The Constitution of the State of New York, Together with the Rules and Orders, Standing Committees, and List of Members of the Senate and Assembly ...Croswell & Van Benthuysen, 1887 - New York (State) |
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... Grants of land since 1775- Prior grants . ARTICLE II . SECTION 1. Qualification of voters . SEC . 2. Persons excluded from right of suffrage - Challenge- Laws to be passed excluding from right of suffrage . SEC . 3. Certain employments ...
... Grants of land since 1775- Prior grants . ARTICLE II . SECTION 1. Qualification of voters . SEC . 2. Persons excluded from right of suffrage - Challenge- Laws to be passed excluding from right of suffrage . SEC . 3. Certain employments ...
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... grant of agricultural land , for a longer period than twelve years , hereafter made , in which shall be reserved any rent or service of any kind , shall be valid . SEC . 15. All fines , quarter sales , or other like restraints upon ...
... grant of agricultural land , for a longer period than twelve years , hereafter made , in which shall be reserved any rent or service of any kind , shall be valid . SEC . 15. All fines , quarter sales , or other like restraints upon ...
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... the Legislature for adoption . SEC . 18. All grants of land within the State , made by the King of Great Britain , or persons acting under his authority , after the fourteenth day of October , one CONSTITUTION OF STATE OF NEW YORK . 13.
... the Legislature for adoption . SEC . 18. All grants of land within the State , made by the King of Great Britain , or persons acting under his authority , after the fourteenth day of October , one CONSTITUTION OF STATE OF NEW YORK . 13.
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... grants of land within this State , made by the authority of the said King or his predecessors , or shall an- nul any charters to bodies politic and corporate , by him or them made , before that day ; or shall affect any such grants or ...
... grants of land within this State , made by the authority of the said King or his predecessors , or shall an- nul any charters to bodies politic and corporate , by him or them made , before that day ; or shall affect any such grants or ...
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... grant any extra compensation to any public officer , servant , agent or contractor . SEC . 25. Sections seventeen and eighteen of this article shall not apply to any bill , or the amendments to any bill , which shall be reported to the ...
... grant any extra compensation to any public officer , servant , agent or contractor . SEC . 25. Sections seventeen and eighteen of this article shall not apply to any bill , or the amendments to any bill , which shall be reported to the ...
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Page 20 - 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 42 - ... sufficient to pay, the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt within eighteen years from the time of the contracting thereof.
Page 5 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 4 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
Page 21 - 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 43 - 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.
Page 9 - 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 alms-house, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 5 - 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...
Page 9 - Sec. 2. No person who shall receive, accept or offer to receive, or pay, offer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at...
Page 17 - Every law which imposes, continues or revives a tax shall distinctly state the tax and the object to which it is to be applied, and it shall not be sufficient to refer to any other law to fix such tax or object.