Provisions
I.15 of 1847 • Restraints on alienation prohibited.
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The Text
All fines, quarter sales, or other like restraints upon alienations, reserved in any grant of land hereafter to be made, shall be void.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article I:
• Has 23 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1846
• Is a new addition
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