a general election, it shall have been submitted to the people and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at such election...