the Lieutenant-Governor, adminifter the government, until others shall be elected by the fuffrage of the people, at the fucceeding election.

XXII. And this Convention doth further, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, ordain, determine, and declare, that the Treasurer of this State fhall be appointed by act of the legislature, to originate with the Affembly: Provided, that he shall not be elected out of either branch of the legislature.

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XXIII. That all officers, other than those who by this Constitution are directed to be otherwife appointed, fhall be appointed in the manner following, to wit, The Affembly fhall once in every year, openly nominate and point one of the Senators from each great diftrict, which Senators fhall form a Council for the appointment of the faid officers, of which the Governor for the time being, or the Lieutenant-Governor, or the Prefident of the Senate, when they shall refpectively administer the government, shall be President, and have a casting voice, but no other vote; and with the advice and confent of the faid Council, fhall appoint

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all the faid officers; and that a majority of the faid Council be a Quorum. And further, the faid Senators fhall not be eligible to the faid Council for two years fucceffively.

XXIV. That all military officers be appointed during pleasure; that all commiffioned officers, civil and military, be commiffioned by the Governor; and that the Chancellor, the Judges of the Supreme Court, and firft Judge of the county court in every county, hold their offices during good behaviour, or until they shall have respectively attained the age of fixty years.

XXV. That the Chancellor and Judges of the Supreme Court fhall not at the fame time hold any other office, excepting that of Delegate to the General Congress, upon special occafions; and that the first Judges of the county courts in the feveral counties, fhall not at the fame time hold any other office, excepting that of Senator, or Delegate to the General Congrefs. But if the Chancellor or either of the faid Judges be elected or appointed to any other office, excepting as is before excepted, it shall be at his option in which to ferve.

XXVI. That Sheriffs and Coroners be annually appointed; and that no perfon fhall be capable of holding either of the faid offices

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more than four years fucceffively, nor the Sheriff of holding any other office at the fame time.

XXVII. And be it further ordained, that the Register and Clerks in Chancery be appointed by the Chancellor; the Clerks of the Supreme Court by the Judges of the faid court; the Clerk of the Court of Probates by the Judge of the faid court; and the Register and Marshal of the Court of Admiralty by the Judge of the Admiralty; the faid Marshal, Registers and Clerks to continue in office during the pleasure of thofe by whom they are to be appointed as aforefaid.

And that all Attorneys, Solicitors and Counfellors at law, hereafter to be appointed, be appointed by the court, and licenfed by the first Judge of the court in which they shall refpectively plead or practise; and be regulated by the rules and orders of the faid courts.

XXVIII. And be it further ordained, that where by this Convention the duration of any office fhall not be afcertained, fuch office shall be conftrued to be held during the pleasure of the Council of appointment: Provided, that new commiffions fhall be iffued to Judges of the county courts (other than to the first Judge)

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and to Justices of the Peace, once at the leaft in every three years.

XXIX. That Town-clerks, Supervifors, Affeffors, Conftables, and Collectors, and all other officers heretofore eligible by the people, shall always continue to be fo eligible, in the manner directed by the prefent or future acts of legiflature.

That Loan Officers, County Treasurers, and Clerks of the Supervifors, continue to be appointed in the manner directed by the present or future acts of the legislature.

XXX. That Delegates to represent this State in the General Congrefs of the United States of America, be annually appointed as follows, to wit, The Senate and Affembly fhall each openly nominate as many perfons as fhall be equal to the whole number of Delegates to be appointed; after which nomination they shall meet together, and those perfons named in both lifts fhall be Delegates; and out of those perfons whofe names are not in both lifts, one half fhall be chofen by the joint ballot of the Senators and Members of Aflembly, fo met together as aforefaid.

XXXI. That the ftyle of all laws fhall be as follows, to wit, "Be it enacted by the People

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of the State of New-York, reprefented in Senate and Affembly." And that all writs and other proceedings shall run in the name of " the People of the State of New-York," and be tefted in the name of the Chancellor or Chief Judge of the court from whence they fhall iffue.

XXXII. And this Convention doth further, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, ordain, determine, and declare, that a court fhall be inftituted for the trial of impeachments, and the correction of errors, under the regulations which shall be established by the legislature; and to confist of the President of the Senate for the time being, and the Senators, Chancellor, and Judges of the Supreme Court, or the major part of them; except, that when an impeachment shall be prosecuted against the Chancellor, or either of the Judges of the Supreme Court, the perfon fo impeached shall be fufpended from exercifing his office until his acquittal and in like manner, when an appeal from a decree in equity fhall be heard, the Chancellor shall inform the court of the reafons of his decree, but shall not have a voice in the final fentence. And if the cause to be determined shall be brought

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