Ballot Questions
1931
Question #3
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to add VII.16 - to acquire more land for reforestation in the Adirondacks and Catskills
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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58.39% |
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778,192 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
41.61% |
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554,550 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,332,742 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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VII.16 proposed for 1932
Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 16: State purchase of land in the Adirondacks and Catskills.
The legislature in each of the eleven calendar years immediately following the adoption of this amendment shall appropriate out of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated moneys for the acquisition by the state of land, outside the Adirondack and Catskill parks, as now fixed by law, best suited for reforestation, for the reforesting of the same and the…
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