Ballot Questions
1882
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VII.3, VII.5, VII.6 - to address repayment of debts re canal development
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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74.87% |
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486,105 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
25.13% |
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163,151 New Yorkers voted No |
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649,256 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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Note: When voters approved of provisions, the new changes take effect on January 1st of the year after the question's appearance on the ballot
VII.3 proposed for 1883
• Section 3: No tolls to be imposed— Annual tax for expenses— Canal debt— Work and materials— No extra compensation to contractors.
The first and second sections of this article having been fully complied with, no tolls shall hereafter be imposed on persons or property transported on the canals, bat all boats navigating the canals, and the owners and masters thereof, shall be subject to such laws and regulations as have been or may hereafter be enacted concerning the navigation of the…
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• Section 5: Annual tax to pay interest impose extinguish canal debt — Legislature may impose tax for fiscal year beginning October 1, 1883, sufficient to pay debt — Provision for retirement of debt.
There shall annually be imposed and levied a tax which shall be sufficient to pay the interest and extinguish the principal of the canal debt mentioned in the third section of this article, as the same shall become due and payable, and the proceeds of such tax shall, in each fiscal year, be appropriated and set apart for the sinking…
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• Section 6: Certain Canals of the State not to be leaaed or sold — Funds from leases or sale, how applied.
The legislature shall not sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the Erie canal, the Oswego canal, the Champlain canal, the Cayuga and Seneca canal, or the Black River canal, but they shall remain the property of the State and under its management forever. All funds that may be derived from any lease, sale, or other disposition of any canal shall…
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