Art. XIII, Sec. 4 Publication of Laws and Decisions Art. VI, Sec. 21 First Senate Districts Section 18. Any person charged with receiving a bribe, or with offering or promising a bribe, shall be permitted to testify in his own behalf in any civil or criminal prosecution therefor. (1846, XV, 3; added 1874) Section 19. All laws and judicial decisions shall be free for publication by any person. (1846, VI, 22; amended as section 23, 1869) ARTICLE XIV SCHEDULE* Section 1. [Until after the next enumeration, the Senate districts shall be as follows]: District number one (1) shall consist of the counties of Suffolk and Richmond. District number two (2) shall consist of the county of Queens. District number three (3) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth wards of the city of Brooklyn. District number four (4) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the seventh, thirteenth, nineteenth and twenty-first wards of the city of Brooklyn. District number five (5) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the eighth, tenth, twelfth, and thirteenth wards of the city of Brooklyn, and the ward of the city of Brooklyn which was formerly the town of Gravesend. District number six (6) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the ninth, eleventh, twentieth and twenty-second wards of the city of Brooklyn. District number seven (7) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth wards of the city of Brooklyn. District number eight (8) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the twenty-third, twentyfourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-ninth wards of the city of Brooklyn, and the town of Flatlands. District number nine (9) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the eighteenth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth wards of the city of Brooklyn. District number ten (10) shall consist of that part of the county of New York within and bounded by a line beginning at Canal street and the Hudson river and running thence along Canal street, Hudson street, Dominick street, Varick street, Broome street, Sullivan street, Spring street, Broadway, Canal street, the Bowery, Division street, Grand street and Jackson street, to the East river and thence around the southern end of Manhattan island to the place of beginning, and also Governor's, Bedlow's and Ellis Islands. District number eleven (11) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number ten, and within and bounded by a line beginning at the junction of Broadway and Canal street, and running thence along Broadway, Fourth street, the Bowery and Third avenue, St. Mark's place, Avenue A, Seventh street, Avenue B, Clinton *The word schedule is a term that has come to be used to indicate all of the temporary provisions of a Constitution, or the clauses which it becomes necessary to insert as a of getting from the old to the new form of government. means street, Rivington street, Norfolk street, Division street, Bowery and Canal street to the place of beginning. District number twelve (12) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district numbers ten and eleven and within and bounded by a line beginning at Jackson street and the East river, and running thence through Jackson street, Grand street, Division street, Norfolk street, Rivington street, Clinton street, Avenue B, Seventh street, Avenue A, St. Mark's place, Third avenue, East Fourteenth street to the East River, and along the East river to the place of beginning. District number thirteen (13) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number ten, and within and bounded by a line beginning at the Hudson river at the foot of Canal street, and running thence along Canal street, Hudson street, Dominick street, Varick street, Broome street, Sullivan street, Spring street, Broadway, Fourth street, the Bowery and Third avenue, Fourteenth street, Sixth avenue, West Fifteenth street, Seventh avenue, West Nineteenth street, Eighth avenue, West Twentieth street, and the Hudson river, to the place of beginning. District number fourteen (14) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of districts numbers twelve and thirteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at East Fourteenth street and the East river, and running thence along East Fourteenth street, Irving place, East Nineteenth street, Third avenue, East Twenty-third street, Lexington avenue, East Fifty-third street, Third avenue, East Fifty-second street and the East river, to the place of beginning. District number fifteen (15) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number thirteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at the junction of West Fourteenth street and Sixth avenue, and running thence along Sixth avenue, West Fifteenth street, Seventh avenue, West Fortieth street, Eighth avenue, and the Transverse road across Central Park at Ninety-seventh street, Fifth avenue, East Ninety-sixth street, Lexington avenue, East Twenty-third street, Third avenue, East Nineteenth street, Irving place and Fourteenth street, to the place of beginning. District number sixteen (16) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number thirteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at Seventh avenue and West Nineteenth street, and running thence along West Nineteenth street, Eighth avenue, West Twentieth street, the Hudson River, West Forty-sixth street, Tenth avenue, West Forty-third street, Eighth avenue, West Fortieth street and Seventh avenue, to the place of beginning. District number seventeen (17) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number sixteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at the junction of Eighth avenue and West Forty-third street, and running thence along West Forty-third street, Tenth avenue, West Forty-sixth street, the Hudson river, West Eighty-ninth street, Tenth or Amsterdam avenue, West Eighty-sixth street, Ninth or Columbus avenue, West Eighty-first street and Eighth avenue, to the place of beginning. District number eighteen (18) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number fourteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at the junction of East Fifty-second street and the East river, and running thence along East Fifty-second street, Third avenue, East Fifty-third street, Lexington avenue, East Eighty-fourth street, Second avenue, East Eighty-third street and the East river, to the place of beginning; and also Blackwell's Island. District number nineteen (19) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number seventeen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at West Eighty-ninth street and the Hudson river, and running thence along the Hudson river and Spuyten Duyvil creek around the northern end of Manhattan island; thence southerly along the Harlem river to the north end of Fifth avenue; thence along Fifth avenue, East One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, Fourth or Park avenue, East One Hundred and Tenth street, Fifth avenue, the Transverse road across Central Park at Ninety-seventh_street, Eighth avenue, West Eightyfirst street, Ninth or Columbus avenue, West Eighty-sixth street, Tenth or Amsterdam avenue and West Eighty-ninth street, to the place of beginning. District number twenty (20) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of districts numbers eighteen and fifteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at East Eighty-third street and the East river, running thence through East Eighty-third street, Second avenue, East Eighty-fourth street, Lexington avenue, East Ninetysixth street, Fifth avenue, East One Hundred and Tenth street, Fourth or Park avenue, East One Hundred and Nineteenth street to the Harlem river, and along the Harlem and East rivers, to the place of beginning; and also Randall's Island and Ward's Island. All the above districts in the county of New York bounded upon or along the boundary waters of the county, shall be deemed to extend to the county line. District number twenty-one (21) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of districts numbers nineteen and twenty, within and bounded by a line beginning at East One Hundred and Nineteenth street and the Harlem river, and running thence along East One Hundred and Nineteenth street, Fourth or Park avenue, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, Fifth avenue and the Harlem river, to the place of beginning; and all that part of the county of New York not hereinbefore described. District number twenty-two (22) shall consist of the county of Westchester. District number twenty-three (23) shall consist of the counties of Orange and Rockland. District number twenty-four (24) shall consist of the counties of Dutchess, Columbia and Putnam. District number twenty-five (25) shall consist of the counties of Ulster and Greene. District number twenty-six (26) shall consist of the counties of Delaware, Chenango and Sullivan. District number twenty-seven (27) shall consist of the counties of Montgomery, Fulton, Hamilton and Schoharie. District number twenty-eight (28) shall consist of the counties of Saratoga, Schenectady and Washington. District number twenty-nine (29) shall consist of the county of Albany. District number thirty (30) shall consist of the county of Rensselaer. District number thirty-one (31) shall consist of the counties of Clinton, Essex and Warren. District number thirty-two (32) shall consist of the counties of St. Lawrence and Franklin. Districts number thirty-three (33) shall consist of the counties of Otsego and Herkimer. District number thirty-four (34) shall consist of the county of Oneida. First Assembly Art. III, Sec. 5 District number thirty-five (35) shall consist of the counties of Jefferson and Lewis. District number thirty-six (36) shall consist of the county of Onondaga. District number thirty-seven (37) shall consist of the counties of Oswego and Madison. District number thirty-eight (38) shall consist of the counties of Broome, Cortland and Tioga. District number thirty-nine (39) shall consist of the counties of Cayuga and Seneca. District number forty (40) shall consist of the counties of Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler. District number forty-one (41) shall consist of the counties of Steuben and Yates. District number forty-two (42) shall consist of the counties of Ontario and Wayne. District number forty-three (43) shall consist of that part of the county of Monroe comprising the towns of Brighton, Henrietta, Irondequoit, Mendon, Penfield, Perinton, Pittsford, Rush and Webster, and the fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth wards of the city of Rochester, as at present constituted. District number forty-four (44) shall consist of that part of the county of Monroe comprising the towns of Chili, Clarkson, Gates, Greece, Hamlin, Ogden, Parma, Riga, Sweden and Wheatland, and the first second, third, fifth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, fifteenth, nineteenth and twentieth wards of the city of Rochester, as at present constituted. District number forty-five (45) shall consist of the counties of Niagara, Genesee and Orleans. District number forty-six (46) shall consist of the counties of Allegheny, Livingston and Wyoming. District number forty-seven (47) shall consist of that part of the county of Erie comprising the first, second, third, sixth, fifteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth wards of the city of Buffalo, as at present constituted. District number forty-eight (48) shall consist of that part of the county of Erie comprising the fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and sixteenth wards of the city of Buffalo, as at present constituted. District number forty-nine (49) shall consist of that part of the county of Erie comprising the seventeenth, eighteenth and twenty-fifth wards of the city of Buffalo, as at present constituted; and all the remainder of the said county of Erie not hereinbefore described. District number fifty (50) shall consist of the counties of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus. (1777, XII; amended 1801; 1821, I, 5; 1846, III, 3) Section 2. Until after the next enumeration, members of the assembly shall be apportioned to the several counties as follows: Albany county, four members; Allegheny county, one member; Broome county, two members; Cattaraugus county, two members; Cayuga county, two members; Chautauqua county, two members; Chemung county, one member; Chenango county, one member; Clinton county, one member; Columbia county, one member; Cortland county, one member; Delaware county, one member; Dutchess county, two members; Erie county, eight members; Essex county, one member; Franklin county, one member; Fulton and Hamilton counties, one member; Genesee county, one member; Greene county, one member; Herkimer county, one member; Jeffer First Senators First Governor and First Secretary of First State Boards First Judges and Art. VI, Sec 7 son county, two members; Kings county, twenty-one mem- Section 4. The governor and lieutenant-governor elected next preceding the time when this section shall take effect, shall hold office until and including the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and their successors shall be chosen at the general election in that year. Section 5. The first election of the secretary of state, comptroller, treasurer, attorney-general and state engineer and surveyor, pursuant to this article shall be held in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and their terms of office shall begin on the first day of January following, and shall be for three years. At the general election in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and every two years thereafter, their successors shall be chosen for the term of two years. Section 6. Commissioners of the state board of charities and commissioners of the state commission in lunacy, now holding office shall be continued in office for the term for which they were appointed respectively, unless the Legislature shall otherwise provide. Section 7. [The chief judge and associate judges of the court of appeals now in office] shall hold their offices until the expiration of their respective terms. Section 8. From and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, the seals, records, papers and documents of or belonging to [the superior court of the city of New York, the court of common pleas for the city and county of New York, the superior court of Buffalo, and the city court of Brooklyn, abolished by this Constitution] shall be deposited in the offices of the clerks of the several counties in which said courts now exist; and all actions and proceedings then pending in such courts shall be transferred to the supreme court for hearing and determination. The judges of said courts in office on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, shall. for the remainder of the terms for which they were elected or appointed, be justices of the supreme court; but they shall |