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REASONS

IN SUPPORT OF

TRIENNIAL ELECTIONS

IN THE

PROVINCE OF NEW YORK:

KING'S VETO ON THE TRIENNIAL ACT.

1738.

*,* Previous to the year 1743 there was no limit prescribed by Statute to the continuance in office of Members of Assembly in the Province of New York. It was held to belong to the Royal Prerogative to dissolve the Legislature and to order anew election. The consequence was, that the existence of the Assembly generally depended on its subserviency to the local Governor and a new appeal to the People was made, for the most part, only when the popular branch quarrelled with the Executive. Sometimes only a few months intervened between general elections ; sometimes a year, but usually a general election came about biennially, until the administration of Gov. Hunter, when the Assembly elected in 1716 continued its functions until 1726--a period of ten years and two months.