Reports of the Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1821 Assembled for the Purpose of Amending the Constitution of the State of New York: Containing All the Official Documents Relating to the Subject, and Other Valuable Matter |
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... referred to by name in any debate . 11. That any member , making a motion , may withdraw it before the ques- tion is put thereon , and before amendment made - after which any other mem- ber may renew the same motion . 12. All committees ...
... referred to by name in any debate . 11. That any member , making a motion , may withdraw it before the ques- tion is put thereon , and before amendment made - after which any other mem- ber may renew the same motion . 12. All committees ...
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... referred by the Convention to several select committees . In others , the whole subject had been referred to one committee . In other instances , different individuals have offered distinct propositions relative to different branches of ...
... referred by the Convention to several select committees . In others , the whole subject had been referred to one committee . In other instances , different individuals have offered distinct propositions relative to different branches of ...
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... referred to a committee of the whole . The object , I presume , in making the committee so numerous , was to embrace within it as much wisdom and experience as possi- ble ; there would doubtless be accumulated a greater mass of wisdom ...
... referred to a committee of the whole . The object , I presume , in making the committee so numerous , was to embrace within it as much wisdom and experience as possi- ble ; there would doubtless be accumulated a greater mass of wisdom ...
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... referred to a committee to take into consideration the expediency of making any , and if any , what alterations therein , and to report such amendments as they may deem expedient . 2d . Resolved , That so much of the constitution as ...
... referred to a committee to take into consideration the expediency of making any , and if any , what alterations therein , and to report such amendments as they may deem expedient . 2d . Resolved , That so much of the constitution as ...
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... referred to them , be augmented , and that the number of five be added to each committee . This resolution was subsequently modified , so that six should be added to the first five committees , and five to the remaining ones , which ...
... referred to them , be augmented , and that the number of five be added to each committee . This resolution was subsequently modified , so that six should be added to the first five committees , and five to the remaining ones , which ...
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Page 553 - ... then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 9 - Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the colonies...
Page 633 - But when the Governor shall, ,with the consent of the Legislature, be out of the State, in time of war, at the head of a military force thereof, he shall continue Commander-in-Chief of all the military force of the State.
Page 638 - ... the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be...
Page 636 - Before the trial of an impeachment, the members of the court shall take an oath or affirmation, truly and impartially to try...
Page 320 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner...
Page 365 - There the wicked cease from troubling ; And there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together ; They hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there ; And the servant is free from his master.
Page 638 - Such parts of the common law, and of the acts of the legislature of the colony of New York, as together did form the law of the said colony on the nineteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, and the resolutions of the Congress of the said colony, and of the convention o.
Page 636 - 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 or safety of this State.
Page 633 - The governor shall be general and commander in chief of all the militia, and admiral of the navy of the state. He shall have power to convene the legislature (or the senate only) on extraordinary occasions.