A Manual of Civil Government for Common Schools: Intended for Public Instruction in the State of New YorkC.W. Bardeen, 1890 |
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... respective States , and vote for a President : that the FIRST WEDNESDAY in March next , 1789 , be the time , and New York ( the present seat of Congress ) the place for commencing proceedings under the Constitution . NOTE . Prior to ...
... respective States , and vote for a President : that the FIRST WEDNESDAY in March next , 1789 , be the time , and New York ( the present seat of Congress ) the place for commencing proceedings under the Constitution . NOTE . Prior to ...
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... respective towns . NOTE . - There are no other prohibitions in regard to age or re - election of county officers . DUTIES . What are some of their Duties ? I. SHERIFF . I. He is the executive officer of the county . II . By himself or ...
... respective towns . NOTE . - There are no other prohibitions in regard to age or re - election of county officers . DUTIES . What are some of their Duties ? I. SHERIFF . I. He is the executive officer of the county . II . By himself or ...
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... respective counties into Assembly districts ; the number of districts being equal to the number of members here- tofore apportioned by the Legislature to these several counties ; the territory must be contiguous , and no town may be ...
... respective counties into Assembly districts ; the number of districts being equal to the number of members here- tofore apportioned by the Legislature to these several counties ; the territory must be contiguous , and no town may be ...
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... respective Departments ? Not necessarily ; they may be transferred from another department ; as for instance , a Justice from Buffalo in the Fifth Department has been transferred to the First Department . How many Supreme Court Justices ...
... respective Departments ? Not necessarily ; they may be transferred from another department ; as for instance , a Justice from Buffalo in the Fifth Department has been transferred to the First Department . How many Supreme Court Justices ...
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... respective election districts , and certify the same to the Board of County Canvassers ; the County Canvas- sers canvass for counties , and certify to the State Can- vassers ; the State Canvassers canvass for the State ; and the ...
... respective election districts , and certify the same to the Board of County Canvassers ; the County Canvas- sers canvass for counties , and certify to the State Can- vassers ; the State Canvassers canvass for the State ; and the ...
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Page 200 - ... 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 121 - In Congress, July 4, 1776 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires...
Page 135 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 162 - 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 168 - If during a vacancy of the office of Governor, the LieutenantGovernor shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die, or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the State, the President of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease...
Page 192 - 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 156 - State one year next preceding an election, and for the last four months a resident of the county, and for the last thirty days a resident of the election district in which he may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election district of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people...
Page 123 - 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 192 - 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 163 - The Legislature shall not pass a private or local bill in any of the following cases: Changing the names of persons. Laying out, opening, altering, working or discontinuing roads, highways or alleys, or for draining swamps or other low lands.