INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Art. Sec. Academies, support of.... Actions or suits, not to be affected.......................................................................... by or against corporations........ Adjournment, neither house to adjourn without consent of the other........ Adjutant-General, appointment and tenure of office... Agricultural land, certain leases or grants to be void. Alienation of lands, restraints upon, to be void....... Appeals, court of [see Court of appeals] members not to receive civil appointments Amendments to constitution, when to go into effect............. Appropriation laws, to be passed within two years... to specify distinctly sum appropriated....... bills, how to be passed Assembly, number of members who ineligible to.......... number, when and how apportioned and chosen..... districts, how and when formed when reorganized................. compensation of members..... members not to receive state civil appointments..... accepting U. S. office, vacates seat of member....... election to be held in November..... 3 7 3 3 to sit with open doors, except, etc. Assembly, not to adjourn without the consent of the senate...... members not to be questioned elsewhere for words said in commissioner of the canal fund............ member of the canal board........... when incumbent to go out of office................... .................................. Attorney, district [see District attorney] Ayes and noes, on final passage of bills......................................... to be entered on journal................... on bills returned by governor with objections on removal of judicial officers on certain bills to create debt on tax and appropriation bills.... on amendments to the constitution. Ball, excessive, not to be required Ballot, elections to be by, except for town officers Banking, no special charter for, to be granted 13 03346733 10 1 15 15 9 11 12 21 1 suspension of specie payments not to be sanctioned..... stockholders to be individually liable bill-holders preferred in cases of insolvency [see Savings Bank]... Bank notes or bills, to be registered, and security given.......... to be first paid in cases of insolvency Betting on elections, persons to be excluded from voting. reported by commissioners to revise the statutes, sections 17 and 18 of this title not to apply to ........ must be signed in thirty days after adjournment, or cannot become a law in bill appropriating money, governor may object to one or more items..... 4 9 to create debt, restricted for tax and appropriations, three-fifths quorum.. Black River canal, to be completed....... Borrowing money, state may borrow for deficit in sinking fund, not exceeding $1,000,000.. to repel invasion.... with assent of the people..... towns, counties, cities and villages to be restricted in Art. Sec. Bribery, persons guilty of attempt at..... 2 2 15 2 15 2 person attempting, not privileged from testifying Bridges, providing for building of. Brooklyn city court....... jurisdiction........ Judges, how chosen........... compensation. official term of ........ to appoint chief Judge term of office of chief judge laws applicable to, applied to superintendent of public works, Canal commissioners, office abolished........ present, when to go out of office Canal fund commissioners [see Commissioners of canal fund]. 5 3 Canals, revenues [see Revenues of canals]. to be completed. contractors, no extra compensation to be made to ..... expenditures for repairs, limited funds from sale of, how to be applied. not to be sold, leased or disposed of. Chancellor, office of, abolished.. to hear causes till July, 1848.. eligible at first election... vacancy in office supplied by governor and senate Art. Sec. Chancery [see Court of Chancery]. 14 8 Clerk of the supreme court, county clerks to be.......... Circuit judge, office of, abolished.. eligible to office at first election............................. Cities may be created by special act........... to be restricted in their powers officers of, to be elected or appointed........ not to loan their money or credit not to become owners of stocks or bonds not to contract debts, except for city purposes. Citizens, not to be disfranchised unless by law not to answer for crimes, except on indictments, etc..... not to be twice put in jeopardy for same offense City courts [see Courts in cities]. County seats, change of........... Crime, no one to answer except on presentments, etc to be paid out of public treasury. to be appointed by court..... to keep his office at seat of government Clerks of counties [see County clerks]. Clerks and register of New York city, election and tenure......... 10 1 Commission of appeals, term of service may be extended. Commissioners, canal [see Canal commissioners]. Commissioners of appeals, causes undetermined by, how dis Commissioners of the land office, powers and duties................... may sell land contiguous to the salt springs... Commissioners to frame code and report to the legislature......... vacancies, how supplied, and compensation................................................................. of supreme court, office abolished.... Commissary-general, appointment and tenure of office.. to give security.. Common law, part of the law of this state Common pleas court, business transferred.. Judges of, abolished..... Common school fund, capital inviolate........................................ income, how applied Compensation of members of the legislature of the governor... of the lieutenant-governor.. 4 8 of judges of court of appeals and justices of supreme court, Congress, members of, ineligible to the legislature. majority of each house necessary to propose amendments to, amendments to be approved by a majority of electors voting, 13 when to take effect............................................. ......................................................... Contractors, no extra compensation to................................................................................................ 66 granting privileges to ....... 3 8 1 3 Convention to revise the constitution, when question to be submitted..... 13 majority of electors voting at the election, necessary. ........ delegates to be elected.. 2221-10 |