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29o CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
respective jurisdictions and authorities be circumspectly and speedily settled. There are few constitutions or other instruments, however carefully
framed, which are entirely free from ambiguity, and
do not contain paragraphs liable to different constructions. Defects and obscurities have been observed in the constitution of this State, and on
certain occasions they have produced inconveniences.
The 23d Article of it ordains : " That all officers,
other than those who by this Constitution are directed to be otherwise appointed, shall be appointed
in the manner following, to wit. The Assembly shall,
once in every year, openly nominate and appoint
one of the Senators from each District, which Senators shall form a Council for the appointment of
said officers, of which the Governor for the time
being, or the Lieutenant Governor, or the President
of the Senate, when they shall respectively administer the Government, shall be President, and have a
casting Voice, but no other Vote, and with the advice
and consent of the said Council, shall appoint all the
said officers."
Doubts have long existed whether by this article
the right of nomination was exclusively vested in the
Governor, or whether it was vested concurrently in
him and the council. Questions arose on this article
during the administration of my predecessor, and in
the month of March, 1794, gave occasion to animated
discussions between him and the then Council.
When I came to the government my official duty
made it proper for me to form as correct a judgment
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 4 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000317 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 29o CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. respective jurisdictions and authorities be circumspectly and speedily settled. There are few constitutions or other instruments, however carefully framed, which are entirely free from ambiguity, and do not contain paragraphs liable to different constructions. Defects and obscurities have been observed in the constitution of this State, and on certain occasions they have produced inconveniences. The 23d Article of it ordains : " That all officers, other than those who by this Constitution are directed to be otherwise appointed, shall be appointed in the manner following, to wit. The Assembly shall, once in every year, openly nominate and appoint one of the Senators from each District, which Senators shall form a Council for the appointment of said officers, of which the Governor for the time being, or the Lieutenant Governor, or the President of the Senate, when they shall respectively administer the Government, shall be President, and have a casting Voice, but no other Vote, and with the advice and consent of the said Council, shall appoint all the said officers." Doubts have long existed whether by this article the right of nomination was exclusively vested in the Governor, or whether it was vested concurrently in him and the council. Questions arose on this article during the administration of my predecessor, and in the month of March, 1794, gave occasion to animated discussions between him and the then Council. When I came to the government my official duty made it proper for me to form as correct a judgment |
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