The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-18

the practice under statutes q force 70,
the last twenty years. The increase tt
ton Is 70 AFFORD added time Tor checkins
and verifying the lists. The amendmen'
also allows the enactment Of laws to pro.
large village, where personal resistratior
prevails. may register speciaiiy. with desie
mated officers within a period Of .severa
%tration, II his vocation or occupation vii
r., voters shissy ssss..S vi, ss iedsls
who operate trains. and commercial tray,
s smsns%. IL sfH to shcss =. cl 1850, TN TN,
sus shall also be used in dstsrminin,
whether . city Or Village has over Ave
'n ssssion PoD3SlSs': .i.,.on. b, tn. citizens
except for such town officers as may By
shall BE- By ballot. Or By such other method
that .seree, n Voting Be preserved, ~.
Section g. All laws creating. regulating
or AFFECTING boards or officers charsst
electors. On Of d~istrtsutins ballots at .tht
polls to t~votersl dectorS. or Of receivtns
recording or counting votes At eiectiona
two poiitsoai psrtie. which At the genera.
election next preceding that for which
such boards o. ofhcers are TO serve. cas-
Der o. votes. al All sosh boa So.rda and ofnesn
shal be appointed or elected IN such man.
ner. and upon the nomination OF sucf
.pee,iveis. as the ieeisi..urs may direct
Existing laws on this subject shall con-
tinue until the ieeislature shall otherwi:s
town msstinss ii or 10 village slsctiona.
ARTICLE III.
Section 1. The legislative power Of thi.
state shall be vested in the senate and
Section .. The senate shall consist OF
NIFTY members except as hereinafter pro.
one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
and their suocsssorsl They shall be chosen
Of aGr o swo s sSa n 1 ana ,. sss9 my. :ns. c'" .hc
Abstra ct.-The amendment sirnply slini'
mates the obsolete matter Enclosed will
Section .. The state shAli be divided into
nifty districts TO be called senate districts
ssen q. t TIM al..r Tn,sn .h :lf'i ). 0n nsmss Ges
from one to nifty. inclusive
District number one. shall consist
ssns,. 's asari tSi'0 W. e fes se; sg n. ooS os IN:
Der one and endiu9 with district number
ss.y; a,. sSss d |, no, t Of u: '' sss., Into iS ; ;sTi,
because II has already been superseded BY
tho act Of the Legislature. chapter 727 OF
n: 'Sw: % 1907 Gi, s5sA;ns n: p ss:sssa SEN 3,
Of existing districts IL isft 70 the iesisla-
turf r.. % .. nate d~l...c.. .h.,i ,.-.,. .. .,
present con.tituted until altered - herein
after provided.
Ass', ,S. oh.n :m: s,S,.,sD q ssmPl, ',,% a,:
Into senate dietacts. explained by the note
enclosed within the above brackets, and
continues the present senate districts as
In 1915.
section 4 IAN enumeration Of to- in.
habitants OF the state shall be taken under
the dire OF the secretary OF state
during the months of May and June In the
year one thousand nine hundred and nve
and In the same months every tenth year
thereafter: and the said districts shall be
so altered by the Legislature at the hrs'
regular session after the return OF every
Such seD".s district. .h.li b 90 altered
by the legislature st the hrst regular se..
sion after the return Of end based upon
one thousand nine hundred and fifteen and
hereinafter provided. Al the regular ses-
the tsbuistion Of csch federal census the
senate districts shaIl BE- altered ny. the
legislature. Senate dist4cts altered ~
~ the time herein appointed for .no!hs.
alteration. Provided. however. that IT. q
federal census shall not be available for
based upon an enumeration Of the nhsbi:
tants Of the state. excluding aaiens.. and
the legislature shall provide for such m
such a~Iterrtions the 'leAisture shall &C
provide that each senate district shall con
tain as nearly as may be an equal mum:
be In As compact form rs practicable land
shall remain unalteved until the return OF
another enumerationl 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
No town and no block in q city incloeed
by streets or public ways shall be divided
In the formation Of senate districts nor
shall any district contain a greater excess
In population over an adjoining district In
the same county than the population OF a
or block therein adjoinins. 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 tsaidl such districts most
Guiding aliens. No county shall have four
or more enators unless It shall have a
full ratio for each senator. No county
shall have more than one-third OF all the
and no two counties or the ter
ritory thereof as Gnovl organized on the
first day Of January. one thousand eight
joining counties or which are separated
only by pubic waters shall have more
than one-half OF all the senators The
ways be obtained by dividing the number
of inhabitants. excluding aliens, by nifty
and the senate shall always be composed
having three or moro senators at the time
OF any apportionment III shall be entitled
on such ratio to an additional senator
II or senators IL shall be given to such
county in addition to the hfty senators,
and the whole number OF senators sha!l
be Increased to that extent.
Abstract-The amendment substitutes
the federal census for the state
ton as the basis for fixing the bounda =
ries Of senate districts ~ the decennial al
the federal census does not furnish the
necessary Information. The state enumer-
alton, which costs about one-half million
dollars every ten years. Is therefore elimi-
mated, except when. as above stated. the
tabulation OF the federal census shall not
afford the requisite information. The only
OF the federal census. is TO have II, show
the population OF city blocks, excluding
aliens. II therefore may be assumed that
the state enumeration Is eliminated, I'm
der the amendment, tho first alteration of
districts Is TO be made by ne leg
stature In 1915. upon the state enumera-
ton OF 1915. The succeeding alterations
arc TO be made in the year following the
tnDulation OF each federal census, begin
ming with the census of 1920 Tho refer
,nce, In bOldface. TO the first day OF Janu-
airy. 1895, is to preserve the existing re-
by which the counties OF New
York, Kings and Bronx may not elect more
than one-half OF the state senator's.
Section ). The members OF the assembly
be chosen by single districts and
shall be appor,ioned py the legislature az
the first regular session after the return OF
Ieveryl 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