VII.-State.

Q. Upon what is the state government based?

A. Upon a constitution adopted by the people.

Q. How many departments are provided for by the constitution?

A. Three; the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.

Q. What are the divisions of the Legislative department?

A. The Assembly and the Senate.

Q. What is the number of members in each body, and their term of office?

A. One hundred and twenty-eight members of the Assembly, elected for one year Thirty-two senators elected for two years. Art. III., Const.

Q. When, and how is the number of members of the Assembly apportioned among the several counties?

A. Once in ten years by the Legislature immediately after taking the state census, and as nearly as can be, according to population, excluding aliens, but giving to every

county except Hamilton at least one member.

Q. When and how is the number of members of the Senate apportioned in the State?

A. At the same time, by the Legislature; and as nearly as possible according to population. A Senatorial district sometimes embraces a portion of a county, sometimes a whole county; at other times two or more counties; but no county can be divided, unless it can be equitably entitled to two or more members.

The following apportionment was made in 1879:

SENATE DISTRICTS.

I. Queens and Suffolk. II. The First, Second, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, and Twenty-second wards of Brooklyn, and the towns of Flatbush, Gravesend, and New Utrecht.

III. The Third, Fourth, Seventh, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty

first, and Twenty-third wards

of Brooklyn.

IV. The Fourteenth,

Sixteenth,

Fifteenth,

Seventeenth,

Twenty-fourth, and Twentyfifth wards of Brooklyn, and New Lots and Flatlands. V. Richmond, First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Fourteenth, and parts of the Fourth and Ninth wards of New York, and Governor's, Bedloes, and Ellis Islands. VI. The Seventh, Eleventh, Thirteenth, and a part of the Fourth wards of New York. VII. The Tenth, Seventeenth, and portions of the Fifteenth, Eighteenth, and Twenty-first wards of New York.

VIII. The Sixteenth, and parts of the Ninth, Fifteenth, Eighteenth, and Twentieth wards of New York.

IX. The Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-first wards, lying east of Third Avenue, New York, and Blackwell's Island. X. Portions of Twentieth, Twenty first, Nineteenth,

Twelfth, and Twenty-second wards, New York, and Ward's and Randall's Islands.

XI. The Twenty-third, Twentyfourth, and portions of the Twelfth,

Twentieth, and

Twenty-second wards of New

York.

XII. Westchester and Rockland. XIII. Orange and Sullivan.

XIV. Ulster, Schoharie, and Greene. XV. Dutchess, Columbia, and Put

nam.

XVI. Rensselaer and Washington. XVII. Albany.

XVIII. Saratoga, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, and Schenec

tady.

XIX. Clinton, Essex, and Warren. XX, St. Lawrence, Franklin, and Lewis.

XXI. Oswego and Jefferson. XXII. Oneida.

XXIII. Madison, Otsego, and Herki

mer.

XXIV. Delaware,

Broome.

Chenango, and

XXV. Onondaga and Cortland. XXVI. Cayuga, Tompkins, Seneca, and Tioga.

XXVII. Chemung, Steuben, Allegany. XXVIII. Wayne, Ontario, Schuyler, and Yates.

XXIX. Monroe and Orleans.

XXX. Wyoming, Genesee, Livingston, and Niagara.

XXXI. Erie.

XXXII. Cattaraugus and Chautau

qua.

THE ASSEMBLY.

Allegany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton and Hamilton, Genesee, Greene, Herkimer, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Ontario, Orleans, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Wyoming, Yates, have each one district, except Fulton and Hamilton which are united in one district.

Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Dutchess, Jefferson, Niagara, Orange, Oswego, Otsego, Queens, Saratoga, Steuben, Wayne, Washington have each two districts.