Provisions
IV.9 of 1822 • District attorneys and clerks of courts; appointment and removal.
APPROVED
The Text
The clerks of courts, except those clerks whose appointment is provided for in the preceding section, shall be appointed by the courts of which they respectively are clerks; and district attorneys, by the county courts. Clerks of courts and district attorneys shall hold their offices for three years, unless sooner removed by the courts appointing them.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1822
• In Article IV:
• Has 56 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:
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