GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 



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of thirty-nine members elected for two years. 

 Any hill may originate in either house.* The 

 Senate tries cases of impeachment brought by 

 the House of Representatives. The chief execu- 

 tive officer is the governor, elected for four years. 



- the powers and duties usually entrusted 

 to State governors, except that he has not par- 

 < liming power, this authority being vested (apart 

 from impeachment cases) in the board of paraons 

 of which he is a member. He has the usual 

 limited veto. Elective officers are the lieuten- 



vernor, secretary of state, treasurer, 

 comptroller, surveyor-general, and attorney- 

 nil. 

 N>\v Hampshire. The Constitution of 



.vas amended in 1792, in 1852, in 1889, and 



!. The sense of the people as to the calling 

 of a convention for the revision of the Constitu- 

 tion must be taken every seven years. If a con- 

 vention is held the amendments to the Constitu- 

 tion which it proposes must be laid before the 

 town-, and approved by two-thirds of the 

 qualified voters present and voting on the sub- 



The State Legislature, consisting of a 

 and a House of Representatives, meets 

 oner in two years and remains in session until 

 prorogued by the governor, generally about 

 three months. The Senate consists of twenty- 

 four member-, elected for two years. It cannot 

 originate money bills. Any qualified elector is 

 eliirible to sit in the Senate. The House of 



sentatives consists of from 390 to 400 

 members, the number varying slightly with each 

 session, as representation is on the basis of popu- 

 lation. The House has the power of impeach- 

 ment and of originating monev bills. The gov- 

 ernor is chosen by popular election, and holds 



>r two years. He has the nomination of 

 all judicial officers, the attorney-general, cor- 



and all officers of the navy and general 

 and field-officers of the militia. His appoint- 

 ive pure the approval of the council. He 

 ha- the Other powers usually entrusted to State 

 governor*, including a limited veto and limited 

 pardoning power. The secretary of state is 

 i by joint ballot of the senators and repre- 

 sentatives. The other important State officials 

 e state treasurer, adjutant -general, and 

 commissioners of labor, immigration, railroads, 

 banks, education, health, airriciill lire. 



New Jersey. The Constitution now in 



ffU ratified On AuiEUBl I-'!. 1M1. amended 

 in isT.'i and in 1V7. The legislative power is 

 Vested in a Senate and a General A embly, the 

 member- of which are cho-en by the people, all 



.'. ith necessary excepti"' 

 years o lent in the State for a year, and 



five months preceding t! 

 j the right of 



of \\ent\ one Senators, one En 

 county, elected by tl ears, in 



Mich manner that the Senate is renewed to the 

 i. --third annually. Senators must be 

 30 years oi '..sided, ju-t 



ion. four yi-.-y- in New Jersey, 

 and one \ear in the county for which t! 



i by the voters of th. 

 proportioned to the |>opulation 

 of the counties as determined by the decennial 



Federal census. Money bills must originate in 

 the Assembly, but the Senate may propose 

 amendments. Every bill passed by both Houses 

 requires the assent of the governor, who may 

 within five days remit it for reconsideration to 

 the House in which it originated ; if then the bill 

 be approved by a majority of each House it 

 becomes law. The executive of the State is 

 vested in a governor, elected for three years by 

 the legal voters. He must be not less than 30 

 years of age, have been twenty years a citizen 

 and seven years resident in the State imme- 

 diately before election. He is not eligible for 

 the next term of the office. His duties include 

 the military command-in-chief, the summoning 

 of the Legislature when necessary, the recom- 

 mendation of legislation, the granting of com- 

 missions, and the supervision of the execution of 

 the laws. The State secretary is appointed for 

 five years by the governor with the advice and 

 consent of the Senate. The treasurer and the 

 comptroller are appointed for three years by the 

 Senate and General Assembly in joint session. 



New Mexico. Within the limits as- 

 signed by the organic act, legislative authority 

 is vested in a legislative assembly, consisting of 

 a* Council and a House of Representatives. The 

 Council has twelve members, one or more for 

 each of nine districts; the House of Representa- 

 tives has twenty-four members representing 

 fifteen districts, the members for each house 

 being elected for two years. The Legislature 

 meets for sixty days once in two years. The 

 United States Congress may annul acts passed 

 by the Territorial Legislature. To the Federal 

 Congress the Territory sends one delegate, who 

 sits and may speak but not vote in the House of 

 Representatives. The Territory has no vote in 

 the election of the Federal President. The 

 executive authority is vested in a governor, 

 appointed for four years by the Federal President 

 with the advice and consent of the Federal 

 Senate. He has a veto in legislation, but his 

 veto may be overridden by a two-thirds major- 

 ity in each house. He is commander-in-chiof ; 

 has power of pardoning, and appoints cer- 

 tain territorial officials with t he advice and con- 

 sent of the Council. The territorial secretary is 

 appointed for four year- l>\ the I Vderal President 

 and Senate. Besides discharging secretarial 

 duties, he succeeds to the po-ition of artiim- 

 rovernor in case of the death, removal, or inca- 

 pacity of the governor. 1 'or 1 nment 

 the Territory is divided into twenty-five counties. 

 each of which is administered by a bo 

 three commissioners, elected for two years by 

 1 hero are also, for each 



county, a sheriff . treasurer, assessor, surveyor, 

 her ollicials. Cities population over 

 mayor and a hoard of aldermen ; 

 towns : population under .'J.(MM)) have a m 

 four trustees, and a recorder. 



New York. I'Vom ir.ni t,, ic.r.i the region 



now called New York WR* under the swav of the 

 Dutch; then it came under the rule of the Kng- 

 li-h w! I t hr country till the outbreak 



of the \ lependencc. Bet ween July 9. 



id April 'Jo. 1777, a Convent ion framed 



it ut ion under which New York WES 



transformed into an independent State, after- 



