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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... served as chairmen or members of campaign committees ; some , as watchers ; some , as counsel on election day in the various Assembly districts . The Club itself contributed to the campaign a pamphlet entitled THE CITY CLUB . 257.
... served as chairmen or members of campaign committees ; some , as watchers ; some , as counsel on election day in the various Assembly districts . The Club itself contributed to the campaign a pamphlet entitled THE CITY CLUB . 257.
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... served . Section 6. All laws creating , regulating or affecting boards of officers charged with the duty of registering voters , or of distributing ballots at the polls to voters , or of receiving , re- cording or counting votes at ...
... served . Section 6. All laws creating , regulating or affecting boards of officers charged with the duty of registering voters , or of distributing ballots at the polls to voters , or of receiving , re- cording or counting votes at ...
Page 342
... serving as members of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments , and such members of the Assembly , not exceeding nine in num ber , as shall be appointed managers of an impeachment , shall receive an additional allowance of ten dollars a ...
... serving as members of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments , and such members of the Assembly , not exceeding nine in num ber , as shall be appointed managers of an impeachment , shall receive an additional allowance of ten dollars a ...
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... Served in the New York Assembly in 1875-6 and 1877 , being twice elected as an independent Democrat and once unanimously . He was nominated for the State Sen- ate by the Republicans , as an independent Democrat . The district is usually ...
... Served in the New York Assembly in 1875-6 and 1877 , being twice elected as an independent Democrat and once unanimously . He was nominated for the State Sen- ate by the Republicans , as an independent Democrat . The district is usually ...
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... served in the Assemblies of 1885 , 1886 and 1887 , and in the Senates of 1888-9 , 1890-1 and 1892-3 . At the last election for Senator he received 15,930 votes , a plurality over Columbus O. Johnson of 4,409 ; a majority over all of ...
... served in the Assemblies of 1885 , 1886 and 1887 , and in the Senates of 1888-9 , 1890-1 and 1892-3 . At the last election for Senator he received 15,930 votes , a plurality over Columbus O. Johnson of 4,409 ; a majority over all of ...
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Page 346 - 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 - No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become directly or Indirectly the owner of stock In, or bonds of, any association or corporation; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to Incur any Indebtedness except for county, •city town or village purposes.
Page 342 - ... that in time of war no elector in the actual military service of the State, or of the United States, in the army or navy thereof, shall be deprived of his vote by reason of his absence from such election district...
Page 345 - ... unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such an appropriation act ; and every such law making a new appropriation, or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated, and the object to which it is to be applied ; and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum.
Page 346 - Legislature each case of reprieve, commutation or pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the commutation, pardon or reprieve.
Page 350 - Neither the credit nor the money of the State shall be given or loaned to or in aid of any association, corporation or private undertaking. This section shall not, however, prevent the Legislature from making such provision for the education and support of the blind, the deaf and dumb, and juvenile delinquents, as to it may seem proper. Nor shall it apply to any fund or property now held, or which may hereafter be held, by the State for educational purposes.
Page 342 - ... 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 349 - 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 346 - If any bill presented to the governor contain several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items while approving of the other portions of the bill.
Page 345 - Creating, increasing or decreasing fees, percentage or allowances of public officers, during the term for which said officers are elected or appointed. Granting to any corporation, association or individual the right to lay down railroad tracks. Granting to any private corporation, association or individual any exclusive privilege, immunity or franchise whatever.