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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A. Yes; they may be indicted, tried and punished according to law,
by fine or imprisonment, or both, according to the nature of the
crime.
VOTING.
Q Who are entitled to vote upon all questions in the Legislature?
A. All the members in the Assembly and Senate; and this includes
the Speaker of the Assembly.
Q, When is the President of the Senate entitled to vote?
A. Upon questions on which the Senate is equally divided or tied.
Q. Why should not the President of the Senate have a vote upon all
questions?
A. Because he has not been elected a member of that body; but
becomes its presiding officer by virtue of the constitutional
provision which makes the Lieutenant-Governor its president.
KINDS OF VOTING.
Q. Name some of the kinds of voting practiced. I. By showing
hands.
II. By Acclamation.
III. By dividing or separating the persons voting into two bodies.
IV. By Ballot.
V. By Ayes and Noes.
VI. By Viva Voce.
Q. Where are the first three kinds of voting usually practiced?
A. In conventions of different kinds, primary meetings,
Q. When and how is the sixth kind of voting used?
A. In the election of United States Senators, usually the Speaker
of the Assembly and a few other officers, and in this way: as the
names of those entitled to vote are called, they respond by naming
their candidate.
SALARY.
Q. How are Assemblymen and Senators paid?
I. By a salary fixed by the constitution, of one thousand five
hundred dollars.
II. And one dollar for every ten miles travelled in going to and
returning from the place of meeting, once in each session on the
most usual route.
III. Senators when convened in extraordinary session, or when
serving as members of the Court of Impeachment, and such members
of the Assembly, not exceeding nine in number, as shall be
appointed managers of an impeachment, shall receive ten dollars a
day additional allowance.
STATE.
A tabular view of officers, showing the source from whence they
derive their authority:
Elected by the People of the State
Executive
Governor.
Presiding Officer
Lieut. Governor.
Administrative
Secretary of State.
Comptroller.
Treasurer.
Attorney General.
State Engineer and Surveyor.
Judicial
Judges of the Court of Appeals.
Appointed by Governor and Senate.
Superintendent of Banking.
Superintendent of Insurance.
Canal Auditor.
Superintendent of Prisons.
Superintendent of Public Works.
Notaries Public.
State Assessors.
Loan Commissioners.
Canal Appraisers.
Quarantine Commissioners.
Trustees of State Institutions, and some others.
Elected by joint bal.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Regents of the University.
United States Senators.
Q. What are the first seven offices called?
A. They are called elective offices.
Q. Why elective?
A. Because the officers are voted for directly by the people.
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