The Triumph of Reform: A History of the Great Political Revolution, November Sixth, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-fourSouvenir Publishing Company, 1895 - 397 pages |
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... corporations and parts of municipal corpora- tions known as the city of Brooklyn and the town of Flatlands , in the ... corporation known as The Mayor , Aldermen , and Commonalty of the City of New York . SECTION 2. For all purposes the ...
... corporations and parts of municipal corpora- tions known as the city of Brooklyn and the town of Flatlands , in the ... corporation known as The Mayor , Aldermen , and Commonalty of the City of New York . SECTION 2. For all purposes the ...
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... corporation . Section 2. The State may , to meet casual deficits or fail- ures in revenues , or for expenses not provided for , contract debts ; but such debts , direct or contingent , singly or in the ag- gregate , shall not at any ...
... corporation . Section 2. The State may , to meet casual deficits or fail- ures in revenues , or for expenses not provided for , contract debts ; but such debts , direct or contingent , singly or in the ag- gregate , shall not at any ...
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... corporation and joint- stock association for banking purposes , shall be individually responsible to the amount of their respective share or shares of stock in any such corporation or association , for all its debts and liabilities of ...
... corporation and joint- stock association for banking purposes , shall be individually responsible to the amount of their respective share or shares of stock in any such corporation or association , for all its debts and liabilities of ...
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... corporations . Section 2. All cities are classified according to the latest State enumeration , as from time to time made , as follows : The first class includes all cities having a population of two hundred and fifty thousand , or more ...
... corporations . Section 2. All cities are classified according to the latest State enumeration , as from time to time made , as follows : The first class includes all cities having a population of two hundred and fifty thousand , or more ...
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... Corporation Counsel . In 1890 he was appointed by Governor Hill a Commissioner for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United States , a movement which is supported by some twenty- two States through the appointment of ...
... Corporation Counsel . In 1890 he was appointed by Governor Hill a Commissioner for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United States , a movement which is supported by some twenty- two States through the appointment of ...
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Page 354 - ... exist or may hereafter be enacted; he shall appoint the agents, wardens, physicians and chaplains of the prisons. The agent and warden of each prison shall appoint all other officers of such prison, except the clerk, subject to the approval of the same by the Superintendent. The Comptroller shall appoint the clerks of the prisons. The Superintendent shall have all the powers and perform all the duties not inconsistent herewith, which were formerly had and performed by the Inspectors of State...
Page 350 - ... 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 350 - 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 an...
Page 354 - If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members elected to that house shall agree to pass the bill it shall be sent together with the objections to the other house by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by twothirds of the members elected to that house, it shall become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor.
Page 349 - We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, do establish this Constitution.
Page 203 - The ratio for apportioning Senators shall always be obtained by dividing the number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, by fifty, and the Senate shall always be composed of fifty members, except that if any county having three or more Senators at the time of any apportionment...
Page 354 - 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 350 - 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 356 - The existing County Courts are continued, and the Judges thereof now in office shall hold their offices until the expiration of their respective terms. In the county of Kings there shall be...
Page 352 - ... form as practicable, each of which shall be wholly within a senate district formed under the same apportionment, equal to the number of members of assembly to which such county shall be entitled, and shall cause to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and of the clerk of such county, a description of such districts, specifying the number of each district and of the inhabitants thereof, excluding aliens, according to the last preceding enumeration -, and such apportionment and districts...