DISTRICTS. that portion of the twenty-second assembly district of said county, bounded on the north by the south side of Ninety-first street, on the south by the north side of Eighty-sixth street, on the west by the east side of Fifth avenue, and east by the East river, shall compose the thirteenth district. XIV. The county of Westchester and the twenty-fourth assembly district of the county of New York, as now constituted, shall compose the fourteenth district. XV.--The counties of Orange, Rockland and Sullivan shall compose the fifteenth district. XVI.--The counties of Putnam, Dutchess and Columbia shall compose the sixteenth district. XVII. The counties of Ulster, Greene and Delaware shall compose the seventeenth district. XVIII.--The counties of Rensselaer and Washington shall compose the eighteenth district. XIX.-The county of Albany shall compose the nineteenth district. XX.-The counties of Saratoga, Schenectady, Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton shall compose the twentieth district. XXI.-The counties of Clinton, Essex, Warren and Franklin shall compose the twenty-first district. XXII.-The counties of St. Lawrence and Jefferson shall compose the twenty-second district. XXIII.-The counties of Oneida and Lewis shall compose the twenty-third district. XXIV.-The counties of Schoharie, Otsego and Herkimer shall compose the twenty-fourth district. XXV.-The counties of Onondaga and Cortland shall compose the twenty-fifth district. XXVI. The counties of Madison, Chenango, Broome and Tioga shall compose the twenty-sixth district. XXVII.-The counties of Oswego, Cayuga and Wayne shall compose the twenty-seventh district. XXVIII.-The counties of Tompkins, Chemung, Schuyler and Seneca shall compose the twenty-eighth district. XXIX.-The counties of Ontario, Steuben and Yates shall compose the twenty-ninth district. XXX.-The county of Monroe shall compose the thirtieth district. XXXI.-The counties of Livingston, Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming shall compose the thirty-first district. XXXII.-The first, second and third assembly districts of the county of Erie, as now constituted, shall compose the thirty-second district. XXXIII. The county of Niagara and the fourth and fifth assembly districts of the county of Erie, as now constituted, shall compose the thirty-third district. XXXIV.-The counties of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany shall compose the thirty-fourth district. GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK. The executive power of the State is vested by the Constitution in the Governor. He is authorized and empowered to see that all laws are faithfully executed. Among other powers, he may convene the Legislature, or Senate only, in extraordinary sessions, may grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after convictions for ali offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and restrictions as he may think proper, and may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, all officers connected with the government of the State not elective by the people, and fill vacancies occurring in office during the recess of the Senate. He has he power to veto all bills passed by the Senate and Assembly. During the session of the Legislature, he must return any such bill to the house in which it originated with his objections, within ten days-Sundays excepted-after it is presented to him; if not returned within that time, it shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Legislature by its adjournment prevent its return, in which case It does not become a law without his signature. After the final adjournment of the Legislature, no bill becomes a law unless approved by the Governor within thirty days. The Governor has also power to disapprove items in any bill appropriating money in the manner prescribed by the Constitution. He has also power to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Superintendent of State Prisons and a Superintendent of Public Works. He has also power to remove many officers in the method prescribed by law. The Governor holds his office for three years and receives a salary of ten thousand dollars. Cornelis Evertse, Jr., and a council of war... Aug. (N. S.) 12, 1673 Anthony Colve... Edmund Andros... Anthony Brock holles, Commander-in-Chief.. September 19, 1673 Nov. (N. s.) 10, 1674 November 16, 1677 August 7, 1678 Anthony Brockholles, Commander-in-Chief.. Jan. (N. S.) 13, 1681 Sir Edmond Andros, Knt.......... Richard Ingoldesby, Commander-in-Chief... July 26, 1691 James DeLancey, Lieutenant-Governor..... October 12, 1755 September 17, 1720 April 15, 1728 July 1, 1731 August 1, 1732 March 10, 1736 October 30, 1736 September 2, 1743 October 10, 1753 Sir Charles Hardy, Knt...... September 3, 1755 James De Lancey, Lieutenant-Governor... Cadwallader Colden, Lieutenant-Governor.. August 8, 1761 October 26, 1761 Cadwallader Colden, Lieutenant-Governor.. November 18, 1761 Robert Monckton.... Cadwallader Colden, Lieutenant-Governor.. June William Tryon.... October 19, 1770 July 9, 1771 *The Earl of Bellomont died March 5, 1701. During the absence of Lieutenant-Governor Nanfan, and until May 19, 1701, the Government was administered by the Council, at which the oldest Councillor presided during this period. |