Article IV.
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Senate and assembly, how constituted
The senate shall consist of thirty-two members. The senators shall be chosen for four years, and shall be freeholders. The assembly shall consist of one hundred and twenty-eight members, who shall be annually elected.
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Assembly reorganized
That the number of the members of the assembly hereafter to be elected, shall be one hundred, and shall never exceed one hundred and fifty.
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That the assembly shall consist of at least seventy members, to be annually chosen in the several counties, in the proportions following, viz.
For the city and county of New-York, Nine.
The city and county of Albany, Ten.
The county of Dutchess, Seven.
The county of Westchester, Six.
The county of Ulster, Six.
The county of Suffolk, Five.
The county of Queen’s, Four.
The county of Orange, Four.
The county of King’s, Two.
The county of Richmond, Two.
The county of Tryon, Six.
The county of Charlotte, Four.
The county of Cumberland, Three.
The county of Gloucester, Two.
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