MEMBERS AND OFFICERS COMPOSING THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE Districts, Classes, and Places of Residence. FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION, 1883. Hon. JOHN TRACY, President, Congress-Hall. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, ... do. do. 5 second, American Hotel. 3 fourth, Dwelling H. 270 N. Market-st. 4 first, 8 fourth, 7 third, 4 fourth, American Hotel. Fort Orange Hotel.. American Hotel. 6 fourth, Eagle Tavern. 5 third, 6 second, American Hotel. Mrs. Lockwood's, 56 N. Pearl. 2 third, Congress-Hall. 7 third, Mansion-House. 3 second, National and Columbian Hotel. do. 1 fourth, Eagle-Tavern. 2 second. National and Columbian Hotel. JOHN F. BACON, Clerk, Office 66 State-street. JAMES LIVINGSTON, Sergeant-at-Arms, No. 22 Fayette-street. IN SENATE, January 3, 1833. REPORT Of the Attorney-General, relative to bodies polític and corporate: Albany; January 2; 1888; To the PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SIR, In pursuance of a resolution of the Senate, I transmit herewith a report upon that part of the Constitution which relates to bodies politic and corporate, and the number of votes necessary to pass a bill repealing the charter of a corporation. I am, with great respect, Your obedient servant, GREENE C. BRONSON. [Senate No. 8.1 REPORT, &c. "STATE OF NEW-YORK, IN SENATE, April 23, 1832. Resolved, That the Attorney-General report, at the commencement of the next session of the Legislature, his opinion of the construction of section 9th, article 7th of the Constitution of this State; and particularly whether an act of incorporation can be repealed by a majority of the Legislature, or whether it requires two-thirds of all the members elected to repeal it. "By order, JOHN F. BACON, Clerk." The Attorney-General, in obedience to the foregoing resolution of the Senate, respectfully submits the following REPORT: The Constitution, Article VII. Section IX. is in the following words:"The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature, shall be requisite to every bill appropriating the public monies or property, for local or private purposes, or creating, continuing, altering, or renewing any body politic or corporate." The question to be considered, is, "whether an act of incorporation can be repealed by a majority of the Legislature, or whether it requires two-thirds of all the members elected to repeal it." And the question, no doubt, supposes a case in which the right to repeal was reserved in the original grant. This section was not contained in the former Constitution of the State, and there is nothing in the early history of the government to aid in its construction. That part of the section which relates to appropriations of the public moneys and property, has given rise to a greater number of questions than any other provision of the Constitution. And much as it has been discussed in the Legislature and elsewhere, its application still remains the fruitful source |