Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. ADOPTED NOVEMBER 10, 1821, In Convention of Delegates assembled at the Capitol, in the city of Albany, for revising and amending the Constitution of the State of New-York:—and afterwards adopted by the people of this State, agreeably to the provisions of the act calling the Convention. We, the People of the State of New-York, acknowledging with gratitude the grace and beneficence of God, in permitting us to make choice of our form of government, do establish the following Constitution: ARTICLE FIRST.—Legislature. 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. The senators shall be chosen for four years, and shall be freeholders. The assembly shall consist of one hundred and twenty-eight members, who shall be annually elected. Sec. 3. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business. Each house shall determine the rules of its own proceedings, and be the judge of the qualifications ff its own members. Each house shall choose its own officers ; and the senate shall choose a temporary president, when the lieutenant-governor shall not attend as president, or shall act as governor. Sec. 4. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same, except such parts as may require ecrecy. The doors of each house shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days. Sec. 5. The state shall be divided into eight districts, to be called senate districts, each of which shall choose four senators. The first district shall consist of the counties of Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Richmond, and New-York. Th...