Jewett's Manual for Election Officers and Voters in the State of New York ... |
Common terms and phrases
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Popular passages
Page 47 - in the service of the United States; while engaged in navigating the waters of this state or of the United States, or "of the high seas; or while a student in any seminary of learning; or while kept at any alms-house or other asylum at public expense; or while confined in any public prison.
Page 241 - 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 alms-house, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison." (§ 3, art. 2, State Constitution.) Voting residence of government
Page 178 - any city government; and if any person shall, after his election as a member of the legislature, be elected to congress, or appointed to any office, civil or military, under the. government of the United States, or under any city government, his acceptance thereof shall vacate his seat." (§ 8, art. 3, State Constitution, as amended in 1874.)
Page 251 - limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were and may be, at the time of this birth, citizens thereof, are declared to be citizens of the United States; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States." (§ 1993, same tit.) Citizens,
Page 195 - may be removed by the governor -within the term for which such officer shall have been chosen, after giving to such officer a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity to be heard in his defense." (§ 23 Pub. Officers
Page 247 - 1. Uses or threatens to use any force, violence or restraint, or inflicts or threatens to inflict any injury, damage, harm or loss, or in any other manner practices intimidation upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such
Page 252 - service of the United States, or who, being duly enrolled, departs the jurisdiction of the district in which he is enrolled, or goes beyond the limits of the United States, with intent to avoid any draft into the military or naval service, lawfully ordered, shall be liable to all
Page 47 - expect, or offer to receive, or pay or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at an election, or who shall make any promise to influence the giving or withholding any such vote.
Page 259 - intention to become a citizen, be admitted a citizen of the United States ; and every seaman, being a foreigner, shall, after his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, and after he shall have served such three years, be deemed a citizen of the United States for the purpose
Page 177 - 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." (§ 2, art. 4, State Constitution, as amended in 1874.) Judges not to hold other offices. " The judges of the court of appeals and