New-York tribune., 1920-09-18
LAWS OF NEW YORK


| or removed from office by the governor,
whenever. in his Judgment. the public in
fsrest shall all 80 require: but IN case Of the
works from office. the governor shall Ale
with the secretary OF state a statement
Of the cause Of such removal. and shall
report such removal and the cause thereof
to the legislature at it's next session. The
superintendent Of public works shall ap.
intendents whose duties shall be pre-
seribed by him. subject to modification by
the legislature and who shall receive for
| their services a compensation to be nxed
by law. They shall hold their Office for
| three years, subject to suspension or re-
1noyal by the superintendent of public
works, whenever, in his judgment the pub
llo interest shall 80 require. Amy vacancy
IN IN the office Of any such assistant super
of the term for which he was appointed
by the superintendent of public works
b9t IN case Of the suspension or removal
| or any such assistant superintendent by
him. he shall at once report to the gov
ernor. in writing. the cause of such re-
movai. All other persons employed in the
care and management Of the canals ex-
oept collectors Of tolls. and those in the
| department OF the state engineer and sur
tvey9r. shall be appointed by the superin-
tendent Of public works. and be subject
TO SUSPENSION or removal by him. The
| superintendent of public works shall per-
1orm al the duties Of the former canal
commissioners and board of canal COM
mlssioners as now declared by law. until
| otherwise provided by the legislature. The
sent sc! OF the senate. shall have power to
| hll vacancies in the office of superintend-
ent Of public, works; If the senate be not
which shall expire at the end Of the next
'uffseeeding fe session Of the senate.l
| snall be appointed by the governor by and
| with the advice and consent of the SEN
ate. and hold his office for five years, un-
less sooner removed; he shall give secur-
| ity In such amount, and with such sure
sles sats,s,, as shall be required by law for the
and control Of state prisons. subject to
s such laws as now exist or. may hereafter
Dc enacted: he shall appoint the agents
prisons. The agent and warden of each
praon lnb nsiaa shall appoint All other officers Of
the the approval of the same by the superin-
the clerks of of the prisons srb Fbe apppn
tendent shall have all the powers and per
form form al the duties not inconsistent here
formed by the inspectors Of state prisons
me governor may remove the superintend-
eop eopy t05 Of aus at any time giving to him
| opportunity to be heard in his defense.
oe ls ~ o. Inc lieutenant governor. speaker
troiler. treasurer. attorney general and
state sta engineer and surveyor shall be com
of the land offee The lieu
troiIer; treasurer and attorney-general
snali snail be the commissioners Of the canal
|
| commissioners OF the canal fund, the state
| engineer and surveyor and the superintend-
ent or public Eorks.]
| " g. The powers and duties Of the re-
| spectlve boards. and of the several Off
GERS GERS IN this article. mentioned. shall be
| scribed by law.] N40
frls IL Z: The treasurer may be suspended
| recess Of the legislature and until thirty
Gays after the commencement of the next
session Of the legislature. whenever it shall
hat ot1o h
any particular. violated his duty The 1ts
eevern9r shall appoint competent person
70 discharge the duties of the office during
such suspension of the treasurer
dsssorS:,, 2; , There shaH BE the tozloutno ctrt1
,orS:si norhs GonserYation; 8, 4gyeulure AUD aud
Health; 12, Mental hygiene, charities and
correction. 13, Public service; IL, Banking;
,, 10, 1msurGnce; IG, CiriI service; IL, Military
ana ,dUaI AFFAIRS; IS, Architecture.
,,s 8: At the session immediately follo,pino
he shgU oaoptton .. Of this article the legislature
stanment, to take effect not earlier than the
Grsd rsd day % Of January, one thousand nine ham
arsa ana t,genty-t1ro, Of all the crl admin
government. to the scucral departments in
this ,as. article prorided subject to the iimia-
!afnre may from time to time assign bu la,u
ne,o poacers aud functions to departments,
officers boards or commissions continued o.,
created undcr this consultation, and increase,
modtv or diminish their porers and fumc,
tioms No specific grant Of po,cer herein to
depdrtnent shall prclent the legislature
from confcrring additional po,ccrs apron such
,aspartment: t.Io,ad No men departmcnts shall be
the legislature from creating commissions for
specsal purposes and nothing contained in this
duein9 the numbcr Of departments 'S"' as pro-
u,dcd for IN this article by consolidation or
at fhe The feet're stae officers IN oocs
takes effect shall continue tn office unhl the
end Of the terms for. 'chich they ,rere elect
ed: Pending the assignment of the civil ad-
rtnfStrattre and executive functions 6y the
legtsloture pursuant to the directions Of this
section, the poucrs and duties Of the several
departments, boards, commissions and officers
no,U crfstin0 are continued. Subject to the
po,Oer Of the legislature to reduce the number
any. eristing office are assigned to any de-
| partment, the officers exercising such po,ocrs
and their term Of Office shall not be shortsned tt
OU such assignment.
50. The head Of tho department of audit
and control shall be the comptroller, and of
the department Of lao, the attorney general.
Ercept as other.ose provtded in this constt-
tuition, the heads Of an other departments
and the members Of oil boards. commissions
and councils mentioned in this article shall
be appointed by the gorernor by aud ,cith the
rcmorcd by the governor, in a manner to be
prescribed by la,r. The heads Of the respec-
tire departments of education and Of dOTicul
ture and markets. mental hygtene, charities
and correction shall be appointed in man
s Isl 5. All Offices for the weighing.
gauging. measuring, culling or inspecting
any merchandise, produce, manufacture or
commodity whatever. are hereby abol
ished: and no such office shall hereafter be
created by law: but nothing in this section n
contained shall abrogate any office created
for the purpose of protecting tho public
health or the interests Of the state in its
property. revenue. tolls or purchases. oc
of supplying the people with correct
standards OF weights and measures.
shall prevent the creation of any Office
for such purposes hereafter.
l9l 9. Appointments and promotions
In the civil service of the state, and Of all
the civil divisions thereof, including cities
and villages. shall be made according to
merit and fitness to be ascertaned. 80 far
as practicable by exami ina ton, which, so
far as practicable. shall be competitive;
provided. however, that honorAbly dis
army and navy of the United States in
the late civil war. who are citizens and
residents Of this state. shall be entitled to
preference In appointment and promotion
without regard to their standing on any
list from which such appointment or pro-
made to provide for the enforcement of
this section.
"a. Resolved Cf the Assembly concur),
That tho foregoing amendment be referred
to the legislature to be chosen at the next
general election OF senator's, and in con-
formity with section one Of article four
teen of the constitution be published for
three months previous to the timo Of such
STATE OF NEW YORK,
IN SENATE,
Apr. "a, 1920.
The foregoing resolution was duly
passed, majority of all the Senators