Provisions
IV.2 of 1822 • Governor to appoint certain militia officers.
APPROVED
The Text
The governor shall nominate, and with the consent of the senate, appoint, all major-generals, brigade inspectors, and chiefs of the staff departments, except the adjutant-general and commissary-general. The adjutant-general shall be appointed by the governor.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1822
• In Article IV:
• Has 35 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1822
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1777-XXIV
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