State of New York: Messages from the Governors, Volume 3J. B. Lyon Company, state printers, 1909 |
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... consideration , some of the various subjects which will necessarily claim their attention , during this , their first session , I feel sensibly , such peculiar interest and high responsibility . In the performance of the duties of my ...
... consideration , some of the various subjects which will necessarily claim their attention , during this , their first session , I feel sensibly , such peculiar interest and high responsibility . In the performance of the duties of my ...
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... consideration . " There are , at present , a very considerable number of officers for whose appointment no constitutional provision exists , other than a general power delegated to the legisla- ture , to regulate the manner of making ...
... consideration . " There are , at present , a very considerable number of officers for whose appointment no constitutional provision exists , other than a general power delegated to the legisla- ture , to regulate the manner of making ...
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... consideration whether some legislative assistance ought not to be afforded to encourage so humane and useful an undertaking.10 9 An act " to provide against infectious and pestilential diseases , " chapter 71 , was passed on the 21st of ...
... consideration whether some legislative assistance ought not to be afforded to encourage so humane and useful an undertaking.10 9 An act " to provide against infectious and pestilential diseases , " chapter 71 , was passed on the 21st of ...
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... consideration , whether a revision of the laws at this time , has not become indispensably necessary.3 To effect material and radical alterations in the consti- tution and government of a country , advantageous to the great mass of the ...
... consideration , whether a revision of the laws at this time , has not become indispensably necessary.3 To effect material and radical alterations in the consti- tution and government of a country , advantageous to the great mass of the ...
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... consideration of a system providing for the gradual emancipation of the people of color , held in servi- tude in the United States , be recommended to the Legisla- tures of the several States of the American Union , and to the Congress ...
... consideration of a system providing for the gradual emancipation of the people of color , held in servi- tude in the United States , be recommended to the Legisla- tures of the several States of the American Union , and to the Congress ...
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Albany amendment amount annual appointed April 12 April 20 Assembly Auburn prison authorized banks bill Black River canal canal fund capital cents Champlain canals chapter Chemung canal Chenango canal commissioners committee common schools communication condition Congress consideration considered constitution construction convicts court court of chancery crime debt deemed directed districts duty effect election enlargement Erie and Champlain Erie canal established evils Executive expenses extended favor February February 11 federal Genesee Valley canal Governor Hudson River hundred important increase institutions interest internal improvement January justice labor Lake lands lature legislation Legislature loans March measure ment militia navigation necessary object officers operation opinion Oswego canal passed April payment persons present prison proper purpose railroad received recommend regard relation respect revenue River secure Senate statute submitted surplus tolls Transmitting treasury United York
Popular passages
Page 806 - Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented, till I have explored the western country, and traversed those lines, or great part of them, which have given bounds to a new empire.
Page 1029 - Whatever respect might have been felt for the state sovereignties, it is not to be disguised that the framers of the Constitution viewed, with some apprehension, the violent acts which might grow out of the feelings of the moment; and that the people of the United States, in adopting that instrument, have manifested a determination to shield themselves and their property from the effects of those sudden and strong passions to which men are exposed.
Page 360 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs, not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 480 - States is requested to communicate these resolutions to the governors of the several States, with a request that they will lay the same before the Legislatures thereof respectively.
Page 900 - To avoid these evils, it appears to me that the most safe, just, and federal disposition which could be made of the surplus revenue, would be its apportionment among the several States according to their ratio of representation ; and should this measure not be found warranted by the Constitution, that it would be expedient to propose to the States an amendment authorizing it.
Page 216 - Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to introduce and vote for a bill to repeal an Act entitled ' an Act respecting fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 115 - I consider the system of our Common Schools as the palladium of our freedom, for no reasonable apprehension can be entertained of its subversion, as long as the great body of the people are enlightened by education.
Page 112 - The first duty of government, and the surest evidence of good government, is the encouragement of education. A general diffusion of knowledge is a precursor and protector of republican institutions, and in it we must confide as the conservative power that will watch over our liberties and guard them against fraud, intrigue, corruption, and violence.
Page 821 - Virginia inclusive according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Page 366 - supreme law of the land ; and that the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.