The Clerk's Manual of Rules, Statutes, Procedures and Precedents Applicable to the Ordinary Business of the Legislature of the State of New York1909 |
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Page 280 - 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. And all corporations shall have the right to sue and shall be subject to be' sued in all courts in like cases as natural persons. [Section
Page 122 - no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State. [Section 3 of article I of the constitution of
Page 312 - election at which I was elected to said office, and have not made any promise to influence the giving or withholding any such vote," and no other oath, declaration or test shall be required as a qualification for any office of public trust. [Section
Page 156 - Escheats.— § 10. 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; and all lands the title to which shall fail, from a defects of heirs, shall revert, or escheat to the people.
Page 254 - Judges not to hold any other office.— § 10. The Judges of the Court of Appeals and the Justices of the Supreme Court shall not hold any other office or public trust. All votes for any of them, for any other than a judicial office, given by the Legislature or the people, shall be void. [Section
Page 113 - Persons not to be disfranchised.— Section 1. No member of this State shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights and privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. [Section 1 of article I of the
Page 160 - Co., 127 N. Y. 269.) Leases of agricultural lands.— § 13. No lease or 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. [Section 14 of article I of the amended constitution of 1846, without change.]
Page 227 - Qualifications of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor. — § 2. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor or Lieutenant-Governor, except a citizen of the United States, of the age of not less than thirty years, and who shall have been five years next preceding his election a resident of this State. [Section
Page 195 - of Canvassers, 129 N. Y. 360, 365.) Time of elections.— § 9. The elections of senators and members of assembly, pursuant to the provisions of this Constitution, shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, unless otherwise directed by the Legislature. Powers of each house.— § 10. A majority of
Page 576 - If any member in speaking transgresses the rules of the House, the Speaker, or any member may call to order; in which case, the member so called to order shall immediately sit down and shall not rise unless to explain or proceed in