New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-25

Jet shall continue until the legislature shall
otherwise provide This section shall no, ~
Ply to town meetingsll or TO village eiec-
ARTICLE H.
Section l.. The legislative power Of this
state SHAH Be vested IN the senate and as
Section 2. The senate shall oops,s, q, sr,
members except a. hereinafter provided. fThe
senators elected IN the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety I've shall hold their Offices
ior three years and their successorsl Their shall
be chosen Tor two years. The assembly shall
consist Of ono hundred and Gfty members. Who
shaIl be chosen for one year
AnsTRACr.-The Amendment, sinrtx .ttr,t
brackets. WIN
Section 2 The state shall h. dtv,s.a int
nfty districts 10 be called senate distr,c,s
zach OF whom which shall choose ons sem
ator The districts shall bs numbered from
one 10 nifty. inclusive
District number one shall ronSist.-f.,d
men follows the description Of the senate dis
tricts IS created by the constitution OF 1851
BEGINNING with district number one and end.
Ing with district number NIFTY such diyision
OF NE state into senate districts is not 70.
stated here. " fun. because Il has already
pe'n superseded by the act 81 the Legislature
rhapter III Of the laws OF 1907, creating the
present senate districts which are not aifscfeJ
OF existing districts Is left to the legislature
The senate districts shall remain a. At
present constituted unnl altered as herein
ABSTRACT. The amendment, simply el,m,.
mates the obsolete division Of the state into sen
within the above brackets. and continues tie
present senate districts. a. fixed By the .gis.
iature N lsg1, until the alteration to be made
by the legislature In 1915
Section I. An enumeration Of the inhabf-
nnts OF TIE state shall be taken under the
direction of the secretary Of state during the
months of May and June in the year one thou.
sand nine hundred and five and IN the same
months every tenth year thereafter and the
.aid districts shall be so. altered by the legls-
lature AT the FIRST regular session after the
return Of every enumeration
Such senate districts shall be 80 altered
6y the legislature at the frst regular session
OTTER The return Of aud based upon the state
enumeration taken IN the yeGr ono thousand
nine hundred and fJtecH aud shall remain
unnltered UNTIL altered as hereinafter pro-
yidcd. At the regular session Of the leOfgl1-
;ure IN the Dedt after the t0buidtion Of each
federal census The senate districts snail be
dher'd ~ me legislature. Senate districts
uttered as herein proutd'd shall remain IN
altered unth the time herein appointed for
another alteration. PrOUided, h0-rcrcr. that
" a FEDERAL census shall not be dUdildbfc for
any such alteration the same shall be based
upon an enumeration Of tho Inhabitants OF
the state, excluding aliens, aud the legislature
8hdH prOUide for such an enumeration for
that purpose. IN making such alterations
senate district shall contain as nearly as may
be an equal number OF Inhabitants. excluding
ticabis land shall remain 'unaltered cred Snth the
return Of another enumerationl and shall. al
all times. consist OF contiguous territory.
tion OF a senate district except to make two,
or more. senate districts wholly In said
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 shall any
district contain greater excess in population
over an adjoining district In the same county
than tho population OF town or block
therein adjoining such district. Counties.
towns or blocks which. from their location.
may be included IN either OF two districts,
shall be so placed 10 make lsaidl such
districts most nearly equal in number OF in
habitants, excluding aliens. No county shall
have four o. more senators unless IL shall
have a full 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
dap Of January one thousand eight hundred
and ninetV-dUe, which are adjoining counties
or which are separated only by public waters
shall have more than one-half OF all the SEN
ators. The ratio for appOrtioning senators
shall always be obtained by dividing the num-
Der OF inhabitants. excluding aliens. by nifty
and the senate shall always be composed OF
fifty members. except that II any county hav-
ing three or more senator's at the time Of any
aDportiOnment, shall be entitled on such
ratio 10 an additional senatort or senator's
be given TO such county in addition 10 the
fifty senator's. and the whole number OF SEN
ators shall be increased 10 that extent.
ABSTRACT. amendment substitutes tho
federal census Tor the STATE enumeration the
basis for fixing the boundaries OF senate dis
tricts at the decennal alteration thereof nm
less the tabulation OF the federal census doe-
not furnish the necessary Information The
state enumeration, which costs about one-haIf
million dollars every ten years, is therefore
eliminated. except when. as above stated, the
tabulation Of the federal census shall not af-
ford the requisite information. The only
change necessary. in the usual tabulation "
population OF city blocks, excluding aliens. II
therefore may be assumed that the state enum-
Grafton Is eliminated. Under the amendment,
the lrst alteration u senate districts is 10 be
made by the legislature in 1916. upon the state
enumeration Of 1915. The succeeding altera-
lions are to be made in the year following the
tahulauOn 4 each federal census. beginning
VITA The census or 1870. Inc ieielentr' in
Italics 10 the nrst day Of January, 1870, Is to
preserve the existing restriction ~ "hch tLt
counties OF New YORK, Kings ana bronx may
rot elect more than One-halt OF the state sen
ators.
section g. The members Of the assembly
shall be chosen b. single districts and shal.
be appOrtlonel by the legislature al me nrst
regular session after TIM return OF ltFt'-
the state enumeration taken NJ me yer oht
thousand nine hundred Gad lJtecn aHuhb N.e
several counties Of tine state las near. "H
may be according 10 he number 81 their re-
spectlye inhabitants, excluding allensA AZ
UcGr Ia iChich senate districts ShQl4 DC dite',,u
such members d The assembly Shdii dgo.N os
ODportiOHed ~ the legislature. App0ftioh-
mcnts Of members Of assembly shall reno y
fHditered uHfil the time htreir ClpOihieH loI
another GppOrtiOnmcE! thereof. Er1y dpgof-
Torment Of members among the cl-Idi tOtN-
fics OF tho state shall be as nearly as may
be according 10 the nUWJsr Of thcF rteptot'Io
iHddJlfCntS, excluding dtchS. 49,, .t con,
Every county heretofore established HI1 III
arately organized except the county OF iianli
ton shall always be entitled 10 one meiipct ~.
assembly, and no county shali htI.a5i ~
erected unless its population snail entire ~ ~,
4 member The county Or Hamilton shan eisct
with the county Of Fulton untiI me popu.H 20 -,
u the county of Hamilton shall, acto ,.1nh ~
"a
legislature may abolish the saiu .ulut, ~
Hamilton and annex the territory thele'i "
some other county or counties. a., hoie
The quOtient obtained 10y dividing inc VIZ ~,
number Of inhabitants or the state - 4"7
aliens, by the number II n''ln'ls -, vi witch
bly,, shall be- the ratio lor app'ru"Hlntnt y, as
shall be made az follows. one melnntI VI
scmbly shall be appOIuoued 10 every ,"unnty
including Fulton ana Hamilton as one ,"'h'it
,.oufsiriI,g fass than the ratio and one nan
over. Iw" members shai ue HlTo , u,,nubers
every other county. Inc remalnlns ,ho ,,oun-
u assembly shall be Hpporuoned I" tnI -,
ties having more than two ratios s'Vui ".nis ~.
the number Of inhabitants, eacluulns ali i've
Members apportlcned on remhihuei ,h ht~hest
appOrtlOned 10 the counties haNin6 49, DIV
r'maiuders ir the order thereof resp .,
No county shall have more mefauets Vi a." ~
bly than a county having "A greater hui."r' ~ H."
~ h fIau eVrI1ding aliens Until after we
nctt enumeration, members OF me ASSAM
shall be apportiOncd 20 the Nelli 49, ,'r III
.-,,,i'.l-s ernnrtioned by tire cons utuli9l "a
l,gf such apporti0nment j. nor I,at hv the
Because it has already been sup,ontment under
apportionment by legislative o snaS ,beb is stl
IA!,e. - moi Affected by this revised con
.iitatlon. .apportioument is left 10 the ''s
a' In Ia any county entitled to moro than o. one
rren,ber the board Of supervisors ~ ~ ,,ag
H. be none. the board or BODY eI,r .a.n,
similar Functions, ard in any city c, me- aud
az - - 60 I'D ~ supervisors, the meny,I'
Siects3 rom zach county 20 zee bora ~ none none
men The Common oounrll ~ tneIe ns N ~
~, 80 |lf,ruaen iromuOu ,ouncilI shah as
Senbie on the second tuesday 81 jun jun , 9ns
thpn.and eight hundred and nine'yh5' cy tines ns
auHdf.d and sirtten, ana u so - "o .nnor-