Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 5; Volume 105, Issue 5

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Page 20 - In the government of this Commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them : the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them: to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 2 - ... an act requiring compensation for causing death by wrongful act, neglect, or default, approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
Page 2 - The board of managers shall, under a system of marks or otherwise, fix upon a uniform plan, under which they shall determine what number of marks or what credit shall be earned by each prisoner sentenced under the provisions of this act, as the condition of increased privilege, or of release from their control, which system shall be subject to revision from time to time. Each prisoner so sentenced shall be credited...
Page 2 - ... notice of the time and place of holding such election shall be published not less than ten days previous thereto, in...
Page 3 - An act to amend and consolidate the several acts in relation to the charter of the city of Rochester,' and to consolidate therewith the several acts in relation to the charter of said city.
Page 4 - An act to amend an act passed May 10, 1870, entitled 'An act to amend an act entitled An act to provide for the incorporation of villages,' passed December 7, 1847, and the several acts amendatory thereof, so far as the same relate to the village of Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester, and to declare, enlarge and define the powers and duties of the officers of said village, and to confirm and extend the power of the corporation of said village...
Page 2 - ... shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy...
Page 10 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed, but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness and is truly their worst enemy.
Page 2 - The term of such imprisonment of any person so convicted and sentenced shall be terminated by the...

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