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ton is to AFFORD added time for checking
and verifying the lists. The amendment
also allows the enactment of laws to pro-
vide that a voter residing In a city or
large village, where personal registration
mated officers within a period of several
months before the regular days OF regis
ration; u MS vocation or occupation VIII
The voters chiefly affected will be federal
employees at Washington. railroad men
ellers. although the amendment is not
confined In effect to those classes. The
amendment provides that the federal cen
whether n city or village has over Ave
thousand population.
Section D. All elections by the citizens,
except for such town officers as may by
law he directed to be N wis chosen,
shall be by ballot, or by such other method
as may be prescribed by law. provided
Section s. All laws creating. regulating
or afrecting, boards or officers charged
electors. or OF distributing ballots at the
polls TO t~votersl electors. or OF receiving.
recording or counting votes at elections,
shan secure equal representation of the
two political parties which. at the general
election next preceding that for which
such boards or officers are to serve. cast
the highest and the next highest num-
Der OF votes. All such boards and officers
shan be appointed. or elected in such man
representatives OF Isaidl such parties re-
spectively. as the Legislature may direct.
Existing laws on this subject shall con-
tinue until the legislature shall otherwise
provide. This section shall not apply TO
town meetings IL or TO village elections.
ARTICLE III
section !. The legislative power OF this
state shall be vested in the senate and
assembly.
section ?. The senate shall oonsis, of
hity members except as hereinafter pro-
vidcd. 1.-THE senators elected In the year
one thousand eight hundred and ninety
Ave shall hold their Offices for three years
ana their auppg aenra1 They shall Ia ghpVap
Tor Two years. The assembly shall consist
" one hundred and fifty members, who
shan be chosen for one year.
Abstract.-The amendment simply elimi-
mates the obsolete matter Enclosed with
Section !. The state shall be divided into
hfty districts TO be called senate districts.
each Of lwhoml which shall choose one
senator. The districts shall be numbered
from one TO atty. inclusive
District number one shall con>iet:-
land then follows the description Of the
senate districts as created by the constitu-
ton Of 1894. beginning with district num-
Der one and ending with district number
hrty. such division Of the state into sem
ate districts is not restated here. In full.
the act Of the Legislature. chapter 727 of
the laws Of 1907. crea'.ng the present sem
ate districts. which are not affected by
this proposed constitution. The alteration
OF existing. districts Is eft TO the legisia-
The senate district. shall remain ne at
present constituted until altered rs herein
after provided.
Abstract-The amendment simply eliml-
mates the obsolete division OF the state
into senate districts. explained by the note
enclosed within the above brackets. and
continues the present senate districts. as
nxed by the legislature in 1907. until the
alteration 10 be made by the Legislature
In 1916.
Section T. IAN enumeration OF the in
habitants Of the state shall be taken under
the dir. Mo of the secretary Of state
during the months Of May and June In the
NAAW 80 haNN I'D ANaA NNaAE- anN No..
and IN the same months every tenth year
thereafter; and the said districts shall be
50 altered by the legislature at the hrst
regular session after the return of every
such senate districts shall he 80 altered
by the legislature at the first regular se--
sion after the return OF and based upon
the state enumeration taken In the year
one thousand nine hundred and fifteen and
shall remain unaltered until altered rs
hereinafter provided. At the regular s---
sion Of the legislature In the year after
the tabulation Of each federal census the
senate districts shall he altered by the
legislature. senate districts altered as
herein provided shall remain unaltered un-
III the time herein appointed for another
federal census shall not he available for
any such alteration the same shall he
tants Of the state, excluding aliens. and
the Legislature shall provide for such AN
enumeration for that purpose. In making
such alterations the Legislature shall 81
provide that each senate district shall con-
tain as nearly as may Ice An equal num-
Der OF Inhabitants. excluding aliens. and
be In as compact form a. practicable land
shall remain unaltered until the return or
another enumeration and shall, at all
no county shall be divided in the forma-
ton OF "a senate district except TO make
two. or more, senate districts wholly in
such county.
No town and No block In a city inclosed
by streets or public ways shall be divided
In the formation Of senate districts nor
EINfN AENH 4 A WNAs @ n .raau
In population over an adjoining distric, in
the same county than the population OF a
town or block therein adjoining such dis
trict. Counties. towns or blocks which,
from their location. may be Included In
either OF two districts, shall be so placed
as to make tsaiIl such districts most
GLIDING aliens. No county shall have four
or more senators unless II shall have a
fun ratio for each senator. No county
shall have more than one-third OF all the
senator's; and no two counties or the ter
ritory, thereof as lnowl organized on the
first day Of January. one thousand eight
hundred and nin-ty-hye. which are adj
joining counties or which are separated
only by public waters shall have more
than one-half Of all the senators. The
ratio for apportioning senators shall al
ways be obtained by dividing the number
Of Inhabitants, excluding aliens. by nfty
and the senate shall always be composed
Of nifty members, except that II any county
having three or more senators at the time
OF any apportionment III shall be entitled
on such ratio to an additional senator
III or senators. such additional senator
IL or senators shall be given TO such
county in addition to the nifty senator's,
and the whole number OF senator's shall
be increased 20 that extent.
Abstract.0The amendment substitutes
the federal census for the state enumers-
ton as the basis for fixing the bounda-
ries of senate districts at the decennial al
~teration thereof, unless the tabulation of
the federal census does not furnish the
necessary The state enumer-
alton, which costs about one-half million
81. 80. 80. rAaRa IT. .
mated, except when. as above stated, the
tahulation of the federal census shall not
afford the requisite Information, The only
change necessary, IN the usual tahulation !
OF the federal census. is to have 1t show
the population Of city blocks. excluding
aliens, II therefore may BE- assumed that
der the amendment. the frst alteration OF
senate districts Is TO be made by he leg
%islature IN lsl6 upon the state enumera
are TO he made In the year following the
taDulation Of each federal census. begin
ming with the census OF 1920. The refer
enCe, In boldfac~. to the FIRST day of Janu-
AIRY, 1898, II TO preserve the existing re-
s%trictton by which the counties OF New
York, Kings and Bronx may not elect more
than one-half OF the state senators.
Section 3, The members Of the assembly
shall be chosen by single districts and
shall he apportiOned by the Legislature at
the first regular session after the return OF
tevcryl the state enumeration taken In
the year one thousand nine hundred and
fifteen among the several counties Of the
state las nearly as may be according to
the number of their respective Inhabitants,
excluding aliensl. Al the regular session
of the Legislature In each year in which
senate districts shall he altered such mem
hers OF the assembly shall again he ap-
portioned by the Legislature. Apportion-
ments OF members Of assembly shall re-
main unaitered until the time herein APP
pointed for another apportionment thereof.
the several counties Of the state .hail hs
rs nearly as may he according 10 the num-