Ballot Questions
1913
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change I.7 - to allow cities to take more private lands than may be needed for public use for just compensation and to sell the remainder, and to allow the supreme court to determine just compensation for the state taking private land, as an alternative to a jury of landowners or court-appointed commissioners
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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61.11% |
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424,928 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
38.89% |
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270,467 New Yorkers voted No |
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695,395 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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I.7 proposed for 1914
Article I: Bill Of Rights • Section 7: Compensation for taking private property; private roads; drainage of agricultural lands; excess condemnation.
When private property shall be taken for any public use, the compensation to be made therefor, when such compensation is not made by the State, shall be ascertained by a jury, by the Supreme Court with or without a jury, but not with a referee, or by not less than three commissioners appointed by a court of record, as shall…
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