A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York: With the Reports of Committees on Privileges and Elections, and the Action of the House Thereon, from 1777 to 1871 Inclusive. With an Appendix of the Election Laws of the State of New YorkArgus Company, printers, 1871 - 513 pages |
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... evidence is presented ; that the weight of evidence appears evidently to your committee to establish the fact of imprudent and mistaken conduct on the part of the said inspectors in the said town of Beek- man in said county at the last ...
... evidence is presented ; that the weight of evidence appears evidently to your committee to establish the fact of imprudent and mistaken conduct on the part of the said inspectors in the said town of Beek- man in said county at the last ...
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... evidence ? A majority of the committee , after a deliberate and careful exami- nation , have decided that they would not hear the testimony , that it would be dangerous and improper . The whole of the points , as proposed to be proved ...
... evidence ? A majority of the committee , after a deliberate and careful exami- nation , have decided that they would not hear the testimony , that it would be dangerous and improper . The whole of the points , as proposed to be proved ...
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... evidence are extremely perplexing in an investi- gation of this description , to refuse to hear any evidence that might be offered , would be a denial of justice to the parties interested . The committee have gone thus far in giving a ...
... evidence are extremely perplexing in an investi- gation of this description , to refuse to hear any evidence that might be offered , would be a denial of justice to the parties interested . The committee have gone thus far in giving a ...
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... evidence to be derived from that certificate in a situation similar , in the opinion of the committee , to that of a witness in a court of justice who should testify to several material facts , on one of which the material points his ...
... evidence to be derived from that certificate in a situation similar , in the opinion of the committee , to that of a witness in a court of justice who should testify to several material facts , on one of which the material points his ...
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... evidence by which any fraud or improper conduct could be imputed to the officers of the board of election . The evidence of David M. Moore , one of the inspectors ( the politi- cal friend of John I. De Graff ) , whose character was ...
... evidence by which any fraud or improper conduct could be imputed to the officers of the board of election . The evidence of David M. Moore , one of the inspectors ( the politi- cal friend of John I. De Graff ) , whose character was ...
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affidavit affirmative Albany allowed appears appointed ASSEMBLY CHAMBER Assembly district Assembly Documents Assembly Journal ballot-box Beriah Palmer board of county board of inspectors candidate certificate claiming the seat clerk committee on privileges county canvassers day of November double ballot duly elected duty elec election district electors entitled Epenetus evidence fraud Hasbrouck Hopps House would agree hundred incumbent indorsed inspectors of election Isaac L James January John John Underwood Kenny majority member of Assembly minority Montanye number of votes person Peter Allen petitioner poll list presented and referred privileges and elections put the question received referred the petition rejected REPORT OF COMMITTEE residence Resolved returned seat now occupied Senate Sidney Breese sitting member Smith Speaker put statement statute Stephen Baker supervisor testified testimony thereof Thomas Tredwell tickets tion town town of Hempstead town of Junius undersigned voters votes cast votes given whole number William witnesses Yates county York
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Page 92 - Legislature at the first regular session after the return of every enumeration, that each senate district shall contain as nearly as may be an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, and be in as compact form as practicable, and shall remain unaltered until the return of another enumeration, and shall at all times consist of contiguous territory, and no county shall be divided in the formation of a senate district except to make two or more senate districts wholly in such county.
Page 395 - Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established, and for the registration of voters ; which registration shall be completed at least ten days before each election.
Page 117 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
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Page 83 - SEC. 17. The Legislature shall provide for submitting to the electors of the State, at the general election in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two questions, to be voted upon on separate ballots as follows . First, " Shall the offices of Chief Judge and Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, and of the Justice of the Supreme Court, be hereafter filled by appointment...
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