New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-05

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lsturs may Greet. EIsuns avs on this CUB
,ect shall oontinus until the legislature shall
otherwise provide This section shall not sp'
ply to town ne.tins'tl or to wiling, cleo
sestion l. The legislative power Of thts
state shall Be vested in the senate and as
s.tfsioa o. n. .,n.,, shall con.., o, try
n.,nbsrs eIcspt 90 hsr.ins ftsr provided. -tTss
,.sltor, .lsctsd 10 the year oes thousand Eight
hundred and .inetya,. shall hold their or,c.,
consist o. on. kpn;fsd snd CITY nemb.f.. Who
'A.5 ;, SAe'eH f.' on. . ys,I .,, ,
n.tss the sbsol.t. matter inclo,ed With
seciioen 1, tn. stat. shan b. divided into
hf;y district, 10 Be called ..nat, districts.
each Of whom. vh,oh shall choose one sen
ator. The districts shall DO numbered from
iDi.trict number On, shall eonn,t:-,nd
,he1 follow. n, description q n. senate di.-
Sessnns NH set pgssr ap. Ts .vs
Tx with district number fifty. Such division
Of the state into senate districts ia not re-
stated here, ie fuli, beeaus. y Ia. already
chapter ~ Of the laws Of 1907. creating tina
present senate districts, which are not aaected
q eIis;ing districts is lsf TO the legisisturs
Of 1891
Ths ssrat- district, shag re-,otr q, a,
pr.sen' oonsttiused urtH altered as herein
AssTR.oT.-Ths amendment simply clint
mates the obsolet- division Of the state into sen
ate distrEts, explained - the note enclosed
within the ebove brackets. and confines IN.
present senate districts as fIed BY the lesis-
latute IN 1901, until tie alteration 20 be made
by The legislature IN 1915.
Section 4. An enumeration Of the inhab,.
t ,snts OK re state shall he taken under The
months Of May and June 10 tho year ono thou
sand zine hundred and i've and IN the same
m99ta a, s.ery ,,nh yeaF theIesf,er; and ne
laturs az III. nrst regular session after us
return or every enumeration
Such senais districts shaH BE- 30 Uttered
b. the Legislature Of the first rs0piGr session
after The returH o. ord based upon the sf0fs
enumeration token in the year one thousand
nine hundred AND fifteen AVID shall rsrldis
lna!iered un'N altered as hereinafter pro
iure IN the year after the tabulGn0r Of sGch
Tederdl eersHs the senate districts shall be
altered bv ihe le0is!d'are; Senate district,
altered untl tbs time herein appoiated FOR
Gnother alteration. Provided, hoicerer, that
q rederol census shah rot Be available FOR
any such alteration the SONS shall be based
apon az enumeration Of IN. Inhabitants Of
the stats, erchIdirg aliens, ard tbs legtslGtu-s
that Purpose IN rrattso such e H.1 on,
the legislature shall so proptds that each
senate district shall contain as nearly as may
he An equal number o. Inhabitants. excluding
aliens and be IN as compact form as prsc-
ticabls land shall remain unaltsred until tho
return OF another enumeration and shall. a,
and 10 county shall b. divided in the forms-
tion OF senate district except TO make two,
Or moro. senate districts wholly In said
county
No town and no block IN a city inclosed by
streets or public ways shall be divided Ia toe
formation OF senate districts nor shall shy
district contain a greater excess In population
over an ad Joining district in the same county
than the population OF a town or block
may be included in either OF two districts.
shall be 50 placed as 10 make said such
districts most nearly equal in number o, in
hahitants. excluding aliens No county shall
have four OF more senators unless Il shall
hav. a full ratio for each senator. No
county shall have more than one-thrd OF all
the senstors; and no two counties or the ter
ritory thereof as now organized on the frst
day o. Jorudry. ons thousand eight hundred
and rir,ty-fve. which are adjoining counties
or which sre separated only b. public waters
shall have moro than one-half Of all tho SEN
otors. The ratio for spportioning senator's
shall always be obtained ~ diyidlns the nun
her OF inhabitants. exc udins aliens. BY atty
. M the senate shall always be composed OF
n,ty members. except that II any county hay
ing three o. mere senator's at the time OF any
apportionmentl,l shall be entitled on such
rso sfi;ioaa fepsor Or .fpa,Sr'
ffty senator's. and the whole number OF sem
stors ,hal be increased 10 that extent.
ABsTEAcT.-Ihe amendment substitute. ths
fede-al census FOR the state enumeration as the
basis FOR skiing the boundsr-. Of senate dis
tricts nj the dec.unisl alteration thereof IN
loss the tabulation Of the federal census doe.
not furnish the necessary information. The
state enumeration, which cost, about one-hslf
million dollars syery ten year,, Is therefore
tsbglation Of The federal census SHAH not ar
ford tho requisite Information. only
change necessary, In the usual tab Lion Of
the federal censu, 10 10 have IT show IN.
population O; city blocks, excluding aliens. II
therefore may be assumed that the state enum-
t 5: sf.t .,.raon 81 n.: as s e to
made by the legislature In 1915, upon the state
enumeration Of 1915. Tho succeeding alters
lions are 20 Be made in the year following the
With the census o. 1920. The refereIce, 10
italics to The nrst day Of January. 1895. Is TO
counties II New York, Kings and Bronx may
rot elect more than ope-lIlf OF the state sen
stors.
shall be chosen by single districts and shall
he spportioned b. the legislature at the nrsl
regular session after ths return OF leEeIy
ne state enumeration taken ~ me yedr or, |
thousand nine hundred ard Niees among tn'
several counties Of the state as neery q
may be according 10 tho number OF thelr re
spective Inhabitants excluding Aliens AZ
N, regular session o. the lsoislGturs IN eno'
psdr "a which serdts Districts shan De ofsrse
such members Of the o'ssmbly shdh aoatn %
Gpporti0nsd by tbs legislature. APpofnon-
,1snts Of Numbers Of assembly shan remai,
uuaIt,red unfiI N. ti,ne hsr.in appointed fo'
0rofher spPoriionmens thereof: hvery appo,'
torment OF members among the seyerd! conr
tee o. the stafe shdll be az nedrly 81 mot
b. according 10 the Number Of the'r respective
inhabitants, ercludin0 dIisrs.
srsteiy orgaaiied. except the county OF Hamil.
ton. shall always De entitled 10 one menoef o.
assembly. and no county shall hereatuet %
erected unless It's population shall enuts Y 70
member The county OF Hamilton shsn e,sU IT,
with the county OF Fulton until the pVvuihHv,S
Of the county o. Hamilton nm, GBut the
the ratio entue Il 70 memoett' lint, OF
Hamilton and annex the territofy 'ne'''' ~
Tie quotient obtained BY dividing the whole
number Of Inhabitants OK toe STATE sar,s
aliens, BY the number OK Men n,;on,r.nt ,yNch
sbsl be- mad. as follows one member of as
.embiy shall be sppoItionsd to every county
Including Fulton ana h iss r.tio ana ons-hTt
over Tso members shsu be sppoEtonsd 70
every other eounv Ins 10 tie coun-
lie, HAVING more than two ratios sccorunt !"
the number OF inhabitants, etclnaihs +.
Members .ppoFtionsd On Sm.rinr me highest
-!ggsinS.r, in lie order thereof rospeeuvslv.
no county shall have more members o, tsv y,
aasO,sni: .isIsap Ss. as9: 9 s.,sms,
shall be apportonsd 10 TIE seVeir ounnh.r Of
loIioS s 'en nboetioseS BY the consutat0, OF
III Sch snnortionment Is not re-state1 he h
$500 II bss ALREADY been superseded ~ tns
sppoIiioa@snt y Isssi' Of ieS spAS when 1, still
tHay.eI -, - -, .Sected by this revised con
s ~ ay' R, apportiOnment is left to the ''
stature Il 1851 .. than one
Ia any eoupty snutea ,r 70 h or u
hrr. :. NONE, the 5ocrd or BODY esfre.s,ns
se,n,iar functions. and Ia any eiV o 49, and
an enrfr, county or more than ore ooNn'p. -,
ssv f-s no iosfj Of supervisors, tie r,erne1'
si,etes rom ,ech county 20 'hs eSara q en- en-
men The common eouncill or II thess Dc Do9
the body rost redr's ere.cisins tne ssall as
sembl. on ID. second TUESDAY o. June , Sa,
tsSussnd fsight hundred and ninety nveI ~, NV,
fnndred a,d s,yfeen. and az sUen W.. nnnr