New York Municipal Gazette (New York, N.Y.), Volume 1, Issues 41-48Ebenezer Meriam Anti-Assessment Committee, 1847 |
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Page 562
... legislature deliberately , with power to suspend the operation of an unconsti- tutional act until 30 days after the meeting of the next Legislature would be found a salutary restraint upon arbitrary as well as a curative of hasty ...
... legislature deliberately , with power to suspend the operation of an unconsti- tutional act until 30 days after the meeting of the next Legislature would be found a salutary restraint upon arbitrary as well as a curative of hasty ...
Page 563
... Legislature to interfere with our municipial concerns , the manage- ment of which , so far as they are local , is secured to the people of this city by the strongest guarantees . The powers with which the people have invested their ...
... Legislature to interfere with our municipial concerns , the manage- ment of which , so far as they are local , is secured to the people of this city by the strongest guarantees . The powers with which the people have invested their ...
Page 564
... Legislature , this report was frequently referred to in the debates had upon the Tax Bill , a copy of which we ... Legislature that certain of these rents ought to be excepted from assessment , because they are cases of double taxation ...
... Legislature , this report was frequently referred to in the debates had upon the Tax Bill , a copy of which we ... Legislature that certain of these rents ought to be excepted from assessment , because they are cases of double taxation ...
Page 565
... Legislature . But if such a law should be passed , it would still remain a question who is bound to pay the tax , the landlord or the tenant . It will be seen , from the transcripts of the covenants which your committee now furnish ...
... Legislature . But if such a law should be passed , it would still remain a question who is bound to pay the tax , the landlord or the tenant . It will be seen , from the transcripts of the covenants which your committee now furnish ...
Page 566
... Legislature have no power to in- terfere . If the consequence of our legislation , in the manner proposed , should be to throw an unexpected burthen upon the tenant , the design of the resolution would not only be defeated , but the act ...
... Legislature have no power to in- terfere . If the consequence of our legislation , in the manner proposed , should be to throw an unexpected burthen upon the tenant , the design of the resolution would not only be defeated , but the act ...
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Page 627 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors, of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose.
Page 627 - In addition to the above limited power to contract debts, the State may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the State in war; but the money arising from the contracting of such debts shall be applied to the purpose for which it was raised, or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose whatever.
Page 627 - No moneys shall ever be paid out of the Treasury of this State, or any of its funds, or any of the funds under its management, except in pursuance of an appropriation by law; nor unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such 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...
Page 625 - Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 686 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 626 - He shall expedite all such measures as may be resolved upon by the Legislature, and shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed.
Page 626 - 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 628 - Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution, and amend the same ?" shall be decided by the electors qualified to vote for members of the legislature...
Page 626 - In case of the impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, resignation, or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant-Governor for the residue of the term, or until the disability shall cease.
Page 625 - 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. But all such parts of the common law, and such of the said acts, or parts thereof, as are repugnant to this Constitution, are hereby abrogated...