NEW YORK. 



613 



The General Assembly comprises 75 Demo- 

 crats and 53 Republicans in tli House, and 18 

 Republicans, 12 Democrats, and 2 Indepen- 

 dents in the Senate. The Senators were elect- 

 i-.l in 1873. 



In the- city of New York, 87,028 votes were 

 Men for Governor, 44,871 for l>i\, 

 ;in. I 1UO for Clark, making the majority of the 

 fi rut-named 42,752. For Associate Judge of 

 the Court of Appeals, Miller received 87,797, 

 and Johnson 43,1)92 ; Miller's majority, 43,805. 



Thu vote for mayor was as follows : 



William H. Wlckhum, Tammany 70,071 



II. \Viilog, Republican... 86.H58 



Oswald Otteudorfer, Independent 94,896 



William II. Wickham, therefore, received 

 83,118 votes more than Wales, 45,845 more 

 than Ottendorfer, and 8,892 more than both. 



Patrick H. Jones, the successful candidate 

 for Register, received 71,107 votes; while his 

 opponent, Mr. Hayes, the Tammany candidate, 

 received 59,460, making the majority of the 

 former 11,047. 



The seven members of Congress elected by 

 New York City (Districts V., VI., VII., VIII., 

 IX., X., and XI.) are all Democrats. 



The State government for 1875 is constituted 

 as follows, the names of Republicans being in 

 italics : 



Governor, Samuel J. Tilden ; Lieutenant- 

 Governor, William Dorsheirner ; Secretary of 

 State, Diedrich Willers, Jr. ; Controller, Nel- 

 son K. Hopkins; Treasurer, Thomas Raines; 

 Attorney-General, Daniel Pratt; State Engi- 

 neer and Surveyor, S. H. Sweet; Canal Com- 

 missioners, Adiu Thayer, James Jackson, Jr., 

 Reuben W. Stroud. 



All of the above-named officials, except the 

 Governor, constitute the Canal Board. 



The Board of Commissioners of the Canal 

 Fund consists of the Lieutenant-Governor, 

 Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, and 

 Attorney-General. 



The Board of Commissioners of the Land- 

 Office consists of the same, with the addition 

 of the State Engineer and Surveyor, and 

 Speaker of the Assembly. 



The Board of Trustees of the Capitol con- 

 sists of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, 

 Speaker of the Assembly, Secretary of State, 

 Controller, Treasurer, and Attorney-General. 



The Board of Trustees of the State Hall con- 

 sists of the same, with the addition of the State 

 Engineer and Surveyor. 



Inspectors of State-prisons, George Wagener, 

 Moses K. Platt, Ezra Graves ; Auditor of Canal 

 Department, Francis S. Thayer; Superinten- 

 dent of Bank Department, De Witt C. Ellis ; 

 Superintendent of Insurance Department, Or- 

 low W. Chapman; Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction, Neil Gilmour ; Canal Appraisers, 

 Thaddeus C. Davis, Viviu* W. Smith, Charles 

 G. Meyers ; State Assessors, John S. Fowler, 

 James A. Briggs, Sterling G. Iladley. 



Court of Appeals. Chief Judge, Sandford 

 E. Church; Associate Judges, William F. Al- 



len, Martin Grover, Charles A. Rapallo, Charles 



!(jer, Charles Andrews, Theodore MilK-r. 

 The amendments to the constitution, r;itili.-l 

 by the people at the flection of this year, make 

 important changes in the supreme law of the 

 State. In addition to thu <maliticutioM of 

 electors mentioned in section 1 of Article 11. 

 of the constitution, the amendment re<|iiin-* 

 the voter to have resided for thirty days in the 

 election district where he offers to vote. 

 property qualifications of colored voters are 

 ul>olished, thus removing all distinction between 

 white and colored citizens at the polls. The 

 following stringent regulations concerning bri- 

 bery at elections were introduced into the sec- 

 ond section of this article : 



Section 2. No person shall receive, expect or offer 

 to receive, or pay, or promise to pay, contribute. 

 offer, or promise to contribute to another, to be paid 

 or used, any money, or other valuable thine aa a 

 compensation or reward for the giving or withhold- 

 ing a vote at an election, or who snail make any 

 promise to influence the giving or withholding any 

 such vote, or who shall make or become directly or 

 indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending 

 upon the result of any election, shall vote at such 

 election ; and upon challenge for such cause, the per- 

 son so challenged, before tne officers authorized for 

 that purpose shall receive his vote, shall swear or 

 affirm before such officers that he has not received or 

 offered, does not expect to receive, has not paid, 

 offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or 

 promised to contribute to another, to be paid or used, 

 any money or other valuable thing as a compensation 

 or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at 

 such election, and has not made any promise to in- 

 fluence the giving or withholding of any such vote. 

 nor made or become directly or indirectly interested 

 in any bet or wager depending upon the result 

 of such election. The Legislature, at the session 

 thereof next after the adoption of this section, shall, 

 and from time to time thereafter may. enact laws ex- 

 cluding from the right of suffrage all persons con- 

 victed of bribery or of any infamous crime. 



By the amended Article III. the pay of each 

 member of the Legislature is fixed at $1,500 

 per annum, besides one dollar for every ten 

 miles traveled in going to and returning from 

 the capital once in each session. The limit of 

 one hundred days to the sessions is abolished. 

 The following new sections, restricting the 

 powers of the Legislature in regard to special 

 legislation, were added to this article : 



Sec. 17. No act shall be passed which shall pro- 

 vide that any existing law, or any part thereof, 

 shall be made or deemed a part of said act, or which 

 shall enact that any existing law. or any part thereof, 

 shall be applicable, except by inserting it in such 

 act. 



Sec. 18. The Legislature shall not pass a private or 

 local bill in any of the following cases: 



Changing the name of persons. 



Laying out, opening, altering, working, or discon- 

 tinuing highways or alleys, or for draining swamps 

 or other low lands. 



Locating or changing county-seats. 



Providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal 



Incorporating villages. 



Providing for the election of members of Boards 

 of Supervisors. 



Selecting, drawing, summoning, or impaneling 

 grand or petit jurors. 



Regulating the rate of interest on money. 



