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The opening and conducting of elections or desig- 

 nating places of vo_ting. 



Creating, increasing or decreasing fees, percentage 

 or allowance of public officers, during the term tor 

 which said officers are elected or appointed. 



Granting to any corporation, association, or indi- 

 vidual the right to lay down railroad-tracks. 



Granting to any private corporation, association, 

 or individual any exclusive privilege, immunity, or 

 franchise whatever. 



Providing for building bridges and chartering com- 

 panies for such purposes, except on the Hudson Eiver 

 below Waterford, and on the East Kiver, or over the 

 waters forming a part of the boundaries of the State. 

 The Legislature shall pass general laws, providing 

 for the cases enumerated in this section, and for all 

 other cases which in its judgment may be provided 

 for by general laws. But no law should authorize 

 the construction or operation of a street railroad ex- 

 cept upon the condition that the consent of the own- 

 ers of one-half in value the property bounded on, 

 and the consent also of the local authorities having 

 the control of that portion of a street or highway 

 upon which it is proposed to construct or operate 

 such railroad, be first obtained, or in case the consent 

 of such property-owners cannot be obtained, the 

 general term of the Supreme Court, in the district 

 in which it is proposed to be constructed, may, upon 

 application, appoint three commissioners, who shall 

 determine, after a hearing of all parties interested, 

 whether such railroad ought to be constructed or op- 

 erated, and their determination, confirmed by the 

 court, may be taken in lieu of the consent of the 

 property-owners. 



Sec. 19. The Legislature shall neither audit nor 

 allow any private claim or account against the State, 

 but may appropriate money to pay such claims as 

 shall have been audited and allowed according to 

 law. 



Sec. 20. Every law which imposes, continues, or 

 revives a tax shall distinctly state the tax and the 

 object to which it is to be applied, and it shall not 

 be sufficient to refer to any other law to fix such tax 

 or object. 



Sec. 21. On the final passage, in either House of 

 the Legislature, of any act which imposes, contin- 

 ues, or revives a tax, or creates a debt or charge. 

 or makes, continues, or revives any appropriation pi 

 public or trust money or property, or releases, dis- 

 charges, or commutes any claim or demand of the 

 State, the question shall be taken by yeas and nays, 

 which shall be duly entered upon the journals, and 

 three-fifths of all the members elected to either 

 House shall, in all such cases, be necessary to con- 

 stitute a quorum therein. 



Sec. 22. There shall be in the several counties, 

 except in cities whose boundaries are the same as 

 those of the county, aBoard of Supervisors, to be com- 

 posed of such members, and elected in such manner, 

 and for such period, as are, or may be, provided by 

 law. In any such city the duties and powers of a 

 Board of Supervisors may be devolved upon the 

 Common Council or Board of Aldermen thereof. 



Section 17 of said article is hereby made section 

 23 of the proposed amendment, and is amended so 

 as to read as follows : 



Sec. 23. The Legislature shall, by general laws, 

 confer upon the Boards of Supervisors of the several 

 counties of the State such further powers of local 

 legislation and administration as the Legislature 

 may from time to time deem expedient. 



Sec. 24. The Legislature shall not, nor shall the 

 common council of any city nor any board of super- 

 visors, grant any extra compensation to any public 

 officer, servant, agent, or contractor. 



Sec. 25. Sections 17 and 18 of this article shall not 

 upply to. any bill, or the amendments to any bill, 

 which shall be reported to the Legislature by com- 

 missioners who have been appointed pursuant to 

 law to revise the statutes. 



Article IV., as amended, changes the official 

 term of the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor 

 from two to three years ; fixes the annual sal- 

 ary of the former at $10,000 and the use of a 

 furnished residence, and that of the latter at 

 $5,000 ; provides that a two- thirds vote of all 

 the members elected to each branch of the 

 Legislature shall be necessary to pass an act 

 over the Governor's veto ; that no bill shall 

 become a law after the adjournment of the 

 Legislature unless approved by the Governor 

 within thirty days; and that the Governor may 

 veto particular items in an appropriation bill 

 without vetoing the entire bill. As Governor 

 Tilden was elected under the old constitution, 

 his term will expire in 1876. 



Section 3 of Article VII. is amended by add- 

 ing that " no extra compensation shall be made 

 to any contractor, but if, from any unforeseen 

 cause, the terms of any contract shall prove to 

 be unjust and oppressive, the Canal Board may, 

 upon the application of the contractor, cancel 

 such contract." 



The restriction imposed upon the Legisla- 

 ture, preventing the sale or other disposition 

 of the State canals, was removed, except in 

 the case of the Erie, Oswego, Champlain, and 

 Cayuga and Seneca canals. These must re- 

 main the property of the State and under its 

 management forever. The expenditures for 

 collections, superintendence, ordinary and ex- 

 traordinary repairs on these canals, must not 

 exceed in any year their gross receipts. All 

 funds that may be derived from the lease, sale, 

 or other disposition of any canal, must be ap- 

 plied in payment of the debt for which the 

 canal revenues are pledged. The following 

 sections ( 13 and 14) were added to this ar- 

 ticle in place of sections 13 and 14, which 

 were transferred and inserted as sections 21 

 and 22 of Article III. 



Sec. 13. The sinking-funds provided for the pay- 

 ment of interest arid the extinguishment of the 

 principal of the debts of the State shall be separately 

 kept and safely invested, and neither of them shall 

 be appropriated or used in any manner other than 

 for the specific purpose for which it shall have been 

 provided. 



Sec. 14. Neither the Legislature, Canal Board, 

 Canal Appraisers, nor any person or persons acting 

 in behalf of the State, shall audit, allow, or pay any 

 claim which, as between citizens of the State, would 

 be barred by lapse of time. The limitation of ex- 

 isting claims shall begin to run from the adoption of 

 this section ; but this provision shall not oe con- 

 strued to revive claims already barred by existing 

 statutes, nor to repeal any statute fixing the time 

 within which claims shall be presented or allowed, 

 nor shall it extend to any claims duly presented 

 within the time allowed by law, and prosecuted with 

 due diligence from the time of such presentment. 

 But if the claimant shall be under legal disability, 

 the claim may be presented within two years after 

 such disability is removed. 



The amended section 4 of Article VIII. re- 

 quires the Legislature, by general law, to con- 

 form all charters of savings-banks or institu- 

 tions for savings, to a uniformity of powers, 

 rights, and liabilities, and that all charters 



