Geography of the State of New York: Embracing Its Physical Features, Climate, Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Zoology, History, Pursuits of the People, Government, Education, Internal Improvements &c. With Statistical Tables, and a Separate Description and Map of Each County |
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... importance , lying upon the northwest of the State . It is of a very regular , elliptical form , 190 miles in length , 55 in its extreme width , and about 485 in circumference . It is in some places over 600 feet in depth , having a ...
... importance , lying upon the northwest of the State . It is of a very regular , elliptical form , 190 miles in length , 55 in its extreme width , and about 485 in circumference . It is in some places over 600 feet in depth , having a ...
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... importance are Otsego and Canade- raga in Otsego county , and Chautauque , in Chautauque county . RIVERS . The Hudson , 320 miles in length , is the largest river lying wholly in the State , and one of the finest navigable streams in ...
... importance are Otsego and Canade- raga in Otsego county , and Chautauque , in Chautauque county . RIVERS . The Hudson , 320 miles in length , is the largest river lying wholly in the State , and one of the finest navigable streams in ...
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... importance . Petroleum , or mineral oil , called , in some parts of the state , Seneca oil , occurs in several localities , and the shale is often so strongly impreg- nated with it as to burn quite freely . Carburetted hydrogen , or in ...
... importance . Petroleum , or mineral oil , called , in some parts of the state , Seneca oil , occurs in several localities , and the shale is often so strongly impreg- nated with it as to burn quite freely . Carburetted hydrogen , or in ...
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... importance . Bog iron ore and calcareous spar are those most worthy of notice . The conglomerate affords fine grindstones , and has been used to some extent for millstones . The soil is generally good ; the sandstone decomposing readily ...
... importance . Bog iron ore and calcareous spar are those most worthy of notice . The conglomerate affords fine grindstones , and has been used to some extent for millstones . The soil is generally good ; the sandstone decomposing readily ...
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... importance . The State Geolo- gists report sulphur springs in twenty - eight counties of the state . 3. Brine Springs occur in every part of the Onondaga salt forma- tion , and are also found , though of less strength , in other parts ...
... importance . The State Geolo- gists report sulphur springs in twenty - eight counties of the state . 3. Brine Springs occur in every part of the Onondaga salt forma- tion , and are also found , though of less strength , in other parts ...
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Page 115 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 104 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning, nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 107 - 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 115 - 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.
Page 103 - No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, (except in cases of impeachment, and in cases of militia when in actual service, and the land and naval forces in time of war, or which this State may keep, with the consent of Congress, in time of peace, and in cases of petit larceny under the regulation of the Legislature), unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury ; and in any trial in any court whatever, the party accused shall be allowed to appear and defend...
Page 117 - Assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon...
Page 108 - Governor ; if he approve, he shall sign it ; but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it shall have originated ; who shall enter the objections, at large, upon their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members present...
Page 104 - All grants of land within this State, made by the king of Great Britain, or persons acting under his authority, after the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, shall be null and void; but nothing contained in this Constitution shall affect any grants of land within this State, made by the authority of the said king or his predecessors, or shall annul any charters to bodies politic and corporate, by him or them made...
Page 103 - The people of this state, in their right of sovereignty, are deemed to possess the original and ultimate property in and to all lands within the jurisdiction of the state...
Page 117 - 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 New- York; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability.