New York State Constitution. State of New York

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       State of New York

      New York State Constitution

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4064066459314

      Table of Contents

       THE CONSTITUTION

       ARTICLE I BILL OF RIGHTS

       [Rights, privileges and franchise secured; power of legislature to dispense with primary elections in certain cases]

       [Trial by jury; how waived]

       [Freedom of worship; religious liberty]

       [Habeas corpus]

       [Bail; fines; punishments; detention of witnesses]

       [Grand jury; protection of certain enumerated rights; duty of public officers to sign waiver of immunity and give testimony; penalty for refusal]

       [Compensation for taking private property; private roads; drainage of agricultural lands]

       [Freedom of speech and press; criminal prosecutions for libel]

       [Right to assemble and petition; divorce; lotteries; pool-selling and gambling; laws to prevent; pari-mutual betting on horse races permitted; games of chance, bingo or lotto authorized under certain restrictions]

       [Ownership of lands, yellowtail tenures and escheat]

       [Equal protection of laws; discrimination in civil rights prohibited]

       [Security against unreasonable searches, seizures and interceptions]

       [Common law and acts of the colonial and state legislatures]

       [Damages for injuries causing death]

       [Labor not a commodity; hours and wages in public work; right to organize and bargain collectively]

       [Workers’ compensation]

       ARTICLE II SUFFRAGE

       [Qualifications of voters]

       [Absentee voting]

       [Persons excluded from the right of suffrage]

       [Certain occupations and conditions not to affect residence]

       [Registration and election laws to be passed]

       [Permanent registration]

       [Manner of voting; identification of voters]

       [Bi-partisan registration and election boards]

       [Presidential elections; special voting procedures authorized]

       ARTICLE III LEGISLATURE [Legislative power]

       [Number and terms of senators and assemblymen]

       [Senate districts [15] ]

       [Readjustments and reapportionments; when federal census to control]

       [Apportionment of assemblymen; creation of assembly districts]

       [Definition of inhabitants]

       [Compensation, allowances and traveling expenses of members]

       [Qualifications of members; prohibitions on certain civil appoint¬ments; acceptance to vacate seat]

       [Time of elections of members]

       [Powers of each house]

       [Journals; open sessions; adjournments]

       [Members not to be questioned for speeches]

       [Bills may originate in either house; may be amended by the other]

       [Enacting clause of bills; no law to be enacted except by bill]

       [Private or local bills to embrace only one subject, expressed in title]

       [Existing law not to be made applicable by reference]

       [Cases in which private or local bills shall not be passed]