THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS Proposed by the Constitutional Convention, September 29, 1894, at Albany, N. Y., and Adopted by the People of the State, November 6, 1894.* [In force on January 1, 1900.] ARTICLE I. 1. Persons not to be disfranchised. 2. Trial by jury. 3. Freedom of worship; religious liberty. 4. Habeas corpus. 3. Excessive bail and fines. 6. Bill of rights. 7. Compensation for taking private property; private roads; drainage of agricultural lands. 8. Freedom of speech and press; criminal prosecutions for libel. 9. Right to assemble and petition; divorces; lotteries, pool-selling and gambling, laws to prevent. *Copyright by J. B. Lyon. |