Amendment IV. Future appointments of legislature
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Senate districts
The state shall be divided into eight districts, to be called senate districts, each of which shall choose four senators
The first district, shall consist of the counties of Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Richmond, and New-York.
The second district, shall consist of the countries of Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Ulster and Sullivan
The third district, shall consist of the counties of Greene, Columbia, Albany, Rensselaer, Schoharie, and Schenectady.
The fourth district, shall consist of the counties of Saratoga, Montgomery, Hamilton, Washington, Warren, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and St. Lawrence
The fifth district, shall consist of the counties of Herkimer, Oneida, Madison, Oswego, Lewis, and Jefferson.
The sixth district, shall consist of the counties of Delaware, Otsego, Chenango, Broome, Cortland, Tompkins, and Tioga
The seventh district, shall consist of the counties of Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Ontario
The eighth district, shall consist of the counties of Steuben, Livingston, Monroe, Genesee, Niagara, Erie, Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua.
And as soon as the senate shall meet, after the first election to be held in pursuance of this constitution, they shall cause the senators to be divided by lot, into four classes, of eight in each, so that every district shall have one senator of each class; the classes to be numbered, one, two, three, and four. And the seats of the first class, shall be vacated at the end of the first year; of the second class, at the end of the second year; of the third class, at the end of the third year; of the fourth class, at the end of the fourth year; in order that one senator be annually elected in each senate district.
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Apportionment of members of assembly
The members of the assembly, shall be chosen by counties, and shall be apportioned among the several counties of the state, as nearly as may be, according to the number of their respective inhabitants, excluding aliens, paupers, and persons of colour not taxed. An apportionment of members of assembly, shall be made by the legislature, at its first session after the return of every enumeration; and when made, shall remain unaltered until another enumeration shall be taken. But an apportionment of members of the assembly, shall be made by the present legislature, according to the last enumeration, taken under the authority of the United States, as nearly as may be. Every country heretofore established, and separately organized, shall always be entitled to one member of the assembly; and no new county shall be hereafter be erected, unless its population shall entitle it to a member.
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Future appointments of legislature
That from the first Monday in July next, and on the return of every census thereafter, the number of the assembly shall be increased at the rate of two members for every year, until the whole number shall amount to one hundred and fifty; and that upon the return of every such census, the legislature shall apportion the senators and members of the assembly amongst the great districts and counties of this state, as nearly as may be, according to the number of their respective electors: Provided, That the legislature shall not be prohibited by any thing herein contained, from allowing one member of assembly to each county, heretofore erected within this state.
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