Provisions
I.16 of 1847 • Indian lands.
APPROVED
The Text
No purchase or contract for the sale of lands in this state, made since the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, or which may hereafter be made, of or with the Indians, shall be valid unless made under the authority and with the consent of the legislature.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article I:
• Has 51 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1846
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1822-VII.12
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