Gambar halaman
PDF
ePub

Can any member of the Legislature be arrested on civil process during his attendance at the session of the house to which he shall belong?

He cannot, except for forfeiture, misdemeanor, or breach of trust in any office or place of public trust held by him.

How long before and after the session does a member enjoy the like privilege?

Fourteen days.

Is he entitled to the same privilege while absent with leave of the house to which he belongs?

He is.

What is declared with respect to any speech or debate in either house of the Legislature ?

The members shall not be questioned in any other place for such speech or debate.

What power has each house over its own members and officers? To expel them for disorderly conduct, or imprison them. How long can such imprisonment extend?

Only during the then existing session of the Legislature. When a bill becomes a law, where shall it be deposited?

In the office of the secretary of state.

When does a law take effect, if no time be specified?

On the twentieth day after its final passage.

To whom shall the secretary of state deliver a certified copy of each law?

To the State printer, to be published by him.

What is the compensation of the members of the Legislature? Three dollars for each day's attendance, and three dollars for every twenty miles going to and returning from the capitol, by the usual route.

If a member of either house is prevented from attending by sickness, what compensation does he receive?

The same as if in actual attendance.

What is the salary of the clerk of the Senate?

Twelve hundred dollars.

What is the salary of the clerk of the Assembly?

Sixteen hundred dollars.

What is the pay of the sergeant-at-arms and door-keeper of each house, and the assistant door-keeper of the Assembly?

[blocks in formation]

How are the contingent expenses of the two houses paid?
From the State Treasury.

CHAPTER VIII.

Of what does Chapter Eighth treat?

Of the duties of the Executive officers of the State.
Who has the custody of the great and privy seals of the State?
The Governor.

When the Lieutenant Governor acts as president of the Senate, does he vote?

He has only a casting vote.

If a crime is committed without the jurisdiction of the United States, and the criminal is found within this State, can the Governor deliver him over to justice?

He can, for any crime except treason.

When only can such delivery be made?

On the requisition of the duly authorized minister or officer of the government within the jurisdiction of which the crime shall be charged to have been committed.

To whom shall the Governor transmit, free of expense, three copies of the laws of each session of the Legislature of this State?

To the executive of each State in the Union.

What shall he also request ?

A similar communication of the laws of the several States.

Who has charge of the books and papers belonging to the State? The Secretary of State.

Who superintends the fiscal concerns of the State?

The Comptroller.

Who receives all moneys which from time to time are paid into the treasury?

The Treasurer.

When only shall moneys be paid out by the Treasurer ?

Only on warrant of the Comptroller.

Who defends and prosecutes all suits in which the State is interested?

The Attorney General.

Who superintends surveys and sales of lands belonging to this State?

The Surveyor General.

Who attends to the printing of the State?

The State Printer.

CHAPTER IX.

Of what does this Chapter treat?

Of the funds, revenue, expenditures and property of the State.

From what are the salaries of the officers of government paid?
From the general fund.

What does the Governor receive from the general fund?

Four thousand dollars.

What does the Secretary of State receive?

One thousand five hundred dollars.

What does the Comptroller receive?
Twenty-five hundred dollars.

What does the Treasurer receive?

One thousand five hundred dollars.

The Attorney General ?

One thousand dollars.

The Surveyor General ?

Eight hundred dollars.

The Chancellor and each of the Justices of the Supreme Court? Twenty-five hundred dollars.

The Vice-Chancellor of the first circuit?

Two thousand dollars.

Each of the Circuit Judges?

Sixteen hundred dollars.

What is the salary of the Lieutenant Governor ?

Double that of a Senator.

What other funds in this State, besides the general fund? The Canal fund-the Literary fund-the Common School fund.

Who are the Trustees of the Capitol at Albany ?

The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the Assembly, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Comptroller.

Who are the Trustees of the "State Hall ?"

The Trustees of the Capitol and the Surveyor General.

In whose custody and care are the several arsenals and magazines belonging to this State, and the lands and buildings connected therewith ?

The Commissary General.

What is the annual appropriation to the State Library?

One thousand dollars.

Who only can take books, papers, or maps, for any purpose from the State Library ?

Members of the Legislature.

What are the names of the canals belonging to this State?

"Erie Canal," "Champlain Canal," "Cayuga and Seneca Canal," "Oswego Canal," "Crooked Lake Canal," "Chemung Canal," "Chenango Canal."

The general care and superintendence of the Canals is where vested? In a board of Canal Commissioners.

At what rate only, (without a permission in writing signed by a majority of the Canal Commissioners), can a float move on any canal? Not faster than four miles per hour.

When a boat used principally for passengers overtakes one used principally for freight, what is the duty of the master of the freight

boat?

To grant every possible facility to the other boat to pass, and to stop if it be necessary until the other boat has passed.

When two boats meet, what is the duty of each commander ?

To turn his boat to the right hand, so as to be wholly on the right side of the centre of the canal.

Can the Legislature of this State ever sell or dispose of the Salt Springs belonging to this State ?

They cannot, nor any part of them.

What tax or duty shall be collected on every bushel of salt manufactured in this State?

Six cents.

To whom do all gold and silver mines already discovered, or hereafter to be discovered, belong?

To the people of this State, in their right of sovereignty. To whom do all mines whatever, upon lands belonging to persons not citizens of the United States, belong?

To the people of this State.

To whom do all mines upon lands owned by a citizen of the United States, the ore of which upon an average shall contain less than two equal third parts in value, of copper, tin, iron and lead, or any of these metals, belong?

To the people of this State, in their right of sovereignty.
What is the bounty for discovering a gold or silver mine?
The profits of such mine for twenty-one years.

CHAPTER X.

Of what does Chapter Tenth treat?

Of the militia and the public defence.

« SebelumnyaLanjutkan »