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ste alice aso c 2 m* Lo gi ~The famous regiment of Scots, th« Mack Watch, in peace stationed a: s Somes reaches in France. They have been {'\ _ PROPOSITION NUMBER ONR _ || amare -or NEw york,, 'or THs Sécretary of State, . Albaby, Abgiuat 1, 1916. -Pur {suant to the provisions of section four of article | York; section two hundred and ninety-five df the ~dréd and sixty-nine of the lawa of nineteen hun- dred and sixteen, notice is hereby given that chapter five hundred and sixty-nine of the laws of nineteen, hundred and sixteen, of which the following 48 a copy, will 'be submitted to the people for the purpose ef voting thereon at the { next gemeral election in this state, to be held |on the seventh day of November,, nineteen hun- 'dred and sixteen. FBANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State: CHAPTER 560. ~ AN ACT making provision for issuing bonds to the amount of fot to exceed ten million dollars for the scquisition of lands for state park pur- poses, and providing for a of the same to the people to be voted upon at the genéral election to be held in the year nine teen hundred and sixteen. Became a law May 15, 1918, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being pres- ent. The People of the State of New York, represent | ed in Senate and Assembly, de enact as follows: Section 1, There shall be issued, in the manner and at the times hereinafter recited, honds of the state in an amount not to exceed ten million dol- lars, which bonds shall be sold by the state and 'thc proceeds thereof paid into the state tress ury, and so much thereof as may be necessary expended for the acquisition of lands for state park purposes as hereinafter provided, | Such bonds when issued shall be exempt from taxation. §2. Sale; interest; tax to pay; sinking fund. The comptroller is hereby directed to cause to he prepared the bonds of this state to an amount : not to exceed ten million dollars, maid bonds to bear interest st the rate of not to exceed four 'and one-half per centum per annum, which in- terest shall be pryable semi-annually in the city of New York. Said bonds shall be issued for a term of fifty years from their respective dates of issue, and shall be sold for not less than par The comptroller is hereby charged with the duty of selling said bonds to the highest bidder efter advertising for a period of twenty consecutive days, Sundays excepted, in at least two daily : newspapers printed in the city of New York and one in the city of Albany, Advertisements shall contain & provision to the effect that the comp ' troller, in his discretion, may reject any or aR . bids made in pursuance of said advertisements, tnnd. in the event of such rejection, the comp ' troller is authorized to readvertise for bids in 'xhe torm and manner above described as many | times aa iu his judgment may be necessary to effect a satisfactary sale. Said bonds shall be sold in such lots and at such times as may be required for the purpose of making partial or final payments in accordance with the provisions of this mot. There is hereby imposed a direct annual tax at the rate of eight thousand eight mong the great fighters whom the hundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty cents to- ~ inburgh, is here showa in the {Germans don't like to meet. NORTHERN SAVED FROM DROWNING. SACKBTS HARBOR the three-year-old daughter of George and fone Ward, keepers of the lignt .. house, one and one-half miles west of , ~. Sackets Harbor, was only saved from drowning Wednesday by the prompi action of her brother, Frank Kingsiev Ward, aged seven years. 'The little girl was playing on the :> boat way at the light house and fell ~ Into the water. She was stmoglinz when her brother saw her plight and at onee waded into the water unil i he could pull her near the shore. \Then be succeeded in setting her on . to the boat way. BUYS SIX BARGES. OGDENSBURG.--Framk | A. Augc- bury, general manager of the De- Grassa Paper company af Prrites ' which has a contrart to supply @ large New York newspaper with news =. print for a term of years announced Thursday that in ormler to 'nsure prompt deliveries of pulp wad at the Ogdensburg terminal ¢ - and next he had taken ov> tha Hacket fleet of siz barges and 'wo tugs, formerly owned in Quen The vessels will defiver 20,000 addtional tors of logs here between 1 w and 'the clo se of navigation. The paper company has at present four staem barges engaged in the servic The . growing scarrity of tonnaz» forced fhe paper company to fake action which would put it in an independent position >! ROAD WORK PROGRESSING, WATERTOWN.-Pleased with *he f work the Auburn prisoners are doing on, the town road in Colton, the first road in this section to he improved by prison labor. Theron M Ripley, di- vision engineer of the state hirh way department, returned from an in=pec. . tion trip at midnight Wednesday to- day. 'They have so enmpletely chansed . the appearance of the road 'that a * person driving throush there woul never recognize it,\ he said \For F°v~| » en or eight miles the road used to ryn 'tbrough the wonds, the track only ~wide enough for ons car. High . bughes on elther side hung over the road, and a driver would hardly dare to turn of the road setting out to see where boe was going for . fear he would run into stumps or £ m“““mmmm‘mmmm\mmnmg NEW BLUE BERRIES PLENTY. im eighteen miles a, the town, but on a smaller scale. region is covered with huckleberry gust. The crop this year is plentiful and finds ts way into the markets of all the rowns in this section. FIGHTING PARALYSHS aurhnities are | taking against a possible outbreak of infan- lle paralveis, which has appeared at: Oxbow and also near Spraguetille. © The death of Elwond Butler, which, occurred shortly after noon Tuesday ' at Oxbow. was the first sign of the! disease in this sertion, ported from near Spraguevilie, being a two-year-old child in 'the fam- by of Jodson Pete. Family's Privileges. \I dined at my flancee's home to- the family by this time, don't they?\ \Not yet. They haven't reached the point where they baw! me out if I make a soot on the tablecloth.\ Where He Would Be. Mrs. Wickwire-\If woman given the credit she deserves, I don't think man would be quite so prom- nent in the world's history.\ Mr. Wick- wire-\I guess you are right. could get all the eredit she wanted he'd be in the poorhanse.\ §PECTING, CO. Osteopath, Dr. W. Wallace Micks, Osteopathic physician, 244 (Glen: Phone 757, Acute and chronic diseases success- fully treated. Consultation free. * ' water holes. bos x © =_ LADYS ONE PIECE APRON, By Anabel Worthington. ©\ ~For the woman who is nurse, house- $ keeper, seamstress, cook and consoler, §‘ ax‘w‘ons are, of course, indispensable. Years g ago. we did not put any style into such g & garment, but we know now that one's | appearance carries weight in an apron as if in & dress, so we make it as attractive . Rx.we can, consistently. We enjoy wotk- © 1113250 much better when we know that we &re really presentable if unnespectedly \ caught. : _ The ane piece apron in the illustration, No. 7,822, slips om over the head; it is welt worth the trifle it will cost in time fo make it now for wear during the real veares weather, when it may be worn with- a dress. Banding finishes the \V\ neck and the hort sleeves, also the poéket in cither side gt the front. An clastic at the waistline rranges the fulness. + * Gingham, chambray, lines, galntea. per- éaiév and the like are suitable fabrics for «developing. 'The pittern of apron No. 7,822 is eut in ; 'To make in tize 88 will require 38% yards \ 64 86 inch material and 2% yards of braid ' lature, shall be applicable to the acquisition of day remarked young Snyder at the club, \Oh Indeed?\ asked his elderly friend \They regard you as one of' gether with Interest on the debt for each one million dollars of bonds issued, to provide for a slnking fund for the redemption of the sald bonds, together with the interest thereon, The tax imposed, as herein provided, shall be assess ed, levied and collected in the manner prescribed by law and shall be paid by the several county treasurers into the treasury of the state, The proceeds of such tax shall 1: invested by the comptroller in securities in which he is author ized by law to invest the trust and stuking funds of the state, and together with the inter cst arising therefrom, any premium received on the sale of said bonds, and Interest sccruing on POTSDAM.-This is tha blueberry deposits of money received from the sale of said bonds or from miscellaneous sources shall constl- season on what is known locally as; s \The Prains\ a streich of level Coun. | ld fnd mall bo wed midy for the purpias Kaque'L® - paying the principal and interest of bonds issued hier just this side of Stath. ve[Y Si, in scoordance with the provisions of this act, lar to 'the Pine Plaime, neat Wain“ . 'This | thousand dollars of such bonds, after appropria- $8. The proceeds of two million five hundred I tion or appropriations therefrom by the legisla- ture, shall be applicable to the acquisition of bushes, and is the mera fOr 4 ATEC! pro, for the extension of the Palisades Inter number of berry pickers every Aufl state park. Such moneys shall be expended and $ lands mequired by the commissioners of the Pall | mades Interstate park under the provisions of l chapter one hundred and seventy of the laws of | nineteen hundred, as amended. Such moneys shall 1 be available for payment of the purchase price | where lands are acquired by contract or for GOUVEENETUR®The local health | payments of judgments and awards in case of precautions ! purchase by conderanation. §4. The proceeds of seven million five hundred thousand dollars of such bonds, after appropria tion or appropriations therefrom by the legis- lands for state park purposes within the forest preserve counties which lands, if now owned by the state under existing law, would be part of the forest preserve. Such moneys shall be ex but & f8W pended and lands required under the direction hours later an alleged case was TC. of the conservation commission by and with the this advice and consent of the commissioners of the land office. Such lands may be acquired in such manner as the legislature shall provide, which may be either by purchase, by condemnation or by entry and appropriation with submission to the court of claims or supreme court for the de- termination and award of damages for such entry and appropriation, or by one or more of such i methods as the legislature may provide; but no ! proceedings shall be instituted by condemnation or by entry and appropriation unless provision | be made by law for filing the written consent | thereto of the commissioners of the land office , with the county clerk of each county in which | lands proposed to be taken are situated. Bub- | ject to the filing of such consent, any such pro- ceeding shall be conducted by and in the name of the commission; provided, how- { ever, that if any other board, officer or commis- 1 WAS , slou shall succeed by law to the general powers j of the conservation commission in relation to « the care of the forest preserve, such latter board, [officer or commission shall have and exercise all J of the powers and duties conferred by any pro- If sha vision of this section upon the conservation com- h mission. The moneys realized from such bonds, | after appropriation by the legislature, shall be ' available for payment of the purchase price, | where lands are sequired by contract, and for WANTED-EXPERIENCED OPER. the payment of judgements and awards in case of ATORS ON THE FOLLOWING OP. ERATIONS: FRONT MAKING, GUFF der this section for the acquisition of lands by RUNNING, BUTTON sEwiNG pp; Contract except upon the warrant and audit of MMULLEN-LEAY ENS, the comptroller, a C| proceedings by condemnation or by entry and appropriation. No moneys shall be paid out un- after submission to him of vouchers therefor approved by the conservation lcmmnission and by the commissioners of the lend office, accompanied with the certificate of { the attornay-general approving the title to and ; conveyance of the lands purchased. < §5. The term Ulands\ as used in this act | includes the 4mprovements thereon, if any. All ' lands acquired under this act shall be for the i use of all the people. 1 $6 Submission of law to peoplc. This law . shall not take effect until it shall at a general election have been submitted to the people and ' have received a majority of all the votes cast for and again:t it at such election; and the ; same shall be submitted to the people of this , state at the general election to be held in No- ' vember, nineteen hundred and sixteen. The bal- , lots to be furnished for the use of the voters ' upon the submission of this law shall be in the form prescribed by the election law and the proposition or question to be submitted shall be printed (thereon in substantially the following form, namely: \Shall chapter (bere insert the number of the chapter) of the laws of nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled 'An act making provision for druing bonds to the amount of not to exceed ten million dollars for the aequisi- tion of lands for state park purposes, and pro- viding for a submission of the same to the people | to be woted upon at the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen,' ! be approved?\ 1 State of New York, Office of the Secretiry of ftate, am.: I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do ; hereby certify that the same is a covrech tran- script therefrom and of the whole thereof. Given under my hand and the meal of office of the Stc- relay of State, at the city of Albany, this first day of August, in the year one thousand nine I bundred and sixteen. £1 FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secrstary of State. FORM FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE, Shall chapter five hundred and sixty-nine of the . laws of nincfeen hundred and sixteen, entitled 1 \An act makiig provision for issuing Bonds to i the artiount of not to éxceed ten million dollars , for the scquisition of lands for state park pur- , pores, and providing for a submission of the same to the people to be voféd upon at the | general election to be held in the year nineteen ; hundred and sixteen,\\ be approved? 1 ONE EXPLANATION-MATTER IX TPALICS 18 NEW; j MATTER IN BRACKETS [ | 18 OLD MATTER TO BE OMITTED, |_ . | STATE OP NEW YoRK, OFFICE of THER | Becretary of State, Albany, August 1, i suant to the provisions of section one of article i fourteen of the Constitution of the State of New . york, and section two hundred nirety-fve of the ! Election Law, notice is héreby given that the following proposed anicadment to section six of article one of the Constitution .of the state of Hew, Mork Js retermed to. the Legislabute to be ML LLL ITIL seven of the conatitutlon: of 'the state of New |: ° |'Election Law, and section six of chapter five hun- . : chosen at the next general élection of ‘Svnitori of State, | K AMENDMENT-NUMBER ONE. - : | article one bf the constitution, in- relation to traiver of indictment and trigl by jury in certain cases. . 1 _ Section 1. Resolved (if .the Senate, concur) That section fix of article one of the constitution bs amended to read as follows: § 6. [No- person shall -be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime in cafes of inpeachinent, and in cases of militle when dn sctual service, and the land and naval forces in time of war, or which this state misy keep with the consent of congress in Aime o péace, and in cases of petit larceny, under the regulation of the legislature{)], no person shall bs held to answer for a capital br otheriwist infamous crime unless on presentment or indict. ment of a grand fury[, and}. Amy person may, however,; in the manner presor{hed by tow efte! ecamination or commitment by a magistrate, waive indictment end triel by jury on a charge of felony punishable by not-egceeding flue year's' imprisonment, all subscquent proceedings being had by information before a superior court of criminal furisdiction or a judge or Justice there- of. [i]in any trial in any court whatever the par- ty accused shall be allowed to appear and defend in person and with counsel as in civil actions, No person shall be subject to be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense; nor shall he he compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself; mor be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation. § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the legisla« ture to be chosen at the next general election of senators, and in conformity with section one of article fourteen of the constitution, be published for three months previous to the time of such election. Etate of New York, In Assembly, April 5, 1914 -This bill wag duly pased, a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof, three-fifths being present. By order of the Assembly, THADDEUS C. SWEET, Speaker, State of New York, In Senate, April 20, 1916. -This bill was duly passed, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, three fifths being present. By order of the Senate, EDWARD SCHOENECK, President. State of New York, Office of the Secretary of State, sa: I have compared the preceding copy of concurrent resolution with the original concur- vent resolution on file in this office, and I do hereby certify that the same is a correct tran script therefrom, and of the whole thereof. Given under my hand and the seal of office of the Sec retary of State at the city of Albany, this first day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thou sand nine hundred and sixteen, [L, §] FRAN: CIS M, HUGO, Secretary of State, TWO EXPLANATION-MATTER IN ITALICS IS NEW; MATTER IN BRACKETS [ ] IS OLD MATTER TO BE OMITTED. STATE OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE Secretary of State, Albany, August 1, 1910. -Pur suant to the provisions of section one of article fourteen of the Constitution of the State of New York, and section two hundred ninety-five of the Election Lew, notice is hereby given that the (glowing propesed amendment to section one of article two of the Constitution of the state of New York is referred to the Legislature to be chosen at the next general election of Senators in this state to be held on the seventh day of November, 1916. FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO Concurrent Resolution of the Senate and Assem- bly proposing an amendment to rection one ef article two of the constitution, in» relation to qualification of voters. Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), 'That section one of article two of the constitu tion be amended to read as follows: Section 1. Every [male] citizen of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a citizen for minety days, and an inhabitant of this state one year next preceding an election, and for the last four months a resident of the county and for the last thirty days a resident of the election district in which he or she may offer his or her vote, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election distriat of which he or ehe shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people[:], and upon all questions which may be submitted to the vote of the people, provided however that a citizen by marriage shall Rave been an inhabitant of the United States for five years; and provided military service of the state, or of the United States, in the army or navy thereof, shall be deprived of his or her vote by reason of his or her absence from such election district; and the legislature shall have power to provide the manmer in which and the time and place at which such sbsent electors may vote, and for the return and canvass of their votes in the election districts in which they respectively re- side. 4 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the legisla ture to be chosen at the next general election of senators, and in conformity with section one of article fourteen of the constitution, be published for three months previous to the time of such election. State of New York, In Assembly, March 14, 1916. -This bill was duly passed, a majority of all the members clacted to the Assembly veting in favor thereo!, three-fifths being present. By or- der of the Assembly, THADDEUS C. SWERET, Speaker. State of New York, In Senate, April 10, 1916.- This bill was duly passed, a majority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof, three filths being present. By order of the Senats, EDWARD SCHOENECE, President. State of New York, Office of the Secretary of State, m.: I have compared the preceding copy of concurrent resolution with the origlual concur rent resolution on file in this office, and I do hereby certify that the same is a correct tran script therefrom, and of the whole thereof, Given under my hand and the seal of office of the Sec- retary of State at the city of Albany, this first day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thou- sand nine hundred and sixteen. [L. §.] FRAN CIB M. HTGO, Secretary of State. THREE EXPLANATION-MATTER IN ITALICS 19 NEW, STATE OP NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE Secretary of State, Albany, August 1, 1916 -Pur- suart to the provisions of section one of article fourteen of the Constitution of the State of New York, and section two hundred ninety-five of the Election Lew, notice is hereby given that the following proposed emendment to article six of the Constitution &f the state of New York is re- ferred to the Legislature to be chosen at the next general election of Senators in this state to be held on the seventh day of November, 1916, FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secratary of State. AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. Concurrent Resolution of the Senate and Amem- bly proposing an amendment to article six of the constitution, in relation to rules and statutes af« fecting practice, pleading and procedure in the courts. Section 1. Resolved (If the Assembly concur), That article six of the constitution be amended by adding thereto a new section, to be section twenty-four, to read as {pllows: 4 24. The legislature may delegate from time to time to conventions of justices of the su- preme court or of such justices and attorneys at lam. to Be organized in such manner as the legislature shall provide. the power to make rules governing the practice, pleading and pro cedures in ihe courts of the state, including rales to moblfy or supersede statutes therefor} but not lesa than tio-thirds of the members supreme court.. $ 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concut), That the foregoing armendment be submitted to the legislature to be chosen at the next general eles tion of senators, and in conformity with section one of article fourteen of the 'constitution, be published for three months previous to the time of such election. . Etats of New York, In Senate) Fob. 23, 1016- The foregoing resolution was duly passed, a mie» jority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof. By order of the Senate, EDWARD ECHOBNEOK, President. Stafe of New York, Tn Assembly, March 6, 1016 «The foregoing resolution was duly passed, a majority of all the members elected to the As sembly votlfg in favér thereof. By order of the Assembly: THADDEUS C. SWEET, Speaker. State of Néw York, Office of the S ry of State, se.: I have compared The preceding cdpy of concurrent resolution with the original concur- | tent resolution on file in this office, and I do i bereby certify that the same is a correct tran- and af tha. whalm Abhamamk. Alls -if this stafe to be held 'on the seventh day of November, ©1016. FRANCOIS M. HUGO, Secrétary Concuirent Resolution of the Senate and Assem- | bly proposing an amendment to section six of. of any auch contention shall be justices of the | wider 'hand and the seal of office of the | find nine hundred and sixteen. [L, §.] FRAN: OI8 M. HUGO, Secretary of State. ' FOUR EXPLANATION-MATTER IN ITALICS 18 NEW; MATTER IN BRACKETS [ ] I8 OLD MATTER TO BE OMITTED, * - _BTATE OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE Secretary of State, Albany, August 1, 1016 -Pur- suant to the provisions of section one of article fourteen of the Constitution of the State of New Election Law, notice in hereby given. that the following proposed @mendment to article seven of the Constitution of the state of New York next general election of Senators in this state to be held on the seventh day of November, 1916, FRANCIS M, HUGO, Secrctary of State, AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. Concurrent Resolution of the Renate. and. Assem- bly proposing an amendment to article seven of the constitution, in relation to the contracting of debts by the state. Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), the constitution be amended to read as follows: § 4. Except the debts mpecified in sections two and three of this article, no debts shall be hereafter contracted by or in behalf of this state, unless such debt shall be au- thorized by law, for sommersingle work or object, to be distinctly specified therefo[; and such]. No such debt hereafter authorized shall be con- tracted for a period longer than that of the probable life of the work or object for which the debt is to be contracted to be détermined by general laws, which determination shall be con- clusive, nor for more than fifty years from the Hime' of the contracting of such debt, A. debt authorization kereafter made, and each portion of any such debt from time to tims so contract- ed, may, 4f provided by the law authorizing such debt, be paid in equal annual instalments, the first of which shail be payable not more than one year, and the last of which shall be payable not more then fifty years, offer such debt or por- tion thereof shall have been contracted. Buch law shall if if euthorize the contracting of a debt payable otherwise then in equal annual in- stalments impose and provide for the collection of a direct annual tax to pay, and sufficient to pay, the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt within fifty years from the time of the contracting thereof. No [such] law author- izing the contracting of a debt pursuant to this section shall take effect until it shall, at a geh- eral election, have been submitted to the people, and bave. received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at such election. On the finel passage of such bill in either house of the legislature, the question shall be taken by ayes and noes, to be duly entered on the journals thereof, and shall be: | Shall this bill pass, and ought the same to receive the sanction of the people?\ The legislature may at any time, after the approval of such law by the people, if no debt shall have been contracted in pursuance thereof, repeal the same: and may at any time, bylaw, forbid the contracting of any further debt or lability under such law; but the tax, if any, imposed by such act, in proportion to the debt and liability which may have been con- tracted in pursuance of such law, shall remain in force and be irrepealable, and be annually collected, untll the proceeds thereof shall have made the provision hereinbefore specified to pay and discharge the interest and principal of such debt and lability. The money arising from amy loan or stock creating such debt or lability shall be applied to the work or object specified in the act authorizing such debt or Hebility, or for the payment of much debt or lability, and for no other purpose whatever. Ko such law shall be submitted to be voted on, within three months after its passage or at any general election when any other law, or any bill shall be submitted to be voted for or against The legislature may provide for the issue of bonds of the state to run for a period not exceed- ing fifty years in Heu of bonds heretofore author- ized but not issued and shall impose and provide tor the collection of a direct annual tox for the payment of the same as hereinbefore required. When any sinking fund created under this sec- tion shall equal in amount the debt for which it was created, no further direct tax shall be levied on account of said sinking fund and the legisla- ture shall reduce the tax to an amount equal to the accruing interest on such debt. The legisla- ture may from time to time after the rate of in- terest to be paid upon any state 'debt, which has been or may be authorized pursuant to the pro- visions of this section, or upon any part of such debt, provided, bowever, that the rate of inter- | est shall not be altered upon any part of such thet in time of war no elector in the norm” debtor upon any bond or other evidence thereof, which has been, or shall be created or issued before euch alteration. In case the legislature in: crease the rate of interest upon any such debt, or part thereof, it shall, if such debt be payable otherwise than in equal annual instalments, impo. and provide for the collection of a direct annual tax to psy and sufficient to pay the in- creased or altered interest on such debt as it falls due and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt within fifty years from the time of the contracting thereof, and shall appropriate annually to the sinking fund moneys in amount sufficient to pay such interest and pay and discharge the principal of such debt when it shall become due and payable. $11. The legislature may appropriate out of any funds in the treasury, moneys to pay the accruing interest and principal of any debt here- tofore or hereafter created, or any part thereof and may, if such debt be payable otherwise than in annual instalments, set apart in each fiscal year, moneys in the state treasury as a sinking fund to pay the interest as it falls due and to pey and discharge the principal of any debt heretofore or hereafter created under secon four of article seven of the constitution until the same shall be wholly paid, and the principal and income of such sinking fund shall be applied to the purpose for which said sinking fund is created and to mo other purpose whatever; and, in the event such moneys so set apart in any . fiscal year be sufficient to provide such sinking fund, a direct annual tax for such year need mot be imposed and collected, as required by the provisions of said section four of article seven, or of any law enacted in purmiance thereof. The legislaturs shall annually as the same shall fall due provide by direct tas, fiprcprtm tion or both for the poyment of the interest upon and instalments of principal of all debts created on behalf of the state, payable in an- nus! instolmagts, pursuant to acction four of article seven, or of any lew enacted in pursu- ance thereof. $2. Resolved (if the Assembly congur), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the legis- lature to be chosen at the next general election of senators and in conformity with section one of article fourteen of the constitution be pub- lished for three months previous to the time of such election. State of New York, In Senate, April 15, 1916.- The foregoing resolution was duly passed, a ma- jority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof. By order of the Senate, E. R. BROWN, Temporary President. tate of New York, In Assembly, April 17, 1916. -The foregoing resolution was duly passed, a majority of all the members elected to the As- sembly voting in favor thereof. By order of the Assembly. THADDEUS O. SWEET, Speaker. State of New York, Office of the Secretary of Btate, as.: I have compared the preceding copy of concurrent resolution with the original concur- rént resolution on file in this offce, and I do heréby certify that the same is a correct tran- script therefrom, and of the whole thereof. Given under my band and the seal of office of the Bee- retary of State at the city of Albany, this first day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thou- sand nine hundred and éixteen. [L, £.] FBAN- CIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. FIVE EXPLANATION-MATTER IN TTALICS 19 NEW; MATTER IN BRACKETS [ ] IS OLD MATTER TO BE OMITTED. . STATE OF NEW YORK, OFFIOE OF THE Becratary of State, Albany, August 1, 1916. -Pur- suant to the provislons of section one of article fourteen of the of the State of New York, and section two hundred ninety-five of the Election Law, notice is hereby given that the following proposed amendment to section eeven 91 article seven of the constitution of the state of New York is referred to the Legislature .to be thosen at the next general election of Senitorm in this state to be held on the seventh day of No- gimbet. 1916. FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of ate. AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. N Concurrent Resolution of the Sumate and Assem- bly proposing an a dient to section seven of atticle séven of the constitution, in rélation to the forest preserve. Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section: seven of article seven of fa cen: stitution. ha ariandail t6_masd as follow . Fetary of 'Blate_at the city .of Albany, this: first - 'day of August, In theyear ofour Lord, one thou- ' {timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. York, and section two hundred ninety-five of the: is referred to the Legislature to be chosen at the . That sections four and eleven of article seven of: hereafter contracted by the state, pursuant to an $7. The lands of the atate, now owned, or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest pre- 'éerve as now fixed by law,\ hall 'be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be \leased sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, publie or private, nor shall the Nothing contained in this seotion shall prevent the state from constructing a state Nighway Lake in Hamilton county and thence to «Old Forge in Herkimer county by way of Blue Mountain lake and Raquette lake. [But thel The legisiture may by general perf contum of such lands for the construction to regulate the flow of atreams. Such reser- .from Seranao L&ke in Franklin county to Long |. Jaws provide for the use of not exceeding three |; and maintenance of ° reservoirs for mubicipal | water supply, for the canals of the state and % Red als mum'éuha-yxna E min. Mun‘ ® sBRoaADwAY.' Times Square, New ¥Fork ‘Egl‘nvl and thel ROOM® _-) __ af ic fauaiMes, * e BATH YC yoirs shall be constructed, owned and controlled | by the state, but such work shall not be under- taken until after the boundaries and high flow lines thereof shall hays been accurately sur- veyed and fixed, and after public notice, hearing and determination that such lands are required tor such public use. The expense of 'any such improvements thell be apportioned on the public and private pzeperty and municipalities bene» fited to the extent of the benefits received, Any such reservoir shall always be operated by the state and the legislature shall provide for a charge upon the property and municipalities benefited for a reasonable return to the stite upon the value of the rights and property of the state used and the mervices of the state tendered, which shall be fixed for terms of not exceeding ten years and be reedjustable at the end of any term. conditions shall mot be created or continued by any such public works. A violation of any ef the provisions of this section may be restrained at the sult of the people, or with the eonsent of the supreme court in appellate division, on notice to the attorney- general at the suit of any citizen. $2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the legis- lature to be chosen at the next general election of senators and in conformity with section one of article fourteen of the constitution be pub- lished for three months previous to the time of such election, State of New York, In Senate, Feb. 8, 1916.- The foregoing resolution was duly passed, a ma- jority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof. - By order of the Senate, EDWARD SCHOENECK, President. . State of New York, In Assembly, March 21, 1016. -The foregoing resolution was duly passed, a ma- jority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof. By order of the Assem- bly, THADDEUS C. SWEET, Speaker. State of New York, Office of the Secretary of State, ss.: I have compared the preceding copy of concurrent resolution with the original concur- rent resolution on file in this office, and I do hereby certify that the same is a correct tran- script therefrom, and of the whole thereof. Given .under my hand and the seal of office of the Sec- tetary of State at the clty of Albany, this first day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thou- sand nine hundred and sixteen. [L §.] FRAN- OIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. SIX EXPLANATION-MATTER IN ITALICS IS NEW; MATTER IN BRACKETS [ ] IS OLD MATTER TO BE OMITTED. STATE OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF YHE Secretary of State, Albany, August 1, 1916.-Pur- muant to the provisions of section one of article fourteen of the Constitution of the State of New York, and section two hundred ninety-five of the Election law, notice is hercby given that the following proposed amendment to section eight of article sevén of the Constitution of the state of New York is referred to the Legislature to be chosen at the next general election of Senators in this state to be held on the seventh day of No- vember, 1916. FRANCIS M. HUGO, Sectetery of State. AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX, Concurrent Resolution of the Senate and Assem- bly proposing an amendment to section eight of article seven of the constitution, in relation to a certain portion of the Erie canal. Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section eight of article seven of the con- stitution be amended to read as follows: § 8. The legislature shall not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Erie canal, the Oswego canal, the Champliin canal, the Cayuga and Seneca canal, or the Black River canal; but they shall remain the property of the state and under its management forever, The prohibition of lease, sale or other disposition herein con- trined, shall not apply to the canal known as the Main and Hamburg street canal, situated in the city of Buffalo, and which extends easterly from the westerly lime of Main street to the westerly line of Hamburg street, nor fo that portion of the Eris canal in the city of Tiice between the westerly Tine of Rchuyler street and the easterly line of Third street, provided that a flow of sufficient water from Achuyler street to Third street to fred that portion of the canal cast of Third street be maintained, All funds that may be derived from any lease, sale or other disposition of any camal thall be applied to the improvement, superin- tendence or repair of the remaining portions of the canals. § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the legis- lature to be chosen at the next general election of senators and in conformity with section one of article fourteen of the constitution be pub- lished for three months previous to the time of such election. State of New York, In Senate, April 8, 1916.- The foregoing resolution was duly passed, a ma- jority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof. By order of the Senate, EDWARD SCHOENECK, President. State of New York, In Assembly, April 10, 1916. -The foregoing resolution was duly passed, a ma- jority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof. By order of the Assem- bly, THADDEUS C. SWEET, Speaker. State of New York, Ofice of the Secretary of State, ss.: I have compared the preceding copy of concurrent resolution with the original concur- tent resolution on file in this office, and I do hereby certify that the same is a correct tran- script therefrom, and of the whole thereof. Given under my hand and the seal of office of the Sec- retary of State at the city of Albany, this first day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thou sand nine hundred and sixteen. [L. §.] FRAXN- CIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. SEVEN EXFLANATION-MATTER IN ITALICS IS NEW; MATTER IN BRACKETS [ ] IS OLD MATTER TO BE OMITTED. STATE OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE Becretary of State, Albany, August 1, 1916. -Pur- suant to the provisions of section one of article fourteen of the Constitution of the State of New York, and section two hundred ninety-five of the Election Law, notice is hereby given that the following proposed amendment to section ten of article eight of the Constitution of the state of New York is referred to the Legislature to be chosen at the next general election of Senators in this state to be held on the seventh day of No- vember, 1816. FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. Comcutrent Resolution of the Senate and Assem- bly proposing an amendment to section ten of article eight of the conttitution, jn relation to limitation of indebtedness of cities. Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section ten of article eight of the consti- tution be amended to read as follows: $10. No cagnty, city, town or village shall hereafter give 'any monty or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any indi- vidual, ssasciation or corporation, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in, or bonds of, any association or corporation; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to incur any indebtedness except for county, city, town or village purposes This section shall not prevent such county, city, town or village from 'making such provision for the aid or support of its poor as may be authorized by law. No county or city shall be allowed to become indebted for any purpose or in any madmer to an amount which, including existing indebtedness, shall exceed ten per centum of the assemsed valuation of the real estate of such county or city subject to taxation, as it appeared by the assersment-rolls of said county or city on the last assessment for state or county taxes prior to the incurring of such indebtedness; and | all indebtedness in excess of such limitation, lutely void, except as horein otherwise provided. exceeds ten per centum of the assessed valuation allowed to beconie indebted in any further 'amount until such indebtedness shall be reduced strued to prevent the issuing of certificates of in- débtedness or revenue bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes for amiounts actually contained or t6 be <contained in the toxés 'or 'are issued and payable out of wich taxis; nor except such as now miiy exist, shall be abso- |. No county or city whose present indebtedness | of its real estate subject to taxation; shall be |] within such limit. This section. shall not be con: |- the year when such certificates or revenue bonds | bonds to be redeemed out of the tax levy fc .the year next succeeding the year of they fssix provided that the amount of puch bosds whic mey be iisued in any one year in c the limitations berein contained shall ust excee one-tenth of one per centum of the ssmaiee valuation of the real estate of said. city syubjec to taxation. Nor shall this section be construm to prevent the issue of bonds. to provide fo the supply of witer; but the term of the bord issted to provide for the supply of water, 1 excess of the limitation of indebtedneis fires herein, shall not exceed twenty yar and : sibking fund shall be created om the issuing of the said bonds for their redempfClon, by rais ing annually a sum which will produce ar amount equal to the sum of the principal and interest of said bonds at theif maturity. Al certificates of indebtednem or 'bond: lseued in anticipation of the collection of taxes, which are not retired within five years after their date of imue, and bonds issued to provide for the supply ef water, and any debt hereafter incurred by any portion or part of a city, if there shall be any such debt, shall be included in stcertain- ing the power of the-city to become otherwise indebted; except that debts incurred by [the] any city [of New York] of the first class After the first day of 'Jantiaty; 'Hinelces hun- dred and four, and debth.incutred by any sity of the second class after the first day of Jan- vary, mincteen hundred and eight, and debts in- curred by any city of the third cliss after the first day of January, nineteen buadred and ten, to provide for the supply of water, shall not be so included; and except further that any debt hereafter incurred by the city of New York for a public improvement owned or to be owned by the city, which yields to the city current net revenue, after making any necésmary allowance for repairs and maintenanes for which the city is Hable, in excess of the interest om said debt and of the amnual instalments neces- sary for its amortiration may be excluded in ascertaining the power of maid city to become otherwise indebted, provided that a sinking fund tor its amortization shall have been established and maintained and that the indebtedness shall not be so excluded during any period of, time when the reverue aforesid shall not be sui- cient to equal the said interest and amortization instalments, and except further that any indebt- edness heretofore Incurred by the city of New York for any rapid transit or dock investment may be so excluded proportionately to the extent to which the current net revenue received by said city therefrom shall meet the interest and amortization instalments thereof, provided that any increase in the debt incurring power of the city of New York which shall result from the exclusion of debts heretofore incurred shall be available only for the acquisition or contruction of properties to be umed for rapid transit or dock purposes The leginla shall prescibe the method by which and the terms ard condi- tions under which the amount of amy debt to be so excluded shall be determined, and mo ruch debt shall be excluded except in accordance with the determination so prescribed. The legislsture may in its discretion confer appropriate jurisdic- tion on the appellate division of the supreme court in the first judicial department for the purpose of determining the amount of any debt to be so excluded. No indebtedmess of a city valld at the time of its inception shall there- after become invalid by rerson of the operation of any of the provisions of this section When- ever the boundaries of any city are the sume as thore of a county, or when amy city shall Include within its boundiries mors than one county, the power of any county wholly included within such city to become indebted shall cease, but the debt of the county, heretofore existing, shall not, for the purposes of this mcticn, be reckoned as a part of the city debt. 'The amount hereafter to be raised by tax for county or city purposes, in any county containing a city of over one hundred thousand inhabitants, or any such city of this state, in addition to pro- viding for the principal and interest of the exist« Ing debt, shall not in the aggregate exceed in any ome year two per ceptum of the assessed valuation of the real and personal estate of such county or city, to be amertained as prescribed in this section in respect to county or city debt. $2. Resolved (if the Assembly conour), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the legis- lature to be chosen at the next general election of senators and in conformity with section ome of article fourleen of the constitution be pub- lished for three months previous to the time of such election. Etate of New York, In Senate, April 5, 1916.- The foregoing resolution was duly pased, 2 ma- jority of all the Senators elected voting in favor thereof. By order of the Senate, EDWARD SCHOENEOE, President. | State of New York, In Amembly, April 12, 1916. -The foregoing resolution was duly a mas jority of all the members elected to the Assembly voting in favor thereof. By order of the Assera« bly. THADDEUS C. SWEET, Speaker. State of New York, Office of the Seretary of State, as: I have compared the preceding copy of concurrent resolution with the origina! contur- rent resolution on file in this office, and I de hereby certify that the some is & corect tran: script therefrom, and of the whole thereof. Giver under my hand and the real of office of the See« retary of State at the city of Albany, this first day of August, in the year of our Lord, ane thou: sand mine hundred and sixteen. [L. &] FRAN ClS M. HUGO, Secretary of State. ym Accessible-Reasonable in Price Hotel Seymour 44-50 West 45th Street NEW YORK Between Fifth Avenue and Broadway. Three minutes from Grand Central Station, Near M Shops and Theatres. 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