CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

OF THE

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY.

I. RATIFICATION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION of the senate and assembly Preamble. ratifying the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, relating to prohibition of the manufacture, sale, transportation, importation and exportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes.

WHEREAS, At the first session of the sixty-fifth congress it was resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of each house concurring therein) that the following article be proposed as an amendment of the constitution of the United States, which when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the said constitution, viz.:

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Section 1. After one year from ratification of this article the Prohibimanufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, toxicating the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the beverage for United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof purposes. for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

§ 2. The congress and the several states shall have concurrent Enforcepower to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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§ 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been Inoperative ratified as an amendment to the constitution by the legislatures of nedes with the several states as provided in the constitution, within seven years. years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the congress.

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THEREFORE, RESOLVED (if the Senate concur), That the legislature of the state of New York does hereby ratify the above recited proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED (if the Senate concur), That the governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions and preamble to the secretary of state of the United States of America at Washington, to the presiding officer of the United States Senate and to the speaker of the house of repre sentatives of the United States.

STATE OF NEW YORK,
IN ASSEMBLY, Jan. 23, 1919.

This bill was duly passed, a majority
of all the members elected to the As-
sembly voting in favor thereof, three-
fifths being present.

By order of the Assembly,

THADDEUS C. SWEET,

Speaker.

STATE OF NEW YORK,
IN SENATE, Jan. 29, 1919.

This bill was duly passed, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, three-fifths being present. By order of the Senate,

HARRY C. WALKER,

President.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION of the senate and assembly

ratifying the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, relating to the extension of the right of suffrage to women.*

Preamble.

WHEREAS, At the first session of the sixty-sixth congress it was resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of each house concurring therein) that the following article be proposed as an amendment to the constitution of the United States,

which, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part

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of such constitution, viz.:

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be be denied denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account

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Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

THEREFORE, RESOLVED (if the Senate concur), That the legislature of the state of New York does hereby ratify the above recited proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States.

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AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED (if the Senate con- Direction cur), That the governor be requested to transmit a copy of these mission. resolutions and preamble to the secretary of state of the United States of America at Washington, to the presiding officer of the United States senate and to the speaker of the house of representatives of the United States.

STATE OF NEW YORK,

IN ASSEMBLY, June 16, 1919.
This bill was duly passed, a majority
of all the members elected to the As-
sembly voting in favor thereof, three-
fifths being present.

By order of the Assembly,

THADDEUS C. SWEET,

Speaker.

STATE OF NEW YORK,

IN SENATE, June 16, 1919.

This bill was duly passed, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, three-fifths being present. By order of the Senate,

HARRY C. WALKER,

President.

II. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITU-
TION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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to art. 1, § 7.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION of the senate and assembly Proposed
proposing an amendment to section seven of article one of the ment
constitution, in relation to the drainage of swamp or agricul-
tural lands and the taking of property therefor.

Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section seven
of article one of the constitution be amended to read as follows:

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property.

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§ 7. When private property shall be taken for any public use, compenthe compensation to be made therefor, when such compensation is taking not made by the state, shall be ascertained by a jury, or by the private supreme court with or without a jury, but not with a referee, or by not less than three commissioners appointed by a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law. Private roads may be opening opened in the manner to be prescribed by law; but in every case roads. the necessity of the road and the amount of all damage to be sustained by the opening thereof shall be first determined by a jury of freeholders, and such amount, together with the expenses of the proceeding, shall be paid by the person to be benefited. The use use of of property for the drainage of swamp or agricultural land3 is proper declared to be a public use, and 1 general laws may be passed per- amp or mitting the owners or occupants of swamp or 2 agricultural lands agricul lands, to construct and maintain for the drainage thereof, necessary

drains, ditches and dykes upon the lands of others, under proper

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restrictions on making just compensation, and such compensation together with the cost of such drainage may be assessed, wholly or partly, against any property benefited thereby; * but no special laws shall be enacted for such purposes.

The legislature may authorize cities to take more land and property than is needed for actual construction in the laying out, widening, extending or relocating parks, public places, highways or streets; provided, however, that the additional land and property so authorized to be taken shall be no more than sufficient to form suitable building sites abutting on such park, public place, highway or street. After so much of the land and property has been appropriated for such park, public place, highway or street as is needed therefor, the remainder may be sold or leased.

§ 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be submitted to the people for approval at the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, in accordance with the provisions of the election law.

STATE OF NEW YORK,

IN SENATE, April 3, 1919.

The foregoing resolution was duly passed, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof.

By order of the Senate,

HARRY C. WALKER,

President.

STATE OF NEW YORK, IN ASSEMBLY, April 7, 1919. The foregoing resolution was duly passed, a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof.

By order of the Assembly,

THADDEUS C. SWEET,
Speaker.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION of the senate and assembly proposing an amendment to section one of article two of the constitution, in relation to qualification of voters.

Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section one of article two of the constitution be amended to read as follows:

Section 1. Every citizen of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a citizen for ninety days, and an inhabitant of this state one year next preceding an election, and for the last four months a resident of the county and for the last thirty days a resident of the election district in which he or she may offer his or her vote, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election district of which he or she shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elec

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tive by the people, and upon all questions which may be submitted
to the vote of the people, provided however that a citizen by
marriage shall have been an inhabitant of the United States for
five years; and provided that in time of war no elector in the Electors
actual military service of the state, or of the United States, in service not
the army or navy thereof, shall be deprived of his or her vote by prived of
reason of his or her absence from such election district; and the vote.
legislature shall have power to provide the manner in which and
the time and place at which such absent electors may vote, and
for the return and canvass of their votes.1

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2 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, after January first, Literacy one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, no person shall be come entitled to vote by attaining majority, by naturalization or otherwise, unless such person is also able, except for physical disability, to read and write English; and suitable laws shall be passed by the legislature to enforce this provision.

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§ 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing Referred to amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next chosen at general election of senators, and in conformity with section one tion of of article fourteen of the constitution be published for three months previous to the time of such election.

STATE OF NEW YORK,

IN ASSEMBLY, April 14, 1919.
This bill was duly passed, a majority
of all the members elected to the As-
sembly voting in favor thereof, three-
fifths being present.

By order of the Assembly,

THADDEUS C. SWEET,

Speaker.

STATE OF NEW YORK,

IN SENATE, April 18, 1919.

This bill was duly passed, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, three-fifths being present. By order of the Senate,

HARRY C. WALKER,

President.

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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION of the senate and assembly Proposed proposing an amendment to article two of the constitution, in ment to relation to absent voters.

art. 2.

Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That article two la added. of the constitution be amended by inserting therein a new section,

to be section one-a, to read as follows:

§ 1-a. The legislature may, by general law, provide a manner Legislature in which, and the time and place at which, qualified voters who vide vote may, on the occurrence of any general election, be unavoidably voters.