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Provisions

I.16 of 1822 • Commencement of official term after first election.

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The Text

The governor, lieutenant governor, senators, and members of assembly, first elected under this Constitution, shall enter on the duties of their respective offices on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three; and the governor, lieutenant governor, senators, and members of assembly, now in office, shall continue to hold the same until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, and no longer.


A Few Facts

• Joined the Constitution in 1822

• In Article I:

• Has 69 words

• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention

• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1822

• Is a new addition

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