The Clerk's Manual of Rules, Statutes, Procedures and Precedents Applicable to the Ordinary Business of the Legislature of the State of New York1894 |
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... quorum be present , the House is competent to proceed to business . The caucus of each party , for the nomination of its candidates for Speaker , Clerk , etc. , is held in the Capitol on the evening previous to the organization ...
... quorum be present , the House is competent to proceed to business . The caucus of each party , for the nomination of its candidates for Speaker , Clerk , etc. , is held in the Capitol on the evening previous to the organization ...
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... quorum be present , the House is competent to proceed to business . The caucus of each party , for the nomination of its candidates for Speaker , Clerk , etc. , is held in the Capitol on the evening previous to the organization ...
... quorum be present , the House is competent to proceed to business . The caucus of each party , for the nomination of its candidates for Speaker , Clerk , etc. , is held in the Capitol on the evening previous to the organization ...
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... quorum present , the Chairman directs the Clerk to ascertain that fact by count . If it appears that there is not a quorum , the Speaker immediately resumes the chair and the Chairman reports thus : Mr. Speaker : The Speaker responds ...
... quorum present , the Chairman directs the Clerk to ascertain that fact by count . If it appears that there is not a quorum , the Speaker immediately resumes the chair and the Chairman reports thus : Mr. Speaker : The Speaker responds ...
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... quorum to do business . Each House shall determine the rules of its own proceedings and be the judge of the elections , returns and qualifi- cations of its own members ; shall choose its own officers ; and the Senate shall choose a ...
... quorum to do business . Each House shall determine the rules of its own proceedings and be the judge of the elections , returns and qualifi- cations of its own members ; shall choose its own officers ; and the Senate shall choose a ...
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... Jour- nals , and three - fifths of all the members elected to either House shall , in all such cases , be neces- sary to constitute a quorum therein . EXEMPTIONS FROM ARREST . EXPULSION OF MEMBERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN 60 CLERK'S MANUAL .
... Jour- nals , and three - fifths of all the members elected to either House shall , in all such cases , be neces- sary to constitute a quorum therein . EXEMPTIONS FROM ARREST . EXPULSION OF MEMBERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN 60 CLERK'S MANUAL .
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Page 221 - The term corporations, as used in this article, 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.
Page 195 - April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, which have not since expired, or been repealed or altered ; and such acts of the Legislature of this State as are now in force, shall be and continue the law of this State, subject to such alterations as the Legislature shall make concerning the same.
Page 50 - But no law shall authorize the construction or operation of a street railroad except upon the condition that the consent of the owners of onehalf in value of the property bounded on, and the consent also of the local authorities having the control of, that portion of a street or highway upon which it is proposed to construct or operate such railroad be first obtained...
Page 196 - State one year next preceding an election, and for the last four months a resident of the county and for the last thirty days a residence of the election district in which he may offer his vote, 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 48 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same, except such parts as may require secrecy. The doors of each house shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy.
Page 192 - 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, or which this State may keep, with the consent of Congress in time of peace ; and in cases of petit larceny, under the regulation of the Legislature), unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury...
Page 196 - ... nothing contained in this Constitution shall. affect any grants of land within this State, made by the authority of the said king or his predecessors, or shall annul any charters to bodies politic and corporate, by him or them made, before that day ; or shall affect any such grants or charters since made by this State, or by persons acting under its authority...
Page 50 - 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.
Page 198 - 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 206 - The Superintendent of Public Works shall appoint not more than three assistant superintendents, whose duties shall be prescribed by him. subject to modification by the Legislature, and who shall receive, for their services a compensation to be fixed by law.