Documents of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York, 1915: Begun and Held at the Capitol in the City of Albany on Tuesday the Sixth Day of April, Issues 1-54 |
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Page 11 - 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 2 - All county officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors of the respective counties or appointed by the boards of supervisors, or other county authorities, as the Legislature shall direct.
Page 4 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 3 - 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 5 - Congress of the said colony, and of the convention of the state of New- York, in force on the twentieth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven-, which have not since expired, or been repealed, or altered; and such acts of the legislature of this state, as are now in force, shall be and continue the law of this state, subject to such alterations, as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 6 - ... 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. Upon...
Page 31 - The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this State may be educated.
Page 2 - 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 9 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of , according to the best of my ability...
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| Title | Documents of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York, 1915: Begun and Held at the Capitol in the City of Albany on Tuesday the Sixth Day of April, Issues 1-54 Issues 1-54 of Documents of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York, 1915, New York (State). Constitutional Convention Documents of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York, 1915: Begun and Held at the Capitol in the City of Albany on Tuesday the Sixth Day of April, New York (State). Constitutional Convention State constitutional conventions |
| Author | New York (State). Constitutional Convention |
| Publisher | J. B. Lyon Company, printers, 1915 |
| Length | 724 pages |
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