What not to affect residence of voters. SEC. 3. For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained a residence by reason of his presence, or lost it by reason of his absence, while employed in the service of the State or of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of waters of the State or of the United States, or on the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept in any almshouse or other asylum; nor while confined in any public prison. The Legislature shall prescribe the manner in Electors absent which electors absent from their homes in time of war, in the actual military or naval service of the State, or of the United States, may vote; and shall provide for the canvass and return of their votes. in time of war. Suffrage laws to be passed. provided for. SEC. 4. Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citizens who are entitled to the right of suffrage hereby esRegistry to be tablished. The Legislature shall provide for a registry of citizens entitled to vote in each election district, to be completed four days before each general and special State election, and vote unless reg- charter elections in cities. No person shall vote at such elections who is not registered according to law, and the mode of registration shall be uniform in all cities. No person to istered. Uniformity of registry in cities. Election to be by ballot. SEC. 5. All elections shall be by ballot, except for such town officers as may by law be directed to be otherwise chosen. Legislative' Who eligible to Senate, thirtytwo members. ARTICLE III. SECTION 1. The legislative power shall be vested in a senate and assembly. Any elector shall be eligible to the office of senator and member of assembly. SEC. 2. The State shall be divided into thirty-two senate districts, each of which shall choose one senator; and the term of Term, four years. office shall be four years. State divided into thirty-two senatorial districts. (See Art. III., Sec. 4, Proposed Constitution.) The senate districts shall be as follows: Boundaries thereof, First District-The counties of Suffolk, Queens and Richmond. Second District-The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth wards of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings. SEC. 3. For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, by reason of his presence or absence, while employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison. What not to affect residence of voters. be passed. SEC. 4. Laws shall be made for ascertaining by proper proofs Suffrage laws to the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established. ballot, SEC. 5. All elections by the citizens shall be by ballot, except Election to be by for such town officers as may by law be directed to be otherwise chosen. ARTICLE III. SECTION. 1. The legislative power of this State shall be vested in a senate and assembly. SEC. 2. The Senate shall consist of thirty-two members, and the senators shall be chosen for two years. The Assembly shall Legislative powers. Senate, thirtyTerm, two years. two members. ber and term of. consist of one hundred and twenty-eight members, who shall be Assembly, numannually elected. into thirty-two senatorial districts. SEC. 3. The State shall be divided into thirty-two districts, to State divided be called senate districts, each of which shall choose one senator. The districts shall be numbered from one to thirty-two inclusive. District number One (1) shall consist of the counties of Suffolk, Richmond and Queens. District number Two (2) shall consist of the county of Kings. Boundaries thereof. Division of the County of New York. Third District The Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth wards of the city of Brooklyn, and the towns of Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend, New Lots and New Utrecht of the county of Kings. Fourth District-The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Thirteenth and Fourteenth wards of the city and county of New York. Fifth District-The Eighth, Ninth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth wards of the city and county of New York. Sixth District-The Tenth, Eleventh and Seventeenth wards of the city and county of New York. Seventh District-The Eighteenth, Twentieth and Twentyfirst wards of the city and county of New York. Eighth District-The Twelfth, Nineteenth and Twenty-second wards of the city and county of New York. Ninth District-The counties of Westchester, Putnam and Rockland. Tenth District—The counties of Orange and Sullivan. Eleventh District-The counties of Dutchess and Columbia. Twelfth District-The counties of Rensselaer and Washing ton. Thirteenth District-The county of Albany. Fourteenth District-The counties of Greene and Ulster. Fifteenth District-The counties of Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Hamilton and Schenectady. Sixteenth District-The counties of Warren, Essex and Clin ton. Seventeenth District-The counties of St. Lawrence and Franklin. Eighteenth District-The counties of Jefferson and Lewis. Nineteenth District-The county of Oneida. Twentieth District -The counties of Herkimer and Otsego. Board of Supercounty of New visors of the York to divide the county into four Senate districts. District number Three (3) number Four (4) number Five (5) and number Six (6) shall consist of the city and county of New York. And the board of supervisors of said city and county shall, on or before the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, divide the said city and county into the number of senate districts to which it is entitled, as near as may be, of an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens and persons of color not taxed, and consisting of convenient and contiguous territory; and no assembly district shall be divided in the formation of a senate district. The board of supervisors Certificate, &c., when they shall have completed such division, shall cause certificates thereof, stating the number and boundaries of each district, and the population thereof, to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and of the clerk of the said city and county. District number Seven (7) shall consist of the counties of Westchester, Putnam and Rockland. District number Nine (9) shall consist of the counties of Orange and Sullivan. District number Eight (8) shall consist of the counties of Dutchess and Columbia. District number Twelve (12) shall consist of the county of Rensselaer. District number Eleven (11) shall consist of the counties of Albany and Schenectady. District number Ten (10) shall consist of the counties of Ulster and Greene. District number Thirteen (13) shall consist of the counties of Washington and Saratoga. District number Fourteen (14) shall consist of the counties of Warren, Essex and Clinton. District number Fifteen (15) shall consist of the counties of St. Lawrence and Franklin. District number Twenty-one (21) shall consist of the counties of Jefferson and Lewis. District number Nineteen (19) shall consist of the county of Oneida. District number Sixteen (16) shall consist of the counties of Herkimer, Hamilton, Fulton and Montgomery. to be filed. Twenty-first District-The counties of Oswego and Madison. Twenty-second District-The counties of Onondaga and Cort land. Twenty-third District-The counties of Chenango, Delaware and Schoharie. Twenty-fourth District-The counties of Broome, Tioga and Tompkins. Twenty-fifth District-The counties of Cayuga and Wayne. Twenty-sixth District-The counties of Ontario, Yates and Seneca. Twenty-seventh District-The counties of Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben. Twenty-eighth District-The county of Monroe. Twenty-ninth District-The counties of Niagara, Orleans and Genesee. Senators first elected Thirtieth District-The counties of Wyoming, Livingston and Allegany. Thirty-first District-The county of Erie. Thirty-second District-The counties of Chautauque and Cattaraugus. The senators first elected under this constitution, in districts apportioned. bearing odd numbers, shall vacate their office at the end of two years, and those elected in districts bearing eyen numbers, at the end of four years; and vacancies occurring by the expiration of term shall be filled by the election of senators for the full term. SEC. 3. An enumeration of the inhabitants of the State shall Census to be taken in 1875, years. and every ten be made, under the direction of the Legislature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and in every tenth year thereafter; and the senate districts shall be so arranged by the Legislature at the first session after the return of every enumeraSenate districts, tion, that each district shall contain, as near as may be, an equal number of inhabitants of the State, excluding aliens, and shall consist of contiguous territory, and shall remain unaltered until another enumeration. No county shall be divided in the forma how altered. |