New-York tribune., 1920-10-30

Assembly Proposing AtnsSdments to
Article Five of the CONSTITUTION, in
Relation TO State Officers and Depart
ments.
Section l. Resolved Or thu Assembly,
concur), That article five OF the cOnstitu-
ton be amended to read as follows:
5 The lsecretary OF stateJ comp
TGllfr aaa state reaS 4ssl ana aa sryo san 81
chosen at a general election At the times and
places Of elecrng the governor and lieIten-
ex-governor. and shall hold their Offices for
the terms the governor and leute1t-
nnt-0ouernor 1.-TWO years except as provided
roiisr isT''i sho II" Be 81 rcquirs e ) To aadf Gl
uouchcrS bcforo pGD,nent aud all Official oo-
preSoribe such ulet1lods Of accounting as GRE
rscessgry for the oerfos.rranee. Of ne fore
also assign to lin Supervision Of TIE az
state, but shan assign to hsnl 30 GdDlinlStfr-
tics duties, excepting such as may be tnc!-
any other pror.Sio Of thls cQtstltnti9n to tts
! contrary t't1citAstendir0. lie Zach of the
officers in this article Hamed. excepting The
speaker OF the assembly, shall; at stated
times during his continuance in Office receive
for his services compensation Whlch shsH
not be increased OF diminished during the
I term for which he shall have been elected;
nor shall he receive TO his use any fees or
perqulsites Of ofice or other compensation.
no person shall be elected 10 The office OF
state engineer and surveyor who Is not
practical civil engneerl
"a = Inc IrSt elecllON OF inc St'N-flt-S y
Of state, comptroller, treasure. attorney
general and state engineer and surveyor,
pursuant TO this article. shall De held ia
thu year one thousand eight hundred and
ninety y-five, and their terms OF office snail
begin on the first day of Jantary following,
and shall be for three years. At the gen
eraI election in the year on. thousand eight
vears thereafter, their successors shall bs
chosen for ths term o. two years.
rs 8. 4 suporintendent Of public works
shall be appointed by the governor, by
and with the advice ard consent OF IN,
cf the term or the governor by whom ne
was nominated. and until his - cessor IS
a.,Dointed ana 0ualified 10 shA. receive
-i't tb % ei+}t.t, 80, - - ~ oefc, H.
shall be charged with the execution e al
laws relating % tho repair ant Navigation
% tho const tructi0n and Improvement II
tne canals. except 90 far as The execution
or Improvement sh-l b. confined TO the
state engineer and surveyor. tIfc. to the
control Of the legislature. he SHAH nlaNe
the rules and resulal4ons .or the nasiga-
ZION Of the canals. 1Ie nay be sas-
pended or removed from office by the
governor, Whenever in his judgment, the
public interest shall require; but In
case Of the removal of such superintendent
OF public works from office, the governor
shall file with the secretary Of STATE
statement of the cause Of such removal,
and shall 1~sport such removal and the
thereof to The legislature at its next
session The superintendent Of public
works shall appoint not more than three
shall be prescribed by him. subject to nodi-
hcation by the legislature, and who shall
20 be fixed by law. They shall hold their
office for three gears. subject TO suSpcn-
sion or removal by the superintendent OF
public worhs whenever, in his judgment,
the public interest shall SO require. Any
vacancy in the office OF any such assist
am superintendent shall be filled for the
remainder Of the term for which he was
appointed, by the fuperintendent OF public
works; but in case Of the suspension or
removal of any such assistant superin-
tendent BY him. lie shan once report
10 the governor. IN writing the cause or
such removal. All other pfrsons empleve1
In the care and management OF the canaIs
except collectors Of tolls. and those in the
department Of state englpeer and surveyor
shalT be appointed by the superintendent
OF public works, and be iect to suspcn-
snt or pubic works shall perfQrln ali the
duties of the former canal commissioners
and board OF canal commissionars as now
by the legislature The governor by and
with the advice and consent OF the senate.
Office of superintendent OF public WORKS.
II the senate bs not in session, he may
grant commissions which shall ex1ire a
the end Of the next succeeding session OF
the senate.l
IS 4. A superintendent Of state prisons
eha!l be appointed by the governor by ard
WIN WIN ,he advice and consent OF the senate.
and hold his offise for nye years unless |
sooner removed; he shall give security
IN such amount. and with such sf,retlsa
as shall be required by law for the faif h !
IuI discharge Of his duties; he shall have
the superlntende ence rnanagern.nf ana -
trol or state prisons, subject to such laws
as now exist er may hereafter be enactea
ne shall appoint the agents. ward-ns,
Tpysic,sns rbe ana chapislns Of the. prisons.
shall appoint all other officers of such
PRISON except the clerk, subject to the D
proNal or the same by the superintendent
Inc comptroller shall appoint the clerks
or Of ,!a the prisons a The superintendent shall
nave all the pow~rs and perform all the
duties not inconsistent herewith. which
were formerly had and performed by the /
inspectors or state prisons. The governor
may remove the superintendent for cause |
at any time, giving to him a copy Of the
csaTges against HIM. and an opportunity
TO Do heard in his defense
Is s. The Acknowledgements, speaker OF
the assembly. secretary OF state coslD.
trolleF, treasurer. attorney general and
state engineer and surveyor shan be com
, tenant-governor secretary OF ntate. comp
e5,ol1 .EoIer treasurer and attorney general
tund. Inc canal board shall consist Of
sa me commlssioners OF the canal fund. the
S11.e engineer and surveyor and the super
- 6. The powers and duties OF the 70
spectlve boards. and Of ths several officers
in this article mentioned, shall be snrb /
as now are or hereafter may oe prescribed
by law.
IL Z: Tho treasurer may be suspended
during ~
recess OF the legislature and untii fb,rfy
days after the commencement II the next |
session OF the legislature Whenever Il shan
aIpear 10 him that ouch treasure has. in
any PAL ucIler violated his duty Tn,
governor snail appoint a cornpetent nerson +
10 discharge the duties of the office d,r,,~
sucn suspension OF the treasurer
2. There shall be the foHo,rfno ci.xr 5s-
pdrtnsnts tn the state Oorernnent. r.
ecutsue; 2 Aadtt and control. s Tn,o+f.,-
T. Ftndncc; .. L0,o; g. State. , pDbr,c /
toorfs s. Conservation; 8 Agriculture and
nldrksS; 10 Labor; H. Ed,cotf.n
~. HeGEh; IS. Mental hygiene; II, chart. (
,tss; 10. Correction; IS Public scrvtcr. y
bdnhtng; 1s, insurance.; -, Cfrll ser1,4cs
20. MtHtdrD and naval affairs, 81 Archstec- /
- 3: a the session immediately foYo,eiro !
the adoption OF this article the lsots!ntt,rs |
spdH proutde bV l0tc for the opproprfqts as |
stgnment, TO take effect NOT earlier tha,, IN,
Hrst day Of January, one thousand .lne hun
area d'o t'ocnft -ttc0, Of all the cl,tg admin
tStrdtiue ara erecuttUe functions OF the state
popVnp,ent, 10 the several depurt-rsrts in !
tnls . orVtcle proutded- Subject 10 the lirrito-
tlo'5 contained IN thts co,is tittsor the !eofs-
9dfure may from time to time ASSIGN b., lotn
nsto poUers and functions TO- deportnents
o1Tccrs, boards or commissions co. timed nv
creote0 under this constitution and Increase
nlodt(D or diminish their potoers and S,snc-
ttons No specific grant Of potoer herein to /
experiment SHAH prevent the leOisldts~s I
rom comforting additional potcsrs upon st.ch
depdrtrenf. No wefO departments shall b,
cfeoted ,eredfter b~t this shall not prs,eat
sne tegts!oture from creating commissions for
speotoI purposes and aoshtno contaissd ,n