Ballot Questions
1874
Question #5
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VII.3, VII.6, VII.13, VII.14 - to address funds and claims re repaying state debts, especially for developing canals
as proposed by the NYS Legislature, based on a state commission's recommendation
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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80.44% |
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428,200 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
19.56% |
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104,129 New Yorkers voted No |
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532,329 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 1875
• Section 3: Canal revenues.
After paying the said expenses of collection, superintendence and repairs of the Canals, and the sums appropriated by the first and second sections of this article, there shall be appropriated and set apart in each fiscal year, out of the surplus revenues of the Canals, as a sinking fund, a sum sufficient to pay the interest as it falls due,…
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• Section 6: Canals not to be disposed of; expenditures and revenues.
The Legislature shall not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Erie canal, the Oswego canal, the Champlain canal or the Cayuga and Seneca canal ; but they shall remain the property of the State, and under its management forever. Hereafter the expenditures for collections, superintendence, ordinary and extraordinary repairs on the canals named in this section, shall not exceed,…
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• Section 13: State sinking funds to be kept separate.
The sinking funds provided for the payment of interest and the extinguishment of the principal of the debts of the State shall be separately kept and safely invested, and neither of them shall be appropriated or used in any manner other than for the specific purpose for which it shall have been provided.
Read moreVII.14 proposed for 1875
• Section 14: Restriction on allowance of claims against state.
Neither the Legislature, Canal Board, Canal Appraisers, nor any person or persons acting in behalf of the State, shall audit, allow, or pay any claim which, as between citizens of the State, would be barred by lapse of time. The limitation of existing claims shall begin to run from the adoption of this section; but this provision shall not be…
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