Provisions
III.7 of 1847 • Members not to receive certain civil appointments.
APPROVED
The Text
No member of the legislature shall receive any civil appointment within this state, or to the Senate of the United States, from the governor, the governor and senate, or from the legislature, during the term for which he shall have been elected; and all such appointments, and all votes given for any such member, for any such office or appointment, shall be void.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article III:
• Has 63 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1846
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1822-I.10
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