raopoanoa nvintn ora. one
ini.ru or mr tokk, orrtat oir tn txruaAtwrn-UATn* ot italicb n nwi
•MTttarr e* aMa. Altaor, AofcuK 1. m».-9m- MATIKR IM BBAOUtTS [ ] IS OLD MAtnB •¦Mt M tiw proiiiloB* of Mctlon lour of utlel. i TO BE UMITrSD.
•tVMl of tbe ooMlitutloa of th. itAU Ol K.« ! STATE OV SfttT TORK. OFTICK OF' THE Toiti, wctloB twv huadred .od nleely-tn Dl tk. ' SMretarr of SUU. Atbuy, Aofnn I. IOIS.—Pur suction Law, rud wcttoa six ot cluipt«- Bt. hm- | nu>t to tl>« |>TOTi>lo<i. ol wctlon om ol utici* 4Rd .nd riiitx-niii. o( tbe law. ol nlnrtcra bia.- i taarteem at tbe Coiwiltuliim o< tbe St.te ot Kern ireii and Mzteen, notice U Itereb; tlvea tiut TotIi, .od ncUta two bundred ninetj-flre of tbe ehaiyttf St. bundred uid lixtT-nlne o( tbe law* | Ktcction Lew. ootlce lit birehy Eirea that tbe «f Biaateeo hundred aod aljitres, ot wbicb tbe ! foUowinf propowd amendAient to Kction iU «l MIowliw'la a copy, will Le wbmitted to th. ' article ow> of tltf LVoetltutioa o( tb. Mat. ol pMpl* lor the parpom ol Totlnj therwm at the j Kew Tork i. referred to the Leitldature to be istst general election in thU Mate, to be beld i cbown at the next ccDrnl electlao ol Senator*
mlw tf wipditf m ittftvttU ttaHtm Ikmwfm ; tMt M« Iwt tkam ttco-anrdt •/ Ow memb»r» of «M|r MKk eonumilfm «ft«U to fiuilem tt A«
Mt tke aerealb day ot tforember, ntnctoen 'huo- *»d Md MztMa. ntAMClS M. HUGO. BMretwy et BtoU. CHAPTER MS.
' AH ACT laaldas prorlaion for laqpioff bond, te
th. UBoint pl pot to escred ten miUlon dollan
lor tlw MiqaUition of luida for Mate parlc pur-
foe&s. aad prorldins for a wbroiaion of th.
«un.*to tb. people to be voted upon at tb.
^feneril elwtlon to ti. beld in the year aine-
tMn hundred and alitcea.
BecaDM a Uw Uay U, 1916, with the approval «r tlM Ooremor. Paawd, three-llftba beinf pre» , Mt.
Tbe Peopl. of tbe Btate of New Tork, rcprcMnt- •d in Senate and AaKmbljr, do enact a* follow*:
tection 1. There ab.ll be ianiud, tn the inannet and at tlw time, hereinafter recited, bond, of the atate in an amount not to exceed ten million dol¬ lar*, which bond. ahaU be aold by the date and tb. proceed, thereof paid into the atate treat- iary, and ao much thereof at may b« neceaaary mpended for the acquifitlon of land* for atate park purpoaea *• bereinarter provided. Such bond* when iaiued thall be exemiK from taxation.
1 Z. Sale; interest; tax to pay; tinking ^nd. Th. comptroller ia Iwreby directed to cum to be prepared tlM Iranda of tbia itate to an amount not to exce«J ten million .lullara, tald bonds to ¦beu Intereat at the rate of not to exceed four and one-half per centum per annum, wbieh io- listttt ahali b. pajable acmi-annually In the dt.v of Mm York. Bald bondt ihtll be Itsued for a igrm ol flfty yeara from their rctpective datea ot iau., and tball be told for not leu than par. Tbe comptroUer it lurcby cbarifcil with the dul) of Mlllnf laid bondt to tiic higliest bidder aftei adrertitins for a t>eriod ol twenty conaecuUe* dayt, Sundayt exc-epted, in at leatt two daily Dewtpapera printed in the city ol Ncw York and one In the city ol Albany. Advcrtiaementa ahall contain a provUlon to the effect thai tbe comp- troller, in hit cUcrellon, may reject any or aH bid. mada in purtuaoce ol aald adrertiaementt, •nd. In the ev-nt ol tuch rejection, tbe comp¬ troller it authorized to readvertiae (or bidi in tbe form and nunncr above deicribed aa many time, aa in bit judgment may b« neceaaary to effect a latitfactory aale. Said bonda thall be K>ld in auch Iota and at auch timet aa may be required for the purpoM ol making partial or Snal paynenta in accordance with tbe provitlont M thit act. Tbere ia hereby impoaed a direci annual tax at the rat. of eight thouaand eight bundrmi and alxty-flv. dollar, and flIty centi to- (ether with intereat on the debt for each ona xniUlon dollara of bonda liaued, to provide for a ainking fund lor the redemption of the taid bonda, together witb tb. Intcreit thereon. Tlic tax ImpoMd, at herein provided, tball be aaaeas- •i, Inlad and collected In tbe manner prescribed by law and aball be paid by the lereral county traaaorer* into tbe treatury of tbe ilate. Tba proeecde of aUch tax thall be inveited by the comptroller in tecurities in which he it author- lud by law to invest the truat and ainking funda of the ttate, and together with, the inter- Mt ariting therefrom, any premium Aceived on tb. tal. of taid bond*, and interest accruing on depotita of money received from tbe tale of taid bonda or from miacellaneoua aourcet thall conttl- tiite a linking fund which it hereby created. Said fund thall b. lued tolely for the purpose ol paying the principal and interest of bonda itsued In accordance with tho provlsiona of thlt act,
I 8. The proceeda of two miUlon flve hundred thouaand dollira of tuch booda, after appropria¬ tion or appropriatlona therefrom by the Icgitla
TWO EXPLANATION—MATTER IN ITALICS IS NEW; MATTER IN BRACKETS [ ] 18 OLD MATTER TO BE OMnTED.
STATE OF NEW YORK, 0FFI(3E OF THE
F cretary of State, Albany, August 1, 1918.—Pur
auant to the proviiions of tection one of article
ture, ahall be applicable to the acquisition ol | fourteen o( the Constitution of the State of New
Unda for the extention of the Palisadea Inter- { York, and aeetion lata b<-'.dred ninety-Ove of th4
I in thia atate to be htid on tb« acventh day of November, 191S. FKANCIS M. HUOO, flrcretuy I el sute.
AMENDMENT m»BEH ONE,
Coocorrent Rewilntion of tb. Senate and Aaarn-
bly proposing an amendment to aeetion tix ol
article on. cf the constitution, in reUtion t.
waiver of Indictment and trial by jury in certain
SMtten 1. SeMlved (If the Senate concur), That Motion aix of arlicle one of the conatitntion be amended io read aa follows:
I •. [No poaon aliall be held io anawer for a capital or otbepwls. infamoua cfinw (e]ffxcept in caae. of impccfament, and in caacs of militia when In actual aervlce, and the land and naval lore*. In time of war, or whicb thlt ttate may keep witb th. consent of congress in ttaie <rf peace, and in caset of petl* larceny, under tba reguUUon of th. IcgiaUture[)], tto person sh*U Ii0 held to anetner for a eapital or otherteiM infamous crime anlesi on preMntmsnt or indict¬ ment of a grand )i<ry[, and]. Atty person mat, however. In the manner preneribed by laic after examination or commitment by a tmagi^rate, teaive indictment and trial by fury on a charge of felony puniihable by tmt exceeding five pears' Imprisonment, all subsequent proeeedittgs being had by infotTnation before a superior court of eriminal furiedictUM or a fudge or fustice there¬ of. [i]/n any rial in any court whavver the par¬ ty accuae<l shall be allowed to^ippear end deleiid in petaon and with counMl a* in civil actions. No person shall b. aubject to be twice put Id itepsrdy (or tbe same offenM; nor shsll he be compelled in any criminal caM to be a witoesi •gainst bimaelf; nor be deprived ol life, liberty or property without due process o( law; nof aball private property be UkeG lor public ua- without ]uat compciuatlon,
I 3. Betolved (11 the Senate concur). That tbe foregoing amendment be referred to the legisla¬ ture to be chosen at the next general election ol Mnators, and in coniormity with lertion one ol article lourteen ol tbe constitution, be published for three montha previous to tbe time of such electiun.
Sute of Ncw Tork, In AsMmbly, April S, 191«, —Thlt bill waa duly pasKd, a majority o( al! the member, elected to the Aaaembly voting in Iavor thereof, three-flftha being present. By ordei of the Assembly, TIIADDEUS C. SWEET, Spcsker.
Bute of New York, In Senate, April 20, 1918. —This biU waa duly paased, a majority of all thf Senators elected voting in favor thereof, three- flftha being present. By -order of tbe Senate. EDWARD 8CH0ENECK, Praaident,
SUto of Nnr York, Offlce o( the Secretwy ol sute, aa.: I bave compared the preceding cop.v sl concurrent retolutlon with tbe original concur¬ rent reaolutlon on flle in thit offlce, and I do hereby certify that the same it a correct Iran tcript therefrom, and of the whoie thereof. Given under my hand and tbe teal of olllce of thc Sec¬ retary of StaU at tbe city ot Albany, tbit flrti day of Augutt, in the year of our Lord, one tliou- •and nine hundred and tlxteen. [L. S.] FRAN CIS M. HUOO. Secretary o( SUte,
11!. Roolvad (tf tbe AtMrnMy eonoir), Ttot th« forecolnc aBendnent be *ub<nitt«l to the lagidatiir*! to b. eboMn .t thc next general .Imi- tioa o( iittitan^ aad in conronnity with Motion one vt urticl. fMirtmn ol tb. conatiiution. Iw publlahed for thre. Bontba prevtooa to tb. Haw of such election.
SUte of New York, In 8en.to, Feb, itt, 1U18.— Tb. foregoing resolution waa duly passed, a ma¬ jority of all tb. Senators elected voting in tavor thereof. By order of tbe S«>aU, EOWARD ¦CHOENECK, President.
SUte of New York, In Aaembly, Mvcb 6, Uia —Tbe loregoing reaolutlon was duly paaaed, a ¦Mjority of all the membera tiected to the A» Mmbly roting In favor thereof. By ordfr of the Aawmbly. THADDEU8 C- Sn'EET, Speaker.
Suto ol New York, OIBee of th* SecTetary of SUto, ML: I bave compared the preceding copy of concurrent rewlution with tba original concur¬ rent resoluiion on flle in tbU ofllce, and I do hereby certify that the aame ia a correct tran¬ acript tberefrom, aod of the whole thereof. GiTcn under my hand and tb. aeal of offlce of th. B.C- retuy of Stato at tbe dty of Albany, thU flrat day of Auguat, in the year of our Xtotd, on. thou aand nine bundred and ilrteen. (L. S.] FRAN CIS U. HU(M, SMTctary of SUto.
¦Mjwltr af an tka msaibu* rdteitd Uttm lm-
acutbtr vottas in laf«r tbaeM. By odv .1 ika AaaeaaUy. THAD0CU8 ff. SWKET. Speaker.
SUte el Kew York, Offlc. of tb. Seeretuy .( Btat.. •¦.: I bave^6ompared tb. prec«iing eopf ol concuneiit reyilution with tbe original concur¬ rent rewlutipd on fli. in thi. offli-e. and I do hereby teptUy thtt the nme is a (i.m.'ct tna- acTljpt tMrcfromt and of tb* whole tliereof. Given under my band and tbe te.1 of office of tbe Sec¬ retary of sute at thr city of Allinny, thit flrst day of Auguat, lo tbe year of our Lord, one thou¬ aand nine hundred and lixteen. [T.. S.] FRAN¬ CIS M. HUOO. S«3ietary of SUto.
rtate park. Such money* aliall lie expendpd and i land* acquired by the commiasionen ol the PaU- aade* IntcraUte park under the proviiiona of chapter on. hundred and seventy ol the laws ol ' nineteen himdrwl, as amended, ^uch moneys shall b. avdlabte lor payment ol the purcliaM price ; wh«« land* are acquired by contract or (or
payments of judgmenU and awards tn case of o( Btat*. purcbam by condemnation. j
I 4. The oroceedi of leven million tlve hundred thbliaand dollara ol mch bonds, after appropria¬ tion or appropriatlona tberefrom by the legis- , lature, ahall be applicable to the acqubition of | landa lor atata park pun>osc. within the (.irest I prewrve counties which lan!-), If now cwn-'l by • ^th. (tai. under existing law, would be part ot i 'th. (orest preserve. Such moneys shall be ex- \ penned and landa acquired under thn direction I of the conservation commisaion by nnd with thc advic and conaent ol the coinintstioi.cri of the laud office. Such lends nuy bc acquired in such j manner aa the legislature thall provide, which | may be cither by purchsite, by condemnation or ! by entry and appropriation with lubmiasiou to tb. court of claims or supreme court (or the de¬ termination and award of damages lor such entry j and opproprialioo, or by uue or more of such methods as the legislature may provide; but nc
Election Law, notice ia hereby given that th (ollowing pro[>oaed amendment to Kction one ol srtide two of the Constitutiun of the sUte ol New York I* referred to the Legislature to be chosen at th. next general election of Senatori in thia atate to be hild on the seventh dsy ol November, 1819. FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary
AMENDMENT NUMIIEU TWO.
Concurrent Resolution uf the Sonate and Aasem¬ bly prupuiing an umundmcut to xection one ot article two ot thc constitution, in relation to quuliflcation of voters.
Section 1. Kcsolv'l (if the Senate concur), Tliat seciion one of mticle two of the conntitu- tion be amended to read as follows:
Section 1, ifviry [male] ciilzcn of thc age ol twanty-one yeara, wbo shall have been a citizen for ninety days, and an Inhabitant of this state one year next preceding an election, aud (or the last four months a resident of the county and (or the last thirty days a resident of the election district in which he or she may offer his or her vote, shall be entitled to voto at sucb eledion in the election district ol which he or she shaU at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all ofllcers that now are or herealter
proceedings shall be instituted by condvrmiation I may be elective by the people[;], and upon all
or by entry and appropriation unless provision j questions which may be submitted to the vote
b. mad. by law (or fllmg the written t-onsent I of the people, provided hoicever that a eitisen
thereto of the commissioni-ra ot the land ofBcc { 6y marri(ti;e shall have been an Inhabitant of
with the county clerk ol each county in wliicli j Ihe United States for five years; and provided
landa propoMd to bo taken arc situated. Sub- I thst in time of nar no elector In the actual
JMit to the filing ol such consent, any sucb pro- i miUtsry Krvlcc of the atate, or uf the Uniled
cwding shall be conducted by and in tba name ' States, in the army or navy thereof, shall be
of the conservation commiasion; provided, how ever, that i( any otber board, offlcer or conunis- don shail auccecd by law to the general powera of tb. conservation commission in rdatlon to th. care of th. foreat preserve, such latter board, officer or commlaalon thall have and czo-dM all of the powers and duties conferrett- by any pro- vldon of tbia section upon the conaervation cum- miaaion. Tbe money* realiawJ from mch bondt, after appropriation by the legiaUture, ahall be •TdUbl. for payment of the purchaM price. wbcr. Ian4( ar* acquired by contract, and for tbe payment of judgmenti and awardi in caM ol proceedinga by condemnation or by entry and appropriatitn. No money* ahall be paid out un- ^r thia aedlon for the acquisition ol landa by- contract except upon the warrant and audit ol tb. comptroller, alter aubmiaaion to bim ol ouchan therefor approved by the conKr\'atian cominladon ao<f by th. commisslonera of the land offlce, accompanied with the certiftcato of tb. attoiaej^geoerai approving the title to and conveyance of the landa purcbaaed.
I S. Tb. term "Unda" aa uted in inl* act include, tho improvemenu thtreon, il any. All landa acquired under tUa act thall b« for the ua. of all the pcopie.
I 8.' Subnitaion of Uw to people. Thia law •hall not take effect until it thall at a general cledlon have been aubmitted to the people and basa received a ma]ority of all th. votes cat tor and againit it at auch election; and the ¦am. shall be submitted to the people of this ¦tate at the general election to be held in N(' vember, nineteen hundr«l and sixteen. The bal- loU to be furnished for th. un of th. votora upon the submission of thU law ahall b« in the torm prMcrlbed by tiw election law and the proposition or question to be submitted shall b. printed thereaa in aubMantiaUy tbe tollowing form, namely: "Shall ehapter (here InMrt the number of tlw chapter) of the Uws of nineteen huudivd and lUteen, ent'Ued 'An act making provlalon lor iiauing bond* to th. amount ol not to exceed ten mUlion dolUra for the acqulsi tlou of Isnda (or atate park purpoaw, and pro
deprived of bia or tier rote by reason of hli or her absence from such election district; and the legislature shall have power to provide tbe manner in wiilch and the time and plaee at which sucb sbsent electors may vote, and for the return and canvasa of tneir votes in the election districts In uhich they respectively, re¬ side.
I 2. Resolved (It the Senatg concur). That the foregoing amendment be referred to ilie legisla¬ ture to be chosen at the next general election ol senators, and iu conformity with section one ol article fourteen of the constitution, be published for three months prevloua to Ihe time of sucb election.
State ol New York, In AsMmbly, March 14, 1D18.—Thia bill was duly pasMd. a majority of all the membera elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof, tlirce-flftba being preaent. Dy or¬ der of the ASMmbly, THADDEU8 C. SWEET. Speaker.
State of New York, In Senate, April 10, IOIS — This bill waa duly pa*sed, a majority of all thr Senatora elected voting In favor thereof, three- flftha being preaent. By order o( th. Senate, EDWARD 8CH0ENECK, President.
SUto ol New York, Offlce of tbe Secretary ol sute, aa.: I bave compared ths preceding copy of concurrent resolution with tbe original concur¬ rent reMlution on flle in thU offlce, and I do hereby certily that the same U a correct tran¬ acript therefrom, ami of th* whole thereof. Given under my hand and th*. seal ot office ol the Sm- retary of State at the city of Albany, thia flrsl day of August, ia the year of our Lord, one thou¬ aand nin. hundred afid sixteen. [L. S] FRAN- CW U. HUGO, BwTsUry of SUto.
THREE EXPLANATION—MATTER IN rPALKS 18 NEW, BTATE OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THK Seoretary ot State, Albany, Auguat 1, 1018.—Pur¬ suant to the provision* ot section one of article fourtcn of the ConstituUon o( the SUte of New York, and sertlon two hundred ninety-flve of tbe
viding (or a submladon of the Mme to tlie pMpIe Elsdlon I«w, notlc ts hereby given \Q)Mi tbe
to be voted upon at the general election to be b«)d in tbe year niiwt*«a hundr«l and rixUMi,' | be approved r" I
Btato of N«w TM-k, OC «< th. B«>retary of State, *«.: I ba*. coasparad/^aXpreMdinc srlth tb. original law on tl. WiVw offlce, and do hereby .cartlfy that th. nAivS a correct tran- | ¦cript therefrom and of the whoU tbareof. Given j under my hand and th. Mai ot ollc of tb. Sec- I .-.tary of Btate, at tbe dty of Albany, this flrat day of August, in tb* y«ar oa. thousand nine I hundred and stxtcm, [L. Sl FRANCIS M HUGO, SMretaty ot State.
ft>RM FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE.
Bhall chapter flve hundred and tUty-nln. of tbe law* ot nineteen hoodrvd aad ilxt««i, raUtlMl "An fct making proTfarion for laming bonda to th. unount of aot to exceed tea raiUian dollar* fcr tb. aequldtlcai of Unda for aUt. park pur- pea««^ aod providing for a ¦uhmlwiaB ol tb. •MM to tk* paopl. to b. t.t*4 upoa at tha MMial .UetlM to ba h.14 Sa tk. yem mmini and ihUaan," b. a|ipro*«dt
following propoMd amendment to article aix of th. ConaUtuCion of tbe atato of New York U re¬ ferred to tb. LegisUture to b. choien at th. next g*o«r*l election o( Senatora in thU slate to be held on th* leventh day of November, 1918, FRANaS H. HUGO, Secretary of SUte, AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
Concurrent Resolution of the Senate and AsKm- Ikly propodng an amendment to anicle aU of tbe constitution, la relation to rule* and atatute* af- leetlDV praetic plMdlng and procwlura in tbe courts.
Beetlon 1. Bcolvtid (If th. Aitamhly concur), That artlcl. ttx ot th. conatitution b* amended by adding thereto a new Mctton, to b. aeetion twaity-4*ur, to read aa foUiswc
I 14. !rh« U^lafitr* may delegate from Hme fo tin^ to MUtwiiNoito of fttstieea of the «w- pr8M. CMirt or of mick fttstlcet and altomegs at Imp, to ka prtanlaed in mark maaiwr a« tk* Hfltiatiirt than pratriMe, Ik. poteer la inatt nilM jnwiili^ tha praetiea. ptiaSUta am4 pne- 4m tM gBttrt* ttf «k« •«««•, knlaOn
FOUR MPLANATION—MATTER IN fTAUCS IS NEW; HATTER IN BRACKETS [ ] IS OLD MATTER TO BE OMITTED.
STATE OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE Secretary of SUte, Albany, Augutt 1, 1616,—Pur¬ auant to tbe provisions of section one of srticle fourteen of the Constitution of the State of New York, and Motion two hundred ninety-flve of th. Electioo Law, notice ia hereby given that tbe following propOMd amendment to article Mven of the Constitution of the sUte of New Tork U referred to the Legialature to be chown at th. next general election o( Senators in thi* sUte to b. held on the Mventb day of November, 1918. FRANCIS M, HUGO, Secretary ol SUte. AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. Ckmcurrent Reaolutlon of th. Scaate and Aaaem¬ bly proposing sn smendment to article Kven o( the constitution, in relation to the contracting of debu by tbe sUte.
Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), Tbat Mctlona tour and eleven of article Kven at tb. coiutitution be amended to read aa lullows:
i 4. Except the debts specified in sections two and thre o( this article, no debU shall be hereafter contracted by or in behalf tl thia sute, unless such debt sludl b. au¬ thorized by Uw, for some single work or object, to be distinctly specified therein!; and such]. No such debt hereafter authorited shall be con¬ tracted for a period longer than that of the probable life of the tcork or object for tchleh the debt it to be contracted to be determined by general lates, tchU h determination shall be con- elusive, nor for mere than flfty years from the time of the contracting of sttch debt. A debl hereafter contracted by tlie slate, pursuant to an authoritalion hereafter made, and eaeh portion ef any such debl from time to time so contract¬ ed, may. If provided tiy the laio authorizing such debl, be paid in eiiunl annual instalments, the first of ichich thall bc payable not more (han one pear, and the lasl of tohich shall be payable nol moire than fifty years, after such debt or por¬ tion thereof shall have been contracted. Such law shall if it authorize the contracting of a debt payable olhervrisc than in equal annual In- ttalmenla impose and provide for the collection of a direct annual Ux to pay, and sufficient to pay, the interest on auch debt aa it (alls due, and also to pay aud diacharge the principal o' such debt within fifty years from the time ol .>. contracting thcreo(. No [such] law author- it^ng the contracting of a debt pursuant to this ««^'«n shsll uke effect until it shall, at a gen¬ eral election, liave been submitted to the people, and have received a majority o( all the vote* eaat (or and againat it at such election. On the flnal passage of such bill in either house of the legialature, tbe question sball be taken by ayes sod noes, to be duly entered on the journals tbermf, and shall be: "Sball this bill paM, and ought tbe ume to receive tlie sanction of tbe people?" Tbe legislature may at tny time, after th. approriiJ o( such law by the pcopie, i( uo debt shtll have been contracted in pursuance thereol, repeal the same: tnd may at any time, by law, forbid the contracting ol any furihef debt or liability under such law; but the Ux, if any, imposed by such act. In proportion to tbe debt and liability which may have been con¬ tracted in pursuance o( tuch law, shall remain in force and be irrepcalable, and be aiuiuulli collected, until the proceeds thereof shsll bave made the provislnn liereinticfore specified to pay and discliarge the interest and principal of auch debt and liability. The money arising (rom any loan or stock crea'ing such debt or liability aball be applied to the work or object specified io the act authorizing auch debt or liability, or (or the payment o( such debt or liabUity, and (or no other purpose whatever. No auch law shall be aubmitted to be voted on, within three montha alter ita passage or at any general dection when apy other law, or any bill ahall b. submitted to be voted (or or against. The legUUtur. may provide lor tbe issue o( bonda of the state to run for a period not exceed¬ ing flfty years In lieu e( bonda hereto(ore author¬ ized but hot ivEued and shall impose and provide (or the collection o( a direct annual tax (or thr payment of the same aa hereinbefore required. When any dnking, (und created under thia Mo¬ tion aball equal in amount tbe debt (or which it wa* created, no (urtber direct tax shsll be levied on account of said sinking fund and the legisla¬ ture ahall reduce the tax to an jmount equal to th. accruing intereat on sucb debt. The legiala¬ ture may from time to time after tha rate of in- tereM to be paid upon any state debt, which haa been or may be authorized pursuant to the pro¬ visions of this section, or upon any part of such debt, provided, however, that the rate of Inter¬ eat shall not be altered upon any part of such debt or upon any bond or other evidence thereof, which haa been, or ahall be created or issued twfore such alti^ration. In caM the legislsture in- creaM the rate of intereat upon any such debt, or part thereof, it ahall, if tuch debt be payable otherttise than in equal annual instalments, impoM and provide for tbe collection of a direct annual tax to pay and suffident to pay tbe in-. creaMd or altered interest on euch debt aa it (aUa due and alM to pay and diacharge tbe prindpal ol such debt within flfty yesra from tb. time of the contracting thereof, and shall appropriate annually to tb. sinking (und moneya in amount sufflcient to pay mch intereat and pay and discharge tlw priadpal of auch debt when it ihall become du. and payable.
I 11. The legislature may approprUto out of any fund, in the treamry, moneys to pay tbe accruing interest and prindpal ol any debt here- tolore or hereafter created, or any part thereo( and may, if »uch debt 6* payable othericite than Its anitiMil ittalalm«nf4, Mt apart la each fiacal year, money* in the *Ut( treasury aa a sinking hmd to pay the Intereat aa it (alU due and to pay and discharge tb. principal of any debt heretofore or hereafter created under aeetion four of artlcl. Mven of the conatitution until the same abaU be wholly paid, and the principal and incom. ot meh ainldng tund afaall be applied to the purpoM for which Mid atnldng (und U created and to no other purpoM whatever; and, in th. ennt sucb moAeys w Mt apart in any flacl yMr b. auffldent to provide auch sinking fund, a direct annual tax for mcb year need not be Impoaed and collected, aa required by the provialora of nid aedion tour of artide aeven, or ot any law enacted in punuanc thereof. fk« Irj/ialature shall annually as the same •kail fall due provide by direct tat, appropri€4- tkm or both for Ihe fiayment of the inierest apoia and insialmenlt of principal of all debf* created on behalf of the state, payable in an¬ nual instalments, pursuant to tection four of articU teven, or tf any last enacted in ptw-ra- ance thereof.
i }, RcMlTwi (it the AaMmbly concur), Tbat tb* tor<«oing amnidinent be referred to tb. legU- Uture to b. chown at tbe iwxt geiwral .lection of •futators and In conformiUr witb sactlon one ot tHlcle fourteen of the coiwtitution b. pub- Uafa«) for thre. month, prevloua to tb. tlm. of tadk dcctloa.
SUtt of New York, Is Senate. AprU U, 1*16,- Th. foregoing reaolutlon wa* duly paaaed, a ma- Jodty of all the Stmatora elected voting iu favor thereof. By order of tbe Beaatt, S. S. BROWN. TMnpacai7 Preddeot
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EXPLANATION—MATTER IN ITAUC8 18 NEW; MATTER IN BRACKETS [ ] IS OLU MATTER TO BE OMITTED.
STATE OF NEW YORK. OFFICE OF THE Secretary of Sute, Albany, Aujuat 1, 1918.—Pur¬ auant to the proviaion. iif aKUon one of article fourteen of tbe Constitution of the State of New York, and aeetion two hundred ninety-flve of tbe Election Law, notlc U hereby given that tbe foUowing propoMd amendment to section Mven ot artiel. seven ot tb* ooottttution ol the sUte of New York U retfrred to the LegiUature to be chosen at tb. next general election of Benatnra in tbis SUte to be beld on tbe Mventh day of No¬ vember, 1910. FRANCIS M. HUOO, Secrdary of Sute.
AMENDMENT NtnlBEH FIVE. Concurrent Resolution of the Seiute and AaMm¬ bly proposing an amendment to aeetion Mven of article aeven of tb. conatitution, in relation to the foreat preserve. Sedion 1. Resolved (if the AaMmbly concur), 'That section Mven of article Mven o( the con¬ stitution be amended to read as follows:
t 7. The Unda ot the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, eonatituUng the (orest pre- aerve at now flxed by Uw, shall be (orever kept u wild (orest Unda. Tbey shall not be leased, nld or exclianged, or be laUen by any corporation, public or privaU, nur shall the timber tiiereon be Mid, removed or destroyed. Xothing contained in this section thall prevent the state from constructing a stale highway from Saranac Lake in Franklin county to Long Itoke in BamiUtin counly and thence lo Old Forge in Herkimer county hv fray of Blur Mountain lake and Raquette lake.
[But the] The legislature may by general Una provide tor the um of not exceeding three per centum of such Unds for the construction and maintenanc of reserroira for municipal water mpply, for the canala of tlie state and to regulate the fiow at atreama. Sueh rewr- roin ahall be conatructed, owned and controlled by the sUte, but mch work shall not be under¬ taken until alter the boundarlea and high fiow linea thereof sliall have been accurately sur¬ veyed and flxed, and after public notice, hearing and determination that mcb lands are required for auch public um. The expenM o( any sucb improvemenu chaU be apportioned on the public and private property uid municipalities bene¬ flted to the extent o( the beneflU received. Any mch rcMrvoir shsll alwaya be operated by the sute and the legisUture tball provide (or a charge upon the property and municipalities benefited (or a reasonable return to the aUte upon the valae of tli* righU aod property o( the state used and the Mrvices o( the aUte rendered, which shall be flxed (or terms o( not exceeding ten years and be readjustalile at tbe end of any term. UnaaniUry conditions shall not be created or continued by any such public worka A violation o( an.v .( the provlsiona o( this section may be restrained at Ihe suit o( the people, or with the eonMnt o( the supreme court in appellate divi&ion. on notice to the attorney- 'enerai at the suit o( any citiun.
5 2, Resolved (if the AsMmbly concur), Thai the foregoing amendment be referred to the le^is lature to be cl.asen at the next general election o( senstor. and in conformity with section onr o( article fourteen o( the constitutiun be pub- llshed for three months previous to the time ol such election.
Sute of New York, In Senate, Feb. 8, 1918.— Tbe foregoing resolution waa duly pasmd, a ma¬ jority of all the Senator* eleded voting in favor thereof. By order of the Senate. EDWARD SCHOENECK, President.
Btate of New York, In AsMmMy, March 21, 1B16. —The foregoing resolution was duly passed, a ma jority u( all tlie members elected to the Assembl., voting in (avor thereof. By order of the Assem¬ bly. TIIADDEUS C. SWEET, Speaker.
State of New York, Ofllce of the Sn»retary 0* .State, se,; i tiftTO eoinjiarcj ih* preceding copy of concurrent r<»t.'ution with the original concur rent resoluiion on lile in tbia cflico. and I do horeby certily that the same is a correct tran script Iherefroni. and of the whole thereof. Given under my Hand and tlie BCal of olhce of thc Iiec- rrtary o( Stale at the city of Albany, this first day of Auguat, in the year of O'jr Lord, one thuu¬ sand nine hundred snd sixteen, [L. S.I KRAN CIS M. IIUGO. Secrelary of State.
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EXPLANATION—MATTER IN rPALICS IS NEW; MATTER IN BRACKETS [ ] 13 OLD MATTER TO BE OMITTED.
ST.ME OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE Secretary of State, Albany, August 1, 1916.—Pur¬ suant to the provisions of section one of article fourteen of the (Constitution of the State o( New Vork, and section two hundred ninety-five of tbe EUection Law, notice is hereby given that the following proposed amendment to sedion dght of article seven of the Constitution of tbe sUte of New York is referred to the Legislature to be chown at the next general election of Seiutors in thu state to be held on the Mveath day of No¬ vember, 1916. FRANCIS M. HUOO, Secretary o( State.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. (Toncurrent Resolution of the Senato and Aasem¬ bly proposing an amendment to Mdion eight of article seven of tlie constitution, In relation to a certain portion of the Erie eanal.
Section 1. Resolved (if the AsMmbly concur), That section eight of article wven of the con¬ atitution be amended to read aa followa:
1 S. The legUlature ahall not Mil, leaM or otherwiM dispow of the Erie canal, tbe Oswego canal, the Champlain caiwl, tbe Cayuga and Seneca canal, or the BUck River canal; but they ahall remain the property of the atate and under its management forever. The prohibition of leaae, sal* or other 'liipotltion herein con¬ tained, shall not apply to th. canal known as the Hain snd Hamburg street cnal. situated in tbe city of BufTalo. and wbicb extends caster'.v from the westerly line of Main street to the westerly line of Hamburg str*et, ttttr to that porticM of the eiHiiting Erie oanal tn the city of VJIca beticeen the icesterly line of Schuyler street and the easterly line of Third itreet. provided that a flote of sufflcient teater from tfchuylcr Itreet to Third itreet to feed that porlion of Ihe canal east of Third ttreet be maintained. All funda that may be derived (rom iny lease, sale or other disposition of any canal ihall be applied to the improvement, mperin- lendence or repair ot tbe remaining portioiw of the canals.
i t. Resolved (if tbe AsMmbly concur). That the foregoing amendment be rderred to the lei^s- lature to be chown at the next general eledion of Mnatora and In conformity with Mdion one of article fourteen ot th* constitution be pub- llihed for three montb* previou* to th* time of mcb election.
sute o( New York. In Senato, April t, 1918 — The foregoing resolution wsa duty |>aased, a ma¬ jority of all the Senator* eltded voting in favor thereof. By order of tiw Senate, KDWARC STHOENECX. President.
State of New York. In AiHmbly. April 10, 1918. -Tbe foregoing reMlution waa duly paswd. a ma- ;4pity of all the members elected to the Assembl.v voting in favor thereof. By ordar of tbe Aaaen- bly, THADDEUS C. SWEET, Speakar.
^ate of New Tork, Offlc ot tb. Becretary of State, aa.: I bave compar«] tbe preceding copy of concurrent reaolutlon witb th. original concur- <rmt reaolutlon^on flle in thU offlc, and I do hoeby certify tbat tbe same it a correct tran¬ script tberdrom, and of th. whole thereof. Given under my band and th. seal of offlc ot the Sec¬ retary of State at tbe dty ot Albany, thU flrst day of August, in tbe ytar el our Lord, one thou¬ aand nine bundred and lixtMa'. [US.] FRAN¬ CIS M. HUGO. Seeretaiy of Btata.
KXTLAXATimi—HATTUI IN rfAUCB IS nHTk MATTKR m BRACKKIS [ ] IS OLD lUmB TO BROHrrTBO.
RATI OF mw YORK, OVTICE OF THI Bieretary of State, AihtmT, August %. liU.—Pta: ¦uaat to the provlaions of Mdion one of artiet. lonrtMa ol the Constitutioa of the State ot New Tork. and aeetion two hundred nineiy-flvc ot tk* Election Law. notice U herel'^- givea tbal ths tollowing pro^iOsed smendmeii* lu wdioa ton at article eigot of the Coaatitutiin ol tbe sUte of Ncw York is rderred to tbe L.,,iiiUture to b. choMn at tb. twxt geneni elecii(,u of Senatora te thU .tato to be held on tbe Mvrntli day of Na- rcmbrr. 1918. FRANCUi M. IIIOO. Secret^ df State
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
Ooncurrent Bcaolutioii uf tlie Senate and AsMOt-
bly proposing an amcntj.-nent to aertion ten of
article ei« t of the constitutioii, in n-;ation to
limiution of ipdcbtedneM of cities.
Sedion 1. ijteaolved (if the Aswmbly concur), That Mdion ten of article eight of the conati- tutloB be amended to read aa lullows:
I 10. No couoty, dty, town or village ahall hereafter give any money or properly, or loaa ito money or credit to or in aid of any indi¬ vidual, asMdalion or corporation, or becom* dirMtly or inditedly the owner of atock la, or bonda ot, any aaaodation or corporation; aor ¦ball any mch county, dty, town or village be allowed to incur any Indebtednew except tor county, city, town or village purpowa. This Motion ahall not prevent mch county, city, town or village from making mcb provlE^-i for the aid or aupport of ita poor aa may be authorizad by Uw. No county or dty shall be allowed to become indebted for any purpoM or in any maimer to an amount which, including exlatlng indebtedneaa, shall ezcMd ten per centum of the assessed valuation of the rd cUte of mch cunty or city subject to taxation, aa it appeared by the assessment-rolls of nid county or city oo the last assessment tor state or county taxe. prior to the incurring ot auch indebtednen; and all indebtedneaa in exccM of mcb limiution. except mch aa now may exiat, ahaU be abso¬ lutely void, except u herein otherwiM provided- Nb county or city whow present indebtedneak exceeda ten per entum of the assessed valuation of iu real estate mbjed to Uxation, ahall be allowed to become indebte<l io any further amount until mch indebtednen shall be reduced within mch limit. This section shaU not be con- itrued to prevent the issuing of certiflcatea of In¬ debtednen or revenue bonda isaued in anUdpation of the coUection of taxe* for amounta actually contained or to be contained in tbe taxe for the year when mch ertlficate* or revenue bonds are lamed and payable out of mcb taxes; nor to prevent the dty of New York from issuing bonds to be redeemed out o( the tax levy tor the year next mcceeding tbe year o( tbeir isme, provided that the amount of mch bonds which may be issued in sny one year in excen of the limitations herein contained shall not exceed one-tenth of one per centum of the asMssed valuation of the real estate o( said city aubjed to taxation. Nor shall this Mction be cnstrued to prevent the issue o( bonds to provide for the mpply of wster; but the term of the bonds issued to provide for the mpply of water, U excen of the limitation of indebtednen flxed herein, shall not exceed twenty years, and a sinking (und sliall be created on tbe Ismlng of the said bonds for their redemption, by rata ing annually a mm which will produce an amount equal to the mm of the principal and interest of said bonds st their maturity. All certificate of indebtednen or revenue bondt inucd in anticipation o( the collection o( taxes, which are not retired within flve years s(ter the!' date of issue, and bonds issued to provide for the supply of water, and any debt hereafter incurred by any portion or part of a city, if there shall be any such debt, shall be Included in ascertain¬ ing the power of the city to become otherwise indebted; except tbat debts incurred by [the] any city [of New York] of Ihe flrst class after the first day of January-, nineteen hun dred and (our, and debts incurred by any *lty o( the Kcond class alter the first day o( Jan¬ uary, nindeen bundred and eight, and debts in curred by any city o( the third class after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and ten, to provide (or the mpply o( water, ahal) not be so included; and except (urther that pny debt hereafter incurred by the city of New York (or a public improvement owned or to be owned by the ci'y, \Yhieh yields to the cit.v 'urrent net revenue, after making any necessar) allowane (or repairs and maintenance (or which the city ts liable, in excen of tbe interest on said debt and o( the annual instalments neces fory (or ita amortization may be excluded in ascrtaining the power o( said dty to become othem-iw indebted, provided that a sinking (und (or its amortization shall have been established and nuiintained and that the indebtednen shal! not be so excluded during any period of timt when the revenue aforesaid shall not be suffi cient to equal the said interest and amortizatior instalments, and except further tbat any Indebt edness heretofore incurred by the dty el Ne» York (or any rapid transit or dock investment may be to excluded proportionately to the extent to which the c-urrcnt net revenue received by uid city therefrom shall meet the interest an^ amortization feslalmcnts thereof, provided that any increase in the debt incurring power of the city o( New York which shall result (rom the exclusion o( debts hereto(ore incurred shall br available only (or the acquisition or construction of properties to be used (or rapid transit or dock purposes. The legislature shall prescribe the method by which and thc terms snd condi tions under which the amount o( any debt to bt so excluded shall be determined, and no mcb debt shall be excluded except in accordance with lhe determination so prescribed. The legi'Iaturi may in its discretion confer sppropriate juriadic tion on tbe appellate division o( the suprem. curt in the first judidsi department (or tir purpow a( determining the amount of any deb< to be to excluded. No indebtednen ot a dti valid at the time o( iU inception ahall there alter l>ecome invalid by reason of the operatioi of any of the provlsiona o( this section. When ever the boundarlea o( any city are ths same a' thow of a county, or when any dty shal include within its boundaries more then on. county, the power of any county wholly include, within such city to become indebted shall cease but the debt o( the county, hereiolore exiitinir shall not, (or the purpose o( thU (ectlon, b- reckoncd a* a part o( the dty debt. Tbe amoun' herealter to be raised by tax (or cunty o- city purixises, in any cunty containing a cily of over one hundred thouund inhabitants, i.i tny mch city o( thi* lUte, in addition to pro vlding (or the principal and Intereat of the exisi ing debt, ehall not in the aggregate exceed in any one year two per entum of tbe a*nsw<) valuation .of the real and personal esUte of mt-i. cuunty or dty, to be ascertained aa prcacrih-i in this Mdion in respect to coimty or dty debl I 2. Resolved (If the AsMmbly cncur), Tha' the foregoing amendment be rderred to tbe legit Uture to be chown at the next general dedion ot aenatora and In conformity witb sedion on' of article fourteen of the conatitution be puii llshed for three months prerloui to tb. tlm. o' mch election.
Stato of New Tork. In Senato, AprU ». 1918.- The foregoing reaolutlon waa duly paned, a ma jority of all the Senators elected voting in favoi thereof. By order ot the Bmato, BDWARD SCHOENECK, President.
SUto of Sew York, In AaMmbly, April U, 1918 —The foregoUng resolution was duly puwd, a ma jority of all the member* eleded to tb* An*M^ voting tn fsvor thereof. By order of th. AsMm bly, THADDEUS C. SWEET, SpeakM.
State of New York, Offlc of Ika Becretary of State, a*.: I have compared tha preceding copy of concurrent reMlution with tb* original concur¬ rent resolution on flle ir. thU oOlct, and I do hereby certify that the nme U a erred tran¬ script therefrom, and of the whole thereof. Olven under my hand and tbe sd ot oBice ot the Sec¬ retary of State at the city of Albany, tbU flrat day of Auguat. in tbe year ot our Lord, on. thou- nnd nine bundred aod aixteen. [L. S] FSAN- CIS H. HUGO. Secretary ot Stato.
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SL Georves Charch. The Rev. Martin O. L«ply. Ph.D., pastor of M. E. C!hurch will preach Sunday morning and erenlng. The subject for the evening will be "In Egypt aud the way out" The Sunday schcml will have its Rally Day serv¬ ices at 2.30 p. m. ,
Thc Ladiea Aid Society of the M. E. Cburch held a pleasant meeting Tues¬ day afternoon, at the home of Mrs. A, r. Byrne on Grand Avenue.
The ladies will have a cake sale in the chapel of the Church, Saturday aftemoon, from 2 to 5 o'clock, and they will be glad to receive orders for home made cakes.
week hnd received a good nuniber ot orders tor its TarlooB noveltlea.
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The pastor. Rev. M. O. Uidey, wiiT be present and preach at twth morn¬ ing and evening services in the M. B. Church next Sunday. In tbe after- nooq at 2.30 . o'clock, the Sunday school will observe Rally Day.
Mr. Henry P. Miller will lead the Epworth League meeting to the M. E. Church, Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, topic "Witnessing for Christ"
Unimportant Thsft 'Too twd about Jaggs. Fancy a num. as Stiakespeare says, putting an en¬ emy into ills mouth to steai away his brains." "Oh. well. It's only petty ^i^t of the lady who Is borled down
Thougtitful. Jean, three nnd a half, was going through the cemetery witb Aunt Mat- tie and noticed a magnolia wreath upon a new grave. Evloently familiar with shining leaves of the milliner, she sold, '^Auntie, Is that wreath off the
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The Christian Brotherhood opened its fall activities with a flne concert and entertainment in the M. E. Church last Thursday evening. Prof. Cordes, raaglcisui. of Brooklyn, re¬ ceived loud applause from the au¬ dience, as did also the three musicians who gave most of the program, and who came as guests of the president of the Brotherhood, Mr. Charles H. Southard.
Mr. and .Mrs. Irving C. Pettit and son have returned to their home in Weehawken, N. J., after an extended visit at the home of Mr. Pettit's fath- ¦yir, .Mr. Coles Pettit.
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Mr. John H. Carl is erecting a cot¬ tage on hifr property on DeMott Ave.
Mr. Edwin M. Preston and family returned last week from spending the summer at Cortland, N, Y., and Mr. Charles Buckley and family have re¬ turned from Massachusetts.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Dixon, of j Morris Park, are guests of Mr. and i Mrs. Albert C. Schuman. !
Miss Margaret B. Wheeler and Miss i Ruth Wheeler have returned from a j pleasant visit with relatives at Aber- i deen, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jayne have returned to their home on Milburn Avenue.
Mr, Lewis H. Ross, of Freeport, has opened a lumber yard and offlce on Harrison Avenue, near the Long Island Railroad depot, and will handle lumber, building material, hardware and paints.
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