Civil Government for Common Schools: Prepared as a Manual for Public Instruction in the State of New York — John Shaqi
Civil Government for Common Schools: Prepared as a Manual for Public Instruction in the State of New YorkNortham, Henry C.
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Civil Government for Common Schools: Prepared as a Manual for Public Instruction in the State of New York
Northam, Henry C.
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III. To act as a court for the trial of impeachments, associated
with the judges of the Court of Appeals, and the President of the
Senate.
IV. To confirm or reject appointments made by the Governor.
V. To elect a temporary president when the Lieutenant-Governor
shall not attend as president, or shall be called to act as
Governor.
Q. How many members must be present in each house to do business?
A. A majority, which is called a quorum.
BILLS.
Q. Where may bills originate?
A. Any bill may originate in either house of the Legislature.
Q. What is the difference between the Legislature of this state
and Congress in this respect?
A. In Congress all bills for raising revenues MUST originate in
the House of Representatives.
Q. What may either house do with bills originating in the other
house?
A. Amend them; but both houses must agree to the amendment or
amendments, before they can become a law.
Q. What is required in order that a bill may become a law?
I. The assent of a majority of all the members elected to each
branch of the Legislature, together with the approval of the
Governor;
II. Or if he disapproves of it, that it be returned to the house
in which it originated, with his objections; and, after
reconsideration, if two-thirds of all the members elected to that
house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent to the other
house by which it shall likewise be re-considered, and if two-
thirds of all its members approve of it, it shall become a law
notwithstanding the objections of the Governor.
III. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within ten
days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him,
it shall become a law in like manner as if he had signed it,
unless the Legislature, by adjourning, shall prevent its
returning; in which case it shall not become a law without the
signature of the Governor.
IV. No bill shall become a law after the final adjournment of the
Legislature, unless approved by the Governor within thirty days
after such adjournment.
IMPEACHMENT.
Q. What class of persons can be tried in the court of impeachment?
A. Public officers that have had charges preferred against them by
the Assembly.
Q. Of whom is the court of impeachment composed?
A. Of the Senators, or a majority of them, the Judges of the Court
of Appeals, or a majority of them, and the Lieutenant-Governor;
and two-thirds of all present must concur in order to convict.
Q. When shall the Lieutenant-Governor not act as a member of this
court?
A. When the Governor is being tried. He may be presumed to be an
interested party, for if the Governor should be found guilty and
be removed, the Lieutenant-Governor becomes Governor.
Q. What penalty can be inflicted by this court?
A. Removal from office, or removal from office and
disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or
profit, under this state.
Q. Can such parties be further punished?
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