Provisions
XIV.3 of 1847 • State officers continued until expiration of term.
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The Text
The secretary of state, comptroller, treasurer, attorney-general, district attorneys, surveyor-general, canal commissioners, and inspectors of state prisons in office when this Constitution shall take effect, shall hold their respective offices until and including the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and no longer.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article XIV:
• Has 47 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1846
• Is a new addition
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1822-IV.6
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