Actual Government of New York: A Manual of the Local, Municipal, State and Federal Government for Use in Public and Private Schools of New York State |
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... divisions a pupil may be prepared for any examination which he is likely to meet . The full text of the state and United States constitutions is given , and a bibliography of library books is suggested . This edition will be found to ...
... divisions a pupil may be prepared for any examination which he is likely to meet . The full text of the state and United States constitutions is given , and a bibliography of library books is suggested . This edition will be found to ...
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... Division of the Su- preme Court . Court of Appeals . Special Courts . The Duty of the Courts . Civil Procedure . Criminal Procedure : the Arrest . Criminal Procedure : the Indictment . Criminal Procedure : the Trial . United States ...
... Division of the Su- preme Court . Court of Appeals . Special Courts . The Duty of the Courts . Civil Procedure . Criminal Procedure : the Arrest . Criminal Procedure : the Indictment . Criminal Procedure : the Trial . United States ...
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... Division of Powers : Reserved Powers . Concurrent Powers . Classes of Powers . Conflicts of Authority . THE BILL OF RIGHTS : THE INDIVIDUAL IN PAGE HIS RELATION TO THE CONSTITUTION 354 The Bill of Rights . Restriction only upon the ...
... Division of Powers : Reserved Powers . Concurrent Powers . Classes of Powers . Conflicts of Authority . THE BILL OF RIGHTS : THE INDIVIDUAL IN PAGE HIS RELATION TO THE CONSTITUTION 354 The Bill of Rights . Restriction only upon the ...
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... divisions of the state to which the larger and more general affairs of government are delegated . Town Government . Like the government of the nation , state , and county , the government of the town is divided STOP STOP THE BREAD LINE ...
... divisions of the state to which the larger and more general affairs of government are delegated . Town Government . Like the government of the nation , state , and county , the government of the town is divided STOP STOP THE BREAD LINE ...
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... division of the city government characteristic of all forms of American government : namely , legislative , executive , and judicial . The state legislature has the same authority over the city of New York that it has over other cities ...
... division of the city government characteristic of all forms of American government : namely , legislative , executive , and judicial . The state legislature has the same authority over the city of New York that it has over other cities ...
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Page 425 - 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 xlvi - 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 lviii - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page xxxv - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Page 425 - Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive...
Page 425 - 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 alms-house or other asylum, or institution wholly or partly supported at public expense or by charity; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 425 - The Legislature shall not pass a private or local bill in any of the following cases: Changing the names of persons. Laying out, opening, altering, working or discontinuing roads, highways or alleys, or for draining swamps or other low lands.
Page 425 - ... 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, or in case the consent of such property owners cannot be obtained, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in the department in which it is proposed to be constructed, may, upon application, appoint three commissioners who shall determine, after a hearing of all parties interested, whether such railroad ought to...
Page 425 - The trial by jury, in all cases in which it has been heretofore used, shall remain inviolate forever. But a jury trial may be waived by the parties in all civil cases, in the manner to be prescribed by law.
Page 425 - 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.